Recaps

Gohan kicked Cell as he prepared to self-destruct, while Krillin used his True God's Eye to force the destructive energy back into Cell. Cell survived but was badly injured and collapsed, leaving Goku and the others stunned by Gohan's power.

• Cell swollen with explosive energy and began counting down to his self-destruction.
• Goku tried to use Instant Transmission, but Gohan's aura interfered, and Gohan ignored Goku's warning.
• Gohan kicked Cell's belly as Krillin used his True God's Eye to send the destructive energy back into Cell.
• The reversed energy tore through Cell's body, deflated him, and left him twitching on the ground.
• Vegeta, Piccolo, and Goku stared in disbelief at the unharmed Earth and Gohan's impossible feat.

Gohan defeated Cell by unleashing the power needed to overcome Cell’s black beam, with encouragement from Krillin’s projected soul. After the battle, Krillin caught the exhausted Gohan, revealing that he was alive and unharmed.

• Cell poured his life, soul, and remaining god cells into a black beam that began to overpower Gohan.
• Krillin projected himself from subspace and urged Gohan to keep fighting and remember what he was protecting.
• Gohan unleashed his full potential, swelling his silver-red beam until it consumed Cell and destroyed him.
• Gohan’s attack streaked through the Solar System and vanished into the universe like a golden river.
• Gohan collapsed after the victory, and Krillin caught him, appearing alive and unharmed.

After defeating Golden Cell, Krillin took Trunks and the others to New Namek to use its Dragon Balls to restore the future Earth. They returned to a revived, thriving world, where Trunks was reunited with Future Bulma.

• Krillin gave Trunks a Senzu Bean and took the group to New Namek using his Perception of All Things.
• Trunks asked Grand Elder Moori to lend them the Dragon Balls, and Moori agreed.
• Porunga restored the future Earth's landscape, revived Piccolo, and awakened Dende's potential-unlocking ability.
• Krillin completed the Rebuilding the Future quest and received a Portable Gravity Training Room Blueprint.
• Krillin brought Dende and the others back to Earth, where they revived everyone and restored West City.
• Trunks reunited with Future Bulma and wept in her arms.

The fighters celebrated their victory at a banquet, where Yamcha's exaggerated account of Cell's defeat gave Bulma a new scientific lead. The chapter ended with Krillin enjoying the attentions of Lazuli and Eighteen while Tien awkwardly left them to it.

• Goku feasted at the banquet while Chi-Chi fussed over him and his torn clothes.
• Yamcha claimed he had disrupted Cell from inside after Cell absorbed his Infinite Energy Reactor, though Oolong pointed out that Gohan had knocked Yamcha out of Cell.
• Bulma realized Cell's evolution might reveal how Infinite Energy broke biological limits and began analyzing the idea on her computer.
• Lazuli and Eighteen competed to pamper Krillin, leaving Tien uncomfortable enough to take Chiaotzu elsewhere.

Krillin encouraged Vegeta after his loss, then promised Trunks and Lansa a special training plan. The celebration continued as Krillin considered taking the children to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, while Piccolo rested alone.

• Krillin told Vegeta that his new Super Saiyan Second Grade showed he still had his own path to strength.
• Vegeta regained his resolve, vowed to surpass everyone, and returned to the banquet hall.
• Gohan told the children how he defeated Cell, making Trunks upset that he had not gone to the future.
• Krillin promised Trunks a special training plan and agreed to take Lansa and the other children along.
• Krillin considered scheduling the children’s training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber while Piccolo rested by a pillar.

Bulma explained how Yamcha’s Infinite Energy Reactor had helped Cell achieve perfect biological and mechanical compatibility, then proposed implanting upgraded reactors in Milo, Trunks, and Lansa. The plan left Trunks and Lansa’s survival uncertain, while Bulla was excluded.

• After the banquet, Bulma dragged Krillin to her underground laboratory to show him data from Yamcha’s time inside Cell.
• Bulma revealed that Yamcha’s reactor had partially assimilated Cell’s cells and refined the compatibility needed for Cell’s Golden Frieza form.
• Bulma showed Krillin three upgraded Eternal Energy Reactors and said she wanted to implant them in Milo, Trunks, and Lansa.
• Bulma said Milo’s optimized body could let him surpass Cell, while Trunks and Lansa had inherited Krillin’s Limiter-breaking potential but might not survive reactor rejection.
• Bulma said Bulla was the only child who could not receive a reactor.

Krillin brought Trunks, Lansa, and baby Milo to Capsule Corporation’s underground laboratory to begin a dangerous procedure using Eternal Energy Reactors to strengthen them. After preparing the reactors with his divine aura and blood, he chose Trunks to undergo the procedure first.

• Krillin woke Trunks and Lansa and told them he would show them a way to gain immense power, despite the risk of death.
• Trunks and Lansa agreed to undergo the procedure so they could protect their family, while Milo eagerly showed off his strength by crushing his bottle.
• Krillin led the family to the underground laboratory, where the system assessed the three boys’ battle power and potential.
• Krillin released God’s Hand aura to stabilize the reactors, and Bulma started the procedure.
• Krillin infused the three reactors with his golden blood and told Trunks to go first.

Krillin and Bulma completed the energy reactor integrations for Trunks, Lansa, and Milo, transforming each into a powerful new kind of being. Milo emerged with an astonishing battle power of 100 billion, and the chapter ended with him cheerfully waving his hand.

• Bulma completed Trunks's reactor integration, and he awakened with 23 billion battle power and infinite stamina.
• Lansa's integration warped the laboratory's surroundings, revealing mental power capable of interfering with reality.
• Krillin infused Milo with a larger drop of essence blood, and Milo accepted the reactor with perfect compatibility.
• Milo transformed into a Perfect Artificial God with 100 billion battle power and floated off the operating table.
• Milo waved his hand, pleased with his new power.

Krillin proposed building a massive Turtle School headquarters dojo in West City and showed Master Roshi that his presence boosted nearby fighters’ training. Master Roshi enthusiastically accepted the role of grandmaster, eager to begin construction and welcome new students.

• Master Roshi relaxed on the West City beach until Krillin arrived and asked to discuss something important.
• Krillin showed Master Roshi plans for a high-tech dojo spanning thousands of acres, with a statue honoring him at its center.
• Krillin explained that Master Roshi’s special aura improved nearby fighters’ training and revealed that the system identified him as a martial arts god core in formation.
• Krillin persuaded Master Roshi by promising thousands of female students would enroll, and Master Roshi agreed to lead the dojo.

Trunks, Lansa, and Milo destroyed the newly built dojo while demonstrating their immense, uncontrolled power, so Krillin asked Master Roshi to teach them discipline. Master Roshi activated his Grandmaster's Field to calm them and began demonstrating his approach, just as Trunks launched a punch at him.

• Trunks blew half the roof off the training hall, while Lansa controlled a storm of rubble and Milo's laughter strained the force-field generators.
• Krillin revealed the children's Battle Powers: 23 billion for Trunks, 18 billion for Lansa, and one trillion for Milo.
• Master Roshi initially refused to teach the children, but agreed after Krillin mentioned a planned cheerleading-team dorm.
• Master Roshi activated his Grandmaster's Field, calming the children's energy and stopping Lansa's rubble from spinning.
• Master Roshi told the children that strength was useless without the ability to hit an opponent, and Trunks appeared behind him and threw a punch.

Krillin used Earth’s Dragon Balls to separate Lanchi’s gentle blue-haired personality from her wild blonde-haired personality. The wish succeeded, leaving both women as independent individuals, with Golden Haired Lanchi turning her gaze toward Krillin.

• Blue Haired Lanchi told Krillin she felt crowded sharing one body with her other personality and wanted them to become two people.
• Krillin agreed to separate the two personalities and summoned Shenron with Earth’s Dragon Balls.
• Krillin asked Shenron to turn Lanchi’s two personalities into independent, whole individuals.
• Shenron granted the wish, creating Blue Haired Lanchi and Golden Haired Lanchi as two separate women.
• Golden Haired Lanchi checked her new body and looked at Krillin.

Tights returned to Capsule Corporation with her three-year-old son, Trunks, and revealed that Vegeta was his father. Bulma confronted Vegeta as he called their relationship an accident, while Jaco began criticizing him.

• Krillin stopped Tights's spaceship from crashing into Capsule Corporation's garden.
• Tights arrived with her son and reunited with Bulma.
• Everyone recognized Trunks's resemblance to Vegeta, and Tights announced that he was their son.
• Bulma confronted Vegeta, who claimed that having a child with Tights had been an accident.
• Krillin teased Vegeta about the timing of Trunks's birth, and Jaco criticized Vegeta as a partner for Tights.

Tights recalled how she first met Vegeta and how his awkward request for her to stay led to their life together and Trunks. When Trunks ran to Vegeta for help after clashing with Milo, Vegeta reflected on his son and how much family meant to him.

• Tights told everyone she had found Vegeta alone on a rooftop, looking at the stars, and had shared stories of her travels with him.
• Tights recalled Vegeta asking her to stay so she could write him into her book, and said she had stayed and later had Trunks.
• Krillin and Yamcha laughed at Vegeta's awkward confession, while Vegeta blushed and insisted it had been about Saiyan history and glory.
• Trunks fought Milo over a building block, stumbled back, and ran to Vegeta asking him to help beat Milo up.
• Vegeta looked at Trunks's trusting eyes and reflected that his son was his blood and the continuation of his line.

After Tights left to explore space, Trunks lashed out at Vegeta and wrecked Capsule Corporation while demanding that she return. When Trunks destroyed Milo’s block castle, Milo’s power awakened and imposed a gravity field on him.

• Tights left Trunks with Vegeta and flew into space with Jaco.
• Trunks tried to chase the spaceship, fell, and threw a pebble after it before angrily rejecting Vegeta.
• Trunks tore apart the kitchen and nearly swallowed a space-compression Capsule while Bulma tried to stop him.
• Trunks fired a Ki Blast at Milo’s block castle and destroyed it.
• Milo stood up, his Perfect Body heart beat, and an invisible gravity field descended around him.

Trunks submitted to Milo after being overpowered, and Krillin and Bulma decided the boys needed somewhere to burn off their energy. Krillin brought Milo and Trunks to Master Roshi’s dojo and left them in his care.

• Vegeta saw Trunks obediently offer Milo the engine core, but Milo rejected it and gave Trunks a piece of metal to help with his building.
• Trunks became Milo’s eager follower, prompting Krillin to joke that Milo had become Capsule Corporation’s child king.
• Krillin and Bulma agreed to send Milo and Trunks somewhere to train because their combined energy was too destructive at home.
• Krillin arrived at Master Roshi’s dojo with Milo and a reluctant Trunks, explained that Trunks was Vegeta’s son, and asked Roshi to train them.

Trunks tested his strength against Trunks at the Dojo and learned how far behind he was, while Krillin failed to recruit Goten for training. At home, Krillin saw Bulla transform a teddy bear into a living piglet and learned that her divine powers were growing stronger.

• Trunks challenged Trunks to a fight, but his punch had no effect, and Trunks knocked him down with a gentle tap before offering to train him.
• Krillin went to Mount Paozu to invite Goten to train, but Chi-Chi refused to let him go.
• Krillin returned home and found Bulla floating beneath the ceiling with a teddy bear.
• Bulla called the teddy bear ugly and transformed it into a living winged piglet.
• Aki told Krillin that Bulla's divine powers were awakening and that she had begun turning inanimate objects into living things.

Goku trained at Mount Paozu and reunited with Krillin, who asked him to guide him to Penguin Village to find Arale. They arrived in the cartoon-like village, where a blur raced past them as they approached Dr. Senbei Norimaki’s house.

• Goku trained at Mount Paozu, frustrated that he could not match Krillin’s punch and sensed a new realm beyond Super Saiyan 3.
• Goten brought Goku steamed buns and asked him to teach him how to fight, but Goku worried Chi-Chi would object.
• Krillin arrived and asked Goku to take him to Penguin Village to meet Arale.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to bring himself and Krillin to Penguin Village, where the scenery and its inhabitants had a cartoon-like appearance.
• As Goku pointed out Dr. Senbei Norimaki’s house, a blur shot past them with a cry of “Ncha!”

Krillin watched Arale and Goku begin a fighting game in Penguin Village, where Goku’s immense power proved useless against her cartoon-like rules. Arale sent Goku flying with one casual slap, leaving Krillin stunned as he awaited Goku’s return.

• Arale asked Krillin to use his shiny bald head as a mirror, and he eagerly agreed while introducing himself as Goku’s friend.
• Goku challenged Arale to a fight, and she happily accepted, eager to play.
• Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and struck Arale, but her face bounced back unharmed.
• Arale hit Goku with a rule-based slap that sent him flying through the atmosphere.
• Krillin realized Arale’s guaranteed-to-send-you-flying attack could overcome even powerful fighters, and five minutes later a roar split the sky.

Krillin brought Arale and her friends to Capsule Corporation, where Arale’s playful antics helped Bulla learn to enjoy and control her reality-altering power. That night, Bulla watched Arale sleep and thought about the shoe she had accidentally turned into a butterfly.

• Krillin introduced Arale and her two friends to Bulma and Bulla at Capsule Corporation.
• Arale and Bulla played together, turning a boulder into jelly, a rabbit, and then candy.
• Arale distracted Bulla from her frustration over green peppers by starting a game that helped Bulla seal a fissure in the ground.
• Krillin told Aki that Arale’s carefree attitude was helping Bulla feel less burdened by her power, and Aki was glad Bulla had made a friend.
• Arale fell asleep beside Bulla, who stayed awake thinking about the shoe she had turned into a butterfly.

With Earth peaceful and Krillin bored, he decided to visit Frieza in Hell for some psychological counseling. He contacted King Kai to arrange the trip, leaving King Kai alarmed by his arrival.

• Krillin watched Goku, Vegeta, Arale, and Bulla turn breakfast into a chaotic scene at Capsule Corporation.
• Krillin rejected Goku’s offer to fight and decided to visit Frieza in Hell instead.
• Krillin asked Goku to connect him to King Kai’s channel so he could arrange the trip.
• King Kai crashed his car into an apple tree when Krillin contacted him and nervously asked what he wanted.

Krillin visited King Yemma’s palace to find Frieza and entered the bizarre rehabilitation area where the tyrant was being tormented by relentless cuteness. He made himself known to Frieza, who recognized his voice, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Krillin greeted King Yemma and asked where Frieza was being held.
• King Yemma told Krillin that Frieza was in the special rehabilitation area called Earthly Hell.
• Krillin entered Earthly Hell and found Frieza cocooned and surrounded by singing flowers, angels, and other cute creatures.
• Krillin watched Frieza’s torment and considered recording it to show Vegeta.
• Krillin cleared his throat, and Frieza recognized his voice and turned toward him.

Krillin showed Frieza the overwhelming power of a Martial Dao True God, then left him in Hell to train and seek revenge. Krillin returned to Capsule Corporation in time for dinner, where Arale was teaching Bulla to turn broccoli into chocolate and Vegeta remained upset about the crab incident.

• Krillin released his pressure and frightened Frieza without transforming.
• Krillin erased the Tree of Paradise with a casual press of his palm, leaving Frieza stunned by his power.
• Krillin told Frieza he would revive him in a few years and invited him to challenge him on Earth after training.
• Frieza turned his fear into an obsession with revenge and vowed to surpass Krillin.
• Krillin returned to Capsule Corporation for dinner, where Arale taught Bulla to turn broccoli into chocolate and Vegeta sulked over the crab incident.

Two years later, Lazuli and Eighteen gave birth to daughters amid a surge of strange, law-like energy at Capsule Corporation. Krillin held both newborns as Bulma revealed their birth power kept changing and could have destroyed Earth.

• Yamcha, Puar, Oolong, Tien Shinhan, and Vegeta endured the powerful auras coming from the delivery room.
• Krillin helped Lazuli and Eighteen through labor while the sisters bickered and their energies threatened to collide.
• Two sacred forces burst from the women, splitting the sky and drawing golden specks of manifested Laws toward Capsule Corporation.
• Lazuli gave birth to a pale-golden-haired daughter with a silver cross-shaped mark, while Eighteen gave birth to a black-haired daughter with an embryonic Martial Dao God Core.
• Bulma told Krillin that the newborns' Battle Power could not be measured and that their energy burst might have reduced Earth to cosmic dust.

Three years after Earth’s long peace began, seventeen-year-old Trunks and Gohan attended Orange Star High School while secretly acting as heroes. When bank robbers attacked nearby, they rushed to stop them, and Trunks faced the gang’s mechs.

• Trunks arrived at Orange Star High School in a flashy hovercar and met Gohan, who had come by bicycle with his Saiyaman Battle Suit in his backpack.
• Trunks and Gohan argued about the embarrassing designs of their hero outfits.
• Gunshots and screams alerted them to a bank robbery, and they vanished to confront the robbers.
• Gohan introduced himself to the robbers as Saiyaman One, but they responded by opening fire.
• Trunks deflected hundreds of bullets with his fingers and asked the robbers to tie themselves up.
• The bald robber ordered his mech to bring its mechanical arm down on Trunks.

Twelve-year-old Lansa rejected a crowd of admirers with his psychic powers before Krillin picked him up from school. As they drove home, Krillin reflected on how far his family had come and on the extraordinary strength of his eldest son, Trunks.

• Lansa left West City Middle School as a crowd of girls tried to give him letters and chocolates.
• Lansa used his Absolute Field to keep the girls at a distance and telekinetically sent their letters into a recycling bin.
• Krillin teased Lansa about the letters as his son got into the car and complained that the pickup drew too much attention.
• Lansa called school boring apart from calculus and said he would rather play chess with Kami or train his Mental Power.
• Krillin reflected on his humble childhood and thought about Trunks's immense power, which could force Goku to turn Super Saiyan 3.