Recaps

Krillin used a gravity-room yoga lesson to get close to Blue Haired Lanchi, but a sneeze transformed her into furious Golden Haired Lanchi. The chapter ended with Krillin restraining and kissing her as Bulma watched from the corner.

• Bulma prepared the Gravity Room as a yoga studio and persuaded Lanchi to wear a specially made outfit.
• Krillin activated ten times gravity, and Lanchi stumbled into his arms.
• Krillin held Lanchi close and guided her breathing while Bulma watched.
• A feather made Lanchi sneeze, transforming her into Golden Haired Lanchi.
• Golden Haired Lanchi tried to resist, but the gravity left her unable to move as Krillin carried her to the wall and kissed her.

Krillin reassured Bulma and welcomed Lanchi into their family before the three celebrated together through the night. After completing his mission, Krillin received Multiple Thought Processing and reflected that he had five years to prepare for the Saiyans.

• Krillin returned from the Gravity Room with Lanchi, and Bulma admitted her jealousy and explained why she had encouraged them to be together.
• Krillin reassured Bulma that she remained his wife and the lady of the house, and Bulma welcomed Lanchi as family.
• Bulma set ground rules for their celebration, but Krillin produced a feather and proposed involving both versions of Lanchi.
• Krillin, Bulma, and Lanchi celebrated until dawn, completing the mission to establish a united family front.
• Krillin received Multiple Thought Processing, saw his updated status panel, and calculated that the Saiyans would arrive in five years.

As Bulma’s pregnancy put Capsule Corporation under strict precautions, Krillin nurtured their unborn child with ki and discovered the baby had extraordinary potential. When Bulma’s due date arrived, her family and friends gathered anxiously outside the delivery room.

• Dr. Brief and Mrs. Briefs imposed extensive precautions around the pregnant Bulma, while she complained that they were treating her like a test subject.
• Krillin sent ki into Bulma’s belly and discovered the baby had SSS-Rank potential, inherited Saitama Template genes, and exceptional scientific aptitude.
• The baby returned Krillin’s ki, and he delighted in their connection and spent more time nurturing the child.
• On Bulma’s due date, the largest private hospital in West City was booked out, and Dr. Brief, Master Roshi, and the Lanchi sisters waited anxiously outside the delivery room.

Three years later, four-year-old Trunks trained under extreme gravity at Capsule Corporation and met Goku’s timid son, Son Gohan, for the first time. After Trunks challenged Gohan to fight, Gohan instinctively dodged Trunks’s sudden charge, leaving their first clash underway.

• Trunks trained at 30G in Capsule Corporation’s Gravity Training Room, using telekinesis and a Ki Blast to get rid of his juice glass and order the household robot to clean up.
• Krillin arrived, lowered the gravity, and told Trunks they had guests.
• Goku visited Capsule Corporation with Son Gohan, while Bulma welcomed Chi-Chi and the adults caught up.
• Trunks introduced himself to Gohan and challenged him to fight, but Gohan refused at first, saying his mother taught him that fighting was wrong.
• After Trunks called him a loser, Gohan protested, and Trunks suddenly charged; Gohan’s Saiyan instincts made him dodge.

Krillin vowed to help Gohan reach his potential without driving a wedge between Goku and Chi-Chi. He began his gradual plan by commissioning a far more powerful Gravity Room and inviting Gohan to spend time with Trunks.

• Krillin recalled the different futures and setbacks Gohan faced, then vowed to keep the boy from wasting his potential.
• Krillin warned Goku that Gohan's potential needed nurturing and that future enemies could threaten his family.
• Goku reflected on Chi-Chi's fears, and Krillin told him not to oppose her directly while he handled the situation.
• Krillin asked Bulma to upgrade the Gravity Room to reach at least one hundred times normal gravity, expand its interior, and simulate extreme environments.
• Krillin invited Chi-Chi to bring Gohan over to play with Trunks after seeing the boys quietly enjoying a robot model together.

Krillin completed a typhoon-eye tea-drinking quest while using his enhanced mind and Saitama-based body to develop a more controlled version of Kaio-ken. After returning to Capsule Corporation, he found five-year-old Trunks eager to train at fifty times gravity, despite Bulma having locked the controls.

• Krillin maintained an elegant posture in the eye of a super typhoon and safely redirected a cow caught in the gale.
• While waiting for his quest to finish, Krillin used Multiple Thought to develop a dense, constant-overclocking version of Kaio-ken.
• Krillin completed the quest, received attribute points and Top Grade Dahongpao Tea, and tore open the typhoon's clouds with a casual wave.
• Krillin returned to Capsule Corporation and found Trunks watching robots repair the Gravity Training Room.
• Trunks told Krillin he wanted to try fifty times gravity, but Bulma had locked the controls because she feared it would stunt his growth.

Trunks learned to fly with astonishing speed, and Krillin tested his new skills while reflecting on the approaching Saiyan threat. The chapter left Trunks exhausted after failing to catch Krillin as sunset fell.

• Trunks instinctively took flight during Krillin's lesson, then fell and hit his forehead in the grass.
• Trunks quickly corrected his ki control and learned to hover, maneuver, and attempt a flip.
• Trunks flew high above West City while Krillin remembered the peaceful five years he had spent with his family and the system's warning that Raditz would arrive in three days.
• Krillin challenged Trunks to catch him in exchange for extra dinosaur steaks, but easily dodged each of Trunks' charges.
• Trunks kept trying until sunset, when he was drenched in sweat, nearly out of ki, and struggling to stay airborne.

Raditz arrived on Earth and overpowered a farmer who confronted him. He detected two relatively high Battle Power readings near West City, where Krillin sensed his evil aura.

• A fiery spacecraft crashed into a wheat field, and the farmer with the hunting rifle approached it.
• Raditz emerged from the spacecraft and dismissed Earth and its weak gravity.
• The farmer fired at Raditz, who caught the bullet and sent it back into the pickup, knocking the farmer unconscious.
• Raditz used his Scouter to locate Kakarot and noticed two higher Battle Power readings in one direction.
• At Capsule Corporation, Krillin sensed Raditz's evil aura while playing with Trunks.

Krillin brought Trunks to Kame House, where Goku arrived with Gohan and they greeted Master Roshi. Meanwhile, Krillin sensed a hostile ki approaching Piccolo, who confronted the arriving Raditz.

• Krillin used Instant Transmission to bring Trunks to Kame House and explained the technique to him.
• Goku arrived with Gohan, and Krillin and Trunks met them on the beach.
• Master Roshi greeted Krillin and remarked that he could no longer sense Krillin’s ki.
• Krillin sensed a violent presence moving toward Piccolo while everyone chatted at Kame House.
• Raditz landed before Piccolo, scanned his Battle Power, and questioned why a Namekian was on Earth.

Raditz revealed that he was Goku’s older brother and demanded that Goku rejoin the Saiyans, but Goku refused. Raditz kidnapped Gohan and challenged Goku to gather two hundred human corpses, then knocked Trunks through Kame House when the boy tried to stop him.

• Raditz identified Goku as his brother Kakarot and explained that Saiyans were sent to wipe out planets’ inhabitants.
• Master Roshi told Goku and the others that Grandpa Son Gohan had found him as a baby and that an accident had changed his personality.
• Goku refused to join Raditz or help conquer Earth, so Raditz attacked him and took Gohan hostage.
• Raditz demanded that Goku bring him two hundred human corpses by the next day or lose Gohan.
• Trunks confronted Raditz, whose Scouter measured the boy’s battle power at 350, but Raditz kicked him through Kame House.

Krillin effortlessly battered Raditz, but an S-Rank mission required him to hold back and arrange for Goku and Raditz to kill each other so Goku could train on King Kai’s Planet. The chapter ended with Krillin pretending his punch had used up all his ki and urging Goku to attack.

• Raditz attacked Krillin, but Krillin vanished, appeared behind him, and struck him with an Ordinary Punch that sent him crashing into a distant island.
• Goku, Master Roshi, Gohan, and Trunks watched in shock as Raditz rose from the wreckage, injured and furious.
• Krillin received the Actor's Self-Cultivation mission, which required him to guide Raditz and Goku into killing each other so Goku could travel to King Kai’s Planet.
• Krillin pretended he had exhausted all his ki and told Goku to attack Raditz, while Trunks called out his bad acting.

Goku and Piccolo removed their weighted gear and fought Raditz together, but his overwhelming strength left them badly beaten. Raditz prepared to attack them with energy spheres while Krillin watched from the sidelines with Trunks.

• Krillin pretended to be exhausted while secretly enjoying tea and snacks with Trunks on the beach.
• Goku and Piccolo removed their weighted gear, raising their Battle Powers to 416 and 408, while Raditz remained at 1,500.
• Goku and Piccolo attacked Raditz together, but he dodged Goku's punch and struck both fighters down.
• Raditz grabbed Goku and Piccolo, smashed them together, and tossed them into the air.
• Raditz gathered pink energy spheres in his palms as Goku and Piccolo lay helpless.

Piccolo fired his Special Beam Cannon at Raditz, but Goku’s grip only forced Raditz to take the attack across his shoulder. Goku then seized Raditz’s tail, leaving him helpless, but Raditz pleaded for his life and made Goku hesitate.

• Goku endured Raditz’s blows and held onto his ankle while Piccolo charged his Special Beam Cannon.
• Piccolo fired the beam, and Raditz dodged most of it by kicking Goku away, though it vaporized his right shoulder and pierced a distant mountain.
• Raditz aimed at the exhausted Piccolo, but Goku grabbed Raditz’s tail and left him weak and powerless.
• Raditz begged Goku to spare him, claiming he would leave Earth and never return, and Goku’s grip slackened as he felt pity for his brother.

After Goku and Piccolo defeated Raditz at the cost of Goku’s life, Raditz revealed that Vegeta and Nappa had learned about the Dragon Balls and would arrive in a year. Krillin killed the dying Raditz and gained a Saiyan physical talent that permanently increased his strength after recovery from serious injuries.

• Raditz revealed that his Scouter had transmitted information about the Dragon Balls to Vegeta and Nappa, who would come to Earth in a year.
• Raditz warned Piccolo that Vegeta and Nappa were far stronger than he was and planned to seek the Dragon Balls.
• Krillin approached Raditz with Trunks and said he would kill him before he could cause further danger.
• Krillin used Ordinary Punch to kill Raditz and completed the mission, gaining Battle Power and Trunks's potential development.
• Krillin received the Near-Death Empowerment talent, which permanently increased his physical strength whenever he recovered from a serious injury.

Krillin accompanied Goku and Kami to the Other World so Goku could train with King Kai before stronger Saiyans arrived. King Yemma caught Krillin, who was still alive, and ordered him back to the world of the living.

• Krillin convinced Kami to take him to the Other World despite Kami's warnings about the rules and dangers.
• Krillin met Goku outside King Yemma's palace and told him that Piccolo was training Gohan and Trunks.
• Goku worried he would not be ready for the stronger Saiyans due to arrive in a year, and Krillin said he was taking him to see King Kai.
• King Yemma noticed Krillin was alive and threatened to send him back or throw Kami into Hell.

Krillin carried Goku at tremendous speed along Snake Way, reaching the Snake Princess's palace after two days. Goku rushed inside for food while the Snake Princess focused her attention on Krillin.

• Goku set off running along Snake Way, and Krillin blasted past Kami at supersonic speed.
• Krillin caught up with Goku, picked him up, and flew down Snake Way with him at dozens of times the speed of sound.
• Krillin and Goku reached the middle of Snake Way two days later and arrived at the Snake Princess's palace.
• The Snake Princess welcomed the travelers and directed her attention toward Krillin.
• Goku ignored the Snake Princess's welcome, ran to the dining table, and began eating a roast pig.

Goku and Krillin tried to win King Kai's approval by telling jokes so he would train them to fight the Saiyans. Krillin made King Kai laugh and passed, while Goku began a rabbit story that was left unfinished.

• Goku and Krillin arrived on King Kai's Planet and asked King Kai to teach them to defeat the Saiyans.
• King Kai said they had to make him laugh with a joke before he would train them.
• Krillin told a Little White Rabbit joke and made King Kai laugh, earning his approval.
• Goku began a story about an elephant that had no paper and a nearby Little White Rabbit.

Krillin caught Bubbles with ease during training on King Kai's Planet, while Piccolo abandoned Gohan and Trunks in the wilderness to survive for six months. Trunks fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex to protect Gohan, but the dinosaur's tail was about to strike him as Gohan reacted in alarm.

• Krillin caught Bubbles effortlessly and urged King Kai to begin teaching him more advanced techniques.
• Piccolo left Gohan and Trunks alone in the Dinosaur Plains, telling them to survive for six months.
• Trunks tried to get the frightened Gohan to face the wilderness and fight anything that threatened them.
• A Tyrannosaurus Rex attacked, and Trunks struck its toe with a bone club, making it stagger.
• The enraged dinosaur swung its tail at Trunks, and Gohan cried out as Trunks was about to be hit.

On King Kai's Planet, Krillin mastered Kaio-ken and pushed it to twentyfold without suffering any injuries. With a Battle Power of 120,000, he prepared to face the coming Saiyan threat, leaving King Kai stunned by the damage to his planet.

• Goku learned onefold Kaio-ken but could sustain it for less than ten seconds before his body began to hurt.
• Krillin activated Kaio-ken at fivefold while casually eating, astonishing King Kai and Goku.
• Krillin increased his power to tenfold, shaking the planet and sending King Kai's red convertible crashing into the woods.
• Krillin asked the System to identify his body's collapse threshold, and it recommended trying twentyfold Kaio-ken.
• Krillin reached twentyfold Kaio-ken and a Battle Power of 120,000, wrecking King Kai's Planet but emerging without injuries.
• Krillin reined in his Aura and teased King Kai, who was left trembling and picking up his wig.

Krillin transformed the Spirit Bomb into a permanent power-up by absorbing its energy into his body, creating the Serious Series: Saint Buddha Form. His power surged, and he sensed that the transformation had changed more than his strength.

• Krillin told King Kai the Spirit Bomb took too long to gather energy for use in a fight.
• Krillin used his Gluttony ability to pull in surrounding energy and slammed the growing Spirit Bomb into his chest.
• The System Panel confirmed that Krillin had fused with the energy and converted it completely, awakening the Saint Buddha Form.
• Krillin discovered that the form gave him Qi Armor and near-limitless stamina and recovery while he drew energy from his surroundings.
• Krillin demonstrated the form's power by slicing off the top of a distant hill, as King Kai reacted with shock.
• Krillin's Battle Power climbed past 10,000, and he realized that the transformation had changed the rules of his power.

Krillin secretly watched Trunks and Son Gohan spar during their training with Piccolo, then revealed himself after assessing their progress. He reunited with the children, while Piccolo warily sensed how much stronger Krillin had become.

• Trunks attacked Son Gohan with a Dodon Ray and tried to blind him with sand, but Gohan repelled him with a burst of ki.
• Krillin checked their AR Data Vision readings and noted that both children had surpassed 500 battle power as Vegeta and Nappa's arrival drew closer.
• Piccolo stopped the sparring, criticized Trunks's tricks and Gohan's slow reactions, and ordered them to rest.
• Krillin surprised Piccolo by appearing behind him, then greeted Trunks and Son Gohan as they rushed to him.
• Trunks clung to Krillin and complained that Piccolo fed him wild fruit instead of meat, while Piccolo sensed that Krillin's strength had become impossible to gauge.

Krillin returned to Capsule Corporation, where Bulma and Lanchi welcomed him with relief and anger after six months of worry. That night, Bulma told him how afraid she had been of the approaching Saiyans, and Krillin reassured her that Earth would be safe.

• Krillin brought Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, Gohan, and Trunks to Capsule Corporation and showed them its new defenses.
• Bulma embraced Krillin and confessed how worried she had been while he was away.
• Lanchi transformed into Golden Haired Lanchi, confronted Krillin, and kissed him before threatening to inspect him that night.
• Krillin sent the others to rest and told them they could use the Gravity Room.
• Bulma told Krillin she had feared Raditz and the stronger Saiyans would destroy Earth, and he reassured her before drawing her into his arms.

Krillin assigned the fighters specialized training in the Gravity Room to prepare for the Saiyans’ arrival, while he developed a passive power-up of his own. After six months, the group emerged transformed, with one day left before the Saiyans arrived.

• Krillin ordered everyone to train for six months and gave Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, and Lanchi specific techniques to master.
• Yamcha trained to combine Kaio-ken with his Ki Blast, Tien Shinhan worked on using Ki Recovery to offset the life-force cost of his Kamehameha, and Piccolo practiced charging his Special Beam Cannon while moving and taking hits.
• Lanchi learned to wrap bullets in ki or use ki to propel them, turning her gun into a more powerful weapon.
• Krillin trained in the 300-times-gravity chamber and developed Constant Overdrive, which kept his body in a low-multiplier Kaio-ken state.
• With one day left before the Saiyans arrived, the fighters emerged from training with new abilities and a more resolute appearance, and Yamcha announced that his Kaio-ken Ki Blast was complete.

As Earth panicked over approaching spacecraft, Krillin and Bulma prepared for the invasion at Capsule Corporation. Krillin summoned Shenron to make a wish, leaving the Dragon Balls’ rising negative energy as a concern.

• Worldwide broadcasts warned that unidentified spacecraft were approaching East City, while Capsule Corporation remained protected from the chaos.
• Krillin teased Vegeta and Nappa to Trunks and Gohan, then promised to take the boys to see the battle.
• Bulma confirmed the Dragon Balls were ready, and Krillin checked that their negative energy accumulation had reached 12%.
• Krillin summoned Shenron in Capsule Corporation’s backyard, but the chapter ended before he made his wish.

Krillin used Instant Transmission to bring Goku back to Earth before the two Saiyans arrived. Goku reunited with the assembled fighters as the Saiyans’ spaceships entered the atmosphere.

• Goku learned from King Kai that the Saiyans would arrive in less than three hours and that he could not return in time by running Snake Way.
• Krillin appeared on King Kai’s Planet using Instant Transmission and took Goku back to Earth.
• Krillin and Goku arrived near East City and reunited with Piccolo, Gohan, Trunks, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Golden Haired Lanchi.
• Goku noticed Yamcha’s dangerous ki, and Yamcha said his training in hell had made him powerful enough to fight Saiyans.
• Two Saiyan spaceships appeared in Earth’s sky as they entered the atmosphere.