Recaps

The Ginyu Force arrived on Namek and struck ridiculous poses before Krillin arranged matchups for the fighters. Guldo stopped time to attack Trunks and Gohan, but his concentration broke when he let out a fart, leaving the fight about to resume.

• The Ginyu Force landed on Namek and introduced themselves with an elaborate pose.
• Trunks, Gohan, and the others mocked the Ginyu Force, while Bulma photographed them.
• Krillin arranged opponents through rock-paper-scissors, matching Trunks and Gohan against Guldo, Vegeta against Recoome, and Goku against Ginyu.
• Guldo stopped time and approached Trunks with a sharp rock, intending to kill him.
• Guldo's fart broke his concentration, time resumed, and Trunks and Gohan blamed him for the sound.

Vegeta attacked Recoome with everything he had, but Recoome shrugged off the assault and beat him nearly to death. As Recoome prepared to finish Vegeta, Aki stepped in and trapped him with her thorny vines, beginning a powerful attack.

• Vegeta charged Recoome and battered him before firing a Garlic Gun at him.
• Recoome emerged unharmed, grabbed Vegeta, and smashed him into the ground until Vegeta lay bloody and badly injured.
• Recoome stood on Vegeta and began gathering energy for his Erasure Cannon, but Krillin stopped Goku from rushing to help.
• Krillin sent Aki to fight, and she approached Recoome as he choked back his attack and taunted her.
• Aki used Thorn Dance to bind Recoome with vines that drained his ki, then invoked Flower Burial as a giant purple energy flower bloomed above him.

Krillin effortlessly defeated Burter and Jeice, leaving Captain Ginyu to face Goku. Goku gained the upper hand with Kaio-ken, but Ginyu wounded himself to prepare a dangerous counterattack.

• Krillin dodged Burter and Jeice’s attacks, drew insults on their faces, and knocked them unconscious by smashing their heads together.
• Goku challenged Captain Ginyu after the rest of the Ginyu Force had fallen.
• Ginyu unleashed his full power and fought Goku, who surpassed him with twofold Kaio-ken and reached a Battle Power of 180,000.
• Goku punched Ginyu into a kneeling position, but Ginyu injured himself as Vegeta shouted a warning.

After defeating the Ginyu Force, Krillin took the others to raid Frieza’s spaceship and stole the Namekian Dragon Balls. The group had collected six of the seven, while Vegeta recovered in a medical pod aboard the ship.

• Krillin used Instant Transmission to bring the group to Frieza’s spaceship, where he knocked out the guards with Spirit Shock.
• Krillin led the group through the ship as Piccolo blasted the stragglers, and they found Vegeta recovering in a medical pod.
• Krillin drew a pig’s head and wrote his name on the pod’s glass before heading to the control room.
• Bulma counted the Namekian Dragon Balls, and Krillin stored them in his system space, bringing their total to six.
• Gohan worried that Frieza would go berserk, and Krillin explained that the Namekian dragon required a wish in the Namekian language.

Dende met Krillin’s group while searching for the outsiders the Grand Elder had called to save Namek. After Aki revealed her connection to the Sacred Tree, they reached the Grand Elder’s home and were admitted by Nail.

• Dende hid behind a rock, then recognized Krillin when his group appeared before him.
• Dende sensed the Sacred Tree’s aura in Aki and prostrated himself before her.
• Dende warned the group that Frieza was heading toward the Grand Elder, and Krillin used Instant Transmission to take them there.
• Nail confronted the group until Dende identified them as friends and Aki’s presence compelled him to lower his head.
• The Grand Elder ordered Nail to let them in, and Krillin led the group into the stone house to meet him.

The Grand Elder developed Trunks’s and Gohan’s potential, dramatically increasing their power, then granted Bulma’s request to enhance her intellect and preserve her appearance. Bulma’s new abilities were revealed as she examined Krillin’s Universal Capsule watch.

• Trunks received Potential Guidance from the Grand Elder and his Battle Power surged to 150,000.
• Gohan received Potential Guidance, reaching a Battle Power of 200,000 with further increases possible through emotional fluctuations.
• Bulma asked the Grand Elder to develop her intellect and keep her skin from wrinkling.
• The Grand Elder enhanced Bulma’s intelligence and granted her mechanical affinity, data intuition, absolute rationality, and genetic appearance stabilization.
• Bulma shrieked as she looked at the Universal Capsule watch on Krillin’s wrist.

The Grand Elder’s attempt to guide Krillin’s potential revealed that Krillin had broken the universe’s limits, raising his Saitama Template fusion rate and unlocking infinite stamina. As Frieza arrived at Pillar Mountain, Piccolo faced him while Nail stepped out to defend the Grand Elder.

• The Grand Elder probed Krillin’s potential, encountered a boundless void, and was jolted back when the system severed their connection.
• Krillin’s Saitama Template fusion rate rose to 50%, unlocking infinite stamina and improving his control over his strength.
• Krillin gave Nail a Senzu Bean, and Nail fed it to the Grand Elder, restoring the elder’s energy.
• The Grand Elder warned that Frieza had run out of patience as Frieza arrived at Pillar Mountain and confronted Piccolo.
• Piccolo stood at the stone house entrance, struggling with his pride, and Nail stepped outside to face Frieza.

Piccolo fused with Nail and gained enough power to overpower Frieza in his first form. Frieza began transforming into his second form, promising a more dangerous fight.

• Frieza fired a Death Beam at Nail, but Piccolo caught and crushed it as he completed their fusion.
• Piccolo felt Nail's memories and battle instincts merge with his own, and his Battle Power rose to 1,200,000.
• Piccolo struck Frieza before he could finish speaking, then smashed him into a crater.
• Frieza rose from the crater, enraged, and began releasing his restraints and transforming.

Frieza transformed into his second form, but Piccolo’s greater strength let him overpower the tyrant. Krillin considered how to save the Namekians and pursue the reward for his new quest.

• Frieza transformed into his second form and revealed a battle power of over one million.
• Piccolo slapped Frieza, then battered him and slammed him into a crater.
• Krillin reviewed a quest to save more than 90% of the Namekians, with a powerful instant transmission ability as its perfect reward.
• Krillin turned and called out to Goku.

Krillin used Porunga and Shenron together to restore Earth’s Dragon Balls and revive all Namekians killed by Frieza and his men. With Frieza still attacking Piccolo, Krillin prepared to use the second wish to send everyone else on Namek to Earth.

• Krillin asked Dende to wish for Earth’s Dragon Balls and Shenron to be restored, and Porunga granted it.
• Goku contacted King Kai, who relayed the plan to Kami on Earth.
• Kami summoned Shenron and wished for every Namekian killed by Frieza and his men to be revived.
• The Namekians returned to life, and the Grand Elder realized they had all been restored.
• Frieza attacked Piccolo while Krillin told him to keep holding on.
• Krillin asked Dende to wish that everyone on Namek except Frieza, Goku, Piccolo, and Krillin be sent to Earth.

After recovering from his near-fatal injuries, Vegeta believed his power had risen enough to defeat Frieza and claim the title of Legendary Super Saiyan. Seeing Shenron summoned over Namek, he abandoned his plans to fight and raced toward the dragon to wish for eternal life.

• Vegeta awoke from the medical pod healed and sensed that his Battle Power had surged dramatically.
• Vegeta celebrated his new strength, declared that he would become the Legendary Super Saiyan, and headed out to confront Frieza.
• Vegeta emerged from the flagship and saw Shenron filling the dark sky above Namek.
• Vegeta realized the dragon offered a chance at eternal life and hurried toward Shenron, intent on claiming immortality.

Vegeta arrived at Kami's Lookout furious that he had missed his chance to wish for immortality, then attacked Trunks after the boy mocked him. Trunks effortlessly caught Vegeta's punch, but Vegeta launched a second attack.

• Mr. Popo lamented the damage Vegeta caused while the transported Namekians trembled before his aura.
• Trunks told Vegeta to quiet down and explained that Shenron had left after granting the wish.
• Trunks mocked Vegeta for being short, and Bulma laughed, driving Vegeta into a rage.
• Vegeta charged and punched Trunks, but Trunks caught his fist without moving.
• Vegeta called it an illusion and formed a purple Kamehameha, slamming it toward Trunks's stomach.

Trunks and Gohan fought Vegeta after he tried to destroy Kami's Lookout, easily overpowering him despite his growing rage. Vegeta ended the chapter bloodied and kneeling before the two children.

• Vegeta charged a massive Garlic Gun and threatened to destroy Kami's Lookout, but Trunks and Gohan calmly prepared to stop him.
• Trunks dispersed Vegeta's beam with a punch, and Gohan struck Vegeta from behind with a Special Beam Cannon, smashing him into the plaza.
• Vegeta climbed out of the crater and attacked Trunks, but Trunks dodged his blows and repeatedly slapped him.
• Gohan kicked Vegeta in both knees, leaving the Saiyan Prince kneeling in humiliation as Gohan told him to stop.

After Porunga and the Dragon Balls vanished, Frieza lost his chance at eternal life and erupted in rage. He transformed from his Second Form into a terrifying Third Form, leaving Piccolo, Krillin, and Goku facing a far more dangerous opponent.

• Porunga, Dende, the Dragon Balls, and the old Namekian disappeared, leaving Frieza's wish for eternal life unfulfilled.
• Frieza flew into a fury and unleashed a powerful shock wave as his energy continued to rise.
• Piccolo attacked Frieza, but Frieza endured the blows and fought him in midair.
• Frieza knocked Piccolo away, curled into a ball, and began transforming while Krillin explained what was happening to Goku.
• Frieza completed his transformation into his Third Form, which Krillin's system identified as Xenomorph.

Frieza overwhelmed Piccolo with a barrage of deadly beams until Goku intervened. Frieza recognized Goku as the son of a Saiyan warrior who had resisted him during Planet Vegeta’s destruction, while Goku denied knowing the man and prepared to fight.

• Frieza outpaced Piccolo and wounded him with a relentless storm of purple beams.
• Goku rushed in and slapped Frieza’s beams away with his bare hands, shielding Piccolo.
• Frieza recognized Goku’s face and recalled the Saiyan warrior who had resisted him as he destroyed Planet Vegeta.
• Frieza claimed Goku was that warrior’s son and mocked him, but Goku said he was named Goku and had grown up on Earth.
• Goku vowed to beat Frieza for killing so many people, and Frieza declared that Saiyans were born to be crushed beneath his feet.

Goku overwhelmed Frieza in his Third Form while Krillin used the Divine Oracle Technique to heal Piccolo and restore his strength. Frieza remained battered, and Piccolo recovered with his ki even more refined.

• Frieza climbed from the crater and challenged Goku, who revealed his powerful, controlled Aura.
• Frieza attacked Goku with beams and martial arts, but Goku calmly blocked every strike and caught his tail.
• Goku swung Frieza into the ground repeatedly and kicked him through several stone mountains.
• Krillin found Piccolo badly wounded and out of Senzu Beans, then loaded the Divine Oracle Technique from the system.
• Krillin healed Piccolo's wounds and restored his ki, leaving it more refined than before.

Goku and Piccolo worked together to overpower Frieza in his Third Form, exploiting his poor aim and unstable state of mind. After Frieza erupted into a furious barrage, Goku stopped on a raised rock and calmly watched him.

• Piccolo grabbed Frieza's wrist and struck his unguarded abdomen, creating an opening for Goku.
• Goku blasted Frieza into a stone forest with a point-blank Kamehameha.
• Krillin monitored the fighters' battle data and noted that Frieza's rage and lack of technique made him vulnerable to teamwork.
• Frieza burst from the ruins, badly injured, and unleashed Energy Balls in every direction.
• Goku and Piccolo dodged the barrage as Goku stopped on a raised rock to watch Frieza.

Frieza completed his transformation into his original Final Form, revealing a battle power of 120 million. Goku stopped Piccolo from attacking before the transformation finished, leaving everyone to face Frieza at his strongest.

• Piccolo sensed Frieza compressing his energy and attacked with a Special Beam Cannon before the transformation could finish.
• Goku redirected Piccolo's attack and insisted that he had to defeat Frieza fairly at his strongest.
• Piccolo argued that Frieza was becoming an incomprehensible monster, but ultimately let Goku proceed.
• Frieza shed his outer shell and emerged in his smaller, original Final Form.
• Krillin's system scan identified Frieza's battle power as 120 million, and Frieza tested his newly transformed body.

Goku pushed his Kaio-ken to tenfold against Frieza, but Frieza still overwhelmed him with only thirty percent of his power. As Frieza prepared to finish him, Goku drew on his last reserves and faced one final attempt to win.

• Goku used fivefold Kaio-ken and attacked Frieza, but Frieza caught his wrist and countered without taking his hands from behind his back.
• Goku raised the technique to tenfold Kaio-ken, prompting Frieza to bring his hands forward and reveal that thirty percent of his power gave him about thirty-six million Battle Power.
• Frieza overwhelmed Goku in their exchange, battered him with strikes, and forced him to dodge Death Beams as the Kaio-ken strained his body.
• Frieza declared the fight over and formed a purple energy ball to kill Goku.
• Goku resolved to give everything to protect Piccolo, Krillin, and Earth, then drew on his last potential as the sky over Namek turned blood red.

Goku used the Twenty-fold Kaio-ken to overwhelm Frieza in a brutal assault on Namek. Frieza was left battered and unable to fight back as Goku continued attacking him.

• Goku vanished from sight and struck Frieza in the face before sending him crashing into the ground.
• Goku intercepted Frieza in midair and broke his spine with a two-handed blow.
• Piccolo watched in shock while Krillin worried that the Kaio-ken was destroying Goku's body.
• Frieza struggled out from beneath the ruins, enraged and determined to kill Goku.
• Goku drove his knees into Frieza's abdomen, then hit him for the Namekians and Piccolo, sending him flying into stone mountains.

Goku unleashed a massive Kamehameha against Frieza, forcing Frieza to use half his power to defend himself. Goku’s attack overwhelmed the barrier and struck Frieza, ending in a catastrophic explosion on Namek.

• Frieza crawled from the rubble and realized Goku’s Kamehameha could kill him.
• Goku fired the enormous blue-and-red Kamehameha at Frieza.
• Frieza unleashed half his power and raised a purplish-black energy barrier against the beam.
• Both fighters strained as the Kamehameha pushed Frieza’s barrier backward.
• Goku forced the beam to surge stronger, and Frieza’s barrier cracked and shattered.
• The Kamehameha struck Frieza, and a tremendous explosion engulfed him.

Goku believed he had killed Frieza with his twenty-fold Kaio-ken Kamehameha, but Frieza survived and prepared to destroy Namek. As Goku gave up, Krillin received a mandatory quest to help Sun Wukong awaken as a Super Saiyan.

• Goku, badly injured and exhausted, thought Frieza had been killed by his attack.
• Frieza emerged from the smoke severely wounded but alive, and Goku lost hope.
• Frieza raised a Death Ball and vowed to destroy Goku and Namek.
• Krillin heard a mechanical voice issue the S-rank quest “The Legend of Anger,” instructing him to help Sun Wukong transform into a Super Saiyan.

Krillin stepped between the weakened Goku and Frieza, intending to hold Frieza off and die so Goku could awaken as a golden-haired warrior. He activated his Saint Buddha Form and combined it with the twenty-fold Kaio-ken, leaving the fight poised to begin.

• Krillin stood in front of Goku as Frieza prepared to attack, and Goku begged him to run.
• Krillin checked his status and rejected using Super Bald Form because it might kill Frieza and fail the mission.
• Krillin activated Saint Buddha Form, raising his battle power to three million.
• Krillin used the twenty-fold Kaio-ken and fused its crimson aura with his white spirit energy.

Frieza’s enraged power rose to eighty-four million, and he overwhelmed Krillin despite Krillin’s powerful defenses. Krillin survived Frieza’s assault but remained on the defensive as the battle continued.

• Frieza was shocked that Krillin’s punch had driven back his energy sphere and recognized the Earthling as a formidable fighter.
• Frieza’s anger pushed his energy output to seventy percent, raising his estimated battle power to eighty-four million.
• Frieza vanished and struck Krillin with a devastating kick, sending him through three mountains, but Krillin’s body rapidly repaired itself.
• Frieza appeared above Krillin and fired a barrage of Death Beams at him.
• Krillin used his golden halo as a shield and struggled to withstand Frieza’s continued attacks.

After Frieza killed Krillin, Goku awakened as a Super Saiyan, transforming into a golden-haired warrior whose power frightened Frieza. Goku effortlessly deflected Frieza’s Death Beam and confronted him at close range.

• Frieza mocked Goku after killing Krillin and prepared to attack him.
• Goku’s grief and rage changed Namek’s skies and triggered his transformation into a Super Saiyan.
• Goku emerged with golden hair, emerald eyes, and a battle power of 150 million.
• Frieza remembered King Cold’s warning about the legendary Super Saiyan but denied that the legend was real.
• Frieza fired a Death Beam at Goku, who casually swatted it aside and appeared in front of him.