Chapter Summaries

Raditz and the other Super Saiyans defeated Androids 13, 14, and 15, while Dr. Gero destroyed himself rather than reveal the secret of his Ultimate Android. Raditz suspected Cell was still hidden and ordered Tumart to analyze the Android remains to locate the others.

• Vegeta, Goku, and Trunks attacked Androids 13, 14, and 15, while Dr. Gero tried to escape through the ruins.
• Raditz blasted Dr. Gero and restrained him with telekinesis, then questioned him about the Androids and Cell.
• Dr. Gero activated his energy reactor and self-destructed, destroying the surrounding wasteland without killing Raditz.
• Raditz ordered Tumart to recover Android 19 and the fragments of Androids 13 through 15 to find the other Androids.
• Raditz took over Trunks's fight and twisted Android 13's head around, while Goku pierced Android 14 and the three Androids were defeated.

Android 13 absorbed Android 14 and Android 15’s energy packs and transformed into Super Android 13, but Raditz remained stronger and quickly defeated him. The chapter ended with Super Android 13 sprawled on the ground as Raditz appeared before him.

• Android 13 absorbed Android 14’s energy pack, then seized Android 15 and absorbed his energy despite Trunks and Raditz trying to stop him.
• The combined energy transformed Android 13 into a larger, blue-skinned Super Android 13, alarming the watching fighters.
• Super Android 13 boasted of his power, but Raditz knocked him into the ground with a knee.
• Super Android 13 attacked Raditz, who caught his punch with one hand and then struck him down after a brief high-speed clash.

Raditz destroyed Super Android 13, but Trunks spotted Metal Mechanical Creatures spreading across Earth, revealing that Planet Big-Go had survived and was coming for revenge. Raditz organized the group to hunt the creatures down, and Trunks joined them to defend this world.

• Raditz overpowered Super Android 13, tore off his arm, and destroyed him with a Shining Impact Wave.
• Krillin and Yamcha celebrated the Android's defeat while Trunks took hope from Raditz's strength.
• Trunks spotted Metal Mechanical Creatures descending across Earth, and Raditz and Vegeta destroyed two of them.
• Raditz identified the creatures as Planet Big-Go's forces and warned that the planet was coming to take revenge.
• Raditz asked Tumart to track the scattered creatures and send their locations to everyone's Scouters.
• Raditz told Trunks about this world's history as they flew toward the creatures' coordinates to fight them.

Metal creatures devastated cities across Earth as martial artists fought back and rescued civilians. The people recognized the familiar fighters and saw them as Earth’s defenders.

• Krillin rescued a reporter from a metal creature, and Afuna destroyed it before scolding him for holding the woman.
• Across Earth, metal creatures attacked cities, forcing civilians to flee through streets filled with fire and rubble.
• Master Roshi destroyed a metal creature threatening a group of men, while Tien Shinhan blasted another one attacking from behind.
• The men recognized Master Roshi as Jackie Chun and remembered Tien Shinhan from the World Martial Arts Tournament.
• People recognized Yamcha, Krillin, and Goku in their Turtle School uniforms and began seeing the martial artists as their hope.

Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 left Dr. Gero’s laboratory and headed toward Raditz and Goku, but encountered an attack by strange metal machines. After Android 18 destroyed them, Android 16 warned that several people on the planet were stronger than Android 17.

• Android 17 and Android 18 learned from Android 16 that Dr. Gero was dead and that they had been created to defeat Raditz.
• Android 17 led Android 18 and Android 16 toward town, then took a car and drove toward Raditz and Goku.
• Android 16 detected an approaching energy signature, and the group encountered a swarm of blue metal creatures attacking them.
• Android 18 blasted the metal creatures out of the sky with a single energy attack.
• Android 16 told Android 17 that at least three people on the planet were stronger than him, not counting Android 16.

Raditz and the others finished clearing the metal monsters while Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 came looking for him. Trunks attacked the Androids but was easily beaten by Android 17, leaving Raditz to face the approaching challenge.

• Android 17 laughed off Android 16's warning that stronger opponents existed and set out with Android 18 and Android 16 to find Raditz.
• Raditz and Trunks confirmed that the metal monsters were nearly eliminated, and Raditz offered to take Trunks to Sacred Water for training.
• Raditz sensed danger and saw Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 approaching.
• Trunks charged the Androids with his sword, but Android 17 struck him twice and sent him flying back toward Raditz.
• Raditz caught Trunks and warned him that he was no match for these Androids, then faced Android 17, who demanded a place for their battle.

Raditz fought Android 17 over the sea and proved far stronger than the Androids. Android 16 and Android 18 joined the battle, but after Raditz overpowered all three, they tried to escape and found him blocking their path.

• Raditz and Android 17 flew over the sea and began fighting while Trunks, Android 18, and Android 16 watched.
• Raditz struck Android 17 with a kick and uppercut, overwhelming him despite Android 17's counterattack.
• Android 18 asked Android 16 to join the fight, and Android 16 charged Raditz while Trunks moved to help.
• Raditz deflected Android 16's detachable arm, reattached it, and struck Android 16 into the sea before blasting Android 18 away with a Kikoho.
• Raditz knocked Android 17 aside with his tail, and Android 16 and Android 18 took the injured Android 17 and fled.
• Raditz appeared in front of the three Androids and blocked their escape.

Raditz spared Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16, then took Trunks to Dr. Gero’s ruined laboratory to search for a hidden danger. He found no trace of Cell’s embryo or the missing chip and began destroying the area completely.

• Raditz told the Androids he would let them go if they caused no trouble, and Android 18 said they had found a chip in a glass container at the laboratory.
• Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 decided to find a town where they could rest, while Android 17 still considered pursuing Goku.
• Raditz returned to Trunks and explained that the Androids in his world were not really evil, then warned him of a greater hidden danger.
• Raditz led Trunks to Dr. Gero’s ruined laboratory, where they found the glass container but neither the chip nor Cell’s embryo.
• Raditz unleashed his energy to scour the laboratory and surrounding mountains, reducing the area to ash.

Raditz realized that Cell had also traveled from Trunks's timeline and might be hiding nearby, so he brought Trunks to Bulma's laboratory to investigate a mysterious Time Machine. After explaining Cell's threat to the others, Raditz prepared everyone to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

• Raditz realized Cell could have arrived in this timeline before Trunks, leaving the danger unresolved.
• Tumart told Raditz that a photograph of a strange Capsule Corp aircraft had been sent to Bulma, and Raditz recognized it as Cell's Time Machine.
• Raditz brought Trunks to Bulma's laboratory, where Trunks identified the aircraft in the photograph as a Time Machine like his own.
• Raditz explained Cell's arrival and Trunks's timeline to the assembled group, and Bulma proposed making a device to shut down Android 17 and Android 18 temporarily.
• Vegeta welcomed the chance to fight Cell, while Raditz argued that the Androids should remain free so Cell could be tracked and drawn out.
• Trunks asked to train under Raditz, and everyone headed to the Sacred Water to prepare for training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Raditz was summoned by Kaiin after Trunks's accidental time travel linked two time-spaces, and she threatened them with punishment. Raditz convinced her to let Trunks join the Time Patrol on probation, leaving him responsible for helping repair the time-space.

• Raditz learned from Jeice that Alliance warriors were eliminating Planet Big-Go's remnants, while metal lifeforms continued absorbing energy on major planets.
• Kibito summoned Raditz to Supreme Kai's Realm, where Kaiin accused him and Trunks of disrupting the timeline and linking two time-spaces.
• Kaiin threatened Raditz and Trunks with tens of thousands of years in the Prison at the End of Time, while Supreme Kai could not defend them because he had lent out his Potara Earring and Time Ring.
• Raditz proposed that Trunks join the Time Patrol, and Kaiin agreed to give him a probationary period of ten missions.
• Kaiin exempted Trunks from punishment only if the time-space was repaired, and Raditz promised to handle it.

Raditz told the Supreme Kai and Kibito about the crisis on Earth and the powerful Androids, then learned that a signal had revealed Cell’s location. He reached a hidden island laboratory and discovered that Dr. Gero was still alive.

• Raditz explained the Earth crisis and the Androids to the Supreme Kai and Kibito, who promised to watch the monsters in North Galaxy.
• Raditz returned to Sacred Water and prepared to test Trunks’s strength, but Tumart reported a signal from another Android.
• Raditz identified the signal as Cell’s and flew alone to an island in the eastern sea, leaving Trunks behind.
• Raditz entered a hidden laboratory under ten times gravity and found a white-robed scientist monitoring the facility.
• The scientist turned around, and Raditz realized that Dr. Gero was not dead.

Raditz discovered that Bundless had survived by rebuilding itself and had taken over Dr. Gero’s body. Bundless explained its role in the Androids’ development and Cooler’s return before unleashing Androids to destroy the laboratory with Raditz inside.

• Raditz slashed Dr. Gero in half, but the body reassembled and revealed itself as Bundless.
• Bundless explained that fragments of it had survived its earlier destruction, infiltrated Dr. Gero’s systems, and taken over his Android body.
• Bundless admitted that it had influenced the Androids and caused Cooler’s return by merging a chip with Planet Big-Go.
• Raditz asked why Bundless had told him everything, and Bundless said it wanted him to feel powerless.
• Bundless released several Androids, which began glowing as they prepared to self-destruct and destroy the laboratory.

Raditz survived the Androids’ mass detonation and fought Bundless, who revealed that his evolution was not complete. Bundless summoned the scattered fragments of Planet Big-Go through dimensional holes, leaving Earth threatened by the assembling Metal Planets.

• Bundless ordered the Androids to surround Raditz and detonate themselves, but Raditz survived the explosion that destroyed the island and laboratory.
• Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan and punched through Bundless’s chest, but Bundless trapped his arm and attacked with an energy cannon before regenerating.
• Raditz blocked Bundless’s energy beam and recognized that Bundless was weaker than him, though his restoration ability remained troublesome.
• Bundless claimed that he had completed key Android research and announced that his companions were arriving.
• Fragments of Planet Big-Go emerged through dimensional holes and gathered near Earth as Kibito, King Kai, and Raditz’s communicator warned him of the threat.

Planet Big-Go invaded Earth as Metal Mechanical Creatures appeared across the planet, and Raditz fought Bundless and Metal Cooler while Earth’s warriors mobilized. The chapter ended with countless Metal Coolers approaching, as Bundless taunted Raditz with the prospect of facing hundreds or thousands.

• A metallic horn from Planet Big-Go pierced Earth, opening a fissure as the vortex in the sky expanded and Metal Mechanical Creatures appeared in huge numbers.
• Bundless summoned Metal Cooler to attack Raditz, but Raditz struck them both and relayed the invasion crisis to Earth’s warriors by telepathy.
• Bundless and Metal Cooler regenerated from Raditz’s attacks while Planet Big-Go absorbed Earth’s energy.
• Goku and the others arrived by Instant Transmission, and a second Metal Cooler attacked Raditz.
• Raditz and the others saw a seemingly endless formation of Metal Coolers marching toward the ocean as Bundless challenged Raditz to face hundreds or thousands.

Raditz and the others fought Bundless and the Metal Coolers while Tumart analyzed how to enter Planet Big-Go. Gohan destroyed several Metal Coolers but was overwhelmed by their numbers, and the chapter ended with more than ten beams aimed at him as Goku struggled to reach him.

• Raditz decided to enter Planet Big-Go and destroy its chip, while Tumart began analyzing how to get inside.
• Afuri, Tarble, Trunks, and the others joined the fight as Vegeta and Goku charged the Metal Coolers and Raditz faced Bundless.
• Gohan blocked a Metal Cooler's attacks, blasted it away with a Masenko, and destroyed two more with Kikoho.
• A Metal Cooler struck Gohan from behind, and the surrounding Metal Coolers overwhelmed him and knocked him to the ground.
• Goku tried to reach Gohan, but the Metal Coolers blocked him, while more than ten of them aimed energy beams at Gohan.

Gohan fought off waves of Metal Coolers but was overwhelmed by their numbers and relentless attacks. Piccolo arrived in time to save him, then confronted the Metal Coolers.

• Gohan unleashed a rapid Kamehameha and struck down several Metal Coolers, but the attackers kept coming.
• The Metal Coolers surrounded Gohan, wounded his back, and battered him into the ground.
• As a Metal Cooler prepared to finish Gohan, Piccolo's Ki Blast intercepted the attack.
• Piccolo revealed himself on a ruined building, then descended beside Gohan and challenged the Metal Coolers.

As Earth’s cities fell to the alien invasion, Piccolo and the other warriors fought the Metal Coolers. Piccolo rescued Gohan and battled through the enemies while Raditz continued analyzing Bundless’s chip to find the entrance.

• Reports spread that Metal Coolers and demons were destroying Earth as the planet began to break apart.
• Piccolo was impaled by Metal Coolers, then used his Binding Technique to immobilize and destroy five of them.
• Piccolo recovered and protected Gohan as they advanced through the Metal Coolers, with Piccolo’s Ki Blasts pursuing and destroying the enemies.
• Goku repelled two Coolers while Vegeta fought off an encirclement and urged Raditz to find the entrance.
• Raditz said the analysis would finish in a minute, then smiled when he saw explosions on the horizon and three figures flying toward him.

Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 joined the fight against Bundless and his Metal Coolers, while Krillin and Tien Shinhan helped rescue Afuna from an ambush. Raditz announced that they had found Planet Big-Go's internal chip, leaving the fighters ready to act on that discovery.

• Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 flew to the battlefield, recognized Bundless as a threat to Earth and possibly the universe, and attacked the Metal Coolers converging on them.
• Android 17 and Android 18 fought the Metal Coolers while Raditz watched, pleased that powerful allies had joined the battle against Bundless.
• Afuna, exhausted and surrounded by four Metal Coolers, tried to break through their blockade but was overwhelmed by their combined attack.
• Krillin cut down Afuna's attackers with Destructo Discs and carried her away, then Tien Shinhan used Kikoho to knock aside three more Metal Coolers.
• Krillin and Afuna used Instant Transmission to regroup with their companions, and Raditz announced that they had located Planet Big-Go's internal chip.

Raditz and the warriors raced toward Bundless's chip inside Planet Big-Go while battling the endless Metal Coolers. Bundless unleashed a final barrage that destroyed Earth, and Raditz gathered the others before lunging forward with Android 18 as the planet vanished in flames.

• Tumart sent the chip's coordinates to the warriors, and Raditz relayed them to those without working Scouters.
• Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Android 17, Android 18, Trunks, and the other warriors fought through Metal Coolers while moving toward the chip.
• Raditz, Goku, and Vegeta advanced toward Bundless's chip, and Bundless realized they had found its location.
• Bundless ordered the Metal Coolers to unleash Planet Destroyer Balls across Earth, tearing the planet apart and exposing its core.
• Raditz used Instant Transmission to gather the warriors, grabbed Android 18, and lunged forward as the Death Balls struck and destroyed Earth.

Raditz brought the survivors of Earth’s destruction to Supreme Kai’s Realm, where Kibito restored their strength, but Bundless tracked them there after merging his chips and absorbing Planet Big-Go’s energy. Raditz judged Bundless’s new power manageable and prepared to fight him.

• Raditz brought the survivors to Supreme Kai’s Realm, and Supreme Kai ordered Kibito to restore their strength.
• Kibito restored everyone and changed Raditz into an outfit like his own, prompting the group to laugh.
• Raditz told Gohan that Piccolo had died with Earth and explained that the Dragon Balls could revive the dead, while Android 18 worried about Android 16 and Android 17.
• Raditz told Vegeta he could not locate Bundless, who might have been thrown far away by Earth’s explosion.
• Bundless arrived in Supreme Kai’s Realm using Instant Transmission after merging his chips, and Raditz assessed his strength as roughly equal to his own.