Chapter Summaries

Raditz recovered in the hospital after shielding Zangya from Broly’s attack and explained that Broly was the awakened Legendary Super Saiyan. The Saiyans learned that Broly and Paragus planned revenge, and Raditz ended the chapter with an idea for what to do next.

• Raditz woke in a hospital, where Zangya told him he had been asleep for only two hours.
• Vegeta, Goku, and the others arrived, and Vegeta demanded to know about the other Super Saiyan.
• Raditz ate a Senzu Bean from Zangya and recovered, then identified the man who had defeated him as Broly, the Legendary Super Saiyan.
• Raditz explained that King Vegeta had tried to kill Broly as a baby and that Broly’s father, Paragus, intended to take revenge and control the universe.
• Goku welcomed the prospect of fighting Broly, while Raditz warned him that Broly might react strongly to seeing him.
• Raditz realized he had become too lax after defeating Frieza and announced that he had an idea, only to notice he was wearing nothing but underwear.

Raditz decided that the Evil Containment Wave could stop Broly and went to Master Roshi to learn it. Master Roshi agreed to teach Raditz after receiving his gifts, while the others prepared to train and enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

• Raditz proposed training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to help the Saiyans surpass Super Saiyan, and explained that each person could enter only twice.
• Vegeta claimed the first turn in the chamber, while Raditz said he would spend a day learning martial arts from Master Roshi.
• Raditz left the hospital with Zangya and flew to Kame House Island, where Krillin and Master Roshi greeted them.
• Raditz asked Master Roshi to teach him the Evil Containment Wave to help defeat an enemy stronger than himself who threatened the universe.
• Master Roshi agreed to teach Raditz after Raditz presented him with a bag of risqué gifts.

Raditz trained with Master Roshi to learn the Evil Containment Wave, while Goku and Vegeta pushed themselves to grow stronger before facing Broly. The chapter ended with Vegeta transforming into a Super Saiyan and beginning another intense training session.

• Master Roshi explained the risks and mechanics of the Evil Containment Wave, then demonstrated it by shaping seawater into a spinning dragon.
• Raditz tried the technique but lost control of the water, then continued practicing as Master Roshi showed him how to direct it into a rice cooker.
• Kami and Popo watched Goku train, and Goku said Raditz was even stronger than he was and that he looked forward to fighting Broly.
• Vegeta trained alone in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, transformed into a Super Saiyan, and resumed his grueling training.

Nappa returned to Earth with Ariel and reunited with Raditz, who had been practicing the Evil Containment Wave. After Ariel called Raditz a “long-haired upgraded pervert,” Raditz sealed Nappa inside a rice cooker to test his new move.

• Goku sensed Nappa approaching while eating at Sacred Water, and Kami confirmed the visitor was Nappa.
• Raditz practiced the Evil Containment Wave at Turtle House and mastered sending water into a rice cooker, leaving only the sealing talisman step to complete.
• Nappa landed near Kame House Island with Ariel and brought her to meet Raditz, whom she loudly called a “long-haired upgraded pervert.”
• Raditz raised a Psychic Wall around Ariel, swept Nappa into the Evil Containment Wave, and sealed him inside the rice cooker.

Raditz tested the Evil Containment Wave on Nappa and decided the technique might help him catch Broly by surprise. The next day, Vegeta emerged from a year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber stronger than Raditz, while Goku began his own turn inside.

• Raditz demonstrated the Evil Containment Wave by sealing Nappa in a rice cooker, then used the technique on him again after he escaped.
• Raditz concluded he could use the technique to capture Broly by surprise, but said Nappa was still too weak to face Broly.
• Nappa introduced Ariel to the others, then flew away with her while Raditz and Zangya returned to training.
• Raditz, Zangya, and Goku met Vegeta as he emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with overwhelming power after a year of training.
• Vegeta challenged Raditz and Goku to test their strength after their own chamber training, and the three entered the chamber as Vegeta flew away.

Raditz and Goku emerged from a year of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as steady Super Saiyans, then joined Vegeta to track down Broly. They found him rampaging on a ruined planet, where Broly fixated on Goku and attacked the group, leaving Goku in immediate danger.

• Raditz and Goku emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with their Super Saiyan forms mastered, and Kami restored their torn clothes.
• Raditz gathered Senzu Beans, a sealing bottle, and talismans from Zangya, then took Vegeta and Goku to search for Broly.
• The three found Broly on a devastated planet, and Vegeta introduced himself as Prince Vegeta.
• Broly recognized Raditz, then became enraged when Vegeta mentioned Kakarot and unleashed his overwhelming power.
• Broly struck Vegeta into the ground, brushed aside Raditz's Ki Blasts, seized Goku, and battered him through ruined mountains before firing a sphere of light at him.

Raditz, Goku, and Vegeta fought the rampaging Broly, whose overwhelming strength outmatched their Super Saiyan power. Raditz tried to seal Broly in a jar, but the attempt failed, and Broly turned on Goku and Vegeta.

• Raditz and Goku attacked Broly, but their blows could not hurt him, and Broly shifted his focus to Goku.
• Vegeta struck Broly from behind, but Broly grabbed him, slammed him into the ground, and used him to knock Goku down.
• Raditz prepared a sealing jar and used an energy blast to create cover, then tried to perform the Evil Containment Wave from behind Broly.
• Goku warned Raditz that the jar had been blown away, alerting Broly, who crushed it and punched Raditz away.
• Goku and Vegeta attacked Broly from both sides, but he grabbed their wrists and pulled them into each other.

Raditz, Goku, and Vegeta struggled to survive Broly’s overwhelming power while Raditz prepared to use the Evil Containment Wave. After Goku and Vegeta helped push Broly back, Raditz launched the technique, leaving the fight at its decisive moment.

• Raditz rescued Goku and Vegeta from Broly’s attack, but Broly slammed all three into a mountain and left Goku and Vegeta unconscious.
• Raditz used Senzu Beans to restore himself, Goku, and Vegeta, then explained that their exhausted bodies would not benefit from more training and that the Evil Containment Wave was their only chance.
• Broly’s uncontrolled Ki rained energy spheres across the battlefield, forcing the three Super Saiyans to dodge and approach him.
• Goku and Vegeta kicked Broly from opposite sides while Raditz trapped him with Telekinetic Prison, allowing them to blast him with a Kamehameha and a powerful energy attack.
• Broly broke free and charged Raditz, who began the Evil Containment Wave.

Raditz sealed Broly with the Evil Containment Wave, but Piccolo emerged from hiding and tried to steal the bottle. Raditz confronted Piccolo, who hinted that the events on Planet Port and the Dragon Star had led them to his territory.

• Raditz used the Evil Containment Wave to seal Broly in the bottle, then plugged and secured it.
• Goku said he wanted to fight Broly again someday, but Raditz warned against releasing him.
• Raditz sensed a hidden aura as the ground trembled and recognized it as Piccolo's.
• Piccolo's stretching arms reached for the bottle, but Raditz grabbed him and pulled him from the ground.
• Piccolo severed his own arm to escape Raditz's grip and hinted at his connection to Planet Port and the Dragon Star.

Raditz defeated Piccolo, whose Immortal Body let him regenerate from devastating injuries, while exposing how much he knew about Piccolo’s plans to conquer the universe. The chapter left Piccolo battered and unable to fight back as Raditz urged him to wake up.

• Vegeta attacked Piccolo and severed his arm, but Piccolo regenerated and revealed that he had an Immortal Body.
• Raditz intervened and deduced that Piccolo had been gathering the Giant Dragon Balls and building forces in the South Galaxy after Planet Port prospered.
• Raditz taunted Piccolo with revelations about Frieza, the Frost Demon Clan, and Super Saiyans, then used Instant Transmission to blast through Piccolo’s body and behead him.
• Piccolo regenerated again, but Raditz continued beating him while Goku and Vegeta watched.
• Raditz punched a hole through Piccolo’s abdomen and told him that his arrogance and shortsightedness were his greatest failures.

Raditz forced Piccolo to reveal that he had found only one of the giant Dragon Balls, then used Instant Transmission to take a Super Dragon Ball to King Kai's Planet. He left the first Wish Orb in King Kai's reluctant care and returned to the others.

• Raditz threatened to kill Kami to destroy Piccolo, and Piccolo agreed to cooperate.
• Piccolo admitted that he had found only one giant Dragon Ball and was still searching for the rest.
• Raditz followed a surviving Ki signature into space and found a planet-sized Super Dragon Ball.
• Raditz used his mental power and Instant Transmission to move the Super Dragon Ball to King Kai's Planet.
• King Kai reluctantly let Raditz store the orb on his planet, and Raditz vanished with Instant Transmission.

Raditz returned from moving the Super Dragon Ball and brought Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta to Earth, where he arranged for Piccolo to train Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. After sending Gohan and Piccolo inside, Raditz went home with Zangya and pretended his injuries needed her attention.

• Raditz used Instant Transmission to take Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta to the Sacred Water and told Piccolo to train Gohan.
• Raditz went to Goku's home, persuaded Chi-Chi to let Gohan attend a training class, and brought Gohan to Piccolo.
• Piccolo tried to seize Gohan, but Raditz hit him with a Kikoho and sent him into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Gohan.
• Vegeta flew to Bulma, Goku returned home, and Raditz left with Zangya.
• Raditz pretended to be badly injured and pulled Zangya into the pool with him.

King Kai told Raditz about a Four Galaxies martial arts tournament in half a month, and Raditz recruited the Saiyans to prepare for it. He went to Sacred Water to check on Gohan and continued planning to create a Super Saiyan God, but the Saiyans still lacked the righteous hearts needed.

• King Kai informed Raditz that Grand Kai would hold a tournament for fighters from the Four Galaxies, with the winner granted one request.
• Raditz gathered Tarble and the other Saiyans, who eagerly volunteered to fight, then warned them not to underestimate their opponents.
• Raditz told the Saiyans to raise their Battle Power above three million within half a month if they wanted him to teach them how to become Super Saiyans.
• Raditz went to Sacred Water to see how Gohan was doing in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Raditz considered his plan to create a Super Saiyan God by gathering five righteous Saiyans, but realized most of those around him did not yet qualify.
• The door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber moved with a click.

Raditz tested Piccolo and Gohan after their year of training, then recruited fighters for the World Martial Arts Tournament. The North Galaxy Delegation gathered on Earth, with Raditz delighted to reunite with Tumart.

• Piccolo attacked Raditz, who effortlessly stopped Piccolo's energy wave and showed the gap between their strengths.
• Raditz explained the stages of Super Saiyan power and told Piccolo he could leave; Piccolo departed after saying goodbye to Gohan.
• Raditz took Gohan home and invited Goku, Vegeta, and Nappa to the World Martial Arts Tournament, and they agreed to join.
• Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Krillin, Yamcha, and Master Roshi accepted Raditz's invitation.
• Jeice, Burter, and Angila joined the team and brought the repaired Tumart, whom Raditz happily reunited with.
• Raditz's North Galaxy candidates gathered on Earth as the North Galaxy Delegation.

Raditz gathered the North Galaxy Delegation and their companions for the World Martial Arts Tournament on Loda Star, where Piccolo arrived and declared he would defeat Raditz. The tournament’s grand opening began with performances, but Krillin’s singing was interrupted by an old man with a radio.

• Raditz taught Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and the others the Kaio-ken while training to achieve Super Saiyan 1 Full Power.
• Raditz gathered the competitors and their companions and used Instant Transmission to take them to Loda Star.
• Piccolo appeared and said he had come to defeat Raditz, then joined Gohan’s group to compete.
• Raditz and the others arrived at the tournament venue and saw its arena, spectators, and performance preparations.
• Krillin sang during North Galaxy’s performance while Tumart accompanied him, and an old man with a radio interrupted with louder rock music.

The Grand Kai opened the Martial Arts Tournament, where Raditz noticed signs of a powerful Other World fighter and North Galaxy was mocked for its small crowd. Raditz used Instant Transmission to bring in five thousand supporters, drowning out the rival galaxies’ cheers as the first matches began.

• The Grand Kai revealed himself, welcomed the Kais, and announced tournament rules that would eliminate contestants until forty-eight remained.
• Raditz noticed that many contestants had halos and suspected that West Kai had arranged for Pikkon to compete.
• North Kai was mocked by East Kai and South Kai for North Galaxy’s small contingent of fighters and spectators, while West Kai defended the galaxy’s reputation.
• Raditz teleported to planets under Jeice and Burter’s jurisdiction and brought five thousand supporters to the venue, whose roar silenced the other crowds.
• Vegeta took his place in the arena and dismissed Raditz’s recruitment of supporters as pointless.

Vegeta, Raditz, and the other North Galaxy fighters swept through the tournament matches with effortless one-strike victories. As Master Roshi entered the arena for the thirteenth match, he slipped and fell, leaving his friends uncertain whether he could fight.

• Vegeta defeated a burly opponent with one punch and won the tournament’s fastest match.
• Raditz knocked out his opponent with a single chop and advanced.
• Goku, Krillin, and the other North Galaxy contestants kept winning without a single fighter being eliminated, astonishing the other Kais and Grand Kai.
• Grand Kai asked about Pikkon, and West Kai said he would compete when his turn came.
• Master Roshi refused Zangya’s offer to forfeit, then slipped and fell as he approached the arena.

Master Roshi faced Limbo in the tournament and revealed the power he had gained through secret training. After trading fierce blows with Limbo, he continued fighting as Raditz hinted that he had yet to use his ultimate technique.

• Master Roshi got back to his feet after stumbling, then told Limbo he would fight with his full strength rather than surrender.
• When Grand Kai struck the gong, Limbo charged, but Master Roshi released a powerful aura and stopped him with a kick.
• Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu were shocked by Master Roshi's strength, while Yamcha revealed that he secretly trained in the Gravity Chamber twice a week.
• Master Roshi used afterimages to attack Limbo, but Limbo read his strategy, countered, and knocked him down before Master Roshi struck back with a kick and a heavy punch.
• Master Roshi and Limbo resumed their close fight, and Raditz noted that Roshi's Battle Power exceeded 3,000 while hinting at an ultimate move he had not yet used.

Master Roshi defeated Limbo in a grueling martial arts battle by outlasting him with the Thunder Shock Surprise, and the tournament continued with Tien Shinhan and Yamcha advancing. The North Galaxy’s remaining fighter was Nappa.

• Master Roshi and Limbo exhausted themselves in a close fight before unleashing the Thunder Shock Surprise and Fierce Fist Storm at the same time.
• Master Roshi’s Thunder Shock Surprise paralyzed Limbo, and the two warriors struggled through a standoff as their Ki ran out.
• Limbo conceded, acknowledging that Master Roshi had beaten him in martial arts, and Goku carried Master Roshi from the field.
• Tien Shinhan defeated his opponent with the Four Wielding Fist, while Yamcha used the Spirit Ball to defeat his opponent; both advanced.
• Nappa remained as the North Galaxy’s final fighter.

Nappa faced Pikkon in the final group’s match, but Pikkon proved far stronger and knocked him out of the arena. North Galaxy suffered its first elimination, while Pikkon returned to West Galaxy’s waiting area.

• Nappa entered the arena eager to impress Ariel, while Raditz, Goku, and Vegeta recognized Pikkon as a dangerous opponent.
• When Grand Kai started the match, Nappa unleashed his full power and attacked Pikkon with a Ki Blade.
• Pikkon caught Nappa’s punch with one hand and forced him back, leaving Nappa stunned by the difference in their strength.
• Pikkon outmaneuvered Nappa, struck him with a series of kicks, and slammed him into the ground.
• Pikkon kicked Nappa out of the arena, ending North Galaxy’s undefeated run and returning to West Galaxy’s waiting area.