Chapter Summaries

The Ginyu Force arrived on Earth and destroyed a city while searching for Vegeta. They blasted Vegeta’s Artificial Full Moon before it could trigger his Great Ape transformation, forcing him to flee with his energy depleted.

• Captain Ginyu ordered Jeice to clear the area, and Jeice destroyed a city of twenty thousand people.
• The Ginyu Force searched for Vegeta and discussed how he might be hiding his power level.
• Captain Ginyu spotted Vegeta’s Artificial Full Moon and ordered the team to destroy it.
• The Ginyu Force blasted the Artificial Full Moon, and Vegeta concealed his energy and fled.
• Captain Ginyu sent Recoome, Jeice, and Burter after Vegeta while he stayed behind with Guldo.
• Vegeta reflected that making the Artificial Full Moon had drained him to a power level of around fifty thousand, then grinned as he fled.

Vegeta killed Burter with an Impact Cannon and escaped, while Ginyu regrouped with Jeice and Recoome. Ginyu proposed destroying the planet to flush Vegeta out, despite Jeice's concern that Frieza wanted Vegeta brought back alive.

• Vegeta tricked Burter with an Impact Cannon, leaving him mortally wounded before he died.
• Ginyu learned of Burter's death and blamed Guldo for slowing him down.
• Ginyu abandoned Guldo and caught up with Jeice and Recoome, and the three struck a team pose.
• Ginyu rejected Recoome's suggestion to kill everyone on the planet because Vegeta could simply leave.
• Ginyu suggested destroying the planet to force Vegeta out, and Jeice questioned how they would answer to Frieza if Vegeta died.

The Guardian persuaded Demon King Piccolo to fuse after Piccolo secured a promise that his body would be the base and he could restore his youth with the Dragon Balls. Meanwhile, Ginyu threatened to destroy Earth unless Vegeta appeared, but Vegeta continued racing toward the last Dragon Ball.

• The Guardian explained that fusion would restore their lost vitality and give them enough strength to fight the aliens.
• Demon King Piccolo agreed to fuse on the conditions that his body would be the base and he could gather the Dragon Balls to restore his youth.
• The Guardian agreed and led Demon King Piccolo toward the place where Vegeta had stored the Dragon Balls.
• Ginyu and his men destroyed every spaceship on Earth except the five they had brought.
• Ginyu shouted a half-hour ultimatum, threatening to destroy Earth if Vegeta did not show himself.
• Vegeta ignored Ginyu's threat and sped toward the last Dragon Ball.

Vegeta warned the Guardian that a far stronger enemy than Captain Ginyu was coming and asked him to relay that Vegeta would arrive within an hour. As Ginyu’s deadline expired, Ginyu decided to destroy part of Earth to force Vegeta to appear.

• Vegeta estimated that the Guardian and Demon King Piccolo could surpass Ginyu if they fused, but would still fall short of Frieza.
• Vegeta told the Guardian that Ginyu served an enemy a thousand times stronger and claimed he could face that enemy if his wish were granted.
• Vegeta asked the Guardian to have Piccolo tell Ginyu that he would arrive within an hour.
• Ginyu warned Vegeta that Earth would be destroyed if he did not appear within thirty seconds.
• Ginyu and Jeice discussed their options, and Ginyu decided they would destroy part of Earth without blowing up the whole planet.

Vegeta tried to protect Piccolo from Ginyu's team while keeping the Dragon Balls safe. He created a false full moon to distract the team, then asked the Guardian if he could bring the real full moon early.

• Vegeta learned that Piccolo could not hide his energy and told him to stay hidden without touching the Dragon Balls.
• Ginyu's team detected Vegeta's power level of sixty thousand, and Ginyu warned them that Vegeta might create a full moon.
• Vegeta created a brilliant false moon, and Ginyu's team destroyed it with blasts.
• Vegeta asked the Guardian how long it would be until the full moon and whether he could make it arrive early.

Ginyu and his companions caught up with Demon King Piccolo and questioned him about Vegeta’s plans. After Piccolo revealed that Vegeta was training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Ginyu attacked him, leaving him with a fatal-looking wound.

• Vegeta hurried toward Piccolo while pulling the Guardian, who feared Shenron would not be able to help.
• Ginyu and his three companions reached Piccolo first and questioned him about Vegeta’s plans.
• Piccolo told Ginyu that Vegeta planned to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but Ginyu refused to believe him.
• Piccolo attacked Ginyu and his companions, but they emerged unscathed.
• Piccolo repeated that Vegeta was training to defeat them, so Ginyu seized him and hurled him away.
• A beam pierced Piccolo’s chest, leaving a deep, bloody hole.

Vegeta learned that Piccolo survived by placing his essence in an egg hidden somewhere safe, and he continued toward the Dragon Balls with the Guardian. Meanwhile, Ginyu’s team approached Nappa and noticed another potential target in the east.

• The Guardian’s body regained its strength, leaving Vegeta confused after Piccolo’s energy disappeared.
• The Guardian explained that Piccolo had condensed his essence into his son, whose egg concealed his energy.
• Vegeta and the Guardian hid their energy as they approached the Dragon Balls on a rocky mountain.
• Ginyu stopped on the way to Nappa and sensed someone in the east with a power level of about one hundred.
• Ginyu decided that killing the person might make Vegeta angrier.

Vegeta summoned Shenron while Ginyu and his team confronted Karin at the Lookout. As the sky darkened and Shenron appeared, Ginyu recognized Vegeta in the distance and feared the situation was turning against him.

• Vegeta considered killing Frieza after getting his wish, then settling on another planet and returning for Bulma when he grew up.
• Ginyu and his team arrived at the Lookout and demanded that Karin tell them where Vegeta was.
• Ginyu lifted Karin into the air and threatened to kill him, but Karin refused to give up information.
• Vegeta shouted for Shenron to appear, and the seven Dragon Balls summoned the immense dragon as the sky turned dark.
• Ginyu, Jeice, and Recoome spotted Vegeta beside Shenron, and Ginyu worried about the monster's appearance.

With Ginyu approaching, Vegeta struggled to choose a wish Shenron could grant in time. Shenron offered to modify part of Vegeta’s body for slow automatic healing, but Vegeta was left doubtful that it would help soon enough.

• Vegeta noticed Ginyu approaching and learned he had only about ten minutes before Ginyu arrived.
• Vegeta asked Shenron to unlock his hidden energy and make him a Super Saiyan, but Shenron said he could not grant the transformation.
• Vegeta asked to become a Legendary Super Saiyan, but Shenron said modifying his cells would take at least fifteen minutes.
• Vegeta considered having Ginyu and the others transported away so he could train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Shenron offered to modify part of Vegeta’s body to grant automatic healing, but warned recovery could take a year or more.
• Vegeta doubted that the slow healing would be useful in time.

Vegeta received his wish and prepared to fight Ginyu, while the Guardian vowed to stop making Dragon Balls. Ginyu arrived and mocked Vegeta’s small power increase, unaware of what had happened.

• Vegeta told the Guardian that Ginyu was approaching, then flew off as the Guardian hid.
• Karin and Mr. Popo watched Ginyu and the others leave, and Karin wondered whether Vegeta could defeat them.
• Ginyu berated Guldo, and Vegeta killed Guldo to prevent him from interfering in the coming fight.
• Vegeta refused to explain Shenron to Ginyu and challenged him to fight.
• Ginyu checked his Scouter and mocked Vegeta for raising his power level by only three hundred.

Vegeta appeared to overpower Captain Ginyu and blast off his left arm, but he suddenly began coughing up blood and collapsing. Ginyu believed Vegeta had been badly wounded and approached, while Vegeta accused him of tricking him.

• Vegeta dodged Ginyu's attack and blasted off Ginyu's left arm with an energy blast.
• Vegeta claimed he was stronger than Ginyu and prepared to finish the fight.
• Vegeta suddenly spat blood, shocking Ginyu and the Guardian watching from below.
• Ginyu decided Vegeta's apparent weakness gave him an opening, but Vegeta continued coughing blood and dropped to the ground.
• Vegeta shouted that Ginyu had tricked him, leaving Ginyu confused about what was happening.

Vegeta left Earth with the Ginyu Force after persuading them not to destroy the planet, believing Frieza wanted him alive for another reason. The Guardian and Karin welcomed his departure, while Vegeta vowed to return one day.

• Ginyu ordered Jeice and Recoome to take Vegeta aboard a spaceship so Frieza could decide his fate.
• Ginyu refused Jeice's suggestion to destroy Earth and departed with Vegeta and the others.
• Vegeta revealed that he had pretended to be defeated to protect Earth and avoid facing Frieza before he was strong enough.
• The Guardian checked on Demon King Piccolo's egg and returned to the Lookout, where Karin celebrated Vegeta's departure.
• Vegeta vowed that the Guardian and the others would someday beg him to return to Earth.

Vegeta traveled toward Planet Vegeta with the Ginyu Force and used Recoome’s confidence against him. The chapter ended with Vegeta knocking Recoome out of the spaceship and facing Jeice.

• Vegeta reflected that his actions might have changed Frieza’s plans and prepared to visit Planet Vegeta.
• Vegeta recalled that Bulma’s father had made him a portable training chamber that could reach three hundred times normal gravity.
• Recoome mocked Vegeta and boasted that he could survive in space, while Vegeta lured him closer by pretending his power level was only five.
• Vegeta opened the spaceship hatch and struck Recoome with his tail, sending him flying into space.
• Vegeta joked that his tail had been itchy and smiled at Jeice.

Jeice considered attacking the weakened Vegeta but held back, while Vegeta spotted baby Son Goku heading toward Earth and wondered whether Planet Vegeta had already been destroyed. After Captain Ginyu returned from treatment and learned Recoome was gone, he confronted Vegeta, who asked if Ginyu could survive in space.

• Jeice weighed beating up the injured Vegeta but decided not to risk disrupting the larger plan.
• Vegeta sensed a spaceship carrying baby Son Goku toward Earth and wondered if Frieza had already destroyed Planet Vegeta.
• Captain Ginyu emerged from the treatment room with his arm restored and asked Jeice where Recoome was.
• Jeice told Ginyu that Vegeta had thrown Recoome out, and Ginyu angrily confronted the resting Vegeta.
• Vegeta told Ginyu not to bother him and asked whether he could survive in space.

Vegeta ate all the food on Ginyu’s ship, leaving Ginyu and Jeice hungry for the month-long journey to Planet Vegeta. After landing, Vegeta ordered his guards to restrain the starving pair and keep them from eating.

• Jeice told Ginyu that Vegeta had eaten all the food and nutrient solution aboard the ship.
• Ginyu confronted Vegeta, who dismissed the missing food and said Saiyans needed large meals.
• After a month without food, the ship landed on Planet Vegeta, and Ginyu and Jeice nearly collapsed from hunger.
• Vegeta kicked Ginyu and Jeice off the ship and ordered his subordinates to guard them without giving them food.
• When a guard asked who Ginyu was, Vegeta called him a prisoner he had captured along the way.

Vegeta returned to the palace and discovered that Zarbon’s older twin brother, Zaron, had come to pressure King Vegeta on Frieza’s behalf. Zaron departed after demanding that King Vegeta attend Prince Galdo’s one-month celebration, leaving Vegeta to learn that the man he thought was Zarbon was someone else.

• Vegeta decided to keep Ginyu and Jeice locked up for three days and flew toward the palace.
• Vegeta sensed a powerful aura inside the palace and entered while suppressing his power level.
• Vegeta mistook Zaron for Zarbon, the man he had killed on Earth, until King Vegeta explained that Zaron was Zarbon’s older twin brother.
• Zaron mocked Vegeta and warned King Vegeta that Frieza was angry with the Saiyans for acting without permission.
• Zaron demanded that King Vegeta attend Prince Galdo’s one-month celebration and said he would return in three days.

Vegeta tested the Gravity Training Room and discovered he could adapt to one hundred times gravity with surprising ease. King Vegeta entered the room and was badly hurt by the pressure, confirming that Vegeta had grown exceptionally powerful.

• Vegeta began training at twenty times gravity and steadily increased it to one hundred times.
• Vegeta adapted to one hundred times gravity in about ten minutes and suspected the training room was malfunctioning.
• King Vegeta entered the training room and collapsed under the hundredfold gravity.
• Vegeta switched off the gravity and explained that the room had been set to one hundred times normal.
• Vegeta realized the training room was working properly and that he had simply become very powerful.

Zaron arrived at the Saiyan palace and deliberately sat on King Vegeta’s throne, provoking Vegeta by mocking his royal status. The confrontation escalated after Vegeta revealed that Zaron’s brother was dead, and Zaron threatened to show him what he could do.

• King Vegeta learned that Zaron had arrived and went to the palace with Vegeta.
• Vegeta found Zaron sitting on King Vegeta’s throne, and Zaron claimed he had only wanted to try it out.
• Zaron mocked Vegeta’s position as the Saiyan prince and said his own forces served Lord Frieza.
• Vegeta told Zaron that his brother was dead, leaving Zaron shocked and furious.
• Zaron threatened Vegeta, and King Vegeta tried to calm him before Zaron shouted him down.

Vegeta used Frieza’s orders to stop Zaron from attacking him, then taunted and beat him while Zaron held back. When Zaron finally charged, King Vegeta transformed into a Great Ape and struck him down, leaving Vegeta moved by his father’s defense of him.

• Vegeta reminded Zaron that Frieza had ordered him kept alive, preventing Zaron from attacking.
• Vegeta punched and kicked Zaron, mocking him while holding back his strength.
• Zaron lost his temper and charged at Vegeta.
• King Vegeta transformed into a Great Ape and knocked Zaron into the ground.
• King Vegeta vowed to destroy Zaron for bullying his son, and Vegeta felt touched.

Zaron destroyed the Artificial Full Moon, forcing King Vegeta and the Saiyans out of their Great Ape forms. He taunted Vegeta into creating another moon, and Vegeta did so before clenching his fist around it.

• King Vegeta and Zaron exchanged heavy blows as the Great Apes cheered for their king.
• Zaron destroyed the Artificial Full Moon, causing King Vegeta and the transformed Saiyans to return to their normal forms.
• Zaron taunted Vegeta, challenging him to create another Artificial Full Moon for King Vegeta.
• Vegeta created an Artificial Full Moon, tossed it into the sky, and clenched his right hand.