Chapter Summaries

Bulma discovered that an innocent, confused soul had taken control of Son Goku’s body while Goku and others lay asleep, and she sought help as Replicas caused destruction around West City. Beerus and Whis arrived, explained that Goku’s soul remained inside his body, and helped the two make contact.

• Son Goku woke up unable to recognize Bulma or himself, and Bulma realized another soul had taken control of his body.
• Bulma checked on Chi-Chi and Launch, found them asleep with normal vital signs, and discovered that the Dragon Balls were still recharging.
• Bulma tried to summon Whis and Beerus with offers of cake, then used a Scouter to spot Replicas causing destruction around West City.
• Bulma tried to persuade the confused soul in Goku’s body to fight, but could only get him to walk into the garden.
• Beerus and Whis arrived, and Whis explained that Goku’s soul was still inside his body but could not control it.
• Whis guided Goku’s body to contact the soul within, and Goku began speaking with it in his mind.

Bulma realized that she could analyze the wave immobilizing powerful warriors and build a countermeasure, while Whis explained how the wave affected their souls and ki. After heading to her lab, Bulma asked Beerus and Whis to accompany her outside so she could investigate what was happening.

• Bulma concluded that Beerus and Whis would not intervene in Earth's crisis, so she brought them cake while searching for a solution.
• Bulma realized she could analyze the wave and create one with an opposing frequency, then hurried to her lab.
• Whis noticed that Son Goku's ki had grown stronger but determined that he still could not control his body well.
• Whis explained that the wave suppressed powerful warriors' ki and severed their connection to their bodies, while gods remained unaffected.
• Bulma said she was analyzing the wave and asked Beerus and Whis to go outside with her to see what was happening.

Bulma persuaded the soul controlling Son Goku to help fight the weak replicas after Beerus and Whis refused to intervene. Goku defeated Replica Vegeta easily, and the real Goku began considering how to relay a message to Bulma through the other soul.

• Beerus and Whis explained that unfamiliar souls inhabited the people who could not move, then refused Bulma's request for help.
• Whis told Bulma that the soul inside Son Goku could fight using his body and that solving the fluctuations might return both souls to their proper bodies.
• Beerus and Whis left Earth, and Bulma noticed Android 18 was missing before asking the soul controlling Goku to test its strength.
• The soul controlling Goku defeated Replica Vegeta in a few breaths, while the real Goku realized the replicas were far weaker than their originals.
• Son Goku connected with the soul inside his body and asked it to relay his words to Bulma.

Bulma and Goku searched for Android 18, then Bulma built a device to counter the waves suppressing ki and restore Goku’s control of his body. The device briefly let Goku move, but he remained too weak to fight, and Bulma asked whether he could use Instant Transmission.

• Bulma took Goku to the West City Energy Company, but Android 18 was not there.
• Goku prompted Bulma to check her surveillance footage for clues about Android 18’s whereabouts.
• Bulma finished analyzing the waves and installed a counteracting transmitter on her plane.
• Bulma activated the device, allowing Goku to regain control of his body briefly.
• Goku found he could not use his strength or ki, and Bulma asked whether he could use Instant Transmission.

Goku explained how he could control his body through the artificial soul and helped Bulma search for Android 18 and rescue Krillin. The group learned that Android 18 had left with Android 16, while Krillin woke aboard Bulma’s plane after Goku defeated his Replica.

• Goku told Bulma that he could direct the artificial soul controlling his body, and she turned off the Anti-Wave Device so he could regain his strength.
• Bulma and Goku watched the surveillance footage and saw Android 16 injure Android 18 before leaving with her; Goku believed she was safe and that they wanted her help against the Replicas.
• Goku sensed that Chi-Chi and Bra had no souls inside them, so Bulma and Goku headed by plane to find Krillin and the others.
• Bulma and Goku spotted Krillin being attacked by his Replica, and Goku leaped from the plane and defeated it.
• Bulma turned the Anti-Wave Device back on so Krillin could communicate, and Krillin woke up and explained that he had fought a Replica before suddenly growing weak.

Bulma, Goku, and Krillin set out to find Tien Shinhan after rescuing Krillin, while Android 21 recruited Android 18 to fight the replicas. As Android 18 prepared to leave, Android 21 began struggling to suppress her other personality.

• Bulma realized the replicas were powerful and headed with Goku and Krillin to find Tien Shinhan.
• Bulma asked Krillin whether he sensed an extra soul inside him, but he said he did not.
• Android 21 told Android 18 that she had brought her and Android 17 to the laboratory to fight the replicas, and Android 18 agreed to help protect her family.
• Android 21 gave Android 18 her former battle clothes, and Android 18 went to change before joining the fight.
• Android 21 gagged, clutched her chest, and struggled to suppress something as Android 16 asked if she was okay.

Android 21 struggled to control her urge to eat the Replicas as the group began clearing them out. After Android 18 defeated Replica Vegeta, Android 16 stopped Android 21 from consuming him, and the group moved on to face Replica Cell.

• Android 17 joined Android 16, Android 18, and Android 21, and the group set out to eliminate the Replicas.
• Android 18 defeated a strong Replica Vegeta after a difficult fight.
• Android 21 nearly turned Replica Vegeta into dessert, but Android 16 stopped her and reminded her of her wish, helping her regain control.
• Android 17 pressed Android 16 to explain Android 21's condition, but Android 16 refused to reveal everything.
• The group followed an energy signature and found Replica Cell in his Perfect Form.

Android 17 and Android 18 continued destroying replicas while Android 21 struggled with an apparent illness. Elsewhere, an Earthling soul took control of Frieza’s body, and Frieza discovered that he could not affect the outside world.

• Android 17 defeated the Cell replica and told Android 18 he had used only thirty percent of his strength.
• Android 21 struggled with pain, snapped at Android 16, then apologized and insisted the group continue hunting replicas.
• An Earthling soul rejected from Son Goku’s body drifted into Frieza’s body and took control of it.
• Frieza confronted the soul inside him and demanded to know what had happened.
• Android 16 explained that the Connection System had placed the soul in control of Frieza’s body.
• Frieza tried to attack Android 16 with a Supernova, but the attack dissipated without affecting the outside world.

Frieza discovered that he could not use his power unless he let the soul inside him control his body, and Android 16 explained that Android 21 had imposed the restrictions. Frieza began fighting replicas to train the soul, then encountered Nappa, who recognized him and knelt in respect.

• Frieza threatened the soul until it returned control of his body, but he found he still could not use his power on his own.
• Android 16 explained that Android 21 had suppressed Frieza’s mind and power, and that Frieza needed to grow stronger to stop her and regain normality.
• Frieza accepted the soul as his servant and left the laboratory to fight replicas, killing more than a dozen in an hour.
• Frieza confronted a rampaging Nappa and knocked him down, but Nappa regained his senses and identified himself as a Saiyan who had served Frieza.

Frieza defeated the Ginyu Force, forgave them, and recruited them back into his army to help exterminate the Replicas. Nappa began to admire Frieza’s leadership, while the Ginyu Force prepared to celebrate their return with a special dance.

• Frieza quickly defeated Ginyu and his teammates, who apologized for attacking him while controlled.
• Frieza spared the Ginyu Force on the condition that they serve him with their lives on the line.
• Ginyu rallied his teammates to carry out Frieza’s extermination plan, then led them in a new team pose.
• Nappa privately questioned whether the Ginyu Force was sincere, and Frieza told him that results mattered most.
• Ginyu asked to perform the special version of the Joy Dance, exciting Recoome, Burter, and Jeice.

The Ginyu Force set out with Nappa to complete Frieza’s mission while Goku’s team discussed who else was eliminating Replicas and avoided the Ginyu Force. Android 17 continued fighting alongside Android 18 and Android 21, whose painful episodes left the others increasingly suspicious.

• Frieza stopped Captain Ginyu from leading the Ginyu Force in a dance until after their mission, and the group left with Nappa.
• Goku told Bulma’s team that Androids 17 and 18, Frieza, and Cell were also destroying Replicas, and explained why Frieza and Cell were likely doing so.
• Bulma steered the plane east to avoid Frieza and the Ginyu Force and head toward an area with more Replicas.
• Android 17 defeated another Replica Cell while Android 21 cried out in pain and rejected Android 18’s attempt to comfort her.
• Android 16 calmed Android 21 by reminding her not to forget her heart, while Androids 17 and 18 exchanged increasingly doubtful looks.

Android 21 struggled with her need to consume energy, while Android 16 concealed the reason from Android 17 and Android 18. Elsewhere, Cell confronted Frieza about the soul attached to him after his revival, then defeated him to force answers.

• Android 21 begged Android 16 to let her eat, but he calmed her without explaining her condition to Android 17 or Android 18.
• Android 16 detected a distant battle involving fighters whose energy signatures did not belong to Replicas, and he flew with Android 17, Android 18, and Android 21 to investigate.
• The Ginyu Force returned from battle, and Frieza praised them before Cell arrived and challenged him.
• Cell asked Frieza who had revived him and attached a strange soul to control him, and Ginyu realized the same mastermind had placed souls inside both Cell and Frieza.
• Cell threatened Frieza for information, defeated him in a short fight, and left Frieza alive so he could question him.

Cell and Frieza exchanged information and agreed to cooperate against Android 21, whom they identified as the mastermind. When Android 17 and the others arrived, 17 challenged Cell, and Android 21 prepared to intervene despite the danger of losing control of her appetite.

• Cell told Frieza that an artificial soul possessed him and that he could suppress it, then claimed his true strength exceeded Frieza's.
• Frieza refused to become Cell's underling, but the two agreed to cooperate and concluded that Android 21 was their common enemy.
• Cell sensed several approaching fighters, and Android 17, Android 18, Android 16, and Android 21 arrived.
• Android 17 insisted on fighting Cell alone, and Cell accepted his challenge.
• Android 21 powered up to protect Android 17, while Android 16 warned that fighting could trigger her appetite; Cell and the others then turned their attention to her.

Android 21 admitted she might be responsible for the events Cell exposed, while Cell revealed he had suppressed the artificial soul inside him and could use his power almost perfectly. Android 17 challenged Cell and shattered his fist with one punch, leaving the fight far from over.

• Cell and Frieza recognized Android 21 as the mastermind, and Android 17 and Android 18 demanded to know what she had done.
• Android 21 apologized and said she could not remember creating artificial souls or using the Connection System, while Android 16 explained that her desires had controlled her.
• Cell said he had suppressed the artificial soul inside him and advanced on the group, prompting Android 16 to urge Android 21 to flee.
• Android 17 attacked Cell with a kick that sent him crashing into a mountainside, then declared he would kill him for good.
• Android 17 and Cell traded punches, and Android 17 smashed Cell's fist and broke the bones in his arm.

Android 17 overwhelmed Cell in battle while Android 18 defeated Frieza. Ginyu tried to swap bodies with Android 18, but the beam hit a frog instead, leaving Ginyu trapped in the frog’s body.

• Cell regenerated his broken arm with Piccolo’s cells and resumed fighting Android 17.
• Android 17 used his speed to knock Cell around, while Cell admitted that he could not use his full power without the Mechanical Soul.
• Android 18 protected Android 21, deflected Frieza’s beam, and defeated him with a punch and an energy blast.
• Ginyu rushed to Frieza, but Android 18 prepared to attack him as well.
• Ginyu used Body Change, but a frog jumped in front of Android 18 and took the beam, trapping Ginyu in the frog’s body.
• Android 21 identified Ginyu and explained that she had drawn inspiration from his body-switching ability when creating the Mechanical Soul.

Android 21’s suppressed evil personality split off after Android 16 sacrificed himself to stop her from eating Frieza. Good Android 21 gained Android 17 and Android 18’s support, while Evil Android 21 seized the chance to eat Frieza.

• Android 21 transformed into her evil form and attacked Android 16 after he tried to stop her from eating Frieza.
• Android 16 was destroyed while asking Android 17 and Android 18 to help Android 21, and his death triggered a powerful outburst from her.
• Android 21 split into Good Android 21 and Evil Android 21, who revealed that she was the gluttonous personality Good Android 21 had been suppressing.
• Good Android 21 apologized and asked Android 17 and Android 18 for help, and they agreed to stand by her.
• Evil Android 21 sent Good Android 21 flying, turned Frieza into a cake, and ate him.

Evil Android 21 ate Frieza, Cell, and the surviving Ginyu Force members, growing stronger with each meal. Vegeta arrived and learned that she was Evil Android 21, but the confrontation had only just begun.

• Evil Android 21 dismissed Good Android 21’s anger over Android 16 and shrugged off her attack before turning to leave.
• Android 17, Android 18, and Cell confronted Evil Android 21, but she overpowered them and turned Cell into a doughnut with her Food Beam.
• Evil Android 21 ate Cell and the surviving Ginyu Force members, transforming as her power surged.
• Android 17 and Android 18 reacted to Evil Android 21’s increased strength, then Vegeta arrived and asked what had happened.
• Android 18 warned Vegeta to flee because the opponent was Evil Android 21.

Vegeta overcame the interference suppressing him and used Super Saiyan God power to overwhelm Evil Android 21. When she prepared to self-destruct, Good Android 21 carried her into space, where an explosion left their fate uncertain.

• Vegeta refused to retreat and revealed that he had subdued the implanted soul, allowing him to use his full power.
• Vegeta shattered Evil Android 21’s energy attack and battered her until she could barely fight back.
• Evil Android 21 inflated her body and began preparing to self-destruct.
• Good Android 21 grabbed Evil Android 21 and carried her into space to protect Earth.
• An explosion lit up the sky, and Android 18 warned Vegeta that the Androids might survive because they had Majin Buu’s cells.

Evil Android 21 escaped after Vegeta drove her off, while Good Android 21 regenerated and explained how the Wave Device, Replicas, and her struggle for control had brought the crisis about. Determined to take responsibility and stop her other self, Good Android 21 asked Android 17 and Android 18 for help, and Android 18 sent the men away to speak with her privately.

• Evil Android 21 regenerated, threatened the others, and fled, while Vegeta chose not to pursue her.
• Android 17 pointed out that Good Android 21 had regenerated, and Android 18 rushed to check on her.
• Vegeta revealed through his weakened energy that he had only been able to maintain Super Saiyan God power briefly, and Good Android 21 said she did not know where the Wave Device was.
• Good Android 21 explained how her evil side took control, activated the Wave Device, and created Replicas, and how she had used the Connection System to recruit fighters.
• Android 18 comforted Good Android 21, who resolved to become stronger and asked Android 17 and Android 18 to help stop her other self.
• Android 18 asked Android 17 and Vegeta to move away so she could talk privately with Good Android 21.

Android 18 encouraged Good Android 21 by sharing how she and Android 17 had achieved their dreams, then joined the others in searching for the Wave Device. At Dr. Gero’s laboratory, Evil Android 21 swallowed the device’s control remote before the group could use it against her.

• Android 18 told Good Android 21 about her dreams, her family, and Android 17’s wish to take his family on a sea voyage.
• Android 18 learned that Good Android 21 remembered the Wave Device’s purpose but not its location, and they decided to search the labs.
• Evil Android 21 entered Dr. Gero’s laboratory and resolved to use Vegeta’s strength as a step toward defeating Son Goku.
• Android 17, Android 18, Good Android 21, and Vegeta arrived at the lab, where Good Android 21 identified the green machines as the source of the waves.
• Evil Android 21 realized the others intended to adjust the Wave Device and swallowed its control remote so they could not use it against her.