Recaps

Son Gohan used his knowledge of the future to train intensely, master ki, and recruit Raditz to his side. After Raditz arrived, Son Gohan led Goku, Piccolo, and Raditz to King Kai, who agreed to train them for the coming threat.

• Sun Chao woke as Son Gohan, began training with Son Goku, and defended his father when Chi-Chi scolded him for taking Gohan swimming in the cold.
• Son Gohan survived an encounter with a fierce tiger, gained Chi-Chi’s permission to train while keeping up his grades, and went with Son Goku to Karin Tower.
• Son Gohan drank the Super God Water, endured its effects, and persuaded Korin to teach him martial arts and instinctive combat.
• Son Gohan trained with Mr. Popo at Kami’s Lookout, awakened his ki, and entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to prepare for the approaching Saiyans.
• Son Gohan adapted to the chamber’s harsh conditions, developed control over his ki, and emerged with greatly increased strength before asking Bulma to modify Kami’s spaceship.
• When Raditz arrived on Earth, Son Gohan fought him, revealed what he knew about Frieza and the Saiyans, and convinced Raditz to join him.
• Son Goku emerged from the chamber, accepted Raditz as his brother, and joined Son Gohan, Piccolo, and Raditz on the journey along Snake Way.
• The group reached King Kai’s Planet, where Son Gohan explained Raditz’s change of allegiance and North Kai agreed to train them for the two approaching enemies.

Son Gohan mastered King Kai’s techniques, then left for Namek after arranging a spaceship with Bulma. An accident sent him to a planet ruled by the Musli Empire, where he agreed to help Viscount Cassani win a promotion and entered the title contest.

• Son Gohan caught Bubbles and Gregory, qualified for King Kai’s training, and strengthened his body alongside Son Goku, Piccolo, and Raditz.
• Son Gohan mastered the Kaioken and Spirit Bomb, sparred with Son Goku, and left King Kai’s Planet to pursue his own cultivation path.
• Son Gohan arranged a spaceship and gravity equipment with Bulma, but a malfunctioning experimental Gravity Room nearly crushed him before Bulma rescued him.
• Son Gohan launched for Namek, but an unknown object damaged his spaceship and diverted him to a distant planet, where armed aliens captured him.
• Cassani identified Son Gohan as an Earth Saiyan and offered to register him as an immigrant if he helped win a noble promotion, and Son Gohan agreed in exchange for ship repairs and upgrades.
• Son Gohan defeated Cassani’s three fighters and exposed a bone-armored attacker hired by Viscount Bodelani to sabotage Cassani’s promotion.
• Son Gohan entered the title contest with Cassani, defeated three blue-clad fighters, and fought through a melee as Cassani asked him to eliminate Gansapu Squad.

Son Gohan advanced with Cassani’s team, recruited Eliza, and trained for the Duke Promotion Battle while Raditz helped defeat Vegeta and Nappa on Earth. The arc left Gohan considering Marellia’s request to oppose Cooler, which he refused because the risks outweighed her offer.

• Son Gohan helped Cassani advance to marquis, then defeated Eliza in the promotion battle and accepted her challenge to dinner.
• Son Gohan received a smart brain, gathered intelligence on the Duke Promotion Battle, and recruited Eliza to his team.
• Son Gohan and Eliza trained together under intense gravity, and Eliza grew strong enough to keep pace with his progress.
• Raditz confronted Vegeta and Nappa on Earth, defeated Nappa, and fought Vegeta with Kaioken before their beam attacks collided.
• Raditz, Son Goku, and the others battled Great Ape Vegeta, and Raditz cut off Vegeta’s tail to end his transformation.
• Son Goku stopped Raditz from killing Vegeta, spared him to leave Earth, and offered Nappa a chance to reform and protect the planet.
• Marellia approached Son Gohan for help against Cooler, revealing that Cooler’s Armored Squadron would come to Musli Planet after the Duke Promotion Battle.
• Son Gohan refused Marellia’s request, warning that Cooler could retaliate and that her promised title and friendship did not justify the danger.

Son Gohan trained Eliza and fought off the Musli Empire rebels before facing Cooler’s Armored Squadron. After Son Gohan defeated Salza but collapsed, Eliza carried him through the sealed city and fought Dore while Son Gohan tried to gather nearby energy.

• Son Gohan secured access to the Musli Empire’s technology and intelligence and permission from the Galactic Patrol to leave the Saiyans alone, then devoted himself to training for Cooler.
• Son Gohan trained Eliza in meditation and Kaioken, and she fought him in a private sparring match where her crimson transformation forced him to sense and disrupt her energy pathways.
• Son Gohan and Eliza defeated Naru’s rebel troops, but Innis arrived and attacked them, and Son Gohan killed Innis after a prolonged fight.
• Salza confronted Son Gohan and Eliza, revealed his immense power, and transformed after Son Gohan pushed him with Kaioken, and Son Gohan ultimately defeated him by disrupting his energy pathways.
• Son Gohan collapsed after killing Salza, and Eliza returned to rescue him as Dore, Neiz, and the remaining soldiers searched the sealed city for Salza’s killer.
• Eliza carried Son Gohan through the soldiers and faced Dore, who took a capsule that enlarged him before renewing their fight.
• Eliza’s altered, denser ki let her withstand Dore’s attacks, while Son Gohan began using his spiritual power to draw in the stray energy around him.