Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan overcame Eliza’s flame blockade by entering the Potential Full Power State, forcing her to abandon her plan to exhaust him. Eliza then used her own trump card, and the two began an intense hand-to-hand fight that remained undecided.

• Eliza controlled a vast amount of flame energy to trap Son Gohan, who initially held on with an energy barrier.
• Son Gohan entered the Potential Full Power State and punched open a path through Eliza’s flames.
• Eliza withdrew the flames and surrounded herself with them as she prepared to fight Son Gohan directly.
• Eliza formed fire serpents and sealed Son Gohan with flame fragments, but he shattered the seal and scattered her attack.
• Eliza formed light flame armor, and she and Son Gohan exchanged punches that sent hurricane-like currents through the air.

After leaving the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Son Gohan told Kami he had less than a sixty percent chance against the coming crisis. He planned to check Earth for unusual events and let the threat spur its fighters to grow stronger.

• Son Gohan and Eliza emerged from Kami's Lookout, and Son Gohan told Kami his training was finished while Eliza had about twenty-five hours remaining.
• Son Gohan said the Hyperbolic Time Chamber was no longer necessary for him and admitted he had less than a sixty percent chance of overcoming the coming crisis.
• Kami expressed helplessness about protecting Earth, while Son Gohan suspected the crisis could prompt Kami to fuse with Piccolo.
• Son Gohan explained that he would not seek out and eliminate Dr. Gero in advance because Earth’s fighters needed pressure to keep improving.
• Son Gohan closed his eyes and sensed the life energy of every living being on Earth.

Son Gohan discovered an unexpectedly advanced Cell absorbing animals and tried to destroy him, only to learn that Cell had over a hundred independent clones. As Son Gohan searched for a way to eliminate every clone, Cell revealed that he knew about Gohan’s recent exploits and hinted at a source of information beyond Earth.

• Son Gohan sensed several animal life energies vanish and found Cell absorbing an animal.
• Son Gohan caught the second-form Cell, sealed him inside an energy ring, and prepared to destroy him.
• Another Cell attacked Son Gohan and claimed that he had over a hundred independent clones.
• Son Gohan destroyed the trapped Cell and realized that eliminating the other Cell would not stop the hidden clones.
• Cell taunted Son Gohan and revealed that he knew about Gohan’s return to Earth and his actions in the Musli Empire.
• Son Gohan suspected Cell was behind the alien fleet that had approached Earth and then exploded.

Son Gohan used his psychic power to locate Cell’s clones and devastated the island with two energy blasts, but Cell survived by hiding a clone underground. Son Gohan destroyed the exposed Cell and warned him that he would destroy Earth if Cell threatened his loved ones, while Cell promised to return when he was ready.

• Son Gohan sensed seventy-six of Cell’s clones and destroyed them with two concentrated energy blasts that obliterated the island.
• Son Gohan searched the surrounding sea repeatedly but found no surviving life within ten kilometers, then disappeared.
• An hour later, Cell surfaced after surviving in a clone hidden hundreds of meters underground, but Son Gohan reappeared and pierced his head with an energy beam.
• Son Gohan told Cell he knew Cell had other contingencies and threatened to destroy Earth if Cell harmed his loved ones.
• Cell vowed to return when he was ready, and Son Gohan crushed and burned the exposed Cell before laughing with excitement.

Gohan returned from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, failed to eliminate Cell, and struggled to find a way to break through to Super Saiyan 2. After taking Eliza on a tour of Earth, he met Bulma, who asked for his help with technologies Capsule Corporation could not develop.

• Goku arrived after sensing Gohan's energy surge, learned Gohan had trained in the Time Chamber, and left without sparring because Chi-Chi had told him not to.
• Cell emerged from the water as his last surviving body and escaped after reflecting on the limits of his clone ability.
• Gohan told Eliza that ordinary training could not strengthen them further, then agreed to show her around Earth.
• Gohan and Eliza toured several cities for half a month while Earth's other warriors trained for the androids' arrival.
• Bulma told Gohan that Capsule Corporation had developed prototypes from his materials but still needed help with technologies blocked by unfamiliar principles or missing materials.

Bulma asked Son Gohan to fund a massive order of industrial materials and planetary upgrades for Earth, arguing that he should help his home planet advance. After contacting Chairwoman Lucia of the Musli Empire, Son Gohan learned the empire would provide everything as a gift, leaving Earth’s transformation set to begin within a year.

• Bulma showed Son Gohan her shopping order for Earth, which totaled 686.72 billion in his former-world spending power.
• Bulma explained that the order covered industrial materials, machinery, stellar power equipment, planetary transformation, and a spatial transit passage.
• Bulma urged Son Gohan to use his standing as the Musli Empire’s Protector to secure the purchases for Earth.
• Son Gohan sent the order to Chairwoman Lucia and explained that it was for his home planet.
• Lucia promised to send a transport fleet within half a year and install the spatial passage and power equipment within a year.
• Lucia declared that the Musli Empire would provide the entire order as a gift, with no payment required.

Son Gohan secured the Musli Empire’s offer of resources and support for Earth, while delaying the planet’s transformation until after the Android incident. He also learned that the Metamorans had been wiped out and planned to seek their fusion instructor in the Underworld.

• Lucia offered Son Gohan a star system and free technological support worth five hundred quadrillion, and he accepted while asking the Musli Empire to build a space passage and station first.
• Son Gohan refused Lucia’s offer to help with the trouble on Earth and sent her Bulma’s contact information to coordinate the project.
• Lucia searched the Musli Empire’s records and told Son Gohan that the Metamorans had been destroyed, leaving him to consider asking King Kai to take him to the Underworld.
• After the call, Son Gohan told Bulma that the Musli Empire had agreed to provide everything for free and would begin construction after the Android incident was resolved.
• Bulma complained about the Saiyans wanting to fight the Androids, then apologized to Son Gohan when she remembered he was one too.

Three years after Cell disappeared, Son Gohan joined Son Goku and Eliza to meet the Androids, while keeping his father’s heart disease and its possible effects in mind. The warriors gathered in the city Future Trunks had identified, where Son Gohan sensed that Raditz was hiding his true aura.

• Son Gohan finished three years of meditation and reflected on how his mental power and physique had grown while Cell remained undetected.
• Son Gohan and Eliza used Instant Transmission to reach Mount Paozu, where Son Goku was waiting and Chi-Chi urged them to be careful.
• Son Gohan noticed Son Goku’s brief ki fluctuation and chose to let his heart disease run its course, relying on the medicine Future Trunks had provided.
• Son Gohan, Son Goku, and Eliza flew to the city Future Trunks had named, where Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien Shinhan had gathered.
• Krillin worried that a fight in the crowded city would endanger civilians, and Son Goku suggested luring the Androids away.
• Raditz arrived and stood apart, and Son Gohan sensed that he was concealing a surprisingly powerful aura.

Bulma arrived with baby Trunks as the fighters waited for the androids, and Goku revealed that Vegeta was the child’s father. After two androids appeared in the city, the group split up to search for them, and Yamcha became their first target.

• Bulma arrived with baby Trunks and told the others that she and Yamcha had broken up, while Goku guessed that Vegeta was Trunks’s father.
• Bulma said Vegeta had trained desperately for three years and would come to face the androids.
• Yajirobe delivered Korin’s Senzu Beans, but an explosion in the sky revealed two figures whose ki the fighters could not sense.
• Son Gohan caught the falling Yajirobe with Instant Transmission, then handed the Senzu Beans to Bulma and warned everyone not to pursue an android alone.
• Piccolo led the fighters into the city to search for the androids, who attacked Yamcha first.

Son Gohan and the others confronted Androids 19 and 20, but Son Goku’s heart disease weakened him during the fight. Raditz and Vegeta arrived to protect him, and Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan to battle Android 19.

• Son Gohan rescued Yamcha from Android 19, and the group followed Androids 19 and 20 to a rocky island.
• Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan, but his heart disease worsened, and Android 19 absorbed his energy.
• Raditz attacked Dr. Gero and Android 20, freeing Son Goku so Yamcha could take him away with medicine from Son Gohan.
• Vegeta arrived and told Yamcha to treat Son Goku, then acknowledged that Raditz had become a Super Saiyan.
• Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan and charged Android 19, who caught both his fists after absorbing Son Goku’s energy.

Raditz overwhelmed Android 19 by forcing too much energy into his absorption devices, then destroyed him while Vegeta kept Dr. Gero from intervening. Dr. Gero escaped badly injured, and Raditz and the others pursued him into a stone forest, where they lost track of his aura.

• Raditz overloaded Android 19's absorption devices and blew apart his arms, then battered and destroyed him.
• Vegeta blocked Dr. Gero from helping Android 19, but Dr. Gero seized a chance to flee.
• Raditz's energy beam struck Dr. Gero, costing him an arm and a leg, but he escaped the blast.
• Raditz took a Senzu Bean from Krillin to restore his energy and flew after Dr. Gero with the others.
• Vegeta told Krillin and the others to stay out of the fight, and the group pursued Dr. Gero into a stone forest.
• Raditz could not sense Dr. Gero's aura among the stone formations and searched for another way to find him.

Son Gohan let Dr. Gero follow him so the android would attack someone else, then saved Piccolo from being ambushed and drained. Piccolo recovered with a Senzu Bean and took on Dr. Gero, revealing strength that surprised Raditz and Vegeta.

• Son Gohan pretended to search for Dr. Gero and led him away from the others, then fired a blast near his hiding place to make him flee.
• Son Gohan returned and warned the others that Dr. Gero was stalking them; Dr. Gero then ambushed Piccolo and absorbed his energy.
• Son Gohan kicked Dr. Gero away and restored Piccolo with a Senzu Bean.
• Piccolo thanked Son Gohan, discarded his cape and turban, and insisted on fighting Dr. Gero while Raditz and Vegeta watched.
• Piccolo quickly kicked Dr. Gero into a mountain, surprising Raditz and Vegeta with his strength.
• Dr. Gero wondered how Piccolo had grown so powerful and prepared to fight at full strength.

Piccolo cornered Dr. Gero, but Bulma’s arrival gave him a chance to escape, and Trunks destroyed him with a massive blast. Trunks confronted Vegeta over his indifference to Bulma’s danger, then recognized Android 17 and Android 18 as the androids from his future.

• Piccolo tore off Dr. Gero’s arm and destroyed his fingers while Vegeta watched.
• Bulma arrived, and Dr. Gero used the distraction to bombard the area and target her aircraft; Trunks blocked the attack.
• Trunks realized Android 17 and Android 18 were not the androids he had warned everyone about, then destroyed Dr. Gero with a huge energy blast.
• Trunks angrily confronted Vegeta for doing nothing while Bulma was in danger, and Vegeta said he did not care.
• Piccolo asked Trunks to describe the androids from his future, but Android 17 and Android 18 appeared and Trunks recognized them.

Vegeta challenged Android 18 after Android 17 and Android 18 appeared despite Dr. Gero's death, but their battle revealed that she could withstand his Super Saiyan attacks. Trunks recognized that Vegeta's energy would run out before the androids' did, while Son Gohan began planning for Cell and his chance to reach Super Saiyan 2.

• Raditz confirmed that Android 17 and Android 18 were the androids who had killed everyone, and Vegeta claimed both opponents for himself.
• Android 18 fought Vegeta alone while Android 17 moved aside to watch.
• Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan and launched a powerful barrage that blasted Android 18 through mountains and carved out a basin.
• Android 18 emerged from the smoke and resumed fighting Vegeta, leaving the battle at a deadlock.
• Piccolo predicted Vegeta would lose, and Trunks explained that the androids' infinite energy would outlast Vegeta's.
• Android 17 blocked Trunks from joining the fight, while Son Gohan considered how to handle Cell and reach Super Saiyan 2.

Android 18 defeated Vegeta, and Android 17 and 18 overwhelmed Trunks and Piccolo when they tried to intervene. As the androids prepared to leave and find Son Goku, Son Gohan stepped forward to stop them.

• Android 18 defeated Vegeta, who collapsed after his final attack failed.
• Trunks transformed into a Super Saiyan and attacked Android 18, but Android 17 knocked him down and blasted Piccolo away.
• Vegeta rushed at Android 17 after seeing Trunks captured, but Android 17 broke his arm, and Android 18 struck Trunks and threw him aside.
• Android 17 asked the others to come fight, but Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Raditz admitted they were no match for the androids.
• Android 17 and Android 18 said they would take the large man and search for Son Goku, and Son Gohan stepped forward to stop them.

Son Gohan fought Android 17 and Android 18 without transforming, overwhelming them until Android 16 joined the battle. He then fought all three androids, first holding back and taking a hit before transforming into a Super Saiyan and attacking them head-on.

• Son Gohan defeated Android 17 and Android 18 in a one-versus-two fight while remaining in his normal state.
• Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and the others were shocked by Son Gohan’s strength, while Raditz realized Gohan had surpassed him.
• Android 16 stopped Android 17 and Android 18 from charging at Son Gohan and agreed that the three androids should attack together.
• Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18 surrounded Son Gohan, who defended himself while holding back because of the danger posed by their weapons and bombs.
• Son Gohan let Android 16 knock him away, transformed into a Super Saiyan, and began fighting all three androids head-on.

Son Gohan overwhelmed the Androids and tried to let them escape, but Cell intervened, forcing him to fight and kill Cell while the Androids got away. He then collected Vegeta and Trunks and asked Krillin to give them Senzu Beans.

• Son Gohan suppressed Androids 16, 17, and 18, then decided to leave an opening so they could escape.
• Cell appeared in his third-stage form and joined the fight against the Androids, prompting Son Gohan to attack him.
• Android 16 rescued Androids 17 and 18 and fled while Son Gohan and Cell fought.
• Son Gohan discovered Cell's duplicate, overpowered the Cell before him, and provoked him before killing him by forcing ki into his body until he exploded.
• Son Gohan picked up Vegeta and Trunks and asked Krillin to give them Senzu Beans.

Son Gohan weighed the threat posed by two Cells and chose to let Son Goku’s heart disease run its course before giving him the medicine. Meanwhile, Future Cell and the androids plotted in the shadows, unaware that Present Cell had overheard their plan to grow stronger.

• Son Gohan concluded that only one Cell could reach complete form and decided to wait until Son Goku fell ill before giving him the medicine.
• Present Cell sensed that his clone had died and pursued Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18.
• Future Cell appeared where Present Cell had been hiding and realized another version of himself existed in this timeline.
• Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18 agreed to grow stronger before dealing with Son Gohan and the other Cell.
• Present Cell overheard the androids’ conversation and planned to absorb them all to become complete.

Bulma roused Vegeta from despair after his defeat, and he broke through to greater strength before entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Future Trunks. Raditz then visited the recovering Son Goku at Mount Paozu and took Son Gohan outside to talk.

• Bulma confronted Vegeta and reminded him of his family, his pride, and the people still fighting, prompting him to rise from his despair.
• Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan, broke through to greater strength, and ordered Kami to send him and Future Trunks into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• After Vegeta and Future Trunks entered the chamber, Raditz flew from Kami's Lookout toward Mount Paozu.
• Raditz arrived at Son Goku's home, learned from Son Gohan that Goku was recovering, and went outside with Son Gohan to talk.

Son Gohan showed Raditz the different stages of Super Saiyan and explained how strength, speed, and energy control changed between them. He said he sensed a transformation beyond Super Saiyan, then demonstrated his full-potential state for Raditz.

• Raditz asked Son Gohan to fight him, and Son Gohan took him and Eliza to a barren desert.
• Son Gohan transformed through the first, second, and third Super Saiyan stages, explaining their strengths and drawbacks to Raditz.
• Son Gohan demonstrated the balanced pinnacle of his current Super Saiyan transformation and explained how he controlled and released his energy.
• Son Gohan told Raditz he sensed a transformation that could surpass Super Saiyan, and reassured him that he could reach the same level through training.
• Raditz asked about Son Gohan's power without transforming, so Son Gohan entered his full-potential state.