Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan and Pikkon began their tournament match, first trading rapid close-range blows before Pikkon unleashed his full strength. Son Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan and fought back, but Pikkon’s power remained formidable as the battle continued.

• Son Gohan and Pikkon introduced themselves and entered the arena ready to fight.
• The two exchanged hundreds of blows at close range, shaking and cracking the arena floor.
• Son Gohan urged Pikkon to stop holding back, and Pikkon unleashed a much stronger aura.
• Son Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan and powered up to his peak.
• Pikkon attacked with a flurry of afterimages, but Son Gohan blocked his fist and countered, driving Pikkon back.

Son Gohan fought Pikkon, who overwhelmed him with his speed and strength, until Gohan used his psychic power to read Pikkon’s movements. The battle continued with Gohan fighting through this energy-based vision, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Pikkon vanished and battered Son Gohan with a rapid series of attacks before knocking him across the ground.
• Son Gohan countered with energy blasts and a Kamehameha fired from behind Pikkon, injuring him but failing to stop him.
• Son Gohan changed his fighting style and began dodging Pikkon’s attacks, even closing his eyes.
• North Kai recognized that Son Gohan was not acting foolishly, as Gohan spread psychic power around his body to sense Pikkon’s movements.
• Son Gohan relied on his detailed psychic vision to fight Pikkon, though the technique consumed too much mental energy to use casually.

Son Gohan used his spiritual cultivation to read Pikkon’s attacks, and the Grand Kai arrived to watch their battle. As Pikkon unleashed Thunder Flash, Son Gohan powered up with Kaioken and prepared a Kamehameha, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Pikkon stopped relying on fists and kicks after Son Gohan repeatedly anticipated his attacks, and the two faced off.
• The Grand Kai arrived and explained that Son Gohan’s spiritual cultivation far exceeded Pikkon’s, surprising the Kais when they learned Gohan was only around eleven.
• Pikkon learned Son Gohan’s age, welcomed him as a worthy future rival, and resumed the fight using energy blasts.
• Son Gohan deliberately let one blast hit him, prompting Pikkon to gather energy and unleash Thunder Flash.
• Son Gohan powered up with Kaioken and began preparing a Kamehameha as the Grand Kai predicted the battle would soon end.

Son Gohan used double Kaioken to battle Pikkon, but the strain overwhelmed him as Pikkon’s Thunder Flash Cannon gained the advantage. Son Gohan lost Kaioken and was left trapped in the arena with Pikkon’s attack rushing toward him.

• Son Gohan’s Kaioken-boosted Super Kamehameha clashed with Pikkon’s flames, damaging the arena and drawing the attention of Grand Kai’s Planet’s martial artists.
• Son Gohan increased his Kamehameha’s power, but Pikkon compressed his flames and forced Son Gohan backward.
• Grand Kai predicted Pikkon would win because Son Gohan’s Kaioken strained him while Pikkon relied on his own strength.
• Son Gohan’s red aura and Kamehameha became unstable, and he was forced to exit Kaioken.
• Pikkon’s Thunder Flash Cannon swallowed Son Gohan’s Kamehameha and surged toward him, leaving him with nowhere to run.

Son Gohan broke through to Super Saiyan 2 after Pikkon’s attack engulfed him, then defeated Pikkon’s Thunder Flash and won the tournament match. After healing themselves with Senzu Beans, the fighters received applause, and North Kai confronted West Kai about their bet.

• Son Gohan canceled his Kaioken and Kamehameha, gathering ki as Pikkon’s attack struck him and swallowed him in flames.
• Son Gohan emerged as a Super Saiyan 2, stunning the spectators and surpassing Pikkon’s power.
• Pikkon launched Thunder Flash, but Son Gohan struck the attack’s energy connection point and blasted Pikkon out of the arena.
• Son Gohan healed himself and gave Pikkon a Senzu Bean, restoring Pikkon’s energy and healing his injuries.
• Grand Kai and the spectators applauded the battle, while North Kai challenged West Kai to honor their bet.

Son Gohan learned the Metamorans’ fusion technique and returned to Kai's Planet, where Marcarita arrived to test his new strength. After sparring with her, he nearly grazed her with an attack that exploited a weakness in Ultra Instinct.

• Son Gohan learned and recorded the Metamorans’ fusion movements, then declined Grand Kai’s offer to stay and train.
• Son Gohan and North Kai returned to Kai's Planet, where Marcarita asked North Kai to leave so she could speak with Son Gohan.
• Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and showed Marcarita his current strength.
• Marcarita offered to guide Son Gohan and told him to attack her.
• Son Gohan used his mental force to perceive energy and deceived Marcarita’s automatic reactions, making his fist graze past her face.
• Marcarita asked Son Gohan what he had used, and he explained his plan to exploit Ultra Instinct’s automatic responses.

Son Gohan tested his method of countering Ultra Instinct against Marcarita, using precise attacks directed by his consciousness to limit her evasions. He rejected her offer to teach him Ultra Instinct and committed to pursuing his own path, which Marcarita compared to Jiren’s.

• Marcarita explained that Son Gohan’s method could counter the initial stage of Ultra Instinct but would fail against a higher level.
• Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and attacked Marcarita, increasing the precision and angles of his strikes until one brushed her hair.
• Son Gohan stopped when the mental effort left him dizzy, and Marcarita observed that his approach opposed Ultra Instinct’s core principle.
• Son Gohan explained that he wanted his consciousness to direct his body and chose to develop that method instead of relying on instinct.
• Marcarita offered to guide Son Gohan in Ultra Instinct, but he refused, and she compared his independent path to Jiren’s.

Marcarita gave Son Gohan a ring after learning he had his own path to greater power, while Modern Cell planned to become strong enough to challenge him. Son Goku and Vegeta emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to prepare for Cell, and Son Gohan corrected Son Goku’s assumption about his plans.

• Marcarita told Son Gohan that Super Saiyan was imperfect, gave him a ring that would signal her when he became strong enough, and left North Kai's Planet.
• Modern Cell resolved to grow stronger so he could become the opponent Son Gohan wanted and gain a chance to take control.
• Son Goku and Vegeta left the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, learned that Son Gohan had defeated the previous Cell, and set out to train and fight Cell.
• Son Goku urged the others to train, and Piccolo entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Son Goku visited Son Gohan at Mount Paozu and asked about his fight with Cell; Son Gohan said Cell was not strong enough yet and denied Son Goku’s guess about his plan.

Son Gohan told Son Goku about Super Saiyan 2 and explained the fighters’ relative strength before teaching him the Fusion Dance. He then visited Bulma to ask about the group, and she admitted she had included personal cargo in a mechanical aid request from the Musli Empire.

• Son Gohan revealed that he had reached Super Saiyan 2 and explained his breakthrough to Son Goku.
• Son Gohan estimated that he was stronger than Cell, while Son Goku and Vegeta could each fight Frieza but would not team up.
• Son Gohan taught Son Goku the Fusion Dance, and Son Goku left to find Vegeta.
• Son Goku returned to Mount Paozu, where he reunited with Chi-Chi, and Son Gohan left for Bulma’s home.
• Son Gohan asked Bulma about the group’s operations, and Bulma admitted she had included some of her own cargo in a mechanical aid request from the Musli Empire.

Son Gohan showed Bulma a battered Time Machine and explained that a Cell from another timeline had killed that timeline’s Trunks before stealing the machine. Bulma used the news to spur Vegeta toward fighting Cell, then revealed to Son Gohan that her fury had been an act; she asked why he had given her the machine.

• Son Gohan asked Bulma about her research and showed her a Hoi-Poi Capsule containing a Time Machine.
• Bulma learned that the machine belonged to a Trunks from another timeline, who had been killed by that timeline’s Cell.
• Bulma called Vegeta over and ordered him to avenge Trunks by killing Cell, prompting Vegeta to leave with clenched fists.
• Bulma admitted to Son Gohan that she had acted furious to provoke Vegeta into fighting Cell.
• Bulma asked Son Gohan whether he had another reason for giving her the Time Machine.

Son Gohan warned Bulma that the Time Machine could create dangerous new timelines and told her to build and hide one in secret. After leaving Capsule Corporation, he decided to let the two Cells develop on their own and visited Eliza, who was upset that he had broken through without her.

• Son Gohan explained to Bulma that the Time Machine violated the rules of the gods and could draw punishment from the Supreme Kais.
• Son Gohan asked Bulma to build a Time Machine in secret and seal it away for future use, and she agreed.
• Son Gohan decided that Cell was no longer useful for his own breakthrough and resolved to let the two Cells grow independently.
• Son Gohan found Eliza training in the forest, where she showed off her improved energy control and resented his solo breakthrough.
• Son Gohan presented Eliza with a gift he had brought back from Grand Kai's Planet.

Son Gohan gave Eliza a ring and discussed her breakthrough and the coming fight with Cell. Three days later, Son Gohan and Eliza joined Son Goku, Vegeta, and the others at Cell’s battlefield as the match began.

• Son Gohan gave Eliza a powerful ring that amplified mental power, and she accepted it.
• Eliza told Son Gohan she had broken through while he was away, then asked to fight Perfect Cell if he appeared; Son Gohan agreed.
• Son Gohan returned home and used Instant Transmission with Son Goku before three days passed.
• Son Gohan and Eliza teleported to the desert battlefield, where Son Goku, Vegeta, Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, and the others had gathered to face Cell.
• Cell acknowledged Son Goku and Vegeta as his opponents and announced that their game could begin.

Vegeta fought Cell with a relentless combination of energy attacks, using a new technique to absorb his Final Flash and strike Cell at close range. Though Vegeta’s barrage left Cell severely damaged, Cell survived, and Vegeta charged in to finish him.

• Vegeta opened the battle by firing Prince's Explosive Shockwaves, but Cell blocked them with an energy barrier and emerged unharmed.
• Vegeta fired a Final Flash, then merged with its energy to overpower Cell’s Kamehameha and land a concentrated punch.
• Vegeta followed up with a Big Bang Attack and another Final Flash, destroying the arena and badly injuring Cell.
• Cell survived with his lower body gone and his upper body mangled, so Vegeta charged at him with the last of his strength.

Vegeta exhausted himself trying to kill Cell before he could recover, but Cell healed completely and defeated him. Son Goku entered the fight and began a fierce battle with Cell, whom he had restored with a Senzu Bean, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Vegeta attacked Cell relentlessly, but Cell recovered most of his strength while Vegeta grew exhausted.
• Son Goku offered to take over, but Vegeta refused and charged Cell again.
• Cell blocked Vegeta's attacks, beat him unconscious, and knocked him into a crater.
• Son Goku gave Vegeta a Senzu Bean to restore him, then tossed another to Cell so they could fight fairly.
• Son Goku and Cell exchanged rapid punches and kicks as Eliza and Son Gohan watched and remarked on Son Goku's skill.

Son Goku fought Cell with close-quarters skill but was eventually overwhelmed, and Cell countered his Instant Transmission with a prepared Kamehameha. Son Goku then used Solar Flare to blind Cell and set up an unrevealed finishing move.

• Son Goku used his combat experience to suppress Cell at first, but Cell adapted and gained the advantage as their battle shook the ground and scattered the clouds.
• Son Gohan and Eliza watched as Son Goku and Cell’s Kamehameha blasts collided, then continued fighting after withdrawing them.
• Cell recognized that Son Goku was trying to break through under pressure and blasted him back before firing Final Flash.
• Son Goku used Instant Transmission to appear behind Cell, but Cell anticipated the move and hit him with a Kamehameha, knocking him to the ground.
• Son Goku vanished again, reappeared in front of Cell, and used Solar Flare to blind him while concealing his ki.

Son Goku recovered with a Senzu Bean and began pushing toward a new breakthrough as he fought Cell at full strength. Cell unleashed Death Beams and trapped Goku in expanding energy rings, leaving Goku’s movements slowed.

• Cell regained his sight and realized Son Goku had used a Senzu Bean to restore his ki.
• Son Gohan studied the changes in Son Goku’s S-Cells and saw how they differed in the Super Saiyan form.
• Son Goku and Cell raised their power and resumed fighting without holding back.
• Cell fired Death Beams while Son Goku pressed closer and defended himself with ki.
• Cell expanded golden energy rings around Son Goku, slowing his movements as he tried to attack them.

Son Goku and Cell escalated their battle, with Cell briefly restraining Goku before Goku overpowered him in Power Mode. As Cell approached Super Saiyan 2 and their fight threatened the surrounding area, Eliza shielded the battlefield, allowing them to continue; Goku then launched another Kamehameha.

• Cell trapped Son Goku in energy rings and attacked him while he was restrained.
• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 1's third-stage Power Mode, broke free, and drove Cell back with a powerful assault.
• Cell raised an energy barrier and began reaching the threshold of Super Saiyan 2 as both fighters powered up for their final battle.
• Son Goku and Cell clashed with such force that their stray attacks endangered the watching fighters, who scattered to escape them.
• Son Gohan called to Eliza, who formed a massive red barrier around the battlefield to contain the battle's energy.
• Son Goku devoted himself to the fight and fired another Kamehameha at Cell.

Cell broke through to Super Saiyan 2 after taking Son Goku's Kamehameha, then overwhelmed him in battle. Son Goku kept fighting despite having little hope of winning and narrowly shielded himself from Cell's concentrated Death Beams.

• Cell survived Son Goku's Kamehameha and revealed that its energy had helped him break through to Super Saiyan 2.
• Son Gohan recognized the changes in Cell's S-Cells, while Piccolo reassured the others that Son Gohan and Eliza could handle Cell.
• Son Goku charged at the stronger Cell, who effortlessly dodged his attacks and knocked him into the ground.
• Son Goku launched another attack, but Cell struck his shoulder with a curving Death Beam and kept pursuing him with more beams.
• Cell grew enraged when Son Goku refused to give up and fired increasingly powerful Death Beams, but Son Goku used his remaining energy to form a shield.

Cell relentlessly battered Son Goku, then challenged him to a Kamehameha clash that seemed certain to kill him. Son Goku’s power surged with lightning and pushed Cell’s beam back, but the fight remained unresolved as both poured in their remaining energy.

• Cell overwhelmed Son Goku with a barrage of attacks and Death Beams, leaving him gravely injured but still standing.
• Cell decided to kill Son Goku and launched a Kamehameha, while Son Goku answered with one of his own.
• Son Gohan refused Eliza’s suggestion to intervene and waited to see whether Son Goku could turn the fight around.
• As Cell’s beam gained the advantage, Son Goku’s ki surged and lightning appeared around him, strengthening his Kamehameha.
• Son Goku pushed Cell’s attack back twice, forcing Cell to use all the energy he had reserved for Son Gohan and Eliza.

Son Goku defeated Cell in their Kamehameha clash, but Cell survived and another Perfect Cell appeared, turning the battle into a confrontation with two Cells. Son Gohan revealed he had known the second Cell was watching, while Modern Cell kept his own objective secret.

• Son Goku overpowered Cell in their Kamehameha clash after Cell's energy suddenly went out of control, and Eliza lowered the energy barrier as Son Goku collapsed.
• Krillin and the others gave Son Goku a Senzu Bean, but Son Goku warned them that Cell was still alive as the damaged Cell began regenerating.
• Vegeta and Piccolo attacked the regenerating Cell, but a second Perfect Cell emerged from a mound of sand and blocked their attacks.
• Eliza asked about the second Cell, and Son Gohan said he had detected him watching the battle with his psychic power.
• Future Cell asked Modern Cell to help him stall the others until he recovered, while Modern Cell watched Son Goku and the others and kept his true objective to himself.