Chapter Summaries

Piccolo fought Frieza after Frieza transformed into his second form, while Vegeta was beaten when he tried to flee. Piccolo survived Frieza’s attacks and struck back with a powerful energy wave, leaving Frieza bloodied and furious as their battle continued.

• Frieza exposed Vegeta’s hiding place, then Piccolo mocked Frieza’s strength and sent him crashing into a deep crater with a pair of blows.
• Frieza transformed into his second form, claimed his power level exceeded one million, and badly injured Nail with a single strike.
• Piccolo protected Nail and battled Frieza, while Vegeta tried to escape and was knocked into a crater by Frieza.
• Frieza drove Piccolo through several mountains and blasted the rubble, but Piccolo emerged unharmed and golden energy surrounded him.
• Piccolo’s golden energy wave broke through Frieza’s defense and wounded him, prompting Frieza to vow that Piccolo had truly enraged him.

Frieza transformed again and overwhelmed Piccolo, forcing Piccolo to assimilate with Nail to gain enough power to fight back. Piccolo then battered Frieza, while Goku watched and Vegeta seethed with jealousy; Frieza’s fate remained unclear in the smoke.

• Frieza revealed his third form and brutally beat Piccolo, leaving him battered on the battlefield.
• Nail urged Piccolo to assimilate with him, and Piccolo accepted, absorbing Nail’s power, memories, and combat techniques.
• Piccolo’s strength surged after assimilating, and Goku estimated his Power Level at over ten million as Frieza grew uneasy.
• Piccolo attacked Frieza with punches, kicks, and energy blasts, driving him into a mountain and then a crater.
• Vegeta watched Piccolo suppress Frieza and vowed that he would become a Super Saiyan.

Frieza transformed into his Final Form and overwhelmingly battered Piccolo, who refused to surrender. Just as Frieza moved to finish Piccolo, Goku arrived and stopped his attack, leaving Vegeta jealous and wondering whether Goku had become a Super Saiyan.

• Frieza revealed his Final Form and challenged Piccolo, whose attacks and Special Beam Cannon failed to overcome him.
• Frieza repeatedly struck and blasted Piccolo, but Piccolo kept rising and vowed to fight for Planet Namek and its victims.
• Frieza charged to deliver a final blow, but Goku seized his wrist and said he would take over the fight.
• Vegeta watched Goku stop Frieza and struggled with jealousy, rage, and the possibility that Goku had reached Super Saiyan power.

Goku overwhelmed Frieza on Namek, shrugging off his attacks while Frieza grew increasingly enraged and fearful. Frieza remained determined to fight, and Piccolo realized that even his newly gained power was insignificant beside Goku’s.

• Goku caught and threw Frieza, then blocked his attacks and mocked his small final form.
• Frieza recalled Bardock destroying Planet Vegeta, and Vegeta confirmed that Bardock was Goku’s father.
• Goku easily blocked Frieza’s blows and Death Beams while Vegeta warned Frieza that Goku was the legendary Super Saiyan.
• Frieza shot Vegeta through the chest, killing him, as Goku watched without intervening.
• Frieza raised his power to fifty percent and attacked, but Goku continued to overpower him and emerged unharmed after Frieza’s Cutting Disc struck him.
• Piccolo watched Goku dominate Frieza and recognized how far his own strength still fell short.

Goku easily withstood Frieza’s attacks and battered him, prompting Frieza to unleash his full power and claim a Power Level of 120 million. Frieza’s intensified barrage still failed to touch Goku, who struck him back into the ruins.

• Frieza unleashed a barrage of Flame Rift Waves, but Goku emerged unharmed and mocked his strength.
• Frieza charged Goku, who caught his wrist, threw him, and overwhelmed him with a series of blows.
• Frieza rose despite his injuries and revealed that he had not yet reached his limit.
• Frieza unleashed his full power, claimed his Power Level had risen to 120 million, and began firing Rapid-Fire Death Beams at Goku.
• Goku dodged the beams, rushed Frieza, and kicked him into the ruins before taunting him again.

Goku overwhelmed Frieza on Planet Namek, deflected his planet-splitting attack, and absorbed the energy sphere aimed at destroying the planet. He revealed his true Super Saiyan power and killed Frieza, then sensed Namek beginning to recover.

• Goku easily outmaneuvered Frieza in combat and sent him crashing into the ruins.
• Frieza fired his Earth Splitter, but Goku deflected it into space, where it sliced a distant planet in half.
• Frieza summoned an enormous energy sphere to destroy Planet Namek, but Goku held it back and absorbed it.
• Goku revealed his true Super Saiyan form, overwhelming Frieza with his golden aura.
• Goku fired a white beam that engulfed and destroyed Frieza.
• Goku lowered his hand as Namek's sky began to calm and its natural aura returned.

After defeating Frieza, Goku and Piccolo arranged for the surviving Namekians to leave their ruined planet for Earth, with Piccolo accepting responsibility for their future. Goku returned to Earth, while mysterious aliens arrived on Namek and collected samples from Vegeta and Frieza’s remains.

• Goku confirmed Frieza was dead, healed Piccolo with a Senzu Bean, and proposed moving the surviving Namekians to Earth.
• Piccolo accepted responsibility for the Namekians, summoned the survivors, and reassured Dende that Nail’s sacrifice would not be in vain.
• Goku brought out Bulma’s spaceship, and Piccolo led the surviving Namekians aboard for their journey to Earth.
• As the ship departed, Piccolo comforted the grieving Namekians, while Goku watched it leave and then returned to his family on Earth.
• Mysterious armored aliens landed near Vegeta’s corpse, collected samples from him and Frieza’s lingering remains, and departed.

Goku returned home after defeating Frieza and told Bulma and Gohan how easily he had won. North Kai invited him to King Kai's Planet, where Goku earned training in Kaio-ken and the Spirit Bomb by telling corny jokes.

• Goku returned home, reassured Bulma and Gohan, and recounted how he had defeated Frieza on Namek.
• Goku and Bulma spent the night together after he described how energized he felt following the battle.
• North Kai contacted Goku and invited him to King Kai's Planet to prepare for stronger threats in the universe.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to reach King Kai's Planet and met North Kai, who explained that its gravity was ten times Earth's.
• Goku told North Kai two corny jokes, satisfying him and earning lessons in Kaio-ken and the Spirit Bomb.

Goku trained with North Kai for ten days on King Kai's Planet and mastered the twofold Kaio-ken and the Spirit Bomb. He returned home to Bulma and Gohan, confident that his new techniques would help him protect them.

• North Kai taught Goku the Kaio-ken, and Goku struggled to control the strain before mastering a stable twofold version.
• North Kai taught Goku to sense and gather the energy needed for the Spirit Bomb, and Goku practiced forming and guiding it.
• After ten days, Goku mastered both techniques and thanked North Kai before leaving King Kai's Planet.
• Goku returned home, where Bulma and Gohan welcomed him and celebrated his return with dinner.
• Goku told Bulma that the Kaio-ken and Spirit Bomb had made him stronger and better able to protect everyone.

Goku welcomed Piccolo and the Namekians to Earth, then helped them find a new home on a planet similar to Namek. Dende stayed behind on Earth to remain with Gohan, and Goku returned to find the two children playing together.

• Goku welcomed Piccolo and the Namekians, then surprised his friends by revealing that he had married Bulma and had a son named Gohan.
• Bulma welcomed the Namekians into her home, where Goku recounted their ordeal on Planet Namek.
• After 130 days, the Namekian Grand Elder asked Goku to help his people find a suitable planet, and Goku asked North Kai to locate one.
• Goku inspected a lush planet similar to Namek and offered it to the Namekians as their new home.
• Dende chose to stay on Earth with Gohan, and Goku used Instant Transmission to take the Namekians to their new planet.
• Goku returned to Earth and saw Gohan and Dende happily playing together.

Goku reached Super Saiyan 2 while training on a planet with fifty million times Earth's gravity, then mastered the form before returning to Earth. After spending more than a hundred days training under even greater gravity, he returned still pursuing Super Saiyan 3.

• Goku meditated for two and a half days on a super-gravity planet and broke through to Super Saiyan 2.
• Goku tested his new power, then continued training until he had mastered Super Saiyan 2 under the planet's extreme gravity.
• Goku returned to Earth, where Bulma noticed his calmer, stronger presence, and he relaxed at home with Bulma, Gohan, and Dende.
• Goku trained for more than a hundred days on a planet with one hundred million times Earth's gravity, refining his aura control and endurance while aiming for Super Saiyan 3.
• Goku returned to Earth with Instant Transmission, believing he was prepared for the opportunity to break through to Super Saiyan 3.

Bulma, Goku, and their friends rushed to Kame House after Master Roshi claimed there was an emergency, only to learn he had gathered them for Turtle’s thousandth birthday. They agreed to stay and celebrate, and Master Roshi went to prepare a beach party.

• Bulma received Master Roshi’s urgent call and took Goku, Gohan, and Dende to Kame House, where Yamcha also arrived.
• Master Roshi welcomed everyone and spoke with Gohan and Dende before revealing that Turtle was celebrating its thousandth birthday.
• Bulma and Yamcha protested that Master Roshi had summoned them over a birthday, while Goku and Gohan encouraged everyone to celebrate.
• Turtle arrived, became tearful at their presence, and thanked everyone for coming.
• Bulma and Yamcha agreed to stay, and Master Roshi went to prepare a beach birthday party.

Everyone celebrated Turtle’s thousandth birthday at a lively beach party, then Master Roshi, Krillin, and Turtle traded jokes the next morning. Nearly a year after Goku defeated Frieza, Goku wondered whether Frieza or another powerful enemy might threaten Earth and resolved to keep training.

• Bulma and Master Roshi prepared Turtle’s birthday party, where Gohan, Dende, and Maron built a sandcastle before everyone celebrated with cake, volleyball, and a bonfire.
• Turtle thanked everyone for making his birthday the happiest day of his life, and Goku’s family and Yamcha headed home after the party.
• The next morning, Krillin’s Kamehameha drenched Master Roshi and scattered his magazines, while Turtle and Krillin teased him about his retirement.
• Nearly a year after Goku defeated Frieza, Goku told Bulma he suspected Frieza’s forces might revive him or that stronger enemies could exist.
• Goku kept his concerns to himself and decided to continue improving his strength to prepare for future threats.

King Cold arrived on Earth seeking revenge for Frieza and ordered his forces to kill the gathered warriors. Before they could attack, a mysterious sword-wielding youth destroyed them and appeared before King Cold, leaving Bulma startled by the Capsule Corp logo on his clothes.

• Goku identified the approaching presence as King Cold and told Bulma that Frieza had not been resurrected.
• Piccolo led the warriors, Bulma, and Gohan to King Cold’s landing site while Goku said he would follow.
• King Cold emerged from his spaceship, demanded that Goku face him, and ordered his subordinates to kill the Earthlings.
• A mysterious youth cut King Cold’s subordinates apart in midair and descended before the assembled warriors.
• Bulma recognized the Capsule Corp logo on the youth’s clothes and wondered who he was.

A mysterious youth arrived to kill King Cold, discovered Frieza was already dead, and revealed himself as a Super Saiyan. After defeating King Cold and destroying his spaceship, he left the Earthlings stunned and wondering who he was.

• The youth arrived and said he had come to kill King Cold, then realized Frieza was absent and wondered whether his arrival had changed history.
• King Cold ordered his soldiers to attack, but the youth drew his sword and swiftly killed them all.
• The youth transformed into a Super Saiyan, shocking King Cold and the Earthlings, and rejected King Cold's offer to become his adopted son.
• King Cold took the youth's sword and attacked, but the youth caught the blade with one hand and blasted a hole through King Cold's chest with a Ki Wave.
• The youth ignored King Cold's pleas, killed him with another Ki Wave, and destroyed his spaceship.

A mysterious youth who defeated King Cold waited for Son Goku and hinted that he knew the future, but the expected timeline did not match what he found. After Goku arrived, the youth asked to speak with him alone, leaving the others curious about his identity and purpose.

• The youth defeated King Cold, told Piccolo and the others that Goku would arrive in three hours, and led them to a grassland despite their questions.
• The youth produced a capsule box of drinks, and Bulma noticed his clothes bore the Capsule Corporation logo while he refused to give his name, saying only that he was seventeen.
• After three hours passed without Goku appearing, the youth grew uneasy and Piccolo questioned whether he had withheld information.
• Goku arrived by Instant Transmission, and the youth asked to speak with him privately.
• Goku agreed and followed the youth away, while Bulma, Piccolo, and the others wondered who he was and what he wanted.

Trunks revealed that he had traveled twenty years from the future to warn Goku about the Androids and gave him medicine for a fatal heart disease. After learning that Bulma was his mother and Vegeta had died in this timeline, Trunks returned to the future with a promise to survive.

• Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan for Trunks, who transformed too and tested Goku with his sword, only for Goku to block every strike with one finger.
• Trunks told Goku that he came from twenty years in the future and warned that Dr. Gero's Androids would appear in three years and devastate Earth.
• Trunks described how the Androids killed the other fighters and Gohan, and revealed that Goku would die from Viral Heart Disease before fighting them.
• Trunks gave Goku future medicine for the illness and identified Bulma as his mother, surprising Goku and Piccolo.
• Goku told Trunks that Bulma was his wife and Gohan was their child, then explained that Vegeta had died on Planet Namek.
• Trunks accepted that this timeline differed from his own, said goodbye to Goku, and flew back to the future.

After Trunks revealed that deadly Androids would appear in three years and that Goku would fall ill, the fighters began preparing for the coming threat. Worried that the future medicine might fail, Goku decided to search for the Dragon Balls with Gohan and Dende and ask Shenron to make him immune to illness.

• Goku told the others that Trunks came from the future, was Bulma and Vegeta’s son, and had warned that powerful Androids would kill the fighters while Goku succumbed to heart disease.
• After Trunks departed in his Time Machine, Piccolo left to train, and Goku sent Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha to train with North Kai; Krillin returned home to his family.
• Bulma worried that Trunks’s medicine might not work and began studying Goku’s cells, while Goku wondered whether Dr. Gero had created a virus targeting him.
• Goku invited Gohan and Dende to search for the Dragon Balls so he could ask Shenron to make him never get sick, and Bulma told him to bring supplies.

Goku, Gohan, and Dende traveled by Somersault Cloud to collect Dragon Balls, overcoming animal guardians, a lake, and a collapsing desert ruin. After finding four Dragon Balls, they set off toward the next one.

• Goku took Gohan and Dende to a mountain forest, where Gohan distracted monkeys and Goku traded bananas for the first Dragon Ball.
• Goku and Gohan retrieved the second Dragon Ball from beneath a turtle in a lake while Dende waited on shore.
• Gohan found the third Dragon Ball in a trapped desert tower, and Goku carried him and Dende out before the ruin collapsed.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to outmaneuver a large monkey guarding a cave in the rainforest, and Gohan spotted the fourth Dragon Ball inside.
• Goku, Gohan, and Dende boarded the Somersault Cloud and flew toward the next Dragon Ball.

Goku, Gohan, and Dende collected the remaining Dragon Balls, overcoming traps, a territorial boar, and a man who challenged them. Goku summoned Shenron and wished to be free of Viral Heart Disease, and Shenron granted the wish by greatly increasing Goku’s power and Life Level.

• Goku, Gohan, and Dende found a Dragon Ball in a temple and Goku disabled the mechanism protecting it.
• Gohan calmed a wild boar with a cookie, allowing Goku to find another Dragon Ball beneath a boulder.
• Gohan defeated a man who tried to claim the final Dragon Ball, and the group gathered all seven.
• Goku summoned Shenron and wished never to suffer from Viral Heart Disease again.
• Shenron granted Goku’s wish, transforming his body and greatly raising his Life Level before disappearing.