Chapter Summaries

Cell threatened to destroy Earth by self-destructing, so Goku used Instant Transmission to take him away and save everyone. Cell survived the explosion and returned stronger, while Gohan vowed to avenge his father.

• Cell expanded his body and threatened to blow up Earth unless Gohan stayed back.
• With one second left, Goku used Instant Transmission to take Cell to a distant star system, where the explosion killed them both—or so the others believed.
• Gohan mourned Goku as Krillin and Piccolo urged him to stay strong, while Raditz carried the unconscious Android 18 away.
• Perfect Cell returned covered in blue lightning and revealed that a core in his head let him regenerate, and that he had learned Instant Transmission.
• Gohan declared that he would avenge Goku, and Cell challenged him to prove he could win.

Gohan fought Cell while repeatedly being overpowered, but his determination awakened a new, stronger Super Saiyan form. He defeated Cell with a Kamehameha and, exhausted and changed by the battle, prepared to return with Piccolo, Trunks, and Krillin.

• Gohan charged Cell and was repeatedly beaten back despite his anger and determination to avenge his father.
• Cell overwhelmed Gohan with attacks and a Kamehameha, while Piccolo and Trunks watched anxiously and Piccolo tried to support him.
• As Cell's Kamehameha nearly swallowed Gohan's, Gohan's power awakened and he transformed into a form stronger than an ordinary Super Saiyan.
• Gohan's Kamehameha overpowered Cell's, and Cell was destroyed before he could escape.
• Piccolo praised Gohan as Trunks and Krillin joined them, and Gohan said they should head back.

After Cell's defeat, Gohan returned home expecting to learn that Goku had died, but found his father alive and recovered from the explosion. Goku brought Gohan, Raditz, and Android 18 to the Lookout, where Shenron appeared and awaited their two wishes.

• Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien Shinhan mourned Goku's sacrifice until Bulma told them Goku had returned safely.
• Gohan reunited with Goku at Bulma's house, and Goku explained that he had escaped Cell's self-destruction by teleporting away.
• Hercule claimed credit for defeating Cell on live television while Gohan ate and joked with Goku; Android 18 woke and agreed to stay for the time being.
• Goku took Gohan, Raditz, and Android 18 to the Lookout, where Trunks regarded Android 18 warily and Goku reassured him.
• Dende summoned Shenron with the seven Dragon Balls, and Shenron offered to grant two wishes.

Yamcha and Goku used Shenron’s wishes to revive everyone Cell had killed and remove Android 18’s self-destruct device. After Tien Shinhan departed and Trunks returned to his future, the others settled back into life on Earth while Hercule claimed public credit for defeating Cell.

• Yamcha wished for everyone killed by Cell to be revived, while Hercule celebrated as the supposed hero at a victory parade.
• Goku wished for Android 18’s self-destruct device to be removed, and she thanked him for freeing her from it.
• Tien Shinhan said goodbye and left the Lookout, while Trunks planned to return to his future the next day.
• Bulma welcomed Trunks as her son, and Gohan joked that this made Trunks his big brother.
• Bulma and the others saw Trunks off as he departed in the Time Machine for his future.
• Hercule toured the world and exaggerated his role in defeating Cell, while Goku, Gohan, and Bulma knew the real warriors had saved Earth.

Trunks returned to his future after training in another timeline and destroyed Android 17 and Android 18, then confronted and killed Cell before he could use the Time Machine. The chapter ended with Trunks believing the threat was finally over as he reflected on those he had lost.

• Android 17 and Android 18 hunted down surviving humans in Trunks's future and destroyed their hiding place.
• Trunks returned to Bulma and told her about the other timeline, where Gohan defeated Cell and Android 17 and Android 18 were good.
• After hearing that Android 17 and Android 18 had appeared in BDN District 4, Trunks flew there and killed Android 18 and Android 17.
• A month later, Trunks sensed Cell near his Time Machine and realized Cell had planned to travel to the past and absorb the Androids.
• Trunks overwhelmed Cell and destroyed him with a Ki Wave.

Android 17 visited Bulma’s home and joined Gohan and Android 18 in a video game before Goku discussed Bulma’s android research and planned future training. Goku decided to train Gohan starting the next day, hoping to awaken his hidden potential.

• Android 17 visited Bulma’s home, played a fighting game against Gohan, and narrowly won while Android 18 cheered him on.
• Goku told Bulma to wait a few years before modifying herself, claiming a future fighter’s cells could improve her research.
• Goku secretly planned to collect Buu’s cells and combine them with his Super Saiyan cells to create a stronger Bulma.
• Goku considered his own training and decided Gohan could help him improve by awakening his potential.
• Goku told Gohan they would train together every day starting the next day, and Gohan eagerly agreed.

Goku trained Gohan on Yardrat, teaching him Instant Transmission and survival skills for extreme environments before taking him to a planet with gravity ten billion times stronger than Earth's. There, Gohan endured Goku's Super Saiyan 3 challenge and broke through to a new level of strength.

• Goku took Gohan to Yardrat, where Gohan mastered Instant Transmission in a month.
• Goku trained Gohan to regulate his ki and survive thin air, radiation, low temperatures, and intense gravity.
• Goku brought Gohan to a planet with gravity ten billion times stronger than Earth's, where Gohan struggled to move even as a Super Saiyan.
• Goku watched Gohan's strength grow under the planet's gravity, then transformed into Super Saiyan 3 to challenge him.
• Gohan fought Goku for hours, awakened a new surge of power, and reached a higher peak of strength.

Gohan trained with Goku on a planet with 100 billion times gravity and awakened a green-haired Legendary Super Saiyan form strong enough to rival Goku’s initial Super Saiyan 4. After the breakthrough, Goku wondered whether he could reach the rumored Super Saiyan 5 and considered what he and Gohan might accomplish together.

• Goku brought Gohan to a planet with 100 billion times gravity, where Gohan struggled while Goku demonstrated the power of Super Saiyan 4.
• Gohan trained with Goku for a year, adapting to the gravity and improving his control, strength, and fighting skills.
• During a sparring match, Gohan sensed an instinctive power awakening within him and continued pushing against Goku’s challenge.
• Gohan transformed into the green-haired Legendary Super Saiyan form and struck Goku hard enough to send him flying thousands of meters.
• Goku recognized that Gohan could rival his initial Super Saiyan 4 and later wondered whether Super Saiyan 5 existed and what he and Gohan could achieve together.

Goku struggled to surpass Super Saiyan 4 until he mastered precise ki control and awakened Super Saiyan 5. He demonstrated his new abilities to Gohan, who resolved to train harder to catch up.

• Goku tried meditation and extreme physical training but could not break through Super Saiyan 4.
• After refining his aura control, Goku compressed an enormous energy sphere and destroyed a distant supergravity planet, triggering his transformation into Super Saiyan 5.
• Goku awakened Super Saiyan 5 and gained precise control over his aura and the ability to sense ki throughout the universe.
• Goku teleported back to Gohan, who mistook his powerful new aura for godhood and challenged him to spar.
• Goku's aura blocked Gohan's punches, and Goku controlled and dispersed Gohan's Kamehameha because Gohan's ki was weaker.
• Gohan admired Goku's new power and vowed to train harder to catch up.

After stopping a bank robbery on his way to Orange Star High School, Son Gohan began his first day of class and met Videl, Hercule’s daughter. Videl recognized him from the robbery and grew suspicious that he had defeated the robbers, while Gohan tried to hide his involvement.

• Four armed robbers held up a bank in Satan City and prepared to escape with the money.
• Son Gohan, running to school from West City as training, knocked out the four robbers and their driver before anyone could see what he had done.
• Gohan met a twin-ponytailed girl near the bank, then hurried to Orange Star High School and introduced himself to his new class.
• Eliza introduced Gohan to Videl and told him that Videl was Hercule’s daughter.
• Videl recognized Gohan from the bank robbery and suspected he had stopped the criminals, while Gohan became nervous under her scrutiny.

During baseball class, Gohan revealed extraordinary abilities but tried to hide them, making Videl increasingly suspicious. After he evaded her pursuit, Bulma gave him a Mind-Control Bracelet that could transform him into a superhero outfit, and he headed to school wearing it.

• Gohan leaped high to catch a home-run ball and threw it to third base, astonishing his classmates, Videl, and Eliza.
• Gohan deliberately let a pitch hit his face, then walked to first base unharmed, deepening Videl's suspicions.
• After school, Gohan declined the blond-haired boy's club invitation and turned down Eliza's offer to go home together.
• Videl secretly followed Gohan, but he disappeared around a corner before she could catch up.
• At home, Goku teased Gohan about girls, while Gohan privately thought about Videl's attention.
• The next morning, Bulma gave Gohan a Mind-Control Bracelet that transformed him into a superhero outfit, and he left for school.

Gohan disguised himself as Saiyan Superman, stopped reckless street racers, and helped Videl rescue hostages from a bus hijacking. After saving the passengers from the bus as it plunged toward a cliff, he flew away, leaving Videl wondering how he knew her name.

• Gohan used his Superman outfit to frighten street racers into abandoning their dangerous driving, then flew off after a girl praised him as a superhero.
• At school, Gohan corrected classmates who called the hero the Saiyan Masked Man, making Videl suspicious of his reaction.
• When Videl received an alert about a bus hijacking, she rushed to help, and Gohan followed after learning she was going to confront the hijackers.
• Videl piloted a plane to the hijacked bus, dodged gunfire, boarded it, and defeated the three hijackers.
• As the driverless bus sped toward a cliff, Gohan caught it in midair and lowered it safely to the ground.
• Gohan introduced himself to Videl as Saiyan Superman and flew away, while Videl wondered how he knew her name.

Gohan agreed to go on a date with his classmate Angela after she hinted that she knew his secret. Their first date went awkwardly at the movies, but they moved to a coffee shop, where Gohan prepared to tell Angela something important.

• Gohan returned to class and noticed Angela secretly watching and drawing him; after both were sent out for spacing out, Angela asked if he had a girlfriend and invited him on a date.
• Gohan accepted Angela's invitation to meet at Satan Station, then asked Goku for dating advice and heard how Goku and Bulma had gotten together.
• Gohan met Angela at Satan Station and went with her to a movie, but he fell asleep, upsetting her and prompting him to chase after her and apologize.
• Angela suggested they go to a coffee shop, where she teased Gohan about adding thirteen sugar cubes to her coffee and told him she had been startled by seeing him the day before.
• Gohan asked Angela to promise to keep a secret, and Angela assured him she would not tell anyone.

Gohan saved Videl from a rooftop fire as Saiyan Superman, but Angela’s accusation about his secret embarrassed him and upset her. Videl continued to suspect Gohan’s identity and chased Saiyan Superman, then questioned Gohan again after he pretended to be hurt during a fight with thugs.

• Gohan transformed into Saiyan Superman, steadied the failing water tank, and released its water to put out the fire while Videl was on the rooftop.
• Angela accused Gohan of having a girlfriend and revealed that he wore underwear with little bears on it before storming away; on Monday, Gohan saw her confessing to another boy.
• Videl chased Saiyan Superman in a plane, but Gohan escaped through the clouds with Instant Transmission and reached school.
• Gohan pretended to be injured when two thugs attacked police, allowing Videl to defeat them without revealing his strength.
• Videl said she had mistaken Gohan for Saiyan Superman and asked whether he had been pretending, but Gohan denied it and changed the subject.

The Red Shark Gang took the mayor hostage to force Hercule into a confrontation, but Gohan escaped school and rescued Videl after the gang attacked her. Videl defeated the gang leader and grew more determined to uncover Saiyan Superman’s identity, while Eliza’s observations deepened her suspicions about Gohan.

• The Red Shark Gang seized City Hall and the mayor, demanded Hercule, and attacked the police; Hercule stayed home rather than confront the armed criminals.
• Videl confronted the gang leader, while Gohan escaped class during a staged earthquake and flew to the scene as Saiyan Superman.
• The gang leader and his armed lackeys overwhelmed Videl, but Gohan arrived, defeated the lackeys, and Videl knocked out the leader.
• Videl thanked Saiyan Superman and vowed to discover his identity before he flew away.
• After school, Eliza pointed out that Gohan disappeared during the earthquake and returned before Videl, strengthening Videl’s suspicions about him.

Gohan transformed into Saiyan Superman to free Little Dot from a circus, then returned it to its parents with Videl’s help. The next morning, Videl identified Gohan as Saiyan Superman, inferred that Son Goku was his father, and pressured him into entering the upcoming World Martial Arts Tournament.

• Hercule boasted to Videl about his tournament victory and dismissed Son Goku as a showman, prompting Videl to ask about Son Goku’s surname.
• Gohan asked the circus owner to release Little Dot, then returned at night as Saiyan Superman and freed it from its cage.
• Gohan escaped with Little Dot, but Videl and the police caught up with him; when Little Dot’s parents arrived, Videl agreed to let Gohan return it.
• Toto attacked Videl, and Gohan protected her, accidentally revealing his name; Videl restrained the circus owner while Gohan flew away with Little Dot.
• Videl confronted Gohan at school, identified him as Saiyan Superman, and guessed that Son Goku was his father.
• Videl threatened to expose Gohan unless he entered the World Martial Arts Tournament, and he agreed; she then asked him to teach her to fly.

Gohan decided to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament in disguise, and Krillin and Piccolo agreed to compete as well. When Videl tracked him down, Gohan began teaching her to sense Ki as the first step toward learning the Sky Dance Technique.

• Gohan chose to enter the tournament wearing a headscarf and sunglasses so he could hide his identity, while Goku said he would not compete.
• At Kame House, Krillin agreed to enter for the prize money, and Gohan told Piccolo about the tournament, prompting Piccolo to enter too.
• Videl found Gohan at Capsule Corp and insisted that he teach her to fly before the tournament.
• Gohan demonstrated Ki by blasting apart a tree, then explained that controlling Ki allowed people to fly and use attacks.
• Gohan began teaching Videl to sense the Ki inside her body, and she tried again after failing to feel anything at first.

Videl learned to sense ki and briefly hover while Gohan trained her, then returned the next morning with short hair after he remarked that it might suit her. She teased him about her new look and resumed practicing with him.

• Bulma and Goku teased Gohan and Videl about being a future couple during lunch, embarrassing them both.
• Gohan coached Videl until she could sense ki between her palms.
• Videl followed Gohan's instructions and briefly lifted herself about thirty centimeters off the ground.
• Videl said she would return to continue training, and Gohan remarked that she might look better with shorter hair.
• Videl arrived the next morning with short hair, teased Gohan about whether he liked it, and continued practicing.

Gohan trained Videl to fly, and she mastered the skill before the World Martial Arts Tournament. As the fighters prepared for the tournament, Goku and Bulma discussed the regenerative cells and the coming appearance of Majin Buu.

• Gohan taught Videl to stabilize herself in flight, and she asked him to keep her training secret from Hercule so she could surprise him at the tournament.
• Videl said she admired her father and believed he was the strongest, while Gohan privately resolved to spare Hercule unnecessary humiliation if they fought.
• A few days later, Videl mastered flying and flew home, then continued training while Hercule lounged at home, confident that nobody could defeat him.
• On the eve of the World Martial Arts Tournament, Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, and Videl trained, while Goku worked with Bulma in her laboratory.
• Goku told Bulma that Majin Buu was about to appear and explained that the cells they were studying had endless regenerative power.

Goku, Gohan, Bulma, Krillin, Master Roshi, Piccolo, and Android 18 arrived at the World Martial Arts Tournament, where Hercule drew a crowd with his boastful claims. Videl helped Gohan enter the adult division, and the two flew together before returning to prepare for their match.

• Bulma flew Goku and Gohan to the tournament island, where they reunited with Krillin, Master Roshi, and Piccolo and spotted Android 18.
• Android 18 greeted Gohan warmly, while the crowd gathered to welcome Hercule, who boasted that he had a 120% chance of winning.
• A staff member tried to put Gohan in the junior division because he looked under fifteen, but Videl persuaded him to register Gohan in the adult division as Saiyan Superman.
• Gohan and Videl flew around the tournament grounds, playfully racing and sparring in the air.
• Gohan and Videl landed and returned to prepare for the tournament, promising to take their match seriously.