Chapter Summaries

A transmigrated soul awakened inside the grave of the one-armed Son Gohan in the android-ravaged future and discovered that he had inherited Gohan’s memories and body. After flying to Capsule Corporation, he reunited with Trunks and Bulma before collapsing from his injuries.

• Son Gohan crawled out of his grave in the ruined city and recovered memories revealing that he had been killed by Android 18.
• The transmigrated soul fused with Son Gohan’s, restoring some of his strength, and he ate the offerings before deciding to seek shelter at Capsule Corporation.
• Son Gohan flew to Capsule Corporation, hoping to recover and tell Bulma and Trunks that he was alive.
• Trunks opened the door, recognized Son Gohan, and caught him as he collapsed; Bulma told Trunks to carry him to bed.

After surviving his injuries, Son Gohan woke at Bulma’s home and reunited with Trunks. He explained that he had fought his way back from near death, then urged Trunks to train so they could defeat Android 17 and Android 18.

• Bulma treated Son Gohan and listened as Trunks recounted finding him apparently dead and burying him.
• Son Gohan woke after two and a half days, asked Trunks for water, and learned Bulma and Trunks had been caring for him.
• Son Gohan got out of bed to inspect the Time Machine, then joined Bulma and Trunks for a meal.
• Trunks apologized for burying Son Gohan, and Son Gohan explained that his determination had helped him survive.
• Son Gohan urged Trunks to train hard so they could defeat Android 17 and Android 18, and Trunks agreed.

After recovering from his near-fatal fight, Son Gohan gained a major power boost and decided to retrieve Vegeta's old gravity-chamber spaceship so he and Trunks could train. They found and capsule-converted the damaged ship, then headed back to Bulma.

• Bulma scolded Son Gohan and Trunks for risking their lives, and Son Gohan felt his strength surge after recovering.
• Son Gohan asked Bulma about Vegeta's gravity chamber and decided to find the spaceship with Trunks.
• As they flew, Trunks asked about Vegeta, and Son Gohan described him as proud and fiercely competitive.
• Son Gohan and Trunks found the damaged spaceship in the ruins of the old Capsule Corporation site.
• Son Gohan pressed the spaceship's capsule button, shrank it into a capsule, and left with Trunks.

Son Gohan and Trunks prepared to visit Kami's Lookout in search of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Bulma gave them Battle Suits before they departed. After finding Korin Tower abandoned, they continued upward and reached the skies above Kami's Lookout.

• Son Gohan recovered and told Bulma he planned to take Trunks to Kami's Lookout to investigate the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Bulma gave Son Gohan and Trunks Battle Suits that she had made years earlier for their fallen friends.
• Son Gohan and Trunks left Capsule Corporation and flew toward Korin Tower through heavy rain.
• Son Gohan and Trunks found Korin Tower deserted, with only empty jars and bottles remaining.
• Son Gohan and Trunks flew above the clouds and arrived above Kami's Lookout.

Son Gohan and Trunks reached Kami’s Lookout, where Mr. Popo asked Son Gohan to become Earth’s new Kami. Son Gohan refused and brought Trunks to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train against the androids.

• Son Gohan and Trunks arrived at Kami’s Lookout and found Mr. Popo waiting for them.
• Mr. Popo asked Son Gohan to become Earth’s new Kami, but Son Gohan refused because he could not protect Earth from Android 17 and Android 18 under the office’s restrictions.
• Son Gohan criticized Mr. Popo for abandoning Earth and asked to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber instead.
• Mr. Popo explained the chamber’s time difference and two-day lifetime limit, then opened the door for Son Gohan and Trunks.

Son Gohan brought Trunks into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and showed him its crushing gravity and extreme temperatures. He laid out a training plan to strengthen their foundations and then push beyond Super Saiyan as they prepared to fight the androids.

• Son Gohan showed Trunks the chamber's living quarters and kitchen, including supplies that replenished themselves.
• Trunks stepped into the training area unprepared, fell under its heavy gravity, and struggled against the shifting heat and cold.
• Son Gohan explained that the chamber's harsh conditions would help them grow stronger, and Trunks agreed to train hard.
• Son Gohan began the first stage of training by telling Trunks to attack him without transforming into a Super Saiyan.
• Son Gohan planned six months to build their basic power, endurance, and combat skills, followed by six months of trying to surpass Super Saiyan.

After six months of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Son Gohan tested two powerful but flawed transformations while Trunks watched. Son Gohan planned to keep developing a better form, leaving their training and preparations against the androids ongoing.

• After six months of training, Son Gohan and Trunks sparred, and Son Gohan told Trunks they would begin the next stage the following day.
• Son Gohan spent a week thinking through new possibilities while Trunks practiced Super Saiyan.
• Son Gohan transformed into a powerful form that increased his strength but leaked energy, then pushed further into a form that boosted his strength even more while halving his speed.
• Son Gohan returned to base form and explained the two transformations' flaws to Trunks.
• Son Gohan told Trunks he had an idea for a better transformation and expected to need about six months to develop it.

Son Gohan and Trunks trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber until they mastered maintaining Super Saiyan, then left when Son Gohan hit a bottleneck. After eating and hearing that the androids had attacked a nearby town, they prepared to hunt them down.

• Son Gohan explained that training in Super Saiyan as their everyday form would reduce ki consumption and help their bodies withstand more power, and Trunks agreed to try it.
• Son Gohan and Trunks practiced suppressing their auras while transformed; Trunks gradually learned to maintain Super Saiyan for most of the day and eventually even while asleep.
• After a year and a half in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Son Gohan noticed his strength had reached a bottleneck, so he and Trunks left the chamber.
• Mr. Popo prepared a huge meal for Son Gohan and Trunks, who ate their fill before leaving Kami's Lookout.
• Son Gohan and Trunks roasted and ate a dinosaur, then heard a broadcast reporting an android attack near Eastern City and set out to deal with it.

Son Gohan and Trunks confronted Android 17 and Android 18 as the androids prepared to destroy Tai Cool Hot Town. Son Gohan killed Android 18, and Trunks destroyed Android 17, leaving sunlight to break through the clouds.

• Android 17 and Android 18 slaughtered Tai Cool Hot Town's residents and prepared to raze the city.
• Son Gohan and Trunks arrived, knocked the androids from the sky, and split up to fight them.
• Son Gohan dodged Android 18's punch, struck her down, and destroyed her with a blow to the head.
• Android 17 bombarded the area with energy spheres, but Trunks dodged them and hurled Android 17 into the sky.
• Trunks launched an energy sphere that engulfed and vaporized Android 17, clearing some of the gloom and letting sunlight through.

After the androids’ defeat, Son Gohan sought a way to contact King Kai and learn where New Namek was. He found its location and planned to travel there to find a new guardian for Earth.

• Trunks and Son Gohan returned to Capsule Corporation after breaking through Son Gohan’s training bottleneck, and Bulma announced the androids’ deaths without naming their killer.
• Son Gohan asked Bulma to take him and Trunks to Fortuneteller Baba’s palace, but they found it empty and later discovered that Penguin Village was in ruins.
• Bulma returned to repairing the spaceship while Trunks stayed home, and Son Gohan went alone to Kami’s Lookout.
• Son Gohan asked Mr. Popo to contact King Kai and learned that New Namek was the First Planet of the 35th Major Star System in the Lyra Constellation.
• Son Gohan told King Kai he intended to find a new guardian for Earth, then celebrated that his third plan was underway.

Son Gohan traveled to Planet Namek to borrow its Dragon Balls, leaving Bulma and Trunks to find and destroy Dr. Gero’s research base. After arriving, he met Nippor and Grand Elder Moori, who arranged for the Dragon Balls to be brought to him.

• Son Gohan refused Trunks’s request to join him and assigned him and Bulma to locate Dr. Gero’s research base and destroy it.
• Son Gohan departed Earth for Planet Namek, while Bulma and Trunks set out to search for the base.
• Son Gohan trained under 200 times normal gravity during the two-week journey to Planet Namek.
• A warrior-type Namekian named Nippor mistook Son Gohan for his father, Son Goku, then escorted him to Grand Elder Moori.
• Son Gohan asked Grand Elder Moori to let him borrow the Dragon Balls, and Moori said he had already summoned the other elders and Dende.

Son Gohan reunited with Dende on Planet Namek and used Porunga to restore his body to its perfect condition, including regrowing his arm and tail. He then wished for regeneration and recovery abilities like Majin Buu’s, leaving him far more secure as he prepared for whatever lay ahead.

• Grand Elder Moori welcomed Son Gohan and learned that he had come to restore his missing arm after defeating the enemy who tore it off.
• Dende and Son Gohan recognized each other as childhood friends and agreed that Dende would summon Porunga and translate Son Gohan’s wishes.
• Dende summoned Porunga, who granted Son Gohan’s first wish to restore his body to its most perfect condition.
• Porunga healed Son Gohan’s injuries, regrew his arm and tail, and increased his height and weight, unleashing a powerful aura that frightened the Namekians.
• Son Gohan asked Porunga for regeneration and recovery abilities like Majin Buu’s, and the dragon granted the second wish.

Son Gohan used Porunga’s final wish to learn Planet Yardrat’s location, then persuaded Dende to become Earth’s new Kami. After returning to Earth with Dende, he reunited with Trunks, Bulma, and Mr. Popo at Kami’s Lookout.

• Son Gohan asked Grand Elder Moori whether Porunga could revive long-dead companions, but learned that illness and reincarnation prevented it, while an upgrade might allow other cases.
• Son Gohan used the third wish to learn Planet Yardrat’s location, and Porunga granted it before disappearing.
• Son Gohan asked Grand Elder Moori to let Dende become Earth’s new Kami, and Dende agreed despite worrying he might not be suited for the role.
• Son Gohan and Dende traveled from Planet Namek to Earth, arriving half a month later and flying to Kami’s Lookout.
• Trunks, Bulma, and Mr. Popo welcomed Son Gohan and met Dende, whom Son Gohan introduced as the new Kami.

Dende completed his succession to Kami and activated Earth’s Dragon Balls, enabling three wishes. Back in West City, Trunks set off to gather them while Bulma showed Son Gohan her leads on Dr. Gero’s hidden laboratory.

• Mr. Popo completed Dende’s succession ceremony, and Dende became Kami.
• Dende used a Shenron carving and a dragon-clan incantation to activate the Dragon Balls, which could grant three wishes.
• Son Gohan, Bulma, and Trunks returned to West City, where Bulma recalibrated the Dragon Radar.
• Trunks took the Dragon Radar and left to gather the seven Dragon Balls.
• Bulma showed Son Gohan the leads she had found while searching for Dr. Gero’s laboratory.

Son Gohan and Bulma investigated reports of suspicious activity while Trunks gathered the Dragon Balls and revealed his wish for the three of them to live happily together. Son Gohan and Trunks searched the Mara Great Gobi, where Son Gohan’s detector began signaling inside a vast stone forest.

• Son Gohan and Bulma selected the Yunzabit Heights, the great Gobi near North City, and the Cloudsea Great Desert as their most suspicious leads, then ruled out the Yunzabit Heights after searching it.
• Trunks gathered all seven Dragon Balls and told Son Gohan and Bulma that he wanted to wish for the three of them to live happily together for the rest of their lives.
• Son Gohan reassured Trunks that they would stay together, and Bulma joked that even the dragon probably could not grant world peace.
• Bulma stayed home to fine-tune the Time Machine while Son Gohan and Trunks flew to the Mara Great Gobi to search for clues.
• Son Gohan and Trunks split up to sweep the Gobi, and Son Gohan’s detector began flashing after he entered a vast stone forest.

Son Gohan and Trunks found Dr. Gero’s hidden laboratory and collected its equipment and research. Son Gohan opened the remaining stasis pod, awakening Android 16.

• Son Gohan followed computer signals to a concealed cave and alerted Trunks after finding the Red Ribbon Army door.
• Trunks smashed through the steel door, and the two entered Dr. Gero’s laboratory.
• Son Gohan identified Dr. Gero’s remains while Trunks packed away the computers, notes, and manuscripts.
• Son Gohan found Android 16 in the sealed stasis pod and decided to reactivate him.
• Son Gohan opened the pod, and Android 16 sat up as Trunks returned.

Son Gohan and Trunks found Android 16 in Dr. Gero’s laboratory and learned he had no desire to fight. They then discovered the hidden basement and destroyed Cell’s embryo, eliminating the threat before it could develop.

• Trunks prepared to attack Android 16, but Son Gohan stopped him and explained that Android 16 was peaceful.
• Android 16 agreed to help protect Earth, then left the laboratory after Son Gohan told him he could have his bomb removed.
• Trunks told Son Gohan they had found no computer making androids, so Son Gohan revealed a hidden basement beneath the laboratory.
• Son Gohan and Trunks found Dr. Gero’s computer and Cell’s embryo growing in a nutrient tank.
• Son Gohan broke the tank, crushed Cell’s embryo, and burned the remains until nothing was left.

Son Gohan and Trunks brought Dr. Gero’s research to Bulma, who said it would help her finish the Time Machine early. The next day, they summoned Shenron, who refused Gohan’s request to give him the power of a God of Destruction or an Angel, and granted wishes to revive people killed by the androids and restore Earth’s destroyed cities and equipment; their third wish was to strengthen Earth.

• Son Gohan destroyed Dr. Gero’s laboratory, then flew back with Trunks and the research materials they had salvaged.
• Bulma examined Dr. Gero’s notes and machines, praised his scientific work, and said it could help her finish the Time Machine a year ahead of schedule.
• Son Gohan, Trunks, and Bulma summoned Shenron and learned that he could grant only wishes within his power.
• Son Gohan asked Shenron to raise his power to that of a God of Destruction or an Angel, but Shenron said the wish was beyond his power.
• Shenron revived 250 million people killed by the androids during the past year and restored Earth’s destroyed cities and equipment.
• Son Gohan and the others made their third wish to strengthen Earth and make it more resilient.

After restoring Earth and sending the Dragon Balls away for a year, Son Gohan trained with Trunks, who became determined to regrow his tail after learning about its risks and benefits. Dende agreed to investigate whether he could restore it, while Son Gohan left Kami’s Lookout and found Fortuneteller Baba still missing.

• Shenron granted the wishes to restore Earth, then disappeared as the Dragon Balls scattered across the world to recharge for a year.
• Son Gohan and Trunks trained together, and Trunks asked how he could regrow his tail after admiring Son Gohan’s.
• Son Gohan explained that a tail could enable a Saiyan to become a Great Ape but could also leave them vulnerable; Trunks still decided he wanted his tail back.
• Son Gohan suggested that Dende might be able to help, so Trunks went to Kami’s Lookout and asked Dende to restore his tail.
• Dende agreed to investigate over the next few days, and Son Gohan left to visit Fortuneteller Baba’s palace, where he found her still absent.

Son Gohan arrived in East City and observed its peaceful prosperity while Captain Videl led a police operation against six bank robbers. After tricking them into releasing the hostages, Videl pursued and captured them, leaving her confronting the robber who had insulted her.

• Son Gohan landed on a skyscraper and looked over East City's thriving streets.
• Six robbers blew open East City Bank, killed several people, and took the remaining occupants hostage.
• Videl negotiated the hostages' release and let the robbers drive away after secretly arranging trackers and explosives in their cars.
• Videl tracked the robbers, detonated their cars, and pursued them with the police.
• Videl surrounded the injured robbers, kicked one down, and asked if he had been the one cursing her.