Chapter Summaries

Josen helped Tatsumaki cope with the hot pot’s intense spice while Fubuki tried to recruit King into the Fubuki Group. When King revealed that the Hero Association would rank him S-Class, Fubuki gave up on recruiting him.

• Tatsumaki gulped chilled drinks Josen gave her to soothe the heat, then accepted another bite after he teased her.
• Fubuki enjoyed the hot pot and asked King about his upcoming entry into the Hero Association.
• Fubuki pitched the Fubuki Group to King and promised him a path to becoming its deputy leader.
• Fubuki asked King what rank he had been assigned, and he said the Association had told him he would be S-Class.
• Fubuki lost interest in recruiting King and told him to pretend she had never mentioned the Fubuki Group.

Fubuki accepted that King would not join her group, and the hot pot gathering continued late into the night. When Tatsumaki asked Josen for alcohol, Saitama called her a child, provoking her fury as she attacked him.

• King blurted out his relief when Fubuki stopped trying to recruit him, and Fubuki soon brushed off his reaction and asked him for more hot pot.
• Garou and Genos bickered over food, while Tatsumaki used her psychic powers to compete for hot pot and Saitama and Bang toasted with shochu.
• Tatsumaki asked Josen for alcohol, but he refused because he feared she would hurt someone while drunk.
• Saitama called Tatsumaki a child and told her to stick to juice, so Josen soothed her by rubbing her head and drank with Saitama.
• Tatsumaki shouted at Saitama and attacked him.

Tatsumaki's Psychic Power failed to move Saitama, whose casual complaints enraged her and triggered a destructive psychic storm around the Flowing Water Dojo. Josen intervened just as Tatsumaki tried to stop Saitama, and both of them vanished as the pressure abruptly disappeared.

• Tatsumaki enveloped Saitama in Psychic Power, but he remained unmoved and asked her to stop making him glow.
• Tatsumaki mistook Saitama's remarks for mockery and unleashed her full presence, frightening Garou, King, Fubuki, and the others.
• Saitama compared his vibrating body to King's King Engine, causing Tatsumaki to lose control and surround the mountain with a destructive green storm.
• Josen told Saitama to leave for his drink, then placed a hand on Tatsumaki's shoulder as she tried to stop him.
• The pressure and psychic storm vanished, and Josen and Tatsumaki disappeared while Bang's dojo was spared.

Josen brought Tatsumaki into an imaginary space where she unleashed her psychic power without risking damage to Earth. After she finished venting, he revealed his Stand, F-kid, and explained how it was connected to him.

• Josen connected Tatsumaki to an imaginary space and told her she could destroy as much as she wanted there.
• Tatsumaki unleashed a massive psychic tornado that shattered mountains and carved a vast abyss into the imaginary landscape.
• Tatsumaki asked Josen to bring her back to the space if she lost her temper again, and he agreed.
• Josen summoned F-kid, who handed him a bottle of shochu from a white card.
• Tatsumaki examined F-kid, and Josen explained that the Stand was a physical manifestation of his spirit and introduced him as F-kid.

Josen told Tatsumaki that a Stand User shared injuries with their Stand and asked her to keep the secret, then the two shared liquor in the sky. After the party, Tatsumaki slept beside Fubuki while Garou returned to training and Genos finished cleaning up.

• Tatsumaki learned that a Stand User and their Stand shared injuries and promised Josen to keep the information secret.
• Josen and F-kid created a table and cups in the sky, and Tatsumaki gulped down her first cup of liquor.
• Josen caught the drunken Tatsumaki and helped her drink more before taking her to bed at midnight.
• Fubuki slept beside Tatsumaki, the drunken guests were carried to their rooms by Genos, and Garou returned to training in the forest.
• Genos used his newly named Dispersal Cannon to clear the hot pot smell, and Josen praised his housekeeping work.

Josen watched Saitama and Genos leave for Z City before discussing Bang’s plans for Garou. Bang decided to make Garou join the Hero Association, and the chapter ended with Garou sneezing during an overnight training session.

• Saitama and Genos ran toward Z City to use the supermarket sale coupons, while Josen stayed behind.
• Bang told Josen he planned to take Garou with him on Hero work and have him join the Hero Association.
• Josen warned that forcing Garou to become a Hero might make him rebel, but Bang said he would use his fists if necessary.
• Bang and Josen agreed that Garou would benefit from Bang’s plan and laughed together.
• Garou sneezed during his training on the mountain behind the Flowing Water Dojo.

Garou trained through the night without eating or drinking, while Josen cared for a hungover Tatsumaki and Fubuki realized her sister was in love with him. Bang caught Garou trying to sneak into the kitchen and summoned him for a talk.

• Garou realized he had trained for hours without food or water and headed toward the dojo kitchen to eat.
• Fubuki questioned Tatsumaki about her sleepless night, but Tatsumaki refused to explain what had happened with Josen.
• Josen identified Tatsumaki's headache as a hangover and offered to make her pear juice with honey.
• Josen took Tatsumaki's hand and led her toward the kitchen, leaving Fubuki stunned by their apparent romance.
• Garou tried to enter the kitchen through a window, but Bang caught him and ordered him to come along for a talk.

After spending the morning with Tatsumaki at the Flowing Water Dojo, Josen used his spatial authority to bring her and Fubuki back to A City. The chapter ended with Josen and Tatsumaki deciding to explore the city and go shopping.

• Fubuki asked Tatsumaki how her relationship with Josen began, but Tatsumaki dismissed her as a child.
• Josen prepared breakfast for Tatsumaki and Fubuki, then offered to take the sisters home.
• Bang continued training Garou, who rose to fight again despite his exhaustion and injuries.
• Josen used Mantra to observe Bang and Garou, then decided not to interrupt Bang to say goodbye.
• Josen teleported Tatsumaki and Fubuki to A City, where he and Tatsumaki agreed to explore and go shopping.

Josen and Tatsumaki prepared to go shopping, but a dispute between Tatsumaki and Fubuki over Fubuki’s independence interrupted them. Josen calmed Tatsumaki and marked both sisters with his magnetic field so he could sense when they needed help.

• Josen suggested that Tatsumaki disguise herself before they went shopping, and Tatsumaki asked Fubuki to lend her sunglasses and clothes.
• Fubuki said she would stay away from home while handling Fubuki Group matters, prompting Tatsumaki to criticize her friends and demand she go home.
• Josen stopped Tatsumaki from scolding Fubuki by petting her and reminding her that Fubuki had her own social circle.
• Josen promised Tatsumaki he would keep an eye on Fubuki, easing her worries about protecting her sister.
• Josen placed Magnetic Field Marks on Tatsumaki and Fubuki, explaining that he could locate them and use Instant Transmission if either needed help.

After a day out with Tatsumaki, Josen returned to Saitama’s apartment and heard how Saitama had destroyed a supermarket warehouse while defeating a monster. Josen pointed out that Saitama might owe millions in damages, then urged him to register as a hero to handle the problem.

• Tatsumaki told Fubuki to make her own decisions and warned her she would not spare Fubuki’s group members if they got her hurt.
• Josen returned to Z City and learned from Genos that Saitama had destroyed the Frozen Mane King and the supermarket’s cold-storage warehouse with one punch.
• Josen guessed that the monster had mutated from frozen pork and discussed how Saitama had obliterated it.
• Josen told Saitama that the warehouse damage could cost several million to ten million yen in compensation.
• Josen urged Saitama to register with the Hero Association, but Saitama objected that being a hero might turn his hobby into a troublesome job.

Josen persuaded Saitama to register as a Hero and planned to secure him an S-Class rank through a recommendation group. He then fused Limiter Fragments for F-kid, whose upgrade would happen after they traveled to another world.

• Josen explained the Hero Association’s benefits, and Saitama agreed to register as a Hero the next morning.
• Genos said the application required a physical and written examination and offered to guide Saitama there.
• Josen planned to have himself, Tornado of Terror, Silver Fang, The Strongest Man on Earth, and Atomic Samurai jointly recommend Saitama for S-Class.
• Josen learned that Fate Walking’s cooldown had ended and, after F-kid urged him to use the fragments, agreed to fuse them before traveling to another world.
• Josen fused more than a hundred N Cards in the bathroom, and Saitama asked Genos about a sudden flash.

Josen examined the upgraded Limiter Breakthrough card, but F-kid refused to let him use it. Meanwhile, Josen arrived through a spatial portal on a farm, where an armed farmer confronted him.

• Genos scanned Saitama's apartment for the flash Saitama had noticed, then offered to inspect the lighting system the next day.
• Josen reviewed the upgraded SR-rank Limiter Breakthrough card and planned to introduce F-kid as the "Hairline Care Specialist."
• F-kid snatched the card away when Josen tried to persuade it to discuss using the card.
• Josen emerged from a black hole on a farm, startling a farmer who then aimed a shotgun at him.

Josen arrived on Earth at the beginning of the Dragon Ball Z era and encountered Raditz after saving a farmer from him. Raditz attacked Josen, but Josen effortlessly endured his energy blast and sent him crashing into a mountain, leaving his fate unknown.

• Josen bent the farmer's shotgun and warned him that an alien thug had landed nearby.
• Raditz arrived, scanned Josen and the farmer, and dismissed them as weak Earthlings when his Energy Scouter failed to read Josen's power level.
• Raditz attacked Josen, but Josen caught his punch and held him in place.
• Raditz fired an Impact Energy Wave at close range, but Josen emerged unharmed and struck Raditz into a distant mountainside.

Josen defeated Raditz again after Raditz attacked him with a Death Energy Cannon, then knocked him unconscious. He had deliberately let Raditz’s Scouter transmit news of the fight to Vegeta, but began jamming it to prevent further intelligence from reaching the Saiyans.

• Josen sent the frightened farmer home after protecting him from the battle.
• Raditz emerged from the rubble, furious, and charged at Josen with a Death Energy Cannon.
• Josen punched through Raditz’s energy attack and sent him crashing into a mountain, then blew away the resulting dust with a Normal Blow.
• Josen used Instant Transmission to appear before Raditz and knock him unconscious with a hand chop.
• Josen left Raditz’s Scouter active long enough to alert Vegeta, then used his biomagnetic field to disrupt it with an electromagnetic pulse.

Josen took control of Raditz’s spacecraft, then F-kid used a limiter breakthrough card and unleashed an enormous surge of psychic power. As Vegeta and Nappa prepared to head for Earth, Josen located Piccolo and teleported to him with Raditz’s body.

• Josen seized control of Raditz’s scouter and spacecraft, and F-kid took the Energy Scouter and Saiyan Single-Pilot Spacecraft cards.
• F-kid used the limiter breakthrough card, causing an overwhelming wave of psychic power to spread across the world.
• Kami and Mr. Popo sensed the immense ki and wondered whether the mysterious Earthling was a blessing or a curse.
• Vegeta learned Raditz had likely been killed, became interested in the Earthling who defeated him, and ordered Nappa to prepare for their trip to Earth.
• Josen sensed a powerful biomagnetic field, picked up Raditz’s body, and teleported to Piccolo, who tensed and reached out to sense their ki.

Josen subdued Raditz and persuaded Piccolo to join him in preparing for the arrival of stronger Saiyan enemies, while revealing an ability that reached across Earth. The chapter left Kami and Mr. Popo startled by Josen appearing before them through his Mantra.

• Piccolo sensed that Raditz's ki exceeded his own and challenged Josen, who introduced himself and explained that Raditz was an alien threat to Earth.
• Piccolo attacked Josen with an energy beam, but Josen casually deflected it and demonstrated overwhelming power.
• Josen warned Piccolo that Raditz had two stronger companions coming to Earth and demanded that Piccolo accompany him.
• Piccolo agreed to go with Josen, insisting he wanted to learn about the approaching enemy rather than submit to him.
• Josen activated Mantra across Earth, and Kami and Mr. Popo were startled when his image appeared before them at Kami's Lookout.

Josen teleported Piccolo and Raditz to Kame House, where Son Goku had arrived with his son, Son Gohan. Josen revealed that the unconscious Raditz was Goku’s older brother, and they prepared to land so Raditz could explain.

• Kami and Mr. Popo realized that Josen had discovered them, while Korin trembled at the arrival of powerful people on Earth.
• Josen used his Psychic Power to locate Son Goku flying toward Kame House with Son Gohan.
• Josen teleported Piccolo and the unconscious Raditz to the skies above Kame House.
• Son Goku sensed Piccolo and a stronger evil aura, then noticed Josen and his companions descending beside him.
• Josen introduced Raditz as Son Goku’s older brother, and Goku agreed to land while warning Piccolo not to hurt anyone.

At Kame House, Josen explained that he came from another Earth and agreed to demonstrate the energy he possessed. When he released it, his immense power shook the island and raised enormous waves, leaving everyone stunned and terrified.

• Son Goku arrived at Kame House with Josen, Piccolo, Raditz, and Son Gohan, frightening Master Roshi, Krillin, and Bulma when they recognized Piccolo.
• Son Goku explained that he had little information about what had happened, while Bulma fussed over the four-year-old Son Gohan.
• Master Roshi asked Josen to explain what he knew, and Bulma noticed that Josen and Son Goku both had tails.
• Josen told everyone he was an Earthling from another world with psychic powers, and Son Goku asked to sense his ki.
• After Master Roshi explained ki, Josen released his own energy, shaking the island and sending enormous waves across the sea.
• Bulma ran behind Son Goku with Son Gohan as Krillin gaped at Josen's tremendous power.

Josen calmed the sea and helped the others awaken Raditz, who revealed that Son Goku was a Saiyan sent to Earth as a child. Raditz urged Son Goku to join him in exterminating humanity, but Son Goku rejected him and defended Earth.

• Josen withdrew his Chakra and gently returned the raging ocean to calm, leaving everyone stunned by his control.
• Son Goku welcomed Josen as a righteous person, and Josen said he was a Hero in his own world.
• Josen used his Psychic Power to wake Raditz, whose evil ki alarmed Son Goku and Piccolo.
• Raditz recognized Son Goku as Kakarot, claimed to be his older brother, and explained their Saiyan origins and mission to conquer Earth.
• Son Goku rejected Raditz's demand to help wipe out humanity and declared that he was Son Goku, who had grown up on Earth.

Josen subdued Raditz and showed the others the alien Energy Scouter, revealing its readings and warning them about its limits and communication function. Raditz realized he could not contact Vegeta and Nappa for rescue.

• Josen punched Raditz in the stomach, carried him to Kame House, and warned him to behave.
• Josen summoned Raditz's Energy Scouter and explained how it detected power levels.
• Bulma tested the Scouter, reading Master Roshi at 139 and Raditz at 1,190; Raditz boasted that his peak was 1,500.
• Josen struck Raditz for boasting and explained that he had concealed his power level, which could exceed the Scouter's 20,000 limit.
• Josen revealed that the Scouter also enabled interstellar communication and that he had disabled it, leaving Raditz without a way to contact Vegeta and Nappa.