Recaps

Krillin defeated Chiaotzu in a fierce tournament match, and Son Goku and his companions later celebrated with Yamcha at the hospital. Master Shen ordered Tien Shinhan to show no mercy against Master Roshi’s disciples, leaving Tien conflicted between his master’s demands and his own pursuit of martial arts.

• Chiaotzu and Krillin fought with their signature techniques, and Krillin won their final energy-wave clash by retaining a little strength after they both fell.
• Son Goku and Tien Shinhan helped Krillin and Chiaotzu up, and the spectators applauded their match.
• Son Goku and his companions visited Yamcha in the hospital, where Son Goku told Master Roshi that Wumu had sought a training ground with the Dragon Balls and had sent his regards.
• Master Roshi advised Krillin and Yamcha to travel and gain experience after the tournament, and they agreed.
• Master Shen told Tien Shinhan to show no mercy to Master Roshi’s disciples after learning that Mercenary Tao had been killed, while Tien Shinhan struggled with his master’s teachings and expectations.

Son Goku defeated Xiao Jie in the quarterfinals, encouraging the young martial artist to keep training and promising to pass along his wish to learn from Wumu. In the semifinals, Master Roshi conceded to Tien Shinhan, leaving Tien questioning Master Shen’s teachings before his upcoming final.

• Son Goku dodged Xiao Jie’s attacks and defeated him with a counterattack, while Xiao Jie learned from the match and asked to train under Wumu.
• Son Goku promised to pass Xiao Jie’s request along to Wumu and praised his potential.
• Tien Shinhan and Jackie Chun exchanged techniques and fought evenly, with Tien using the Tri-Beam and Flight Technique against Master Roshi’s Kamehameha and experience.
• Master Roshi urged Tien Shinhan to reconsider hatred and prejudice, prompting Tien to question his understanding of martial arts.
• Master Roshi suddenly conceded, and Tien Shinhan began reconsidering Master Shen’s teachings as Master Shen noticed something unusual about him.

Krillin and Son Goku fought in the semifinal, with Son Goku winning and advancing to the final against Tien Shinhan. Tien Shinhan narrowly defeated Son Goku with a Tri-Beam, but the victory left him reflecting on martial arts rather than celebrating.

• Krillin and Son Goku exchanged Kamehameha waves before Son Goku sent Krillin out of the ring and won the semifinal.
• Tien Shinhan reflected on the friendship and respect between the Turtle School disciples as Master Shen urged him to give his all in the final.
• Tien Shinhan and Son Goku began the final, with Tien Shinhan using the Flight Technique and Four Witches Technique to attack from several directions.
• Son Goku countered Tien Shinhan's Tri-Beam with a Kamehameha, and the two fighters continued battling as they grew exhausted.
• Tien Shinhan struck Son Goku with a precisely aimed Tri-Beam, sending him unsteadily to the edge of the ring and securing a narrow victory.

Tien Shinhan rejected Master Shen’s command to kill Son Goku and found a new understanding of martial arts through Master Roshi’s guidance. After Krillin was killed by a monster that stole the Four-Star Dragon Ball and the tournament participant list, Goku set out to find the killer.

• Tien Shinhan refused Master Shen’s demand and listened to Master Roshi’s advice about using strength to protect others.
• Son Goku, Krillin, and their friends celebrated the tournament, while Tien Shinhan discussed his new understanding of martial arts with Chiaotzu.
• Krillin returned to the restaurant for Goku’s Four-Star Dragon Ball, where a monster attacked and killed him before stealing the ball and the tournament participant list.
• Son Goku found Krillin’s body, took Bulma’s Dragon Radar, and flew off on Flying Nimbus to pursue the killer.

After Goku left to pursue the person who killed Krillin, Master Roshi recognized the demon symbol on a sheet of paper as King Piccolo’s mark and explained the ancient threat. The group feared Goku would find Piccolo’s subordinate, while Roshi worried about the stolen Dragon Ball and World Martial Arts Tournament roster.

• Tien Shinhan closed Krillin’s eyes as the others watched Goku leave with unease.
• Master Roshi found a paper marked with the demon symbol and identified it as King Piccolo’s mark.
• Master Roshi explained that King Piccolo had terrorized the world 300 years earlier until Master Mutaito sealed him away, and he insisted Master Shen could not have freed him.
• Yamcha and Oolong feared that Krillin’s killer was one of King Piccolo’s subordinates and that Goku was in danger.
• Launch reminded everyone that Goku had the Dragon Radar and would find the enemy.
• Master Roshi raised concern that the Dragon Ball and the World Martial Arts Tournament roster had been stolen, while Tien Shinhan asked what the Dragon Balls and radar were.

King Piccolo revealed that he wanted the Dragon Balls to gain immortality and keep ruling the world, while Pilaf nervously tried to bargain for a share of his future empire. King Piccolo waited for Tambourine and vowed to kill every martial artist; the chapter ended with an unidentified speaker saying, “I found you!”

• King Piccolo told Pilaf he sought an immortal, youthful body rather than using the Dragon Balls to conquer the world.
• Pilaf asked King Piccolo for part of the world in exchange for helping revive him and reveal the Dragon Balls, but retreated to smaller demands when King Piccolo glared at him.
• King Piccolo asked whether Tambourine had arrived, and Xiao Wu showed him a display tracking Tambourine as he approached.
• King Piccolo demanded the World Martial Arts Tournament's register and destroyed the rice cooker while condemning the martial artists who had sealed him away.
• King Piccolo vowed to send every martial artist to hell, and an unidentified speaker declared, “I found you!”

Son Goku found Tambourine and fought him to avenge Krillin, but his exhaustion left him badly beaten. Tambourine flew away after Son Goku fell motionless on the ground.

• Son Goku confronted Tambourine and demanded the return of his Four-Star Dragon Ball and vengeance for Krillin, whom Tambourine admitted to killing.
• Tambourine caught Son Goku's punch and kicked him into the sky while Master Roshi confirmed that Krillin had died from a blow to the head.
• Son Goku resumed the fight, but Tambourine wrapped him with his long tongue, destroyed the Flying Nimbus, and took away the Power Pole before Son Goku crashed to the ground.
• Son Goku grabbed Tambourine's foot and vowed to avenge Krillin, so Tambourine repeatedly struck him and slammed him into the ground.
• Tambourine saw Son Goku lying motionless, complained that the fight had wasted his time, and flew away.

King Piccolo obtained a Dragon Ball and ordered Tambourine to kill every martial artist on the tournament roster, then anyone who resisted. Tambourine began carrying out the order by slaughtering King Chappa and his disciples, and flew toward his next target.

• Tambourine returned with the Four-Star Dragon Ball and a roster of World Martial Arts Tournament competitors, while Pilaf confirmed the Dragon Ball's location.
• Tambourine said he had already killed one martial artist from the roster and Son Goku, shocking the Pilaf Gang.
• King Piccolo ordered Tambourine and the crow-man to kill every martial artist on the roster and anyone who resisted.
• Pilaf, Xiao Wu, and Shu worried that they had released King Piccolo, and Shu questioned whether Pilaf would really receive half the world.
• Tambourine attacked King Chappa's martial arts school, killed King Chappa and all his disciples, then flew toward his next target.

Tambourine attacked Xiao Jie while King Piccolo created Cymbal and sent him to collect the remaining Dragon Balls. Son Goku woke, recovered after eating, and prepared to confront the enemy who had destroyed the Flying Nimbus, but another figure appeared and challenged him.

• Tambourine wounded Xiao Jie and vanished after muttering that he had about a dozen more targets.
• King Piccolo ignored warnings about the cost of laying another egg, created Cymbal, and ordered him to collect the remaining Dragon Balls.
• Pilaf told Cymbal where the nearest Dragon Ball was, and Cymbal flew away to retrieve it.
• Son Goku woke in a valley, ate fruit and a roasted fish, and decided he would not lose to the monster again.
• Son Goku realized the monster had destroyed the Flying Nimbus and angrily shouted for him to show himself.
• A huge rock flew at Son Goku, who dodged it before a round, fat fellow emerged and challenged him.

Son Goku fought a fat man over a stolen fish, then learned the man had a one-star Dragon Ball and was not allied with Tambourine. When Cymbal arrived seeking the Dragon Balls, the man defeated him and revealed his name was Yajirobe.

• Son Goku and the fat man fought after arguing over a fish, then stopped when Son Goku saw the one-star Dragon Ball around the man's neck.
• The fat man said he had picked up the Dragon Ball three years earlier, and Son Goku apologized for suspecting him.
• Cymbal arrived and demanded to know whether they had seen any Dragon Balls, revealing he was Tambourine's companion and served King Piccolo.
• Son Goku and the fat man argued over who would fight Cymbal, then settled it with rock-paper-scissors, which the fat man won.
• The fat man fought Cymbal, revealed his name was Yajirobe, and killed Cymbal with a sword slash.

The group planned to gather the Dragon Balls to stop King Piccolo and revive Krillin, then moved to a hidden island while Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Master Roshi set out to search. King Piccolo learned Cymbal was dead and sent Tambourine after Cymbal’s killer, leaving Yamcha alive for now.

• Bulma explained that the Dragon Balls could grant one wish, and the group discussed using them against King Piccolo and preserving Krillin’s body.
• After a broadcast reported more martial artists killed by a demon-marked attacker, Master Roshi ordered everyone to leave Kame House while Bulma made a new Dragon Radar.
• The group flew to an unnamed island, where Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Master Roshi departed to search for the Dragon Balls.
• Bulma made a refrigerated capsule to preserve Krillin’s body while Yamcha, Launch, and the others stayed behind.
• King Piccolo learned that Cymbal had died and ordered Tambourine to find and kill Cymbal’s killer.
• Tambourine left Yamcha alive and flew toward the location King Piccolo gave him.

Son Goku defeated Tambourine and avenged Krillin, prompting King Piccolo to set out personally to find the killers. As Goku waited with Yajirobe, the Dragon Radar detected an approaching Dragon Ball, and King Piccolo’s airship appeared overhead.

• Son Goku fought Tambourine, overwhelmed him, and destroyed him with a Kamehameha after he tried to flee.
• King Piccolo learned that Cymbal and Tambourine had been killed and vowed to confront their killers himself, while Pilaf tracked the Dragon Ball signals.
• King Piccolo revealed that he held the Four-Star Dragon Ball and ordered Pilaf to find whoever had killed his warriors.
• Son Goku waited with Yajirobe, who offered his Dragon Ball if Goku won, while Goku noticed another Dragon Ball approaching on the Dragon Radar.
• Son Goku spotted an airship overhead, and a figure jumped from its hatch and landed nearby.

Son Goku fought King Piccolo in the stone forest but was overwhelmed and left for dead after Piccolo took his Dragon Ball. Yajirobe helped Son Goku recover, and Son Goku asked him to take him somewhere for treatment.

• Tien Shinhan landed the aircraft with Master Roshi, while privately wondering about the Evil Containment Wave.
• Son Goku confronted King Piccolo over Krillin's death and the stolen Dragon Balls, then fought him in the stone forest.
• King Piccolo battered Son Goku, eventually knocked him unconscious, and took the Dragon Ball from his chest before flying away.
• Yajirobe found Son Goku and prepared to bury him, but heard his heartbeat and carried him to a river for water.
• Son Goku recovered enough to stand and asked Yajirobe to take him somewhere for treatment, promising to feed him.

Master Roshi prepared to face King Piccolo alone while Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu hid nearby, and Yajirobe drove the badly injured Son Goku away from the battlefield. The chapter ended as King Piccolo descended from his airship to confront Master Roshi.

• Chiaotzu found the fifth Dragon Ball, and Master Roshi discovered the two remaining Dragon Balls were together and approaching.
• Yajirobe drove Son Goku across the plain as Son Goku recovered from his fight with King Piccolo and asked how the demon could be defeated.
• Xiao Wu reported that King Piccolo's airship had reached the Dragon Ball signals, and King Piccolo swallowed the two Dragon Balls before heading out.
• Master Roshi knocked Tien Shinhan unconscious with a mist, admitted that the water of immortality was a lie, and hid him in a cave.
• Master Roshi told Chiaotzu to stay hidden, then called King Piccolo down from the airship and prepared to fight him.

Master Roshi tried to seal King Piccolo with the Evil Containment Wave but failed, dying from the effort. As King Piccolo summoned Shenron to make his wish, Chiaotzu tried to wish him out of existence first.

• Master Roshi battled King Piccolo while Yajirobe drove the exhausted Son Goku toward Korin Tower.
• Master Roshi used the Evil Containment Wave, but he missed the rice cooker and collapsed, apparently dead.
• King Piccolo gathered the Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron while Tien Shinhan urged Chiaotzu to wish him away.
• As King Piccolo began making his wish, Chiaotzu shouted to Shenron to make King Piccolo disappear from the world.

King Piccolo regained his youth by wishing on Shenron, then destroyed Shenron and left the Dragon Balls as stones. As Yamcha’s group worried about the vanished Dragon Ball signals, Son Goku and Yajirobe headed toward Korin Tower.

• King Piccolo killed Chiaotzu, then wished Shenron to restore his youth.
• After his wish was granted, King Piccolo attacked and destroyed Shenron, turning the Dragon Balls to stone.
• Tien Shinhan witnessed Shenron’s destruction before collapsing, and King Piccolo flew toward the distant airship.
• At Kame House, Bulma and the others saw the Dragon Ball signals disappear and worried about who had summoned Shenron.
• Son Goku realized that someone had made a wish and rode with Yajirobe toward Korin Tower.

Son Goku reached Korin Tower with Yajirobe and reunited with Upa and Bora, who helped send them climbing toward the top. Meanwhile, King Piccolo began conquering the world by attacking Kesru Royal Palace and claiming the king’s castle.

• Yajirobe drove Son Goku to Korin Tower, where Goku reunited with Upa and Bora and explained that he needed Master Korin to treat his injuries.
• Yajirobe agreed to carry Son Goku up the tower for the promise of delicious food, and Bora hurled them toward it.
• King Piccolo dismissed the Pilaf Gang and ignored the crow-man’s report about Earth’s regions before flying toward Kesru Royal Palace.
• King Piccolo killed the palace guards who tried to stop him and destroyed the troops and tanks sent against him.
• The dog king tried to address the crowd during the palace celebration as King Piccolo advanced through the palace and frightened the king.
• King Piccolo confronted the king and declared that the castle belonged to him.

After finding Master Roshi and Chiaotzu dead, Tien Shinhan left to learn the Evil Containment Wave while Yamcha and the others mourned and learned Shenron had been killed. Son Goku reached Korin Tower, learned of Master Roshi’s death, and entered the Ultra Divine Water’s trial in the Far North.

• Bulma, Launch, Yamcha, and Oolong found Tien Shinhan beside Master Roshi’s and Chiaotzu’s bodies, and Yamcha agreed to join him against King Piccolo.
• Tien Shinhan departed to learn the Evil Containment Wave, then told the group that King Piccolo had killed Shenron; Yamcha, Bulma, and Puar wondered whether Goku was still alive.
• Son Goku and Yajirobe reached Korin Tower, where Master Korin showed them King Piccolo confronting King Dog through a jar of water.
• Yajirobe ate too many Senzu Beans and collapsed with a swollen belly, while Son Goku ate one and healed his injuries.
• Master Korin told Son Goku that Master Roshi had died and sent him into the Ultra Divine Water’s trial, which transported him to the frozen Far North.

Tien Shinhan trained to master the Evil Containment Wave while King Piccolo seized power and terrorized the world. After Tien succeeded, he headed for King Piccolo's palace as Son Goku, strengthened by the Ultra Divine Water, set out to confront him.

• Tien Shinhan repeatedly practiced the Evil Containment Wave, improving but failing to master it as he worried about King Piccolo's threat.
• King Piccolo interrupted King Dog's broadcast, declared himself king, abolished the police, and encouraged violence around the world.
• King Piccolo announced that he would destroy a city every day and reduced one city to ruins with a Ki Blast.
• After days of practice, Tien Shinhan successfully sealed a pebble in a bottle and flew toward King Piccolo's palace.
• Son Goku drank the Ultra Divine Water at Korin Tower, sensed King Piccolo's location, and departed on the Flying Nimbus to fight him.

Tien Shinhan challenged King Piccolo but was overwhelmed by Drum until Son Goku arrived and fought the Demon King. Goku killed King Piccolo despite being gravely injured, while Piccolo launched the egg that would become Piccolo Jr.; Yajirobe rescued Goku, and Tien Shinhan proposed they meet again at the next World Martial Arts Tournament.

• Tien Shinhan challenged King Piccolo, but Drum defeated him and his failed Evil Containment Wave left him badly injured.
• Son Goku arrived, drove Drum away, and battled King Piccolo, gradually gaining the upper hand with his Kamehameha.
• King Piccolo injured Goku and attacked him with a massive Ki Blast, but Tien Shinhan rescued Goku from the explosion.
• King Piccolo took Tien Shinhan hostage, but Goku used a Ki blast to propel himself upward and punched through Piccolo's chest with the Heaven-and-Earth Piercing Fist.
• King Piccolo spat out an egg containing Piccolo Jr. before self-destructing, and Yajirobe caught the falling Goku in his hovering car.
• Tien Shinhan proposed that he and Goku fight again at the next World Martial Arts Tournament, and Yajirobe drove Goku away.

After nearly three years of training on Planet Yardrat, Wumu formed a golden core by gathering his Ki and spiritual power at his heart, creating a new path that concealed his aura and steadily drew in Genki. He left to return to Earth with Ganazi, planning to seek King Kai’s help and later train Ganazi to become a Super Saiyan.

• Wumu decided to break through Dan Jin by concentrating his Ki, spirit, and mind at his heart.
• After a month of cultivation, Wumu formed a golden core, and Ganazi found that he could no longer sense Wumu’s aura.
• Wumu explained that he had found his own path and that his heart now absorbed Genki to increase his power.
• Wumu planned to find King Kai and develop a better method for absorbing Genki.
• Wumu told Ganazi they were leaving Planet Yardrat and promised to help him become a Super Saiyan on Earth.

Wumu left Planet Yardrat with Ganazi and returned to Earth, where he reunited with Malo, Maria, and Yalijia on Heart Island. He stayed with the family who had cared for him, while Ganazi explored a nearby city.

• Wumu thanked Elder Pybara and warned him that he was returning to his homeland, and Pybara cautioned him that his bodily changes might attract gods such as Beerus.
• Wumu and Ganazi used Instant Transmission to reach Earth, guided by the planet’s spirituality through Wumu’s Genki.
• Kami sensed Wumu communicating with Earth’s spirituality but chose not to interfere, recalling his good character from his training at Korin Tower.
• Ganazi flew off to explore a city while Wumu teleported to Heart Island to visit Malo and Yalijia.
• Wumu told Malo, Yalijia, and Maria that he had traveled into space to train, then joined them for a meal.

Ganazi arrived on Earth and alarmed Tights and Jaco, who mistook him for a dangerous Saiyan. Wumu taught Yalijia martial arts and said he would leave soon to visit a senior, while promising to return for the World Martial Arts Tournament.

• Ganazi explored West City until Jaco pointed a gun at him and called him an evil Saiyan, so Ganazi crushed the weapon and left.
• Jaco and Tights decided to warn Bulma that a powerful enemy might have arrived on Earth.
• Wumu decided he would not interfere with the coming Saiyans but still needed to deal with Frieza himself.
• Wumu taught Yalijia the Eight Trigrams Swimming Body Palm after she asked to train for the World Martial Arts Tournament.
• Wumu told Yalijia he would leave in a few days to visit a senior and promised to return for the tournament.
• Wumu returned to his cabin, appreciated Malo's care for it, and went to bed.

Bulma brought Jaco to Kame House to warn Earth’s fighters about a Saiyan, but learned Ganazi had returned with Wumu and posed no threat. Ganazi heard Master Roshi’s memories of Wumu and began considering his own path, while Bulma asked after the absent fighters.

• Bulma took Tights and Jaco to Kame House to alert her friends about the reported Saiyan threat.
• Ganazi asked Master Roshi about Wumu, and Roshi recalled Wumu’s talent and the urgency he seemed to carry.
• Ganazi suggested Wumu was searching for his own path, and Master Roshi encouraged him to find his own as well.
• Bulma arrived at Kame House, punched Master Roshi after he greeted her lecherously, and Jaco recognized Ganazi as a Saiyan.
• Ganazi explained that the Saiyans were nearly extinct and no longer sold planets, and Master Roshi revealed that Wumu had brought him to Earth.
• Bulma asked about Krillin and the others, and Ganazi retold his adventures until Jaco relaxed around him.

Yalijia continued her Baguazhang training while Yamcha, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu tested their skills at Korin Tower. Wumu visited Master Roshi at Kame House, revealed his warning that Earth faced a possible catastrophe, and left with Ganazi to seek Kami.

• Wumu ordered Yalijia to follow his daily training plan after watching her practice stances, footwork, and palm strikes.
• Yamcha unveiled his Spirit Ball in a fight with Tien Shinhan, who dodged its first attack before dispersing it with a burst of Ki.
• Wumu used Instant Transmission to arrive at Kame House, where he greeted Master Roshi and explained the technique.
• Wumu told Master Roshi that a warning had led him to fear Earth would face an unprecedented crisis and that he had wished to Shenron for a way to stop it.
• Wumu said he had returned to find Kami and visit someone, then gave Master Roshi two Fruits of Might in thanks for his past guidance.
• Wumu and Ganazi departed Kame House using Instant Transmission.