Recaps

Tien Shinhan and the others told Kami they would help defend Earth, then learned that their Time Machine had developed an anomaly and might not be usable for three months. Kami promised that King Kai would seek help from higher gods and offered extensive support for Tien Shinhan’s plan to open a martial arts school.

• Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and the others thanked Kami and said protecting Earth was their responsibility.
• Kami told the group that black lines had appeared in the Time Machine’s time vortex and it might not work normally for three months.
• Mr. Popo explained what he had seen during the group’s last journey, and Tien Shinhan accepted that they might need another way to train.
• Kami said King Kai had promised to report the anomaly to the Grand Kai or Supreme Kai, prompting Yamcha to look forward to future time travel.
• Tien Shinhan thanked the gods and mentioned the group’s plans to work on Earth’s surface and open a martial arts school.
• Kami offered to help the school by finding funds and craftspeople and arranging clear weather for its opening.

After the Dragon Balls recovered, Tien Shinhan learned that Mr. Satan had organized most of Earth's survivors to prepare for martial arts schools. Tien set out a plan for a headquarters school and its first disciples, but the school still had no name.

• Tien Shinhan and the others trained at Kami's Lookout, gradually moving into the 500-times-gravity chamber as the Dragon Balls recovered.
• Tien Shinhan and Launch used the Dragon Radar to collect the final Dragon Ball and reunite the set.
• Tien Shinhan asked Mr. Satan about the school preparations, and Mr. Satan reported that he had contacted more than twenty thousand people and was ready to open a hundred schools.
• Tien Shinhan decided to establish one headquarters school first, train its disciples for six months, and let those who passed expand the schools across Earth.
• Tien Shinhan appointed Mr. Satan to lead the headquarters school, then asked what the school should be called.

Tien Shinhan and the others chose a name for their new school, then Mr. Satan summoned Shenron and wished for Earth to be restored. Shenron granted the wish, bringing back the people and buildings destroyed during the Demon Realm invasion.

• Yamcha, Krillin, and Goku suggested names for the martial arts school, while Chiaotzu, Mr. Satan, and Launch supported naming it after Tien Shinhan.
• Tien Shinhan rejected the proposed names and chose the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School, explaining that it honored the school’s purpose without revealing the Dragon Balls to Earth’s population.
• Mr. Satan agreed to tell his first students the school’s name, and Tien Shinhan gave him the seven Dragon Balls to make their wish.
• Mr. Satan summoned Shenron and wished for Earth to be restored.
• Shenron granted the wish, restoring the people and buildings destroyed by the Demon Realm creatures’ invasion.

Tien Shinhan gathered over twenty thousand prospective students outside East City to establish the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School and demonstrate what martial arts could achieve. He shattered bricks with ease, then struck a massive boulder, leaving the crowd waiting to see whether it would break.

• Mr. Satan gathered more than twenty thousand people at a barren mountain and told them his master would demonstrate powerful martial arts.
• Tien Shinhan and Goku used Instant Transmission to bring Krillin, Bulma, and the others to the gathering.
• Tien Shinhan introduced himself as the head instructor for the first six months and asked the crowd what martial arts looked like to them.
• Tien Shinhan punched a brick into powder and split twenty stacked bricks with a knife-hand strike.
• Tien Shinhan punched a boulder over three meters tall as the crowd watched to see whether it would break.

Tien Shinhan convinced more than twenty thousand prospective disciples to pursue martial arts by destroying a mountain, then opened the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School and began testing the students’ strength. As the tests continued, Goku and the others discussed promising and unpromising candidates before Mr. Satan stepped up for his test.

• Tien Shinhan smashed a ten-ton boulder, flew into the air, and destroyed an entire mountain with one punch, igniting the prospective disciples’ desire to learn martial arts.
• Tien Shinhan explained that Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and the others would help teach at the school, then sent the disciples home while construction robots built the headquarters.
• The next day, Tien Shinhan welcomed the disciples and explained that Bulma’s punching and kicking power testers would record their results and create nameplates for collecting uniforms and supplies.
• A burly disciple named Link scored 88 points, the highest result after more than six hundred people had been tested, while Goku and Krillin discussed whether he and Son Gonō might have martial arts talent.
• Mr. Satan reached the front of the line, greeted Tien Shinhan and the others, and approached a testing machine.

Mr. Satan scored 108 points on the strength test and encouraged the disciples to train hard. When the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School began its first training session, Goku and Krillin taught more than twenty thousand disciples to train in adjustable weighted uniforms.

• Mr. Satan scored 108 points, the first test result above 100, and urged the disciples to practice until they could surpass him.
• Tien Shinhan praised Mr. Satan's appeal and noted that his score reflected strength rather than ki training.
• The entrance tests took two days, and the school began its first martial arts training session on the third day.
• Tien Shinhan assigned Goku and Krillin to teach the introductory lesson because their weighted training methods suited ordinary disciples.
• Goku and Krillin outfitted the disciples in adjustable weighted uniforms that started at five kilograms and could increase to five hundred kilograms.

Tien Shinhan built a sustainable martial arts curriculum at the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School, while Goku and Chi-Chi prepared to marry. At the wedding, Kami and King Kai arrived, leaving Tien Shinhan wondering whether they had found a lead on the Time Machine malfunction.

• Tien Shinhan made the disciples combine weighted training with paid labor, using bonuses for martial arts improvement to keep the school self-sustaining.
• Tien Shinhan introduced Volleyball Fist and Dragon Ki Wave classes, while Yamcha taught Wolf Fang Fist, Chiaotzu taught Flight Technique, and Yajirobe joined to teach swordsmanship.
• Over the next six months, the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School developed its training program as Goku and Chi-Chi's wedding preparations were completed.
• Goku and Chi-Chi exchanged rings and kissed at a five-star hotel in East City, surrounded by their family and friends.
• Kami and King Kai arrived at the wedding, and Tien Shinhan wondered whether they had a lead on the Time Machine malfunction.

After Goku and Chi-Chi's wedding, North Kai told Tien Shinhan that the Grand Kai had agreed to meet with them about the Time Machine's spacetime abnormality. He planned for Tien Shinhan and his companions to represent the North Galaxy in an upcoming tournament, creating a chance for them to meet the Grand Kai.

• After the wedding, North Kai explained that he had reported the spacetime abnormality to the Grand Kai, who had agreed to meet Tien Shinhan and the others.
• North Kai said the Grand Kai would likely meet them after the Galactic Martial Arts Representatives Tournament, which began in ten days, and invited Tien Shinhan's group to represent the North Galaxy.
• Goku eagerly welcomed the chance to compete, while Tien Shinhan asked about travel time and said he wanted to wait for the martial arts school's first disciples to graduate.
• Tien Shinhan questioned whether the tournament was restricted to Other World martial artists, and North Kai explained that it was a separate event from the Other World World Martial Arts Tournament.
• North Kai listed the Grand Kai's various tournaments and said the Galactic Martial Arts Representatives Tournament was the most prestigious and drew the strongest competitors.

King Kai told Tien Shinhan and the others that powerful Yardratian martial artists would attend the Galactic Martial Arts Representatives Tournament, raising their interest in meeting them. Two days later, the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School held its first disciples’ graduation assessment, and Link opened with a punch that produced a startling test result.

• King Kai praised the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School and explained that the Yardratians practiced martial arts and that some of their fighters lived on Grand Kai's Planet.
• Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu grew eager to meet the Yardratians and learn their techniques; Chiaotzu hoped to discover more abilities suited to his psychic powers.
• Two days later, Tien Shinhan began the graduation assessment for the school’s first batch of disciples in its vast main hall, where a score above 90 was required to graduate.
• Link volunteered to take the first test and struck the testing machine, whose numbers climbed to an astonishing result.

Link scored 198 on the graduation assessment and received an 11-million martial arts bonus, prompting the disciples to kneel in gratitude to Tien Shinhan and the instructors. The testing concluded with the first batch preparing to graduate and open branches, while the disciples who fell short of advanced techniques could seek further training later.

• Link scored 198, received an 11-million bonus, and knelt to thank the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School.
• More than twenty thousand disciples followed Link in kneeling, and Tien Shinhan joked them back to their feet.
• The school tested all its disciples in under eight hours, awarding bonuses based on their improvements even to those who failed to meet the graduation standard.
• King Chappa scored nearly 500 and regretted falling just short of the threshold to learn the Dragon Ki Wave, though he had learned several other techniques.
• Mr. Satan raised his score from 108 to 250, reaching a power level of 25 and becoming strong enough to withstand handgun and rifle bullets.

Mr. Satan became the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School headquarters’ head and assistant coach, while Nam earned the top graduation score and learned the Dragon Ki Wave from Tien Shinhan. The school’s introductory training ended, and Tien Shinhan and the others traveled with King Kai toward the Grand Kai.

• Mr. Satan accepted his role as the head and assistant coach at the Dragon Fist Martial Arts School headquarters.
• Nam scored 508 points on his graduation assessment, earned a 21 million bonus, and asked Tien Shinhan to teach him the Dragon Ki Wave.
• Tien Shinhan gave Nam one-on-one ki blast instruction, while King Chappa accepted that he would need more training before learning the technique.
• Mr. Satan took responsibility for opening branch schools with help from Capsule Corporation, and Tien Shinhan’s group set off with King Kai the next morning.
• Tien Shinhan and the others rode King Kai’s car along an interstellar passage toward the Grand Kai, whom King Kai warned them not to offend.

King Kai brought Tien Shinhan and four other martial artists to Grand Kai’s Planet for the World Martial Arts Tournament, where West Kai, East Kai, and South Kai mocked him for bringing so few contestants. King Kai stood by his choice, and the story left their rivals confident that the North Galaxy’s team would be eliminated early.

• King Kai arrived with Tien Shinhan and the others at Grand Kai’s Planet and led them into Grand Kai’s Temple.
• West Kai taunted King Kai for arriving late and questioned the strength and number of his contestants.
• King Kai revealed that he had brought only five martial arts representatives and defended his focus on quality over quantity.
• West Kai, East Kai, and South Kai mocked King Kai while boasting that they had brought two hundred, six hundred, and other large numbers of contestants.
• Tien Shinhan learned that the tournament preliminaries would reduce over a thousand contestants to thirty-two, who would join thirty-two direct entrants in the main tournament.
• King Kai stopped arguing and said Tien Shinhan and the others would prove their strength once the main tournament began.

Tien Shinhan and his companions met the North Galaxy’s three seeded Yardratian martial artists before the Galactic Martial Arts Representatives Tournament began. The competitors were divided among eight arenas, where Tien Shinhan and the others had to reach the final four to advance.

• King Kai told Tien Shinhan that three Yardratian martial artists had earned seeded places in the main tournament, making them the North Galaxy’s only seeded competitors.
• King Kai introduced Tien Shinhan and his companions to Supa, who had arrived early to prepare for the tournament, and the other two Yardratian seeds joined them.
• The five Earth martial artists and three Yardratians exchanged greetings and martial arts knowledge as King Kai hoped they would help the North Galaxy perform well.
• The Grand Kai officially began the tournament and assigned competitors to eight arenas using colored balls of light.
• Tien Shinhan, Goku, and their companions were assigned to five different arenas, where they had to survive battle royals and avoid killing opponents or going out of bounds to reach the main tournament.

At the Galactic Martial Arts Representatives Tournament preliminaries, Tien Shinhan and the other North Galaxy fighters were mobbed by rivals but effortlessly overwhelmed them. The mass attacks ended in a humiliating sweep for the other galaxies as North Galaxy’s representatives advanced through their rings.

• When the preliminaries began, fighters in Tien Shinhan’s ring targeted him because he was North Galaxy’s lone representative there.
• Tien Shinhan judged the attackers’ strength and waited for them to approach without moving from his corner.
• Tien Shinhan kicked the nearly hundred attackers out of bounds, leaving footprints that matched his shoes.
• West Kai, South Kai, and East Kai were stunned, while King Kai told them to wait and see North Galaxy’s strength.
• Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu also defeated the groups that attacked them, with Chiaotzu using his Super Gravity Field to pin most opponents to the ring floor.

Tien Shinhan and his companions dominated their preliminary rings, and Tien Shinhan prompted the remaining contestants to fight among themselves for the other qualifying spots. All five advanced, while the West Galaxy barely secured three more places in the main tournament from the other rings.

• The Grand Kai praised Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu as standout fighters from King Kai’s North Galaxy.
• Tien Shinhan intimidated the twenty remaining fighters in his ring, then asked which three he should let advance.
• Tien Shinhan told the contestants to fight among themselves for the remaining spots, and they resumed competing.
• The battles in Tien Shinhan and his companions’ five rings ended within half an hour, with all five North Galaxy fighters advancing and no West Galaxy contestants qualifying there.
• The preliminaries left thirty-two fighters in the main tournament; three West Galaxy fighters advanced from the other rings, sparing West Kai a shutout.

The Galactic Martial Arts Representatives Tournament moved from the preliminaries to the main event, where King Kai pointed out that his fighters had suffered no eliminations. After the opening round, Tien Shinhan and his allies advanced, erasing West Kai’s numerical advantage as North Galaxy kept its perfect record.

• West Kai boasted that his ten West Galaxy contestants outnumbered King Kai’s eight, but King Kai noted that his side had suffered zero eliminations.
• The Grand Kai merged the eight arenas into one colossal arena and gave the contestants an hour to rest before one-on-one matches began.
• Tien Shinhan spotted a West Galaxy contestant who resembled Pikkon but was not the fighter he remembered.
• South Kai struggled to recall the identities and backgrounds of four of his advancing contestants.
• Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and the other North Galaxy contestants defeated their first-round opponents, while West Galaxy lost two of its ten fighters and North Galaxy still had no eliminations.

Chiaotzu was eliminated by Paigu Tang in the round of 32, ending the North Galaxy's record of zero eliminations. In the round of 16, Bojack, Bujin, and Bido continued to surprise South Kai by defeating strong opponents, while Zangya lost to Supa.

• Paigu Tang powered up and knocked Chiaotzu out of the ring, and Tien Shinhan caught him with Instant Transmission.
• Tien Shinhan comforted Chiaotzu after a Senzu Bean restored him, while Goku vowed to defeat Paigu Tang if they met.
• South Kai questioned how Bojack and the unfamiliar South Galaxy contestants had reached the tournament, after Bojack easily eliminated Nanbo.
• Bujin eliminated East Galaxy top seed Dongji, and Bido defeated Yamcha to keep both from reaching the top eight.
• Zangya fought Supa in a hard-fought match but was defeated.

Yamcha woke after losing to Bido, while the North Galaxy celebrated having half of the quarterfinalists. The draw paired Tien Shinhan with Bido first, and their match began with Tien Shinhan using Instant Transmission to appear in the ring.

• Yamcha recovered with a Senzu Bean but lamented that Bido had defeated him despite his Kaioken x20 breakthrough.
• The eight quarterfinalists were confirmed, including four fighters from the North Galaxy, prompting King Kai to celebrate while the other Kais reacted with disappointment or worry.
• South Kai contacted his assistants to investigate Bojack and his group's backgrounds.
• The Grand Kai drew the quarterfinal matchups: Tien Shinhan faced Bido, Goku faced Bujin, Krillin faced Paigu Tang, and Supa faced Bojack.
• Tien Shinhan used Instant Transmission to appear in the ring behind Bido and asked the referee to begin; the referee started their match.

Tien Shinhan defeated Bido after testing his increased base strength, then Goku began his match against Bujin by transforming into a Super Saiyan. The Grand Kai watched Goku’s transformation with delight as the tournament continued.

• Bido powered up and attacked Tien Shinhan, but Tien evaded every blow while his base power rose past 100 million.
• Tien Shinhan activated Tenfold Kaioken for a single kick, knocked Bido unconscious, and won the match by sending him out of bounds.
• West Kai grew envious of Tien Shinhan’s victory and hoped Goku would lose his next match.
• Goku judged that his base strength was insufficient against Bujin and transformed into a Super Saiyan.
• The Grand Kai applauded, delighted to see the legendary Super Saiyan transformation.

Son Goku defeated Bujin to secure a place in the semifinals, while Paigu Tang eliminated Krillin in the third quarterfinal. The final quarterfinal began with South Kai's Bojack facing King Kai's Supa.

• Bujin attacked Goku with a barrage of energy blasts, but Goku emerged unharmed and defeated him with a Super Kamehameha, winning the match for the North Galaxy.
• West Kai grew frustrated when he realized Goku had joined Tien Shinhan in the semifinals.
• Paigu Tang defeated Krillin in the third quarterfinal, restoring West Kai's confidence and prompting him to boast to King Kai.
• King Kai pointed out that at least two of the North Galaxy's eight contestants had reached the semifinals, leaving West Kai speechless.
• Bojack and Supa began the final quarterfinal match.

Bojack defeated Supa to advance to the semifinals while secretly pursuing his revenge plan against the Kais. Alarmed by Bojack’s strength, South Kai ordered his assistant to investigate him.

• Bojack reflected on his plan to destroy Grand Kai’s Planet and begin a campaign of plunder across the universe.
• Supa used Instant Transmission to attack Bojack from behind, but Bojack caught his ankle and began slamming him toward the ring.
• Supa used Same Position Ring to swap their positions, but Bojack recovered and battered him with a Reverse Whirlwind Kick.
• Supa tried to swap positions again and send Bojack toward the ring’s edge, but Bojack reversed his momentum and punched Supa unconscious.
• The announcer declared Bojack the winner, and South Kai used Telepathy to order his assistant to investigate him.

Tien Shinhan faced Paigu Tang in the first semifinal, where their evenly matched fight ended as Paigu Tang unleashed his Thunder Flash Tornado. Tien Shinhan entered his Ultimate Dragon God State and stood his ground with one finger raised, leaving Paigu Tang afraid he would be struck.

• The Grand Kai drew the semifinal matchups: Tien Shinhan faced Paigu Tang, while Son Goku faced Bojack.
• Tien Shinhan and Paigu Tang began their match, and Paigu Tang attacked at full speed as Tien Shinhan activated Tenfold Kaioken.
• After nearly five minutes of exchanging blows, Paigu Tang announced his special move and unleashed Thunder Flash Tornado.
• Tien Shinhan entered Ultimate Dragon God State and raised one finger toward the oncoming tornado without dodging.
• Paigu Tang shouted for Tien Shinhan to move, but the attack was already beyond his control.

Tien Shinhan stopped Paigu Tang’s Thunder Flash Tornado with one finger, shocking the spectators and making Bojack reconsider him as a potential rival. Paigu Tang launched the attack again at full power, but Tien Shinhan flicked it away.

• West Kai expected Paigu Tang to defeat Tien Shinhan and began celebrating a West Galaxy championship.
• The Grand Kai, Goku, Bojack, and the others watched as Tien Shinhan stood before Paigu Tang’s Thunder Flash Tornado without dodging.
• Tien Shinhan calmly said “Stop” and halted the attack with one finger.
• The Grand Kai applauded Tien Shinhan, while Goku grew excited and Bojack became wary of his strength.
• Paigu Tang retreated and unleashed Thunder Flash Tornado again with the intent to kill Tien Shinhan.
• Tien Shinhan flicked his finger and sent the second Thunder Flash Tornado flying.

Tien Shinhan defeated Paigu Tang and secured North Galaxy a place in the finals. Goku faced Bojack in the second semifinal and unveiled the Super Saiyan Mystic State as the fight escalated.

• Tien Shinhan knocked Paigu Tang out of the tournament, leaving West Galaxy with no remaining contestants.
• King Kai and the others cheered for Goku as he entered the second semifinal against Bojack.
• Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan and traded heavy blows with Bojack, but neither fighter gained a clear advantage.
• Bojack powered up to a level comparable to Super Perfect Cell, and Goku realized his current Super Saiyan state would not be enough.
• Goku balanced his martial arts mastery with his Super Saiyan power and entered the Super Saiyan Mystic State.

Bojack and Goku fought evenly until Bojack’s disguise failed, revealing his identity as the leader of the Space Pirate Gang and prompting him to declare war on the four galaxies. As the four Kais prepared to seal him again, the Grand Kai intervened with a giant stone statue and attacked Bojack.

• Bojack attacked Goku with persistent Galactic Buster beams, but Goku countered with a Super Kamehameha and fought him through the arena’s destruction.
• Bojack and Goku traded blows and collided with full-power punches, producing shock waves that knocked over spectators and the four Kais.
• Goku noticed Bojack’s disguise had failed and bluntly remarked that his true face was uglier.
• Bojack revealed himself as the leader of the Space Pirate Gang and declared his return and revenge to the four Kais.
• The four Kais recognized Bojack and prepared to fight, but the Grand Kai flew ahead of them and formed a giant stone statue from the arena rubble.
• The Grand Kai launched the Giant Stone Statue Grand Kai Fist at Bojack.