Recaps

Tien Shinhan destroyed the Tree of Might, but the force from his punch also carved a huge path through Planet Nymph’s Forest of Life. After Krillin mentioned Dragon Balls, the Elf Queen revealed that nearby Planet Namek had Wish Orbs and decided to lead an expedition to find them and restore her world.

• Tien Shinhan apologized to the Elf Queen after his punch’s lingering force devastated part of the Forest of Life, and she thanked him and his companions for saving Planet Nymph.
• Kid Goku praised Tien Shinhan’s strength and vowed to catch up, while Krillin encouraged the others not to give up; Yamcha privately regretted missing training with them.
• Krillin wished that Dragon Balls could restore Planet Nymph, and the Elf Queen asked whether gathering seven could grant a wish.
• Krillin explained how Dragon Balls summoned Shenron, and the Elf Queen revealed that Planet Namek’s Wish Orbs were said to work similarly.
• The Elf Queen ordered an expedition to Planet Namek and resolved to lead it herself, despite Krillin’s caution that the Wish Orbs might differ from Dragon Balls.

Tien Shinhan and his companions agreed to join the Elf Queen’s expedition to Planet Namek to search for the Wish Orbs, despite the possibility of facing deadly enemies. The group prepared to leave, with Goku and Krillin accepting the danger and Krillin asking Tien Shinhan to save him if possible.

• The Elf Queen organized an expedition to Planet Namek and invited Tien Shinhan and his companions to stay as honored guests if they declined.
• Tien Shinhan chose to join the expedition, eager to face powerful opponents and pursue martial arts training.
• The Elf Queen hesitated to ask for more help, but Tien Shinhan explained that he and his companions wanted opportunities for real combat.
• Tien Shinhan warned Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu that they could die on Planet Namek and asked whether they would still come.
• Goku and Krillin agreed to go, and Krillin asked Tien Shinhan to protect him if the situation became dangerous.

Tien Shinhan’s group joined the Elf Queen’s expedition to Planet Namek, and the Elf Race gave them Elf Honey to strengthen their life force. After drinking it, the group gained a major boost to their physical strength, leaving Yamcha hopeful that he could use the Kaioken in battle.

• Yamcha and Chiaotzu chose to join Krillin’s expedition to Planet Namek, and the Elf Queen revised the roster to include Tien Shinhan’s group of five.
• The Elf Queen gave Tien Shinhan and his companions bottles of Elf Honey, explaining that it strengthened life force.
• Tien Shinhan drank the Elf Honey and felt his muscles’ explosive power increase by nearly fifty percent.
• Krillin, Goku, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha also gained physical strength, with Yamcha estimating that his had nearly tripled.
• Yamcha hoped his improved physical strength would let him use the Kaioken during the coming battles.

Tien Shinhan’s group prepared to travel from Planet Nymph to Planet Namek, but learned that the Elf Queen’s last visit there had been five hundred years earlier. After clarifying her age and urging her to stock more fuel, they boarded the flower-bud spaceship and began the voyage.

• Tien Shinhan suggested that the group leave for Planet Namek, and the Elf Queen estimated the journey would take about three months.
• Tien Shinhan asked when the Elf Queen’s father had last visited Planet Namek, and she said it was about five hundred years ago.
• Goku called the Elf Queen an old hag, but Tien Shinhan explained that her age was like twenty in human terms, and Goku accepted that she was young.
• Tien Shinhan warned that the route and travel conditions might have changed and advised the Elf Queen to prepare extra spaceship energy.
• The Elf Queen had the elves stock the flower-bud spaceship with more energy, and the group boarded to begin their voyage to Planet Namek.

Tien Shinhan asked Nymph whether the spaceship could provide a gravity chamber for training, and she used her Curse Aura to increase the gravity around him. The chapter left Tien Shinhan eager for an even stronger curse, while Nymph wondered if he was addicted to being cursed.

• The flower-bud spaceship began its journey toward Planet Namek, and Yamcha and Tien Shinhan received attention from the elf and treant warriors aboard.
• Tien Shinhan asked the Elf Queen about a gravity chamber, and she explained that the spaceship had no such facility.
• Nymph told Tien Shinhan to call her by her name and revealed that she could create a similar training environment with her Curse Aura.
• Nymph layered the Curse Aura over Tien Shinhan until the gravity reached fifty times Earth's gravity.
• Tien Shinhan asked Nymph to add another layer, leaving her wondering whether he was addicted to being cursed.

Tien Shinhan pushed Nymph to stack Curse Aura until he was under 200 times Earth's gravity, despite the others’ warnings. Though the pressure made him bleed, he endured it and felt his battle power rising, leaving him committed to training at his current limit.

• Tien Shinhan asked Nymph to add another layer of Curse Aura after withstanding 100 times Earth's gravity.
• Nymph explained that the next layers would raise the gravity to 150 and then 200 times Earth's gravity, while Tien Shinhan insisted on reaching 200.
• Krillin, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Goku warned Tien Shinhan about the danger, but Goku trusted him to decide for himself.
• Nymph added the fourth and fifth layers, bringing the gravity to 200 times Earth's gravity and making Tien Shinhan bleed as he resisted it.
• Tien Shinhan stopped Nymph from withdrawing the curse, recovered, and felt his battle power increasing under the extreme gravity.

Tien Shinhan discovered that he could train under five stacked Curse Auras and the Wave Bracelet, while Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha also sought out the Auras. The group trained during the spaceship’s voyage, and four and a half months passed as their strength rapidly improved.

• Tien Shinhan adapted to five Curse Auras, which subjected him to 200 times Earth's gravity, and added the Wave Bracelet’s Ki interference to his training.
• Tien Shinhan learned from Nymph that the Curse Auras could last ten days to half a month if he did not resist them.
• Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha asked Nymph to cast Curse Auras on them, and she granted their requests.
• Nymph placed three Curse Auras on Goku, two on Krillin, and one each on Chiaotzu and Yamcha; the pressure broke Yamcha’s legs, so Tien Shinhan healed him with a Senzu Bean.
• Tien Shinhan lent Yamcha a Wave Bracelet and asked Nymph to renew their Curse Auras every ten days.
• Tien Shinhan and the others trained during the voyage, and four and a half months passed aboard the spaceship.

As Tien Shinhan and his companions neared Planet Namek, they reviewed their gains from four and a half months of high-gravity training and martial arts exchanges. Tien Shinhan had created the War God Spirit Bomb to strengthen allies in battle, and the group prepared to land the following day.

• Nymph told Tien Shinhan and the others that they would reach Planet Namek the next day, so they stopped training and prepared to rest before landing.
• Tien Shinhan's power level rose beyond the Scouter's 200,000 limit, while Goku's jumped from under 15,000 to 90,000 after he recovered from near death during training.
• Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha also improved their power levels, with Yamcha reaching 1,000 and developing the Spirit Ball with Tien Shinhan's guidance.
• During martial arts exchanges aboard the spaceship, Krillin developed the Destructo Disc, Goku developed the Super Kamehameha, and Chiaotzu developed the Super Dodon Ray.
• Tien Shinhan combined ideas from the Spirit Bomb and Nymph's Silk of Radiance to create the War God Spirit Bomb, a move that enhanced his allies in combat.

Tien Shinhan and his companions completed their training and landed on Planet Namek, where they planned to seek the Namekians’ help finding the Wish Orbs. After Goku apologized for hoping to fight, Nymph led the group toward a nearby village.

• Tien Shinhan refined the Perfected Dragon Fist to unleash an attack approaching twenty times his battle power, though it consumed most of his stamina.
• Nymph prepared a feast and relaxing music as the group finished its training before landing on Planet Namek.
• Goku eagerly asked where the enemies were, then apologized after Nymph said she hoped their journey would be peaceful.
• Nymph said they should find a nearby Namekian village and seek help locating the Wish Orbs.
• Yamcha tested Namek’s gravity by jumping, but Chiaotzu leapt twice as high, prompting Yamcha to suggest they fly instead.

Yamcha and the warriors encountered Zarbon and Cui as the two Frieza soldiers attacked a Namekian village. Yamcha redirected Zarbon’s blast to save the villagers, then retreated behind his stronger allies.

• Tien Shinhan sensed two powerful Ki signatures ahead and warned Nymph as the group flew toward them.
• Cui and Zarbon discussed Vegeta’s expected arrival, and Zarbon attacked the Namekians to amuse himself.
• Zarbon killed a Namekian and prepared to destroy the village with a powerful energy blast.
• Yamcha struck Zarbon’s blast with a Spirit Ball, diverting it away from the village and into a distant mountain.
• Yamcha posed as the Namekians’ savior, then backflipped behind Tien Shinhan, Goku, and the others to avoid fighting Zarbon.

Tien Shinhan’s group confronted Zarbon on Namek, but Zarbon underestimated them and attacked after they mocked his appearance. Tien Shinhan destroyed Zarbon’s blast and badly wounded him, then left Krillin to fight while Cui began considering escape.

• Zarbon dismissed Yamcha and the others as weak after reading their power levels, then grew furious when Goku and Tien Shinhan mocked his appearance.
• Goku mistook the Namekians for King Piccolos, and Tien Shinhan explained who they were before the group laughed together.
• Zarbon unleashed a powerful dark green energy blast at Tien Shinhan’s group, intending to kill them.
• Tien Shinhan fired a Dodon Ray that destroyed Zarbon’s blast and pierced through Zarbon’s right arm, blowing it apart.
• Tien Shinhan asked Krillin to take over, and Krillin activated Fivefold Kaioken, revealing a power level of 20,000.
• Cui saw how powerful Tien Shinhan and Krillin were and began thinking about retreating.

Krillin fought Zarbon after Tien Shinhan deliberately left the weakened alien for him, and nearly defeated him with a Kamehameha. Zarbon transformed to survive, raising his power level to around 25,000, and Krillin prepared to use a technique he had developed with Tien Shinhan.

• Zarbon and Cui avoided provoking Tien Shinhan, while Krillin thanked him for leaving Zarbon as an opponent.
• Krillin used Fivefold Kaioken to raise his power level to 20,000 and attacked Zarbon with a flurry of punches and kicks.
• Krillin struck Zarbon's injured side, then hit him with a Kamehameha that drove him through several hills.
• Zarbon survived the blast by transforming, regenerating his arm and raising his power level to around 25,000.
• Krillin realized he would need to use the move he had developed while exchanging martial arts knowledge with Tien Shinhan.

Krillin used the Destructo Disc to kill Zarbon, then pursued the fleeing Cui with a second disc. Both Frieza Force soldiers died, while Tien Shinhan’s guidance during their martial arts exchanges drew renewed attention.

• Krillin baited Zarbon into a reckless assault, let himself be kicked away, and prepared the Destructo Disc.
• Zarbon tried to catch Krillin’s Destructo Disc and was cleanly sliced apart.
• Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and the others were shocked by the disc’s power and credited Tien Shinhan’s guidance.
• Krillin formed a second Destructo Disc and cut down Cui as he tried to escape.

After Krillin defeated the enemy with his Destructo Disc, Tien Shinhan's group continued toward the Grand Elder to ask for Namek's Wish Orbs. They were nearing the tribal headquarters when Vegeta arrived and mistook the smaller Son Goku for a child who had used the Orbs to change his age.

• Goku praised Krillin's performance, while Krillin credited Tien Shinhan's guidance for inspiring the Destructo Disc.
• Tien Shinhan encouraged Chiaotzu to train and improve his ability to protect himself, and Chiaotzu promised to work harder.
• Nymph praised the group for their strength, but Tien Shinhan reminded her that their mission was not complete until they found the Wish Orbs and restored Planet Nymph.
• The Namekians sent Kunbar to guide Tien Shinhan's group to the Grand Elder, who kept the Wish Orbs.
• Vegeta's spherical spacecraft landed near the tribal headquarters, and he questioned why Son Goku looked like a child.

Vegeta challenged Goku, expecting to avenge his defeat on Earth, but Goku’s hidden power overwhelmed and killed him with one punch. Goku wondered if Vegeta had been his formidable rival, and Tien Shinhan said he did not count.

• Vegeta arrived and challenged Goku, believing his increased strength would let him win this time.
• Goku dismissed his confusion and charged Vegeta, eager to fight and convinced he was a villain.
• Vegeta sensed Goku’s ki rise from 10,000 to 90,000 too late to retreat, and Goku destroyed him in their first clash.
• Goku looked around for Vegeta and asked Tien Shinhan whether he had been his formidable rival.
• Tien Shinhan said Vegeta did not count as Goku’s formidable rival in this timeline.

After Tien Shinhan and his companions saved a Namekian village, Kunbar and Nail led them to meet the Grand Elder. The Grand Elder offered to unlock their potential as repayment and recognized that Nymph’s group had come seeking the Wish Orbs to restore Planet Nymph.

• Kunbar led Tien Shinhan and the others to the tribal headquarters and explained the Grand Elder’s role in Namekian society.
• Kunbar introduced them to Nail, who thanked the group for saving the village and guided them inside to meet the Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder sensed the group’s dedication to martial arts and offered to unlock each of their potentials in repayment.
• Tien Shinhan openly accepted the Grand Elder’s offer, earning his approval.
• The Grand Elder recognized Nymph and her companions as visitors from Planet Nymph who sought the Wish Orbs to restore their world.

Nymph asked the Grand Elder to lend Planet Namek’s Wish Orbs so she could restore Planet Nymph, and he agreed. When the Grand Elder warned that Planet Namek faced an approaching catastrophe, Tien Shinhan and the others promised to help, then began choosing who would receive a potential unlock first.

• Nymph explained that Turles and his gang had destroyed more than half of Planet Nymph’s life force and asked to borrow the Wish Orbs.
• The Grand Elder recognized Nymph as the daughter of an elven king who had helped the Namekians, and he sent Dende to bring the Wish Orbs.
• Dende brought the seven Wish Orbs and stayed to translate the group’s wishes.
• The Grand Elder revealed his premonition that Planet Namek would soon face annihilation and asked the martial artists to help defend it.
• Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and the others agreed to help the Namekians.
• Yamcha volunteered to receive the Grand Elder’s potential unlock first, eager to overtake Chiaotzu again.

The Grand Elder unlocked Yamcha’s potential, raising his Power Level to 2,500 and letting him finally surpass Chiaotzu. Chiaotzu then went to have his own potential unlocked while Tien Shinhan and the others waited to see whether he would overtake Yamcha again.

• Yamcha cleared his mind as the Grand Elder placed a hand on his head and unlocked all the potential currently within him.
• The Grand Elder praised Yamcha’s talent, and Kunbar explained that Yamcha would need more combat experience before another unlocking could help him.
• Chiaotzu used his Scouter to measure Yamcha’s new Power Level at 2,500, and Yamcha celebrated surpassing him.
• Chiaotzu decided to have his potential unlocked next, while Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and the others anticipated Yamcha’s reaction if Chiaotzu surpassed him again.
• Yamcha protested that everyone was waiting to laugh at him, then watched Chiaotzu approach the Grand Elder.

The Grand Elder unlocked Chiaotzu’s and Krillin’s potential, revealing Chiaotzu’s psychic talent and raising both fighters’ Power Levels. Goku also received an unlock, and the chapter ended with the group realizing his earlier recovery from injury had already released some of his potential.

• The Grand Elder unlocked Chiaotzu’s potential, raised his Power Level to 2,600, and guided his psychic talent.
• Yamcha regretted falling exactly 100 points behind Chiaotzu, while the others teased him gently.
• Krillin received a longer potential unlock and raised his Power Level from just over 4,000 to above 10,000.
• Krillin thanked Tien Shinhan for helping him grow stronger, and Tien Shinhan called them comrades.
• The Grand Elder unlocked Goku’s potential and explained that Goku had already released some of it himself.
• Goku recalled that his Power Level had risen after recovering from an injury on the spaceship, and the others understood what had happened.

The Grand Elder unlocked Goku’s potential, raising his Power Level to 150,000, then began working on Tien Shinhan. Tien’s unusual, seemingly endless potential exhausted the Grand Elder, and an explosion outside drew the others away while he continued.

• Goku’s Power Level rose from 90,000 to 150,000 after the Grand Elder unlocked his potential, and Goku complained that Vegeta had been defeated too easily.
• The Grand Elder rested after unlocking potential for four people, and Krillin and Yamcha mistook his nap and snoring for a special breathing technique.
• The Grand Elder began unlocking Tien Shinhan’s potential, which continued beyond seven minutes and repeatedly produced more Power Level whenever he tried to draw out the rest.
• Krillin, Goku, and the others ran outside after a sudden explosion, while the exhausted Grand Elder continued helping Tien Shinhan.

Goku and his companions faced the Ginyu Force, whose bizarre entrance made them mistake the group for a traveling circus. When the Ginyu Force revealed their mission and began fighting, Goku struck Captain Ginyu hard enough to send him crashing through a mountain.

• Krillin warned the others that four of the five arrivals were stronger than Vegeta, while Yamcha and Chiaotzu offered to handle the weakest one and Goku volunteered to fight three.
• The Ginyu Force performed an elaborate entrance routine, leading Goku to ask whether they had come to put on a circus show.
• Captain Ginyu explained that the group had come to clear the area and find the Wish Orbs, confirming to Goku that they were enemies.
• Goku charged Captain Ginyu, whose Scouter broke as Goku's power reading exceeded its limits.
• Ginyu tried to dodge Goku's punch but was hit by a sweeping kick that sent him flying through a cliff face.

Goku and the others fought the Ginyu Force after their Scouters overloaded from Goku’s power. Goku killed Burter and pursued Jeice, while the other battles remained underway.

• Goku’s power overloaded the Ginyu Force’s Scouters, and Yamcha and Chiaotzu activated Fivefold Kaioken to fight Guldo.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu briefly gained the upper hand against Guldo, while Krillin confronted Recoome and fought him to a stalemate.
• Ginyu, Jeice, and Burter attacked Goku together, but Goku struck Burter and finished him with a Kamehameha.
• Jeice turned away from Goku and tried to retreat toward Ginyu, but Goku’s speed brought a deadly threat down on him.

Goku killed Jeice, but Captain Ginyu used his body-swapping technique to take over Goku’s body. Meanwhile, Yamcha and Chiaotzu overcame Guldo’s time stop and killed him together, while the battles against Ginyu and Recoome continued.

• Goku killed Jeice, then defeated Ginyu’s purple energy attack with a Super Kamehameha.
• Ginyu used Change to swap souls with Goku, leaving Goku trapped in Ginyu’s body and Ginyu in Goku’s.
• Guldo used Time Stop to trap Yamcha and Chiaotzu, then blasted Yamcha, but Yamcha survived by using his underground Spirit Ball to shield himself.
• Chiaotzu paralyzed Guldo with his psychic powers, and Yamcha killed him with the Spirit Ball.
• Krillin continued fighting Recoome as Goku struggled to control Ginyu’s body.

Goku fought Ginyu after their body swap, but Ginyu regained his own body by deliberately letting Goku severely injure his original one. Goku and Nymph managed to keep Ginyu at bay until a terrifying aura rose from the metal house, where a three-eyed bald martial artist appeared and killed Recoome.

• Goku overwhelmed Ginyu in Goku's stolen body, but Ginyu used the worsening injuries to trigger another body swap and return to his own body.
• Goku used Tenfold Kaioken, and Nymph boosted his fading power with Silk of Radiance while Ginyu tried to kill her.
• Goku blinded Ginyu with Solar Flare and struck him with a Super Kamehameha, sending him crashing through mountains before the attack ran out.
• Ginyu survived the blast and searched for someone among Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu whose body he could take.
• A powerful aura emerged from the metal house, and a three-eyed bald martial artist knocked Recoome unconscious and snapped his neck.

After having his potential unlocked, Tien Shinhan joined the battle and defeated Recoome before Ginyu could steal his body. Tien Shinhan used his third eye and Neo Solar Flare to free Krillin from Ginyu's body swap, killed Ginyu, and restored Goku with a Senzu Bean.

• Tien Shinhan finished having his potential unlocked, gave the exhausted Grand Elder a Senzu Bean, and joined the fight.
• Tien Shinhan instantly killed Recoome, who had been fighting Krillin.
• Ginyu used his body-swapping ability to exchange bodies with Krillin and threatened Tien Shinhan with Krillin's body.
• Tien Shinhan used his third eye's See-Through Beam to understand Ginyu's ability, then forced Ginyu out of Krillin with the Neo Solar Flare.
• Tien Shinhan killed Ginyu with a palm strike, and Krillin regained his own body.
• Tien Shinhan gave Goku a Senzu Bean, restoring him from his injuries and exhaustion.