Recaps

Raditz reluctantly agreed to ask around about helping Nappa find work, while Bulma and Tights discussed how their lives had changed. An explosion and flames at Bulma’s house interrupted their conversation, leaving the cause unknown.

• Raditz told Nappa that the foundation had strict recruitment requirements, then promised to ask around despite his doubts about helping him.
• Bulma video-called Tights and noticed how much more composed and responsible her sister had become.
• Tights described overseeing the Sixth Branch’s expanding population and the challenges of managing its planets.
• Bulma wondered whether Tights had changed for the better, and Tights said she would try to make herself happy.
• As Bulma prepared to leave the laboratory, she heard an explosion and saw flames rising from the direction of her house.

Bulma found Vegeta gravely injured after his gravity training room exploded, while he insisted he needed harsher training to surpass Kakarot. At the base, Reiz and Lakasei identified ancient records of a universe-wide catastrophe and an evil gang, but Dr. Gero let them investigate only if it did not delay core research.

• Bulma rushed to the burning wreckage and discovered that Vegeta's gravity training room had been destroyed from the inside.
• Bulma found Vegeta badly wounded among the debris as he muttered that he needed higher gravity and harsher training to surpass Kakarot, then collapsed.
• Bulma confirmed that Vegeta was still alive and lamented having to deal with another mess.
• Reiz and Lakasei told Dr. Gero that damaged ancient writings described a universe-wide catastrophe and a powerful evil gang.
• Dr. Gero said the records were unrelated to the Force's development and research, but allowed the team to investigate as long as it did not delay core research.

Granolah learned that the Frieza Force had driven down crime across the North Galaxy, leaving bounty hunters like him with fewer jobs, but he refused to believe its motives were good. He returned to Planet Cereal and approached his home, where an unusual silence greeted him.

• Granolah complained to Oatmeel that the North Galaxy's peace had dried up his bounty work.
• Oatmeel reported that the Frieza Force had wiped out many pirate gangs and was expanding its influence through security, commerce, and infrastructure.
• Granolah rejected Oatmeel's information as propaganda and insisted that the Frieza Force could not be acting for justice.
• Granolah set the ship's automatic course and slept until he reached Planet Cereal.
• Granolah landed beside his house, prepared to greet his grandfather cheerfully, then slowed as he sensed an unusual silence.

Granolah discovered that Monaito, Elec, and Jass had disappeared, while the Heeters prepared to recruit ancient criminals to help them oppose the Frieza Force. The chapter ended with Elec deciding to distract the Galactic Patrol so the Heeters could reach the criminals’ prison planets.

• Granolah searched the house, found Monaito’s treasured orange ball and the Heeters’ belongings missing, then discovered the communicator he had given Monaito left behind.
• Aboard their spaceship, Oil and Maki celebrated the Heeters’ return to power while Elec insisted they needed a plan and allies to defeat the Frieza Force.
• Maki showed the family four remote prison planets and explained that ancient records described their prisoners as powerful villains sealed away by the gods.
• Elec explained that the Dragon Balls had granted Jass the ability to become stronger than each enemy he faced, at the cost of his lifespan.
• When Oil worried that the prisoners might turn against them and the family noted the Galactic Patrol guarded the planets, Elec decided to find a way to keep the Patrol occupied.

Son Goku and Piccolo fought an intense sparring match that showed how much Piccolo had improved. Amond and Daiz arrived with a special mission away from the base, leaving Goku eager to find stronger opponents and Piccolo asking for details.

• Son Goku and Piccolo clashed in a fierce aerial fight, and Piccolo knocked Goku to the ground.
• Son Goku praised Piccolo’s strength, and Piccolo vowed not to stay behind him forever.
• Amond and Daiz watched the fight, then praised the two warriors for getting stronger.
• Amond and Daiz invited Son Goku and Piccolo on a special mission away from the base.
• Daiz explained that they would report directly to Reiz and Lakasei and investigate matters in the universe.

After recovering with two Senzu Beans, Vegeta gained a dramatic surge of power and learned that Kakarot and Piccolo had left on a mission. Determined to catch up with Kakarot and become a Super Saiyan first, Vegeta pursued their ship into space.

• Bulma brought Vegeta food and scolded him for risking his life, then gave him two Senzu Beans she had gotten from Little Son.
• Vegeta ate both Senzu Beans, healed completely, and unleashed a shockwave that knocked Bulma down and damaged equipment.
• Vegeta asked Bulma where Kakarot was and learned that Kakarot and Piccolo had left the base on a mission less than half a day earlier.
• Vegeta changed into a Battle Suit, took a spherical spaceship, and used the departure records to trace Kakarot and Piccolo's flight path.
• Vegeta pursued their ship through space, vowing not to let Kakarot become a Super Saiyan before him.

A year after peace returned to Earth, Turles saw the survivors rebuild their home and prepared to leave for his own timeline. Bulma gave him a Time Machine powered by his ring, and he said goodbye to the Z Fighters as Son Gohan vowed to keep training.

• Son Gohan and Turles watched Earth’s survivors rebuild settlements and agreed that people would cherish what they made themselves.
• Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu joined Son Gohan in thanking Turles for helping restore Earth.
• Turles announced that he planned to leave, and Son Gohan said Bulma had found a method worth trying.
• Bulma explained that Turles’s ring could power three Time Machine trips and that he would need to calculate his destination carefully.
• Turles said farewell to Bulma and the Z Fighters, then praised Yamcha for keeping his spirit as a martial artist.
• Son Gohan told Turles he would train with Supreme Kai and never lose again, and Turles bumped fists with him.

Son Goku and Piccolo reached a desolate planet and found dead Galactic Patrol officers before encountering the Heeters Family. Vegeta arrived and provoked a confrontation, and Elec ordered Jass to attack them as the first strike in their revenge against the Frieza Force.

• Son Goku and Piccolo landed on the ominous planet and followed information from Reiz and Lakasei into a canyon.
• Piccolo found recently killed Galactic Patrol officers near a rune-covered rock and realized they had all died in one blow.
• Elec and the other Heeters revealed themselves, and Son Goku and Piccolo demanded to know who they were and whether they had killed the officers.
• Vegeta crash-landed nearby, recognized the Heeters, and threatened them after Maki mocked him.
• Elec ordered Jass to attack Son Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta, and Jass stepped forward to face Vegeta.

Vegeta challenged Jass to prove his power, but Jass effortlessly defeated him and prepared to kill him. Son Goku intervened by catching Jass’s energy blade with one hand.

• Son Goku and Piccolo sensed something strange about Jass and warned Vegeta to be careful, but Vegeta dismissed them and declared he had surpassed Son Goku.
• Vegeta unleashed his power and attacked Jass, who blocked his blows and cut Vegeta’s battle suit with a transformed energy weapon.
• Vegeta fired a point-blank Ki blast at Jass, but Jass emerged unharmed behind an energy shield.
• Jass overwhelmed Vegeta with a punch and knee strike, then hurled him through a canyon wall and left him unable to stand.
• As Jass aimed a blade at Vegeta’s heart, Son Goku stepped in and caught it with one hand.

Son Goku unleashed his hidden power against Jass and transformed into a Super Saiyan. Vegeta watched in disbelief as the Saiyan Prince’s pride and confidence began to crumble.

• Son Goku stopped Jass from killing Vegeta, then fought him and forced the two of them to retreat from each other.
• Jass demanded that Son Goku show his full power and threatened Vegeta and Piccolo if he did not.
• Son Goku released his restrained Ki, tearing open the blood-red clouds above the canyon.
• Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan, shocking Piccolo and Vegeta.
• Vegeta recalled boasting that he would become a Super Saiyan first and struggled to accept that Son Goku had saved him and surpassed him.

Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan and battled Jass while Piccolo rescued Vegeta and escaped. As Jass’s power continued to rise alongside Goku’s, Goku pretended to prepare a final attack, then used Solar Flare to blind everyone.

• Son Goku’s golden aura revealed his Super Saiyan transformation, while Piccolo decided to flank the battlefield and attack Elec and his siblings.
• Jass attacked with a double-ended energy blade and a barrage of knives, but Son Goku broke through his defenses and punched him into the sky.
• Piccolo grabbed the defeated Vegeta, put him aboard a spaceship, and escaped after Elec decided not to stop him.
• Jass revealed that Son Goku’s rising power caused his own strength to grow, and challenged Goku to keep fighting.
• Son Goku pretended to prepare a decisive attack, then abruptly used Solar Flare against everyone.

Son Goku and Piccolo learned from Jaco that escaped criminals had thrown the universe into chaos, while the Galactic Patrol struggled to respond. Goku then revealed his full Super Saiyan power and asked Piccolo to compare him with Turles, who judged them evenly matched.

• Son Goku arrived on a barren planet and found Piccolo waiting with Vegeta, whose mind was broken.
• Jaco and other Galactic Patrol officers arrived, and Piccolo told Jaco about their encounter with the Heeters.
• Jaco explained that the Heeters had attacked Prison Planets and released dangerous criminals, then left urgently after receiving a distress call.
• Son Goku asked Piccolo to compare his power with Turles's Super Saiyan form and released his full strength.
• Piccolo sensed Goku's power and told him that he and Turles seemed evenly matched.

Son Goku and Piccolo decided to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber after realizing they could not face the powerful enemies ahead, while Vegeta rejected Goku’s invitation and left. On the crimson planet, Elec’s group broke an ancient seal and awakened a woman who confronted the Heeters Family siblings.

• Son Goku’s Super Saiyan aura faded as he lamented that he was still no stronger than his brother had been two years earlier.
• Son Goku told Piccolo they needed to grow stronger and proposed training in Earth’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Son Goku invited Vegeta to join them, but Vegeta silently boarded his spaceship and departed.
• Son Goku and Piccolo set course for Earth, away from the base.
• Maki disabled the ancient seal on the crimson planet, and Jass shattered the stone gate.
• A pale-blue-skinned woman emerged from the passage, breathed the air of freedom, and asked the Heeters Family siblings if they had awakened her.

As escaped criminals overwhelmed the Galactic Patrol, Jaco sought the Frieza Force’s help and was astonished by its peaceful, charitable operations on Planet Aixin. Tights agreed to coordinate with the base, leaving the cooperation request awaiting formal arrangements.

• The Galactic King accepted that the Galactic Patrol could not contain the crisis alone, and Jaco proposed asking the Frieza Force for help.
• Jaco and a group of young patrolmen traveled to Planet Aixin, where they found orderly trade routes, peaceful streets, and a public image of Frieza as a guardian of peace.
• Jaco and his companions saw Tights leading a Frieza Force aid event for children and were shocked by the soldiers’ gentle behavior.
• Jaco explained the escaped-criminal crisis to Tights and asked whether the Frieza Force would cooperate with the Galactic Patrol.
• Tights agreed that the crisis was also the Frieza Force’s responsibility and contacted the base to arrange discussions.

The Frieza Force Sixth Branch deployed a massive peacekeeping fleet to help the Galactic Patrol capture escaped criminals. Meanwhile, the Heeters siblings reached the final Prison Planet and offered the Hera Clan warriors a chance to free their sealed leader.

• Tights helped the Galactic Patrol Organization finalize an agreement with the Frieza Force Sixth Branch to pursue the escaped criminals.
• Dr. Gero rallied the assembled force and placed Android 13, Android 15, and Android 14 in command of its expeditionary force.
• The Frieza Force peacekeeping fleet departed Planet Aixin, and its support eased the Galactic Patrol’s pressure as captured villains were sent to a penal labor planet.
• The four Heeters siblings reached the final Prison Planet, where Gokua emerged and joined Zangya and the other Hera Clan warriors.
• Elec offered the Hera Clan warriors cooperation, suggesting that the Heeters could help rescue their sealed leader.

Frieza emerged from seclusion as the Heeters’ upheaval devastated Frieza Force bases, and Berryblue briefed him on the crisis. He resolved to confront the Heeters and ordered Zarbon and Captain Ginyu to organize troops to support the Sixth Branch’s effort alongside the Galactic Patrol.

• Berryblue, Zarbon, Dodoria, and the Ginyu Force waited outside Frieza’s sealed chamber as reports of attacks on branch bases mounted.
• Frieza emerged after more than two years in seclusion, and the officers bowed beneath his overwhelming aura.
• Berryblue told Frieza that the Heeters had orchestrated the widespread upheaval against the Frieza Force.
• Frieza declared that he would settle accounts with the Heeters and praised Berryblue, Captain Ginyu, Zarbon, and Dodoria for managing the force.
• Zarbon explained that the Sixth Branch’s cooperation with the Galactic Patrol could improve relations and the Frieza Force’s public image.
• Frieza ordered Captain Ginyu to help Zarbon organize troops, and both officers agreed.

Frieza considered whether the rumor of wish-granting orbs on Planet Namek was a Heeter trap, while secretly wondering if they could bring someone back to life. On Earth, Kami fretted over the Dragon Balls and the Namek crisis until Son Goku and Piccolo emerged from their training, stronger and ready for what came next.

• Frieza asked Berryblue and Dodoria whether the rumor about Planet Namek's wish-granting orbs was credible.
• Berryblue suspected the Heeters had spread the rumor as bait, while Dodoria urged Frieza to take what he wanted.
• Frieza warned Dodoria to avoid language that could harm the Frieza Force's new image as a force for peace.
• Frieza privately considered whether the orbs could grant resurrection.
• On Kami's Lookout, Kami worried that the Dragon Balls would draw disaster, then sensed Son Goku and Piccolo emerge from the palace.
• Son Goku said he and Piccolo had reached their limits after one day of training and had saved time in case another crisis arose.

Son Goku and Piccolo arrived on Planet Namek and learned from Dende that demons had slaughtered the villagers while searching for the Dragon Balls. Piccolo took Dende to safety as Gokua confronted Son Goku, who prepared to fight him.

• Son Goku and Piccolo found Dende fleeing the ruined village with a Dragon Ball, and Dende told them the attackers had killed the elders and other villagers.
• Piccolo sensed several evil Ki sources across the planet while Son Goku comforted Dende.
• Son Goku sensed a dangerous presence approaching and sent Piccolo to take Dende to the Grand Elder.
• Gokua arrived above the ruins and admitted to killing the villagers, declaring that he would execute Son Goku.
• Son Goku identified himself as a Saiyan who grew up on Earth, and Gokua recalled the Heeters' warning to beware of Saiyans.

The Grand Elder unlocked Piccolo’s hidden power as Planet Namek faced destruction, and Nail urged him to carry the Namekians’ hopes. The chapter then returned to Son Goku’s confrontation with Gokua, where both prepared to fight.

• The Grand Elder sensed Piccolo’s resentment and offered to draw out the power hidden within him.
• The Grand Elder awakened Piccolo’s immense power, but Piccolo recognized it was still not enough to challenge the enemy fighting Son Goku.
• Piccolo prepared to leave for battle, and Nail told him to carry the hopes of the Namekians and ensure their future lived on.
• The story returned to Son Goku and Gokua, who faced each other and took fighting stances.

Son Goku and Gokua fought evenly until Piccolo arrived and stopped Gokua’s devastating sword Ki with a powerful energy beam. Faced with both fighters, Gokua raised an ominous red totem into the sky, leaving his next move unclear.

• Gokua’s sword and Son Goku’s attacks clashed repeatedly, and both fighters were driven apart with their weapons and bodies battered.
• Gokua gathered dark red energy into his sword and fired a destructive beam at Son Goku.
• Piccolo appeared in front of Son Goku and countered Gokua’s sword Ki with an energy beam, creating a massive crater.
• Piccolo removed his turban and cape, then joined Son Goku in confronting Gokua.
• Gokua hesitated at the prospect of facing both opponents and fired a streak of sword Ki into the sky, where it formed a huge red totem.

Son Goku and Piccolo faced all four Hera Clan warriors after they gathered the Dragon Balls, and the battle turned against them when Bujin trapped Piccolo and Zangya blasted off his arm. Piccolo regenerated, and two streaks of light arrived as the fight was about to resume.

• Zangya, Bido, and Bujin arrived to join Gokua, surrounding Son Goku and Piccolo with all the remaining Dragon Balls gathered.
• Son Goku and Piccolo agreed to hold off the four warriors until reinforcements arrived.
• Bido and Gokua attacked Son Goku while Zangya fought Piccolo, who struck her and sent her crashing into a mountainside.
• Bujin ensnared Piccolo with psychic threads, allowing Zangya to blast off his right arm.
• Piccolo regenerated his arm, and two streaks of light appeared in the sky as both sides prepared to fight again.

Android 17 and Android 18 arrived as reinforcements for Son Goku, and the fighters split into four one-on-one battles. The matchups began across the battlefield, with Son Goku and Gokua renewing their clash in the sky.

• Android 17 and Android 18 emerged from their spaceships, and Android 17 offered to help Son Goku.
• Android 18 challenged Zangya, and the two women declared each other their prey.
• Piccolo confronted Bujin, while Bido chose Android 17 as his opponent.
• Son Goku resumed his fight with Gokua as both warriors unleashed their auras.
• Android 18 and Zangya charged at each other, Bido and Android 17 clashed, and Piccolo dodged Bujin’s psychic threads by splitting into afterimages.
• Son Goku and Gokua traded fierce blows that tore through the clouds.

With Frieza away on Namek and most of the headquarters’ elite forces deployed elsewhere, an organized fleet of escaped galactic felons attacked Planet Frieza. The invaders breached the planet’s defenses and began overrunning the landing plaza, but their leader was suddenly killed by an unknown figure.

• Frieza went to Planet Namek with Dodoria to investigate the Dragon Balls, leaving Planet Frieza poorly defended.
• Berryblue learned that a huge force of escaped galactic felons was attacking the headquarters and ordered the defenses to maximum readiness.
• The invaders shattered the planet’s energy shield and crashed their ships into the spaceport plaza.
• A giant beast-man killed a defense captain, mocked the Frieza Force, and declared that Frieza had been dealt with elsewhere.
• An unknown figure appeared and killed the beast-man leader with a shot through the chest.

Turles returned to the Frieza Force and single-handedly defeated the invading coalition, leaving one survivor to spread word of his power. The battered soldiers hailed him as their general, and Berryblue and the senior officers greeted him respectfully.

• Turles appeared on the battlefield and killed the beastman leader, restoring the Frieza Force’s morale.
• A four-armed swordsman challenged Turles, but his blades passed through Turles as he dodged the attack.
• The coalition attacked Turles with a barrage of Ki waves, but he emerged unharmed and swiftly defeated its fighters.
• Turles left the swordsman alive to carry a warning to others and told the soldiers to count their fallen, promising the Force would remember them.
• Berryblue and a group of senior officers came out to greet Turles and knelt before him.

Turles confronted King Cold on Planet Cold and demanded that he oversee Planet Frieza during the Frieza Force’s crisis. He left King Cold with little choice but to accept, after exposing his ambitions and secret support for space pirates.

• Turles ignored King Cold’s formal welcome and surveyed the ice palace before asking him to oversee Planet Frieza.
• King Cold refused, insisting that the Frieza Force was no longer his concern.
• Turles revealed that King Cold still hoped to reclaim power if Frieza fell, then warned that he could not handle the current crisis himself.
• Turles offered the Frieza Force’s backing if King Cold helped, while promising to overlook his support for space pirates and interference with efforts to maintain order.
• King Cold sprang from his throne in anger but could not answer Turles, who turned away and headed for the palace gates.