Chapter Summaries

Android 17 and Android 18 picked up Trunks, Son Goten, and Tapion from the ruined battlefield after Tapion agreed to seek help from their general. During the journey, Android 17 revealed that they were taking Tapion to Planet Yardrat on the general’s orders.

• Android 17 and Android 18 arrived at the battlefield and collected Trunks and Son Goten.
• Trunks and Son Goten urged Tapion to meet their general, and Android 17 and Android 18 claimed their general was the strongest in the universe.
• Tapion agreed to travel with them, hoping the general could help with the Phantom Demon Hirudegarn inside him.
• Android 18 summoned a spaceship, and the group departed while Trunks glanced back at the motionless Vegeta.
• Android 17 told Android 18 that the general had ordered them to change course for Planet Yardrat so he could meet Tapion.

Trunks and Son Goten returned to Planet Yardrat with Tapion, who recounted how he had helped seal the Phantom Majin Hirudegarn a thousand years earlier. Turles persuaded Tapion to release Hirudegarn so he could assess the demon’s power, and Tapion began breaking the seal as the others withdrew.

• Trunks and Son Goten returned to Planet Yardrat, where Turles praised them for completing their mission.
• Turles welcomed Tapion and arranged for him to receive treatment from Yardratian healers.
• Tapion told Son Goku, Turles, and the others how he and another hero had sealed Hirudegarn, and warned them of the Phantom Majin’s terrifying power.
• Turles proposed that Tapion release Hirudegarn so he could assess the demon and prepare to defeat him; Tapion reluctantly agreed.
• Turles ordered Son Goku and the others to leave, and Tapion abandoned his suppression of Hirudegarn, unleashing black mist that covered Planet Yardrat’s sky.

Turles confronted the Phantom Majin Hirudegarn after it fully formed and unleashed its destructive roar. Turles’s powerful punch missed when Hirudegarn turned intangible, and the two ended the chapter watching each other warily as Goku and the others assessed the standoff.

• Hirudegarn formed its enormous upper body from black mist, and its evil Ki frightened Piccolo, Trunks, and Son Goten while exciting Son Goku.
• Hirudegarn roared, sending destructive sound waves across the land, and Turles stopped the attack by striking at it.
• Hirudegarn turned into black mist to evade Turles’s golden fist, whose shock wave sent Piccolo, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Tapion reeling.
• Hirudegarn re-formed unharmed and roared at Turles, who recognized its intangibility and calmly faced it.
• Trunks and Son Goten wondered why the fighters had stopped, while Son Goku and Piccolo explained that both Turles and Hirudegarn were waiting for an opening.

Turles intercepted Hirudegarn as it attacked the group on Planet Yardrat and defeated it with a single punch. Hirudegarn retreated into Tapion, leaving its seal more stable and giving Tapion hope.

• Hirudegarn broke into black mist and attacked Son Goku and the others, but Turles appeared to block its path.
• Hirudegarn scattered into countless wisps to get around Turles, who repeatedly intercepted it before it could reform and attack.
• Hirudegarn gathered its evil Ki into a solid body and struck Turles with a giant skeletal fist.
• Turles punched through Hirudegarn's fist and shattered its body, forcing it to retreat as a faint wisp into Tapion.
• Tapion felt Hirudegarn cowering within the seal and realized the evil power had been suppressed, making the seal more stable.

On Planet Yardrat, Turles trained Trunks and Son Goten to fuse while discussing Hirudegarn’s hidden halves with Tapion. Tapion revealed a drastic way to stop the demon: destroy him and the half sealed inside Tapion together.

• Trunks and Son Goten repeatedly failed their fusion practice before briefly producing a powerful warrior, while Turles and the Metamor elder corrected their technique.
• Tapion told Turles that Hirudegarn stayed quiet near him and might be impossible to draw out again.
• Tapion revealed that the priest had split Hirudegarn, sealing one half inside him and the other inside his younger brother, Minosha.
• Turles said the Frieza Force had issued a universal wanted notice and sent Android 17 and Android 18 with an elite fleet to find Hirudegarn’s other half.
• Tapion drew his hero’s sword and asked Turles to destroy him along with the half of Hirudegarn sealed inside him.

Tapion abandoned his plan to sacrifice himself after Turles warned that his death might free Hirudegarn instead of destroying it, and he pledged to protect the universe alongside Turles and the Frieza Force. Inspired by Tapion, Trunks and Son Goten asked to help defend the universe, and Turles had them demonstrate their Fusion Technique.

• Tapion offered Turles the Hero's Sword and asked him to kill him so Hirudegarn would supposedly perish with him.
• Trunks and Son Goten arrived and asked what was happening, while Turles questioned whether Tapion's death would truly destroy Hirudegarn.
• Turles explained that Tapion's death might break the restraints holding Hirudegarn and refused to sacrifice him on uncertain grounds.
• Tapion sheathed the Hero's Sword, pledged to fight alongside Turles and the Frieza Force, and bowed to Turles.
• Trunks and Son Goten asked Turles to train them to protect the universe, and Turles told them to demonstrate their Fusion Technique.
• Trunks and Son Goten synchronized their movements, touched fingertips, and unleashed a dazzling pillar of white light.

Number One and Number Two fused into Gotenks, whom they called Number Twelve, and he demonstrated his overwhelming power by becoming a Super Saiyan. He then challenged his master, Turles, to a fight.

• A powerful new Ki brought Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Amond, and Daiz to the wilderness, where they found the unfamiliar boy beside Turles.
• Gotenks nearly introduced himself by his original name, but Turles interrupted him, and he instead called himself Number Twelve, the fusion of Number One and Number Two.
• Gotenks powered up and transformed into a Super Saiyan, sending Krillin and Tien Shinhan flying with his Ki and astonishing Son Goku and Vegeta.
• Gotenks assessed the others' reactions, then challenged Turles to test his strength.
• Turles chuckled and called Gotenks an arrogant brat who had gotten carried away.

Turles tested Gotenks's newly increased strength, easily dodged his attacks, and then beat him down to teach him a lesson about overconfidence and poor combat awareness. Turles landed with the battered Gotenks and said he would take the boys away from Planet Yardrat afterward, leaving their training arrangements to the others.

• Gotenks challenged Turles and unleashed a powerful golden punch that missed and destroyed a distant mountain.
• Gotenks attacked Turles with a barrage of punches and kicks, but Turles calmly dodged every strike.
• Gotenks fired his Super Invincible Continuous Death Tracking Blast, but Turles appeared behind him unharmed and criticized the technique's wasted Ki.
• Turles caught Gotenks's punch and countered with precise strikes, leaving Gotenks battered and begging him to stop.
• Turles carried Gotenks back to the ground and said he would take the boys away from Planet Yardrat after the others arranged their training.

Hoi struggled to respond after the Frieza Force rescued Tapion, until a mysterious caller offered to help free Hirudegarn. Babidi witnessed Hirudegarn’s immense power and began plotting to use him alongside Majin Buu.

• Hoi worried that the Frieza Force had rescued Tapion and that Hirudegarn’s lower half feared a powerful presence near him.
• A mysterious caller contacted Hoi, revealed knowledge of Hirudegarn and the Frieza Force, and offered to help free Hirudegarn in his complete form.
• Hoi summoned Hirudegarn’s lower half and threatened the caller, who disappeared after warning that Hoi was the more desperate of the two.
• Babidi and Dabura saw Hirudegarn’s power spike on an energy detector, and Babidi considered using Hirudegarn together with Majin Buu.

Turles took Tapion to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and then around Earth to seek a way to deal with Hirudegarn. Fortuneteller Baba revealed an ancient technique that could strengthen magical items, and Tapion presented the Hero's Flute as a possible target.

• Turles brought Tapion to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where Tapion felt Hirudegarn's influence weaken while Trunks and Son Goten trained.
• Turles led Tapion out of the chamber to save its limited time, then took him to Korin, who said his sacred water could not affect Hirudegarn's ancient evil Ki.
• At Kame House, Master Roshi described the Evil Containment Wave but agreed that sealing Tapion with Hirudegarn would not solve the problem.
• Master Roshi sent Turles and Tapion to Fortuneteller Baba, who greeted them deferentially and listened to Tapion's account.
• Fortuneteller Baba offered an ancient technique that could greatly enhance magical items, and Tapion showed her the Hero's Flute.

Fortuneteller Baba used a ritual to strengthen Tapion’s Hero’s Flute, allowing it to quiet the evil within him. After learning that Hoi had been found, Turles ordered Android 17 and Android 18 to keep their distance and prepared to confront Hoi while Tapion stayed behind.

• Fortuneteller Baba began a ritual to purify and strengthen the Hero’s Flute, provoking the evil inside Tapion to emerge as a skull of black mist.
• Turles crushed the skull with his overwhelming pressure, allowing Fortuneteller Baba to complete the ritual.
• Tapion played the newly golden Hero’s Flute and found that it quieted the evil within him.
• Android 17 and Android 18 reported finding Hoi near an abandoned asteroid belt, and Turles ordered them to monitor him from afar because Hirudegarn’s lower half might be with him.
• Tapion said he could not accompany Turles, so Turles arranged for the two little ones to stay with Tapion and advised him to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber if the flute could no longer suppress the evil.

Turles left for the South Galaxy to deal with Hoi and Hirudegarn’s lower half, unaware that Babidi had landed on Earth near Majin Buu’s sealed egg. Babidi and Hoi revealed their alliance and their plan to lure Turles away while Babidi prepared to revive Buu.

• Turles left Trunks and Son Goten to protect Tapion, then headed for the South Galaxy via Planet Yardrat.
• Babidi discovered Earth and Majin Buu’s sealed egg with his crystal ball, then landed his ship deep underground.
• Babidi contacted Hoi, who reported that the Frieza Force had stopped pursuing him.
• Babidi and Hoi used false auras and traces to lure Turles away from Earth while Hoi sought to free Hirudegarn.
• Babidi dismissed Dabura’s concern about Hoi’s trustworthiness and declared that he would use Majin Buu to conquer the universe.

Turles found the asteroid belt empty after Hoi’s signal vanished, while Tapion’s worsening connection to Hirudegarn revealed that the monster was being drawn toward its other half on Earth. Hoi and Babidi prepared to capture Tapion after he left the Lookout alone, as Kami searched Earth for the hidden evil.

• Turles arrived at the blocked asteroid belt, but Android 17 reported that Hoi’s signal had disappeared again.
• Tapion’s soul was wracked by pain, and he used the Hero’s Flute to suppress Hirudegarn’s evil before warning that Hirudegarn’s other half might be on Earth.
• Kami searched the planet with his divine senses but could not detect any immense evil Ki.
• Hoi and Babidi revealed that Hirudegarn’s other half was hidden in their spaceship and resolved to reunite the monster.
• Tapion left the Lookout alone for a desert, and Hoi and Babidi saw their chance to capture him.
• Kami continued searching from the Lookout while Trunks and Son Goten stood beside him.

Hoi reunited the two halves of Phantom Majin Hirudegarn after Tapion failed to stop the demon’s lower half, bringing the complete monster back into the world. Master Korin, Master Roshi, and Kami sensed the threat as Trunks and Son Goten flew toward it.

• Hoi confronted Tapion in the Gobi and summoned Hirudegarn’s lower half, declaring that he would restore the complete Phantom Majin.
• Tapion attacked the enormous leg with the Hero’s Sword, but Hirudegarn knocked him away and the sword flew from his grasp.
• Tapion’s injuries let the evil energy inside him erupt, while Hirudegarn’s lower half dissolved into dark energy.
• Hoi watched the two forces merge in the sky, and the complete Hirudegarn took shape and roared.
• Master Korin, Master Roshi, and Kami sensed Hirudegarn’s immense evil presence, while Trunks and Son Goten flew toward the threat.

On Earth, the restored Phantom Majin Hirudegarn attacked the wounded Tapion, but Gotenks intervened and battled the monster. As Gotenks kept Hirudegarn occupied, Tapion recovered with a Senzu Bean and charged at Hoi with his Hero’s Sword.

• The immense evil Ki from Hirudegarn reached Planet Yardrat, alarming Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others as Son Goku traced its source to Earth.
• Hoi ordered the restored Hirudegarn to kill Tapion, but Gotenks appeared and stopped the monster’s tail with his hands.
• Gotenks dragged Hirudegarn into the air and hurled him through several mountains before challenging him to a fight.
• Tapion healed his injuries with a Senzu Bean as Gotenks and Hirudegarn fought, with Hirudegarn using his intangibility to counter Gotenks’s attacks.
• Tapion took up his Hero’s Sword and charged at the shocked Hoi while Gotenks kept Hirudegarn occupied.

Dabura appeared to stop Tapion from killing Hoi, then faced Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo as they arrived. Vegeta attacked Dabura and was swiftly beaten into a crater, prompting Goku and Piccolo to unleash their full power.

• Dabura appeared and blocked Tapion’s sword, saving Hoi and declaring that Babidi had called him their partner.
• Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo arrived, noticed Gotenks fighting Hirudegarn, and turned their attention to Dabura.
• Dabura threatened the Saiyans, and Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan and charged at him despite Goku’s warning.
• Dabura caught Vegeta’s punch, struck him with his blade and knee, then smashed him into the ground with a blow to his back.
• Goku and Piccolo released their full power as Dabura dismissed them as no threat even if they attacked together.

Son Goku and Piccolo fought Dabura but were badly outmatched, while Gotenks battled Hirudegarn and Vegeta lay gravely injured. After restoring his strength with a Senzu Bean, Son Goku powered up alone, revealing a new form wreathed in golden lightning.

• Son Goku and Piccolo attacked Dabura together, but he emerged unharmed from Son Goku's Kamehameha and wounded Piccolo with a sword-energy slash.
• Dabura knocked Son Goku away and destroyed Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon with demonic flames, leaving both fighters injured and exhausted.
• Son Goku saw that Vegeta could not fight and that the battles between Gotenks and Hirudegarn remained unresolved, so he asked Piccolo for a Senzu Bean.
• Son Goku ate the bean, healed, and told Piccolo to protect the hero while he tried something alone.
• Son Goku unleashed an immense surge of Ki, and a new form appeared amid golden lightning as Dabura and Vegeta watched.

Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and overwhelmed Dabura in their fight. After dodging Dabura’s petrifying spit, Goku battered him until he fell and could no longer get up.

• Son Goku recalled how he had developed Super Saiyan 2 after failing to match Turles’s power, and his transformation stabilized under pressure from Dabura.
• Vegeta and Piccolo were shocked by Goku’s new form as Dabura attacked him with his blade.
• Goku caught Dabura’s blade between two fingers, snapped it, then kicked Dabura through several mountain peaks.
• Dabura launched another attack with a giant demonic-flame blade, but his strikes failed to harm Goku.
• Dabura feigned exhaustion and spat petrifying saliva at Goku, but Piccolo warned him and Goku dodged.
• Goku struck Dabura with a rapid barrage, leaving him bloodied on the ground and unable to rise.

Babidi watched Goku and Gotenks’s battle with Hirudegarn, delighted as the energy collector filled and Majin Buu’s egg began to awaken. Gotenks overwhelmed Hirudegarn with a series of attacks, but after his final blast, strange cracks appeared across the monster’s back as its aura gathered anew.

• Babidi watched Dabura being beaten and celebrated as the energy collector filled and Majin Buu’s egg began to throb and crack.
• Goku ended his Super Saiyan 2 transformation while Gotenks adapted to Hirudegarn’s intangibility and landed a heavy punch.
• Gotenks bombarded Hirudegarn with homing Ki Waves, restrained him with Continuous Super Donuts, and struck him with a Meteor Death Beam.
• Hirudegarn remained motionless and apparently unharmed after the blast, while Gotenks prepared another attack.
• A strange sound came from Hirudegarn as its weakened aura gathered into a colder, purer force and cracks spread across its back.

Hirudegarn shed his shell and overwhelmed Gotenks, but Tapion used the Hero's Flute to weaken the monster and draw its evil power into himself. As Tapion began to succumb to the possession, he ordered Gotenks to take him to the Lookout.

• Hirudegarn emerged from his shell in a more powerful form and struck Gotenks into a crater.
• Gotenks fought back, but Hirudegarn turned intangible, then trapped him with his tail and prepared to crush him.
• Tapion played the Hero's Flute, forcing Hirudegarn to dissolve into black mist and drawing the monster's power into his body.
• Tapion collapsed in agony as Hirudegarn's evil aura began consuming him.
• Tapion told Gotenks to follow the plan and take him to the Lookout, and Gotenks hurried away with him.