Chapter Summaries

Turles failed to dissuade Frieza from attacking Cooler, so he secured a month to prepare the war and arranged troop deployments before heading to Planet Namek. Meanwhile, Vegeta learned that Turles had become a Super Saiyan but convinced himself the news was false and remained determined to challenge him.

• Captain Ginyu asked Berryblue what to do while Frieza and Turles argued, and she told him to wait outside.
• Frieza rejected Turles's advice to delay war with Cooler and insisted on pursuing revenge, while Turles negotiated a month to prepare and reclaim Cooler Force territory.
• After Frieza left, Turles assigned Captain Ginyu to supervise Aka's brother's troops, sent Sorbet's troops to the East Galaxy border, moved Berryblue's troops to headquarters, and headed for Planet Namek with Amond and the others.
• Vegeta heard that Turles had become a Super Saiyan, doubted the report because Frieza had appointed him general, and vowed to make Turles pay when he returned to the Sixth Branch.

Cooler ordered preparations for war while his researchers struggled to unlock the power of an unstable chip. On Planet Cereal, the Heeters hid with Granolah, whose hatred of Frieza and the Saiyans worried Monaito, who privately recalled that someone’s child must have grown up by now.

• Cooler dismissed Frieza as a threat, urged Salza to accelerate the chip research, and ordered the troops to prepare for war.
• Granolah sheltered Elec and the other disguised Heeters in his basement, and Elec said they would wait there for an opportunity.
• Monaito returned with seeds to plant, and Granolah told him about the failed attempt to assassinate Frieza.
• Granolah lamented that powerful villains escaped punishment and questioned why the gods allowed the Cerealians and Namekians to suffer.
• Monaito warned Granolah not to seek revenge, and after Granolah went to his room, Monaito wondered whether someone’s child had grown up healthy.

Son Goku brought Raditz to Mount Paozu and explained that Dr. Gero’s tests confirmed Raditz, Turles, and Goku were brothers. Chi-Chi worried about Raditz staying with the family, while Piccolo challenged Goku to fight, but Chi-Chi made them finish the farm work first.

• Piccolo lost patience with Son Gohan’s chatter, and Chi-Chi scolded him for neglecting the child.
• Son Goku returned with Raditz, whom Piccolo recognized as the Saiyan who had invaded Earth.
• Son Goku explained that Dr. Gero’s tests showed Raditz, Turles, and Goku were biological brothers, leaving Raditz resentful that Turles had never acknowledged him.
• Chi-Chi questioned Raditz’s past and worried about him staying with them, while Goku promised to keep an eye on him.
• Piccolo mocked Raditz’s strength, then asked Goku to fight, but Chi-Chi grabbed Goku’s ear and ordered him to harvest the vegetables first.

Son Goku and Piccolo ended their training fight after Son Goku revealed his Saiyan recovery training method. In Dr. Gero’s laboratory, he repaired a mysterious one-use ring and received word that someone had volunteered for his recruitment program.

• Raditz hurried to load vegetables while Son Goku and Piccolo fought overhead.
• Piccolo created a second version of himself and trapped Son Goku, but Son Goku broke free and counterattacked.
• Son Goku told Piccolo he had secretly trained to grow stronger after recovering from serious injuries, and Piccolo ended the fight.
• Chi-Chi called Son Goku back because his communicator had received a message, while Raditz was left behind.
• Dr. Gero finished repairing the mysterious ring and learned that someone had signed up for his volunteer recruitment program.

Dr. Gero recruited five delinquents as human test subjects after revealing his past with the Red Ribbon Army. Meanwhile, Turles summoned the warriors to prepare to leave Earth, and his Ki finally reached the planet.

• Dr. Gero told the delinquents that his experiments could give them immense power or cost them their lives, and most of them left.
• Five delinquents, including the ponytailed leader and the siblings Lapis and his sister, chose to stay as test subjects.
• Dr. Gero examined the five and began designing a different experimental path for each of them.
• Turles contacted Dr. Gero and summoned him to prepare to leave Earth, while Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Krillin received the same message and chose to go.
• Several days later, the warriors gathered at Capsule Corporation as Turles's Ki reached Earth.

Turles prepared to leave Earth, assigning Son Goku to guard the base and meeting Son Gohan before collecting Dr. Brief’s dramatically improved spaceships. Tights suspected Turles was keeping her on Earth because he cared about her, while Turles denied it.

• Raditz greeted Turles and insisted they were brothers, but the guardians eventually pulled him away.
• Turles told Son Goku to stay behind and guard their base, and Son Goku agreed.
• Son Gohan asked Turles to bring him biology books from space, surprising him with his scholarly interests.
• Dr. Brief gave Turles capsules containing ships that could travel from Earth to the base in as little as one week.
• Tights asked when they would leave, and Bulma suggested Turles wanted her to stay safe; Turles denied having such feelings.

Cooler’s Armored Squadron mobilized against the Frieza Force, striking Sorbet’s territory before the war had begun. Sorbet tried to hold his base until reinforcements arrived, while Captain Ginyu raced ahead with most of his squad to help.

• Salza, Neiz, and Dore discussed the Frieza Force’s preparations and declared that the Cooler Force would take the offensive.
• Sorbet learned that the Cooler Force had captured several planets in his territory and injured Shisami.
• Sorbet recalled Tagoma to protect the base and waited for reinforcements from Captain Ginyu, Aka, and the general.
• The Abo and Cado Brothers accused Captain Ginyu of reporting their schemes to the general, but he warned them not to neglect their duty.
• Captain Ginyu ordered Guldo to stay with the fleet and led the rest of the Ginyu Force toward Sorbet’s base at full speed.

The remnants of the Slug Army attacked Planet Aixin while the Frieza Force was under assault, forcing Captain Sam and A Ding to protect the miners. Krillin and Frieza Force reinforcements arrived to stop the invasion, leaving the Slug troops surrounded as more soldiers landed near the town.

• Sam ordered Planet Aixin's residents to shelter, then learned A Ding had not returned from evacuating the miners.
• Sam drove into the mountains and found A Ding trying to lead panicked workers to nearby caves.
• The Slug Army appeared overhead, and two guardians attacked while Sam evacuated the workers.
• Slug Army officers pinned down the guardians, and their troops charged at Sam and A Ding.
• Krillin arrived and used a Destructo Disc to kill the attackers near the workers as four more guardians surrounded the Slug Army troops.
• The Slug Army tried to rush the town, but a Frieza Force ship landed nearby and its soldiers poured out.

Before Planet Aixin was invaded, Vegeta and Nappa landed there while fleeing the Slug Army and watched Turles’s outnumbered forces battle the invaders. Chiaotzu, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Son Goku turned the fight around, leaving Vegeta astonished by the warriors’ low scouter readings.

• Vegeta and Nappa made an emergency landing on the Sixth Branch’s base planet while the Slug Army pursued them.
• Reiz and Lakasei led the remaining base forces into battle, and Vegeta decided to watch rather than help.
• Vegeta and Nappa realized that combat robots were helping Turles’s forces hold off the stronger invaders.
• Chiaotzu immobilized many Slug Army soldiers while Krillin and Tien Shinhan attacked with the Tri-Beam and Kamehameha.
• Son Goku swiftly defeated the Slug Army officers and ended the battle, then Vegeta had Nappa check the newcomers’ power levels.
• Nappa’s scouter readings showed low power levels for the warriors, leaving Vegeta disbelieving.

Raditz spotted Vegeta and Nappa and decided he could use his connection to Turles to improve his standing. Vegeta challenged Son Goku, but Goku effortlessly dodged his attacks and flew off, leaving Vegeta bewildered and exhausted.

• Raditz saw Vegeta and Nappa near the battlefield, then convinced himself that he could benefit from being Turles's brother and tried to win over the blonde woman Turles cared about.
• Vegeta approached Son Goku, recognized him as Turles's brother, and demanded a fight to get revenge on Turles.
• Son Goku said he had to follow Dr. Gero's instructions, but Vegeta attacked anyway and failed to land a blow.
• Vegeta unleashed a storm of attacks, but Son Goku dodged every one while Krillin and Tien Shinhan watched.
• The spaceship signaled its turn, and the others flew back toward the base; Son Goku escaped after telling Vegeta to train harder.
• Vegeta was left exhausted and wondered why everyone around him seemed so powerful despite his own strength.

Son Goku, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu deployed to help defend the Sixth Branch, while Captain Ginyu’s force fought the Cooler Force at Sorbet’s base. The Ginyu Force overwhelmed the enemy troops, but Salza and two companions arrived to challenge them.

• Dr. Gero assigned Son Goku and Krillin to clear invaders from a nearby star region and sent Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu to provide support elsewhere.
• Captain Ginyu questioned Sorbet about losing planets, and Jeice warned that the Cooler Force’s Armored Squadron included a powerful warrior of his race.
• Cooler Force soldiers attacked Sorbet’s base, and the Ginyu Force greeted them with their flamboyant pose before Burter swiftly eliminated a squad leader and his troops.
• Recoome, Jeice, and Burter tore through the attacking forces, restoring Sorbet’s confidence as enemy signals vanished from the monitor.
• Salza and two companions descended onto the battlefield, and Salza addressed Jeice before ordering the Cooler Force soldiers to withdraw for a showdown between the aces.

The Ginyu Force used their ultimate formation to distract Salza and his companions, but the Armored Squadron quickly overpowered them. As the defeated fighters watched, Amond, Daiz, and Cacao arrived on the battlefield.

• Salza offered the Ginyu Force a chance to join the Cooler Force, but Captain Ginyu decided they had to fight together.
• The Ginyu Force performed their “Symphony of Despair,” then used coordinated attacks to separate and distract Salza, Neiz, and Dore.
• Neiz caught Jeice and Burter, Dore sent Recoome flying, and Salza interrupted Captain Ginyu before he could use his body-change technique.
• The Armored Squadron subdued the Ginyu Force, then Amond, Daiz, and Cacao emerged from their spaceships as the true aces.

Amond, Daiz, and Cacao confronted Cooler's Armored Squadron while Captain Ginyu and his defeated teammates watched. The three newcomers gained the upper hand in their separate fights, leaving Ginyu convinced they were real aces.

• Amond, Daiz, and Cacao arrived and offered to spare Salza and the others if they returned Captain Ginyu's group.
• Salza ordered Neiz to attack, but Daiz unnerved him and then dodged his rapid strikes before overpowering him.
• Amond blocked Salza's energy blade with a Ki barrier and punched him, while Cacao dodged Dore's attacks and blasted his abdomen.
• Amond and Cacao stopped Salza and Dore from helping Neiz, and the Armored Squadron fell onto the defensive.
• Captain Ginyu got to his feet with help from Recoome and Burter and called the newcomers real aces.

Amond, Cacao, and Daiz defeated Cooler’s Armored Squadron, allowing Sorbet’s forces to prepare a counterattack. As the victors were about to rest, Salza activated a reserve legion.

• Sorbet told Tagoma to wait for Aka and the others before launching a counterattack, and ordered him to bring back the Ginyu Force.
• Cacao knocked Dore out, and Daiz stopped Neiz’s desperate charge and rendered him unconscious.
• Amond overwhelmed Salza’s energy blade and knocked him out, completing the Armored Squadron’s defeat.
• Piccolo arrived after the fighting, and Sorbet’s soldiers moved to capture the defeated squadron members.
• Salza regained consciousness enough to activate the reserve legion with his scouter.

Piccolo fought off silver clones of the Armored Squadron while Amond and the others recovered. After defeating them, Piccolo warned that a more powerful enemy was approaching, perhaps in time rather than distance.

• Silver clones of the Armored Squadron burst from the Cooler Force spaceship and charged toward Sorbet's base.
• Piccolo stopped Amond and the others from fighting, then split into three copies to intercept the clones.
• Piccolo's three copies overwhelmed the clones and destroyed them with three simultaneous Special Beam Cannons.
• The Cooler Force soldiers lost their will to fight, and Piccolo joined Tagoma and the others in the command room.
• Sorbet suggested Aka and the other reinforcements were approaching, but Piccolo sensed a stronger threat and wondered if it was approaching in time.

Turles advised Frieza to personally go to the front and stabilize morale as Cooler’s forces kept advancing. Before they departed aboard Turles’s upgraded ship, Turles praised a cleaner named Cui, leaving Frieza wondering whether that courtesy was his secret to discovering talent.

• Zarbon and Dodoria reported that Turles’s reinforcements had rescued Sorbet’s front from further disaster.
• Turles arrived at headquarters and urged Frieza to take personal command at the front, explaining that Cooler had planned the offensive and controlled the pace of the war.
• Frieza agreed to go with Turles aboard the upgraded Turles, while Berryblue’s troops were expected to arrive at headquarters.
• Turles recognized the octopus-headed cleaner as Cui, praised his work, and encouraged him to keep it up.
• Frieza watched Turles treat Cui courteously and wondered if that was how Turles discovered talent.

Cooler’s researchers failed to control the mysterious chip, so one proposed using it as a last resort against the advancing Frieza Force. As the Frieza Force reached the Cooler Force’s core territory, a silver planet blotted out the sun and unleashed an endless tide of silver enemies, while Piccolo sensed an overwhelming power above.

• Cooler learned that the chip drained its hosts and could not be integrated into their bodies, and a researcher suggested using it because their defenses were collapsing.
• Piccolo, Amond, and the Frieza Force advanced into the Cooler Force’s core star region, where Piccolo’s sense of danger persisted.
• A gigantic silver planet covered the sky and sent countless silver enemies raining down on the Frieza Force soldiers.
• Piccolo warned Amond not to fly toward the planet because an overwhelmingly powerful Ki waited above.

A silver metal planet devoured the battlefield and pursued the retreating Frieza Force, while Turles and Frieza assessed Cooler’s plan to turn the war around by attacking them himself. After learning the planet was chasing their forces, Frieza ordered the ship to turn back.

• Piccolo warned Captain Ginyu and the others to flee as the silver planet consumed their planet, and their spaceship escaped with fewer than a tenth of their original force.
• Sorbet learned that a high-clearance spaceship had entered the East Galaxy and hurried to report the retreat to Turles.
• Turles concluded that Cooler planned to defeat the Frieza Force himself, while Frieza dismissed the danger and looked forward to confronting his brother.
• Sorbet reported that the silver planet was pursuing the retreating troops, and Frieza ordered the ship to turn around.

The Frieza Force reunited with Frieza and Turles just as Cooler and the Big Gete Star caught up with them. Frieza and Cooler began fighting, and Turles recognized that Frieza’s lack of training would make him falter despite their apparent equality.

• The Frieza Force landed on the desolate planet and reunited with Frieza and Turles.
• Turles sensed Cooler approaching as the Big Gete Star engulfed the planet in silver metal structures.
• Cooler appeared on a throne and taunted Frieza, who challenged him.
• Turles moved the others away as Cooler and Frieza vanished and clashed at blinding speed.
• Turles watched the fight and concluded that Frieza was too weak to maintain his full power for long.

Cooler overwhelmed Frieza until Turles gave Frieza a Senzu Bean and explained that his lack of training had left him exhausted. Turles then challenged Cooler himself, and both fighters transformed after their first clash.

• Cooler battered Frieza, exposed his exhaustion, and prepared a powerful Ki Blast.
• Turles interrupted Cooler’s attack, told Frieza he had lost because he had never trained properly, and gave him a Senzu Bean.
• Frieza recovered and prepared to fight again, but Turles asked to take over and offered to hold Cooler off while Frieza and the soldiers escaped.
• Cooler tried to recruit Turles into the Cooler Force, but Turles charged him and declared that he would show them a real Super Saiyan.
• Turles and Cooler clashed, and both transformed into new forms.