Chapter Summaries

Bulma finished making Gohan two transforming suits of armor and gave him their belt at dinner. Gohan rushed outside to try it, followed by Bulla, Goten, and Trunks, while Goku asked Vegeta if he wanted to train on the God of Destruction's Planet.

• Goku used Instant Transmission to find Bulma admiring the black-and-red and white-and-gold armor she had made for Gohan.
• Bulma explained that Gohan had requested two suits, matching hooded cloaks, and a belt that combined them for easy switching.
• Bulma handed Gohan the belt at dinner, and he discovered it could vanish into his clothes and be controlled with his thoughts.
• Gohan ran outside to test the armor, and Bulla, Goten, and Trunks followed him.
• Goku sat beside Vegeta and asked whether he wanted to train on the God of Destruction's Planet.

Gohan showed off his homemade transformation armor to Bulla, Goten, and Trunks and declared his plans to become a nighttime hero. The next morning, Goku brought Vegeta to the God of Destruction's Planet, where Whis agreed to train him separately.

• Vegeta accepted Goku's offer to train with Whis on the God of Destruction's Planet.
• Gohan transformed into his black armor in the courtyard, impressing Bulla, Goten, and Trunks.
• Gohan promised the three children armor when they were older and said he would become a hero who punished evil.
• Goku brought Vegeta to the God of Destruction's Planet and asked Whis to let him train there.
• Whis welcomed Vegeta and said he would train him separately while Goku continued his own training.

Gohan used the armored identity Shadow to attack a drug deal in West City, killing some criminals and leaving others for the police. News of Shadow and the other armored hero, Light, spread through the city, and young people embraced their dramatic declarations.

• Gohan scanned West City from Century Tower and used Instant Transmission to reach a drug deal in an abandoned alley.
• Gohan introduced himself as Shadow, summoned his black armor, and walked unharmed through the gangsters’ gunfire.
• Gohan used flying stones to kill some of the fleeing criminals while knocking others unconscious.
• Gohan called the police to report the drug deal and reflected on having killed people for the first time.
• Stories of Shadow and Light spread through West City, where young people repeated their declarations.

Gohan spent a school morning enjoying West City's newfound reputation for safety while Videl probed his connection to Shadow and Light. When he sensed a bank robbery, he left class under the pretense of going to the bathroom, and Videl suspected Light was about to appear.

• Gohan overheard classmates praising Shadow and Light for driving crime out of West City.
• Videl asked Gohan whether the heroes might be their age, but he denied knowing anything and thought she only suspected him.
• Videl told Gohan that Hoi-Poi Capsule Film and Television Co., Ltd. was making a tokusatsu series about Shadow and Light, and Gohan learned his mother had arranged it as a surprise.
• Gohan sensed a bank robbery during class and asked the teacher to use the bathroom.
• Gohan hurried to the school roof, while Videl watched his empty seat and guessed Light was about to appear.

Gohan arrived at a bank where criminals had lured him into a trap and used an air blade to kill them. Mercenary Tao escaped on a flying pillar, but Gohan followed by locking onto his Ki.

• Gohan used his armor and Instant Transmission to reach the bank after the vault was blown open.
• The suited leader revealed that the underworld had hired Mercenary Tao to lure Gohan into a trap.
• Gohan swept his finger and cut through the criminals, killing the suited leader and leaving Mercenary Tao alive after he dodged.
• Mercenary Tao attacked with Dodon Ray, then fled on a pillar using the Pillar Riding Technique.
• Gohan blocked the energy beam with Ki and vanished to pursue Mercenary Tao.

Gohan defeated Mercenary Tao by trapping him in a massive energy field and blasting him skyward, then returned to school before anyone noticed his absence. Back in class, Videl teased him about being Light and Shadow, while Gohan continued to deny it.

• Gohan surrounded Mercenary Tao with a thousand-meter energy field and turned it into a pillar of blue energy, defeating him.
• Goku and Bulma saw the spectacle while shopping, and West City residents watched the blue light and recognized Gohan as Light.
• Gohan returned to the school roof, changed out of his armor, and told the principal he had been to the bathroom.
• Gohan went back to class, where Videl hinted that she knew he was Light and Shadow, but he denied it.

At school, Gohan’s affectionate gesture leaves Videl flustered, and they share lunch in the cafeteria. Gohan asks Videl to be his girlfriend, leaving them both stunned beneath the falling maple leaves.

• Gohan picked a maple leaf from Videl’s head and ruffled her hair, making her blush and lean against him.
• Gohan and Videl walked into the cafeteria and chose crawfish for lunch.
• Gohan brought Videl non-spicy crawfish, but she ate from the spicy plate and peeled nearly half of it for him.
• Gohan returned with more food and shared the crawfish Videl had peeled for him.
• Gohan asked Videl to be his girlfriend, and they both froze in surprise.

Goku perfected Emotion Perfected Ultra Instinct, reaching the Divine Power Fourth Realm, and sparred with Whis. The chapter ended when East Supreme Kai warned Goku that Babidi was heading for Earth.

• Goku fully integrated his emotions into Ultra Instinct and reached the Divine Power Fourth Realm.
• Whis praised Goku's progress, while Vegeta and Gohan continued advancing in strength and training.
• Goku asked Whis to spar, but Whis blocked his punch and knocked him down with a knife-hand strike.
• East Supreme Kai contacted Goku and warned him that Babidi had headed for Earth.

Goku arranged for Goten and Trunks to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament’s junior division, while Vegeta took Trunks for special training. Vegeta discovered that Trunks could transform into a Super Saiyan and was shocked by his son’s strength.

• Goku told Vegeta that he planned to enter the 29th World Martial Arts Tournament, and Vegeta agreed to join him.
• Goku proposed that Goten and Trunks compete in the junior division, while Bulla and Koi would stay out; Vegeta confidently predicted Trunks would win.
• Goku invited Bulla and Goten to an amusement park after the tournament, and Trunks felt envious as he watched them together.
• Vegeta arrived to take Trunks for special training, and Trunks eagerly followed him to the gravity chamber.
• Vegeta told Trunks to attack with all his strength, then realized from Trunks’s aura and energy that he had become a Super Saiyan.

Vegeta began pushing Trunks through extra training so he could win the junior division of the upcoming World Martial Arts Tournament, promising to take him out if he became champion. Meanwhile, Goku invited fighters to the tournament and went to find Piccolo, whose strength had grown greatly since assimilating with Kami.

• Vegeta learned that Goten was slightly stronger than Trunks and ordered Trunks to train with him every night and alone during the day until the tournament.
• Vegeta promised to take Trunks out to play if he won the junior division championship, and Trunks eagerly accepted the challenge.
• Goku trained Goten with Gohan and visited the others to invite them to participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament.
• Goku reflected that Piccolo had assimilated with Kami two years earlier, raising his strength to 800 billion and advancing his Dimensional Level close to King Kai's.
• Goku sensed Piccolo training and used Instant Transmission to go find him.

Goku invited Piccolo to the 29th World Martial Arts Tournament, where Goten and Trunks advanced through the junior division to face each other in the final. Goten entered the match with a major strength advantage, though Trunks believed their training had brought them close.

• Goku invited Piccolo to the tournament and planned to use the coming events to separate Fat Buu and the Grand Supreme Kai from Majin Buu.
• Goku and the others arrived at the tournament, passed the preliminaries, and Vegeta destroyed the punching machine with one punch.
• Goku revealed that he had secretly trained Goten in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, raising his base Power Level to 100 million and teaching him Super Saiyan 2.
• Goten defeated his first junior-division opponent with a single slap, and he and Trunks won their following matches instantly.
• Trunks told Goten he would not lose this time, and Goten began to respond before remembering Goku had told him to keep his training secret.

Goten defeated Trunks in the junior division final after revealing his Super Saiyan 2 transformation. The tournament announcer declared Goten the champion, and the junior champion’s challenge against the previous adult champion did not take place.

• Trunks and Goten began their match as Super Saiyans, and Goten’s greater strength put Trunks on the defensive.
• Vegeta questioned Goku about the boys’ supposed equality, while Trunks fought desperately because he wanted to spend time training with his father.
• Goten asked Trunks why he was fighting so hard and offered to let him win, but Trunks refused to accept charity.
• Goten transformed into Super Saiyan 2, then knocked Trunks unconscious with a chop to the back of the neck.
• The announcer declared Goten the winner, and Goten carried Trunks back to the stands as the junior champion’s challenge against the previous adult champion was canceled.

After Trunks lost to Goten, Vegeta comforted his son with a rare hug and promised to spend time with him. Goku arranged for Vegeta and Gohan to fight in their base forms to help revive Majin Buu, and their match began with Vegeta attacking Gohan.

• Goten celebrated winning the junior championship with Goku, while Trunks quietly admitted that he had lost.
• Vegeta urged Trunks not to be discouraged, then hugged him and promised to go have fun with him if Trunks trained to surpass Goten.
• Bardock called everyone back to the tournament, and Goku guided the group to the waiting room.
• Goku privately told Gohan and Vegeta to fight mostly in their base forms, hoping their released energy would help revive Majin Buu.
• Vegeta asked Gohan about his strength, learned his base Power Level was thirty billion, and launched a punch at him.

Goku watched Vegeta and Gohan continue their fight while Spopovich and Yamu escaped with the energy they had absorbed. After sensing Majin Buu’s revival, Goku teleported to Babidi’s spaceship, where Buu thanked him for the delivery.

• Spopovich and Yamu withdrew from the World Martial Arts Tournament after their devices absorbed enough energy, while Goku kept watch on them.
• Goku offered to take Gohan and Vegeta with him, but both chose to stay and fight, so he reinforced the barrier and let them battle without holding back.
• Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan God and attacked Gohan with Final Flash, prompting Gohan to reveal his Mystic Form and fight him in earnest.
• Goku sensed Majin Buu’s mixed evil aura and used Instant Transmission to leave the tournament and travel to Babidi’s spaceship.
• Babidi welcomed the revived Majin Buu and threatened to seal him away if he disobeyed, while Buu hid his hostility behind an innocent smile.
• Goku appeared in the spaceship and said, “Thanks for the delivery!”

Goku defeated Dabura, separated Majin Buu from Babidi, and destroyed Babidi and his spaceship. He returned to the ocean to free Majin Buu, intending to save Good Buu and Grand Supreme Kai and eliminate the evil one.

• Goku used the Power of Destruction to turn Dabura to dust.
• Goku teleported Majin Buu to a barrier over the ocean, leaving him trapped while he returned to Babidi's spaceship.
• Goku destroyed Babidi and the spaceship with a pillar of golden light.
• Goku returned to the ocean and dissolved the barrier around Majin Buu.

Goku used Forced Spirit Fission on Majin Buu, separating him into evil Majin Buu and Fat Buu and briefly awakening the Grand Supreme Kai within Fat Buu. The Grand Supreme Kai explained his connection to Buu before his brief revival ended, as the East Supreme Kai and Kibito arrived.

• Majin Buu attacked Goku with a candy beam, but Goku blocked it with a God Ki barrier and struck him with Forced Spirit Fission.
• Majin Buu endured intense pain before splitting into evil Majin Buu and Fat Buu, while Goku sensed the Grand Supreme Kai's powerful God Ki inside Fat Buu.
• Fat Buu transformed into the Grand Supreme Kai, and the East Supreme Kai asked Kibito to take him to Earth before Old Kai convinced him to wait.
• Goku restrained evil Majin Buu with his Godly Aura while the Grand Supreme Kai finished transforming and thanked Goku.
• The Grand Supreme Kai told Goku that he and Buu were connected personalities in one being, then said his revival was ending as the East Supreme Kai and Kibito arrived.

The Grand Supreme Kai’s consciousness fell asleep inside Fat Buu, and Goku reassured Shin before eliminating Majin Buu with a Spirit Bomb. After arranging for Majin Buu’s soul to be reincarnated on Earth, Goku decided to take Fat Buu home.

• The Grand Supreme Kai said goodbye to Shin and transformed completely into Fat Buu, whose consciousness then fell asleep.
• Goku explained that the Grand Supreme Kai was still alive, and Shin recovered from his grief.
• Goku trapped Majin Buu in a Spirit Bomb and erased him, purifying his soul.
• Goku asked King Yemma to reincarnate Majin Buu’s soul on Earth, and King Yemma agreed.
• Goku considered Fat Buu’s potential and decided to take him home to live with Goten and the others.

Goku explained that the sleeping Fat Buu contained the Grand Supreme Kai’s consciousness, then left him safely at home. At the tournament, Gohan defeated Vegeta after Vegeta tried to contain his draining Super Saiyan Blue power, and Vegeta went home to train while agreeing to Trunks’s request.

• Goku told the East Supreme Kai that Fat Buu came from the goodness created when Majin Buu absorbed the Grand Supreme Kai, and that the Grand Supreme Kai’s consciousness was asleep.
• The East Supreme Kai and Kibito left Earth, and Goku took Fat Buu home with a trace of his Ki so he could sense when Buu woke.
• Vegeta struggled to contain his Super Saiyan Blue Ki, while Gohan watched with concern.
• Gohan used a swift attack to knock Vegeta out, ending the fight and forcing Vegeta to return to normal.
• Vegeta agreed to Trunks’s request to go with Goten and the others, then returned home to train in the gravity chamber because he could not reach the God of Destruction’s Planet.

The tournament reached the semifinals, where Bardock defeated Raditz before Goku and Gohan began their father-and-son match. Gohan transformed and unleashed his full power, preparing to test himself against his far stronger father.

• Piccolo awakened Potential Unleashed after fighting Bardock, reaching a strength slightly greater than Aku's.
• Bardock defeated Raditz with a knife-hand strike, ending their match in seconds.
• Goku called Gohan into the arena for their semifinal fight, and Gohan admitted he felt nervous facing his father.
• Goku encouraged Gohan to show how much he had improved, and Gohan gathered himself before releasing all his Ki.
• Gohan transformed, his white aura turning sky blue and his hair becoming deep blue.

Goku defeated Gohan in the World Martial Arts Tournament after a prolonged beam clash, then prepared to fight Bardock. Their match began with both transforming and exchanging blows as the arena was destroyed.

• Gohan attacked Goku with his godly power, but Goku used his fighting skill and Super Saiyan 2 strength to counter him.
• Goku knocked Gohan into the air and struck him down, then agreed to settle the match with one attack.
• Gohan and Goku fired their Kamehameha attacks at once, but both beams faded after a stalemate left Gohan exhausted.
• Goku healed Gohan, changed his torn clothes, and Gohan admitted defeat before returning to the stands.
• Bardock entered the arena and told Goku not to hold back; Bardock transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker, while Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé.
• Goku and Bardock clashed in midair, shattering the arena, and Goku decided to hold back slightly while making it look as if he still had room to counterattack.