DRAGONBALL 3IN1 TP VOL 01 (C: 1-0-1): Includes vols. 1, 2 & 3: Volume 1 (Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition))

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A seminal series from a legendary creator. Dragon Ball, a wry update on the Chinese "Monkey King" myth, introduces us to Son Goku, a young monkey-tailed boy whose quiet life is turned upside-down when he meets Bulma, a girl determined to collect the seven "Dragon Balls." If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are scattered all over the world, and to get them she needs the help of a certain super-strong boy... Speaking of Goku, once he’s finally healed, he does not hesitate as he swiftly flies into the battlefield. Before his fight with Freeza, Goku shows some sympathy towards the defeated Vegeta and for the first time, seems to embrace his part as a Saiyan. He will always be Goku as he still has his quips when facing off against Freeza, who is now his final elegant form. What became the longest fight in the TV adaptation of DBZ, the Goku versus Freeza fight in the source material has been just as iconic, with every chapter giving us something new as these two super-powered figures are equal in strength, so the outcome can go either way. Based on the front cover, you notice that Goku goes his own transformation as we finally get the Super Saiyan and is glorious as he looks bad-ass and ditches the quips. Avanza a un ritmo muy bueno, dejando disfrutar de aquellos momentos más relevantes y dando solo un vistazo corto a los que no lo son. Por lo que no tenemos el problema de paginas excedentes, como en muchos otros libros.

With sixteen fighters chosen to compete in the main tournament – including Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, Kuririn, and #18 – it starts off in a typical direction when it comes to the Tenka'ichi Budōkai with the first fight (Kuririn versus Punta) played for laughs, but the inclusion of four new players eventually changes the whole game. On one side, you have Yamu and Spopovich, who are two henchmen of a new evil force; and on the other side, you have the Lord of Lords, Shin, and his attendant Kibito, who seek the help of the Z fighters to stop this new threat. Obviously, Boo is still around, leaving characters like Goku wondering what to do next. Whilst Gohan is chosen to wield the legendary Zeta Sword, the Z fighters suggests the idea of fusion, in which two people of equal size and power can merge together. As the only two living candidates to fuse are Goten and Trunks, the two half-Saiyans will train to perfect this technique, whilst Bobbidi and his new champion Boo threaten the entire world. This is when Dragon Ball Z really ramps up. After the arrival of Nappa and Vegeta the remaining Z warriors stand firm against the evils of the aliens. La calidad del dibujo es muy buena, creo que incluso es algo superior a otros mangas que he podido ver. Así que no solo es sencillo seguir la trama, sino que es un gusto hacerlo. What I didn't like: The unsure tone of what it wanted to be. It's at the end of this volume you seem to have a clear set mind of what this series will evolve to. Till then it seems a bit fuzzy and sometimes makes it a slog to read.

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The joy of reading early Dragon Ball was that Toriyama was making it up as he was writing it with the storytelling having an episodic nature with a chapter or two focusing on a situation like, the confrontation against Oolong, a shapeshifting pig that can change into anything, but only for five minutes at a time. The first two-thirds of this volume may be about the search for the Dragon Balls, but it’s really about Toriyama is spontaneous with the world-building where he can introduce characters, big or small, can come and go, with really more of an emphasis on comedy than action. The first two-thirds of this title is taken up by the quest for the dragon balls, which is based very loosely on a classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West. As Goku and Bulma gather the dragon balls, they are joined by Oolong, the transforming pig, and the desert thief Yamcha and his companion Pu’ar, who can also transform. They also meet a lot of interesting characters: Kame Sen’nin, the Turtle Hermit, Gyu-Mao, Lord of Fry Pan Mountain, and the self-proclaimed Emperor Pilaf and his henchmen, who are also after the dragon balls. The quest ends happily, but not quite the way anyone expected. The last third of the book follows Goku as he goes to train with the Turtle Hermit and is joined by Kuririn, who also wants to train with Kame Sen’nin. Their training is made up of the mundane task of delivering milk, made difficult by having to cross alligator-infested rivers and outrun dinosaurs. They do so well, though, that they are allowed to enter in a famous fighting tournament. Vol. 7: General Blue and the Pirate Treasure: Son Goku, how many ways do I love thee? Heehee. I have so much fun reading Dragon ball, I feel like a kid!! All the usual stuff here: humour, action, battle, escapades. The Red Ribbon Army is still after our friends trying to get their dragon balls and the dragon radar. General Blue goes after them personally here and ends up physically fed up with Goku. The best parts of this volume were the interactions between Blue and our heroes. Not only do our friends retrieve another dragon ball (making 5/7) they stumble upon Pirate Treasure. By the end Goku is separated from the others and off to find the next Dragon Ball on his own. (5/5) The next Tenka’ichi Budokai martial art tournament is just around the corner, and an eager Son Goku can’t wait to face even tougher fighters for the “Strongest Under the Heavens” title! Among the contestants include pipsqueak Chaozu and three-eyed Tenshinhan, deadly disciples of Tsuru-Sen’nin, the Crane Hermit! Opening this volume with Goten and Trunks fighting each other as finalists in the youth division of the 25th Tenka'ichi Budōkai reminds you of the early years of Dragon Ball when Goku and Kuririn were young buddies that were doing the same thing in the tournament years ago. The fight between the two half-Saiyans is cute and funny, but still as impactful as you would expect from Akira Toriyama. This is a nice palette cleanser – especially when the winner Trunks easily takes down the most annoying character, Hercule, in a publicised sparring match – before the next big arc begins.

I can't help but be very disappointed with this book. My kids are fans of Dragon Ball Super, I grew up on Dragon Ball Z but never got round to watching the original. After reading the beginning I was glad I missed it. It was not till issue 14 that anything I liked from the series was even shown. Most of this volume is about the final battle with Freeza being the big baddie that the few heroes that are left on the planet to go up against. This is a fight that is always changing, not just with Freeza’s multiple transformations, but how each character is giving everything they’ve got, from Gohan’s hidden power, Vegeta’s arrogance as thinks he’s the Super Saiyan, to Piccolo merging with Nail so that the former’s power can be greater. With Freeza is becoming stronger with each new transformation and continues to be merciless, it’s also a turning point for Vegeta, who becomes scared and realises his own weakness. Whatever salvation he hopes to achieve is the defeat of Freeza, if not by his own hands, then perhaps Goku. Still good! Simple, shallow fun ( even with this much poop humor or panties ), is something I crave once in a while (especially, while or after reading something heavier).Dragon Ball was inspired by the classical Chinese novel, Journey to the West (or ‘Monkey’), attributed to Wu Cheng'en. In Journey to the West, the almost-invincible Monkey and his motley crew of friends travel (west) to India to seek sacred Buddhist sūtras and return after many adventures, trials and much suffering. Dragon Ball tells of the adventures of the almost-invincible monkey-tailed Son Goku and his own motley crew of friends, as he grows from childhood through to adulthood, trains in martial arts and searches for seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls which, when gathered, summon a dragon who will grant one wish. Dragon Ball introduces a young monkey-tailed boy named Goku (a wry update of the classic Chinese "Monkey King" legend), whose quiet life changes when he meets a girl named Bulma who is on a quest to collect seven "Dragon Balls." If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are scattered all over the world, and Bulma could use the help of a certain super-strong boy... Nappa may be ruthless, but he is still the lunkheaded henchman of Vegeta, who may be smaller, but his menacing stance is enough to establish that he is even more powerful. We start to witness Vegeta’s power once Goku finally makes to the battle, despite being too late to save most of his allies. However, being trained by the Lord of Worlds, Kaiō-Sama, Goku avenges his friends’ deaths by easily whooping Nappa’s ass. Although Goku doesn’t specifically kill him, Vegeta does the honour and kills Nappa, based on his own sense of what weakness is.

Vol. 2: Wish Upon a Dragon (1986) - Just what I had hoped for, more of the same. Lots of action, plenty of plot and characters. A few new ones are added who seem to be the type we'll see again in the future. The final dragonballs are found ending our first quest. However that doesn't mean all goes quite as planned leaving only one person pleased when all is said and done. Now they must wait a year for the dragonballs to be ready again so they can search them out and everyone has their own ideas and plans for what they will do. As for Goku, he is off to find The Invincible Old Master to finally start his promised training but he has to bring a treat for the old "pervert". Just as laugh out loud funny and I really enjoy all the main characters but especially Goku and Bulma. The monsters battled to date have all turned out to be quite interesting themselves as well. One more volume to go in this fun collection. (5/5) This omnibus edition comprises the first three volumes. It’s an exciting, fast paced, funny, inventive read, with genuinely great characters and beautiful artwork. Toriyama’s eye is like a camera, with a roving point of view and genius, mind-popping perspectives. Apart from there being a few different names than the ones that I'm used too, the comic read really well, and it is absolutely hilarious! It's easy to forget that this whole franchise began as a big goof before growing into the massive franchise that it is today.

This is the most action-oriented the series has been so far, as Toriyama’s art is in top form with action sequences that are kinetic with an element of humour. You do get another left-field, but hilarious training montage as after climbing up the never-ending Karin Tower, Goku trains with the anthropomorphic cat master Karin after his defeat by Taopaipai. Afterwards, comes Goku’s rematch against the assassin and it’s the best fighting sequence in Dragon Ball so far. No matter what fiendish moves the assassin uses to pummel our young hero, Goku will always get up and be the strongest, proving how bad-ass, as well as heroic he is. Legend has it that if all seven of the precious orbs called “Dragon Balls” are gathered together, an incredibly powerful dragon god will appear to grant one wish. Unfortunately, the orbs are scattered across the world, making them extremely difficult to collect. Enter 16-year-old Bulma, a scientific genius who has constructed a radar to detect the exact locations of the Dragon Balls. She’s on a mission to find all seven orbs, but first she must convince young Son Goku to join her on her quest. With a monkey tail, superhuman strength and a magic staff for a weapon, Son Goku is ready to set out on the adventure of a lifetime… La historia es buena, pese a que ya todos la conocemos la verdad me da gusto encontrar detalles que fueron censurados en el ánime. Hay que mencionar que este tipo de publicaciones no serían bien vistas hoy en día, (vamos, que el Manga rompe la cuarta pared y se burla de su propia vulgaridad). Pero yo soy de mente bastante abierta, así que... As Gohan and Kuririn are told by Goku to retreat, we come to the fight we’ve all been waiting for: Goku versus Vegeta, marking the start of a long-running rivalry that is at the heart of DBZ. By this point, it is simply good versus evil as Goku is fighting to protect the Earth, whilst Vegeta arrogantly believes his noble blood is what makes him superior to everyone else, especially when it comes to strength. The fight between these two is one for the ages as Toriyama’s illustrated action, you feel the pain that the characters go through, whilst the anticipation keeps ramping up as Goku and Vegeta are just unleashing special move after special move against each other. Whilst the Z fighters are trying to save the universe again, the Tenka'ichi Budōkai is still ongoing as Hercule suggests a battle royal with the remaining fighters to fight each other all at once, including #18 and Mighty Mask, who is actually both Goten and Trunks in disguise. This plays like a fun contrast before we get to one of the most dramatic moments in all of Dragon Ball, in which Vegeta is so frustrated with the situation, from not getting the chance to fight Goku, to Gohan not being able to defeat Dabra, Bobbidi senses the evil within Vegeta and uses it to control him. Carrying with the Majin insignia, Vegeta has returned to the dark side with the desire to kill his archenemy, whilst disregarding the life he has made on Earth.