Ch 70 It's sunday and I'm very tired so I'm just reading a bunch today Now it's Bulma's turn to have a shirt-nest. A new head honcho in the RRA. General Blue. Reminds me a bit of Zoro in design; I think it's the hair. He has someone executed for picking their nose and is very happy about the sound of the gun. Also the dragonball seems to be somewhere in the ocean. Surprised it hasn't happened yet. Bulma prepared a submarine just for such an event, but discovers that she grabbed her dad's case instead. ... now I have a bad feeling too Aaaand it's porn. One is called "Iyan Bakan", one is "Sukimon(?)", and in the lower corner of one of the pictures there're the words "Hontou wa kouiu sukebena no wa kakitakunaindakedo n(?)" Which I think might mean something like "Really I don't want to write this kind of perverted thing", but I could be completely mistranslating. Anyway, Bulma was right, it was useless. "Ahhan Ummun", "Sakoyo/Sokoyo Soko", and "Pichi (something)". I wonder if these were parodies of identifiable publications or just the usual fare of jokey porn titles in manga. Goku tries to swim for it, but it's too deep. Bulma, meanwhile, is searching for people to buy capsules from but instead is almost gunned down by some RRA people. They stop when they realize she's not Goku, but then turn into huge creeps and so makes them crash their little copters. Roshi isn't too far away and might have a useful capsule, but Bulma is understandably reluctant. Ch 71 I do not think I could live on an island that small. Even living on a fairly large island (57.3 square miles) feels pretty restrictive sometimes, so I can't imagine living on this extremely tiny one. Bulma trades her shrinky bracelet for a submarine capsule. I Can't See This Ever Being Put To Unsavory Purposes oh wait no it's being put to them almost immediately. Hey Kuririn! Hey... Lunch! (I forgot your name for a bit, and then I doubted myself, because Lunch?) Goku and Bulma and Kuririn set off! Blue thinks he's found the incredible scientist who created the radar! He does a weird thing with his pinky whenever he holds the phone. Dunno what's up with that. Ch 72 Maybe it doesn't count as Fashion, but here's scuba Goku. god you have such tiny limbs sometimes Dragonball seems to be in some undersea fissure, which their sub can fit in at one end. The RRA people w/ Blue are following in their own sub and fire at them, missing. The big sub gets left behind as the fissure narrows, but RR has a minisub and so a couple people including Blue are able to give chase. Meanwhile, a bunch of planes and soldiers arrive at Kame House island and Roshi is pretty nonplussed.
Kai I honestly dislike pretty much entirely because it cut the bits of filler that I feel were fun or honestly good, while leaving in the bits of padding that I really, really hated. But because of how the show was made we couldn't do too much about the awful bits. Incidentally this is also why I don't care much for Sailor Moon Crystal even after it's bump in quality. Though at least with Dragon Ball I can say I like the manga. I cannot say I like Sailor Moon's manga though outside of preferring some small details.
Ch 73 I swear this island has changed size since the last chapter and that there are fewer people there In any case, the RR force gets beat up by Roshi and blonde Lunch, which means the two dragonballs left there are still safe. * cut to submarine chase and then undersea air-pocket cave chase * Sheesh guys, don't leave poor Bulma too far behind, she doesn't quite have the same level of extrahuman stamina that you've got Mmmmmmm I hate these pants so much. Some kind of military jodhpur that makes no sense because you're not out riding horses. Are you? Ch 74 His head isn't emitting light!! Blue seems to be the most competent of these dudes so far. Which makes for a kind of nice change of pace, but: will it last? Air-pocket cave was used a pirate hideout and they installed electric lights. Who's footing that bill? Also, even though the pirates have obviously not used this place for a long while (they find a skeletonized pirate), all of the lights work. Not even a couple of burnt-out bulbs. No I really do think you should worry, they aren't even bothering to hid that this is a trapped hallway welp didn't last long now did it Good lord, the pirate base is huge and there's a giant sub moored there! Wow! Ch 75 I know you!! (new volume cover) So these pirates were operating before there were capsules. Did Bulma's dad invent them? I feel like I should know but I don't remember seeing it mentioned. There's a pirate guard robot that attacks and is a nuisance. After some tussling, Goku explodes it and the shock is just too much, the base is starting to fall apart a little bit. The only peace sign i will tolerate Kuririn and Bulma have gone on ahead and go down the right at a fork in the path, leaving an arrow for Goku to follow. Blue, following them, makes it point left instead and so now the group is going in two different directions. Hope we get out of this place soon, the thought of being trapped in an underwater cave is making me kind of jumpy and I don't know if they can easily get back to their sub or not
Ch where the fuck was I oh right 76 I accidentally closed the tab so it took a bit to find where I was You think it'd be easy considering I keep a running tab of what I've read here, but I actually forgot that I could easily look and find my place and spent a few minutes hunting around for a chapter I didn't remember reading. Looks like I got the right one. Right, right, pirate hideout, place is falling apart because of a robot explosion, party is split. Right hand path: leads to a well. Seems like the way to progress is to swim through a passageway (this is a nightmare of mine, I hate this kind of situation in media where you have to just swim through something and you don't know how far it is and there might not be air) Left hand path: Trapdoor. Octopus! A talking octopus! With a very classic manga-octopus design. No beak, just a siphon-tube mouth. you're all cephalopods get over it Goku gets smacked around a bit but is in good enough shape to blast the octopus. Maybe he'll have an octopus snack after this? Meanwhile, Bulma and Kuririn have found treasure! I somehow don't think they're gonna be able to get out of here with it though? Where even is their sub? ....... alright then, homophobia it is. Is that what I was supposed to get from that character? Was that what the phone-holding thing was about? God. Maybe there were things I just was super not picking up on (could be the translation didn't convey nuances of speech, for example) but this seems totally out of nowhere to me. (Sidenote: just because he doesn't want you hanging off him doesn't mean he's gay, Bulma) Alright, well, okay, cool. Cool. That's pretty unfortunate but it's probably also at least somewhat standard for the time/type of manga. Just gonna hope there isn't too much of this kind of shit in the future. :/ I shouldn't make joke predictions because they come true sometimes (brings up the question: how well is that thing cooked? Do people get cooked too??) Blue's apparently no slouch at fighting and Kuririn doesn't seem to be much of a match. Ch 77 Blue gets hit in the face and boy does he not like that. He uses a paralysis eyeflash move SEDUCTION ISN'T ALWAYS GOING TO WORK, BULMA! Although at least she's willing to improvise... sort of. (I wish Bulma had some inventions she could use occasionally to defend herself? It seems like something she could have that would fit with her character and also make her a little less one-note....) DUDE BLUE IS JUST GONNA MURDER KURIRIN WITH A ROCK big ol' rock the size of his head. No fuckin' mercy. But luckily before he can, Goku just comes rocketing out of the pool and they do a little bit of fighting before Blue uses his ultimate technique again and is trying to MURDER GOKU WITH THE SAME ROCK Ch 78 jesus there are too many Gokus on the title page for this chapter though that makes me wonder if you could make a tessellated picture a la M C Escher with Goku figures. I dunno, the symmetry of it reminded me of some of his art. Anyway. How long does a paralysis eyeflash last? Long enough for Blue to kick Goku around and bring a fuckin' shotgun out of a capsule (which I guess is handier than carrying around the gun by itself, but I always feel like capsules should be for very large things.) He's about to shoot Goku at point-blank range when a helpful rat scurries by (probably trying to escape the disintegrating hideout, good luck Ratty), freaking Blue out and releasing Goku from the paralysis. I should have seen this coming!! Blue gets poked in the eyes and then laid out with a janken rock. Ratty's gonna get saved!! (((φ(◎ロ◎;)φ))) THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ANOTHER WAY this is the worst
Ch 79 (;ↀ⌓ↀ) well folks, the stakes have never been higher: the pirate base is falling to bits, Bulma and Kuririn are already in the sub, and Goku is running for his life with a live rat in his mouth like a little rat-popsicle with the tail just sticking out there. GOD. I hate this. And now there's a live rat on the submarine! Which also runs out of fuel! People should just keep capsules of gasoline/whatever on them. Just one or two in your back pocket. Goku: here take this wet, sticky rat and hold on to it for me I hope you guys aren't too far below the surface because that's a good way to get the bends, ascending at kamehameha speeds They get out and everyone's fine, including spit-rat, and bulma fucking PULLS A GIANT DIAMOND OUT OF HER PANTIES (??!!) GOOD CHRIST man. I'm exhausted. First the mouth-rat, now this.
Ch 80 I like the penwork in the art quite a bit. It's got a nice rough feeling. I like super polished manga but it gets very same-y after a while, so I like this as a change of pace. Blonde Lunch is trying to steal the diamond, and succeeds handily and flies off in one of the RR copter things. how are you still alive and why aren't your ankles broken from jumping out of your hoverplane He can use it on inanimate objects too! What are these powers anyway. Did the ropes look him in the eyes? Do ropes have eyes? Metaphorical eyes? The Gang is tied up, Blue steals the dragonballs (3 of them! orz) and leaves a bomb set for 5 minutes. Luckily Lunch has sneezed at some point and shows up before they're blown up. She gets Goku free with 5 seconds to spare and he launches that fucker into the sky then takes off after Blue. Ch 81 Yamcha what are you doing here (/joke unless it is actually yamcha in which case what ARE you doing there) Also My husband mentioned that Arale was in some (/at least one?) of the games, didn't know she actually showed up in the manga too! Glad to see that Bulma is continuing the grand tradition of wearing your name on your hat/shirt/coat/etc. oh right we're reading dragon ball! Long story short: Blue knocks Goku off of kinto'un but crashes into a mountainside. Goku meets Arale and the little winged/antennaed children. Feel like this would be a dangerous pair Ch 82 Suppaman is a pretty bad pun. Umeboshi are good though... wish I had one right now. Nothing quite like rice and umeboshi. OH COME ON IT'S BROKEN AGAIN?? didn't it just get repaired like 5 chapters ago. sometimes i just like a panel a lot for nor particular reason Arale knows someone who can fix the radar, but * spoiler * he can't, even though apparently he's a genius. Man, even more I wish we could see a bit more of that part of Bulma. Oh well! Oh right, meanwhile Blue is putting around in a car that he stole looking for someone with a plane he can use because he crashed his. Ch 83 more Fashion Huh, the baby with "TURBO" written on its bib fixed the radar with magic? telepathy? Aaaaand Blue is a dick! Who takes the radar and is trying to skewer Goku on a cut palm trunk. I know next to nothing about the Dr. Slump manga, but I have a feeling this won't end well for Blue. He goes flying (sans dragonballs but plus radar), so the Turbo baby makes a new radar (and potentially renders the plane inoperable???) I think we're saying goodbye to Penguin village. Goku tells Arale she should enter the Budoukai, which I for one would like to see.
Ch 84 Hair Evolution Much more curvy, the sections are a lot more uneven (more in front, fewer in back). A much more dynamic style. Sacred Land (of?) Karin, huh? Just what is your body made out of? Or are they using, i dunno, jello bullets or something?? What kind of a name is this. Sounds kind of like a magical girl-type name, very cutesy. But apparently they're an assassin (and let's be real, probably a dude). ummmmmmmmmmm The child of the man protecting the Sacred Land is kidnapped by an RR soldier. Negotiations break down when Goku arrive and punches the kidnapper (who's piloting a plane!) but he saves the kid. Unfortunately, looks like Taopaipai's getting called after all. Ch 85 Oh come on, we can't even get to it naturally? He just has to be on the title page with his name right next to him? To continue my "ummmm" from the last chapter: HECK THAT TOWER-THING IS TALL. (No screenshot because it would be a bit ridiculous) (°∀°)b gitcher hair outta the way so I can read your damn kanji! 殺 kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil well okay then! Guess you're an assassin after all. (Now that I think about it, I should have recognized it without looking it up) Blue comes back with the radar and is given a chance to not be executed: he has to fight Tao and win. which he absolutely DOES NOT DO because Tao stuck his tongue through his goddamn skull and kills him what kind of manga am i reading he threw the pillar and now he's riding it to Karin. y'know, just the normal way one travels plz tell me Karin Tower and a sage lives at the top! Hmmm. So.... I'm guessing the cat has something to do with it, wasn't he on the way (?) to/from the lookout? Is he a sage? He kinda seems like one, esp. with that staff that he has. Ch 86 why Tao has arrived at the Sacred Land and once again demonstrates just how much stronger he is than everyone around him by killing the kid's father (Bora? I think?) Is this the first time we've seen someone get actually 100% killed on-screen? I don't really remember anyone else really getting definitively killed. Goku attacks but is pretty ineffectual (except for severely shredding Tao's clothes with a kamehameha). Tao responds with a "DODON", which lays Goku out. He grabs the dragonballs and presumably will take them back HQ, but this chapter ends with a bit of a cliffhanger. things have picked up a bit! Got some interesting stuff going on!
Just realized that Blue got fucking murdered like. very shortly before Bora. How quickly we forget Ch 87 has a very sad title page illustration psst. hey. confirm your kills. But he doesn't, he just surfs off on his flying pillar to get some new clothes. what i wouldn't give to know what the notes say Grandpa protected Goku :') so he's not dead. (what did i say about kill confirmation) Goku vows to bring back Upa's dad, but first he has to climb Karin Tower and get exponentially stronger. (Another nightmare: heights. not as bad as underwater passages filled with water, but close.) He takes a nap clinging to the pillar and finally at the end of the chapter gets to the top! Ch 88 CAT MAN! Oh hey, there's kind of a nice room here. Shame about the four huge holes in the floor, but I guess you can't have everything when you live on top of a tower? There's a folding screen, a bathtub (where's the water come from), a bed, jars of something.... But Mr. Kitty is up above! Senneko is just too hard to say. Stick to sennin even if it's not 100% technically accurate. plus it's useful to save time on infodumping Oooooh! Senneko-sama is going to fight! GON I have to love every cat-like character anyway, but I'm into this small fat cat-sage. :b!! .... I've thought it was "sensu" this whole time. I've been severely mislead (unless this is a mistranslation, which is always a possibility). But! This is the advent of the magic bean! Although no mention of incredible healing properties... Guess that part came later. I guess Cat Sage's name is Karin, which it does not sound like at all in the dub. Was the holy land named after you? How did you become a sage? Why don't you wear clothes like most of the other animal people? Are you going around basically nude? No wonder you have to live way up here, you'd get arrested if you set foot on the ground. Ch 89 Afterimages and countering afterimages. I guess Roshi (300 years ago !!!) was able to drink the water, but it took three years. stole the dragon ball pouch and throws it off the tower. Goku has to run down and grab it and climb back up (but it only takes a couple hours this time, because climbing is in itself training). More fighting, but they take breaks at least to sleep and Goku is a good kid who doesn't want to take it through cheating. (Not like I really think Karin would have let him had he tried, but maybe. you never know.) Anyway, Goku basically wins through tickling, which is very unfair. Don't tickle the cat!! Aaaaaand the strength-increasing water is a fraud! The real exponential increase was the training we made along the way! bye bye!
I always just assumed he was like...literally a cat? But like a magical talking cat. As opposed to one of the furries. Like we have dogs and then we have dog people. So Karin's just a cat that can walk on two feet and also talk, but he's just a cat and not a cat person. Puar is a "Fuck it, it flies and talks". Also I love how Taopaipai's method of travel is basically botw levels of bullshit. Like everyone is all WOW I CAN LAUNCH MYSELF WITH MY STASIS AND A TREE and I am like "and now i can live my dreams of being taopaipai".
I checked it and apparently Karin's name was changed to Korin in the English dub because Karin is a pun based on the Japanese name for Pseudocydonia Sinensis, a Chinese quince fruit I have never heard of. Korin is just supposed to be a pun on 'corn'. I mean, there are a bunch of name puns we don't get in English, I'm just going by what the trivia section in the Dragon Ball wiki tells me.
Ch 90 ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ The poor tailor who made Tao's new suit gets killed because a) he wants compensation for his hard work and when Tao offers to kill someone for him, b) he doesn't want anyone killed. I love that (i think) Tao's using the same pillar. Just chucking it around the countryside and riding on it. This time he's chucked it (and himself!) back to the Sacred Land. Upa's there, won't tell Tao where the dragon ball is, and gets hurled toward tower. But it's fine because Goku falls down in time to save him. The back of his shirt is so cheerful. "Kill you!" Anyway, it's time to get serious about fighting! Ch 91 And then there's fighting, and Tao getting quite angry about Goku being strong. I don't understand how the beam attacks work. It seems like even if you have some resistance to them, you shouldn't be able to just stop them with your hands; they should still do some damage. (For some reason it makes slightly more sense to be able to stop one with your own beam attack, which I guess is also pretty ridiculous so maybe I should just roll with it.) Goku stops a dodonpa. Tao is fuckin' pissed and brings a very sharp curved sword out of a capsule. Goku's at a bit of a disadvantage because he's unarmed, which Upa notices. Goku gets his bo back! I honestly forgot that he didn't have it because I pretty much forget it exists if it's not being used for something like transporting Bulma over spike traps or bringing Hacchan up a floor. what is it made out of In the end thought he only uses it to break the sword. After that he smiles and tosses it aside and says that he's going to beat TBB with his bare hands. Is it more satisfying to beat someone barehanded? I suppose it might be, esp. if they don't have a weapon. Ch 92 good enough reason as any Then there's a bunch of panels of TBB just wailing on Goku and Goku not really doing anything to stop it THEN WHY'D YOU JUST LET HIM DO IT??? oh. guess it was to get an idea of his fighting style. Well okay. Geh! TBB is trying a fake surrender thing and Goku's probably gonna fall for it because of course he would. ... And he does. Sort of. I guess it's more of a "TBB took advantage of Goku's hesitation" than a full falling for it, but it's enough for TBB to throw a bomb and jump away. he didn't count on Goku's mad soccer skills though.... whoops I wouldn't discount him just yet, but TBB might be out of the picture at least for a while.
(I read chapter 93 but I don't have a record of my reaction to it because I was very tired and forgot. Goku flies off to RR HQ, Bulma builds some drones and worries about Goku fighting the RR on his own, Dr. Briefs really wants to tell Bulma a joke, and everyone at the RR HQ is astounded that the person with dragon balls flying towards them is Goku and not TPP.) (Also I realized I messed up my acronyms in sleepiness before. Sheesh. Embarrassing!) Ch 94 Time for an all-out attack! Goku leaves a trail of destruction in his wake, taking out soldiers, flying vehicles, soldiers in flying vehicles, etc. Reaction to being shot with a sniper rifle Lots of animal-people soldiers. Dogs, tigers, alligator/crocodiles, a bear or wolf.... I like how they're just kinda there without any explanation beyond them existing in the world as they do. Bulma & co set off in an interesting aerial vehicle that Yamcha brought. They'd better move quick, at the rate Goku is mowing down people and approaching the dragon balls they might not be able to help much. Granted I have no idea how far away RR HQ is from Kame House Island. Could be right next door for all I know. a little thing like no stairs won't stop our hero. pfffft I didn't even realize there was an elevator myself, I thought it was just a safety measure or something (though thinking about it again, that doesn't make any sense) Ch 95 I am so tired of chapter titles giving so much away! reaction to getting shot with a small missile A lot of soldiers are fleeing, which is probably a wise move and a sensible reaction to a rampaging Goku. Ah...huh. So I guess I was just assuming that they were collecting them for world domination/mass havoc and destruction/more power. From the look of things, Black was assuming something similar, because he seems surprised that Red wanted them for height-increasing purposes. * whispers * may i suggest instead of making a wish Spoiler: almost grotesque shoes People often have very straightforward and mundane motivations in DB so far. Black seems kinda pissed that they went through all of this (including things like uhhhh executions) just to make Red taller and oh SHIT it's BLACK that takes out Red! Well, I can't blame him at all. quick question how the hell do you know goku's name Black may have some inappropriate goals, but he's pretty reasonable, which I admire in an antagonist. Buuuuut Goku doesn't want to work with bad guys, so Black gives up trying to persuade him and eventually gets into a mechwarriors feeling mech to fight! Oh, and Bulma & co still exist and are still on their way. Ch 96 I'm worried about TMJ issues later on for Goku. He gets hit in the face a lot. Hey, you know what? I'm not even gonna say it anymore if no one listens to me. ALTHOUGH to be quite fair Goku hasn't done it either and it could definitely be a problem for him, so. PSA: DON'T CELEBRATE TILL YOU'VE MADE SURE SOMEONE IS DEAD Goku kicks a missile which then blows the top half off a mountain (!!) and makes the mech explode, which would seem to be the end of Black (but we don't know for sure!) And Bulma & co still exist and still haven't made it yet.
Ch 97 Getting so close Seems to be something wrong (?) with the radar? Meanwhile the rescue team is somewhat ineffectual. The infighting is particularly bad. sigh. So... it doesn't necessarily come out of a capsule, but change from one? But there are also empty ones, like what Roshi gave to Namu all those many chapters ago. I just want to know how they woooooooork Reunion!! The rescue team calls Goku down, who's been ruminating on what to do: seems like the radar's broken again (again.) I feel kind of bad for Puerh (Puer/Puar). Being a floating cat seems to mean that people expect you to do lots of maybe dangerous things because you have good mobility. You're absolutely not wrong. Uranai is fortune-telling, if I'm remembering right, so there's probably going to be some, well, fortune-telling to find out where the final dragon ball is. Oh Kuririn. Ch 98 I was just thinking I really wanted Puerh to sit on someone's head and now this happens on the title page! I'm very happy about it. Roshi dropped a hint last chapter that strength is important in getting this person to do a fortune-telling.... Which is not surprising given the nature of the story, but I wonder what it will translate into. you look like you should be in a Prof. Layton game. poor guy. (I laughed when I saw it. I'm sorry, Goku. I shouldn't laugh at your discomfort.) You should know he absolutely is going to. Arrived at Baba's place and there's a ghost line attendant in a hat! Who is weirdly happy that all five are together? >_> What is up with that. Some buff guys go in and apparently get their asses handed to them somehow. Fortunes are expensive! 10 million! But there's another way, which is fighting (and how those buff guys got all messed up, for sure). Ch 99 Puerh and Upa want to sit out the fights, which makes sense. Kuririn is being very confident and so he's probably gonna lose pretty quickly (hubris and all that). He goes first and his opponent is DRACULAMAN who starts as a bat and then turns into a dude. Aaaand he super just suctions on to Kuririn's head and starts draining the blood out of him, which, dangerous! he's a tiny person, he only has so much blood! goku... Upa and Puer to the rescue! Upa eats some garlic and repels Draculaman, Puer transforms into an echidna to spike his mouth, and then vampires hate t-posing Draculaman flies away in batform and Puer turns into a giant hand and smacks him into the lake (?), so. First round won! Victory: Upa&Puer!
CH 100 BABY! (۶•̀ᴗ•́)۶ Triple digit territory! Not that 100 has any inherent meaning beyond that because we're squarely in the middle of a little arc right now! Ding ding ding, round two! 2nd opponent is a bullshit invisible dude named Suke (sukesuke = see through). Yamcha's up against him and is in a bit of a bind. The whole next bit is Yamcha getting beat up until Kuririn uses Bulma and Roshi in an incredibly underhanded and predictable way. Suffice it to say that Suke-san gets covered in blood, we see Yamcha's special move (it's been a while!) and Suke-san surrenders. 2 down, 3 to go. Ch 100 was particularly underwhelming. Cb 101 Oho! Fortune-teller is Roshi's sister! How weird to think of either of them having family and not being the way they are. i can't take that seriously The arena is two huge devils sitting on toilets above something that looks like a lake of... hot water? acid? poison? it's bubbly and steaming, and just mushroom clouds when dropped in. Nasty stuff. There's kind of a theme going on here, what with the fight against Dracula, the Invisible Man, and now a mummy. The mummy moves real quick and Yamcha's knocked off, barely managing to grab the edge and not fall in the acid pit. Ch 102 Mummy continues to be fast and evades the rougafuufuuken. It's looking pretty bad for Yamcha until... hell yeah knock him off! oh come on!! Yamcha eventually surrenders, after which it's Goku's turn to fight. shouldn't the stance at least in part determine the openings? Or is there some... aura that's like, "even if you try to attack me here it won't work?"
Ch 103 there's a new translator in town and I don't like them There's a fine line to be walked between "giving a character an appropriate vocab and syntax and slang usage" and "extreme parody of [whatever style of speech you're going for]", and I feel like this new translator is falling more on the latter side. :/ Anyway. It's the usual pattern of "someone (Goku in this case) gets knocked around a bit, the onlookers are shocked, the enemy is smug, but they get up and are basically unharmed!!" Goku defeats the mummy in one very solid blow. Man, if I were one of the comrades, I'd be so demoralized all the time. There's just nothing you can do to catch up! There are two rounds left. !! A DEAD PERSON. THEY HAVE A HALO. If this was Homestuck they'd have the blank eyes. But what are they doing here if they're dead? Is it a fake halo? There was a ghost earlier, but they didn't have a halo, they were just a ghosty person. Can dead people just come back to earth if they want? you're in no position to talk! Ch 104 Ackman is the devil opponent. Aku = devil, so I presume another punnish name. your wings seemed more useful previous chapter! Ackman gets pissed and wants to use his ultimate attack, which relies on the evil in someone's heart. I think we all know where this is going. A hit! A miss!! FOUL PLAY! Ackman pulls out a pitchfork. NOT fair. So Goku just fuckin' wrecks his whole shop with a single kick. Nah, I think you're fine, all things considered. Ch 105 PIXEL ART TITLE PAGE! I love it. <3 IT'S TIME. Time to fight the dead person. Thankfully we're getting out of the Devil's Toilet to do so. suspicious pekori! Despite his appearance, Dead Person seems to be quite capable. Goku comments on his intensity. You lost your halo! They have an intense fight and Dead Person gets kicked right in the throat. Have I mentioned how much I hate it when people get hit in the neck area? D: me too guys
Ch 106 So close to bringing back Upa's dad. Just so close. Color pages incoming and I did not expect Dead Person to have such a Chrismassy getup. Everyone loves contrasting colors in DB. (Could also be the limited color palette, but I choose to believe that it's the fashion.) How many times have you had your nose broken? Because I feel like it has to be, like, 3+ times at this point. WELL SLAP ME UPSIDE THE HEAD AND CALL ME NANCY! This has gotta be him. Ch 107 MOTHERFUCKING TITLE PAGE ART GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY AGAIN. Hi Grandpa/Gohan Sr.! Goku's turn. Literally I cannot believe I forget about the tail thing every single time. don't do that YOU (speaking of which, what are you? Another alien? Earth is just crawling with them if that's the case.) Pilaf is apparently observing the fight via satellite. Have they been monitoring him all this time, just waiting to find something like this out? they have a mercedes benz IT WAS YOU!! I can't believe you're still relevant after all this time. Meanwhile, Grandpa is still swinging Goku around by the tail. Shouldn't it pop off around now? I seem to remember it coming off awfully easily before pffft literally the next page after I typed that Ran into upload limit so I gotta cut this one off before three chapters! 107 was just full of things I wanted to share.
Ch 108 I hope we get a grandpa-Goku reunion this chapter. But first, Goku's mad about having his tail torn off. Is this the third time? Or only the second? I've lost track. Grandpa surrenders. (I wonder what they're going to do with the detached tail? Bury it? It feels bad to just toss it aside. Yeah, it'll probably come back at some point, but it was an important body part! Don't just throw it out.) Anyway, Grandpa gives Goku a slight scolding about not addressing his tail weakness, but to be fair he keeps losing it, so it's kinda hard to work on when it's not there. !! I'm not crying you're crying that's a lie, I actually got a little teary-eyed. Dumb manga making me emotional. Huh. I can't see that ever being relevant in the future /jk I still feel like you should just tell him. Maybe not right now, but at least when he gets older? I know you won't, but. (Apologies for the mass of panels.) Grandpa's happy in the afterlife because there are hot babes there. Somehow this changes my whole image of him. Grandpa departs, which is just a little :'s And finally we get what we came here for! Divination! Ch 109 Should have watched juuuuuust a little longer, dude. Very lackadaisical about plans for world domination. Goku shows up and surprises Pilaf & co (and doesn't immediately recognize them.) They agree to fight for the dragon balls and they get in three very comical-looking mechsuits. I think they're still counting on the tail thing as well and haven't noticed that it's gone. Goku hits the mech that Pilaf's in and sends it smashing into a convenient outcrop. Ch 110 They notice the lack of tail and reconfigure their plans. Pilaf and Soba use the "look over there!" trick in order to grab Goku and... burn his pants off. Aaallllllright, I know you're just looking for tail, but still. ONE OF THE SILLIEST THINGS IS WHEN THEY JUST HAVE LITTLE CUFFS LEFT AROUND THE ANKLE AREA WHEN SOME/ALL OF THE REST OF THE PANTS GET DESTROYED. IT MAKES ME LAUGH EVERY TIME. Anyway, now it's time for a half-naked Goku battle. It's been a while, so I guess it's okay. I still can't get over how much there is though... Oh, also the mechs can combine. But it doesn't do the Pilaf gang much good and Goku gets the dragon ball (and some new duds).
