The Titanic Tournament (群雄割拠！, Gun'yū Kakkyo!, lit. "Rivals Standing Their Ground!") is the fifteenth volume of the original Dragon Ball manga series written by Akira Toriyama. It was released on December 6, 1988 in Japan, and on May 19, 2004 for the English version. It continues through the Piccolo Jr. Saga.
Blurb
The Titanic Tournament
It's the "Strongest Under the Heavens" martial arts tournament, and the world's greatest fighters have gathered! But Kuririn, Goku, Tenshinhan and Yamcha face mighty enemies. Taopaipai the assassin has returned as a cyborg—and Goku and Tenshinhan are on his hit list! A mysterious young woman has a grudge against Goku. The only "mystery" about bumbling salaryman Shen is how he made it to the final rounds. And the last contestant is the new and improved Piccolo, for whom the championship is just a stepping stone to take over the world…[1]
Story
Legend says whoever gathers the seven magical "Dragon Balls" will be granted any one wish. Son Goku, a powerful martial artist, first started his adventures by searching for them. As he grew older, he competed in the "Tenka'ichi Budôkai" ("Strongest Under the Heavens") fighting tournament, winning second place two times in a row. When the Great Demon King tried to conquer the world, only Goku was strong enough to defeat him. But Piccolo used his used his dying power to create a clone of himself, vowing that the clone would return in three years time to get revenge. Now three years have passed, and the reborn Piccolo, and all of Goku's rivals, have come to the "Tenka'ichi Budôkai" to see who is the strongest in the world…[1]
Volume introduction by Akira Toriyama
"I'm running out of pictures and drawings to put here, so that's why I've ended up having to show a picture of myself as a child. It was right around this time I started getting strange lumps on my head which made me look like a kewpie doll. Apparently they had to operate to get rid of them. Even today, I have scars on my head from that operation, and so unfortunately, I can't shave off all my hair."[1]
Characters
Main
Info below is retrieved from Viz Media.[1]
- Son Goku - Monkey-tailed young Goku has always been stronger than normal. His grandfather Gohan gave him the nyoibō, a magic staff and Kame-Sen'nin gave him the kinto'un, a magic flying cloud. Most recently, he has spent three years training with Kami-sama, the deity who watches over the world of Dragon Ball.
- Tenshinhan - A martial artist who trained under Tsuru-Sen'nin, brother of the assassin Taopaipai. Tenshinhan renounced his path of evil and narrowly beat Goku at the last Tenka'ichi Budôkai.
- Yamcha - A student of Kame-Sen'nin and Bulma's on-off boyfriend.
- Bulma - A genius inventor, Bulma met Goku on her quest for the seven magical Dragon Balls.
- Kuririn - Goku's former martial arts schoolmate.
- Shen - An incomplete martial artist who seems to have made it to the final round by blind luck.
- Piccolo - Created from the sinful thoughts cast off by the divine Kami-sama when he ascended to god-hood, Piccolo is evil incarnate. The current Piccolo is a clone of the original, and possesses all the original's memories. He has entered the tournament under the name "Demon Junior".
- Kame-Sen'nin (The "Turtle Hermit") - A lecherous but powerful old man martial artist master. He trained Goku, Kuririn and Yamcha.
Supporting characters
Chapters
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| 169 | "Tenshinhan vs. Taopaipai" |
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| 170 | "The Assassin's Struggle" |
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| 171 | "Goku Gets Married!" |
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| 172 | "Kuririn vs. Demon Junior" |
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| 173 | "Kuririn vs. Demon Junior, Part 2" |
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| 174 | "Yamcha vs. Shen" |
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| 175 | "Shen" |
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| 176 | "Goku vs. Tenshinhan" |
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| 177 | "Goku vs. Tenshinhan, Part 2" |
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| 178 | "Tenshinhan's Secret Move!" |
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| 179 | "The Two Weak Points" |
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| 180 | "Kami-sama vs. the Demon King" |
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Battles
- Tien Shinhan vs. Mercenary Tao
- Goku vs. Chi-Chi
- Piccolo vs. Krillin
- Hero vs. Yamcha
- Goku vs. Tien Shinhan
- Piccolo vs. Hero
References
Site Navigation
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