Bouken Special character profiles

[Herms]

----Notice:This old thread is part of my series of guides. To avoid necro-posting, please post any comments you have in the sticky thread for my guides, rather than here. Thanks!----

So I just finally managed to find the DragonBall Bouken [Adventure] Special, a Jump special issue released in December, 1987. This is the thing that has kid Goku holding the Nyoibo and riding Kinto-un on the cover. There's lots of neat stuff in this, but right now I want to write about the "Men's Personal History", which is a series of character ID cards written like they were actually filled out by the characters. It lists their name, gender, address, age, height, weight, hobby, occupation dislikes, speciality technique, family, and any random comment they have. A lot of this information was used in the bios for these characters in Daizenshuu 7. This ID cards are spread throughout the book's battle section, so it focuses on characters that Goku and co. fought (so nothing for Bulma, Chi Chi, or even Goku). It also only goes up to the mid Daimao arc, since that's where the manga was at the time.

Heights and weights are consistent with those listed in Daizenshuu 7 and the Super Exciting Guide. Most of the ages are too, though some characters are listed for what ages they would be currently during the story (that is, in Age 753), while others are listed for what there were in 749-750 (the years for the beginning of the series up to Uranai Baba), generally for characters who only appeared during then.

Oolong
Gender: male
Address: WST 3338926 K, Bulma’s house
Age: 13
Height: 121 cm
Weight: 32 kg
Hobby: collecting panties.
Occupation: unemployed
Dislikes: men and ugly women
Specialty Technique: shape-shifting!
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: I want a cute girlfriend!

Yamcha
Gender: male
Address: NBI 8250012 B, Muten Roshi-sama’s house
Age: 20
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Hobby: nothing in particular
Occupation: I used to be a bandit, but I’m unemployed right now.
Dislikes: All women besides Bulma.
Specialty Technique: Roga-FuFu-Ken
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: I want to win the Tenkaichi Budoukai!

Toninjinka
Gender: male
Address: Well, I used to be on the moon, but that was destroyed, so now I’m floating through space…
Age: 51, I guess?
Height: 159 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Hobby: none now
Occupation: unemployed
Dislikes: mochi
Specialty Technique: turning people into carrots
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Some…someday I’ll return to Earth!

Pilaf
Gender: male
Address: no set location
Age: 38
Height: No comment. [that's what he actually writes]
Weight: 32 kg
Hobby: world domination
Occupation: a grand scientist
Dislikes: people who interfere in my plans
Specialty Technique: my genius intellect
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: That stupid Piccolo Daimao! And that dummy Son Goku!

Bacterian
Gender: male
Address: WWS 87754 F
Age: I forgot
Height: 2 meters, 10 cm
Weight: 196 kg
Hobby: training flies
Occupation: a cook
Dislikes: people without noses
Specialty Technique: My booger attack
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: I don’t got nothing like that.

Giran
Gender: male
Address: XBC 44735 BB
Age: 33
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 210 kg
Hobby: knitting
Occupation: bodyguard
Dislikes: bugs
Specialty Technique: my Guru-Guru Gum attack
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Please take down Piccolo Daimao!

Ran-Fan
Gender: female
Address: WWB 131348 C
Age: 24
Height: 168cm
Weight: 50 kg
Hobby: collecting underwear
Occupation: I’m a housewife now.
Dislikes: little twerps
Specialty Technique: Sexy Feint Attack
Family:

• Name: Trunks [not that Trunks, mind you. This was written years before he appeared.]
  Relationship: husband
  Age: 29

Opinions, Requests: I guess it doesn’t really matter, but why do I, a woman, have to appear in this “Men’s Personal History”?

Namu
Gender: male
Address: SAM 275508 S
Age: 29
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Hobby: Working
Occupation: farm work
Dislikes: lazy people
Specialty Technique: Tenku Peke-ji Ken
Family:

• Name: Ami
  Relationship: younger brother
  Age: 19
  
  Name: Dabu
  Relationship: younger brother
  Age: 13

Opinions, Requests: Please give my regards to Muten Roshi-sama.

Jacky Chun
Gender: male
Address: NBI 8250012 (please keep this a secret)
Age: 323
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 44 kg
Hobby: Huhhuhhu…like you don’t know…
Occupation: unemployed
Dislikes: men
Specialty Technique: It’d have to be the Kamehameha
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: It’s a secret that I’m Muten Roshi. Send over some pretty, bouncy girls for me to play with.

Sergeant Major Murasaki
Gender: male
Address: the world of death
Age: 35
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Hobby: tennis, baseball, watching movies
Occupation: unemployed
Dislikes: snakes
Specialty Technique: I’m skilled in all the ninja arts!
Family:

• Name: Kon
  Relationship: younger brother
  Age: 35
  
  Name: Cha
  Relationship: younger brother
  Age: 35
  
  Name: Aka
  Relationship: younger brother
  Age: 35
  
  Name: Ao
  Relationship: younger brother
  Age: 35

Opinions, Requests: The world of death doesn’t suit me very well. I want to do something.

Buyon
Gender: gehe
Address: gehyahya-hiyo-geha
Age: gugihiyaho
Height: hihiho-hiyo
Weight: gigige
Hobby: gehiyo
Occupation: geha-hoho
Dislikes: hyahya-hehe
Specialty Technique: hihihya-ha
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: guhaguha-gehyohehiyo-hihihahya!

Guardian Robot
Gender: Gi…
Address: gigigigi…
Age: gi…
Height: gigigi…
Weight: gigi…
Hobby: gigi…
Occupation: gigigi…
Dislikes: gigigi…
Specialty Technique: gi…
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: gi…gigigi…gigi…gi…

General Blue
Gender: I’m a man!
Address: the world of death
Age: 28
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Hobby: karaoke
Occupation: I’m unemployed now.
Dislikes: women
Specialty Technique: my toughness, I suppose
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Tao Pai Pai isn’t here in the world of death! He’s still alive, so someone take him out!

Karin
Gender: male
Address: FFA 44195 SQ, Karin Tower
Age: I’m about 800 years old, as far as I can remember.
Height: Well, let’s see…
Weight: I don’t really know.
Hobby: Watching over the lower world
Occupation: I’m a god.
Dislikes: I can’t stand dogs.
Specialty Technique: I’ve got a bunch.
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: It’s too bad that lately there’ve been less and less people who can ride on Kinto-un.

Tao Pai Pai
Gender: male
Address: There’s no need for me to tell you.
Age: 291
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Hobby: killing people
Occupation: assassin
Dislikes: I have no such thing.
Specialty Technique: Dodon-pa
Family:

• Name: Tsuru-sennin
  Relationship: older brother
  Age: 302 [Using Daizenshuu 7's timeline, 291 would be Tai Pai Pai's age when he first appeared, so going by that Tsuru-sennin would be 305 when he first appeared, 3 years later. This makes him 18 years younger than Kame-sennin]

Opinions, Requests: Huhhuhu…Did you think I was dead?

Dracula Man
Gender: male
Address: Uranai Baba’s palace
Age: 34 [it’s 574 going by Daizenshuu 7]
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 51 kg
Hobby: raising bats
Occupation: fighter
Dislikes: blood donation
Specialty Technique: blood-sucking
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Lately I hardly ever get to drink any tasty blood.

Mummy-kun
Gender: male
Address: FS 199644 CC
Age: I guess about 800.
Height: 194 cm
Weight: 103 kg
Hobby: sewing
Occupation: fighter
Dislikes: Bathing (since it’s a pain to wrap myself back up again)
Specialty Technique: fighter
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: I want a new bed (read: coffin)!

Akkuman
Gender: male
Address: FS 199644 CC, Uranai Baba-sama’s palace
Age: I don’t remember
Height: About 2 meters
Weight: It’s never been measured or anything.
Hobby: shopping
Occupation: I’m a fighter.
Dislikes: angels.
Specialty Technique: Akumite Beam
Family:

• Name: Majon
  Relationship: older sister
  Age: don’t know

Opinions, Requests: Once I earn some more, I want to return to Hell.

Son Gohan
Gender: male
Address: Heaven
Age: If I were still alive, I guess I’d be 102 [92, going by Daizenshuu 7]
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 51 kg
Hobby: walking
Occupation: I’m unemployed.
Dislikes: I haven’t really got anything that I’d call a “dislike”.
Specialty Technique: The Kamehameha, though I’m not as good at it as Muten Roshi-sama.
Family:

• Name: Son Goku
  Relationship: grandson
  Age: 15

Opinions, Requests: Give my best regards to Goku.

King Chapa
Gender: male
Address: SSR 249905 C
Age: 43
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Hobby: Polishing my techniques.
Occupation: martial artist
Dislikes: losing
Specialty Technique: Hiryu-Ken (Flying Dragon Fist)
Family:

• Name: Ruhna
  Relationship: wife
  Age: 39
  
  Name: Sapa
  Relationship: oldest son
  Age: 15
  
  Name: Peruka
  Relationship: oldest daughter
  Age: 13
  
  Name: Chapu
  Relationship: younger son
  Age: 10

Opinions, Requests: I lost in the preliminaries of the last tournament, but I guess there was no helping it, since my opponent was that “Son” kid.

Tenshinhan
Gender: male
Address: Right now, Kame-sennin-sama’s house
Age: 20
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Hobby: training
Occupation: unemployed
Dislikes: Weak people
Specialty Technique: Kikoho
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: I’ll defeat Piccolo Daimao, you’ll see!

Man-Wolf
Gender: male
Address: XS 899001 JB
Age: 34
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Hobby: girl-chasing
Occupation: Right now I’m working at a zoo.
Dislikes: carrots
Specialty Technique: mimicry
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Thank you, Jacky Chun-san.

Chaozu
Gender: male
Address: Kame-sennin-san’s house
Age: I don’t know.
Height: 138 cm
Weight: 33 kg
Hobby: None.
Occupation: None.
Dislikes: Some.
Specialty Technique: Some.
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: I want to become big like Ten-san.

Yajirobe
Gender: Do I look like a woman?
Address: No set place.
Age: Who cares?
Height: 165 cm
Weight: Shaddup
Hobby: eating
Occupation: I ain’t gonna tell ya.
Dislikes: Got none.
Specialty Technique: I’ve gotta mountain’s worth o’ those.
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Gimme more food.

Cymbal
Gender: none
Address: the world of death
Age: 0
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 115 kg
Hobby: killing people
Occupation: Piccolo Daimao-sama’s underling
Dislikes: Dying.
Specialty Technique: Incredible power! It was supposed to be incredible, anyway…
Family:

• Name: Piccolo Daima-sama
  Relationship: parent
  Age: ?
  
  Name: Tambourine
  Relationship: brother
  Age: 0
  
  Name: Piano
  Relationship: brother
  Age: 0

Opinions, Requests: I really wasn’t around for too long...

Tambourine
Gender: none
Address: the world of death
Age: 0
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Hobby: killing people
Occupation: Piccolo Daimao-sama’s right-hand man
Dislikes: none really
Specialty Technique: various martial arts
Family:

• Name: Piccolo Daimao-sama
  Relationship: parent
  Age: [left blank]
  
  Name: Cymbal
  Relationship: brother
  Age: 0
  
  Name: Piano
  Relationship: brother
  Age: 0

Opinions, Requests: Hooray for Piccolo Daimao-sama!

Piccolo
Gender: none
Address: King Castle
Age: [left blank]
Height: 250 cm
Weight: 200 kg
Hobby: Seeing the suffering faces of humans.
Occupation: King of the world
Dislikes: the Mafuba
Specialty Technique: They’re all my specialty techniques.
Family: none listed
Opinions, Requests: Shut up and get lost. Do you want to get killed?

[Kunzait_83]

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[SHINOBI-03]

a Jump special issue released in December, 1987. This is the thing that has kid Goku holding the Nyoibo and riding Kinto-un on the cover.

Can you be more......... specific?!

Yamcha
Address: NBI 8250012 B, Muten Roshi-sama’s house

I thought he lives with Bulma!!

Toninjinka
Address: Well, I used to be on the moon, but that was destroyed, so now I’m floating through space…
Opinions, Requests: Some…someday I’ll return to Earth!

Wait, he is not dead?!

Bacterian
Hobby: training flies
Occupation: a cook

How can he keep his job with that hobby? Not to mention his "dirteness"...!!

Giran
Occupation: bodyguard

A bodyguard? For whom?!

Ran-Fan
Family:
Name: Trunks [not that Trunks, mind you. This was written years before he appeared.]
Relationship: husband
Age: 29

Why not?! He is a time traveler after all...!!

Sergeant Major Murasaki
Hobby: tennis, baseball, watching movies

I didn't knew he plays "normal sports"...!!

Tao Pai Pai
Age: 291
Occupation: assassin
Dislikes: I have no such thing.

An assassin with no dislikes? interesting...!! And I didn't know that he was that old!!

Akkuman
Hobby: shopping

Someone draws this!!

And where's The Invisible man?!

King Chapa
Specialty Technique: Hiryu-Ken (Flying Dragon Fist)

I'de love to see this attack!!

Man-Wolf
Occupation: Right now I’m working at a zoo.

I thought he hates female wolves..!!

Chaozu
Opinions, Requests: I want to become big like Ten-san.

One of the great mysteries of Dragon Ball... Why he doesn't grow up?!

Thanks agian, Herms

[Herms]

EDIT: Damn, that was a timely stealth edit there Herms.

Yeah, I noticed my mistake right after I posted.

Oh! And shit, I'm just now noticing the various "family" info. :shock: And the list of super obscure trivia unearthed by Herms grows ever larger.

I believe all of the family information was reused in Daizenshuu 7, with the exception of the names of Chapa's wife and kids (it says that he is married and has 3 kids though). Tsuru-sennin's age was also left out of Daizenshuu 7.

For Ran-Fan’s husband, Trunks would presumably come from that kind of men’s underwear, just like with Bulma’s son. This fits with Ran-Fan’s underwear theme quite well.

Namu’s two younger brothers, Ami and Dabu, go with Namu’s name pun: the Buddhist chant namuamidabutsu, a declaration of faith in the Buddha that Namu says whenever he performs his Tenku Peke-ji Ken attack. In the series, Namu refers to his otouto, younger brother, but since Japanese has no real plural, it wasn’t clear from the series whether he had one or more brothers, and so most translations just assume he had one.

Oh, and I noticed Jacky Chun has no listed family, despite Uranai Baba having already appeared at this point. This might be because he’s technically undercover.

The names of Murasaki’s four twin brothers all come from the Japanese words for colors, in keeping with his name (all the other RR members are named for the English words for colors). Kon is navy blue, Cha is brown, Aka is red, and Ao is blue, sometimes green.

Akkuman’s older sister, Majon, is a named after majo, Japanese for witch (literally demonic/magical woman). Ackman’s sister (or maybe his mother, I can’t remember) has a similar name.

I’d assume the names for Chapa’s family members come from Indian foods, but I don't know what they are. I believe we do see his family in the anime filler.

Ha. And get a load of Blue and Tao Pai Pai's "Opinions, Requests". Bear in mind that this was published mid Daimao arc. More evidence that Toriyama did indeed plan at least SOME shit in advance.

That reminds me how later in the book, there's a Q&A session with Toriyama (that's one of the things I'm going to cover later). Someone asks him who created the dragonballs, and he says it must have been God. This is still a little while before Kami appeared in the story (in the back of the book, there's an ad for the next issue of Jump, with the chapter of DB where the Super God Water is introduced, so that's where the story was up to).

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Can you be more......... specific?!

Here’s a picture (courtesy of Mike on this old thread:

I thought he lives with Bulma!!

He did before the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai, but he would have lived with Kame-sennin during the three years between the 21st and 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai, when Kame-sennin trained him.

Toninjinka
Address: Well, I used to be on the moon, but that was destroyed, so now I’m floating through space…
Opinions, Requests: Some…someday I’ll return to Earth!

Wait, he is not dead?!

Apparently not. In the Toriyama Q&A, someone asks him what happened to Toninjinka when the moon was destroyed, and Toriyama answers that he's now floating through space.

Giran
Occupation: bodyguard

A bodyguard? For whom?!

I guess presumably just for hire.

And where's The Invisible man?!

They left him out, for some reason. Maybe his ID card is actually there, but it's invisible.

King Chapa
Specialty Technique: Hiryu-Ken (Flying Dragon Fist)

I'de love to see this attack!!

Yeah, it's odd that it'd list an attack we never see. Was this used in the anime, maybe?

[MCDaveG]

This looks like high age in DB world is nothing special if somebody don't kill you......

Looks like martial artists that are surpassed the human limits in movement and fighting are able to live hundreds of years......

[Piccolo Daimao]

This looks like high age in DB world is nothing special if somebody don't kill you......

Looks like martial artists that are surpassed the human limits in movement and fighting are able to live hundreds of years......

Maybe it's similar to the Saiyans being able to stay so young for so long...but with characters like Kame-Sen'nin and Tao Pai Pai, since they've been fighting for so long and, as you've said, surpassed the human limits in movement and fighting, they are able to live for hundreds of years and still not deterioate. That is, their bodies don't weaken like regular humans...or at least, don't weaken as much.

[Chibi Mystic Gohan]

How do you know that all of the characters' ages aren't as of Age 753? I mean, if we're to assume that the characters just filled out those ID cards in the "present"...

[Wojak]

I guess presumably just for hire.

Well, we see him get killed by Piccolo's demon and there is a panda couple that comments the cruel death of Giran. Maybe they are the ones that hired him.

[Herms]

How do you know that all of the characters' ages aren't as of Age 753? I mean, if we're to assume that the characters just filled out those ID cards in the "present"...

I guess just going by when Daizenshuu 7 says they were born. And some characters aren't listed as being in "the world of death" when they should be dead at that point in the story (Giran and Namu, for instance).

To break it down, there are basically five groups: First, characters given ages fully consistent with Daizenshuu 7. Second, characters given ages that are consistent with Daizenshuu 7 if you assume that they refer to their first/main apperance in the story (in Age 749-750), but which would make them 3-4 years younger than Daizenshuu 7's birth years indicate if you assume that they refer to the present (Age 753). Third, characters whose ages are consistent with Daizenshuu 7 if you assume that they stopped counting their age when they died; otherwise there's a 3-4 discrepency again. Fourth, characters whose ages are completely inconsistent with Daizenshuu 7, no matter how you slice it. And then finally there are the characters not given ages here (but who may or maynot have given ages in later guidebooks).

Fully consistent
Oolong: 13
Yamcha: 20
Pilaf: 38
Jacky Chun: 323
Karin: about 800
Mummy-kun: I guess about 800
King Chapa: 43
Tenshinhan: 20
Man-Wolf: 34
Cymbal: 0
Tambourine: 0

Inconsistent if year is 753
Toninjinka: 51 (consistent if year is 749)
Giran: 33 (consistent if year is 750)
Ran-Fan: 24 (consistent if 750)
Namu: 29 (consisten if 750)
Tao Pai Pai: 291 (consistent if 750)

Consistent if you assume it refers to their age at death
Murasaki: 35
General Blue: 28

Totally inconsistent
Dracula Man: 34 (vs. 574 in Daizenshuu 7)
Son Gohan: If I were still alive, I guess I’d be 102 (vs. 92 if alive, according to Daiz 7)

Characters not given ages
Bacterian: I forgot
Buyon: gugihiyaho
Guardian Robot: gi…
Akkuman: I don’t remember
Chaozu: I don’t know.
Age: Who cares?
Piccolo: [left blank]

[SSj_Rambo]

Wow, you actually found a copy of this! I’ve been trying to track a copy of this book down for some time now, and have found a handful of online sights that have it listed, but have been trying to go about the ordering process for some time now. If you don’t mind, I have a few questions about the book…

Are the two chapters of Dragon Boy and The Adventures of Tongpoo the only complete manga chapters included in the book? And I heard there are a lot of playable games in this book, so what are they like? Are they just basically board games and mazes? And is there a Toriyama interview in here? And if so, is it an original one, or the same as one of the interviews from the Shenron Times? This question is aimed directly at you: considering its rarity and age, how would you compare this book to say Daizenshuu 7 or the SEG guides or DragonBall Landmark in terms of information, layout, awesomeness, originality, etc. I'm sure you will cover all of these things and the rest of the book eventually in some capacity, so you don't really have to give me in depth answers or anything...

By the way, did you find this at Mandrake as well? And how much did you pay for it? I know retailed for only 280 yen, but I’ve seen it listed for over 10,000 yen these days.

Thanks for picking this up!!

[The Tori-bot]

Toninjinka
Dislikes: mochi

Genius.

[Rod]

Toninjinka isn't dead? Wow

Are Murasaki's brother's names puns?

Great post as always Herms

[Herms]

Are the two chapters of Dragon Boy and The Adventures of Tongpoo the only complete manga chapters included in the book?

Yeah, it's only those.

And I heard there are a lot of playable games in this book, so what are they like? Are they just basically board games and mazes?

First there's rules for five rather elaborate games, where you have to provide your own dice and board. These look rather interesting: one's an RPG where you can experience and level up. Then there's a big maze spread over several pages where you have to answer trivia questions correctly to advance through it. That is, as you go through the maze, you'll come to an intersection where you can go several different ways. There'll be a multipke-choice trivia question there, and each path is marked with the letter for one of the answers. So you can only advance if you know the correct answer, or just through trial and error.

And is there a Toriyama interview in here? And if so, is it an original one, or the same as one of the interviews from the Shenron Times?

There's a three-page Q&A. There's a lot of questions on each page (about 24 per page), but in turn the answers Toriyama gives are pretty sort, about a sentence or so. There's some interesting information in there, though.

This question is aimed directly at you: considering its rarity and age, how would you compare this book to say Daizenshuu 7 or the SEG guides or DragonBall Landmark in terms of information, layout, awesomeness, originality, etc. I'm sure you will cover all of these things and the rest of the book eventually in some capacity, so you don't really have to give me in depth answers or anything...

The biggest draw-back to the book is that it only covers up to the mid-Daimao arc (since that's all there was at the time), though this does mean that it devotes attention to the early part of the story, which I think gets the short thrift in many of the guides (all the new information Toriyama gave in the SEG seemed to focus mainly on the Z portion of the story, for instance). There lots of good information (a list of battles, a dictionary on people, places, and things from DB, the Toriyama Q&A), but again it all only covers things up to mid-Daimao arc. There's a great series of short comics by Toriyama (drawn very loosly, possibly freehand) showing the characters explaining how to perform their special attacks. There's also the story of how Oolong got expelled from the Southern Transformation Kindergarten (with pictures by somebody besides Toriyama), and a page on Pilaf and co. trying to figure out why Goku is so darn strong (Pilaf suggests that he's an alien!). There's also the two pages that show Bulma dressed up in various outfits that the other characters suggested she wear (a wedding dress, the Kame uniform, etc).

All in all, I think for the most part this is definitaly worth picking up even if you have the other guides, because it contains lots of stuff that isn't in them.

By the way, did you find this at Mandrake as well? And how much did you pay for it? I know retailed for only 280 yen, but I’ve seen it listed for over 10,000 yen these days. :?

Yeah, I found it at Mandarake, in the same store that has all the old Jump issues. It cost 420 yen there (have I mentioned I love Mandarake?).

Are Murasaki's brother's names puns?

I mentioned in my second post that they all come from Japanese words for colors: Kon is navy blue, Cha is brown, Aka is red, and Ao is blue, sometimes green.

[Chibi Mystic Gohan]

Will you be translating the Q&A soon? I'd like to read it! Also, could you describe the story of Oolong's expulsion? (And who drew it?)

[Rod]

Yay, for reading

Will you be translating the Q&A soon? I'd like to read it! Also, could you describe the story of Oolong's expulsion? (And who drew it?)

I would like to see this too, we all would, really

BTW, was this done by Toriyama or only by Jump? You said it was some of the same things as the Daizenshuu, so I assume it was by Toriyama

[SSj_Rambo]

Yeah, I found it at Mandarake, in the same store that has all the old Jump issues. It cost 420 yen there (have I mentioned I love Mandarake?).

420 yen?!

420 yen?! That guy on Ebay is so not getting 80$ for this book... I'm not that desperate yet.

Boy, do we all envy you...

Anyway, I have two last questions (well, I'll probably come up with more eventually, but hopefully I'll just be able to be patient and wait to have them answer themselves): what is the calendar that is scattered throughout the first section of the book? Is it just the Weekly Jump release dates up to that point? And is there and kind of fold-out or even one-page poster in this book? It almost seems customary for Shueisha's DB guides to include one.

Thanks again!!

[Herms]

BTW, was this done by Toriyama or only by Jump? You said it was some of the same things as the Daizenshuu, so I assume it was by Toriyama

It's a special issue of Jump.

what is the calendar that is scattered throughout the first section of the book? Is it just the Weekly Jump release dates up to that point? And is there and kind of fold-out or even one-page poster in this book? It almost seems customary for Shueisha's DB guides to include one.

It comes with the Kame-sennin Uffun Calendar, which is the one that features Kame-sennin taking pictures of Bulma and Lunch in various states of undress, and getting shot for his efforts. It seems that there was a fold-out poster that came with this, but that it was already cut out of my copy (which probably explains why it was so cheap).

[jda95]

Does 'Guardian Robot' refer to the robot seen in the Pirate Cave?

[Herms]

Yeah, that's the one.