Manga Guide
Dragon Ball Volume 03
天下一武道会はじまる！！
Tenka’ichi Budōkai Hajimaru!!
The Tenka’ichi Budōkai Begins!!
Volume Information
| First Release: | 15 June 1986 |
| Retail: | ¥390 (+ tax) |
| Publisher: | Shueisha Publishing Co., Ltd. |
| Size / Pages: | New Book Format (11 × 17 cm) / 192 pages |
| Catalog No.: | ISBN 4-08-851833-0 |
Volume Introduction by Akira Toriyama
But it was a really friendly, cute cat, so we ended up keeping it as part of the family. It’s a jet-black cat, so its name is Koge ["char"]. As a result, my assistant Matsuyama-kun, a major cat-hater, is in a state of terror every time he comes over to work.
Volume Contents (025 – 036)
All chapter title pages shown below are as available in this tankōbon volume, featuring the original chapter tag lines and “Bird Studio” logo. Fortunately, this volume does not omit any of the original chapter title pages. The chapter premiere dates listed below are based on their respective Weekly Shōnen Jump publication dates. Please note that dates listed are the effective publication dates for these issues; the actual sale date would have been approximately two weeks earlier.
Raibaru? Sanjō!!
A Rival? Arrival!!
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #25
Fushigi na On’na no Ko
The Peculiar Girl
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #26
Ranchi no Kushami
Lunch’s Sneeze
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #27
Shugyō Hajimari!!
The Training Begins!!
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #28
Kame Māku no Ishi Sagashi
Search for the Turtle-Marked Stone
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #29
Gyūnyū Haitatsu
Milk Delivery
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #30
Kamesenryū no Kibishii Shugyō
The Kame-sen School’s Tough Training
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #31
Tenka’ichi Budōkai Hajimaru!!
The Tenka’ichi Budōkai Begins!!
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #32
Shugyō no Iryoku!!
The Power of Training!!
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #33
Tenka Muteki!
Completely Unrivaled!
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #34
Taisen Kettei!!
The Competition is Decided!!
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #35
Dai-Ichi Shiai
The First Match
Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985, Issue #36
Toriyama-san’s “Dragon Ball” Ask Me Anything Corner
| The first 12 tankōbon volumes contain short two page Q&A sessions with Toriyama in which members of his fan club could send in postcards with their questions. Anyone was able to join the fan club while the series was still in publication, but applications for membership where no longer accepted by Shueisha once the fan club had reached an unknown pre-established number of members. The fan club was eventually disbanded when the series ended in 1995. |  |
“I’ll do the best I can to respond to your Dragon Ball questions. So send in your Jakasuka postcards.”
Question #1
Ikumi Akita (Gifu Prefecture):
Sensei, hello. I recently bought the Comic (“Dragon Ball” 1) for the first time, and the drawings and story were so cute that even a girl like myself really loved it.
Akira Toriyama:
Thank you very much! I hope more girls like you are also enjoying it.
Question #2
Katsuya Miyoshi (Hyōgo Prefecture):
I have all of your Comics, Sensei. I read Jump every week. My question is, is Kame-Sen’nin based off of the bitter God from “Dr. Slump” 17? Because they look exactly the same except for the star-mark sunglasses.
Akira Toriyama:
Gah!! You’re sharp!! You are correct!! I just put some sunglasses on God. I really liked that guy, so I wanted to use him again in “Dragon Ball”.
Question #3
Masahiro Kojima (Ōsaka Prefecture):
Some questions for Akira Toriyama-sensei.
01 — Were you good at drawing manga back when you were in elementary school?
02 — Is it indecent that you put so much H (drawings) into the story?
03 — Do you own a Family Computer? [He's referring to the Famicom/NES system by Nintendo]
04 — Please continue drawing great manga.
Akira Toriyama:
01 — I was so-so.
02 — Yes!
03 — I own one, but it sometimes distracts me from work which is pretty bad so I don’t play too often. However, I’m really good at it.
04 — Right, understood. Thank you.
Question #4
Takuya Miyamoto (Ōsaka Prefecture):
Um~, I have a question… It has nothing to do with “Dragon Ball” but when will the 2nd Volume of “Akira Toriyama’s Fill-in-the-Blank Theatre” be released? You… you didn’t forget about it, did you…?
Akira Toriyama:
Unfortunately, Volume 2 of “Fill-in-the-Blank Theatre” is about 45 pages short from being completed. There are currently no plans to release it, but it may come out once I finish the remaining 45 pages.
Question #5
Satoshi Sasaki (Hiroshima Prefecture):
Toriyama-sensei, hello. Goodbye.
Akira Toriyama:
Thanks.
Question #6
Mika Noma (Ehime Prefecture):
I really love reading “Dragon Ball”. I especially like Yamcha (Go go, Yamcha). I hope you continue to create more comics. I’ll be a fan of “Dragon Ball” until I die.
Akira Toriyama:
You really have to continue supporting me until you die! (A lot of people give up halfway…)
Question #7
Kōji Asano (Ai’ichi Prefecture):
I loan out my “Dragon Ball” comics to people for three days at a rate of 100 yen. Am I a bad kid for doing this? (But everybody keeps borrowing them)
Akira Toriyama:
You’re a bad kid! You’re making money and I’m not getting anything!!
Question #8
Seiji Hayashi (Kyoto Metropolitan area):
I really like “Dragon Ball” because it’s so much fun, it’s so fun that I can’t stand it. Ah~~~, I’m soooooo happy that your manga exists, I can’t believe it.
Akira Toriyama:
Hmm~~, if you like it that much, it makes me really happy as well.
