General Information

Introduction

The volume’s introduction from author Akira Toriyama is printed on the front flap of the dust cover and accompanied by a small color illustration.

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JP

わが家の愛犬に子供が生まれました。３匹生まれたのですが、１っ匹は残念ながら死んでしまったので、現在は２匹です。以前に、猫の出産の時、親猫があまり上手じゃなかったので、へそを切ってやったりして手伝ったこともありまして、犬の方も万が一のことを考え、何日も前から気をつけていたのですが、うまく自分だけで、がんばってくれました。手離すのはイヤだがから２匹共飼いたいけど…。

Our family dog has given birth to puppies. Three of them were born, but unfortunately, one of them died, so now there are two. Previously, when our cat gave birth, the mother didn’t do very well, so we did things like cutting the umbilical cords to help out. So for the dog, we took care starting several days in advance, just in case, but she managed to do just fine on her own. We really don’t want to part with the puppies, so we’d like to keep the both of them….

Contents

This volume compiles chapters 301 to 313 as originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, covering issues 1990 #51 to 1991 #11. All chapter title pages shown below are those included in this volume. The chapter premiere dates listed below are based on the sale date of their respective issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, which is when that issue officially went on sale.

Chapters (301 – 313)

Dragon Ball Chapter 301Page 7

はてしないエスカレート！！
Hate Shinai Esukareito!!
An Endless Escalation!!

20 November 1990
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #51

Dragon Ball Chapter 302Page 22

フリーザ第２の変身
Furīza Dai-Ni no Henshin
Freeza’s Second Transformation

27 November 1990
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #52

Dragon Ball Chapter 303Page 34

フリーザのダメ押し！！
Furīza no Dameoshi!!
Freeza Makes Doubly Sure!!

04 December 1990
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #53

Dragon Ball Chapter 304Page 48

超サイヤ人そして超フリーザ誕生！？
Sūpā Saiya-jin Soshite Sūpā Furīza Tanjō!?
Birth of a Super Saiyan and a Super Freeza?!

11 December 1990
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #01/02

Dragon Ball Chapter 305Page 62

フリーザか！ベジータか！
Furīza ka! Bejīta ka!
Freeza?! Or Vegeta?!

19 December 1990
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #03/04

Dragon Ball Chapter 306Page 76

孫悟空…復活！！
Son Gokū…Fukkatsu!!
Son Goku… Revived!!

19 December 1990
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #03/04

Dragon Ball Chapter 307Page 88

超決戦の火ブタ切る！！
Chō-Kessen no Hibuta Kiru!!
Kick-Starting the Super Decisive Battle!!

05 January 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #05

Dragon Ball Chapter 308Page 102

ベジータ死す！！
Bejīta Shisu!!
Vegeta Dies!!

14 January 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #06

Dragon Ball Chapter 309Page 116

両者ゆずらず！
Ryōsha Yuzurazu!
Neither Gives an Inch!

22 January 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #07

Dragon Ball Chapter 310Page 130

さぐり合い
Saguri Ai
Searching Each Other Out

29 January 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #08

Dragon Ball Chapter 311Page 144

肉弾戦
Nikudansen
A Physical Battle

05 February 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #09

Dragon Ball Chapter 312Page 158

怪物フリーザ
Kaibutsu Furīza
The Monster Freeza

09 February 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #10

Dragon Ball Chapter 313Page 172

２０倍界王拳の賭け
Nijū-Bai Kaiō-Ken no Kake
The Twenty-Fold Kaiō-Ken Gamble

19 February 1991
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991 #11

Title Page Special Feature

As the tankōbon are compilations of pre-existing chapters, they are intended to be continuously read from beginning to end. Often times, any title pages not considered integral to the story, or due to page count issues between chapters, were moved to the back of the volume and collected in a special gallery following the volume’s final chapter. The gallery notes the title pages are “as they appeared in Weekly Shōnen Jump“, which include the original tag lines and “Bird Studio” logo. These features are typically removed from the title pages remaining in the volume’s main content.

Notes

• This volume omits six of the original chapter title pages, although all were later included in the kanzenban release.

Supplemental Images

The following supplemental images are included in this volume and are original illustrations drawn by Akira Toriyama exclusively for this tankōbon volume:

Staff Credits

Note that the publisher credited varies by print edition based on the staff at Shueisha at the time of its printing. The publisher listed below coincides with this volume’s first edition printing.