Full-Color Manga: preview/reference panels for each chapter

[Tyro]

Auuuuuuuggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! I'm re-reading the series in full color via Viz's Shonen Jumps and the chapters still have that dumb incorrect dialogue of Goku and Vegeta post Vegeta transformation and Viz's Goku blames Vegeta for killing his grandpa -_-

Viz c'mon...

They also went their own directions with translations around that time.

Goku (original): "Even if I raise the Kaio-ken to x5, it still won't have any effect on him!!!!"

Goku (VIZ): "But my only chance--is to increase my power!!!!"

Vegeta (original): "Shall I tell you something good?... When a Saiya-jin becomes an Oozaru, their battle power becomes 10 times what it is as a human!!!!"

Vegeta (VIZ): "A Saiyan is most powerful in its ape form! A Saiyan...that still has its tail!"

[UpFromTheSkies]

Auuuuuuuggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! I'm re-reading the series in full color via Viz's Shonen Jumps and the chapters still have that dumb incorrect dialogue of Goku and Vegeta post Vegeta transformation and Viz's Goku blames Vegeta for killing his grandpa -_-

Viz c'mon...

It's things like this that completely ruin the Viz translation for me. I was really hoping they would re-translate the manga, but apparently not.

[Cold Skin]

Auuuuuuuggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! I'm re-reading the series in full color via Viz's Shonen Jumps and the chapters still have that dumb incorrect dialogue of Goku and Vegeta post Vegeta transformation and Viz's Goku blames Vegeta for killing his grandpa -_-

Viz c'mon...

It's things like this that completely ruin the Viz translation for me. I was really hoping they would re-translate the manga, but apparently not.

Somehow, the US seems to consider that a retranslation is not worth it.
It's very weird, because they keep constantly enhancing the translation in France, the whole manga was completely retranslated and even with that retranslation the on-going Kanzenban (Perfect Edition) release is still bringing additionnal touch-ups to that retranslation to make it even closer, to try and reach the "absolute closest" to the original they can possibly have.

A retranslation is enough in France to motivate a full re-release. This happened with Dragon Quest and is now happening with Sailor Moon: the manga is still the same size and still black and white, but entirely re-released just to retranslate it all and make it close to the Japanese text this time (and put back the original cover and reading direction from right to left if it wasn't there in the first edition). Even Saint Saiya is being re-released as the Perfect Edition, again fully retranslated.

So it's very weird because with the US being kind of "the biggest player" in the game, you would expect them to not hesitate a second and aim for the biggest quality big time to create THE perfect international version, even to the smallest detail. Exactly the kind of effort they're making by publishing the Color Manga pretty soon after the Japanese release and with a size that will actually surpass the Japanese release (therefore even trying to improve on the original product). But somehow, a retranslation seems to be out of their league or simply not interesting to them. This is very weird when it's actually one of the primary things they should focus on and one of the primary things that would attract fans to re-buy it all.

[Cold Skin]

"NAMEK AND FREEZER"

(Big thanks to Tyro for providing most of the previews for this arc!)

CHAPTER 244
We found a space ship!

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CHAPTER 245
Immediate takeoff, destination: Namek!

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CHAPTER 246
Vegeta return!!

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CHAPTER 247
Dark clouds gather on Namek

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CHAPTER 248
Mysterious strangers

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In one panel (shown above), Bulma mentions the idea that they might kill Shenron just like Piccolo back then.
There was obviously some kind of problem with the coloring process as the purple of her hair spread on her ear and cheek, beyond the black outline.
It is hardly noticeable on the small preview here, but VERY noticeable with a decent-sized picture of the panel.

CHAPTER 249
Vegeta's super powers

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Chapter 250 - "Son Goku Revived!!"

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Chapter 251 - "Son Goku’s Spaceship"

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Chapter 252 - "The Frightened Namekians"

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Chapter 253 - "A Village’s Battle"

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Chapter 254 - "The Namekian Resistance"

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Chapter 255 - "Son Gohan in a Frenzy!!"

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Chapter 256 - "A Deadly Pursuer!!"

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Chapter 257 - "Dodoria in Terror"

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Chapter 258 - "Lots of Danger!!"

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Chapter 259 - "The Sixth Dragon Ball"

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Chapter 260 - "The One Last Dragon Ball"

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Chapter 261 - "Kaiō-sama’s Freaked Out"

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Chapter 262 - "Vegeta and Zarbon"

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Chapter 263 - "Zarbon’s Hidden Power"

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Chapter 264 - "The Eldest’s House"

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Chapter 265 - "The Seventh Dragon Ball Changes Hands"

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Chapter 266 - "Vegeta Laughs, Freeza Fumes"

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Chapter 267 - "A Reunion of Terror"

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Chapter 268 - "Vegeta’s Charge!"

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Chapter 269 - "Gohan and Vegeta’s Dragon Ball"

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Chapter 270 - "Premonitions of a Great War"

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Chapter 271 - "They’re Closing In!! The Ginyu Special-Squad"

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Chapter 272 - "Make it in Time!! The Seven Dragon Balls"

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Chapter 273 - "The Terrible Ginyu Special-Squad"

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Chapter 274 - "Gurd’s Supernatural Power"

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Chapter 275 - "Vegeta’s Quick Attack!!"

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Chapter 276 - "No Hope for Vegeta"

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Chapter 277 - "Freeza Laughs"

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Chapter 278 - "Son Gohan Dies?!"

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Chapter 279 - "The Mysterious Son Goku"

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Chapter 280 - "Super Saiyan?!"

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Chapter 281 - "Showdown!! Jheese and Butta"

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Chapter 282 - "Vegeta’s Complex Mind"

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Chapter 283 - "Captain Ginyu Takes the Field!!"

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Chapter 284 - "Captain Ginyu’s Pride"

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Chapter 285 - "The Eldest and Co. in Danger"

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Chapter 286 - "Nail, Warrior of Namek"

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Chapter 287 - "Body Change"

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Chapter 288 - "Goku or Ginyu?!"

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Chapter 289 - "Ginyu’s Painful Miscalculation!!"

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Chapter 290 - "Ginyu is Defeated!!!"

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Chapter 291 - "An Angry Freeza!!!"

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Chapter 292 - "Come Forth, Genuine Shenlong!!"

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Chapter 293 - "Three Wishes"

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Chapter 294 - "The Last Wish"

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Chapter 295 - "An Unexpected Super Power-Up"

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Chapter 296 - "Freeza’s Super Transformation!!"

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Chapter 297 - "Gohan in a Frenzy!!"

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Chapter 298 - "A Worn-Out Gohan"

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Chapter 299 - "A Warrior’s Revival"

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Chapter 300 - "Piccolo’s Self-Confidence"

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Chapter 301 - "An Endless Escalation!!"

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Chapter 302 - "Freeza’s Second Transformation"

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Chapter 303 - "Freeza Makes Doubly Sure!!"

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Chapter 304 - "Birth of a Super Saiyan and a Super Freeza?!"

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Chapter 305 - "Freeza?! Or Vegeta?!"

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Chapter 306 - "Son Goku... Revived!!"

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Chapter 307 - "Kick-Starting the Super Decisive Battle!!"

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Chapter 308 - "Vegeta Dies!!"

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Chapter 309 - "Neither Gives an Inch!"

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Chapter 310 - "Searching Each Other Out"

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Chapter 311 - "A Physical Battle"

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Chapter 312 - "The Monster Freeza"

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Chapter 313 - "The Risks of Twenty-Fold Kaiō-Ken"

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Chapter 314 - "Son Goku’s Final Decision"

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Chapter 315 - "The Last Chance! An Extra-Large Genki-Dama"

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Chapter 316 - "The Hatred of the Universe, Pierces Freeza!!"

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CHAPTER 317
Life or Death...

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CHAPTER 318
The legendary Super Saiyan

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CHAPTER 319
Freezer gets to know humiliation and despair
for the first time

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CHAPTER 320
Namek disappears along with hope

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CHAPTER 321
Full-power Freezer!

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CHAPTER 322
Final round of the fight!

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CHAPTER 323
The two wishes

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CHAPTER 324
Silent battle

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CHAPTER 325
Son Goku gives up

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From this chapter on, Namek is now completely wrapped in a veil of stormy clouds, as shown in the very first panel.
Consequently, the sky and most backgrounds are now completely filled with an eerie, ominous grey tint.

CHAPTER 326
Pointless victory

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CHAPTER 327
The end of everything

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CHAPTER 328
Planet Namek vanishes

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CHAPTER 329
Goku won't come back

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[Cold Skin]

"THE CYBORGS AND CELL"

CHAPTER 330
Freezer and his father land on Earth

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CHAPTER 331
The mysterious young man

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CHAPTER 332
A second Super Saiyan

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CHAPTER 333
Son Goku is back

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CHAPTER 334
The boy from the future

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CHAPTER 335
Message of terror

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CHAPTER 336
A bet on the future

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Toriyama's mistake on "CAPSULE CORP" (panel above) remains untouched.

CHAPTER 337
The gathering of the best warriors

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In one panel (shown above), Toriyama made Yamcha's hair three years late.
This has been left untouched, since this mistake is part of the original drawing by the author.

CHAPTER 338
Cyborgs in the city...

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Chapter 339 - "A Close Call for Yamcha!!"

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Chapter 340 - "Son Goku vs The Red Ribbon Army’s Grudge"

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CHAPTER 341
What's wrong with Son Goku?

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Chapter 342 - "Goku, Defeated!"

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CHAPTER 343
Vegeta's arrival

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CHAPTER 344
Cyborgs in a panic

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Chapter 345 - "No. 20 Runs Away!"

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Chapter 346 - "Trunks Returns"

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Chapter 347 - "Trunks’ Confusion"

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Chapter 348 - "To the Laboratory…!!"

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CHAPTER 349
C-17 and C-18 awaken

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Chapter 350 - "No. 17, No. 18, and… No. 16"

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Chapter 351 - "The Mysterious No. 16"

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CHAPTER 352
Vegeta vs. C-18

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CHAPTER 353
Vegeta doesn't disappoint

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CHAPTER 354
The cyborgs have the upper hand

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Chapter 355 - "Piccolo’s Decision"

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Chapter 356 - "God’s Conditions"

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Chapter 357 - "News From Bulma"

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Chapter 358 - "An Evil Premonition"

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CHAPTER 359
The Almighty One had seen it!!

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Chapter 360 - "The Union of God and the Demon King"

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CHAPTER 361
The mysterious creature shows up!!

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Chapter 362 - "A Duel in Ginger Town"

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Chapter 363 - "The Monster’s Riddle is Solved"

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Chapter 364 - "Cell Laughs"

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Chapter 365 - "Son Goku Awakens"

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CHAPTER 366
The Saiyans' training

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Chapter 367 - "The Reborn Piccolo vs No. 17"

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Chapter 368 - "Cell Sneaks Up"

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Chapter 369 - "The Artificial Humans vs Cell"

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Chapter 370 - "The Reborn Piccolo’s Do-or-Die Opposition"

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Chapter 371 - "No. 16 Stirs!"

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CHAPTER 372
C-16, the energy of desperation!!

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CHAPTER 373
Don't let Cell get his perfect body!

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Chapter 374 - "Goku and Cell’s First Confrontation"

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Chapter 375 - "Vegeta and Trunks Depart!!"

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Chapter 376 - "Vegeta’s Self-Confidence!"

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CHAPTER 377
Son Goku and Son Gohan

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Chapter 378 - "Super Vegeta"

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Chapter 379 - "Interrupted?! Cell’s Perfect Form"

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Chapter 380 - "Run Away!! No. 18"

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Chapter 381 - "Vegeta’s Curiosity Saves Cell"

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CHAPTER 382
Cell now has the perfect body!!

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Chapter 383 - "The Tables Turn"

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CHAPTER 384
Vegeta's secret move

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Chapter 385 - "Trunks Starts Up"

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CHAPTER 386
Super Trunks surpasses his father!

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Chapter 387- "The Balance of Super Power"

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Chapter 388 - "Cell’s Idea"

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Chapter 389 - "A Terrifying Message"

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CHAPTER 390
Goku and Gohan already come out

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Chapter 391 - "A Rest Before the Big Showdown"

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CHAPTER 392
The royal army attacks

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Chapter 393 - "A New God"

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Chapter 394 - "The Cell Games Begin"

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Chapter 395 - "Full Member Gathering!!"

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Chapter 396 - "The Cell Game’s Dead Weight?!"

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Chapter 397 - "Cell vs Son Goku!!"

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Chapter 398 - "Son Goku at Full Power"

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Chapter 399 - "Showdown at the Highest-Level"

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Chapter 400 - "Defeat or Death?!"

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Chapter 401 - "A Full Power Kamehameha"

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Chapter 402 - "Son Goku’s Puzzling Behavior"

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Chapter 403 - "The Warrior Who Surpassed Goku"

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Chapter 404 - "Take Off! Super Son Gohan"

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Chapter 405 - "Will Son Gohan Get Angry?"

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Chapter 406 - "No. 16′s Secret Weapon"

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Chapter 407 - "The Hell of the Cell Juniors"

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Chapter 408 - "Son Gohan Explodes!!"

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Chapter 409 - "Seriousness vs Seriousness"

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Chapter 410 - "The Ultimate Kamehameha"

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Chapter 411 - "Cell, Driven to the Wall"

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Chapter 412 - "The End of the Cell Games"

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Chapter 413 - "Son Gohan in Agony"

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Chapter 414 - "An Unexpected Turning of the Tables"

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Chapter 415 - "A Message From Son Goku"

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Chapter 416 - "Kamehameha vs Kamehameha: A Final Showdown"

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Chapter 417 - "The Grand Finale"

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Chapter 418 - "Farewell, Warriors"

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Chapter 419 - "One More Conclusion"

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Chapter 420 - "Peace for the Future…"

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[KentalSSJ6]

Have their been previews for the Buu saga? I'm not sure if I missed them or not and curious to see what SSJ3's eyes will be like, seeing as in this release SSJ eyes are blue.

[Cold Skin]

^ Yes, there are already a few previews available for Boo that fellow members around here found on Manga Broadcast if I'm not mistaken.
I don't remember if we have a close-up of Super Saiyan 3 or not, but the form probably keeps the same blue eyes albeit with a pupil inside, and we also know the aura is golden like the Super Saiyan 2 aura (like the regular and rush auras: bright yellow on the sides, white at the center), with golden sparks.

Meanwhile, the first previews from the Cell arc are up on my previous post. Enjoy!

[KentalSSJ6]

Afro Bulma with purple hair seems...weird to me.

Also is it me or does Trunks have no pupils while in SSJ against Freeza, cause he kept them in the History of Trunks special.

[Cold Skin]

^ He doesn't have pupils once in Super Saiyan.
It's the same in the special chapter, but in one panel (the first to show him as a Super Saiyan from close range), Toriyama left his pupils, so they were kept in the Full Color Manga as well.

That kind of "keeps his pupils for one panel/shot" mistake also happened a few times in the anime if I'm not mistaken, including with Gotenks in Battle of Gods when he turns Super Saiyan.

[KentalSSJ6]

Cant say thats surprising.

Would have been interesting if they went with the red eye look we got from the color pages of previous releases.

[Tyro]

SS3 Goku (and Gotenks?) has on-again-off-again pupils.

[Cold Skin]

Some more preview panels, leading you to the discovery of what seems to be a strange insect sent through a time machine.

[Tyro]

Has Gohan's early Boo arc gi been shown yet? I'm curious if they're going/went with purple, blue, or green.

[Cold Skin]

^ Possibly, but you'd have to be lucky. If I'm correct, Manga Broadcast shows previews for each digital volume, which is how members around here could get glimpses of things like the Super Saiyan 3, or hints of the Kanzenban ending published on the main page.

But only the first few pages of a volume are shown as a free preview if I remember well, so unless that outfit for Gohan appears in the first chapter of one of the Boo volumes, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for Mangapolo to finish the whole Cell arc and proceed to the Boo arc.

My guess is that it will be anime-colored, because that's pretty much the way they seem to handle things: if Toriyama had no definitive preference and made the character/costume in many different colors throughout various illustrations without clearly repeating one of his color schemes more than the others, they usually choose to settle it by applying a color scheme close to the anime, although minor differences might appear to distinguish it a bit. So I'm curious to see if that will apply to that costume for Gohan too, since it does match that "no decisive Toriyama version" situation.

[DarkPrince_92]

The shading on these are all bland to me. There's just a random dark shade put on the characters with no variation, making every angle have a different light source. They seem to go over Toriyama's shading in the colored chapters though, which I do like a lot.

[Cold Skin]

With the new chapters uploaded (341 and 361), you can now see the following:

- While being sucked into Cell's tail, the rich man looks a bit like a zombie.

- Cell's insect form has blue eyes, much like all of Gero's latest creations. This would likely carry over to his second form, with the blue being narrowed down to actual irises, but the blue then heats up to red during the final transformation.

- Piccolo's new energy is pure white, like that of the Super Saiyans. Therefore, Krilin wasn't exagerating when comparing the two races as having the same change and therefore giving them a similar name: Piccolo undergoes the same kind of transformation with his energy having the same kind of "Super" (pure white) change of nature and so, by going through the same name logic, Krilin is fully right to call him a Super Namek. However, no physiological change can be seen on Piccolo himself, perhaps simply because Nameks have no hair. However, the anime saw things differently and gave Piccolo a distinct kind of aura, making it a distinct kind of change.

This brings an interesting question if we choose the full-color manga interpretation: what if the "Super" transformations were not exclusive to Saiyans? What if several races had that ability to reach a higher state by changing the nature of their energy to make it that same specific "Super" energy (pure white in the full-color manga), and potentially being called "Super [insert name of race]"? Under specific circumstances, strong warrior races across the universe (this excludes Earthlings among others) might all have access to a "Super" transformation changing the nature of their energy in the exact same way and having the exact same effects...

Well, no, okay, that's a bit too farfetched. But at least, I like the fact that the staff chose to take Krilin's remarks in account to effectively make Piccolo's new form a striking equivalent to Super Saiyans that can be called Super Namek, even visually.

[Cold Skin]

With the new chapter previews (366, 372, 373 and 377), enjoy the new colors for the Room of Spirit and Time, Cell's second form (among other differences, note that he already gains the red eyes of his perfect form thanks to C-17) and - less importantly - Trunks' hair bandage is now white.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Nice!

Also, I just noticed that you skipped the whole 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai arc, and chapters 250-316 from Freeza arc. Why?

[Cold Skin]

^ It's just that I don't proceed in a specific order, so I just do the previews in any order I choose to showcase iconic moments or good examples of color differences.

This is because Mangapolo releases chapters much faster than I can create previews. So rather than doing it all in order and being terribly late, I just keep up by skipping parts that I'll do later.

I skipped the Tenkaichi Budokai because they had started doing the Saiyans and I figured people wanted a glimpse of that as a priority: the Z/Kai part is the most famous part of the story, and given the upcoming Full-Color release, I thought people would want to see what those chapters were like to see if they would buy the physical release or not.

As for the Freezer arc, I started it but again, it went so fast that I couldn't keep up, so I ended up skipping to the big finale with the Super Saiyan and the Apocalypse to showcase the major color differences with the anime version for that iconic final battle depicted in various medias for years.

Basically, rather than having it all complete little by little, I spread the previews so that they cover a maximum of moments/characters/forms so that we get a first glimpse of it all. Then later I can go back and fill in the blanks for a more detailled overview. But in the process, I had to skip the Tenkaichi Budokai and the Freezer arc much more than I initially wanted. They'll be done later.

[KentalSSJ6]

Chapter 377, that Vegeta face. Oh god.