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

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This page shows preview panels for four arcs:
- SON GOKU MEETS THE WORLD
- THE RED RIBON ARMY
- DEMON KING PICCOLO
- THE SAIYAN INVASION

Go to page 7 to find previews for the following arcs:
- NAMEK AND FREEZER
- THE CYBORGS AND CELL

Go to page 20 to find previews for the following arc:
- TRUNKS, THE STORY: THE LAST WARRIOR STANDING
- MAJIN BOO

"SON GOKU MEETS THE WORLD"

CHAPTER 001
Bulma and Son Goku

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- Color schemes for Goku and Bulma are temporary for the first two chapters.
- Compared to the free digital Pilaf arc, Shenron's eyes have been modified from yellow to red.

CHAPTER 002
You got no balls!!

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- Color schemes for Goku and Bulma are temporary for the first two chapters.
- When Bulma comments on Goku not even knowing about electricity, the sunset is over and it's night outside.

CHAPTER 003
Goku goes to the sea

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CHAPTER 004
Kame Sennin's Kinto-Un

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CHAPTER 005
Here comes Oolong!

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CHAPTER 006
Oolong versus Son Goku

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CHAPTER 007
Yamcha and Puerh

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CHAPTER 008
The dreadful Yamcha!!

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CHAPTER 009
Watch the Dragon Balls!

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CHAPTER 010
Strategy of bandits

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CHAPTER 011
Mount Fry Pan and Gyumao

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CHAPTER 012
Searching for Kame Sennin

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CHAPTER 013
Kame Sennin's fan

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CHAPTER 014
Kame Sennin's Kame Hame Ha!!

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CHAPTER 015
Chi Shinchu, the ball with seven stars

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CHAPTER 016
The rabbit ears

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CHAPTER 017
The boss's magic powers

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CHAPTER 018
The Dragon Balls have been stolen!!

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CHAPTER 019
The dragon finally appears!

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CHAPTER 020
Make a wish to Shenron!!

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CHAPTER 021
The full moon

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CHAPTER 022
Goku's transformation

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CHAPTER 023
The Dragon Team parts ways

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In the first panels of the chapter, Bulma's vest doesn't appear - or sometimes only the lower half, as shown above!

CHAPTER 024
Kame Sennin's training

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CHAPTER 025
Someone's coming!! A rival?

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CHAPTER 026
A mysterious young girl

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CHAPTER 027
When Lunch sneezes

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CHAPTER 028
Beginning of the training

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Once Goku has new shoes, it's sunset (first seen in the panel when he says he's ready to go and Kame Sennin raises his hand).

CHAPTER 029
Searching for the "turtle" stone

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CHAPTER 030
Milk delivery

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CHAPTER 031
Kame Sennin's harsh training

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When Kame Sennin says they'll stop training for today, it's sunset.

CHAPTER 032
Beginning of the Tenkaichi Budokai!!

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CHAPTER 033
Results of the training!!

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CHAPTER 034
We're invincible!

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CHAPTER 035
Charting matches

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CHAPTER 036
1st match

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CHAPTER 037
2nd match

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CHAPTER 038
3rd match

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CHAPTER 039
4th match

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CHAPTER 040
Goku and his tail

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CHAPTER 041
Krilin versus Jackie Chun

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CHAPTER 042
A relentless battle!

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CHAPTER 043
The mysterious Jackie Chun

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CHAPTER 044
Son Goku versus Nam

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CHAPTER 045
Mid-air fight!

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CHAPTER 046
The great finale

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CHAPTER 047
Kame Hame Ha

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CHAPTER 048
Son Goku, the little monkey that mimics everything

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CHAPTER 049
Jackie Chun (Muten Roshi) counterattacks!

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CHAPTER 050
Goku in a critical situation!!

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From the very first panel of this chapter, it's sunset.

CHAPTER 051
Panic at the Tenkaichi Budokai!!

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CHAPTER 052
Onwards to the culmination point!!

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CHAPTER 053
Climax

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CHAPTER 054
I'm off to a new adventure!!

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"THE RED RIBON ARMY"

CHAPTER 055
The red ribbon

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CHAPTER 056
The war for the Dragon Balls

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CHAPTER 057
Assault on the Muscle Tower!!

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CHAPTER 058
The terrifying Muscle Tower

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CHAPTER 059
The demon on the 3rd floor!!

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CHAPTER 060
Murasaki the ninja!!

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CHAPTER 061
Ninja technique! A four and a half tatami counterattack!!

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CHAPTER 062
The situation is critical! Doppleganger technique

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CHAPTER 063
Cyborg C-8

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CHAPTER 064
5th floor, shivers guaranteed with Boing!!

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CHAPTER 065
How to win against Boing

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CHAPTER 066
Last moments of the Muscle Tower!!

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CHAPTER 067
To the West...

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CHAPTER 068
At Bulma's, in the West Capital

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CHAPTER 069
Bulma and Goku, part 2

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CHAPTER 070
Bulma's big mistake!!

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CHAPTER 071
Kame House has been discovered!!

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CHAPTER 072
Commander Blue strikes

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Toriyama made a mistake on one panel (shown here), drawing the Red Ribon insigna as a double "B" (perhaps because of a confusion with Blue's name supposed to be on his left arm).

CHAPTER 073
Commander Blue's oversight

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CHAPTER 074
The pirates' trap

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CHAPTER 075
Guardian of the pirate harbor

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CHAPTER 076
Onto discovering the treasure

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CHAPTER 077
Blue's sparkling eyes

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CHAPTER 078
The great escape!!

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CHAPTER 079
Flee or run away!!

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CHAPTER 080
The three Dragon Balls now stolen

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CHAPTER 081
Chase in Penguin Village!

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CHAPTER 082
The Dragon Radar is broken

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CHAPTER 083
The Dragon Radar is stolen

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CHAPTER 084
Protectors of the Karin Sanctuary

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CHAPTER 085
"Tao Pai Pai", the hitman

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CHAPTER 086
Tao Pai Pai's fatal move: the Dodonpa

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CHAPTER 087
The Karin Tower

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CHAPTER 088
Master Karin, the sage of the Karin Tower

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CHAPTER 089
The effects of the Holy Elixir

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When Goku is still climbing back up after retrieving Su Shinchu, it's sunset.

CHAPTER 090
Son Goku's revenge

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CHAPTER 091
The sanctuary's great battle!!

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CHAPTER 092
The end of Tao Pai Pai

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CHAPTER 093
Son Goku attacks

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CHAPTER 094
Son Goku's flash assault!

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CHAPTER 095
The death of General Red!

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CHAPTER 096
Total victory!!

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In one of the panels (shown here - when Black has just punched himself), the backpack wasn't totally outlined by Toriyama (right strap),
so part of the right starp is colored blue without any black outline to break the blue apart from the dogi's orange, which may look a bit unusual.

CHAPTER 097
The last Dragon Ball

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CHAPTER 098
Baba the fortune teller

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In one panel (shown above - when Upa is introduced to Goku's friends), Toriyama originally forgot to black-in part of Upa's hair.
This has been fixed for this color edition.

CHAPTER 099
The five warriors

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In one panel (shown above - when Draculaman arrives as a bat), Toriyama didn't draw the symbol on Yamcha's chest, leaving it to be a plain white circle.

CHAPTER 100
A fight with blood profusion

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CHAPTER 101
The demons' toilet

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CHAPTER 102
Son Goku's entrance

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CHAPTER 103
Son Goku is very strong!!

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CHAPTER 104
The Ackmight Beam

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CHAPTER 105
The 5th man

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CHAPTER 106
Two super-powerful opponents

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CHAPTER 107
Goku's tail

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CHAPTER 108
Son Gohan

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Similarly to chapter 099, in one panel (shown here), Yamcha's chest sign does not appear, leaving a plain white circle.

CHAPTER 109
The Pilaf gang's new challenge

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CHAPTER 110
Pilaf's great stategy

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CHAPTER 111
Shenron returns!!

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In two panels (shown here), Shenron's lower jaw is green.
Before and after those panels, his lower jaw has the usual "skin-like" color.

CHAPTER 112
Run, Son Goku!

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"DEMON KING PICCOLO"

(Big thanks to Tyro for providing all of the previews for the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai!)

CHAPTER 113
The 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai

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CHAPTER 114
Fierce struggle for the qualification

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CHAPTER 115
Fierce struggle for the qualification, part 2

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CHAPTER 116
Setting up the competition chart

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CHAPTER 117
Yamcha's Kame Hame Ha

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CHAPTER 118
Yamcha gets crushed!!

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CHAPTER 119
The full moon's rancor

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CHAPTER 120
What? The Dodonpa?

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CHAPTER 121
Krilin's tactic

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CHAPTER 122
Son Goku's entrance!!

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CHAPTER 123
Battle of equal forces!!

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CHAPTER 124
Young Ten Shin Han

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CHAPTER 125
Son Goku versus Krilin!!

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CHAPTER 126
Son Goku, a force of nature!!

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CHAPTER 127
Krilin and Goku's strategies

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CHAPTER 128
The biggest fight ever on Earth!!

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CHAPTER 129
Haikyuken and fighting power

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CHAPTER 130
Angry Ten Shin Han!

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CHAPTER 131
Tormented Ten Shin Han!

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CHAPTER 132
The Kikoho, cursed legacy of Tsuru Sennin!!

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CHAPTER 133
Each one's last tactics!!

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CHAPTER 134
End of the tournament! And then...

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CHAPTER 135
Krilin's death and a horrible conspiration

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In the panel where Bulma mentions the strange mark much to Kame Sennin's shock (shown here), Ten Shin Han's lower body part is missing in the original drawing, leaving something that's hard to define.
So the staff decided to invent and color Ten Shin Han's lower body part (albeit all green without any outline), the rest being the wall in the backgrond (colored brown).

CHAPTER 136
The terrifying Demon King Piccolo!

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As you can see here, even "flashy background" shots are darkened at night.

CHAPTER 137
Son Goku's resurrection!

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CHAPTER 138
The strange guy who had a ball

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CHAPTER 139
Yajoribe's prey

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In one panel (shown here), Cymbal's lower jaw is green.

CHAPTER 140
Tambourine arrives!

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CHAPTER 141
Son Goku explodes!!

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In two near-subsequent panels when Goku mocks Tambourine's beam and yells at him (both of them shown here),
the tongue color applied to the young boy was mistakenly the color scheme for the Namek and demons tongues (dark purple)!
Before and after those panels, his tongue is the regular "human tongue" color.

CHAPTER 142
Demon King Piccolo comes down to see you!!

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CHAPTER 143
Son Goku versus Demon King Piccolo

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In one panel, when Piccolo hits Goku, there's no sign on his chest, leaving a white circle.

CHAPTER 144
Son Goku's total defeat!!

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CHAPTER 145
Muten Roshi's decision

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CHAPTER 146
Kame Sennin's last Mafuba!!

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CHAPTER 147
Will Demon King Piccolo get young again?!

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CHAPTER 148
Go see Master Karin!!

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CHAPTER 149
Conquering the world

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CHAPTER 150
Master Karin's torments

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CHAPTER 151
The divine elixir!!

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CHAPTER 152
Son Goku's on his way!!

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- In one panel, when Yamcha yells to Ten Shin Han to go home, the table is not finished into his open mouth, so it was invented through colors, but without any outline.
- Shortly after that, when Bulma yells to Ten Shin Han not to rush cause they can wish Piccolo dead with the Dragon Balls, her eyes are blue.

CHAPTER 153
Ten Shin Han's determination!!

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CHAPTER 154
Ten Shin Han's miscalculation

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CHAPTER 155
Son Goku's counterattack

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CHAPTER 156
Seeing red

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CHAPTER 157
Showdown of the immortals!!

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CHAPTER 158
Son Goku in distress!!

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CHAPTER 159
Duel in the wasteland!!

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CHAPTER 160
Son Goku's ultimate gamble!!

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CHAPTER 161
Son Goku's victory!!

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CHAPTER 162
Secret of the Nyoi Bo

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CHAPTER 163
The Sanctuary

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CHAPTER 164
Arrival of the Almighty One

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CHAPTER 165
Shenron returns!!

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When God points down to send his reviving light on Earth (picture shown here), his symbol (Japanese sign + Circle) is completely black.

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Chapter 166 - "Everyone's Reunion"

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Chapter 167 - "Troubles at the Tenka’ichi Budōkai"

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Chapter 168 - "The Eight Winners are Determined!!"

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Chapter 169 - "Tenshinhan and Tao Pai-pai"

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Chapter 170 - "The Hitman Tao Pai-pai’s Struggle"

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Chapter 171 - "Son Goku’s Marriage"

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Chapter 172 - "Kuririn vs Ma Junior"

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Chapter 173 - "Kuririn vs Ma Junior: Settling the Score!!"

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Chapter 174 - "Yamcha vs Shen"

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Chapter 175 - "S-H-E-N"

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Chapter 176 - "Son Goku vs Tenshinhan"

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Chapter 177 - "Speed"

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Chapter 178 - "Tenshinhan’s Prided Surefire Technique!"

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Chapter 179 - "Two Weak Points"

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Chapter 180 - "Piccolo Daimaō vs God"

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Chapter 181 - "God’s Miscalculation"

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Chapter 182 - "The Fated Showdown! Son Goku vs Piccolo"

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Chapter 183 - "A Light Warm-Up"

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Chapter 184 - "Both Sides Go All-Out"

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Chapter 185 - "The Super Kamehameha"

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Chapter 186 - "Confusion at the Tournament Grounds!!"

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Chapter 187 - "Piccolo Daimaō’s Super Giant-Form Technique"

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Chapter 188 - "Son Goku’s Match"

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Chapter 189 - "Daimaō’s Final Gamble!!"

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Chapter 190 - "Stand Firm!! Son Goku"

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Chapter 191 - "Ten Count"

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Chapter 192 - "It’s All Over!!"

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Chapter 193 - "The Tenka’ichi Budōkai’s Climax!!"

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Chapter 194 - "The Gift of the Dragon Balls"

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"THE SAIYAN INVASION"

CHAPTER 195
The mysterious alien warrior

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CHAPTER 196
Kakarotto

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CHAPTER 197
Son Goku's past!!

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CHAPTER 198
A common enemy

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CHAPTER 199
Battle against Raditz

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CHAPTER 200
An unprecedented terror

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CHAPTER 201
Piccolo's last asset

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CHAPTER 202
Makanko Sappo

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CHAPTER 203
Son Goku's last resort!!

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CHAPTER 204
Farewell, Son Goku

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CHAPTER 205
Fight in the Other World!!

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- In the Other World, the "Wellcome" sign was corrected to "Wel come", showing that this edition uses the Kanzenban update as a basis (likely including the ending).
- When Bulma, Kame Sennin and Krilin head back home in their vehicle, it's sunset.

CHAPTER 206
Son Gohan and Demon King Piccolo

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CHAPTER 207
Son Gohan's lament

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CHAPTER 208
Disaster under the full moon

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CHAPTER 209
One year spent apart

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CHAPTER 210
Intensive training for father and son alike

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- Kaio has his primary Kanzenban colors (shown here) for digital files, but his secondary Kanzenban colors (close to the anime version) on the mainstream printed version.
- As you can see above, Toriyama had Kaio's road unpaved in one of the panels.

CHAPTER 211
Son Goku, a dead guy training to the max with Master Kaio!

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CHAPTER 212
The Saiyans approach!!

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CHAPTER 213
The Saiyans arrive!!

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CHAPTER 214
Vegeta's tournament

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CHAPTER 215
Yamcha's premonition

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CHAPTER 216
Terrified warriors

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CHAPTER 217
Hurry up, Son Goku!

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CHAPTER 218
The final Kikoho

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CHAPTER 219
Three hours, nothing more

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In one panel, Vegeta shows the number three with his fingers, and Toriyama mistakenly made his armor black like Nappa's armor in the black and white version. This has been fixed.

CHAPTER 220
A faint light

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In Kaio's panel (shown here), Kaio appears with only one outer line on his outfit and symbol, when there should be two lines - one yellow, the other one orange.
The staff chose that the yellow line should be kept while the orange should be the one that's omitted.

CHAPTER 221
A cornered rat will bite even a cat

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CHAPTER 222
Son Goku's getting closer!!

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CHAPTER 223
Piccolo and Gohan

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CHAPTER 224
Son Goku's cold anger

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CHAPTER 225
Completely helpless Nappa!!

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CHAPTER 226
Mystery of the Kaioken

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CHAPTER 227
The Prince enters the stage!!

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From this chapter on, Kaio has his "printed" colors - closer to the anime version - even on digital files.

CHAPTER 228
Time for the duel!!

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CHAPTER 229
The decisive battle that makes the Earth shake!!

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CHAPTER 230
Danger of the triple Kaioken!

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CHAPTER 231
Fight in the red zone!

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CHAPTER 232
"Moon"

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From the moment Goku is shown still waiting for Vegeta while the sun sets behind him (panel shown above), the colors turn to sunset mode.

CHAPTER 233
The Genki Dama? Or not?!

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CHAPTER 234
Is the Genki Dama lost?!

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CHAPTER 235
Son Goku's life is hanging by a thread!!

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When Goku falls back to the ground (picture shown above), the impact is ground-colored as if not here, making it almost invisible.

CHAPTER 236
Futile resistance

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CHAPTER 237
Another Genki Dama!!

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CHAPTER 238
How the Genki Dama will turn out!!

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CHAPTER 239
How the Genki Dama will turn out!!

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CHAPTER 240
The last chance!!

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CHAPTER 241
Son Goku's request...

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Absent of the black and white manga is an added sunset glimmer when Bulma and the others are approaching at night.
Is the sunset light partly extended/emitted by Vegeta's fake moon?

CHAPTER 242
Sad conclusion...

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CHAPTER 243
Let's head for Namek!

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[Cold Skin]

Ha, I updated in chronological order until now as you may have noticed these past days (completing the "Demon King Piccolo" and "Saiyan Invasion" parts)!
But today, I realized I didn't have to make it chronological and could add any chapter in any order actually (which I started to do with the "Son Goku meets the world" and "Red Ribon" parts).

Well, if you guys have preferences for which specific chapter you'd like to see first, feel free to share.
If no requests are made, I'll just keep adding them up in my own order.

Enjoy the official manga colors!

[Cold Skin]

Added a system so that you can see which parts of the story have absolutely no previews to show yet, which events have some chapters previewed and which events have all of their chapters available as preview panels.

Don't forget that if need be, you can ask me to give priority to a specific part for the "Son Goku" arc missing chapters, or ask for a specific panel you are interested in even if it wasn't selected to appear on the preview list (I'll post it for you in its own post).
Otherwise, things will just keep going and being completed step by step just like they did so far.

Enjoy the official manga colors!

[SaiyaJedi]

Question: Do you have the digital editions of every color volume released thus far?

If so, could you confirm which chapters belong to which volume? I downloaded the equivalent of volume 6 on a lark, but discovered that it started partway through what I knew of as volume 6, and seemed to go a bit into volume 7. If they've moved around what chapters go in what volume, we may need to do some revising on the main website.

[Jord]

First of all: thank you for the effort.

Now, is it me or is this version somewhat censored? The image where Raditz and Goku fall to their death looks a lot more "clean" than I remembered it in the original manga?

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Now, is it me or is this version somewhat censored? The image where Raditz and Goku fall to their death looks a lot more "clean" than I remembered it in the original manga?

No, it's the same. The colors kinda hide some of the blood from Radtiz though, as it sort of seems to blend in with parts of his armor when the image is that small.

[Cold Skin]

Question: Do you have the digital editions of every color volume released thus far?

If so, could you confirm which chapters belong to which volume? I downloaded the equivalent of volume 6 on a lark, but discovered that it started partway through what I knew of as volume 6, and seemed to go a bit into volume 7. If they've moved around what chapters go in what volume, we may need to do some revising on the main website.

Unfortunately no, I don't.
I use the Mangapolo videos to get each panel in high definition (720p), as they likely use the source file instead of scans, so it's kind of the ultimate quality for single digital panels, I guess.
And it helps me being patient until it's released in France in a few years.

However, I have wondered the same since covers seem to be classified by "parts" with a specific color for each, and as far as I remember, the original Tankobon didn't always end one of those "parts" at the exact end of a volume, it could go from one part to the other right in the middle of a volume.
Mangapolo videos get erased as they go on, but I'll try to keep an eye on the covers (for each digital chapter published, they show the digital tankobon cover that goes with it) and see if it seems to match the original tankobon or not.
If I notice something, I'll post about it (unless someone beats me to it, of course).

Now, is it me or is this version somewhat censored? The image where Raditz and Goku fall to their death looks a lot more "clean" than I remembered it in the original manga?

No, it's the same. The colors kinda hide some of the blood from Radtiz though, as it sort of seems to blend in with parts of his armor when the image is that small.

Exactly, it is all uncensored but the tiny size of those previews may undermine some details.

[Cold Skin]

Okay, my search went pretty fast!

If Mangapolo is correct (which it likely is, I don't think showing the next cover is a random decision), then no, the digital Tankobon don't follow the pattern of the original Tankobon.
For example, on the digital version, Tankobon 8 seems to switch to Tankobon 9 for chapter 101, when Yamcha enters the demons' toilet.
On the original Tankobon, Tankobon 8 switches to Tankobon 9 for chapter 97, when Goku has just destroyed the Red Ribon army and meets up with his friends, with chapter 101 being around the middle of the volume.

Also, if the original Tankobon pattern was followed, then it would result in a same artwork changing the background color to the one of the new part (for example when switching from the "Son Goku" part to the "Red Ribon" part on a same volume, the color would change to match the new part, but the artwork would stay the same cause we would be on the same volume).
But everytime a new part starts, the artwork fully changes to the next Tankobon cover, implying that two parts cannot be put together on a same digital Tankobon volume unlike the original Tankobon, and implying a different chapters layout.

All of this seems to imply that the digital Tankobon don't have the same layout than the original ones.
Of course, there's no 100% proof given that someone having the digital volumes would need to confirm it, but I do think that when Mangapolo shows a cover at the beginning of a chapter video, it is meant to indicate from which volume it was taken, and I do believe it can be trusted on that. But it's your call, you decide if it's a valid source of information.

The problem is, with Mangapolo videos being deleted as more are published, there's no way to use them to check which chapters are on which volume now...
I have kept panels and covers, not the videos that go with them, so I can't tell "this digital Tankobon starts with this chapter".

[omegalucas]

Okay, my search went pretty fast!

If Mangapolo is correct (which it likely is, I don't think showing the next cover is a random decision), then no, the digital Tankobon don't follow the pattern of the original Tankobon.
For example, on the digital version, Tankobon 8 seems to switch to Tankobon 9 for chapter 101, when Yamcha enters the demons' toilet.
On the original Tankobon, Tankobon 8 switches to Tankobon 9 for chapter 97, when Goku has just destroyed the Red Ribon army and meets up with his friends, with chapter 101 being around the middle of the volume.

Also, if the original Tankobon pattern was followed, then it would result in a same artwork changing the background color to the one of the new part (for example when switching from the "Son Goku" part to the "Red Ribon" part on a same volume, the color would change to match the new part, but the artwork would stay the same cause we would be on the same volume).
But everytime a new part starts, the artwork fully changes to the next Tankobon cover, implying that two parts cannot be put together on a same digital Tankobon volume unlike the original Tankobon, and implying a different chapters layout.

All of this seems to imply that the digital Tankobon don't have the same layout than the original ones.
Of course, there's no 100% proof given that someone having the digital volumes would need to confirm it, but I do think that when Mangapolo shows a cover at the beginning of a chapter video, it is meant to indicate from which volume it was taken, and I do believe it can be trusted on that. But it's your call, you decide if it's a valid source of information.

The problem is, with Mangapolo videos being deleted as more are published, there's no way to use them to check which chapters are on which volume now...

I have kept panels and covers, not the videos that go with them, so I can't tell "this digital Tankobon starts with this chapter".

I only own Volume "17" (Saiyan Arc / Part 4 Volume 1) digitally and it starts two chapters later ("The Mysterious Alien Warrior" - 195) and ends also two chapters later ("Son Gohan and Piccolo Daimao" - 207) than the original tankobon.
So, I assume they keep the tankobon length more or less the same (the original print version wasn't entirely consistent with the length) and only rearranged the chapters so that it is divided by arc.

Question: Do you have the digital editions of every color volume released thus far?

If so, could you confirm which chapters belong to which volume? I downloaded the equivalent of volume 6 on a lark, but discovered that it started partway through what I knew of as volume 6, and seemed to go a bit into volume 7. If they've moved around what chapters go in what volume, we may need to do some revising on the main website.

Julian, I believe the chapters partly presented in the mangabroadcast page are the first chapters of each digital volume, so I believe you can open each of them and then do the math
Also, Mangabroadcast has been updated with the digital tankobon Freeza arc and Chogashu!
http://mangabroadcast.jp/feature01.html

Interestingly, they're splitting the chapters differently from the print version: the digital Freeza arc starts with Bulma and Popo getting the ship from Yuzanbit, instead of starting with Bulma, Krillin and Gohan in space like the print version.

[Cold Skin]

Question: Do you have the digital editions of every color volume released thus far?

If so, could you confirm which chapters belong to which volume? I downloaded the equivalent of volume 6 on a lark, but discovered that it started partway through what I knew of as volume 6, and seemed to go a bit into volume 7. If they've moved around what chapters go in what volume, we may need to do some revising on the main website.

Julian, I believe the chapters partly presented in the mangabroadcast page are the first chapters of each digital volume, so I believe you can open each of them and then do the math
Also, Mangabroadcast has been updated with the digital tankobon Freeza arc and Chogashu!
http://mangabroadcast.jp/feature01.html

Interestingly, they're splitting the chapters differently from the print version: the digital Freeza arc starts with Bulma and Popo getting the ship from Yuzanbit, instead of starting with Bulma, Krillin and Gohan in space like the print version.

That's just when I re-read Julian's reply that I realized he already knew the digital Tankobon were not in line with the original ones and was actually asking for the actual layout for each volume if possible!
I don't even know how I could possibly get it wrong given that his post is absolutely clear about what he asks!

Anyway, Omega's totally right, you can see the example of the digital Tankobon 9 starting when Yamcha goes into the demons' toilet just like I said.
So yeah, you can find out about the chapters layout for absolutely all volumes simply by looking at the preview pages on Mangabroadcast, as it shows exactly the first pages of the first chapter of each volume!
Nicely thought, dude!

[hleV]

I wonder why didn't they switch the Nyoi-bo's sheath color back to wooden-like.

[Cold Skin]

I wonder why didn't they switch the Nyoi-bo's sheath color back to wooden-like.

To avoid inconsistancies as much as they could since it was that way with the Pilaf arc - the only arc that decided its colors based on the last fully-colored pages by Toriyama, even if they had to suddenly change them).
The truth is, we will never truly know if elements set in the Pilaf arc were really their choice or if they were unwillingly stuck with them due to the way they made their decisions back then.

The Pilaf arc was published before the idea of recoloring the full manga and had that way of changing scheme colors depending on the last fully colored pages by Toriyama as chapters went by.
But after that, when doing the rest, they chose that they had to remain consistent and chose their various colors with the idea of one definitive color for the whole story.
Yet, to be as coherent as possible, they had to keep the choices they had shown during the Pilaf arc, including the Nyoi Bo and Kinto-Un, so that only chapters 1 and 2 are out of line and the rest of the Pilaf arc seems to be in line with the whole manga.

We'll never really know if they would have made the same choices if they had chosen to decide one definitive color for the whole story (not considering Toriyama's color inconsistancies) from the start.

[omegalucas]

I wonder why didn't they switch the Nyoi-bo's sheath color back to wooden-like.

To avoid inconsistancies as much as they could since it was that way with the Pilaf arc - the only arc that decided its colors based on the last fully-colored pages by Toriyama, even if they had to suddenly change them).
The truth is, we will never truly know if elements set in the Pilaf arc were really their choice or if they were unwillingly stuck with them due to the way they made their decisions back then.

The Pilaf arc was published before the idea of recoloring the full manga and had that way of changing scheme colors depending on the last fully colored pages by Toriyama as chapters went by.
But after that, when doing the rest, they chose that they had to remain consistent and chose their various colors with the idea of one definitive color for the whole story.
Yet, to be as coherent as possible, they had to keep the choices they had shown during the Pilaf arc, including the Nyoi Bo and Kinto-Un, so that only chapters 1 and 2 are out of line and the rest of the Pilaf arc seems to be in line with the whole manga.

We'll never really know if they would have made the same choices if they had chosen to decide one definitive color for the whole story (not considering Toriyama's color inconsistancies) from the start.

Makes me wonder if they ever release the first arcs in paper, will they re-do the first two chapters for consistency sake? (I wouldn't mind if they re-did all of the Pilaf arc, I'm not a big fan of the softer shading of that arc; I like the sharper anime-like shading of the newer full-color releases much more)

[Cold Skin]

Part 1 and Part 2 are complete!
You now have previews for all "Son Goku" and "Red Ribon" chapters, expect no more changes in those parts (if some specific panels are requested, they'll be in their own posts).

From now on, when looking for new previews, head mostly for Part 3 (Demon King Piccolo) and sometimes Part 4 (The Saiyans).

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Very nice guide!

[Cold Skin]

^ Glad to give a glimpse of this wonderful edition (though I wish it was Kanzenban-sized, but I understand why they might not want to do that: smaller size, less color ink to spend and pay for during printings).

I hope those previews do line up as they should on most of your computers, cause I arrange them in two lines on a widescreen, so anyone not having a widescreen computer (although it has become the norm for quite a while) might end up seeing quite a messy display for each chapter! But hey, I guess the most important is to be able to see them, regardless of how they are displayed (though it's definately nicer to have a clean display).

[hleV]

Could you wrap all the chapters in spoiler tags? It's impossible to read the recent posts while the pictures are loading, unless you press Post Reply and look at the posts at the bottom of the page.