Arc Information
Original Run: | 19 September 1989 – 04 September 1990 (51 weeks) |
Corresponding: | Dragon Ball Chapters 242 – 290 (49 chapters) |
Page Count: | 736 pages (18 full color / 47 limited color / 671 black and white) |
Arc Synopsis
Goku and co. barely manage to drive Vegeta from the Earth. However, many of their allies were killed, and the Dragon Balls ceased to be. Thinking that there might be Dragon Balls there, Bulma and co. journey by spaceship to God’s birthplace, Planet Namek. However, at the same time Freeza had also heard of the Dragon Balls, and headed for Planet Namek aiming to find them. Knowing this, Vegeta came following after him, and then Goku came as well. The various warriors from around the galaxy began to gather on Planet Namek, and a new battle for the Dragon Balls begins.
On Planet Namek, Freeza and his men push the limits of inhumanity, killing anyone who gets in their way. Gohan somehow manages to rescue a Namekian child, Dende. Elsewhere, arriving on Planet Namek on his own, Vegeta also begins to slaughter Namekians and gather Dragon Balls. Defeating Freeza’s underlings, he aims to recapture the Dragon Balls Freeza has. However, being no match for a transformed Zarbon, one of Freeza’s henchmen, he is captured by Freeza. Meanwhile, Goku continues training in the gravity room of his spaceship on his way to Planet Namek.
Kuririn was able to meet Planet Namek’s Eldest, but his Dragon Ball was stolen by Vegeta, who had escaped from Freeza. Because he was revived from the brink of death, Vegeta powered up even further. Though he had been beaten before, Vegeta easily defeated Zarbon in his transformed state. However, Freeza played his next hand and called on the even more frightfully powerful Ginyu Special-Squad. Before their overwhelming power, Vegeta, Gohan, and Kuririn were completely unable to put up a fight.
With the power of the Ginyu Special-Squad, Freeza was finally able to gather all seven Dragon Balls. However, not knowing the crucial method of getting one’s wish granted, he flies to the location of the surviving Namekian, the Eldest. Vegeta and co. were about to be killed by Recoom, one of the Ginyu Special-Squad, but at the last moment Goku finally arrived. Showing the results of his training in his spaceship, he defeated one Ginyu Special-Squad member after another with super power. But through Captain Ginyu’s “Body Change” technique, Goku and Ginyu switched bodies.
However, Ginyu couldn’t properly fight with Goku’s body, and was soon defeated. Goku had somehow managed to return to his own body during the battle, but was grievously injured in the process. With Vegeta’s guidance, he is put into a medical machine to heal his wounds.
Chapter List
Yūutsu na Makugire…
A Gloomy Closing Scene…
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #42
Mezase! Namekku no Hoshi
Go For It! The Planet Namek
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #43
Uchūsen Hakken!!
A Spaceship Found!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #44
Namekku-sei Iki Hasshin!!
Departing for Planet Namek!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #45
Bejīta Fukkatsu!!
Vegeta Revived!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #46
An’un Uzumaku Namekku-sei
Dark Clouds Swirl Over Planet Namek
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #47
Nazo no Sutorenjā
The Mysterious Strangers
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #48
Bejīta no Sūpā Pawā
Vegeta’s Super Power
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #49
Son Gokū Fukkatsu!!
Son Goku Revived!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #50
Son Gokū no Uchūsen
Son Goku’s Spaceship
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #51
Obieru Namekku-seijin
The Frightened Namekians
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #52
Aru Mura no Kōbōsen
One Village’s Battle
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #01/02
Namekku-seijin no Teikō
The Namekian Resistance
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #03/04
Son Gohan Gyakujō!!
Son Gohan in a Frenzy!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #05
Shi o Yobu Tsuisekisha!!
A Deadly Pursuer!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #05
Obieru Dodoria
Dodoria in Terror
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #06
Kiken ga Ippai!!
Danger All Around!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #07
Rokkome no Doragon Bōru
The Sixth Dragon Ball
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #08
Doragon Bōru Saigo no Ikko
One Last Dragon Ball
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #09
Bibiru Kaiō-sama
Kaiō-sama’s Freaked Out
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #10
Bejīta to Zābon
Vegeta and Zarbon
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #11
Zābon no Himeta Chikara
Zarbon’s Hidden Power
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #12
Saichōrō no Ie
The Eldest’s House
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #13
Utsurikawaru Nanako no Doragon Bōru
The Seventh Dragon Ball Changes Hands
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #14
Warau Bejīta Ikaru Furīza
Vegeta Laughs, Freeza Fumes
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #15
Kyōfu no Saikai
A Reunion of Terror
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #16
Bejīta Kai-Shingeki!
Vegeta’s Charge!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #17
Gohan to Bejīta no Doragon Bōru
Gohan and Vegeta’s Dragon Ball
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #18
Dai-Sensō no Yokan
Premonitions of a Great War
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #19
Sekkin!! Ginyū Tokusentai
They’re Closing In!! The Ginyu Special-Squad
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #20
Ma ni Ae!! Nanatsu no Doragon Bōru
Make it in Time!! The Seven Dragon Balls
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #21/22
Kyōfu no Ginyū Tokusentai
The Terrible Ginyu Special-Squad
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #23
Gurudo no Chōnōryoku
Gurd’s Psychic Powers
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #24
Bejīta no Sokkō!!
Vegeta’s Quick Attack!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #25
Zetsubō no Bejīta
No Hope for Vegeta
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #26
Warau Furīza
Freeza Laughs
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #27
Son Gohan Shisu!?
Son Gohan Dies?!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #28
Fushigi na Son Gokū
The Mysterious Son Goku
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #29
Sūpā Saiya-jin!?
Super Saiyan?!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #30
Taiketsu!! Jīsu to Bāta
Showdown!! Jheese and Butta
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #31
Bejīta no Fukuzatsu na Kokoro
Vegeta’s Complex Mind
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #32
Ginyū Taichō Odemashi!!
Captain Ginyu Takes the Field!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #33
Ginyū Taichō no Puraido
Captain Ginyu’s Pride
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #34
Ayaushi Saichōrō-tachi
The Eldest and Co. in Danger
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #35
Namekku-sei no Senshi Neiru
Nail, Warrior of Namek
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #36
Bodi Chenji
The Body Change
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #37
Gokū ka!? Ginyū ka!?
Goku or Ginyu?!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #38
Ginyū Tsūkon no Dai-Gosan!!
Ginyu’s Painful Miscalculation!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #39
Ginyū Yabureru!!!
Ginyu is Defeated!!!
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 #40