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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ちかごろ運動をなまけ、ごく近所に外出するときでさえクルマやバイクに乗って、というような横着ばかりしていたら、おなかがポコンと、はりでてきてしまいました。このままではヤバイ！　ということで、せめて自転車にでも乗ってシェイプアップしようと、決めたのですが、つい道を行く女性にばかり目がいってしまってノロノロ運転。はっきりいって運動にはなっていない。

These days, I’ve been slacking off on exercise, always doing lazy things like using the car or motorbike even on outings right in the neighborhood. As a result, my stomach has started to bulge out. Thinking, “I’ll be in trouble if it goes on like this!”, I decided I’d at least try and ride my bike to shape up. But my eyes always wander over to the women walking along the street, and I end up riding at a snail’s pace. To be frank, it doesn’t really amount to “exercise”.

Contents

This volume compiles chapters 37 to 48 as originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, covering issues 1985 #37 to 1985 #48. 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 (037 – 048)

Dragon Ball Chapter 037Page 7

第２試合
Dai-Ni Shiai
The Second Match

13 August 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #37

Dragon Ball Chapter 038Page 22

第３試合
Dai-San Shiai
The Third Match

20 August 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #38

Dragon Ball Chapter 039Page 36

第４試合
Dai-Yon Shiai
The Fourth Match

27 August 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #39

Dragon Ball Chapter 040Page 50

悟空のシッポ
Gokū no Shippo
Goku’s Tail

03 September 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #40

Dragon Ball Chapter 041Page 65

クリリン対ジャッキー・チュン
Kuririn Tai Jakkī Chun
Kuririn vs Jackie Chun

10 September 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #41

Dragon Ball Chapter 042Page 80

大攻防戦！
Dai-Kōbōsen!
A Great Give-and-Take Battle!

17 September 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #42

Dragon Ball Chapter 043Page 94

謎のジャッキー・チュン
Nazo no Jakkī Chun
The Mysterious Jackie Chun

24 September 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #43

Dragon Ball Chapter 044Page 108

孫悟空対ナム
Son Gokū Tai Namu
Son Goku vs Namu

01 October 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #44

Dragon Ball Chapter 045Page 126

大空中戦！
Dai-Kūchūsen!
A Great Mid-Air Battle!

08 October 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #45

Dragon Ball Chapter 046Page 140

大決勝戦
Dai-Kesshōsen
The Grand Finals

15 October 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #46

Dragon Ball Chapter 047Page 154

かめはめ波
Kamehameha
The Kamehameha

22 October 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #47

Dragon Ball Chapter 048Page 168

猿マネ孫悟空
Saru Mane Son Gokū
Monkey-See, Monkey-Do Son Goku

29 October 1985
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #48

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.

Toriyama-san’s Dragon Ball Ask-Me-Anything Corner

Each of the first 12 tankōbon volumes contains a short, two-page Q&A session with Akira Toriyama (essentially the continuation of a similar section in Dr. Slump), where he answers questions sent in by readers. Anyone was able to send in a postcard to the address listed in the book, and individuals whose submissions ran in a subsequent volume were promised a signed illustration (shikishi) from Toriyama himself. This solicitation remained in place in all printings through mid-1995 (the end of the series’ run in Weekly Shōnen Jump), after which it was removed. The Q&A section is not included in the digital edition.

The first six volumes included an invitation to join Toriyama’s official fan club, the “Akira Toriyama Preservation Society” (Toriyama Akira Hozon-Kai), whose members received a newsletter with “inside stories” and other bonus content that would “make the comics ten times more fun”. Readers were invited to send a ¥60 stamp in an envelope to the address given, after which they would receive a membership form. This invitation remained until May 1987 (concurrent with the publication of volume 7); it was then replaced with a notice that the club had reached its predetermined membership limit, and an apology to those who still wished to join. This notice remains in current printings, even though the club has long since disbanded, with the final newsletter (issue #25) published in September 1987.

Notes

• This volume omits five of the original chapter title pages (one was repurposed as the front cover of the volume), although all five were later included in the kanzenban release. The title page used for Chapter 45 in Weekly Shōnen Jump was repurposed as the title page for Chapter 44, presumably because the Chapter 44 title page was used as the book’s cover (as noted in Daizenshuu 1: Complete Illustrations), and would have otherwise thrown off the appropriate left and right page print order for that chapter.
• The three interstitial pages included all feature the phrase, “A bonus nothing page” (OMAKE なんごもないページ), with the various main characters doing random unrelated things to the actual story.

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.