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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ペン入れの日は、午前12時頃起床、メシを食べたりして午後１時からアシスタントの松山君とペン入れを開始、７時から８時まで晩メシを食べたり、犬を運動させたり、鳥にエサをやったり、９時に松山君は帰って、ボクはそのままテレビをみながら仕事を続け、11時に風呂に入り、そのあと仕事をしながらゴロゴロしたりで午前４時頃に眠る。これがペン入れをする日のだいたいのパターンです。

On days when I do inking, I get up around noon, eat, and then from 1 p.m., I begin inking with my assistant Matsuyama-kun; from 7 to 8, I eat dinner, walk my dog, and feed my bird; Matsuyama-kun goes home at 9, and I continue to work while watching TV; I get in the bath at 11; after that, I stretch out and relax while working; and I go to sleep around 4 a.m. This is the pattern that most of my inking days follow.

Contents

This volume compiles chapters 85 to 96 as originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, covering issues 1986 #35 to 1986 #46. 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 (085 – 096)

Dragon Ball Chapter 085Page 7

殺し屋゛桃白白゛
Koroshiya “Tao Pai-pai”
The Hitman “Tao Pai-pai”

29 July 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #35

Dragon Ball Chapter 086Page 22

桃白白の必殺どどん波
Taopaipai no Hissatsu Dodonpa
Tao Pai-pai’s Surefire Dodonpa

05 August 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #36

Dragon Ball Chapter 087Page 36

カリン塔
Karin Tō
Karin Tower

12 August 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #37

Dragon Ball Chapter 088Page 50

カリン塔のカリン様
Karin Tō no Karin-sama
Karin-sama of Karin Tower

19 August 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #38

Dragon Ball Chapter 089Page 64

超聖水の効能
Chō-Seisui no Kōnō
The Effects of the Super Holy Water

26 August 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #39

Dragon Ball Chapter 090Page 78

孫悟空の逆襲
Son Gokū no Gyakushū
Son Goku’s Counterattack

02 September 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #40

Dragon Ball Chapter 091Page 92

聖地の大決戦！！
Seichi no Dai-Kessen!!
A Grand Showdown in the Holy Land!!

09 September 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #41

Dragon Ball Chapter 092Page 106

最後の桃白白
Saigo no Tao Pai-pai
The End of Tao Pai-pai

16 September 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #42

Dragon Ball Chapter 093Page 120

孫悟空突撃
Son Gokū Totsugeki
Son Goku’s Assault

23 September 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #43

Dragon Ball Chapter 094Page 134

孫悟空快進撃！
Son Gokū Kai-Shingeki!
Son Goku’s Charge!

30 September 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #44

Dragon Ball Chapter 095Page 149

レッド総帥死す！
Reddo Sōsui Shisu!
Commander Red Dies!

07 October 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #45

Dragon Ball Chapter 096Page 164

大勝利！！
Dai-Shōri!!
A Great Victory!!

14 October 1986
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #46

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 also 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

• No chapter title pages were omitted from this volume.

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.