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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近眼というのは、ほとんどいいことがありません。プールや海に行って泳いでいたりなんかすると、もうまったく水着のギャルなど見えないのです。おっ！　と思って慌ててメガネをかけたらオバサンで、また慌ててメガネをはずすなんてことが、よくあったりします。以前に行った温泉が混浴で、ボ～としか見えずに涙をのんだこともありました。近眼のバカヤロー！　皆さんも眼をおだいじに。

There’s practically nothing good about being nearsighted. When you go swimming at the pool or the beach, you can’t see any of the gals in their bathing suits! It often happens that I’ll think, “Oh!”, and hurry to put on my glasses, only for it to be an old lady, so I’ll hurry to take my glasses off again. There was even one time where the hot spring I went to had mixed bathing, but I had to swallow my tears because all I could see was a blur. Stupid nearsightedness! Everyone, please take care of your eyes.

Contents

This volume compiles chapters 109 to 120 as originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, covering issues 1987 #09 to 1987 #20. 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 (109 – 120)

Dragon Ball Chapter 109Page 7

ピラフ一味の再挑戦
Pirafu Ichimi no Sai-Chōsen
The Pilaf Gang’s Second Attempt

27 January 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #09

Dragon Ball Chapter 110Page 22

ピラフの大作戦
Pirafu no Dai-Sakusen
Pilaf’s Great Strategy

03 February 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #10

Dragon Ball Chapter 111Page 37

神龍再び！！
Shenron Futatabi!!
Once Again, Shenlong!!

10 February 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #11

Dragon Ball Chapter 112Page 52

駆けろ！孫悟空
Kakero! Son Gokū
Run, Son Goku!

17 February 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #12

Dragon Ball Chapter 113Page 67

第２２回天下一武道会
Dai-Nijūnikai Tenka’ichi Budōkai
The Twenty-Second Tenka’ichi Budōkai

24 February 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #13

Dragon Ball Chapter 114Page 82

予選サバイバル
Yosen Sabaibaru
Surviving the Preliminaries

03 March 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #14

Dragon Ball Chapter 115Page 97

予選サバイバルその２
Yosen Sabaibaru Sono Ni
Surviving the Preliminaries, Part Two

10 March 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #15

Dragon Ball Chapter 116Page 112

つくられた対戦表
Tsukurareta Taisenhyō
Manufactured Matchups

17 March 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #16

Dragon Ball Chapter 117Page 126

ヤムチャのかめはめ波
Yamucha no Kamehameha
Yamcha’s Kamehameha

24 March 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #17

Dragon Ball Chapter 118Page 140

ヤムチャ破れる！！
Yamucha Yabureru!!
Yamcha Broken!!

31 March 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #18

Dragon Ball Chapter 119Page 154

満月の恨み
Mangetsu no Urami
A Full Moon Grudge

07 April 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #19

Dragon Ball Chapter 120Page 168

なんとどどん波
Nanto Dodonpa
An Unexpected Dodonpa

14 April 1987
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #20

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.
• The volume’s cover illustration is taken from the title page for Chapter 4.

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.