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Cell's Idea
	Kanzenban Full Color Tankōbon
セルの思いつき; Seru no Omoitsuki
セルの思いつき; Seru no Omoitsuki
Premiered	Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1992 #39
Sale Date	01 September 1992
Issue Date	14 September 1992
Chapter Data
Pages	Title; Pages 1-14 (Black and White)
Episodes	Dragon Ball Z Episode 165; Dragon Ball Z Episode 166; Dragon Ball Kai Episode 82; Dragon Ball Kai Episode 83
Viz Publication
Title	Cell's Idea
Chapter No.	Z 194
Release	12 October 2004
Translation	Lillian Olsen
Adaptation	Gerard Jones
Editor	Jason Thompson
Collected Volumes
Tankōbon	Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 33; (Dragon Ball Z Volume 17)
Kanzenban	Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 26
Full Color	Artificial Human & Cell Arc Volume 4; Digital Color Part 6 Volume 6
VIZBIG	Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG Volume 6
Viz 3-in-1	Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 11
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"Cell's Idea" is the three hundred and eighty-eighth chapter of the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the 1992 #39 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Summary

Cell says nothing comes of this transformation, and calls him stupid. Trunks realizes that is why his dad did not dare use this transformation. Then he lands, saying he is an idiot, as Cell said. He powers down, and tells Cell to go ahead and kill him. Cell says okay, and holds out his hand. Meanwhile, Kuririn has landed on another island with Vegeta, and says Trunks' ki has gotten smaller, while Cell's is still huge. Kuririn gets worried, and wakes up Vegeta and feeds him a senzu. Cell tells Trunks that both he and Vegeta have disappointed him, and he had hoped it would be more fun. At God's Temple, Bulma wonders if Trunks is still winning. Piccolo says perfect form Cell is amazing, and that Trunks will be killed.

Cell has a final question. He and Vegeta suddenly powered up greatly in a short time. Cell wants to know how. Trunks says nothing, so Cell changes the question. "If you had the time, could you go up even more?" Trunks says he would not know unless he tried, and asks Cell why he wants to know. Cell says he has another question. "What is Son Goku doing? Why is he not here?" Trunks says Goku is currently training to defeat him, and he will appear to fight tomorrow. Cell likes that answer, and says he will hold a martial arts tournament in ten days, a great service to them all. He wants them to get stronger and make it fun. He explains to Trunks that there used to be martial arts tournaments called the Tenka'ichi Budōkai, and he is going to revive that.

"However, your only opponent will be me. They will be one-on-one fights, and if I win, the next person steps up to fight me. You can have as many people as you want. If your numbers are higher, that will just be an advantage. You should gather as many as possible. When I know the location, I will inform you. By television broadcast or something." Then Cell prepares to leave, saying to be sure to bring lots of senzu, and Trunks demands to know what his true purpose is. Cell says he pretty much just wants to test his own strength, and he has no interest in taking over the world or anything. Nor does he have much interest in killing Son Goku, the reason he was created. His greatest purpose is to see the look of terror on people's faces. Trunks freaks out, and Cell says that is the look, then flies off. Trunks stands there speechless, until Kuririn and Vegeta arrive on the island and ask what happened.

Bulma tells Piccolo and Tenshinhan to stop just standing there and go help, or Trunks will die. Piccolo says it is okay, he has not been killed. Then he thinks he will have to enter the Room of Spirit and Time next. Meanwhile, Trunks has explained everything, and Vegeta is pissed Cell is using them to play around. Trunks thinks they can maybe do it if they all enter the Room of Spirit and Time again. Vegeta says there is no need for him or Goku^[a], only he needs one more day in there. No. 16 limps over to them, saying he will enter the tournament too. He asks if someone will please take him to Capsule Corporation to be repaired. Trunks says no way, but Kuririn says he will take him. He tells Trunks not to worry, since he does not seem to be a bad guy. The two that got sucked up by Cell were not so bad either. They are much different from the future artificial humans that Trunks knows, and this is a time when it is good to have lots of strong allies. "The next day, there was a television broadcast that aired throughout the entire world. Everyone on Earth was certainly overcome with fear..."

Cast

Availability

This chapter has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both print and digital formats.

Japan

Dragon Ball Volume 33: The Cell Games Begin (Tankōbon; 26 December 1992)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 33 (12 October 2012)
Dragon Ball Volume 26 (Kanzenban; 04 December 2003)
Dragon Ball Part 6: Artificial Humans & Cell Arc Volume 6 (Digital Color Edition; 04 September 2013)
Dragon Ball: Artificial Human & Cell Arc Volume 4 (Full Color Comics; 02 May 2014)

External Links

Kanzenshuu Manga Guide - Dragon Ball Chapter 388

Notes

↑ In what is presumably an oversight, Vegeta says "Goku" here instead of the usual "Kakarrot".

References

[1] In what is presumably an oversight, Vegeta says "Goku" here instead of the usual "Kakarrot".

[a]

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 | eng_title     = Cell's Idea
 | premiered     = ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', 1992 #39
-| sale_date     = [[Template:September 01|01 September 1992]]
+| sale_date     = [[Template:September 1|01 September 1992]]
-| issue_date    =
+| issue_date    = 14 September 1992
 | pages         = Title; Pages 1-14 (Black and White)
 | episodes      = [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 165]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Z Episode 166]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Kai Episode 82]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Kai Episode 83]]
 | viz_title     = Cell's Idea
+| viz_chp = Z 194
 | viz_release   = 12 October 2004
 | viz_trans     = [[Lillian Olsen]]
 | viz_adapt     = [[Gerard Jones]]
 | viz_editor    = [[Jason Thompson]]
+| tankobon      = [[Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 33|Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 33<br>(Dragon Ball Z Volume 17)]]
+| kanzenban     = [[Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 26]]
+| full_color    = [[Dragon Ball Full Color: Artificial Human & Cell Arc Volume 4|Artificial Human & Cell Arc Volume 4]]<br>[[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 6: Volume 6|Digital Color Part 6 Volume 6]]
+| vizbig        = [[Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG Volume 6]]
+| 3-in-1        = [[Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 11]]
 }}
 "'''Cell's Idea'''" is the three hundred and eighty-eighth chapter of the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. It was first published in Japan in the 1992 #39 issue of Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.
 ==Summary==
-The next morning, Cell decides he'll make a ring for the tournament. It's a mostly empty place, except for a couple houses, but Cell blows those up, and makes a big portion of the land completely smooth and flat. Then Cell telekinetically lifts up a huge mountain, and cuts it up until it's a perfectly smooth cube. Then, still telekinetically, he slices the cube into tiles, then sends them all to the smoothed out area on the ground. Now he's off to a TV station. At Kame House, Kuririn and Yamcha are watching the weather, when the guy on TV suddenly starts screaming. Kuririn tells Muten Roshi that Cell is on the TV, and he and Chi-Chi come over to watch too. A crew guy yells into the camera to call security or the police, but then Cell kills him.
+[[Cell]] says nothing comes of this transformation, and calls him stupid. [[Future Trunks|Trunks]] realizes that is why his [[Vegeta|dad]] did not dare use this transformation. Then he lands, saying he is an idiot, as Cell said. He powers down, and tells Cell to go ahead and kill him. Cell says okay, and holds out his hand. Meanwhile, [[Kuririn]] has landed on another island with Vegeta, and says Trunks' ''[[Ki|ki]]'' has gotten smaller, while Cell's is still huge. Kuririn gets worried, and wakes up Vegeta and feeds him a [[Senzu|senzu]]. Cell tells Trunks that both he and Vegeta have disappointed him, and he had hoped it would be more fun. At [[God's Temple]], [[Bulma]] wonders if Trunks is still winning. [[Piccolo]] says perfect form Cell is amazing, and that Trunks will be killed.
-"I will be interrupting your television for just a little while. Actually, I've brought splendid news for those who enjoy living in peace. News that should give your days even more joy and thrills. My name is Cell. I think you all know of the situation many days ago where numerous humans vanished at the hands of a monster. That monster has evolved and transformed into me. Thank you for giving me lots of bio energy back then. But it's alright, as I no longer need bio energy. Anyway, the splendid news is: nine days from today, M 17th, at noon, a martial arts tournament called the ‘Cell Games' will take place. The place is northwest of Central City, 28 KS Point 5. I've built a ring there." Tenshinhan, Piccolo, and Mister Popo are watching from God's Palace, on a little TV with a satellite hookup. "It's different from the Tenka'ichi Budōkai. The opponent you humans will fight will be me alone. There can be as many of you as you want."
+Cell has a final question. He and Vegeta suddenly powered up greatly in a short time. Cell wants to know how. Trunks says nothing, so Cell changes the question. "If you had the time, could you go up even more?" Trunks says he would not know unless he tried, and asks Cell why he wants to know. Cell says he has another question. "What is [[Son Goku]] doing? Why is he not here?" Trunks says Goku is currently training to defeat him, and he will appear to fight tomorrow. Cell likes that answer, and says he will hold a [[Cell Games|martial arts tournament]] in ten days, a great service to them all. He wants them to get stronger and make it fun. He explains to Trunks that there used to be martial arts tournaments called the [[Tenka'ichi Budōkai]], and he is going to revive that.
-"The way it works is, one of your competitors fights me, and when they lose, the next competitor takes their place. Thus, it would be an advantage for you to have greater numbers. Maybe I'll get tired if I have lots of matches. The rules are mostly the same as the Tenka'ichi Budōkai. Giving up, or any part of the body going outside the ring, is a loss. And, while I'll try not to, if you're killed, that's a loss too. Should all the competitors lose, I'll kill every single person in the world. I'll thoroughly make sure to not leave a single one, while taking a good look at the expression of fear in their faces." Vegeta, Trunks, Bulma, and Dr. Brief are watching from a lab where No. 16 is being repaired. "With that being the case, I want those with confidence in their strength to participate." Then Cell puts his hand against the wall behind him, and blows it up completely. Then he flies out of the building through the hole he made.
+"However, your only opponent will be me. They will be one-on-one fights, and if I win, the next person steps up to fight me. You can have as many people as you want. If your numbers are higher, that will just be an advantage. You should gather as many as possible. When I know the location, I will inform you. By television broadcast or something." Then Cell prepares to leave, saying to be sure to bring lots of senzu, and Trunks demands to know what his true purpose is. Cell says he pretty much just wants to test his own strength, and he has no interest in taking over the world or anything. Nor does he have much interest in killing Son Goku, the reason he was created. His greatest purpose is to see the look of terror on people's faces. Trunks freaks out, and Cell says that is the look, then flies off. Trunks stands there speechless, until Kuririn and Vegeta arrive on the island and ask what happened.
-At Kame House, Kame-Sen'nin thinks he's incredible, while Kuririn thinks of what he said about killing everyone in the world. Yamcha wonders who could possibly stand up to him. Vegeta and Trunks couldn't, not even Goku could. At Capsule Corp., Vegeta is taking off his shirt, and Bulma asks where he's going. He says he's going back to the strange room, of course. Vegeta says he doesn't know about Earthlings dying, but he won't be satisfied if he doesn't kill Cell. Trunks says he'll go too, and Bulma says she'll give him a haircut before he goes. "Cell's speech has now created tremendous fear throughout the world. Once again, the world has been weakened by peace, and the army and the police don't know what to do about the enemy that has appeared before their eyes. The people have forgotten about the small boy that fought Piccolo Daimaō long ago. And the people didn't know about the warrior who fought the Saiyans or Freeza. About Son Goku's existence."
+Bulma tells Piccolo and [[Tenshinhan]] to stop just standing there and go help, or Trunks will die. Piccolo says it is okay, he has not been killed. Then he thinks he will have to enter the [[Room of Spirit and Time]] next. Meanwhile, Trunks has explained everything, and Vegeta is pissed Cell is using them to play around. Trunks thinks they can maybe do it if they all enter the Room of Spirit and Time again. Vegeta says there is no need for him or Goku{{efn|In what is presumably an oversight, Vegeta says "Goku" here instead of the usual "Kakarrot".}}, only he needs one more day in there. [[No. 16]] limps over to them, saying he will enter the tournament too. He asks if someone will please take him to [[Capsule Corporation]] to be repaired. Trunks says no way, but Kuririn says he will take him. He tells Trunks not to worry, since he does not seem to be a bad guy. The two that got sucked up by Cell were not so bad either. They are much different from the future [[Artificial Humans|artificial humans]] that Trunks knows, and this is a time when it is good to have lots of strong allies. "The next day, there was a television broadcast that aired throughout the entire world. Everyone on [[Earth]] was certainly overcome with fear..."
+==Cast==
+*[[Cell]]
+*[[Future Trunks]]
+*[[Vegeta]]
+*[[Kuririn]]
+*[[Artificial Human No. 16]]
+*[[Bulma]]
+*[[Tenshinhan]]
+*[[Piccolo]]
+*[[Mister Popo]]
 ==Availability==
@@ Line 43: / Line 60: @@
 ** Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 33 ('''12 October 2012''')
 * [[Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 26|Dragon Ball Volume 26]] (Kanzenban; '''04 December 2003''')
-* [[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 6: Volume 6| Dragon Ball Part 6: Artificial Humans & Cell Arc Volume 6]] (Digital Color Edition; '''04 September 2013'''
+* [[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 6: Volume 6| Dragon Ball Part 6: Artificial Humans & Cell Arc Volume 6]] (Digital Color Edition; '''04 September 2013''')
+* [[Dragon Ball Full Color: Artificial Human & Cell Arc Volume 4|Dragon Ball: Artificial Human & Cell Arc Volume 4]] (Full Color Comics; '''02 May 2014''')
 ==External Links==
 * [http://www.kanzenshuu.com/manga/chp-388/ Kanzenshuu Manga Guide - Dragon Ball Chapter 388]
+==Notes==
+{{Notelist}}
 ==References==