Dragon Ball Episode 142

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Which is Stronger?! God vs Piccolo Daimaō
Japanese English
どっちが強い！？神ＶＳピッコロ大魔王 Dotchi ga Tsuyoi!? Kami Tai Pikkoro Daimaō
Air Date	25 January 1988 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 180 Dragon Ball Chapter 181
TV Rating	19.2%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Hajime Satsuki
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Mitsuo Shindō
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Kami vs. Piccolo
Air Date	10 November 2003 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Who's Stronger?! Kami vs. Piccolo Daimao
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Piccolo Jr. Saga Part 2
Release Date	19 August 2003

"Which is Stronger?! God vs Piccolo Daimaō" is the one hundred and forty-second episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 25 January 1988, receiving a ratings share of 19.2%. It was written by Hajime Satsuki and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

Before the second match of the semi-finals, Goku verifies that Shen is in fact God. Shen informs a concerned Goku that he has a good plan, and goes to deal with his fight. The fight between Shen and Ma Junior is a super battle that dumbfounds even Tenshinhan and the others!! After realizing that borrowing a human body has put him at a disadvantage, Shen fires a Mafūba! But Piccolo had predicted this, and he fires a Reverse-Mafūba, which draws God out from Shen and seals him within a small bottle!!

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Shen	Takeshi Aono	Christopher R. Sabat
Ma Junior	Toshio Furukawa
Announcer	Kenji Utsumi	Eric Vale
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Cynthia Cranz
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong

Main Staff

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this episode as credited in this specific episode's ending credits.

• Scenario: Hajime Satsuki
• Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Mitsuo Shindō
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Kazuko Hirose, Teruhisa Ryū, Tadayoshi Yamamuro
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Assistant Director: Akihiko Yamaguchi

Continuity

Translation

• In the Funimation subtitles, Shen thinks of Piccolo: "His power is far too great, despite his having borrowed the body of a weak human!" Piccolo responds: "Borrowed?! I've borrowed the body of a human, you say?"
  • This a mistranslation. The Viz translation of the same lines in the manga is accurate: "Even accounting for the fact that I've borrowed a weak human's body, the difference between our powers is too great...!" / "'Borrowed'...? Who are you to have borrowed a human body?"
  • The error was elided in the Funimation dub adaptation. Shen says: "His fighting skills have improved. I had hoped my disguise as a human being would throw him off guard..." Piccolo responds: "Oh really? Disguised as a human being."

Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, and our in-house K-catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him.

None of the background music (BGM) tracks have official titles, but the officially-released tracks generally do have official catalogue numbers, which are prefaced by letters other than K. These are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

Dragon Ball Episode 142: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure! (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-601	Recap: Goku vs Tenshinhan	K-601		Unreleased
K-510	Recap: Piccolo	M510		Daizenshuu 2:25(c)
U-706	武	U-706	None	Unreleased
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-624	Shen waits	K-624	A+	Unreleased
K-524	Shen's explanation	K-524	F Minor
K-508	Shen faces Piccolo	M513		Daizenshuu 2:24(b)
K-505	Shen attacks	M516		Daizenshuu 2:24(d)
K-511	Piccolo recovers	M518		Daizenshuu 2:25(a)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-508	Shen is angry	M513		Daizenshuu 2:24(b)
K-418	Shen attacks	M420		Daizenshuu 5:3(e)
K-322	Strange language	M306	E˚7	Daizenshuu 2:
K-306	A little bottle	K-306	C+	Unreleased
U-707	Demon King seal	U-707	E
K-88	Mafūba	K-88	F Minor
K-319	God in the bottle	K-319
ED	Ending	I'll Give You Romance (TV Size)	E♭ Major	Daizenshuu 2:27
K-23	Next Episode Preview	M23	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:26(c)

The opening song "Mystical Adventure!" is performed by Hiroki Takahashi, and the ending song "I'll Give You Romance" is performed by Ushio Hashimoto.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 142