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Is This Gonna Work?! The Potara Fusion!
	Kanzenban Full Color Tankōbon
成功するか！？ポタラの合体！; Seikō Suru ka!? Potara no Gattai!
成功するか！？ポタラの合体！; Seikō Suru ka!? Potara no Gattai!
Premiered	Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1995 #07
Sale Date	13 January 1995
Issue Date	30 January 1995
Chapter Data
Pages	Pages 1-13 (Black and White)
Episodes	Dragon Ball Z Episode 267; Dragon Ball Kai Episode 144; Dragon Ball Kai Episode 145
Viz Publication
Title	Will the Potara Prevail?!
Chapter No.	Z 308
Release	04 April 2006
Translation	Lillian Olsen
Adaptation	Gerard Jones
Editor	Jason Thompson
Collected Volumes
Tankōbon	Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 41; (Dragon Ball Z Volume 25)
Kanzenban	Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 33
Full Color	Majin Boo Arc Volume 5; Digital Color Part 7 Volume 6
VIZBIG	Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG Volume 9
Viz 3-in-1	Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 14
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"Is This Gonna Work?! The Potara Fusion!" is the five hundred and second chapter of the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the 1995 #07 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Summary

Goku suddenly stops and asks if they should be Super Saiyan before fusing. Elder Kaiōshin says there is no point, they can do it afterwards. Besides, the stress would be too much for their body and shorten their lifespan. You can only use the Potara once in your life, though. Goku asks if him if he has ever used them. He explains that an ugly old witch once took one of his to try to be a pretty gal, and this is why he is able to do these mysterious things. Kaiōshin interrupts them, saying there is no time for talking. Goku agrees, and quickly teleports away.

Boo prepares to launch his attack, while Gohan, Tenshinhan, and Dende all watch on in shock. Satan on the other hand closes his eyes and fires his gun, apologizing to Majin Boo. Goku suddenly appears behind Boo, and throws a Kienzan, cutting Boo in half and slicing off the end of his forelock. Gohan wonders how his father was able to come back to the living world. Satan opens his eyes, and thinks he has cut Boo's body all up with that shot. Boo's upper body recognizes Goku as the guy with all the weird transformations. Boo says it is no use if he has come to help. Goku grins and very confidently tells Boo he is wrong, because he has an incredible power-up item this time. Boo's lower body, which landed on the ground behind Tenshinhan, stands back up and kicks Tenshinhan hard, knocking him out. Boo's lower and upper body reunite, and Boo smugly comments that while that guy seemed like quite an expert, he was still just a small fry that was taken out with a mere kick. The rest of them are all small fries too. Goku asks why he would bother restoring himself if that was really the case.

Boo thinks Goku must really want to die. Goku yells over to Gohan and tosses the other Potara at him, but Gohan was not paying attention and misses it. The earring falls in between some nearby rocks and Goku tells him to hurry and find it, then put it on his right ear so they can fuse and defeat Boo. However, Boo thinks that would still be useless, but he will not allow them to fuse anyway. First he will kill Goku, but Goku begs him to wait as Gohan searches through the rocks. Boo rushes at Goku, and so he becomes Super Saiyan 3 and prepares to fight. Boo then suddenly stops in mid-air, just as Gohan finds the Potara. Boo begins transforming again, until he starts to resemble Piccolo. Goku laughs, thinking it is because Piccolo is now the strongest one inside Boo, since the youngsters have defused. Goku powers down, disappointed that now Gohan alone can defeat Boo like this.

Boo smirks and says he had an insurance plan, just in case. Goku wonders what he means, and Boo points to his forelock that he did not bother to restore. The severed piece down on the ground then turns into a blob and suddenly envelops Gohan. The Potara drops to the ground, and Goku flies over and grabs it as Boo begins to transform again. The Kaiōshin think it is all over now, as Boo is now wearing Gohan's dōgi. Goku frantically starts looking around. "I was gonna fuse with Gohan... There ain't no way around it!! Who else could I fuse with... Tenshinhan's down... Dende ain't a fighter... Mi-Mister Satan...?!"

Cast

Kibitoshin
Elder Kaiōshin
Old Witch (flashback) (Debut)
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Tenshinhan
Dende
Mister Satan
Majin Boo (Debut of his Piccolo-absorbed and Gohan-absorbed forms)

Availability

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

Japan

Dragon Ball Volume 41: Do Your Best, Super Gotenks-kun (Tankōbon; 02 June 1995)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 41 (12 October 2012)
Dragon Ball Volume 33 (Kanzenban; 02 April 2004)
Dragon Ball Part 7: Majin Boo Arc Volume 6 (Digital Color Edition; 04 October 2013)
Dragon Ball: Majin Boo Arc Volume 5 (Full Color Comics; 04 July 2014)

External Links

Kanzenshuu Manga Guide - Dragon Ball Chapter 502

References

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 | premiered     = ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', 1995 #07
 | sale_date     = [[Template:January 13|13 January 1995]]
-| issue_date    =
+| issue_date    = 30 January 1995
 | pages         = Pages 1-13 (Black and White)
 | episodes      = [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 267]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Kai Episode 144]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Kai Episode 145]]
 | viz_title     = Will the Potara Prevail?!
+| viz_chp = Z 308
 | viz_release   = 04 April 2006
 | viz_trans     = [[Lillian Olsen]]
 | viz_adapt     = [[Gerard Jones]]
 | viz_editor    = [[Jason Thompson]]
+| tankobon      = [[Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 41|Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 41<br>(Dragon Ball Z Volume 25)]]
+| kanzenban     = [[Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 33]]
+| full_color    = [[Dragon Ball Full Color: Majin Boo Arc Volume 5|Majin Boo Arc Volume 5]]<br>[[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 7: Volume 6|Digital Color Part 7 Volume 6]]
+| vizbig        = [[Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG Volume 9]]
+| 3-in-1        = [[Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 14]]
 }}
-"'''Is This Gonna Work?! The Potara Fusion!'''" is the five hundred and second chapter of the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. It was first published in Japan in the 1995 #07 issue of Shueisha’s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.
+"'''Is This Gonna Work?! The Potara Fusion!'''" is the five hundred and second chapter of the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. It was first published in Japan in the 1995 #07 issue of Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.
 ==Summary==
-Buu laughs, saying there’s no one left for him to fuse with, and Goku realizes his only choice is Mister Satan. Satan, who is hiding behind a rock, turns to Dende and says that Majin Buu is somehow still alive, but he’s all out of bullets. Dende unenthusiastically says, "Is that so..." Buu, in his infinite generosity, is going to grant Goku five seconds to pick someone to fuse with. "Satan is no good... With a power of 1000, I’d become 1001, and that can’t possibly win... Or rather, would I get weaker than I am now...?!" Goku’s time is up, and so he yells at Satan to get ready. He prepares to toss the Potara to Satan, but he suddenly feels a familiar ''ki'' off in the distance. "...Vegeta......?!!!!" Uranai Baba tells Vegeta this is as far as she can bring him, because she’s scared. Buu rushes as Goku, who teleports away just as Buu punches at him.
+[[Goku]] suddenly stops and asks if they should be [[Super Saiyan]] before fusing. [[Elder Kaiōshin]] says there is no point, they can do it afterwards. Besides, the stress would be too much for their body and shorten their lifespan. You can only use the [[Potara]] once in your life, though. Goku asks if him if he has ever used them. He explains that an ugly [[Old Witch|old witch]] once took one of his to try to be a pretty gal, and this is why he is able to do these mysterious things. [[Kibitoshin|Kaiōshin]] interrupts them, saying there is no time for talking. Goku agrees, and quickly [[Teleportation|teleports]] away.
-Goku is elated that it really is Vegeta, while Vegeta is surprised to see him at all, as is Baba. Buu doesn’t care whether Goku’s gone to the bottom of the Earth, or another planet, or anywhere, he’ll track him down no matter what. Buu then flies off, leaving Satan and Dende in a cloud of dust. Dende says he’s going to follow them, and Satan begs him to bring him along. Meanwhile, Baba asks how Goku is alive again, but Goku says there’s no time to explain and she needs to leave right away. Baba takes the hint and quickly flies off; they’ll talk later. Goku then asks Vegeta to put the Potara on his right ear. Vegeta asks why, and Goku explains that they’ll fuse and become a warrior with incredible power. Goku insists this is the only way to defeat Buu, but Vegeta is reluctant.
+[[Boo]] prepares to launch his attack, while [[Gohan]], [[Tenshinhan]], and [[Dende]] all watch on in shock. [[Mister Satan|Satan]] on the other hand closes his eyes and fires his gun, apologizing to Majin Boo. Goku suddenly appears behind Boo, and throws a ''[[Kienzan]]'', cutting Boo in half and slicing off the end of his forelock. Gohan wonders how his father was able to come back to the living world. Satan opens his eyes, and thinks he has cut Boo's body all up with that shot. Boo's upper body recognizes Goku as the guy with all the weird transformations. Boo says it is no use if he has come to help. Goku grins and very confidently tells Boo he is wrong, because he has an incredible power-up item this time. Boo's lower body, which landed on the ground behind Tenshinhan, stands back up and kicks Tenshinhan hard, knocking him out. Boo's lower and upper body reunite, and Boo smugly comments that while that guy seemed like quite an expert, he was still just a small fry that was taken out with a mere kick. The rest of them are all small fries too. Goku asks why he would bother restoring himself if that was really the case.
-Buu feels another large power, but still doubts they’d even be much of an adversary fused. Goku says Buu is getting closer, and begs Vegeta to put on the Potara. But Vegeta yells at Goku for holding back and not using Super Saiyan 3 during their fight. Goku insists that that transformation was time-limited, but then gets angry himself and asks Vegeta if he also knows that Buu killed everyone, including Bulma, and then Piccolo, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks were all absorbed. Vegeta hesitates as Buu gets very close, but then finally asks for the Potara. Goku tosses it to him and he starts putting it on his right ear. Buu spots the two and prepares to throw a ''ki'' attack at them. Vegeta just about has the earring on and Goku decides to mention that they’ll be permanently fused. "Da... Dammit..!!!" But Vegeta has it on, and Goku thanks him. The two fly at each each, and then there’s a large flash of light... A shocked Buu stops dead in his tracks, still holding his ''ki'' attack, as a new warrior greets him!
+Boo thinks Goku must really want to die. Goku yells over to Gohan and tosses the other Potara at him, but Gohan was not paying attention and misses it. The earring falls in between some nearby rocks and Goku tells him to hurry and find it, then put it on his right ear so they can fuse and defeat Boo. However, Boo thinks that would still be useless, but he will not allow them to fuse anyway. First he will kill Goku, but Goku begs him to wait as Gohan searches through the rocks. Boo rushes at Goku, and so he becomes [[Super Saiyan 3]] and prepares to fight. Boo then suddenly stops in mid-air, just as Gohan finds the Potara. Boo begins transforming again, until he starts to resemble [[Piccolo]]. Goku laughs, thinking it is because Piccolo is now the strongest one inside Boo, since the youngsters have defused. Goku powers down, disappointed that now Gohan alone can defeat Boo like this.
+Boo smirks and says he had an insurance plan, just in case. Goku wonders what he means, and Boo points to his forelock that he did not bother to restore. The severed piece down on the ground then turns into a blob and suddenly envelops Gohan. The Potara drops to the ground, and Goku flies over and grabs it as Boo begins to transform again. The [[Kaiōshin]] think it is all over now, as Boo is now wearing Gohan's ''dōgi''. Goku frantically starts looking around. "I was gonna fuse with Gohan... There ain't no way around it!! Who else could I fuse with... Tenshinhan's down... Dende ain't a fighter... Mi-Mister Satan...?!"
+==Cast==
+*[[Kibitoshin]]
+*[[Elder Kaiōshin]]
+*[[Old Witch]] (flashback) ('''Debut''')
+*[[Son Goku]]
+*[[Son Gohan]]
+*[[Tenshinhan]]
+*[[Dende]]
+*[[Mister Satan]]
+*[[Majin Boo]] ('''Debut''' of his Piccolo-absorbed and Gohan-absorbed forms)
 ==Availability==
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 ===Japan===
-* [[Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 41|Dragon Ball Volume 41: Do Your Best, Super Gotenks-kun]] (Tankōbon; '''02 June 1995''')
+* [[Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 41|Dragon Ball Volume 41: Do Your Best, Super Gotenks-''kun'']] (Tankōbon; '''02 June 1995''')
 ** Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 41 ('''12 October 2012''')
 * [[Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 33|Dragon Ball Volume 33]] (Kanzenban; '''02 April 2004''')
-* [[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 7: Volume 6| Dragon Ball Part 7: Majin Buu Arc Volume 6]] (Digital Color Edition; '''04 October 2013'''
+* [[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 7: Volume 6|Dragon Ball Part 7: Majin Boo Arc Volume 6]] (Digital Color Edition; '''04 October 2013''')
+* [[Dragon Ball Full Color: Majin Boo Arc Volume 5|Dragon Ball: Majin Boo Arc Volume 5]] (Full Color Comics; '''04 July 2014''')
 ==External Links==