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The Balance of Super Power
	Kanzenban Full Color
超パワーのバランス; Sūpā Pawā no Baransu
超パワーのバランス; Sūpā Pawā no Baransu
Premiered	Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1992 #38
Sale Date	25 August 1992
Issue Date	07 September 1992
Chapter Data
Pages	Title; Pages 1-14 (Black and White)
Episodes	Dragon Ball Z Episode 164; Dragon Ball Z Episode 165; Dragon Ball Kai Episode 82
Viz Publication
Title	The Balance of Power
Chapter No.	Z 193
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 5
VIZBIG	Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG Volume 6
Viz 3-in-1	Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 11
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"The Balance of Super Power" is the three hundred and eighty-seventh chapter of the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the 1992 #38 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Summary

Trunks finishes powering up, and says this is his real power. Cell says, "Indeed. Certainly that is splendid 'power'. Fully greater than my own. But, with that, you cannot win against me. Definitely not." Trunks thinks he is just bluffing, and charges at Cell. Up at God's Temple, Piccolo comments on how his ki is incredibly, far greater than Cell's. Bulma asks who, saying if he will not watch quietly by himself, he should explain. He tells her it is Trunks, and she gets excited. In the Room of Spirit and Time, Gohan is a Super Saiyan, with much shorter hair now, and he is out practicing. Goku, sitting down, looks up at him, a bit surprised. Gohan takes to the air, thinking his father has just been sitting there like that every day, and he figures it must be really hard to go beyond Super Saiyan.

Gohan lands, detransforms, and catches his breath. Then Goku stands up, and turns Super Saiyan. He powers up, until he bulks up to the level Vegeta was at. Gohan is amazed that he has already surpassed Super Saiyan. Goku says it is possible to go one stage higher. He powers up again, getting even more bulky, to Trunks' level. Gohan says he could definitely win against Cell like that. Speaking of Cell, he dodges a punch and a kick from Trunks, and then another punch. He keeps dodging all of Trunks' attacks, and then lands. Goku says you cannot win with this. To swell up this much, your muscles and power get really big, but it kills your speed. It also uses too much energy. For balance, regular Super Saiyan is best. Goku says they will try always being Super Saiyan, except when sleeping, and that will be the basics of their training. Trunks wonders why he cannot hit Cell, who says Trunks is really green, and that transformation just relies on power. Then Cell bulks himself up too, saying how easy it is.

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 5 (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 387

References

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 | premiered     = ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', 1992 #38
 | sale_date     = [[Template:August 25|25 August 1992]]
-| issue_date    =
+| issue_date    = 07 September 1992
 | pages         = Title; Pages 1-14 (Black and White)
 | episodes      = [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 164]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Z Episode 165]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Kai Episode 82]]
 | viz_title     = The Balance of Power
+| viz_chp = Z 193
 | 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 5|Digital Color Part 6 Volume 5]]
+| vizbig        = [[Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG Volume 6]]
+| 3-in-1        = [[Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 11]]
 }}
 "'''The Balance of Super Power'''" is the three hundred and eighty-seventh chapter of the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. It was first published in Japan in the 1992 #38 issue of Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.
 ==Summary==
-Cell says nothing comes of this transformation, and calls him stupid. Trunks realizes that's why his dad didn't dare use this transformation. Then he lands, saying he's 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'd hoped it would be more fun. At God's Palace, Bulma wonders if Trunks is still winning. Piccolo says perfect form Cell is amazing, and that Trunks will be killed.
+[[Future Trunks|Trunks]] finishes powering up, and says this is his real power. [[Cell]] says, "Indeed. Certainly that is splendid 'power'. Fully greater than my own. But, with that, you cannot win against me. Definitely not." Trunks thinks he is just bluffing, and charges at Cell. Up at [[God's Temple]], [[Piccolo]] comments on how his ''[[Ki|ki]]'' is incredibly, far greater than Cell's. [[Bulma]] asks who, saying if he will not watch quietly by himself, he should explain. He tells her it is Trunks, and she gets excited. In the [[Room of Spirit and Time]], [[Gohan]] is a [[Super Saiyan]], with much shorter hair now, and he is out practicing. [[Goku]], sitting down, looks up at him, a bit surprised. Gohan takes to the air, thinking his father has just been sitting there like that every day, and he figures it must be really hard to go beyond Super Saiyan.
-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 won't know unless he tries, and asks Cell why he wants to know. Cell says he has another question. "What is Son Goku doing? Why isn't he here?" Trunks says Goku is currently training to defeat him, and he'll appear to fight tomorrow. Cell likes that answer, and says he'll 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's going to revive that.
+Gohan lands, detransforms, and catches his breath. Then Goku stands up, and turns Super Saiyan. He powers up, until he bulks up to the level [[Vegeta]] was at. Gohan is amazed that he has already surpassed Super Saiyan. Goku says it is possible to go one stage higher. He powers up again, getting even more bulky, to Trunks' level. Gohan says he could definitely win against Cell like that. Speaking of Cell, he dodges a punch and a kick from Trunks, and then another punch. He keeps dodging all of Trunks' attacks, and then lands. Goku says you cannot win with this. To swell up this much, your muscles and power get really big, but it kills your speed. It also uses too much energy. For balance, regular Super Saiyan is best. Goku says they will try always being Super Saiyan, except when sleeping, and that will be the basics of their training. Trunks wonders why he cannot hit Cell, who says Trunks is really green, and that transformation just relies on power. Then Cell bulks himself up too, saying how easy it is.
-"However, your only opponent will be me. They'll 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'll 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 human's faces. Trunks freaks out, and Cell says that's the look, then flies off. Trunks stands there speechless, until Kuririn and Vegeta arrive on the island and ask what happened.
+==Cast==
+*[[Cell]]
-Bulma tells the two of them to stop just standing there and go help, or Trunks will die. Piccolo says it's okay, he hasn't been killed. Then he thinks he'll 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's no need for him or Goku, only he needs one more day in there. No. 16 limps over to them, saying he'll 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'll take him. He tells Trunks not to worry, since he doesn't seem to be a bad guy. The two that got sucked up by Cell weren't so bad either. They're much different from the future artificial humans that Trunks knows, and this is a time when it's 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..."
+*[[Future Trunks]]
+*[[Bulma]]
+*[[Piccolo]]
+*[[Mister Popo]]
+*[[Tenshinhan]]
+*[[Son Goku]]
+*[[Son Gohan]]
 ==Availability==
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 ** 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 5| Dragon Ball Part 6: Artificial Humans & Cell Arc Volume 5]] (Digital Color Edition; '''04 September 2013'''
+* [[Dragon Ball Digital Color Edition Part 6: Volume 5| Dragon Ball Part 6: Artificial Humans & Cell Arc Volume 5]] (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==