Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 5

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The Terror of Muscle Tower
Original 2009 Version Viz
マッスルタワーの恐怖 Massuru Tawā no Kyōfu
Released	09 January 1987 (print edition) 12 October 2012 (digital edition)
Publisher	Shueisha
Catalog No.	ISBN 4-08-851835-7
Volume Data
Format	New Book Format (11 × 17 cm)
Pages	192 pages
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapters 49 to 60
Viz Publication
Title	The Red Ribbon Army
Released	16 April 2003
Translation	Mari Morimoto
Adaptation	Gerard Jones
Editor	Trish Ledoux

"The Terror of Muscle Tower" is the fifth individual tankōbon volume of the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball. This volume comprises chapters 49 thru 60 as originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1985 #49 to 1986 #10. The volume was first available in print on 09 January 1987 and released digitally on 12 October 2012. The entire volume is printed in greyscale.

Introduction

The volume's introduction from author Akira Toriyama, as printed on the front flap of the dust cover:

I've mentioned this lots of times already, but I really don't like the cold. When you turn on the heat, your head goes into a daze, and when you turn it off, your hands get numb and you can't hold your pen properly. Because of that, when it gets cold, I stop riding my motorbike and my bicycle almost completely, and use the car all the time instead. Frankly speaking, I'm a sissy of a rider. It's enough for me to want to hibernate: Come on, spring! Get here soon! Every winter's day is filled with longing.

— Akira Toriyama

List of Chapters

Further information: List of Dragon Ball Chapters

This volume does not omit any of the original chapter title pages. 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 of the magazine officially went on sale.

#	Chapter Title	Weekly Jump	Page
49	武天老師の逆襲 Jakkī Chun no Gyakushū Jackie Chun's Counterattack	1985 #49 (05 November 1985 )	7
50	悟空最大のピンチ!! Gokū Saidai no Pinchi!! Goku's Greatest Pinch!!	1985 #50 (12 November 1985 )	22
51	天下一武道会大騒然 Tenka'ichi Budōkai Dai-Sōzen Chaos Reigns at the Tenka'ichi Budōkai	1985 #51 (19 November 1985 )	36
52	クライマックス近し!! Kuraimakkusu Chikashi!! The Climax Nears!!	1985 #52 (26 November 1985)	50
53	クライマックス Kuraimakkusu The Climax	1986 #01/02 (03 December 1985)	64
54	再冒険!! Sai-Bōken!! Another Adventure!!	1986 #03/04 (10 December 1985)	78
55	赤いリボン Akai Ribon A Red Ribbon	1986 #05 (20 December 1985)	92
56	ドラゴンボール争奪戦 Doragon Bōru Sōdatsusen The Struggle for the Dragon Ball	1986 #06 (06 January 1986)	108
57	マッスルタワー突撃!! Massuru Tawā Totsugeki!! Assault on Muscle Tower!!	1986 #07 (14 January 1986)	122
58	マッスルタワーの恐怖 Massuru Tawā no Kyōfu The Terror of Muscle Tower	1986 #08 (21 January 1986)	136
59	３階の悪魔!! Sankai no Akuma!! The Demon on the Third Floor!!	1986 #09 (28 January 1986)	150
60	忍者ムラサキ!! Ninja Murasaki!! Ninja Murasaki!!	1986 #10 (04 February 1986)	164

Supplemental Images

The following supplemental images are included throughout the volume:

• 
  Author Introduction
• 
  Volume Title Page
• 
  Table of Contents

Notes

• All of the supplemental images shown above are original illustrations drawn exclusively for this release by Akira Toriyama.

Q&A Session

This volume contains a short, two-page Q&A session with author Akira Toriyama entitled, "Toriyama-san's Dragon Ball Ask-Me-Anything Corner", where he answered 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 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.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu - Manga Guide: Dragon Ball Volume 05