Afterlife Tournament

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In Commemoration of the North Kaiō’s Death Afterlife Tournament
北の界王死んじゃった記念 あの世一武道会 (Kita no Sakai-ō shin jatta kinen Ano-yo'ichi Budōkai)
English name	Other World Tournament (Funimation) Kaio of the North Dying Anoyoichi Tournament (Funimation subtitles)
Format	One-on-one matches
Prize	Training with Dai Kaiō
Location	Dai Kaiō's Planet
Date	Approximately Age 767 (after June)
Start	Dragon Ball Z Episode 196
End	Dragon Ball Z Episode 199
Spectators	Dai Kaiō, North Kaiō, South Kaiō, East Kaiō, West Kaiō, many others

The Afterlife Tournament, or more formally the In Commemoration of the North Kaiō’s Death Afterlife Tournament, is a martial arts tournament for deceased fighters that took place on Dai Kaiō's Planet. Initially proposed by East Kaiō in "honor" of the death of his peer the North Kaiō, it was accepted by the Dai Kaiō and held nearly immediately with training under the Dai Kaiō as a reward.

Elements of the tournament are not fully consistent between episodes, such as the identities and designs of the minor contestants, the total number of entrants, and other details. Ambiguities and informed conjecture will be marked.

Rules

TBD

Tournament Grounds

TBD

Matches

Preliminaries

The preliminary portion of the tournament is not directly depicted, although aspects of it can be inferred from imagery and dialog. The tournament announcer initially presents a tournament bracket containing 136 contestants, with eight combatants given a bye in the first round. In the depiction, the tournament would last seven rounds. This is reinforced by crowd scenes depicting the East and South Kaiō delivering pre-tournament advice to large groups of fighters-- at least twelve were visible in each scene, with the potential for others to be off-camera. Under this model, each of the Kaiō would be expected to bring 34 fighters to the tournament.

This is contradicted by the tournament announcer who, while standing in front of the 136-contestant bracket, reveals that there are only sixteen combatants. The implication is that the other fighters did not make it into the tournament itself, which is just beginning. None of the preliminary battles are described and dialog does not seem to allow enough time for them to have happened off-screen.

In Goku's first round battle against Caterpie, it is suggested that this is the first time the South Galaxy fighter had fought against someone from outside his region of space. This may imply that preliminaries, if they happened, would have been based on regions to ensure that 4 contestants from each region would enter into the tournament itself.

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  East Kaiō gives a pep talk to her combatants before the event.
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  South Kaiō gives a pep talk to his combatants before the event.
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  The tournament announcer stands in front of the 136-contestant bracket.

Semi-Finals

TBD

Finals

TBD

Name

TBD