Dragon Ball Chapter 3
|
This page is incomplete. Kanzenshuu wiki team members are aware that they must edit this page to add missing information and complete it. |
|
|
| Goku – Running to the Sea | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kanzenban  Full Color  Tankōbon  | |||
| |||
| Premiered | Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1985 #01/02 | ||
| Sale Date | 04 December 1984 | ||
| Issue Date | 01 January 1985 | ||
| Chapter Data | |||
| Pages |
Title; 01 (Full Color) 02-14 (Limited Color) | ||
| Episodes |
Dragon Ball Episode 2 Dragon Ball Episode 3 | ||
| Viz Publication | |||
| Title | Sea Monkeys | ||
| Release | April 1998 | ||
| Translation | Mari Morimoto | ||
| Adaptation | Gerard Jones | ||
| Editor | Trish Ledoux | ||
| Collected Volumes | |||
| Tankōbon | Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 1 | ||
| Kanzenban | Dragon Ball Kanzenban Volume 1 | ||
| Full Color |
Boyhood Arc Volume 1 Digital Color Part 1 Volume 1 | ||
| VIZBIG | Dragon Ball VIZBIG Volume 1 | ||
| Viz 3-in-1 | Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Volume 1 | ||
"Goku – Running to the Sea" is the third chapter of the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the 1985 #01/02 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Synopsis
After encountering a lost Sea Turtle, Goku promises to return him to the sea. Goku, Bulma, and the turtle head to the sea, where the turtle decides to summon a peculiar old man for their reward.
Summary
Goku cannot believe Bulma is taking so long to get ready in the morning and tells her she moves any slower she will turn into a turtle. She says that she is two years older than him, and he should not keep calling her "you", but "Bulma-san". Bulma decides to have some coffee, but Goku does not like that bitter soup, so he goes outside to exercise. He runs around, then picks up and crushes a huge rock. He runs over to another rock, and it turns out to be a large sea turtle. Goku yells that she really turned into a turtle, and Bulma comes running outside to see what is happening.
Finding Goku, she wonders what in the world a sea turtle is doing so far away from the sea. The turtle asks if they could spare some sea water and maybe some seaweed. So Bulma goes and gets him a bucket filled with salt water. He says he was out looking for matsutake mushrooms, and he got separated from the others and lost his way. He has been trying to find the sea for a year now. Bulma looks on the map and says that the sea is about 120 kilometers south from there. Goku says they will take him to this "sea" place, but Bulma says there is no time for that and it has nothing to do with them. Goku says he will just go alone then, and he leaves carrying the turtle on his back. She wonders if he will be back, and looks around to see huge dinosaurs passing behind the house. She quickly hops on the motorcycle and catches up with them.
The three continue along, until a giant bear sporting a mohawk spots them. He demands they give the sea turtle to him, as it happens to be his favorite food. Bulma insists that Goku give up the turtle, but he refuses. The bear pulls out a giant sword, and Goku puts the turtle aside. The bear swipes at him a few times, but misses, and Goku jumps on the blade of his sword. He then hops onto the bear's nose, and punches him with his Jan-Ken Gū to knock him out. Bulma and the turtle are really impressed by his strength, and Goku asks the turtle if he really is delicious. The turtle insists he is not, and Goku agrees.
They finally arrive at the beach, where a robotic figure clinging to a palm tree informs that reader that "This isn't Penguin Village!". The turtle is excited that he has finally reached the sea, and Goku is amazed at the huge river. The turtle gratefully thanks Goku for helping him, and says to wait there; he will be back with something to thank him. Goku plays in the sea, but soon realizes that he does not like the taste of sea water. A while later, the turtle returns, with a flashy old man on his back. The old man says "Hello! Sorry to keep you waiting!!" and is wearing a turtle shell on his back.
Cast
- Son Goku
- Bulma
- Umigame
- Bear Bandit (Debut)
- Robotoriyama (Debut)
- Turtle Hermit (Debut)
Items
Setting
This chapter takes place during Age 749[1], about twelve years after Goku's birth. It is also set during Bulma's summer vacation from school, with 29 days remaining.
Variations
- When Goku attacks with Jan-Ken Gū, Viz adapts this as "rock scissors paper", with "paper" as Goku lands the punch. But in Japanese, Goku says Gū, meaning "rock" (punch).
- In Japanese Robotoriyama informs the reader, "This is not Penguin Village." In the Viz adaptation, Robotoriyama asks, "Is this Penguin Village...?" (This is Akira Toriyama's self-insert character; he is not confused.)
- When Umigame promises to return with a reward for Goku, Bulma wonders if he will not bring a tamatebako. In the Viz adaptation, Bulma says, "I can't wait to see a turtle's idea of a reward."
- In the original, Bulma is making a reference to Urashima Tarō, a popular Japanese folk tale where a young man rescues a turtle and receives a reward. Urashima rides the turtle's back to a palace under the sea where he is entertained by a princess. When he leaves, she gives him a box (玉手箱 tamatebako, "jeweled hand box") and warns him never to open it. When Urashima returns home, many years have passed and everyone he knows is gone. He opens the tamatebako, and in a puff of smoke, he becomes an old man. (Akira Toriyama simply makes the old man into the turtle's reward.)
Availability
This chapter has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both print and digital formats.
Japan
- Dragon Ball Volume 1: Son Goku and Friends (Tankōbon; 10 September 1985)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 1 (12 October 2012)
- Dragon Ball Volume 1 (Kanzenban; 04 December 2002)
- Dragon Ball Part 1: Son Goku Training Arc Volume 1 (Digital Color Edition; 04 February 2013)
- Dragon Ball: Boyhood Arc Volume 1 (Full Color Comics; 04 January 2016)
- Dragon Ball Digest Edition - Legend 1: Hunt for the Dragon Balls Arc (13 May 2016)
North America (English)
- Shonen Jump Digital: Dragon Ball Chapter 3
- Dragon Ball Tankōbon Volume 1: "The Monkey King"
- Viz Graphic Novel (31 August 2000)
- Shonen Jump Graphic Novel (06 May 2003)
- Digital Graphic Novel (02 November 2010)
- Dragon Ball VIZBIG Edition, Vol. 1 (03 June 2008)
- Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Edition, Vol. 1 (04 June 2013)
- Dragon Ball Part 1-2 (Viz Monthly Comics) (April 1998)
External Links
Notes
References
- ↑ "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (p. 22)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||