Dragon Ball Super Chapter 6
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| Preparations for the Tournament | |||
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V-Jump  Tankōbon  Color  | |||
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| Premiered | V-Jump, January 2016 | ||
| Sale Date | 21 November 2015 | ||
| Chapter Data | |||
| Pages | 01-19 (Black and White) | ||
| Episodes |
Dragon Ball Super Episode 28 Dragon Ball Super Episode 29 Dragon Ball Super Episode 30 Dragon Ball Super Episode 31 | ||
| Viz Publication | |||
| Title | Tournament Preparation | ||
| Release | 26 August 2016 | ||
| Translation | Toshikazu Aizawa | ||
| Editor | Marlene First | ||
| Collected Volumes | |||
| Tankōbon |
Dragon Ball Super Volume 1 (print, digital, and digital color) | ||
"Preparations for the Tournament" is the sixth chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga series written and illustrated by Toyotarō, with supervision and guidance from original Dragon Ball author Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the January 2016 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump, with a sale date of 21 November 2015.
Summary
Long ago, Beerus and Champa brawl with each other. As Beerus dodges and knocks back explosions, planets are caught in the destruction. The two land on a destroyed planet, and Champa lets loose his frustration over Beerus eating the "Puff-Puff Fruit" atop their birthday cake. Vados comments that she thought she was doing something nice by preparing the cake, and just laughs as Whis comments that she should have known it would end up this way. Beerus and Champa continue to argue over their respective universe's food quality. Increasingly frustrated, Champa decides he has had enough. No longer caring what happens to this universe, Champa begins to power up a blast; Beerus responds in kind. Whis and Vados chop their respective cats to the neck, putting an end to the fight, and suggest that the duo fight it out with food showdowns, instead.
Back in the present, Whis continues to explain to Vegeta about the on-going food showdowns, and that it seems Champa's pride has been hurt this time around. Champa and Beerus negotiate the terms of their new battle: five warriors of their own selection, with the end goal of Champa switching Earths between universes with the "Wish Orbs" he has obtained… though he only has six so far, and will turn them over if his team loses. Goku recognizes these as Dragon Balls; Champa and Vados seem taken aback that Goku would know of them. Beerus laughs, saying they have those in their own universe as well. Champa asks if they are the Namekian ones (they are), and explains that the Namekian ones were shaved down long ago from the original "Wish Orbs" which are on an entirely different scale: a single one is the size of a planet! Due to their size and the ability to grant any wish, they might as well be called "Super Dragon Balls"…! Goku is eager to set up the battle, and so the group gets down to business.
The narrator explains that the setup will be the same as the Tenka'ichi Budōkai: contestants lose if they surrender or fall from the arena, killing is forbidden, weapons and performance-enhancing drugs are prohibited, and (per Vegeta's suggestion, as he does not wish to fight brainless monsters) a simple written test will be conducted ahead of time. The matches will begin in one week's time of the 8th Solar Calendar (five days in Earth-time) at 10:00 a.m. on the "Nameless Planet" which floats in neutral space.
Vados asks if Champa is ready to go through with the battle, as they will have to hand over the "Wish Orbs" should they lose. Champa is not the least bit worried, pointing to how Goku and Vegeta were moving around earlier; they are pushovers.
Goku and Vegeta take off their weighted clothing and get down to business with Beerus. Goku suggests Majin Boo for a fighter, and then also Piccolo. Vegeta asks about Gohan, noting he is perhaps the one with the most potential. Goku disagrees, saying that Gohan just studies all the time these days and cannot even find his dōgi. Beerus has already decided on the fifth fighter, however. As he has explained before, Goku was the second-strongest fighter Beerus has ever come up against. Goku assumes Beerus was referring to Whis, but Whis cannot enter the fight (though Whis remains silent on this point). This excites Goku even more than before! Beerus tells them both to get back to Earth to have Bulma start looking for the seventh "Wish Orb" and make sure everyone is ready to go by the time the matches start. They absolutely cannot lose to Universe 6!
Goku and company pick up the new radar from Bulma at Capsule Corporation. There should be some of those "Wish Orbs" in this universe, but nothing is showing up on the radar. Bulma explains that they are at the edge of the universe, so it probably will not pick up on anything unless they move around and get closer to the center of the universe. Goku suggests asking Whis for help, but Bulma recommends someone else, noting there is no telling what Beerus and Whis may use them for. Bulma calls up her older sister Tights (much to Goku's confusion) and asks a favor. Tights says "he" was just bragging about his new spaceship anyway, so "he" should be there on Earth in about 50 minutes or so.
Jaco arrives, whining that an elite patrolman should not be called for every little thing like this. Bulma asks Jaco if he can take them to the center of the universe. Jaco says even just one galaxy is ridiculously huge, and nobody could know how to get to the center of the universe… except maybe Lord Zuno. Jaco explains that "Zuno" is a weirdo who knows everything, such as being able to tell the style of underwear a total stranger is wearing. Bulma asks about the Super Dragon Balls; Jaco does not know anything about them, but reiterates that Zuno might. Bulma wants Jaco to take them there right now, but there is only room for one more person on the spaceship. Bulma says she is fine to go alone with Jaco. Vegeta warns him to not pull anything funny with Bulma, who smacks him when he just shakes his head in confusion/disgust/refusal. As Jaco and Bulma take off, Goku remarks how he and Vegeta both have such feisty wives, to which Vegeta remarks that it is the Saiyan blood in him. Piccolo finally understands…!
At the "Nameless Planet" (with six "Wish Orbs" seemingly hovering overhead), Champa remarks that the place needs some bathrooms, some shop stands… he supposes it will do for a stadium. Vados asks if Champa has already decided on his five contestants. Champa remarks that since the two at Beerus' place were Saiyans, perhaps he better get some for his team, as well…
Interstitial Page
The main chapter makes a reference to a scene at the end of the theatrical film Battle of Gods, where Beerus tells Goku that he is the second-strongest person he ever fought, despite that scene being completely absent from the manga itself. The manga immediately corrects this in this chapter’s interstitial page by showing Beerus coming back very quickly after his battle with Goku just to tell him that same information and then promptly leaving. The scene in Battle of Gods, however, heavily implied that the strongest person Beerus had ever fought was Whis, since he is also his martial arts master.
Continuity
- This chapter includes a flashback that shows the reason why Beerus and Champa try to outdo one another with delicious foods from their respective universes: they used to engage in actual, physical fights, but their bouts were so destructive that Whis suggested competing through food contests instead.
- In the manga, Vados shows familiarity with the term “Dragon Balls” and is surprised that Goku would know about them. In the anime, however, Champa just asks Goku if he means the same thing he was thinking of (the wish orbs made by the Namekians).
- In the anime, the tournament rules are explained through the narrator. In the manga, however, Goku is the one who suggests using the same rules as the Tenka’ichi Budōkai.
- Goku and Vegeta decide on the members of the Universe 7 team while still on Beerus’s Planet, immediately after Champa and Vados depart. In the anime, however, they only decide after coming back to Earth.
- The anime includes a scene that shows Vados actually building the tournament ring, under guidance from Champa. In the manga version, it is shown to us for the first time already fully complete.
- The manga version of the ring is also a bit different from the animated version: the overall style is more reminiscent of Egyptian architecture (which matches Beerus and Champa’s own aesthetics) and has no food stalls nor portraits of the two Gods of Destruction.
- In the anime, Bulma gathers the Earth Dragon Balls to ask Shenlong for the location of the last Super Dragon Ball. Only after he tells her that that is beyond his power does she build a more powerful Dragon Radar, capable of detecting the Super Dragon Balls. In the manga, she never collects the Dragon Balls and simply builds the radar shortly after Goku and Vegeta come back to Earth after their encounter with Champa and Vados.
- The anime specifies that Jaco got a new spaceship specifically for having helped fight the Freeza army in the Resurrection ‘F’ arc (which the manga completely skipped over).
Notes
- Rather than the Toriyama-favorite "puff-puff" action, Puff-Puff Fruits (パフパフの実, pafu-pafu no mi), in conjunction with their home planet's name, may be a reference to pastry desserts, such as cream puffs (known in Japanese as シュークリーム, shūkuriimu).
- Planet Swetts's name (スイッツ, suittsu) is likely taken from "sweets" (as in "candy" or "desserts"), slightly adapting the original katakana spelling (スイーツ, suiitsu). The name was adapted as "Sweetz" in Viz's English translation.
- Tights, Bulma's older sister, was originally introduced in 2013, in Chapter 5 of Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, an Akira Toriyama-penned standalone prequel to Dragon Ball. Tights was also mentioned by name in the 2015 film Resurrection 'F', when Jaco visits Capsule Corporation.
- Zuno's name (ズノー) is likely taken from 頭脳 (zunō, "brain"). The character's name is pronounced the exact same way, merely being written in katakana instead of kanji.
Cast
In order of appearance:
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Availability
This chapter has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both print and digital formats.
Japan
- V-Jump, January 2016 (21 November 2015)
- Dragon Ball Volume 1: Warriors of Universe 6 (Tankōbon; 04 April 2016)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 1 (02 May 2016)
- Digital Color Edition Volume 1 (03 April 2020)
North America (English)
- Viz Digital Monochrome Simulpub: Chapter 6 (26 August 2016)
- Dragon Ball Super Volume 1: Warriors from Universe 6! (02 May 2017)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 1 (02 May 2017)
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