Dragonball Manga Summary - Volume 33

New Characters:

Ultra Saiya-jin Gokuu: Probably stronger than Trunks, but not much more.

Ultra Saiya-jin Gohan: Stronger than everyone, with a crackling white aura. Can defeat the Third-Stage Cell, but only when he becomes angry enough. Still doesn't like to fight, but has enough Saiya-jin blood that it can overpower him.

Other Notes:

Kamesennin states that in the first budoukai, Gokuu had lost to Jackie; 5 years later, Gokuu lost to Tenshinhan; 3 years after, Gokuu beat Piccolo. These dates don't match up with those gathered from earlier volumes, and Kamesennin also says that there hadn't been a Tenkaichi-budoukai since then. This counterdicts the idea that the Budoukai is a consistent event that takes place every 3 years. However, this information is unique to the TV series, and is not to be taken seriously.

Earth's New Dragon Balls: Piccolo can not separate to allow Kami-sama to reactivate the Earth's Dragon Balls, so Dende becomes the new Kami-sama. The Dragon Balls created by Dende are the same size as the old ones, but can now grant 2 wishes, while still resurrecting whole groups of people per wish. They also show up on Buruma's Dragon Radar. Emperor: The dog that was the world's ruler during the fight with Demon King Piccolo, is still in charge during the Cell Game. He remembers the young Gokuu, and recognizes Ma Junior on TV. Driving: In the TV series, one episode is dedicated to Piccolo and Gokuu learning to drive. This does not happen in the manga. In fact, on page 96, Gokuu is shown to be at least a competent driver.

Clothing: On page 146, the Z Fighters are shown in a group. Tenshinhan has kept his clothing in the same style, having rejected the option of wearing the same outfit as his killer, Vejita. Vejita and Trunks both wear the modified Saiya-jin combat suits that Buruma created. Kuririn still has the fighting uniform that shows he's a student of Kamesennin, and Gokuu has returned to the same style, but no longer has a kanji on it. Gohan respects his former teacher -- Piccolo -- a LOT, and wants to wear an identical outfit.

Story: (Hitoshi's summaries end just before the end of the volume.) Cell has batted Mister Satan out of the ring, and Gokuu is stepping in. The announcer is panicking, and asks Satan to comment on having lost. The pro wrestler says that he slipped. The two argue over the fate of the Earth, and Vejita is stunned at realizing that Satan's power level hadn't changed at all -- in fact, Vejita can't believe that the idiot who has absolutely no power at all is called the World's Champion. End of story.
Trunks, The Story:
It is the future. #17 and #18 have been wreaking havok on the world. 21-year-old Gohan and 14-year-old Trunks are training. They call it quits for the day, and kill time talking about Gohan's having escaped the androids, and Buruma's having made Gohan's new uniform in the same style as the dead Gokuu's. Suddenly, a fireball engulfs part of the city below them. The androids have returned to this part of the country. Gohan switches over to Super Saiya-jin mode, and knocks Trunks unconscious when the boy insists on tagging along. Gohan wants there to be at least one fighter in the world, if things go wrong. #18 complains about there not being anyone to kill, as #17 keeps blasting away. The game is no fun anymore. Gohan shows up, and #18 laughs at #17's having been kicked aside. It's been one year since Gohan had escaped, and the man intends on ending the androids' rampage. But, #17 is amused, and says that he's only been fighting at 1/2 strength. Gohan is stunned, and #17 states that he's going to kill the man. Trunks comes to, realizing that he can't sense Gohan's power anymore. Gohan is found in the city, dead.

3 years later, Trunks is returning to Capsule Corp. with a lot of food he's purchased. Buruma talks about the time machine she's been working on -- 8 months in the making, charging up. She can't test it, and assumes that it will work as designed. The mother and son argue over Trunk's plan to attack the androids, and are interrupted by a radio announcement. The androids have returned again. Trunks flies off, and gets beaten. He comes to in a hospital. He decides to follow Buruma's wishes to go to the past. She reminisces about the powerful Gokuu, who had died from the heart disease so long ago. Trunks wants to meet his father, too, but Buruma is not so upbeat about that idea.

Time passes, and Trunks gets the medicine from his mother, and prepares to enter the time machine.

-- Curtis H. Hoffmann
Oct. 30, 1993

Anomalies:
Over time, there have been a few conspicuous anomalies that have showed up in the series. The main ones have been the silly attacks and defences that never occur again -- Gokuu's pinwheel flight that propels him back into the budoukai ring; a whirlwind punch; and Piccolo's growing to 400 feet tall.

Sensu seeds take a certain time to harvest, and there only seem to be a small handful at any given time. But, near the Cell game, the group keeps getting as many of the seeds as they need at the moment.

#18 gets her old clothes back, without any explanation, on page 71, volume 31. It's to be assumed that she stole them in a large city.

The entire idea of Saiya-jin having tails is inconsistant. Gokuu's gets cut off a couple times, and it grows back. But, when Vejita and Gohan lose theirs, the tails are gone for good. Trunks was supposedly born with a tail, which Vejita removed early on -- but it's not shown in the manga.

Gravity training, and the Room of Spirit and Time: In volume 31, Piccolo states that Gokuu was only able to stay in the room for one month, in the past. The only time this could have happened is during the 3-year period in volume 14 when Gokuu was training under Kami-sama. The Room has gravity 10 times Earth-normal -- this supposedly helps people improve faster. However, when Gokuu dies later, and goes to Kaiou-sama's planet, he acts like he's never been subjected to abnormal gravity before. Ie. -- Toriyama has rewritten Gokuu's training history, and overlooked this contradiction.

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The title page for chapter 367 shows the evolution of Dr. Gero's androids.

#1 - 7: Faceless failures.

#8: was a kindhearted creature that became Gokuu's friend, and therefore was a failure.

#9 - 15: Failures. #13 - 15 were very close to being completed.

#16: Very little is known, but Dr. Gero says he's a failure. It might be his personality, but there may be other things wrong, too. (Machine base)

#17: He was too strong, and therefore a failure. (Human base.)

#18: Not as strong as #17, but she didn't listen to Dr. Gero, and was therefore a failure. (Human base.)

#19: Finally, success. But, is killed by Vejita. (Machine base.)

#20: He made himself into a cyborg. Is killed by #17. (Part machine, part human base.)

Cell: Dr. Gero wanted to create a cyborg with bio-technology. But, he couldn't do it in the time he had, so he left the job to his computer. Cel was made up of a combination of cells from Gokuu, Vejita, Piccolo, Freeza, and Freeza's father. From this body, if he merges with #17 and #18, he would become perfect.