Dragon Ball Volume 3

Dragon Ball Volume 3 Summary


Volume 3 continues the "Gokuu doesn't know what a giri giri girl is" storyline. As Kamesennin is trying to teach Gokuu (Gokuu does eventually learn to distinguish between ugly and beautiful faces, but not beautiful women and beautiful mermaids,) a new guy shows up. Kiririn arrives at the island to ask Kamesennin to teach him fighting techniques; however, his entrance marks him more as a buffoon than a serious combat master. He bribes Kamesennin with a dirty magazine, and then goes with Gokuu to find a true giri giri girl. But, Kintoun only supports people that are pure of heart, and Kiririn has to hold onto Gokuu for the entire trip (along the way, he discovers that Gokuu can't tell men and women apart unless he can see their private parts. Kiririn hastily assures Gokuu that he is indeed male.) Below them, a feisty woman on a mono-scooter is evading the police until her hair tickles her nose and she sneezes. The frightened girl that takes her place then calls for help. Gokuu and Kiririn decide that Ranchi would make a great giri giri girl, and rescue her (notice that Ranchi has no trouble riding Kintoun.)

At the island, Kamesennin is delighted to see that Ranchi isn't hitting him when he stares at her, and has her change into "the kamesennin uniform." To support the gag, he and the two runts are also wearing the lingerie when Ranchi steps back out. Then, disaster strikes and the group learns about Ranchi's "dark-side." Because he's going to train the two kids, the dirty old man moves the house to a larger island, and has Ranchi explain what the sneezing is all about (not much explanation, though -- it just happens that way.)

The first part of the first day's training is to see who's the fastest: Kiririn's dash is about 10 seconds; Gokuu's is 11 seconds, but with a replacement for his torn shoes, he comes in around 8 seconds. Kamesennin blows them both away at 5+ seconds. The second part is a little contest, where the one who finds the rock with "turtle" written on it, within 30 minutes, gets to eat supper. Kiririn resorts to cheating several times, and wins.

The next day, Kamesennin has the boys pick up a milk delivery, and while hopping, skipping, and zigzagging, makes the two drop the milk bottles off at people's houses. The last house on the route is at the top of a big hill, and Kamesennin gracefully allows the boys to walk up the stairs, instead of running. The owner of the house, a priest, tells us that the combat that the boys are training for, which takes place in 8 months, is the Tenkaichi-budoukai. From this point on, we get to see Kiririn and Gokuu training both their bodies, and minds (Gokuu hates having to do language lessons.) To work on physical strength, Kamesennin tells them to push against a large rock. Gokuu manages to unexpectedly move it, so Kamesennin points out a monster rock for them to work on. When the training becomes too easy, he has his students wear 40 pound turtle shells on their backs. Finally, with a month to go, Gokuu rushes into the house, excitedly. He takes the old man to the monster rock, and pushes it a few yards. Kiririn does this too, and Kamesennin thinks to himself "I just told them to do that as a JOKE..." Since they've gotten so strong, he gives them 90 pound turtle shells to wear.

When the time comes, Gokuu and Kiririn get to remove the shells, and are told to jump up. They're VERY surprised to find out how strong they've become. Dressed up, and ready to go, the three fighters fly off to combat. At the fight ring, both Gokuu and Kiririn expect to be easily defeated by one of the many other contestants (note: the uniforms Kamesennin gives them have the kanji for turtle on the front, pronounced "kame".) Kiririn's first match is against one of the two bullies from his hometown (he kept on getting beaten up at home, which is why he left to train under Kamesennin.) His victory is very gratifying.

In the middle of the competition, there is a commercial break, advertising the fact that book 4 is now on sale.

Gokuu and Kiririn easily win their elimination rounds, and eventually there are only 8 people left in the competition -- which includes Yamcha, and a strangely familiar man named Jackie Chun. Gokuu doesn't recognize Yamcha right away, because Buruma had made him cut his long, flowing hair. Also in the audience are Buruma, Pool, and Oolong; these three cheer for Yamcha, Gokuu, and Kiririn.

The other fighters are:
Bactarian: A "dirty" fighter in both senses of the word.
Namu: A mystic from a place that looks like India.
Ranfawn: Beautiful, seductive, and a mean street fighter.
Jackie Chun: Master martial artist.
Gilan: A rubber-suit monster.
Kiririn nearly loses to Bactarian, but eventually rallies, and defeats the louse with a fart of his own.


-- Curtis H. Hoffmann

May 16, 1993


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