Dragon Ball Volume 4

Dragon Ball Volume 4 Summary


Volume four: Jackie had wanted to face Ranfawn, but was paired against Yamcha, and wins his match. Ranfawn uses her feminine wiles, but Namu is desperately hoping to win the cash prize so that he can buy water for his dying village -- Namu overcomes his moral sense, and knocks her out. Yamcha thinks that Jackie's "dirty-old-man" reaction to the girl is somehow familiar, and he accuses Chun of being Kamesennin. Gokuu fights Gilan, who uses a rubber phlegm to entrap our hero. As Gilan swoops in for the kill, Gokuu gets his tail free, and finally his entire body. Realizing that he's about to be pounded into a pulp, Gilan forfeits the round.

There is now an interview with "the two kids," Gokuu and Kiririn. When asked how old he is, Gokuu gets it wrong. After, Jackie complains about not being interviewed himself, takes the mike, and breaks into a "dirty old man" rap (in the TV series, this is really funny.) Gokuu joins in.

In round two, Kiririn faces Jackie Chun. He's getting beaten badly, but some of the action is going by so fast that the announcer asks the two to recreate one of the attacks in slow-motion. Then, Kiririn tries using "the panty attack." Chun's reaction convinces Yamcha that Jackie and Kamesennin are the same person. Jackie is knocked out of the ring, and has to use Kamehame-ha to propell himself back. This sends the announcer into a fit, since Kamesennin is the only person in the world capable of using it -- Jackie now makes it two (although, Yamcha knows better.) One of Jackie's other tricks is the "fake image": when you move away so fast that it looks like you're still standing in place. Finally, Kiririn charges Jackie, and is simply knocked out.

Yamcha confronts Jackie, first accusing the old pervert of having fake hair, and then having a fake head. When Gokuu tries checking Chun's scent, they discover that Chun uses perfume.

In his round, Gokuu faces Namu, and uses the "fake image" technique himself. Yamcha is impressed at Gokuu's ability to pick up a skill like that, but Jackie is more impressed that Namu is not deceived by it. Gokuu tries a "whirlwind" attack that nearly succeeds except that Gokuu gets so dizzy that he makes himself sick. Eventually, he does win through sheer speed and power. Namu gracefully accepts the fact that he's let his village down, but feels that a miracle has occurred when Jackie gives him a "rain-maker" capsule and tells him that Jackie really is Kamesennin. Chun explains that to win the competition requires that you do more than just fight. Gokuu and Kiririn are strong, but inexperienced, so Chun is there to teach them how to win. To return Jackie's favor, and to further confuse the issue, Namu impersonates Kamesennin in the crowd, completely fooling Yamcha.

The last round starts with Gokuu opposite Jackie Chun. Jackie attacks full-out, and gets in a good kick. He's sure that he's won, but Gokuu uses his tail to fly back into the ring. Gokuu suggests having a Kamehame-ha contest, and Jackie doesn't believe that the shrimp knows how to use that attack. But, Gokuu wins by a slight margin, and Chun uses his "fake image" attack ("wan pataan" = "one pattern") but upgrades it to be two patterns. Gokuu does him one better with a "three pattern" attack. The blow to his head is so strong, that Jackie nearly gives away his secret identity. Which is when he decides to try his "drunken fighting" style. This works quite well, but Gokuu recognizes it as something his dead grandfather had mastered, and wants to know how Jackie had learned it. Jackie remains silent, continuing his attack, when Gokuu decides to implement his "crazy fighting" style. However, he gets one of the kanji wrong and it becomes "mad dog" style (which makes Jackie even angrier.) The book ends at this point.




-- Curtis H. Hoffmann

May 16, 1993

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