Dragonball Vol. 27

Dragon Ball Kanzenban [ドラゴンボール 完全版] #27

by Akira Toriyama

ドラゴンボ－ル完全版 [Doragonbōru] 27 (DragonBall Kanzenban, #27)

Genres: Manga, Shonen, Comics, Fantasy

223 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Akira Toriyama (鳥山明) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga with his works highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended.
His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 1 out of 5]

DBZ was already one of the most repetitive and drawn out series, but it really showed in the ending volumes of the android/Cell saga. Almost all of the humor in the original volumes has disappeared in exchange for the formula that keeps DBZ alive: new threat comes; everyone is confident; Z fighters get beaten up and Goku has to disappear for a while; goku comes back and saves the day; Goku disappears again; etc etc etc. This begins in the first volume of Z, but it really got to me here because the commentary on the fighting and the constant mention of power levels and ki reaches the point of absurdity. I wish I could say it was self-parodying but it's not. Every villain and fight is the same at this point besides the side characters saying "could this really be Goku??? He's so strong!" "Yeah I can't believe it!" "He's not even at full power!" *close up on everyone's face as they twitch and sweat* Come on. I'm looking forward to the Sayaiman story (which I hated when I was young) just to get a break from this tired ass storytelling.

[Amburusset · Rating 3 out of 5]

On est enfin témoin du début tant attendu du tournoi de Cell, le Cell Game. J'ai fait une pause entre ma lecture des différents tomes de Dragon Ball car nous voilà face à un énième tournoi. J'avoue que l'arc précédent m'avait vraiment plu mais celui qui s'annonce reste assez classique shonen. Toutefois on y retrouve l'humour potache d'Akira Toriyama et le personnage de Mister Satan est vraiment hilarant ce qui allège quelque peu le tome. Egalement les traits du mangaka restent toujours impeccable et sa maîtrise du mouvement est vraiment stupéfiante ! On a pas besoin de lier les cases pour comprendre le combat !

[Lori CucVig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Son Goku ha un piano vero? Boh? Questo volume è stranamente rilassante. Cell lancia la sua sfida come promesso e tutto è in preparazione ad essa. Come al solito, quando si tratta di combattimenti non ci si annoia. Forza Gohan!

[Breiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐

[ジェファーソン 劉 · Rating 5 out of 5]

軍隊前去破壞斯路遊戲，失敗。
撒旦先生... 搞笑的。
悟空竭盡全力打不過斯路，交給悟飯！

[Mariela Roxio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gohan niño creído es lo más

[Guida · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best manga stories ever.