Gracias a Son Goku y a Son Gohan, la Tierra se ha liberado delas garras diabólicas de Cell y la gente puede vivir en paz y tranquilidad.Pero cuando los humanos se acostumbraron a tanta paz, volvierona surgir hombres ignorantes y malvados. Los humanos son así.Unos cuantos años después de la lucha contra Cell, todo el mundo piensa que Satán había sido el salvador de la Tierra. Incluso, laciudad donde vivía este extraño personaje cambió de nombre ensu honor: Satán City.Es aquí donde la historia de Dragon Ball continúa de forma sorprendente?
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.
After quite possibly the most dramatic arc yet, Dragon Ball returns to its more easygoing roots in the shape of a brand new tournament.
The passing is much more relaxed, there is time for the characters to evolve and relate to each other in a more natural way. I adore the way Gohan is portrayed now that he is the main character, his relationship with Goten and Videl is just loveable. The side characters also get some room for subtle development (Vegeta being a good father is just cute) and some moments to shine for the more forgotten characters (Chichi reminding the audience that she can kick some ass too).
Overall, one of my favorite chapters. Nothing world changing happens in this volume, not even some massive character arcs, but we get to experience some of the old wholesomeness of the early Dragon Ball years (gotta point out that Goku's reunion with his friends was extremely charming).
Quince años después de haber leído por primera vez los capítulos que corresponden a este volumen (en los tomos 36 y 37 de la edición tankoubon, si no me equivoco), no sabía si me iba a causar la misma gracia y entretenimiento que entonces. Y creo que la misma, lo que se dice la misma no, pero eso no quita que me haya divertido muchísimo repasando el comienzo de la que sería la etapa más bestial de este genial manga. El dibujo, los diálogos, los personajes nuevos, los disfraces, el grandísimo Mr. Satán. Todo suma en este festival de violencia colorida que es DragonBall. Lástima que justo en este tomo no tocó ninguna página a color. Ahora no sé si seguiré haciéndome una mini maratón con los kanzenban o si mejor sigo con alguno de los más de mil cuatrocientos libros que tengo en espera (en su inmensa mayoría historietas, claro), pero al menos hasta ahora fue un lindo paseo.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'aspect tranche de vie que prend le tome, un peu moins le retour du tenkaichi budokai, formule que l'on connaît désormais par cœur. Petite ellipse depuis la dernière fois où on a quitté ce groupe hétéroclite mais qui se focalise principalement sur Gohan désormais lycéen. J'ai toujours bien aimé l'humour potache de Toriyama et je trouve qu'ici dans un contexte lycéen cela fonctionne toujours aussi bien. Malheureusement je trouve le tout très répétitif notamment avec le tenkaichi budokai quand bien même retrouver tout le monde fait toujours plaisir.
I think this was my favorite volume in the series. Not much fighting or talking about power levels and all that nonsense. The sense of humor long absent from the series returns for two volumes, which is a real treat.