Moltes coses estan a punt de passar en aquest manga shonen durant el Gran Torneig de les Arts Marcials: en Goku ha buscat el punt feble del seu contrincant i espera poder seguir lluitant; en Babidí es posa neguitós per alguna raó; l'A-18 i el misteriós emmascarat han deixat bocabadat al senyor Satan i al seu públic, i en Vegeta serà víctima d'un encanteri que l'enfrontarà amb en Goku en un combat mortal.
Mentre els combats pugen d'intensitat, algú està a punt de despertar l'amenaça més brutal que mai hagi vist el planeta Terra: el terrible monstre Bu!
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.
J'aime beaucoup le virage que l'histoire prend, un peu plus sombre (même si on reste sur des thématiques très shônen). J'ai adoré le retour aux sources avec l'affrontement Vegeta vs Goku qui était superbement mis en scène avec des dessins efficaces et sans fioritures qui illustraient parfaitement le propos. C'est un très gros tome de combat mais l'action se lit de manière très fluide et rapide. On y retrouve également la touche d'humour propre à Toriyama et qui allège toujours l'ambiance sans venir comme un cheveux sur la soupe !