Dragon Ball Ultimate nº 15

Dragon Ball Kanzenban [ドラゴンボール 完全版] #15

by Akira Toriyama, Marc Bernabé (Translator)

地球に向かいつつあるサイヤ人・ナッパとベジータに対するため、修行を積む悟空たち。そしていよいよ、地球に到着したサイヤ人との戦いが開始された！　ナッパと戦うヤムチャ、クリリン、ピッコロたち。界王様の元から地球へ戻る悟空は間に合うのか!？

Genres: Manga, Comics, Fantasy, Shonen, Fiction, Japan, Comedy

236 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 2003

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

[Jean-Paul Lane Valley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a whole other level, this is where things change forever in Dragon Ball, at least to me.

This particular volume holds some of the franchise's most iconic moments, among these, there is my favorite: Piccolo's sacrifice. The whole moment just exemplifies how much the things have changed and how much the stakes have risen. The once terrible villain sacrifices himself for the child of his worst enemy, whom he has learned to love. This moment alone brings some tears to my eyes, but what comes after is also incredibly powerful.

Goku returns and completely ignores the two enemies in front of him, to attend his son and to grief his former rival. There are no jokes, not even a glimpse of Goku's characteristic optimism after meeting a new strong enemy, the only thing visible in Goku now it's his rage for his fallen friends. This time there will be now resurrections, no second chances, this is no longer a game, the shit just got real.

Getting to this moment after reading everything that came before just hits you different, this is easily one of my favorite volumes of any manga I have read, and I am willing to see how things progress.

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume intenso e purtroppo ricco di perdite. Arrivano Nappa e Vegeta e la loro crudeltà lascia uno strascico di morti. L'intera umanità è in pericolo e Goku sembra l'ultima carta che la Terra può giocarsi contro Vegeta, ma non sarà uno scontro facile.

[Pata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha muerto hasta el apuntador.

[Ophélie Regat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gohan continue de s'entrainer avec Piccolo dans la perspective du combat avec les deux mystérieux saiyans. De son côté, Goku arrive chez Maitre Kaïo, sur une planète dont la gravité est dix fois plus élevée que celle de la Terre. Ce dernier, en dépit d'un humour original, va l'entrainer au Kaioken et ai Genki dama durant les 158 jours restants avant l'arrivée des ennemis.

Le jour venu, Piccolo, Gohan, Krilin, Ten Shin Han, Chaozu et Yamcha se réunissent pour combattre Nappa et Végéta, qui ont détruit une ville à leur arrivée (on apprend qu'ils sont intéressés par les Drgaon Ball). Goku, après un mauvais calcul de Kaio, va arriver en retard. Nappa utilise six saibamens pour commencer "gentiment" le combat. L'un d'eux réussit à tuer Yamcha en se faisant exploser. Chaozu et Ten Shin Han sont impuissants face à Nappa et se font tués l'un après l'autre. Végéta ordonne d'attendre l'arrivée de Goku pendant trois heures afin que le combat soit plus intéressant. Goku n'arrivant pas, le combat se poursuit. Après une attaque puissante de Gohan, ce dernier est pris pour cible par Nappa. Piccolo s'interpose et décède de ses blessures, tout comme le Tout-Puissant, sous le regard désespéré de Mister Popo. Gohan et Krilin sont en mauvaise posture. C'est à ce moment-là que Goku se décide à arriver. Ce dernier, fou de rage, leur dit de s'éloigner afin qu'il puisse se battre à fond.

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Krilin, Piccolo et Gohan, piliers de la première partie de DBZ.

[Amburusset · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tome qui se lit très facilement, entre fin d'entraînements et préparatifs face à l'arrivée des saiyan et la confrontation tant attendue.
Le personnage de Piccolo est celui qui selon moi possède la meilleure évolution, et une très jolie dynamique avec Gohan avec un très beau sacrifice pour sauver le fils de son meilleur ennemi
L'arrivée salvatrice de Goku à la fin du tome annonce du lourd sur ce qui va arriver !

[Rich Uncle Pennybags · Rating 5 out of 5]

Makes sense that they cut it into a new series here for the show because the tone is a change. The character change with Piccolo here is pretty standard manga/anime stuff but it's done really well. Along with the earlier volume with Goku meeting his grandfather again this is one of the most emotionally adept ones.

[Lori CucVig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una lunga attesa ed un impegnativo allenamento. Ecco cosa caratterizza la resistenza della Terra. Gohan ha modo di conoscere la sua forza e Son Goku può sbloccare un nuovo livello di allenamento. Ma le cose non vanno sempre come previsto e tempo e morte si contendono i nostri personaggi. Vedremo...

[Graeme Rockerbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yamcha dies 10/10

[Monique Gerke · Rating 5 out of 5]

PERFEITO!!! grandes emoções

[Gabriele Marangella · Rating 5 out of 5]

L’inizio della fantastica saga dei Saiyan con l’apparizione di Nappa e Vegeta.

[Breiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 ⭐

[Sarinys · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re Kaio
Sayan
Strage

[Guida · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best manga stories ever.