Dragon Ball volume 11 summary and personae list.





New Characters:



Fighting styles:

   Shin-tsurusen-ryuu Taiyou-ken: This is a blinding attack used by

         Tenshinhan during the Tenkaichi-budoukai.  His entire body

         can glow with a very intense light.

   Haikyuu-ken: Tenshinhan's "volleyball" attack.

   Kikou-hou: Another of Tenshinhan's techniques.  Requires a lot of

         concentration, and can be very devastating as all of the energy

         in his body is channelled into a power blast.  But, it has one

         major drawback.



Other notes:





Story:

   Volume 11

   Jackie repeats the statement that Dodon will always win as the two

fighters set up their attacks, and yells that Kuririn will be killed.

However, Kuririn has gotten smarter in the last 3 years, and shouts out

"Now" when he leaps.  It looks like he's won, but Chao-zu wobbles back

into the ring (Jackie is very proud of his boy.)  Tenshin is just

pissed.  But, as Kuririn starts getting in some good punches, Chao-zu

paralyzes his heart.  Telepathically, Tsurusennin praises his student,

and tells him to kill Kuririn (which the boy happily proceeds to do.)

Chao-zu says "Die!" and Kuririn replies that his head isn't a

soccerball.  Kuririn assumes that Chao-zu has to concentrate on the

paralysis, and if he has to use his hands for something else, the

control will be broken.  So, he spits out "What's 3+4?"  The control

breaks, and he gets in one good punch before it's restored.  Tenshin is

relieved, but Tsurusennin calls the boy an idiot. Chao-zu thinks the

trick will work in reverse and asks for 16+27.  Kuririn gets it right

and wants to know 9-1.  Chao-zu falls for it again, and panics as he

counts on his fingers.  Kuririn wins (and tells the crowd that the

answer is "8".)

   Gokuu is happy, Jackie thinks that Kuririn has finally learned to

reason in battle, and Tsurusennin is just angry.  The next round starts,

with Panputto making a flashy entry.  He's a multiple-time world

fighting champion, and is well-known.  However, when he first punches at

Gokuu, he asks if the punch was too fast for him to follow.  Gokuu says

it wasn't much of a punch, so Panputto demonstrates his great speed and

power.  But, when he attacks Gokuu again, the boy's light tap to the

chest completely knocks the man out.  The announcer goes ape over the

single-punch KO, and Gokuu wins.  Tenshinhan disagrees, saying that

Gokuu actually got in three shots with his left elbow.  He's impressed,

and since Gokuu also claims to have beaten Tao-pie pie, really wants to

face him in the ring.

   Kuririn and Gokuu celebrate, gloating until Jackie comes up and

states that Panputto wasn't in the same class of fighting as them, and

it's nothing to get excited over.  Then it's time for the next round and

the announcer calls out Jackie's and Tenshin's name.  When the match

starts, Kuririn expects Jackie to win easily, but Gokuu knows that

Tenshin is really strong.  The boy can't say who will win.  The two

fighters are about evenly matched, then Jackie tries a trick that

Tenshin recognizes as "One Pattern."  However, Tenshin's third eye lets

him find the real target over the illusions.  Jackie tells Tenshin to

attack, and the other guy says "Can you see the real hands, old man!?"

When they separate again, Gokuu knows that this is a great fight, the

audience is stunned, Tenshin thinks that it's time to show his real

power, and Jackie believes that although Tenshin is strong, he's not an

experienced fighter.

   Jackie asks Tenshin why he has trained under Tsurusennin, and Tenshin

replies that his master is not merely a bad man.  Then, Tenshin says

he's about to get serious now -- Jackie doesn't know what this means.

People scream in pain as he unleashes Shintsurusen-Ryuutaiyou (New Crane

Blinding Light.)  While Jackie is blinded, Tenshin drops him (afterward,

he says that since he's not a killer, Jackie isn't dead.)  The announcer

describes the events, saying that Jackie is unconscious and starts the

count.  But, Jackie stands up.  Gokuu's eyes start to recover, Jackie

says that people should stop calling him an old man, Tenshin wants to

know who Jackie really is, and Jackie replies that Tenshin has a lot to

learn (badmouthing Tsurusennin.)   This makes Tenshin mad.  In the next

lull, Jackie asks if that's the best Tenshin can do.  They taunt each

other some more, and Gokuu realizes that the announcer's sunglasses work

against Tenshin's light attack.  Jackie asks Tenshin if he enjoys

training under a man like Tsurusennin, and the other master suddenly

telepaths a message to Tenshin that Jackie is really Kamesennin.

   Ten says he's going to show Jackie something interesting, and the old

man asks if Tenshin has etchi magazines.  Tenshin tells him to shut up

and watch him start up with Kamehame-ha.  This could kill people, so

Jackie deflects the blast safely.  (Gokuu is impressed, Kiririn and the

announcer are stunned.)  Tenshin says that Kamehame-ha is easy enough to

do, but Dodon is stronger.  However, Kamesennin simply says Tenshin

knows lots of tricks, and it's been fun.  Then, jumps out of the ring to

forfeit the match.  Tsurusennin thinks that the other old man was afraid

of losing, and is happy; but Tenshin knows better and can't understand

why this happened.  Jackie is taking an "oh well, that's show biz"

attitude.

   Round six is about to start, and Kiririn suddenly realizes that he

has to face Gokuu.  Gokuu promises to try his best, and wants Kiririn to

do so, too.  Then, the announcer wants them to come out, and Kiririn

challenges his friend.  Their friends give them encouragement, Kiririn

tells himself that he CAN win, both of them say that this will be fun,

and Tenshinhan asks Kamesennin "why?"  Why did Kamesennin disguise

himself to fight?  The old man replies that the two boys needed

guidance, and he'd stuck around as long as he was better than them.

Which causes Tenshin to assume that since he beat the old man, the two

boys are no problem.  The old man says, "you're a bit wrong."

   Then round 6 starts.  Kamesennin explains that he doesn't like

fighting against people that have bad training.  The other guy says he

was trained by the world's greatest assassin, Tao-pie Pie, which

Kamesennin says proves his point.  Gokuu and Kiririn fight, then pause

to comment on each other's improved speed and strength, while the

audience goes "wow..."  Kiririn uses his shiny head to blind his friend,

and gloats over the victory until Gokuu lands and waits for Kiririn to

join him (and be vulnerable to a punch.)  Gokuu says he's going to win,

but Kiririn's blowfish imitation postpones the victory.  They both say

that this is fun, then attack again.  Outside the ring, Kamesennin is

berating Gokuu for not taking this seriously.  Gokuu uses Kamehame-ha to

super-propel his body into Kiririn, which knocks the other boy down for

the count of three.  Kiririn gets up ("owie owie owie") and attacks

again.  He knows he can't win with speed or strength, so he starts

Kamehame-ha, but Gokuu just tells him that he doesn't want to use

Kamehame-ha himself, but would rather fight with the power of his body.

Kiririn grins and completes the blast.  But, the attack was a feint to

let Kiririn grab Gokuu's tail.  The boy gloats outloud about this being

Gokuu's only weakness and Gokuu collapses.  Then gets up again ("My tail

was with me for the last three years, and it got stronger along with the

rest of me.")  This concerns Kamesennin, because the boy doesn't have

any weaknesses any more.  Except for being easily tricked ("Huh?")

   Gokuu gets a little more serious, and disappears (which shocks

everyone except Tenshin.)  There's a loud drumming sound coming from the

ring, and Tenshin knows that this is Gokuu jumping left and right so

fast as to be invisible.  When Gokuu reappears right in front of

Kiririn, the element of surprise sends the boy out of the ring.  Gokuu

wins, but the crowd just stands there, trying to figure out what had

just happened.  Tenshin, Tsurursennin, and Kamesennin just get lost in

their own thoughts.

   Going into the final round, the announcer asks if Gokuu wants

anything, and the boy replies, "no."  So, the announcer yells out that

the last round is starting, people yell out encouragement, and both

sides say that this will be fun.  The announcer welcomes everyone to the

main event of this, the 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai, and re-introduces

Kamesennin's Son Gokuu, and Tsurusennin's Tenshinhan.  Kamesennin wants

to get closer to watch the fight, and finds Kiririn, who says that this

area is only open to the fighters.  Kamesennin tells him that they'll

watch from here together.  Chao-zu wonders who will win, and Tsurusennin

won't rest until the killer of his little brother loses.  It starts, and

they fight until Tenshin uses Dodon.  Which just causes Gokuu to use his

disappearing act again.  This time, though, his opponent can see where

he is.  Kamesennin remarks on how Tenshin's punches sound like a machine

gun, and Kiririn calls out Gokuu's name.  Finally, Tenshin says it's

ended, and he hopes that Gokuu will like it in heaven.

   Chao-zu is overwhelmed, and Tsurusennin is glad that the boy will be

dead soon.  But, instead of delivering the death blow, Tenshin practices

Haikyuu-ken ("volleyball technique,") and spikes the boy into the

ground.  Tsurusennin says "he's dead..."  Then Gokuu hops up, and the

old man shouts "im... impossible!!!"  Gokuu says that he's glad Tenshin

is so strong.  Then, Gokuu describes "shiai power,"the rush that you get

in combat when someone tries to kill you.  Tenshin is intrigued, and

challenges Gokuu to show him this thing.  So, Gokuu does.  At the end,

when Tenshin is most vulnerable, Gokuu starts his Kamehame-ha, but then

stops it in the middle.  The man lands, and Gokuu asks him how he feels.

Tenshin says that he can feel the power from the crowd, and Gokuu

understands.  Kiririn wants to know why his idiot friend stopped the

Kamehame-ha, and is told that Gokuu has learned to conserve his energy

from the last Tenkaichi-budoukai.

   The announcer is going wild describing the fight.  Then, Gokuu

announces "fist from above," which leads to: Attack from behind, Behind

attack from behind, to Behind the Behind attack from behind.  Gokuu is

stunned that Tenshin can still stand.  And, it's now time for the

Taiyou-ken again.  Tenshin lunges while Gokuu is blinded, but can't

believe that he's the one who's been dropped.  (Gokuu took the glasses

off of Kamesennin's face.)  The count starts, then, when Gokuu thanks

the old man for the sunglasses, Tenshin blindsides him.)  ("You really

are a bastard.")  The glasses are busted.  Now, it's time for both of

them to get serious.

   Without the glasses, Kamesennin reminds Kiririn of someone he's just

seen.  The old man tells the boy to shut up and watch the match.  Gokuu

comes in with the attack, but he freezes up, and gets dropped.  Gokuu

curses, and Tenshin is wondering what happened.  (Kamesennin thinks that

Tsurusennin has something to do with it.)  They try again, and

Tsurusennin says, "Now," and Chao-zu responds.  Gokuu freezes up and

gets dropped again.  He almost gets knocked out of the ring, and uses

Kamehame-ha to save himself.  The process repeats itself.  The announcer

starts the count.  Tenshin can't believe this.  Tsurusennin thinks out

"kill him, kill him, kill him!!"  Tenshin doesn't want to win this way

(through cheating,) and the count is up to six.  But, this is not a

matter of honor, it's a matter of destroying Tao-pie Pie's killer.  At

the eight-count, Tenshin shouts out "Stop it!!!"  Chao-zu loses his

concentration, and the announcer is confused.  Gokuu gets up, leaving

the announcer more confused.  Gokuu wants to drop the bastard, but

Kamesennin calls out to him to wait.  Tenshin says that he can't kill,

that he's not an assassin.  This is an act of treason, and Tsurusennin

tells Chao-zu to kill both fighters.  But, Tenshin is Chao-zu's friend,

so Tsurusennin gets ready to kill the little kid.  Tenshin yells out

Chao-zu's name, and is told to move.  Kamesennin's Kamehame-ha blast

whips by and knocks Tsurusennin out of the city.

   With that out of the way, the fight can continue.  But now, Tenshin

can't possibly let himself lose, and he prepares for his next big attack

(Chao-zu thinks he's going to use a different attack, and tells his

friend not to do it.)  Tenshin says that he's not a killer, and Gokuu

allows that the guy may not be all bad.  As Tenshin grows another set of

arms (and everyone wonders what he's trying to do,) Chao-zu is relieved

that he isn't doing Kikouhou.  The extra set of arms impresses Gokuu,

and they start again.  The extra set allows Tenshin to control Gokuu's

arms and legs.  But, not his tail.  Tenshin comments on this, and Gokuu

replies that while Tenshin had 4 arms, Gokuu has 8 (he uses the same

high-speed fighting technique that Chapa had in book 10.  This surprizes

everyone but Kamesennin, who is pleased.

   Tenshin gets roughed up, and is losing patience with "the shrimp."

So, he loses the extra arms to concentrate on his real, final technique.

He will kill Gokuu.  Chao-zu screams out "Kikouhou -- Ten-san, stop

it!!" [Note: That between page 165 and 167, the dialogue is changed, but

two of the panels are duplicated exactly.]  Kamesennin also realizes

what's happening, and thinks that Tenshin plans on a suicide attack.

Kiririn asks what's going on, and Kamesennin answers that Kikouhou is a

very powerful attack, but if you make even the slightest mistake, it'll

kill both your target, and yourself.  But, Tenshinhan reassures Chao-zu

that he's not planning on dying.  The announcer goes wild describing the

events, and Gokuu says that he's not going to run away from this attack,

causing Kamesennin to call him an idiot.  Tenshin gets ready to go, and

Gokuu waits for it.





End of book 11.





                                                -- Curtis H. Hoffmann

                                                   June 27, 1993