Synopsis: Goku is overjoyed at the sight of the large cooked fish and immediately leaps upon it, eating it down to the bones. With his stomach now full, he leaps back to his feet and punches a nearby rock, pleased with how much of it easily breaks, showing that he's back at full power now. Goku says he'll take care of that monster easily now and calls out for kinto'un...only for nothing to happen. Goku is taken aback as he realizes that the monster really did destroy his cloud after all, and swears to get revenge for it as well.
Goku pulls out the dragon radar to check for a nearby Dragon Ball as that should be where the monster is, but to his surprise one shows up far closer than expected. Thinking the monster must still be nearby, he looks around, barely noticing a large incoming boulder in time to jump out of it's path. Goku calls out for the monster to show itself, but instead a fat ruffian with a sword at his waist steps out and accuses Goku of eating his fish. Goku says the fish he ate was just laying around, which the other boy scoffs at, saying a pre-boiled fish doesn't just 'happen to be laying around'. As Goku gets a closer look at the man, he sees a Dragon Ball hanging from a necklace around the man's neck, and accuses him of taking his ball and working with that monster. The man says he has no idea what Goku's talking about but won't let that distract him from what Goku owes him. The two continue to argue until ultimately coming to blows, with the fat fighter actually proving able to go toe-to-toe with Goku fairly evenly. As both fighters are left wondering who in the heck the other is and why they're so strong, Goku finally notices that the Dragon Ball the other has is the one-star, not his stolen four-star. Goku asks the man how he got it, and he says he found it three years ago. Goku apologizes for the mistake, but the man once again says he won't be distracted by other matters and orders Goku to give him back his fish. Goku seems confused, causing the man to demand that Goku hurl it up right now, but Goku points out instead something approaching them from behind in the sky. Goku is outraged as it gets closer, thinking that it's the creature that killed Kuririn, but when it lands, he realizes that it looks a little different actually. Cymbal tells the boys that it has only one question for them, and if they lie they'll die – have they seen a small orb with stars inside of it anywhere near here by chance? Review: After a series of chapters dedicated to crafting the overall narrative of this arc, it was sort of nice to get to a somewhat more laid-back chapter that really only focuses on one thing at a time. Granted, it's only laid-back in relation to the plot itself, as it's full of fighting (hence another rather short review), though even the combat here feels a little more subdued compared to what we just came off of with the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. It's fine though – we can't expect every single fight to be a thrilling encounter after all. It's certainly an entertaining encounter however, as Goku at long last meets another face that will already be familiar to fans that started with DBZ. I'll talk more about him as of the next chapter when we get to see a little more of what he's like, at least early on, as well as his name. For now though, this nameless fat fighter manages to make quite the first impression, with both his stuffy attitude as well as his combat abilities. I said the fight itself isn't anything to marvel at, and it's really not – it's mostly just a back-and-forth of blows showing that both Goku and he are able to give as good as they get – but you have to remember that Goku's back at full power now after his meal. That means, even if he's not going all out just yet, he's back to being pretty strong...and this random newcomer is keeping up with him. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that puts him in the same leagues as Goku or even Tenshinhan if they were going all out, but it's certainly the most impressive we've seen someone be outside of tournament participants. His stuffy attitude also brings with it a bit of mystery, as if he's so strong, why hasn't he ever gone to the tournaments? What's he doing out in the middle of nowhere cooking a fish? How in the world did he manage to run a string through the Dragon Ball? And considering his insistence that Goku puke back up the fish...was...was he still planning to eat it at this point? Urgh. That last question is thankfully left unanswered due to the arrival of Cymbal. He's not the monster Goku is looking for, but in it's own way it's a lucky break for Goku, as he really has no way to track down Tambourine at this point. Now that Goku's back to full power though, how will he stack up against Piccolo's newborn warrior? ...Well... Until next time! Favorite Panel:
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