Synopsis: Oolong and Goku ask Bulma if they're getting any closer to where they're going, but Bulma says it'll be a while before they reach Fry-Pan Mountain. Oolong freaks out, having heard of all of the terrible stories about Gyu-mao, the Ox King, that's supposed to live there. Wanting no part of any of that, Oolong turns into a fish and tries to escape. Luckily, Bulma's already got a pretty good sense of what makes the pig tick, and uses a pair of her own panties to fish him back into the boat. Oolong complains, saying that the least they could do if they're making him go someplace so dangerous is let him keep the panties, but Bulma instead gives him a piece of candy.
Shortly afterwards, the boat suddenly runs out of gas, and once ashore Bulma makes a horrifying discovery – she's lost her capsules case! Without capsules, the group has no housing, no vehicles, and no gas. Goku suggests they just walk then, and while he and Bulma argue, Oolong tries to escape again. Bulma notices that he's missing after Goku suggests having him turn into a bike, but thankfully Bulma planned ahead just in case he tried this again. She begins to make piggy calls, suddenly sending the nearby but hiding Oolong into the bushes with a severe case of diarrhea. As it turns out, the candy was a special candy that would cause anyone that hears the call to have the runs! Dejected, Oolong returns to the group and turns into a scooter, but proves too weak to carry Bulma. With no other choices left, the group begins walking towards Fry-Pan Mountain. The trio soon ends up in a desert, where Bulma demands that they take a break. Unbeknownst to the group, a small cat is watching them from a short distance away, and informs it's master, Yamcha, that they've got some prey at last. Yamcha doesn't think it looks like the group has very much, but beggars can't be choosers, so he plans to rob them. Back at the resting spot, Goku is preparing to go look for something to eat, when he and Oolong spot Yamcha and Puar racing towards them on a vehicle. Review: I never really noticed it before, but Toriyama has a real tendency to introduce characters in one chapter only for them to not really get fleshed out until the following chapter. Once again, I'll be postponing most of my character talk, this time for Yamcha and Puar, until next chapter. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave an awful lot for me to comment on for THIS chapter honestly. The chapter's not bad, but it definitely feels like one that's only reason for existence is to get us to the real meat of this storyline with the next chapter. Heck, the whole gag with Bulma drugging Oolong doesn't ever really come up after this other than maybe a vague threat, so it really feels like it was added after the fact when Toriyama realized there was too much material to do all of Yamcha's setup in one chapter, but not enough to do two, so he had to improvise. Improvisation or not though, the gag is pretty hilarious, albeit very cruel. Baiting him with panties is one thing, but drugging him with an induced diarrhea pill? JESUS CHRIST, Bulma. That's supervillain territory. A couple of interesting points do get raised about Oolong's powers in this chapter. Firstly, he can't turn into something like gas. I'm assuming the idea here is that since he'd just turn back in five minutes anyway, he'd just turn back into himself inside the engine, which...oww. It's also revealed that no matter what he turns into, he keeps the same level of strength that he himself possesses, which explains basically everything about his level of cowardice even while transformed into all kinds of monsters. That about does it. As I said, this chapter really just feels like setup for the next one, so I'll have more to comment on there probably. Until next time! Favorite Panel:
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