Synopsis: As Goku flies them towards Roshi's island with kinto'un, Bulma once again remarks that she really doesn't like asking that old pervert for help, but agrees that they don't really have a lot of other options right now. Goku lands on the island and greets the sea turtle who has returned from his trip at last, and then greets his master as Roshi comes out of the house. Roshi assumes that Goku being there must mean he found his grandpa's Dragon Ball, but Goku says they need help looking for the next one actually. He asks Bulma to explain, and Bulma hops out of Goku's shirt and returns to her original size, astounding the old man. When he asks for an explanation, she shows off her wrist-watch before explaining to him that they need to borrow an underwater vehicle for a while. Now understanding the situation, Roshi readily agrees to loan them one, but Bulma suspects it'll come at a price. Much to her surprise however, the only thing Roshi asks for in return is her size changing wrist-watch. Bulma gives him the watch and asks for the vehicle in return, but Roshi says right now Kuririn and Lunch have it for grocery shopping, but tells her not to worry as they should be back any time now. At Red Ribbon HQ, Red can't figure out why the radar shows Goku going to the Dragon Ball's location and then leaving without retrieving it to go to another location on the map. His assistant confesses that something has been bothering him for a while now – he thinks the boy must have accomplices, as that's the only way he could have gotten a radar more sophisticated than the army's own, likely a brilliant scientist they're unaware of. Red agrees that that makes sense, so this location on the map could well be their base of operations. He orders his men to contact General Blue and have him search the area for the enemy camp. Blue agrees to have his men scout the area immediately. As everyone waits for Kuririn and Lunch to return from shopping, Bulma asks if she can use the bathroom. As the turtle gives her directions to it, Roshi thinks his chance has come at last. Saying that he's bored and is going to watch some TV, he goes back inside and uses his new wrist-watch to shrink down in size, and heads straight for the bathroom. He gets inside just in time to see Bulma's panty-covered butt as her shorts are lowered and thinks he's hit the motherlode at last as he crawls on top of the toilet. He's disappointed however when he realizes Bulma is in the process of pulling her shorts back up, not down, and in his outrage he falls into the toilet bowl just in time for Bulma to flush it. Bulma thinks she hears something when Roshi lets out a scream, but doesn't seem too concerned. As she steps back outside to see if the vehicle's come back yet, Roshi crawls out of a nearby sewer and jumps into the ocean to wash himself off, confusing everyone when he returns in only his shorts and sopping wet. Goku points out something in the sky, and a flying car soon touches down on the beach before Kuririn and Lunch step outside of it. Everyone greets each other and re-introduces themselves, and Kuririn explains that the only reason it took so long was because Lunch sneezed and transformed in town. He asks Goku what brings him back here already anyway, as the scene changes briefly back to Blue's base. Blue asks a soldier in a plane if they've found the enemy base yet, but the soldier says he hasn't yet, though thinks it shouldn't take much longer as there aren't too many islands in this area. Kuririn is told the situation and can now see why they need an underwater vehicle, and suggests that as long as they're down there, Goku and Bulma may as well look for the lost pirate treasure as well. Legends say that pirates roamed the seas of this area a long time ago, and that somewhere in the ocean they hid a great treasure. Bulma thinks that sounds like a great idea, and Kuririn asks for permission to come along as well, thinking it sounds exciting. As the trio set off in the flying car, Goku remarks that he thought they needed an underwater vehicle, but Bulma tells him flying isn't the only thing this car can do. Suddenly, she freaks out and remembers that she left the two Dragon Balls Goku has so far back at Roshi's, but Kuririn tells her they couldn't be safer with their master watching over them. As the car flies away, it's spotted by Blue's soldier, who flies his plane in the direction the car was coming from, soon spotting Roshi's island as a result. He radios in and Blue tells him to zoom in and take stock of the personnel on the island, but all the soldier can see down there is an old man, a woman, and a turtle. As Roshi asks Lunch if she needs to go to the bathroom, Blue thinks he's figured it out – the old man must be the genius that made the sophisticated Dragon Radar. Review: So, as it turns out, we weren't entirely out of fetish town just yet after all. As gross as Roshi's attempt to peek at Bulma going to the bathroom is however, at least it's more or less a return to the kind of perverted antics we expect from this series, as opposed to last chapter's near rape. It's a low bar, but hey, it's something. This chapter continues the somewhat slow, casual pace this part of the story is taking in it's opening, but I think that's because there's a fair bit of setup going on here that Toriyama has to spread out rather than dumping on us all at once, hence the return of gags we haven't seen the type of in some time, as well as the re-introduction of characters we haven't seen in a while. In fact, this is the first time the sea turtle has been seen in the manga since his original chapters I believe. So, you know. Neat. I find myself unable to really complain about antics with the characters we already know taking full focus though, as they're always enjoyable to watch play off of each other – it just doesn't always give me as much to talk about is all. Bulma's wrist-watch, much like her father's capsule case, turns out to really only exist to further move the story along. If they hadn't had the wrong capsules, they wouldn't have needed to get a ship another way, and if Bulma hadn't made the wrist-watch, there's no telling what Roshi would have asked for in return for his. It's almost like a video game fetch quest really. There is a bit of a nice moment though with Red's assistant Black telling him his own thoughts on what it means that Goku keeps finding the Dragon Balls so easily and that he's gone away from one this time. It's a very curious juxtaposition that he's thinking about all of these things and puzzling them out – and really, while his guess isn't entirely on the money, it is well thought out and not too far off in the grand scheme of things – while Red is just angrily ordering people around and thinking Goku must just be stupid to leave the ball behind. For being the leader, Red doesn't seem to be the brains of the operation at all. Hmm. Food for thought. As mentioned before, seeing the characters meet up again is great, especially in the case of people like Kuririn and Lunch meeting Bulma, as they've only met each other in passing before. Actually, this is the first time Bulma has met Lunch at all, as cued in by her not understanding the comments about her sneezing causing a ruckus. It's kind of fun how all of these characters are connected through Goku and sort of know each other, but aren't really on a friendship level yet with each other. The introduction of the pirate treasure brings us fully into the first act of the General Blue based storyline, as well as introducing a fun new side-quest for the characters to be on, and one that leads them into a new, interesting area to show fights off in that we haven't seen before. All around wins right here if you ask me. Until next time! Favorite Panel:
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