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New Characters:
SSJ-3 Gotenks: In Fusion form, Gotenks can switch to Super
Saiya-jin 3; his hair grows down to his butt, his face
becomes leaner, and his eyebrow ridges stand out more.
In terms of power, he completely dwarfs Piccolo, and
easily rivals Gokuu's SSJ-3 level. Gokuu comments that
Gotenks has achieved SSJ-3 long, long before he ever
could, and much more easily. [fa:v41]
Ultimate Majin Buu: After consuming two powerful fighters, Buu
has
attained It's final form, and greatest level of power.
It is tall, thin, muscular, and It's forehead-dangly now
hangs long and low behind Its back. It also has all of
the fighting techniques of Super Gotenks and Piccolo.
Eventually, It absorbs Gohan, and gets even stronger. It
looks like a cross between Itself, and Gohan, with some of
Piccolo's clothing surfacing when It uses Piccolo's
abilities.
Kaiou-bit: Dai Kaiou-shin divulges that the Kaiou-shins used to
have a technique (involves exchanging earrings) that acts
just like Fusion, which Kaiou-shin and Kibit try out.
Kaiou-bit has Kaiou-shin's facial features, Kibit's hair,
and a body that's an average of the two. Kaiou-bit has a
really high energy level as well.
New weapons:
Magic attacks:
Dynamite Kick -- These are all standards punches and
Rolling Thunder Punch kicks, with new names devised by
Inoshishi (wild boar) Attack Gotenks
Power Tackle
Miracle Super Punch
Great Kick Special
Magnum Thunder
Ultra Miracle Parfait
Hyper Plasma Short Cake
Galactica Donut -- Gotenks' encircling, crushing energy ring.
Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack - Gotenks spits out a ghost of
himself.
The ghost is a very powerful
explosive, but also pretty stupid.
Gotenks can control up to 10 at a time.
Renzoku Super Donuts -- (Continuous Super Donuts.) This is like
Galactica Donut, with four contracting
energy rings being shot out, instead of
just one.
Places:
Comments:
Kami-sama's Palace is located directly above Karin Tower (where
Karin-sennin and the Senzu Seeds are.) For Gokuu to reach
Kami-sama's for the very first time, the boy had to use his
expanding staff to connect the top of Karin Tower to the
bottom of Kami-sama's floating Palace. At the time, the staff
had a limited reach of about 40 meters, and had to be left in
place afterwards. Now, however, the staff is missing, and
Karin Tower is not visible while Buu destroys the Palace.
Continuity error? Or was the staff gifted to someone else, and
the Palace allowed to drift away from the Tower?
Chapter 486: "The Fearsome/Awesome New Majin-Buu"
"Kyoufu no shin-majin-Buu"
The new Buu looks upward, laughing. Its focus is Piccolo and
Dende,
who are looking back down in concern. Kuririn walks up, asking
what's
wrong. Piccolo asks if the runt can't feel the energy of Buu's
upgrade.
Piccolo explains what happened. Kuririn stammers, hoping that the
two
Saiya-jin boys, in Fusion form, can take on Buu. Dende is silent,
and
Piccolo is doubtful.
On Kaiou-shin's planet, Gokuu wonders if he's feeling Buu's
energy,
and Kaiou-shin confirms it. Gohan asks the old coot to hurry up
with
the power-up, so he can go fight on Earth. However, the old coot
tells
the boy to not worry, (he's actually reading manga, and not doing
the
spell.) Gohan is getting VERY impatient.
Buu is just standing in place, looking at Its hands, and Satan
is
scared shitless. The older thrill seeker recovers from Satan's
thrashing, scrambles up to get a gun, and starts shooting Buu.
The
bullets just pass through the new monster, and the holes seal up
again.
The monster stretches, laughs, and flies into the villain's
mouth. The
villain starts to expand, and blows up messily. Buu reassembles
itself,
and launches off to kill Satan.
The hero is cowering over the puppy. The monster freezes, then
disappears. Satan looks up, then convinces himself that the
stupid
creature ran away to escape his great power. However, Buu is
hovering
just overhead. It angrily says "Sa...ta..n...?" then
flies away. Satan
collapses, wondering if the monster remembers him.
Buu tears over the countryside before zooming straight up.
Piccolo
realizes that Buu has sensed their energy. Then, the monster
reaches
the top of Karin tower, and grins at Piccolo, Dende, Mr. Poppo,
Yamcha,
and Kuririn.
Chapter 487: "Eradicate Mankind"
"Jinrui zetsu-metsu"
Buu lands on Kami-sama's tower, and insolently says
"Thought so."
Piccolo expects to be killed, but Buu says "come out."
No one
understands, so Buu shouts "COME -- OUT !!!" Piccolo
asks what Buu
means, and the monster replies that he wants to fight someone
that can
challenge him. He can sense a strong power up here. Kuririn is
scared,
and the women come out to see what the noise is about.
Buu is getting impatient, and Piccolo asks It to wait, since
the
hidden fighter isn't at full power yet, and Buu only wants to
fight the
hero at full power, right? Buu hates waiting, so It'll just have
to
kill some innocent victims. Piccolo keeps begging, but the
monster
grins, and walks the full circuit around the top of the tower.
Everyone
wonders what is going to happen. Buu returns to Piccolo, smiles,
raises
his arm, and starts firing off energy blasts straight up. The
fireworks
are spectacular, and the blasts arc down to the Earth, and each
one
kills exactly one person. Dende collapses at the sight of so much
death. Buu smiles, and says that everyone on Earth is now dead.
It wants
It's opponent to come out to fight. Piccolo gives in. However,
since
the fighter is now sleeping, it'll take 2, no 1, hour. Buu asks
how long
one hour is. Piccolo creates a sand glass, and says that this
will empty
in one hour. Buu studies the thing, and answers "No
way." So, Piccolo
answers back that Mr. Satan's daughter is also up here with them.
Buu
recognizes Satan's scent, and concedes. But after 1 hour, It'll
kill
them all, the daughter too. It kneels down to watch the sand
fall.
Piccolo tells Kuririn to get Trunks and Goten into the Room of
Spirit
and Time. In there, 1 hour will last 15 days. Right now, the boys
aren't good enough at Fusion to defeat Buu.
Goten and Trunks are sleeping.
In the mountains, Chao-zu and Tenshin-han are wondering what it
was that
just tried to kill them.
Satan is walking in the countryside (the puppy is nearby,) and he
wonders
what all that fireworks had been about.
Chapter 488: "Trunks and Goten enter the Room of Spirit
and Time"
"Trunks to Goten, Seishin to Toki no heya ni hairu"
On Kaiou-shin's planet, Gokuu and Kaiou-shin are trying to
understand
the surge of power they're feeling (looks like the Earthlings are
already getting trashed.) Gohan is losing his temper, and demands
that
the old coot finish with the spell already. The coot isn't
letting
himself be rushed, and Gohan explodes, powering up and yelling
that he
wants to fight Buu. However, his body has undergone a
transformation
(looks kind of god-like), and he wonders where this power has
come from.
The old coot needs more time to finish the spell, so Gohan sits
down and
meekly apologizes. The old coot returns to reading his manga.
Gokuu asks Kaiou-shin if the old coot has really given the boy
this
power, and Shin is not so sure. Gokuu wonders how Gohan pulled
this
off.
In Kami-sama's tower, Goten and Trunks stare at the new Buu,
asking
if this is really It. Piccolo confirms it, and then tries to get
the
boys to train in the room of Spirit and Time, for the equivalent
of 6
hours. However, Chi Chi takes this chance to go up to Buu, slap
It in
the face, and demand that It return her dead Gohan. Buu turns Chi
Chi
into an egg, and steps on her. Goten almost goes berserk, but
Piccolo
manages to get the boy to train in the SaTR, rather than throw
his life
away needlessly right now. Trunks is sure that they can
completely
defeat Buu, and Gohan is lost in hatred (like Gohan felt when
Cell
killed Gokuu.)
Goten and Trunks are in the SaTR, and Trunks wants to eat.
But, Goten
keeps training, so Trunks runs to join his friend and keep up in
power
levels. Back at the Tower, Beederu asks Piccolo how Buu could
know about
her father, and Piccolo replies that Buu and Satan had become
friends.
Beederu ponders this, as Buu gets tired of staring at the sand
dial.
It destroys the clock, and Piccolo asks for just 30 minutes more.
But
It blows a hole in the floor of the Tower, in front of the
demon's feet,
and demands to be allowed to do some fighting. Piccolo relents,
and leads
the monster to the center of the palace. Kuririn is afraid that
Buu
will be guided to the SaTR, and Piccolo just looks stonily
resolute.
Chapter 489: "Gotenks has Confidence!!"
"Gotenkusu ni jishin ari!!"
Kamesennin, Dende, Kuririn, and Buruma are trying to
understand
Piccolo's motive in guiding Buu to the Room of Spirit and Time.
Since
Trunks and Goten aren't yet ready, and so on, they'll probably
lose.
However, Dende assures the group that the Room can be treated as
a trap
for Buu, and the Dragon Balls can be used to wish the boys back
to life.
Further, Kuririn comments that Piccolo is taking his time, so 1
minute
in our world is 6 hours in the SaTR.
Buu is getting more impatient, wondering why they haven't
reached the
room yet. Inside, the two boys are tired, and talking about
having just
finished a bout of Fusion mode, and how it feels to go past Super
Saiya-jin level. They discuss the advantages of training in the
SaTR,
and having 1 week of extra training time. With glee, they
envision
being able to save all their friends and relatives with their
great
power.
Unfortunately, Piccolo uses ESP to tell them that he is on his
way to
let Buu into the Room to fight them soon. Goten panics, stating
that
they just came out of Fusion mode. Piccolo assures them that they
have
6 hours to sleep and recover. They do this, and Piccolo asks Buu
if he
wants supper first. The monster angrily replies that he doesn't
need to
eat, but that It's tired of all this messing around.
They reach the door, and go in. Buu looks around, commenting
that
it's a weird place. It finds the two boys waiting for It. They
taunt
the monster, and Buu isn't impressed. Piccolo silently pleads for
the
boys to not screw up again. As they start the Fusion pose, Buu
loses
his patience and bashes Trunks. Trunks yells at the monster to
wait,
It CAN understand the idea of waiting, right? Buu looks sullen.
Goten
and Trunks go through the dance, and with a flash they turn into
Gotenks. Piccolo is happy, and Buu waits while Gotenks continues
bragging. Buu still isn't impressed, while Piccolo believes that
the
boys have gotten a lot more power. So, Gotenks attacks Buu, and
has no
effect. Gotenks wants to know what went wrong, and Piccolo
doesn't
know, either.
Chapter 490: "Fully Confident Gotenks"
"Gotenks jishin manman"
Gotenks laughs off his first attack, claiming that he wasn't
really
trying before. This time, it's for real. He lunges forward again,
coming up with stupid names for his punches and kicks.
Eventually, Buu
bats the boy away, and Piccolo is extremely embarrassed. Gotenks
blusters some more, but Buu complains that this hasn't been fun
yet.
So, the boy announces "Super Saiya-jin" and powers up.
Piccolo comments
on the fact that the SSJ occurred AFTER the start of Fusion.
Gotenks is
going to try again, but pauses while trying to decide which
attack to use.
He comes up with something that would unfortunately kill Buu
after only
one shot. Bowing to fate, Gotenks yells out "Galactica
Donut!!!!" and
draws an energy ring in the air. The Donut encircles Buu and
tightens.
The monster roars in pain. Then It sneers and says "just
kidding." It
breaks free, and plays Gotenks like a soccer ball. The two bash
heads,
and Gotenks decides to try yet another fantastic technique. This
time,
it's "Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack." Buu is stunned, and
Gotenks spits
out an evil little ghost (the ghost says "Hi----i. I'm a
ghost.")
Gotenks claims that he has won.
Chapter 491: "Guaranteed to Kill You! Kamikaze
Attack"
"Hessatu! Kamikaze Atakku"
The ghost floats forward, warning Buu to leave, because it
considers
itself truly scary. Buu is waiting, Piccolo wonders what kind of
attack
this is, and Gotenks expects imminent death. He tells the ghost
to go
ahead, and it rushes forward. Buu easily blocks the ghost, but it
explodes and causes lots of damage to the monster. Gotenks gloats
over
the kamikaze ghost, and Piccolo tells the boy to hurry up and do
it
again. Gotenks eventually gets around to spitting out 10 more
Super
Kamikaze ghosts, but spends time getting them lined up and
counting off.
One ghost complains about another nudging it too hard, running
the risk
of making them explode. When Gotenks is finally ready, Piccolo
points
out the fact that Buu is boredly reading manga and drinking cream
soda.
Ghosts #1 and #2 are launched, Buu evades them, and they
harmlessly blow
themselves up. Buu says that it can't be taken out by the same
attack
twice, so Gotenks gets into a huddle with #3-#7. He stirs them up
with
a "Fight" cheer, and two ghosts slap hands in
preparation -- blowing
themselves up. The remaining ghosts, except #10, are sent
forward, but
while Buu is expecting them, the ghosts swerve off and settle
down
around something they've found. They discuss the
"interesting thing"
they'd located, and Buu comes over to check it out. One ghost
calls the
thing a turd, but the others correct it. When Buu is looking over
their
shoulders, the ghosts explode. Piccolo is impressed, and Buu has
been
reduced to a twisted kind of tadpole. #10 is told to go down
Buu's
throat and blow up, which is what happens. Standing in front of
the
blast, Gotenks claims that it's all over.
[NOTE: Of course, it's never that easy. After all, Gohan
is busy
powering up, and he's the main star. The question is, what is he
going to be fighting against? The next stage Buu?
Also, some people have complained that the Dragon Balls make
things too easy. If someone dies, they can just be wished back
to life again. Toriyama himself is well aware of the problem,
and will undoubtedly come up with a twist that leaves a lot of
people dead at the end. Keep in mind that you can only be wished
back to life once, and the masses killed by Vejiita at the
Budoukai have probably been killed a second time when Buu turned
everyone into candy and ate them. You also can not be wished
back if you've been dead more than one year, which may also be a
problem for a few people. Anyway, there's at least 200-400
people that will still be dead at the end, and maybe more.]
Chapter 492: "The Different Dimension is Closed"
"Tojirareta ijigensekai"
Time passes on Kaiou-shin's planet, and Gokuu comments on
Buu's
energy having disappeared. Shin and Kibit think that maybe
Gotenks has
killed the monster, and Gokuu adds that Gotenk's Fusion energy
has also
disappeared. The old Kaiou-shin corrects them, saying that the
fight is
taking place in a different dimension, -- Gokuu realizes that the
Kaiou
means the Room of Spirit and Time. The old coot continues, saying
that
Piccolo had led Buu there, and Gokuu cattily replies that the
Kaoi-shin
have great powers, so Gohan will undergo a REALLY BIG power up.
Kaiou-shin
sulks, and says "I am useless."
In the Room, Gotenks is gloating over destroying Buu, and
Piccolo
berates the boy, telling him to destroy the pieces of Buu before
it can
reconstruct. They do so, and Piccolo praises the boy for
finishing the
battle. Then, a strong wind sweeps in -- it is Buu, pulling
Itself back
together. And now, IT IS PISSED. Piccolo and Gotenks realize that
burning Buu to death was a mistake, it left the particles of
smoke and
ash for Buu to work with. Which means that Buu can't be burned to
death;
It has to be destroyed by "energy." As an extra
measure, the door to
the Room has to be destroyed. Piccolo tells the boy to spit out
more
Kamikaze Ghosts, but Gotenks wants to intimidate Piccolo first
(he knows
that he still has several strong techniques) so he yells in
despair that
he has used up his power, and now the world will be wiped out.
Buu uses
the chance to snap out the curl on Its forehead, snag Gotenks,
and smash
the boy about the Room. After a bit of getting bashed up, Gotenks
gets
angry, then mimics a public announcement: "Ladies and
gentlemen, now,
another great technique."
However, Piccolo decides to blow up the door leading out of
the Room,
and tells them that they are now all trapped here. Gotenks can't
defeat
Buu, so Buu can now do whatever it likes, because no one can get
out of
the Room to return to the normal world. Gotenks is panicking,
because
his little charade backfired. Piccolo and Gotenks call each other
"baka" for a while.
Buu is told that Its favorite sweets don't exist here -- It
can't
handle this, and yells out "I can't stand that!!!!" Its
shout punches a
hole between the dimensions, and It stares through the hole to
the plaza
of Kami-sama's tower in surprise.
Chapter 493: "Escape From the Other Dimension"
"Ijigen kara no dasshutsu"
Piccolo realizes that Buu has just blown a hole out to the
real
world, and can now escape. The hole quickly closes, and Buu
stretches
out to reach the hole and gets out, leaving Gotenks and Piccolo
trapped.
At the Tower, Kuririn and friends cautiously step out to the
plaza to
investigate the noise they just heard.
Meanwhile on Kaiou-shin's planet, Gokuu feels Buu's ki return,
but
not the Fusion energy of the boys. He curses his inability to see
what's happening, so the old coot creates a crystal ball for
them.
(Gokuu is impressed.) At the Tower, a rubber band goo spins in
the air
before splatting on the ground. Kame-sennin and Yamcha both
recognize
the ki signature, as the monster regains Its shape. Buu says,
"Lucky.
You came out just as I was getting hungry," and turns
everyone into
chocolate. Gokuu curses futilely, and Gohan asks what happened.
The
Saiya-jin just replies that Gohan better get improved by the old
coot,
quickly (silently, he wonders what will happen if no one is left
to use
the Dragon Balls.)
In the Room of Spirit and Time, Piccolo and Gotenks fail to
shout
hard enough to blow another hole through the 'wall'. Piccolo is
giving
up, so Gotenks resigns himself to giving away his true power
before he
could pick the best time for showing it off. He switches to Super
Saiya-jin 3, brags about his strength, complains about his hair
and the
fact that his face now looks more mean, and because there's no
time to
waste -- blows a new hole through the dimensions. Piccolo does
his best
to imitate a vampire that's bitten into the neck of an anemic.
They
escape and face Buu. Gotenks brags that they're out, and Buu does
a
double-take over Gotenks' image change. Behind It, Dende's palace
is in
ruins. Gotenks raves over how strong he now is, and via the
crystal
ball, Gokuu happily curses the boys for having reached SSJ-3 so
much
sooner than he himself ever could.
Having eaten his fill, Buu is happy to return to work, and
Piccolo
and Gotenks now discover that all of their friends and family
that had
been on the Tower, have been consumed. Buu says "turned 'em
into
chocolate." Gotenks announces that now he is angry, and
attacks. Buu,
with chocolate smeared around his mouth, just sneers.
Chapter 494: "Do Your Best, Super Gotenks-kun"
"Ganbare suupaa Gotenkusu-kun"
The powered-up Gotenks smashes into Buu, surprising both the
monster
and Piccolo, and doing severe damage to the surrounding
buildings.
There's some fighting, which includes Buu rolling himself up into
a
ball, and bashing his way through Kami-sama's palace, much to
Piccolo's
dismay. Buu has gotten pissed at being hurt. Soon, there is
nothing
left of the floating palace, except falling debris. Piccolo is
stunned,
and Gotenks keeps trying to get into a cool pose to announce his
next
attack, but is interrupted as Buu keeps almost hitting him.
Piccolo
yells at the boy, and Gotenks announces Renzoku Super Donuts.
This time,
the energy rings shoot out and entrap the rolled-up Buu, forming
a
volley ball.
Gotenks wants to start up a team attack, and berates Piccolo
for not
showing the proper enthusiasm ("That's not right! What do
you mean,
'umm', you're supposed to say "haiiiii".) Then we get
"Pass", "Toss",
and "Attack." The volley ball is smashed Earthwards,
and Gotenks
follows it, while Piccolo complains about not getting to have any
of the
fun. Gotenks laughs maniacally at what looks like a huge
meteorite
crater, and announces that he is scary.
Chapter 495: "Super Fusion is STRONG!!
"Tsuyoi zo!! Suupaa Fyuujon"
Gotenks yells at Buu to come up out of the crater and fight
again.
It's starting to look like the monster is dead, when it fires an
energy
ball up at the boy. In retaliation, Gotenks fires a bunch of
blasts
back, and argues with Piccolo over the increased death toll. The
boy
believes that the Dragon Balls can bring all the normal people
back, but
Piccolo reminds him that one wish has already been used up. But,
after
stopping, it's clear that a lot of countryside has been
eradicated. And,
when Buu surfaces, It's pissed. Piccolo warns Gotenks about the
upcoming battle, but the boy is overconfident, and Buu head butts
him. A
shouting match follows, which destroys a full city (Gotenks can
do
nearly everything Buu can.) They also punch and kick each other a
bit.
Gokuu is watching on the crystal ball, and he thinks that Gohan
may
not get a turn. Buu is looking pretty battered, and Gotenks
boasts more
as he prepares a Kamehame-ha. He tells the monster to die, just
as his
power disappears and he drops from SSJ 3 to the just plain Fusion
form.
(NOTE: Time passes faster for a fighter while in SSJ 3
form, as Gokuu
discovered when his 24 hours allotted to him on Earth was less
than he'd expected. Therefore, the 30 minutes that Gotenks
can exist in Fusion form is being shortened by being in SSJ 3
mode.)
Chapter 496: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place!!"
"Zettai zetsumei dai dai dai pinchi!!"
Everyone reacts to Gotenk's loss of super Fusion, Buu has a
chance to
recover, and Gotenks surrenders. Gokuu yells for the old coot to
hurry
up, as the runt has powered down. Gohan is happy for the chance
to act,
and the old coot replies that he'd finished 5 minutes ago; he was
waiting for a big pinch, to make things more dramatic. Gohan asks
if
he's really going to be stronger now, and the coot tells him to
power
up. Without even switching to super Saiya-jin mode, Gohan's ki
blows
everyone backwards, and the boy is impressed with the extra
energy.
Gokuu says his farewells to his son, and tells the boy to defeat
Buu.
They hug, and then Kibit teleports the boy to Earth (Kibit wanted
to
handle this task without Kaiou-shin's help,) then fulfills the
boy's
wish of changing Gohan's clothes to match Gokuu's fighting
outfit.
Kibit returns home, and Gohan rushes to find Buu.
At the fight site, Goten and Trunks have separated, and
Piccolo
prepares to protect them. Except, Buu decides to fall asleep
instead.
As Piccolo is trying to understand why, the entire group reacts
to the
approach of a REALLY STRONG ki.
Chapter 497: "Son Gohan's Big Counter Attack"
"Son Gohan no dai gyakushuu!!"
Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks all wonder who it is blasting in
with
such great power, and Buu starts reacting angrily. The demon
guesses
it's Gokuu, but Goten gets it right as Gohan skids in to a halt.
The
boy explains where he's been (and the fact that he's not dead,)
the two
runts rejoice, and Piccolo wonders whether this really is Gohan
(face is
slightly changed, but the energy is all wrong.) The hero asks
where the
others are, and is told that Buu killed them -- including Dende,
which
Gohan immediately understands means that they can't make wishes
on the
Dragon Balls anymore. Buu laughs that Its victims all tasted good
when
he turned them into chocolates. However, Gohan can still feel
someone's
energy. He smiles, which confuses the monster.
Buu wonders if the fool wants to fight him, and is told
"No, I'm
going to kill you." Piccolo realizes that this is pointless,
and the
two runts panic, wishing that they could return to Fusion form
and join
in the fight. As Buu is laughing stupidly to Itself, Gohan powers
up a
little and kicks the monster around. Hard. When It catches Itself
on a return trip Earthward, It looks back up, only to be told
that the
hero is BEHIND It. Gohan is grinning like Vejiita would, and
everyone
else looks very shocked (at the boy's sudden increase in power
and
speed.)
Chapter 498: "Majin Buu's Weird Move"
"Majin Buu no bukimina ugoki"
Buu is looking a bit banged up, Gohan smirks that Buu can't
win, and
the rest have their jaws dragging on the ground. Then Buu grins,
saying
that It had felt the boy's fantastic power a very long distance
away.
They banter, and Buu declares that It WILL get revenge on the
boy, by
killing him. Gohan thinks that the monster is wasting its breath,
but
It self-destructs., creating a large mushroom cloud. High above
the
cloud, Gohan floats, holding Piccolo and the two runts in his
arms.
Later, on the ground, the others think that Buu may be dead, but
Gohan states that the monster is still alive, just masking Its
energy.
Trunks is happy at this thought, because Gohan is still able to
kick Its
butt; in fact Gohan may be almost as strong as Super Gotenks.
Goten
corrects him, and Trunks allows that maybe Gohan is a BIT
stronger than
Gotenks. Then, Gohan asks where the Dragon Radar is, and Trunks
answers
that the demon last had it. Piccolo considers this a waste,
because
Dende is dead, and the Balls won't work now. But, Gohan tells
them that
he can feel Dende's energy.
As the group flies over the cities, it looks like Buu killed
EVERYONE. Except, there are two survivors. Mister Satan and the
dog are
walking under the hot sun, and Satan is hoping to find a beer to
drink,
although at this point he'd accept some water. Trunks is annoyed
that
Satan of all people had been spared, but Piccolo considers the
blowhard
to be a good soul underneath it all. Piccolo picks up Satan (he
thanks
them, and notices that Gohan is in with the group) and they fly
off.
Piccolo wonders how Dende was saved, and Gohan points out that
from
watching the crystal ball, he knows that Piccolo was in the Room
of
Spirit and Mind a bit longer than Buu was -- which means that
some time
passed during which Buu was trying to eat the survivors. 10
seconds had
passed in the Room, which means that Dende at least had time to
escape.
Piccolo is so happy, he drops Satan, and Trunks has to save him.
Finally, they locate Kami-sama out in the hills.
Dende tells them that Mr. Popo had made sure that Dende was
the only
one not to be killed, and Piccolo replies that of course, Popo
knew that
the Balls would turn to rock if Dende died. Satan asks who the
brat
with the sickly skin color is, and is shocked to learn that the
"brat" is
God.
On Kaiou-shin's planet, Gokuu is relieved to see Dende alive,
Kaiou-shin asks what the Dragon Balls are, and the old coot
wonders why
Buu hadn't been defeated yet. On Earth, Satan is hysteric over
hearing
that his daughter is dead. Goten promises him that she can be
brought
back, and the guy demands that Goten "swallow 1000 needles
if you are
lying." Suddenly, the fighters feel Buu's energy -- the
monster has
changed somehow (doesn't look any different) and is flying
towards them.
Gohan flits off to get away from his friends prior to facing the
monster
again, and wonders what it is that has changed.
Chapter 499: "The Trap"
"Wana"
Everyone is wondering what the difference in Buu is, and the
monster
calls to the runts to come out and fight. Gohan states that this
is
just between It and Him, but Buu answers that the boys can now do
Fusion
again; after that, It will fight Gohan. Gohan wants to start
fighting
now, but Buu asks if the runts are too scared to face him -- this
is too
much for Trunks and Goten, and they trade taunts. Piccolo
realizes that
something's weird here, but Trunk's arrogance flares up, and the
runts
perform Fusion.
Gohan gets to see Super Gotenks for the first time, Buu is
evilly
happy, and Gotenks announces his presence as "the ultimate
god of
death." Buu wants Gotenks' power, and Piccolo's mind -- as
Gotenks
leaps in to stand next to Gohan, the monster emits two pieces of
itself
unnoticed. Gotenks tells Gohan to step back, as there is only
room for
one of them to fight, and the boy irritatedly does so. Gotenks
prepares
to finish off the monster, but is taken by surprise when the
Buu-blob
engulfs him. Piccolo is then a quick second. The two blobs return
to
Papa, and from the Other World, Gokuu tries to warn Gohan of the
impending
danger. Very soon, the Ultimate Buu forms: It is tall, thin,
muscular, and It's forehead-dangly now hangs long and low behind
Its
back. It asks "Gohan-kun" if It's Ultimate Majin form
looks cool.
Buu finally explains that back when It felt Gohan's growing
power, It
starting making Its plans -- because It wanted Gotenks' power,
after
luring Gohan to the fight site, It allowed Itself to be
"defeated" and
then waited an hour to allow the runts to perform Fusion again.
Its
entire plan was to prepare itself to absolutely kill Gohan; the
earlier
form of Majin Buu could destroy Gohan, the new version is even
stronger.
Gohan disagrees.
Chapter 500: "The Big Reversal"
"Dai gyakuten"
Buu wants to get started with the end-all battle (looks like
the time
limit on Gotenks' super power may also affect It) and they go at
it.
This time, Gohan is the one getting bashed (he even needs a
warning from
Dende to tell him that an energy ball is about to hit him from
behind.)
After the explosion, Gohan tries to hide his energy, but Buu
easily
finds him, and taunts the boy over the stalling tactic. The fight
continues, and Buu uses the Continuous Donuts trick to imprison
Gohan
long enough to blow the boy away with Kamehame-ha.
In the Other World, watching through the crystal ball, Gokuu and
Kaiou-shin are panicking, while the old coot (who Gokuu calls Dai
Kaiou-shin-sama; or Big/Great Kaiou-shin) offers Gokuu the chance
to
return to Earth. The others tell Dai that Gokuu is dead and can't
return, but the coot offers to give up his own life to restore
life to
the dead hero. Kibit goes ballistic over a Kaiou doing something
like
this for a mere human, and the coot answers that he's doing this
for all
the worlds -- if Buu triumphs on Earth, It will come to destroy
the
Other World as well. Kaiou-shin volunteers to sacrifice himself
instead, but the coot says that he's had a long 1000 years, so
what the
hey.
Gohan exerts himself and breaks free of the Donuts just before
the
Kamehame-ha gets to him. Buu is mildly miffed.
Meanwhile, at the gates to Heaven and Hell, The Gate Keeper is
commenting on Vejiita's body and spirit having been saved intact.
Uranai Baba gets to permit Vejiita his 24 hours on Earth, and the
Saiya-jin Prince muses on how his very own evil self gets to
return to
Earth to fight Buu. (Vejiita now has a halo, and looks normal
again,
wearing his old fighting outfit.)
Dai says goodbye and keels over. Gokuu's halo disappears, and he
apologizes to the dead coot. But Dai (who now has his own halo)
pops up
and yells at the hero to quit wasting time and hurry up and
leave.
Amidst the ravaged countryside, Buu taunts Gohan over only having
1
second left to live.
Chapter 501: "The Savior Makes His Appearance!?"
"Kyuu seishu toujou!?"
(The sidebar in the weekly manga asks whether "Buu +
Piccolo + Super
Gotenks == Super Bupinks")
Gohan rubs a bruise under his eye, as Buu tells the boy to
keep
trying harder. Angry, the boy attacks again, only to be smashed
into
the ground. He tries to fire off an energy blast, but the monster
just
bats the blast down at him (the blast goes down through the
planet and
comes out the other side.) Buu flies down into the pit, and finds
the
boy embedded in the wall. It laughs, stating that they've only
been
fighting 10 minutes, but It is having fun.
Up on the surface, Dende cringes at the sounds of flesh being
pounded to a pulp and tells Satan to grab the dog and run far
away.
However, the Hero is going to uphold his reputation, and kill the
monster with the Colt .45 he pulls out.
On Kaiou-shin's planet, Gokuu is preparing to teleport to
Earth, when
Dai Kaiou-shin stops him. The coot states that Buu is more
powerful
than Gokuu and Gohan apart, and adds that It probably will not
wait
while Gokuu and Gohan go through the Fusion pose in order to
power up.
Gokuu, in desperation, asks what he can do. The coot grins,
having
waited for this moment, and hands over his earrings. Gokuu is
told to
put one on his left ear. Gokuu asks if this is supposed to make
him
stronger.
The coot continues, telling him to put the other earring on
Gohan's
right ear -- it will act just like Fusion. Gokuu is happy, and
the coot
explains that this is something that the Kaiou-shin's used to do
a long
time ago. Kaiou-shin can't believe this, and the coot tells him
to
exchange earrings with Kibit. Kaiou-shin and Kibit do this. There
is a
flash.
On Earth, Gohan smashes into the rocks, and lies unconscious.
Dende
runs forward to heal him. Buu is preparing for the Big Finish,
when
Gohan jumps away (he thanks Dende.) Buu is surprised to see the
boy
looking healthier, but doesn't expect anything to have changed.
Gohan
takes a blast directly, and Buu then fires a shot to kill Dende.
Gohan
doesn't have time to react. Satan shoots the .45, and the blast
breaks
up. Satan gloats over the supreme firepower of his handgun. Of
course,
the real person to have interfered was Tenshinhan (the title
refers to
the Triclops, but Satan probably believes it refers to himself.)
The Fused Kaiou-bit is rejoicing over the great power he is
feeling,
and he wants to go to Earth to fight alongside Gokuu. However,
the Coot
tells him to stay here and wait, in case Buu wins and wants to
destroy
the universe. Gokuu asks what the time limit is for this kind of
Fusion
and is told -- there isn't one: this form of Fusion is permanent.
Kaiou-bit is shocked.
Gokuu is in a quandary, since fusing will prevent the boy from
having
a normal life, but if they don't fuse, there won't be any school
for the
boy to attend. Dai Kaiou-shin tells him to hurry up and go to
Earth,
before Gohan gets killed. The hero teleports out.
Buu is creating a bigger energy ball that will destroy the
planet,
and dares anyone to interfere with this attack. Tenshinhan and
Gohan
both realize that they've blown it, while Satan brings up his
pistol and
calls out that he will punish the monster.
Chapter 502: "Successful!? The Earring Merger!"
"Seikou-suru ka!? Potara no gattai!"
The old coot tells Gokuu about the powers of the earring as it
relates to switching to Super Saiya-jin mode (merge first, power
up
later), and Gokuu asks if the old coot had ever merged with
someone
himself. The coot then relates the story of how long, long ago,
an old
witch decided that she wanted to borrow his earring to see how
she would
look as "a pretty girl." The merger apparently never
wore off, given
the coot's current facial features.
Kaiou-bit calls out that (according to the crystal ball) Buu
is about
to destroy the world. Gokuu teleports out, and Satan apologizes
to Buu
and shoots at the monster with his .45. Gokuu appears on Earth
just in
time to use a cutting energy ball (like Kuririn's) to chop the
monster
into three parts. Buu's energy ball shoots off into space.
Gohan wants to know how his father can be back on Earth, and
Satan
cringes at the thought of being punished for hurting Buu. Buu
recognizes Gokuu from the last time they fought, and tells the
hero that
It has gotten a lot stronger than it had been. Gokuu sneers, and
brags
that he now has a REALLY great "power up item." Buu
isn't impressed,
and the lower half of It (which had landed next to Tenshinhan)
KO's the
tricyclops with a kick before reuniting with the upper half. Buu
and
Gokuu jaw for a bit before Gokuu throws the earring to Gohan. The
earring hits the ground and disappears in-between some rocks.
Gokuu
yells at the boy to hurry up and find it, and then to put it on
his
right ear. Gokuu also pleads for a timeout, but the monster wants
to
kill the interloper before continuing to bash the boy.
Gokuu swears and switches to SSJ3, Gohan find the earring and
asks if
it's like the ones Kaiou-shin wears, and Buu switches up his
power to
employ the characteristics of Piccolo and Gotenks. Gokuu powers
back
down to wait for Gohan to put on the earring, but the third part
of Buu
(the rubbery forelock that had been chopped off earlier) sneaks
up
behind the boy and envelops him. Gokuu swears and goes crazy, as
Buu
takes on Gohan's clothing and facial features. The Old Coot is
watching
on the crystal ball, and he says that it's all over now. Gokuu
desperately searches for someone else to merge with -- Tenshinhan
is
down, Dende isn't a fighter, and the only one left is Mr. Satan.
[The sidebar on the front cover flap basically explains that
Dragon Ball has
ended, and that books 41 and 42 will be a bit longer than normal,
so that
the readers can take longer to finish them. Also, it means that
the last
stories can be crammed into #42. That is, the complete Dragon
Ball saga
will be contained in books 1 -- 42.
Now you know what the question was in The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the
Galaxy.]
