Dragon Ball, Vol. 3: The Training of Kame-Sen'nin

By Akira Toriyama

Book Overview

Eath's greatest hero...is from outerspace

Dragon Ball introduces a young monkey-tailed boy named Goku (a wry update of the classic Chinese Monkey King legend), whose quiet life changes when he meets a girl named Bulma who is on a quest to collect seven Dragon Balls. If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are scattered all over the world, and Bulma could use the help of a certain super-strong boy... (In Japan, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z were originally a single 42-volume series. VIZ Media's Dragon Ball contains vols. 1-16 of the original Japanese Dragon Ball, from the beginning of the series to the climax of Goku's last fight with Piccolo.)

With the Dragon Balls gone and Bulma's summer vacation over, Goku goes to the remote house of the Turtle Hermit, Kame-Sen'nin, to be trained in the martial arts. There, the girl-ogling old master promises to teach Goku everything he knows...and prepare him for the Tenka'ichi Bud kai, the great tournament to determine the Strongest Fighter in the World But Goku's fellow student, the Shaolin monk Kuririn, isn't above cheating to be the best. Can the two of them get along as they undergo the strangest martial arts training ever?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569319227
• ISBN13: 9781569319222
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

The training begins

In this volume Toriyama finally starts to understand who his characters are. Kuririn shows up to be Goku's rival, Lunch adds comic relief, and Sami-Sen'nin shows more then just his dirty side. The art has improved a lot as well. We are starting to get that "can't wait of the next page" feel. The book ends with the start of the first tournament.

Goku meets Kuririn

In the third volume of Dragon ball Goku goes of to Muten Roshis island to learn martial arts. Muten Roshi agress to train him but only if he brings him a girl friend. After Gokus first try which dosen't work another martial arteist named Kuririn ask Muten Roshi to train him to. Muten Roshi refuses at first but then changes his mind after Kuririn gives him a gift he changes his mind. So Goku and Kuririn set out to find a girl for Roshi. After meating Lunch Muten Roshi takes Goku and Kuririn to train at turtle rock. After six months of hard traning Goku and Kuririn go of the the world martial arts tourtment where they meet some old friends and rivals. This is one of my favroit volumes beacuse it has good humor and action. This volume has some achool and tabaco use with some mild language and some tolit humor in it so I think it may be aproproit for some kids. Anyway good buy and part to the dragon ball manga series I also owen the Dvd box set of this saga.

I enjoyed it

This was Awsome i have all the Dragon ball vol 1-16 and this is one of my Favorite i highly recoment it

Dragonball Vol.3

This is a great book!!!! It's not as good as Vol.1, but it's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about, Son Goku comes to Muten Roshi's house to train for the Tenka'ichi Budokai. He gets a training mate too!! I reccomend buying this!

Dragonball Vol.3

This book totally rules! It's not as good as Vol.2, but hey, it's still good! I would have to say that it is better to get for little chldren than alot of the other ones ( vol.1 has some nudity. ) Heck, if it had anything, I wouldn't be aloud to read it! I reccomend buying it!