Dragon Ball, Vol. 4

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.)

Goku has made it to the Tenka'ichi Bud kai, the world's #1 martial arts tournament...but even the training of the martial arts master Kame-Sen'nin hasn't prepared him for this Only seven finalists remain. Will the champion be Goku? His fellow student Kuririn? Yamcha, master of the Fist of the Wolf Fang? Fighting woman Ran Fuan? Giran, a rubbery monster who's part dinasaur? Namu, an Indian mystic? Or Jackie Chun, the mysterious old man who may be the toughest fighter of all? There can be only one winner in the wildest, craziest battle ever

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569319235
• ISBN13: 9781569319239
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 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 first tournament

This is not a book if you want to get into Dragonball. But those who have at least read the last book will enjoy this one greatly. The tournament has start and continues on in this book. It's a look of page turning action, a real pay off from the development of the last book. Just plan fun.

AWESOME

This is easily one of best mangas i've ever read. It has awesome fights and tons of humor.The only other manga that can rival it is volume 8 of Dragonball. If you like comics or anime you should definitely read this.