Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Akira Toriyama (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2003 | Series: Dragon Ball (Prebound) (Book 2)

- Printed in the Original Japanese right-to-left format

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A comic masterpiece . . . Dragon Ball's spirit of fun and adventure is unparalleled."

About the Author

Akira Toriyama's first weekly series, Dr. Slump, has entertained generations of readers in Japan since it was introduced in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1980. A few years later, he created his wildly popular Dragon Ball series, which brought him international success. Toriyama is also known for his character designs for video games, including Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger and Tobal No. 1.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (April 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569319219
• ISBN-13: 978-1569319215
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Now we get to Vol. 2..., December 6, 2004

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Eleven High (In a Box, Under a Bridge) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

This is the second volume in the 42 set of Dragonball. Vol 2 continues where volume one left off, with Goku trying to get the magic fan. Included in here are Chapters 12 - 24. 181 pages of Dragonball Manga. In this volume, Bulma and Goku go about getting the last 2 dragon balls. Only, Gasp, they run into trouble. The bunny mafia and emperor pilaf both make their grand entrance here. This completes the emperor Pilaf story arc, and brings us into the training arc. The last chapter is, infact, the first chapter of the training arc, where goku is challenged to find a girl that will impress that lecherous old Turtle Hermit, to get him to train him. Kuririn is hinted at in the next title, so he makes his grand appearence then.

Db is a series for those who like lots of off color humor coupled with some action here and there. There is some pretty objectionable stuff - ball jokes, and Turtle Hermit is at his most perverted, most of the same from Vol 1. As far as nudity goes, you get a shot of Goku's rear end, and a shot of the front, but that really doesn't count since Toriyama didn't exactly detail that particular area (Can you blame the man?). Non of Bulma atleast.

As you flip through the volume, you can start to see Toriyama's art style change in some panels to the harder style of DBZ, then revert back to his bubbly, silly drawing style favored in the dragonball series. Personally, I prefer the latter, but it is interesting nontheless to see little spots of his Z-art style emerge in some of the more action oriented panels.

Overall, this is a recommended read, if you liked the first volume. Personally, I've never been one for the emperor pilaf arc, I like the tournament and training arcs myself. The next book in the series is recommended also.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The end of the first saga, October 12, 2008

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Jesse Haller (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

We FINALLY meet Pilaf, the villain of the first Journey of Goku. The charathers stop being as flat, Kame-Sen'nin for example. The first Saga ends with a bang as we see Goku's dark side as the full moon rises. We also begin to see Goku's training until Kame-Sen'nin. This book is better over all then the last book, but lacking the charm of being "the start of it all".

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST DB YET!!!!!, December 24, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Now,anyone who buys this NEEDS a strong sense of humor(and some white-out for kids like me).This comic IS rated Teen but I figured'heck,I'll just white-out the bad parts'.When I did,there was a fair amount to white-out(I even taped some pages together).By now you're probably wondering why I rated it for 5 stars,right?WELL IT'S WORTH IT!!!!!!!After my cover-up efforts,I discovered it was HILARIOUS!!!!I hope this was helpful!=)