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title: "Dragon Ball, Vol. 2"
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# Iconic Akira Toriyama art Classic manga volume #2 Action-packed story arcs Dragon Ball, Vol. 2

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## Summary

> 🔥 Unlock the power of Dragon Ball Vol. 2 – where epic adventure meets iconic art! 📚

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- **What is this?** Dragon Ball, Vol. 2
- **How much does it cost?** R257 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated & Beloved:** Join over 1,180 readers who gave this volume a stellar 4.7-star rating.
- • **Collector’s Must-Have:** New store stock of a cult classic manga volume, perfect for fans and collectors alike.
- • **Iconic Characters & Humor:** Meet unforgettable characters like the adorable villain Pilaf and witness Toriyama’s signature witty storytelling.
- • **Masterful Blend of Genres:** Experience a seamless fusion of sci-fi, fantasy, martial arts, and comedy that keeps you hooked.
- • **Dive into the Legendary Saga:** Follow Goku and friends as the quest for Dragon Balls intensifies with thrilling new challenges.

## Overview

Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 by Akira Toriyama continues the legendary manga series with new adventures featuring Goku and friends. This volume blends action, humor, and fantasy with Toriyama’s distinctive art style. Highly rated by fans, it’s a must-have for collectors and manga enthusiasts seeking the next chapter in the iconic Dragon Ball saga.

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Review: Aces! - Son Goku, Bulma and Oolong are nearing the end of their quest with just a couple of dragon balls left to find. But they have more to worry about than Lord Yamcha and Pu’ar on their tail as Reich Pilaf is after the dragon balls for his own evil plans of world domination! Dragon Ball is an absolute delight! Thankfully this second volume is a lot less pervy than the first one (though it’s weird seeing a 10 year old, I think, girl in a bikini) but the humour’s still silly – and I love that! It doesn’t take itself too seriously but manages to keep a good balance between drama and comedy. We learn more about why Kame Senin is such a cool fighter, despite coming off as the biggest perv in the world (the Hawaiian shirts don’t help!), and Son Goku becomes more powerful learning how to hadoken – in fact, we find out just how dangerous this strange little boy is and why he has a tail. The bad guy Reich Pilaf (a questionable name but then a lot of the characters’ names are questionable. Chi Chi, the name of the 10 year old girl, means both father and breasts in Japanese. Hmm) is probably the cutest bad guy ever. The alien-looking little fella has the gang locked up in his prison, then there’s a panel of him holding his toothbrush and toothpaste as he grins and tells us he’s going to bed early because he wants to be fresh in the morning. Have you ever seen a villain do anything so adorable? The characters are really fun and Akira Toriyama writes them all so marvellously that they’re a joy to read. His artwork too is outstanding with more and more outlandish characters popping up. Toriyama is clearly enjoying himself, throwing in just about every kind of genre into Dragon Ball: sci-fi, fantasy, action, martial arts, mythology, contemporary culture, comedy, drama, romance – it sounds like a mess but it all gels together so perfectly in a way I can’t explain because I don’t really understand it myself. It just works! Besides the feeling of perviness that’s unfortunately still in this series, the only aspect of the book I felt was a bit sloppy was how Yamcha and Bulma became a couple. Suddenly Yamcha’s not afraid of girls? It felt a tad contrived. It’s great how the series so far has built up to this big moment when the Dragon God emerges and how Toriyama totally undermines that with one of the characters – that kind of bait and switch was totally unexpected and brilliant. It also means that the series is now headed in a completely fresh direction full of potential, and I can’t wait to find out where it’ll go next. Two volumes in and I’m totally hooked. Dragon Ball is aces!
Review: PILAF... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! - First of all, I love the Dragon Ball Universe with all of my heart. I have played all the games, watched all the movies, watched all the anime, read all the manga, and I still want more! :) I thought it would be great to re-buy all of the original DB manga; and check out the good old days of the Z fighters' early development - and life. And boy, was I shocked! The comedy, humor and action is out of this world. This is about Yamcha and the rest getting trapped within Pilaf's castle; making Goku become an Oozaru. Must purchase for die-hard Dragon Ball fans like myself..

## Features

- New Store Stock

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 28,576 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 618 in Magic & Fantasy Graphic Novels 639 in Manga (Books) 8,775 in Teen & Young Adult (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,180 Reviews |

## Images

![Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81vvyYX1e5L.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aces!
*by S***E on 7 August 2014*

Son Goku, Bulma and Oolong are nearing the end of their quest with just a couple of dragon balls left to find. But they have more to worry about than Lord Yamcha and Pu’ar on their tail as Reich Pilaf is after the dragon balls for his own evil plans of world domination! Dragon Ball is an absolute delight! Thankfully this second volume is a lot less pervy than the first one (though it’s weird seeing a 10 year old, I think, girl in a bikini) but the humour’s still silly – and I love that! It doesn’t take itself too seriously but manages to keep a good balance between drama and comedy. We learn more about why Kame Senin is such a cool fighter, despite coming off as the biggest perv in the world (the Hawaiian shirts don’t help!), and Son Goku becomes more powerful learning how to hadoken – in fact, we find out just how dangerous this strange little boy is and why he has a tail. The bad guy Reich Pilaf (a questionable name but then a lot of the characters’ names are questionable. Chi Chi, the name of the 10 year old girl, means both father and breasts in Japanese. Hmm) is probably the cutest bad guy ever. The alien-looking little fella has the gang locked up in his prison, then there’s a panel of him holding his toothbrush and toothpaste as he grins and tells us he’s going to bed early because he wants to be fresh in the morning. Have you ever seen a villain do anything so adorable? The characters are really fun and Akira Toriyama writes them all so marvellously that they’re a joy to read. His artwork too is outstanding with more and more outlandish characters popping up. Toriyama is clearly enjoying himself, throwing in just about every kind of genre into Dragon Ball: sci-fi, fantasy, action, martial arts, mythology, contemporary culture, comedy, drama, romance – it sounds like a mess but it all gels together so perfectly in a way I can’t explain because I don’t really understand it myself. It just works! Besides the feeling of perviness that’s unfortunately still in this series, the only aspect of the book I felt was a bit sloppy was how Yamcha and Bulma became a couple. Suddenly Yamcha’s not afraid of girls? It felt a tad contrived. It’s great how the series so far has built up to this big moment when the Dragon God emerges and how Toriyama totally undermines that with one of the characters – that kind of bait and switch was totally unexpected and brilliant. It also means that the series is now headed in a completely fresh direction full of potential, and I can’t wait to find out where it’ll go next. Two volumes in and I’m totally hooked. Dragon Ball is aces!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PILAF... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
*by S***B on 21 April 2014*

First of all, I love the Dragon Ball Universe with all of my heart. I have played all the games, watched all the movies, watched all the anime, read all the manga, and I still want more! :) I thought it would be great to re-buy all of the original DB manga; and check out the good old days of the Z fighters' early development - and life. And boy, was I shocked! The comedy, humor and action is out of this world. This is about Yamcha and the rest getting trapped within Pilaf's castle; making Goku become an Oozaru. Must purchase for die-hard Dragon Ball fans like myself..

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goat Ball
*by J***1 on 22 July 2021*

Dragon Ball !! Forever my childhood !!

## Frequently Bought Together

- Dragon Ball, Vol. 2
- Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
- Dragon Ball, Vol. 3

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