| | |  | SHONEN JUMP ADVANCED | Home » » » » Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 | | | | | | | Description: | | - Printed in the Original Japanese right-to-left format | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Akira Toriyama | | Paperback:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| 2003-03 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1569319219 | | Product Length:
| 7.52 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.06 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.65 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.47 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.48 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.12 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.79 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.44 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Now we get to Vol. 2...Dec 06, 2004
By Eleven High
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.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 BEST DB YET!!!!!Dec 25, 2003
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!=)
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 The end of the first sagaOct 13, 2008
By Jesse Haller
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".
hey it's dragonball, so it's gotta be goodApr 09, 2007
well i'm a dragonball veteran and i've pretty much read the whole series, and i know all about dragonball z, i'll say that any dragonball comic is good. it does not matter which one it is. they are all just great. i gave it 5 stars because it just downright hilarious, and it has an awesome storyline. there is a lot of action and funny parts, i would not recommend this book, or volume one and three, because goku is still pretty stupid and does not know that much, and he does not get embarrassed. so you will probobly see a little bit of frontal a rear nudity, of course akira toriyama did not put much detail in. (of course), except for maybe the part with Bulma, but you'll get to that. Anyway, i'm tellin ya, if you gonna get these books, start out with the first one and work you're way up from there, you'll definitly want to keep reading these, because they are funny and are just plain great.
Not as good as volume 1Apr 04, 2006
By C. Hrozencik
In the secound volume of dragon ball Goku and his friends vist the ox kings home and tell him about the dragon balls. Luckly ox king has one but he will only give it to Goku if he can find his missing dughter for him. Goku sets out to find ox kings missing dughter Chi-chi but also needs to get Kame-shni(Trutle Hurmit) to help put out the fire on fry pan mountain. After Goku learns the Ka-Me-Ha-Me-Ha he Bulma and Oloung set out to find the last ball but peliaf captures them in his castle leaving them to die. Then when Goku looks at the full moon he could be just what they need to save the day. The only reason I gave this 3 stars is beacuse the volume get boring at times and isn't really good. Agian I don't recoumend this for childern this volume has alcohol nudity and some rude humor. Anyway after buying it you may only read a few times.
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