Dragon Ball, Vol. 3: The Training of Kame-Sen'nin
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- Author：Akira Toriyama
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Summary
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 Budôkai， 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？
Reviews
David the quirkful hashira alchemist
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Very funny to see Goku growing into training。 Sadly the sensei is such a pervert。
Ian Wagner
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Definitely developing into more of the martial arts vibe that it's known for， but I have to say I liked the humor in this volume even better than volume 2。 It's really interesting to see how both the characters and the storytelling style have evolved from volume to volume。 In vol 3， the pace of the story starts slowing down a bit， but you feel like you get to really know the characters more。 Definitely developing into more of the martial arts vibe that it's known for， but I have to say I liked the humor in this volume even better than volume 2。 It's really interesting to see how both the characters and the storytelling style have evolved from volume to volume。 In vol 3， the pace of the story starts slowing down a bit， but you feel like you get to really know the characters more。 。。。more
Noah Smith
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Really interesting training arc， but the final chapter kinds grossed me out。
Once upon a Dream
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❤️❤️❤️
Nick Craven
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Finally things begin to feel familiar and less awkward。 Don’t get me wrong。 There are still a few moments with Roshi and others that can make you cringe so hard that you develop abs…。but there’s far less of it and far more good to wash the taste out of your mouth。The training section is just as fantastic as I remembered from the show。 Awesome wax on/wax off type of cheese that makes this series so great。 The martial arts philosophy is almost as compelling as the physicality of it all。 This volum Finally things begin to feel familiar and less awkward。 Don’t get me wrong。 There are still a few moments with Roshi and others that can make you cringe so hard that you develop abs…。but there’s far less of it and far more good to wash the taste out of your mouth。The training section is just as fantastic as I remembered from the show。 Awesome wax on/wax off type of cheese that makes this series so great。 The martial arts philosophy is almost as compelling as the physicality of it all。 This volume really drives home for me how much more fantastic of a character Roshi could be if Toriyama wasn’t always going for the laugh。 To be fair I like how he’s that unsuspecting master， very Yoda like。 Seeing him mostly as a clown and then get serious and blown the expectations away is satisfying but it’s just too much。 I feel like there are ways Roshi could have been unsuspecting without being an uncomfortable pervert。All in all this was a fantastic volume with the exception of a few hiccups。 They’re mercifully rare compared to the last two volumes！ Can’t wait for more。 。。。more
Brandon Armstrong
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Once we get past the weird dated pervy jokes of vol 1 and 2 it becomes surprisingly fun
Jennifer
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I'm definitely glad that I get to sit on my sofa and read about Goku and Kuiririn training under the Turtle Master， because even that is exhausting。 I would have been done for the day after just the milk delivery。 LOL。 Still loving the artwork， too。On to Volume 4！ I'm definitely glad that I get to sit on my sofa and read about Goku and Kuiririn training under the Turtle Master， because even that is exhausting。 I would have been done for the day after just the milk delivery。 LOL。 Still loving the artwork， too。On to Volume 4！ 。。。more
Sanne Mehmeti
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3，5* more tournaments and less turtle hermit please
Michael Sorbello
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Goku is an eccentric monkey-tailed boy with superhuman strength and boundless energy。 His life of peaceful solitude is interrupted one day when he meets Bulma， a feisty young lady on the hunt for mysterious wish-granting orbs known as Dragon Balls。 Accompanied by a group of zany companions， the two team up on a grand adventure full of all kinds of intense battles， dangerous villains and whacky hijinks。Now this was a blast of nostalgia！ Dragon Ball was the first anime I ever watched as a dorky li Goku is an eccentric monkey-tailed boy with superhuman strength and boundless energy。 His life of peaceful solitude is interrupted one day when he meets Bulma， a feisty young lady on the hunt for mysterious wish-granting orbs known as Dragon Balls。 Accompanied by a group of zany companions， the two team up on a grand adventure full of all kinds of intense battles， dangerous villains and whacky hijinks。Now this was a blast of nostalgia！ Dragon Ball was the first anime I ever watched as a dorky little toddler。 I remember watching it every week with my big brother。 I watched the reruns multiple times and owned all the Budokai and Tenkaichi fighting games。 I developed a bit of an unhealthy obsession with Dragon Ball Z throughout my middle school years。 While I don't like the series nearly as much as I once did， I'm very thankful toward this series for introducing me to the wonderful world of anime and manga。 After Dragon Ball， I watched Ghibli， Naruto， Bleach， One Piece， Inuyasha， Fullmetal Alchemist， Rurouni Kenshin， Yu Yu Hakusho， Sailor Moon， Fruits Basket and dozens of others。 I then went on to discover some of my all time favorite series like Berserk， Naoki Urasawa's Monster， Gantz， Battle Royale， Attack on Titan， Vagabond， Blade of the Immortal， Parasyte， Goodnight Punpun and more。 Dragon Ball made me a fan of this medium and it felt great to re-experience the series from beginning to end for the first time in twenty years。The story and characters are simple， but the series is easy to read， hilarious and wholesome in spite of the constant action。 The series starts off as a raunchy， self-aware slapstick comedy full of fourth-wall breaking， sexual innuendos and surprisingly dirty jokes。 This series was definitely edgy for its time considering it was geared towards a young audience。 A lot of the perverted humor and gag comedy wouldn't fly too well with modern sensibilities， but it can be pretty funny for people who don't get offended easily and can handle some outdated mannerisms and attitudes from the past。While the series does start off as a comedy gag reel， it slowly develops into a more serious streamlined plot with better written characters and villains。 The story never really blooms into anything worth writing home about， but it remains consistently entertaining and fun to read。 The interactions between Goku and his pals is always funny， even the way he plays around with his enemies is comical。 If I remember as well as I think I do， I believe the maturity of the story and characters improve much more in the sequel series which I'll eventually get around to reviewing at some point。 The original Dragon Ball ends on a great battle sequence that sets up the more serious tone of Dragon Ball Z。My only major complaint about the overall story is the Dragon Balls make things way too convenient and removes the stakes and consequences of literally everything。 If a major character dies they can just be wished back。 This removes any sense of drama or tension from the battles and the consequences of the villains actions becomes moot。 The series doesn't take itself too seriously and often pokes fun at itself， but the way the Dragon Balls are utilized are just a little too much in my opinion。 Even comedies need a certain amount of suspension and stakes to make me care about what's going on。***If you're looking for some dark ambient music for reading horror， dark fantasy and other books like this one， then be sure to check out my YouTube Channel called Nightmarish Compositions: https://www。youtube。com/channel/UCPPs。。。 。。。more
Brandon
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Dragon Ball begins to turn from an adventure series into an action series， as Goku begins training under Master Roshi and preparing for a global martial arts tournament！ It still doesn't take itself too seriously， what with the fetch quest to find a girl pretty enough that Roshi can be bothered to train him， and fighting opponents who are just really hecking smelly and that's it that's how they fight they're just too smelly to fight without barfing。But we get Launch/Lunch， Krillin/Kuririn， and s Dragon Ball begins to turn from an adventure series into an action series， as Goku begins training under Master Roshi and preparing for a global martial arts tournament！ It still doesn't take itself too seriously， what with the fetch quest to find a girl pretty enough that Roshi can be bothered to train him， and fighting opponents who are just really hecking smelly and that's it that's how they fight they're just too smelly to fight without barfing。But we get Launch/Lunch， Krillin/Kuririn， and some neat little stories！ I like Roshi's roundabout way of training， I love the dynamic of Goku and Krillin as 'equals' （Goku being clearly stronger， but both of them suffering through the same training and having banter to go with it） compared to the non-fighters like Bulma and Oolong he was grouped with earlier， and of course TOURNAMENT ARC！ Tournaments are always exciting， even if this one has been mostly a giant goof so far。 。。。more
Furqan Yusuff
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This is very interesting and you should read the whole manga if you have the time。It has some good power levels and has some suspense。 Gokuu has a sense of humor and it has all the stuff you would want in a manga。The only things bad about this is that is is not PG this is like rated 14+ but I can handle the stuff in there。Overall enjoyable but you need to be able to handle it and have the time to read it。
Rodolfo de la Torre
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A lot less eventful compared to the first two。 Less action， less of a story， but around the half-way mark， it picks up and turns around into a pretty good payoff。 There's just not that much going for it， and it's kind of expected to dip in excitement after having lost its main appeal in the previous volume， but it isn't entirely meritless。 I had a lot of trouble getting through this volume and I kept checking if the manga was almost over， probably because there's no real new additions to the plo A lot less eventful compared to the first two。 Less action， less of a story， but around the half-way mark， it picks up and turns around into a pretty good payoff。 There's just not that much going for it， and it's kind of expected to dip in excitement after having lost its main appeal in the previous volume， but it isn't entirely meritless。 I had a lot of trouble getting through this volume and I kept checking if the manga was almost over， probably because there's no real new additions to the plot like in the first 2 volumes。 There's only 2 new characters that show up and make their way into the Dragon Ball world， but apart from that， there was nothing really propelling about the whole thing。It's in the second half of the story that things become interesting。 The first part of Volume 3 has the Turtle Guy training the two kids in exchange for some of his perverted weirdness with girls， but we find ourselves in a kind of loop of occurrences where the same thing goes on for several pages。 I didn't find any value in it， but it was still neat， extraordinary， and wild。 When the second half rolls around， we see a shift in paradigm where all that we went through the first time around gets turned into something bigger and it's here that I believe the Dragon Ball series finds its niche。 You can kind of tell the next volumes are gonna be entirely about fighting， without even knowing anything about DB， and so it's fun seeing how it starts out。There's not that much that can be said about each of these individual volumes， since they take about 90 minutes to finish， but taken as a whole， they do show some very good storytelling， fighting homages， and manga shenanigans。 The humor in Dragon Ball is by far the most inappropriate I've seen in Eastern tales， and it's funny how it just keeps on piling on as though the creators can't get enough of making people laugh。 Overall， I'd say there's a very good translation that allows for accurate speak bubbles， even though I don't know Japanese nor have read the originals， so it's great to see the story take on a life of its own。 These volumes even if they hiccup now and again， are classic examples of what a manga should be like。 。。。more
Jeremy Kazimer
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It definitely picks up for me here， so now it's starting to really gain momentum。 I'm excited to see where this goes。 Overall， a 3/5。 It definitely picks up for me here， so now it's starting to really gain momentum。 I'm excited to see where this goes。 Overall， a 3/5。 。。。more
Rangga Sukmawijaya
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Pada akhirnya latihan Son Goku dan Kuririn sebagai murid Kamesenin diuji pada pertandingan bela diri tingkat dunia Tenkaichi Budoukai， walaupun sebenarnya kakek tua nyentrik itu tidak pernah mengajarkan jurus apa pun。 Di komik yang sebenarnya punya banyak jurus yang terkenal seperti kamehameha， penulis komik sepertinya tidak pernah sekalipun menunjukkan gambar di mana seorang master mengajari anak didiknya suatu jurus。 Goku dan Kuririn （dan juga Yamucha yang ternyata ikut dalam kompetisi ini） be Pada akhirnya latihan Son Goku dan Kuririn sebagai murid Kamesenin diuji pada pertandingan bela diri tingkat dunia Tenkaichi Budoukai， walaupun sebenarnya kakek tua nyentrik itu tidak pernah mengajarkan jurus apa pun。 Di komik yang sebenarnya punya banyak jurus yang terkenal seperti kamehameha， penulis komik sepertinya tidak pernah sekalipun menunjukkan gambar di mana seorang master mengajari anak didiknya suatu jurus。 Goku dan Kuririn （dan juga Yamucha yang ternyata ikut dalam kompetisi ini） berhasil lolos ke babak sesungguhnya: babak delapan besar。 Pelatihan Kamesenin ternyata tidak sia-sia。 Baca ulang Dragon Ball ini membuat saya untuk pertama kalinya menyadari bahwa ada orang bernama Wayan Budhiyasa muncul di komik ini。 Kecurigaan saya dari dulu bahwa setting arena Tenkaichi Budoukai memiliki unsur-unsur Bali sekarang terbukti。 。。。more
Andrew Sammut
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The training finally commences and Goku and his new friend and partner in crime become eligible to participate in a competition for the strongest characters。 The turtle master， perverted as ever， asks Goku and his friend to bring him a hot chick prior to their intense and unrealistic training。 They bring back Lunch， a character whose personality changes whenever she sneezes from that of a kind and homely person to a devil who shoots at whatever crosses her。 Cool volume and I intend to continue r The training finally commences and Goku and his new friend and partner in crime become eligible to participate in a competition for the strongest characters。 The turtle master， perverted as ever， asks Goku and his friend to bring him a hot chick prior to their intense and unrealistic training。 They bring back Lunch， a character whose personality changes whenever she sneezes from that of a kind and homely person to a devil who shoots at whatever crosses her。 Cool volume and I intend to continue reading this series。 I had missed Bulma but she makes yet another appearance。 Goku and his training buddy do indeed make it to the finals where they'll most probably have to fight each other。 Bacterian almost made me vomit， he truly is revolting despite the fact that I couldn't smell him not for the fact that I don't have a nose like Kuririn but for how well he is described。 It was made clear to me that the creator of Naruto was inspired from dragon ball due to some similarities which aren't vague or subtle at all。 I still love Naruto more though。 I still enjoyed the extremely fast paced storyline。 Not much repetition and character growth is seen quickly though 8 months pass over the course of a few pages。 。。。more
Kevin Thang
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Here’s where the action really begins。 The Tenka’chi Budōkai！
Rhea Dadoo
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the tournament drawings are funnn
Nick Katenkamp
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Hilarious and actioned packed， volume 3 is the best yet of Dragon Ball。 The characters are better developed and more likeable and the training sessions and tournament scenes are great action。
Leonardo Álvarez-Vázquez
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Excelente manga de Akira Toriyama， un clásico de clásicos， comedia， aventura， acción， artes marciales。
Arber Duka
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TOURNAMENT ARC！！！
Diogo Muller
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Another good volume， Dragon Ball gets closer to what we know as Dragon Ball， with a training arc and a martial arts tournament。。。 but it still has all the weirdness and silliness early Dragon Ball is known for。
Sam Julian
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This arc moves into a classic 'training montage' storyline and introduces Kuririn （who I grew up knowing as Krillin）， which adds a fun dynamic。 The old turtle master continues to be the most embarrassing aspect of this story。 This arc moves into a classic 'training montage' storyline and introduces Kuririn （who I grew up knowing as Krillin）， which adds a fun dynamic。 The old turtle master continues to be the most embarrassing aspect of this story。 。。。more
Juho Pohjalainen
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Bit of a shame about Lunch: she gets a couple gags， a bit of conflict with her split personality issue， but is quickly set aside。 It would have been nice to see her train a bit， too， like they teased， keep her around a while longer。 Alas。Other than that， this is a good volume。 The series is finally picking up the sort of stuff we know Dragon Ball for， but there's still plenty of jokes and the story moves at a rapid pace。 Bit of a shame about Lunch: she gets a couple gags， a bit of conflict with her split personality issue， but is quickly set aside。 It would have been nice to see her train a bit， too， like they teased， keep her around a while longer。 Alas。Other than that， this is a good volume。 The series is finally picking up the sort of stuff we know Dragon Ball for， but there's still plenty of jokes and the story moves at a rapid pace。 。。。more
Kieran Little
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So after the first couple of volumes I thought dragon ball was was ok but made for kids so it wasn’t really for me， the only reason I kept reading was coz I wanted to read DBZ， but after this volume I think I’m a dragon ball fan now， I loved it。 The training arc and tournament arc， I love most tournament arcs in anime but this one was done very well after a great training arc， this was a great volume and I kinda wish I had read the psychical copy instead of reading it online， if my friend who wa So after the first couple of volumes I thought dragon ball was was ok but made for kids so it wasn’t really for me， the only reason I kept reading was coz I wanted to read DBZ， but after this volume I think I’m a dragon ball fan now， I loved it。 The training arc and tournament arc， I love most tournament arcs in anime but this one was done very well after a great training arc， this was a great volume and I kinda wish I had read the psychical copy instead of reading it online， if my friend who was constantly trying to get me into dragon ball had told me about this after I gave up on the anime I probably would have kept going， also I’m much prefer the manga to the anime I feel like the anime is just a little bit dated。 。。。more
Subham
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This was a fun volume， we pick u with Goku and meet Krillin whose also come to train under Muten Roshi and we have this lady Lunch （who has like multi personalities） but the main thing is they train here for 8 months。 They do running， find stone， skipping/jogging/delivering milk， tend farms and even help construction workers and so much more and yes they are reluctant but soon they realize this training has paid off and they enter Tenkaichi Budokai （a tournament） and its so fun， Goku fighting hi This was a fun volume， we pick u with Goku and meet Krillin whose also come to train under Muten Roshi and we have this lady Lunch （who has like multi personalities） but the main thing is they train here for 8 months。 They do running， find stone， skipping/jogging/delivering milk， tend farms and even help construction workers and so much more and yes they are reluctant but soon they realize this training has paid off and they enter Tenkaichi Budokai （a tournament） and its so fun， Goku fighting his monsters and showing his monstrous strength and the last fight between Krillin and Bacterian was hilarious lmao。 The best volume so far as its simple and focuses on training and having those classic comfort moments。 。。。more
Ben Zimmerman
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This series is great。 By this point they've toned down the pervy humor a bit。 I didn't see any panels that felt intended to titillate in this volume， although this edition might be censored。 The humor is still great。 This volume mostly focuses on Goku and Krillin training and qualifying for the Tekaichi tournament。 It's interesting to see this change from a comedy series to a battle series over time。 This series is great。 By this point they've toned down the pervy humor a bit。 I didn't see any panels that felt intended to titillate in this volume， although this edition might be censored。 The humor is still great。 This volume mostly focuses on Goku and Krillin training and qualifying for the Tekaichi tournament。 It's interesting to see this change from a comedy series to a battle series over time。 。。。more
Michael
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Probably one of the best arcs in Dragon Ball。
Luis R Salazar
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Al iniciarlo creí que no me iba a gustar nada， me iba a aburrir y de plano no compraría los siguientes tomos。Pero no， me gustó mas de lo que creí jajajaLo que no me gusta de Dragon Ball， es que los personajes femeninos no toman fuerza。 Solo aparecen para servir la comida 🙄
Paul Graham Terpstra
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He’s seen the Dragon！！Now it’s serious time while he waits one year to relocate his grandpas momento。He’s got to train and become the worlds greatest warrior。 But can he！
Yoyomaus Die Büchereule
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