DB Story
The story starts out with Son Goku as a young boy -very naive
and innocent-. Secluded in the depths of a forest, he has never
seen another human with the sole exception of his late mentor and
grandfather, Son Gohan. A girl in a car almost drives over Goku
and the fish (about twice his size) which he had caught for
dinner. After observing the damage that the boy causes to her
car, she persuades him to serve as her protector (although her
intentions are not clear) on her journey to recover the legendary
Dragon Balls. She explains to him that the Dragon Balls are
crystal-like balls with stars embedded in them. Scattered across
the globe, all seven balls, when united, summon a dragon (the
Shen-lon) who will grant any wish. The young girl's name is Bulma
and she is an electronics whiz. She invented a Dragon Ball radar
to facilitate the search. And so their adventures begin, in
search of the Dragonballs. We soon meet new friends such as the
Kamesenin (Turtle Master), Yamcha (and his cat-like friend
Puuru), and a shape-changing pig named Oolong. Kame and Oolong
are two characters who seem to share the same dirty minds. Goku
is soon taken under the wing of the great Mutenroshisama (AKA the
perverted Kame-san) joined by another boy, Krillin, who comes to
train with him. They provide refuge to a girl on the run, named
Lunch who has a split personality. One side of here is as
innocent as an angel and has blue hair, but the other persona is
a violent, foul-mouthed, criminal with blonde hair. Goku and
Krillin participate in their first tournament--the
Tenkaichi-budokai--yet they fail to win by a narrow margin,
thanks to Kame who has disguised himself to enter the event. They
part ways to begin training on their own. Goku soon runs into
trouble with the world terrorist movement, Red Ribbon. He then
finds himself training with his next teacher, Karin (the Cat
Master).After training for three days, his power increases to the
extent that he manages to annihilate the Red Ribbon HQ. He soon
makes his first wish, by using the Dragon Balls and ask that a
little boy's murdered father to be resurrected.
The terror of Piccolo-Daimaoh
Once again, Goku trains and signs up for the next Tenkai. At this
tournament, we are introduced to Tenshinhan and Choazu, the
pupils of Kame's nemesis. The final match is between Goku and
Tenshin-han and by the stroke of bad luck, Goku loses. Suddenly,
Krillin is murdered just before Goku is about to meet up with him
and the rest of the gang. Goku, burning with rage, pursues the
assassin, but gets beaten to a pulp since he has used up all of
his energy during the tournament. In the meantime, we learn of
Piccolo--the Devil himself-- who brings a reign of terror upon
the world. Fearing the possibility of Goku's death when he fails
to return after many hours, Kame and Tenshin-han join forces.
They search for the Dragon Balls to prevent the Devil from
gaining whatever he wishes, and by manga issue #13, Kame has
died. Tenshin-han is about to be killed by Piccolo when Goku
appears, after having taken the senzu pill from Karin which
instantly restores all of Goku's power. He defeats Piccolo. But
before he dies, Piccolo gives birth to his successor. God
(Kame-son), knowing this, offers to train Goku and this is an
opportunity he obviously won't refuse. Kame, Krillin, and Choazu
are brought back to life by the dragonballs. At the next
tournament, Goku appears as a fully grown man, and he has become
a completely new person. The main focus of the games is the
climatic confrontation between Goku and the reborn Piccolo. After
a fierce fight, Goku finally wins. Goku then gets married to
Chichi-- a minor character who appears briefly in manga issue #1
and who reappeared at the fight.