This is my first doujinshi, and also my favorite, so this review cannot possibly be unbiased. I'll try to keep the fangirl nonsense to a minimum.

This book contains two separate stories. The longest story and almost all of the random illustrations are by Taku Mizuki. Mizuki's art is absolutely beautiful. It's very similar to Toriyama's style, but a bit less stiff and angular. The bodies and faces are very expressive, and the detail and technical skill levels are high. It's weakened a little by a few badly-drawn hands.

Taku's 20-page story, "Hoshi Furu Yoru Ni," is the best part of this book. It takes place during the six months Piccolo spent directly training Gohan before Vegeta arrived. One night after sparring, Gohan tells Piccolo about how he and his parents would sit out and look at the stars. Piccolo tells him he hates the stars. Gohan responds that if Piccolo hates the stars, he'll hate them too, and curls up crying. Piccolo sets a hand on him and pulls the shivering kid closer. The next morning, Gohan wakes up wrapped in his cape. This is the kind of moment that we all know happened during that period of time, and it's always been rather unfortunate that it was skipped by Toriyama. Mizuki's wonderful, expressive art makes the story, and it's touching even if you can't read it.

Unfortunately, the second story isn't as good. "Kimi no Inai Ichioku no Yoru," 14 pages, is by Bon-Jya. Piccolo has a nightmare in which he lives on for hundreds of years after Gohan and his family die in an inexplicable explosion, and finally dies himself after he fails to wish them back. The art style is strange -- everyone's very skinny for Dragon Ball and the eyes look weird. There are a few clunker panels, but the artist definitely CAN draw quite well. This wouldn't be worth buying a doujinshi for, but it's fine as a bonus story.

This book is a bit cheaply produced, but it still looks good. There's quite a bit of color loss on the cover of my copy for some reason. It's visible in the scan in the darker areas, showing up as white splotches. This might be due to poor handling by a previous owner. The interior printing is flawless. The kanji is typewritten Minchou in "Hoshi Furu Yoru Ni" and very neatly hand-written in "Kimi no Inai Ichioku no Yoru" and most of the free talk.