Volume 3
taken from Curtis Hoffman's db_vol02.sum
Volume 3 continues the "Gokuu doesn't know what a giri giri girl is"
storyline. As Kamesennin is trying to teach Gokuu (Gokuu does
eventually learn to distinguish between ugly and beautiful faces, but
not beautiful women and beautiful mermaids,) a new guy shows up.
Kiririn arrives at the island to ask Kamesennin to teach him fighting
techniques; however, his entrance marks him more as a buffoon than a
serious combat master. He bribes Kamesennin with a dirty magazine, and
then goes with Gokuu to find a true giri giri girl. But, Kintoun only
supports people that are pure of heart, and Kiririn has to hold onto
Gokuu for the entire trip (along the way, he discovers that Gokuu can't
tell men and women apart unless he can see their private parts. Kiririn
hastily assures Gokuu that he is indeed male.) Below them, a feisty
woman on a mono-scooter is evading the police until her hair tickles her
nose and she sneezes. The frightened girl that takes her place then
calls for help. Gokuu and Kiririn decide that Ranchi would make a great
giri giri girl, and rescue her (notice that Ranchi has no trouble riding
Kintoun.)
At the island, Kamesennin is delighted to see that Ranchi isn't
hitting him when he stares at her, and has her change into "the
kamesennin uniform." To support the gag, he and the two runts are also
wearing the lingerie when Ranchi steps back out. Then, disaster strikes
and the group learns about Ranchi's "dark-side." Because he's going to
train the two kids, the dirty old man moves the house to a larger
island, and has Ranchi explain what the sneezing is all about (not much
explanation, though -- it just happens that way.)
The first part of the first day's training is to see who's the
fastest: Kiririn's dash is about 10 seconds; Gokuu's is 11 seconds, but
with a replacement for his torn shoes, he comes in around 8 seconds.
Kamesennin blows them both away at 5+ seconds. The second part is a
little contest, where the one who finds the rock with "turtle" written
on it, within 30 minutes, gets to eat supper. Kiririn resorts to
cheating several times, and wins.
The next day, Kamesennin has the boys pick up a milk delivery, and
while hopping, skipping, and zigzagging, makes the two drop the milk
bottles off at people's houses. The last house on the route is at the
top of a big hill, and Kamesennin gracefully allows the boys to walk up
the stairs, instead of running. The owner of the house, a priest, tells
us that the combat that the boys are training for, which takes place in
8 months, is the Tenkaichi-budoukai. From this point on, we get to see
Kiririn and Gokuu training both their bodies, and minds (Gokuu hates
having to do language lessons.) To work on physical strength,
Kamesennin tells them to push against a large rock. Gokuu manages to
unexpectedly move it, so Kamesennin points out a monster rock for them
to work on. When the training becomes too easy, he has his students
wear 40 pound turtle shells on their backs. Finally, with a month to
go, Gokuu rushes into the house, excitedly. He takes the old man to the
monster rock, and pushes it a few yards. Kiririn does this too, and
Kamesennin thinks to himself "I just told them to do that as a JOKE..."
Since they've gotten so strong, he gives them 90 pound turtle shells to
wear.
When the time comes, Gokuu and Kiririn get to remove the shells, and
are told to jump up. They're VERY surprised to find out how strong
they've become. Dressed up, and ready to go, the three fighters fly off
to combat. At the fight ring, both Gokuu and Kiririn expect to be
easily defeated by one of the many other contestants (note: the uniforms
Kamesennin gives them have the kanji for turtle on the front, pronounced
"kame".) Kiririn's first match is against one of the two bullies from
his hometown (he kept on getting beaten up at home, which is why he left
to train under Kamesennin.) His victory is very gratifying.
In the middle of the competition, there is a commercial break,
advertising the fact that book 4 is now on sale.
Gokuu and Kiririn easily win their elimination rounds, and eventually
there are only 8 people left in the competition -- which includes
Yamcha, and a strangely familiar man named Jackie Chun. Gokuu doesn't
recognize Yamcha right away, because Buruma had made him cut his long,
flowing hair. Also in the audience are Buruma, Pool, and Oolong; these
three cheer for Yamcha, Gokuu, and Kiririn.
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