Dragon Ball -- Chapter 1 Translation...
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Dragon Ball
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Bulma and Goku Soun
Version 1.0 by Brandon Freels
If you see any problems with this translation, feel free to e-mail me at:
bra...@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu or bra...@uokucsvx.bitnet Thanks!
p. 5 Narrator: This spectacular supernatural story takes place long ago in
a mountain range many kilometers away from civilization. Our
story begins at this point.
Goku (to the monkeys): Hi there!
p. 6 Dragon Ball
Chapter 1: Bulma and Goku Soun
p. 7 Goku: ...concentrate...
Goku: ...concentrate...
Goku: ...Raaaaaah!...
Goku: ...hah...
Goku: ...Hiyaaaaaa!
p. 8 (Goku smashes the wood)
Goku: I got the firewood.
(Goku's stomach starts to grumble)
Goku: I'm getting hungry.
p. 9 (Goku heads for home and enters)
Goku (to the shrine): Mentor, I'll return with some food.
(Goku heads out)
Goku: Now what would be good...?
(the scene changes to a girl next to her car examining the countryside)
p. 10 Bulma: It should be right here.
(Bulma checks her radar)
Bulma: Maybe it is a little more to the west?
Bulma: Anyway, I know it is nearby.
(Bulma gets into her car and drives away)
(scene changes back to Goku)
Goku: I'm tired of eating bear...
Goku: ...and there aren't any tigers about.
(Goku spots the river)
p. 11 Goku: Yeah! I haven't had fish in a while.
Goku: Go!
(Goku leaps, springs from a branch, and lands riverside)
p. 12 (Goku undresses and sticks his tail into the river)
(a piranha spots the tail)
Piranha: Oh yummy! A monkey or mountain cat is entering the water!
p. 13 (Goku pulls his tail out just as the piranha snaps at it)
Goku: Hyaaaaa!
(Goku kicks the fish into submission)
Goku: Yeah.
(Goku dresses and carries the fish down the road)
Goku: A big fish! A big fish!
p. 14 (a noise approaches from down the road)
Goku: Huh? What is that noise?
Goku: Aaaaaaaah!
Bulma: Aaaaaaaah!
(Bulma hits the brakes and swerves to avoid an accident)
p. 15 Goku: You shocked me.
Bulma: It is dangerous to walk in the middle of the road!
Goku: You monster!
Goku: You want to take my fish away!
(Goku lifts the car)
Goku: I won't let you!
Bulma: Huh...what?
Goku: ...HAH!
(Goku throws the car...with Bulma in it!)
Goku: Bring it on!
Goku: I shall fight you!
p. 16 (Bulma pops out of the side window with a gun)
Goku: Huh? A strange creature popped out of the monster.
Bulma: You bastard!
(Bulma shoots Goku)
Goku: Ow...ow...ow! What is this monster now?
Bulma: Huh? It can't be! Why didn't he die?
Goku: Stupid! Die from an attack like that? My body is as tough as
stainless steel!
(Goku raises his staff to strike)
Goku: You stupid monster! Now I'll teach you a lesson!
Bulma: Please wait a moment! I'm not a monster. I'm a human!
p. 17 Goku: A human? Really?
(Bulma gets out of the car)
Bulma: Am I not here with you? Look...see...
(Goku points his staff at Bulma)
Goku: Don't move!
Bulma: You doubt me.
(Goku checks Bulma out)
Goku: But you're different from me.
Goku: I thought human were supposed to be heroic and strong.
Bulma: Well that isn't always true.
Bulma: You are a male, while I am a helpless girl.
Goku: A female? You are a woman?
p. 18 Bulma: Around here...
Bulma: ...haven't you ever seen a girl before?
Goku: This is the first time I have ever seen a human.
Goku: My dead mentor told me about humans, and that if I should ever
meet a woman, I should be kind to her.
(Bulma is embarassed)
Bulma: Well, that's good.
(Goku examines Bulma's posterior)
Goku: Women don't have tails.
Bulma: Huh?
Goku: Hmmmmmm... interesting.
Bulma: Oh I see. He has a tail. How cute!
Goku: By the way, what is that monster? Were you a prisoner of it?
Bulma: It's not a monster. It's called an "automobile". It is a machine
that humans make.
p. 19 Goku: This is an automobile? I have heard stories about them.
Goku: Wow... automobiles are incredible, but are not very strong.
Goku: Where are you heading?
Bulma: Well, I was heading straight west.
(Goku picks up his fish and starts to head for home)
Goku: You are welcome to have some of my fish.
(Bulma follows)
Bulma: That is odd...
Bulma: ...you are very strong for someone of your size.
Goku: Heh..heh.. I was trained by my mentor.
Bulma (in thought): He is strange, but that power might be helpful.
(they arrive at Goku's home)
Goku: Please wait outside a moment.
Bulma: An old shack?
(Goku enters)
Goku (to the shrine): Look Mentor! A woman! A woman has come to our
home.
Bulma: Huh?
(Bulma looks at the shrine)
p. 20 Bulma: It's a dragonball!
(Bulma rushes over to pick it up)
Bulma: Yay, it really was nearby! The radar was right!
Goku: Hey! Don't touch that!
Goku: That is a memento of my mentor. Leave it alone!
(Bulma reaches into her pouch)
Bulma: I have something to show you.
Goku: Huh?
(Bulma pulls out 2 orbs like the one Goku has)
Bulma: See...
Goku: Ah...mentors! You have 2 of them!
p. 21 Bulma: Heh..heh..heh.. actually they are known as "Dragonballs".
Goku: Dragonballs?
(Bulma holds up one of the orbs with 2 stars inside it)
Bulma: I found this dragonball in our family warehouse.
Bulma: I figured that I had found something neat and inquired
everywhere about it.
Bulma: After checking various sources and researching ancient
literature, I finally understood.
Bulma: These balls are called "Dragonballs". There are 7 of them, and
each ball has from 1 to 7 dull glowing stars in it.
(Goku checks the orb in his hands)
Goku: I see. My ball has 4 stars in it.
Bulma: That one is the "Sushinchou" (4 star ball). The first one I
found was the "Arushinchou" (2 star ball).
(Bulma holds up her other orb)
Bulma: About 10 days ago I searched a northern valley thoroughly and
found the "Ushinchou" (5 star ball).
Goku: So you have been searching for this?
Bulma: That's right. It is very difficult to find all 7 balls.
p. 22 Goku: But why are you searching for the dragonballs? You making a
Buddhist rosary or something?
Bulma: Nope, something special happens when all 7 balls are gathered.
Bulma: When the 7 balls are gathered and an incantation is chanted...
Bulma: ..."Sheng Long(*)", also known as - the Dragon God, will
appear and grant a wish.
Bulma: The person who gathered the dragonballs before lived like a
king!
Goku: Wow.
Bulma: But after a long time the dragonballs were scattered again, and
the search began anew.
p. 23 Bulma: He..he.. I already know what my wish will be.
Bulma: I toyed with the idea of having a great feast but I really want
a very handsome boyfriend!
Bulma: Well that is my story...
Bulma: ...now may I have the "Sushinchou" ball?
(Goku protects his dragonball in his arms)
Goku: Ut-uh! No way!
Goku: This is a memento of my mentor!
Bulma: Aren't you being selfish?!
Goku: Besides, you don't have anything useful for me.
Bulma: Ah, I understand now.
Bulma: You're nobody's fool.
Goku: Huh?
(Bulma pulls up her skirt and behaves suggestively)
Bulma: How about this? You can touch me if you like.
Goku: Why would I want to touch your dirty butt?
Bulma: It is not dirty! How rude!
Bulma: Okay, why don't we search for the dragonballs together?
Bulma: It will be easy, and your mentor wanted you to be kind to women.
p. 24 Goku: Search for the dragonballs?
Bulma: Well what do you have to keep you here?
Bulma: Who is to protest? And you can learn new things.
Goku: Sounds good, but you can't have my ball. I'm keeping it!
Bulma: That's fine. I just need to borrow it at the end.
Bulma (thinking): Well done, Bulma! Once I get my wish, the dragonballs
will be scattered and I'll have what I want. In
addition, he will make a good bodyguard.
(Goku and Bulma leave the shack)
Bulma: Well this will be fun. Let's go!
Goku: But how are we going to find the other dragonballs when we don't
know where they are?
Bulma: He..he.. My great intellect has already solved that problem.
Bulma (patronizing herself): And I have a cute face too but...
(Bulma points at her radar)
Bulma: With this!
Goku: Huh?
p. 25 Bulma: Dragon Radar!
Bulma: I noticed that the dragonballs emmit a signal, so I made a
radar to detect the signals. See, here in the center are the
signals of our 3 dragonballs.
Bulma: The next one is here.
Bulma: Uh...about 1200 kilometers to the west.
Goku: Huh? I don't understand.
Bulma: Since you destroyed my car, we are going to need another mode
of transportation.
Bulma: By the way, what is your name?
Goku: Me?
Goku: I am Goku. Goku Soun.
Goku: What is your name?
Bulma: Bulma.
Goku: Bulma? Ha..ha..ha.. what a crazy name.
Bulma: Oh shut up! You'll hurt my feelings.
Goku: Ha..ha..ha..Bulma...ha..ha..ha..
Bulma: He keeps teasing...I hate him.
(Bulma opens a case filled with little capsules)
Bulma: Hmmmmm. Which capsule?
Bulma: How about number 9?
p. 26 (Bulma pushes a button on the capsule and tosses it)
Bulma: Get back! Get back!
(the capsule explodes and in its place is a motorcycle type vehicle)
Bulma: Well, let's go.
Goku: Ah! A monster! You created a monster!
p. 27 Bulma: It's not a monster.
Bulma: It is a cycle from a "Hoipoi" capsule. You don't have much
common sense about urban things.
Bulma: Hurry up and climb on behind.
Goku: Huh?
(Goku climbs on back of the cycle and they take off)
Goku: Waaaah!
Goku: This is incredible! This is much faster than I could run.
Bulma: Hey. Don't hold on to me there!
p. 28 Narrator: About 20 minutes later...
(Bulma and Goku end up going over a steep hill and get much airtime)
Bulma: Waaaaah!
Goku: Waaaaah!
(they land, and Bulma skids the bike to a halt)
p. 29 Bulma: Whew!
Goku: We made it. That was a neat trick! We flew through the sky!
Bulma: Well...
Bulma (thinking): Actually I didn't realize the top was so steep.
(Bulma gets an urge...)
Bulma: Hold on a second. I will be right back.
Goku: Eh? What is it? Where are you going?
Bulma: You are so insensitive! That is the way a lady says she is going
to the bathroom!
Goku: Oh, to the john?
(Bulma runs away to go to the bathroom)
Goku: Well?
Goku: If she has to go to the john, why leave? Why not do it here? What
a strange person.
p. 30 (in the distance Bulma screams. Goku runs toward her location)
Goku: Huh?
Goku: What? What is it?
Goku: Is it a snake or something?
Goku: Ah!
(Goku sees a large pterodactyl holding Bulma in his talons)
Bulma: Aaaaaaah!
Pterodactyl: What is this? Is she a friend of yours?
Goku: I just met her recently. Do you know her?
p. 31 (the pterodactyl gets a rope)
Bulma: Waaaah!
Pterodactyl: Ha..ha..ha.. That's right! I just want to have a private
chat with her. Wait here till I am done.
Goku: Huh?
(the pterodactyl ties Goku to a tree with the rope)
Goku: Hey, he tied me up.
(the pterodactyl flies away, with Bulma in talon)
Goku (to the pterodactyl): So it's okay if I wait right here?
Bulma: Ah...wah...
Pterodactyl: Ha..ha..ha.. It has been a while since I have had female
meat for dinner.
Bulma (screaming at Goku): What the hell are you doing? Help me!
I don't want to be eaten!
(Bulma curses)
Goku: Huh? What is this? She wants to be rescued?
p. 32 Goku: Then I better act fast.
(Goku uses his tail to untie himself)
Goku: That jerk!
(Goku sees the pterodactyl flying off in the distance)
Goku: But how can I fly to catch them?
Goku: Yeah, that's it!
(Goku remembers the cycle and runs to get on it)
Goku: Let's see. I hold here and turn this...
(Goku turns the throttle a little)
Goku: Oh-ho!
Goku: Yeah! It moved!
p. 33 (Goku turns the throttle all the way)
Goku: Uwaaaaaaaa!
(Goku heads for the steep hill)
Goku: Aaaaaaaa!
Goku: Here I go!
(Goku jumps the summit of the hill and is airborne)
Goku: a little higher...
p. 34 (Goku jumps out of the cycle as it descends)
Goku: Drat! I can't reach him.
Pterodactyl: Huh?
Goku: Staff...lengthen!
(The staff grows in length to about 3 times the height of Goku)
Goku: Feel the power from my staff! (Niyoibou?)
Goku: Hyaaah!
(Goku strikes the pterodactyl in the head with the staff and kills him)
p. 35 Bulma: Aaaaaah!
(Bulma and Goku are plummeting back to the ground)
Goku: ...toss...
(Goku tosses his staff at Bulma and lands safely)
Goku: Hey. It's okay! It's okay!
(Bulma is kept from hitting the ground by Goku's staff going through
her blouse sleeves and the end embedding into the canyon wall. nature
now calls...)
Bulma: Wah! It figures I would go to the bathroom NOW!
Narrator: Here ends this chapter of Goku and Bulma's great adventure.
What will become of them? Please return next time to find
out.
(*) --- Is this where Ryu gets his martial art style in Street Fighter II?
"You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance."
Domo. Ja na.
Brandon Freels (Garland Operator 7-G)
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