REPOST Dragon Ball summary: c517 [Hoffmann]
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Dragon Ball chapter 517, Shonen Jump #23, May 22, 1995
"All's Well that Ends Well..."
"Daidanen soshite..."
(The splash page shows Gokuu sitting on the ground, beaten up, but
looking relieved. The caption is "Right now, I'm a little tired.")
The narration box states that all traces of Majin Buu have been destroyed,
so the monster is gone for good. The Namek-jin and Kaiou-shins are all
celebrating, while Gohan and Piccolo are cautiously establishing the fact
that Buu's ki can not be sensed anymore. Satan asks Gokuu if they've
actually won, and then yells out to the people of Earth that he, the
Champion of the World, has banished Buu from this universe. The people buy
it, although Beederu is less than impressed (the rest of the Z Fighters'
friends and family all rejoice.)
Kibit teleports to the Kaiou-shin planet, with Dende and Dai Kaiou-shin.
Dende runs to Gokuu (but the hero tells him to heal the tired, beaten
Vejiita first; this happens) and the puppy runs to Satan. Then, the puppy
keeps running, and the group discovers that Fat Buu, while looking dead, is
still barely alive. Satan wants them to use their mysterious powers to
revive Fat Buu, but Vejiita wants to destroy the last of the threat. Satan
doesn't think that Fat Buu is at all evil, while Vejiita thinks that with
Fat Buu around, Little Buu may be able to regenerate. They argue (with
Vejiita threatening to kill Satan along with Fat Buu), until Gokuu tells
Dende to heal Buu. Because, without the help of Fat Buu and Satan, Gokuu
and Vejiita couldn't have defeated Little Buu.
But, Kibit asks if this is a good thing, since the humans have the
meories of Little Buu burned into their minds. Gokuu answers that if they
keep Fat Buu hidden for 6 months, they can use the Dragon Balls again to ask
Shenlon to remove all memories of Buu from everyone. Dai Kaiou-shin isn't
happy with the constant use of the Dragon Balls (probably jealous that the
Dragon Balls are more powerful than he is), and Vejiita doesn't know why
he's going along with this. Satan is ecstatic, and Gokuu wants Buu healed
so that they can return to Earth, eat, and then get some sleep.
From here, the story is all in pictures. The heroes teleport to
Kami-sama's tower, and Kibi teleports away again. Everyone greets everyone
else, except that Beederu recoils in horror when Satan shows up (because Fat
Buu is right behind him.) Gokuu calms them all down, and Fat Buu acts like
Its old, naive jolly self. Beederu is happy to see Gohan, and Oolong is
hiding behind Vejiita and away from Buu.
Finally, 6 months pass, and the Earthlings forget about Buu, although
they still remember that the Ultra Super Hero Mr. Satan did something REALLY
GREAT, for which they are all thankful.
=== End of the Majin Buu arc ===
10 years pass.
A teenage Trunks is flying in a space car, upset that something isn't
going right. He hops out of the car, it turns into a capsule that he
pockets, and Trunks then flies to the Gokuu house. There, a very nerdy
Gohan (think: a young Clark Kent) is studying his books inside a spacious,
two-story house. Lots of bookshelves everywhere. Trunks asks for Goten,
and Gohan answers that Gokuu, Goten, Buruma, and Vejiita are all at the
"mountain out in back." Trunks is surprised that his parents are also
there.
(The blurb at the bottom of the page asks what meaning there is in the
fact that the heroes are still in training, and implies that there is a new
threat coming from outer space.)
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