Dragon Ball Vol. 12
- ISBN
- 9781591161554
- Publisher
- VIZ
- English release
- Pages
- 200
Dragon Ball 12 opens during Goku and Tenshinhan’s tournament final, with the arena itself becoming a target. Its printed contents collect Tales 133–144. Continue from the preceding book for the contest that gives this opening its rules: the change here concerns how a fighter can win, not simply how hard he can hit. The reading follows the licensed opening through the airborne exchange and leaves both the tournament result and the later chapters unreviewed.
Spoilers — why this volume matters. Tap to reveal.
Tenshinhan warns Goku to dodge an attack powerful enough to kill him. That warning fits his plan: his private thoughts identify the arena alone as the target. Once the platform is gone, the ground beneath it becomes out of bounds, and Tenshinhan expects his ability to hover to decide who lands first. Destruction has changed the practical conditions of the contest without discarding its rule about leaving the ring. The spectators initially judge the blast by whether Goku survived it. Survival answers that fear but does not solve the tactical problem. Goku can jump clear and still face a fall that would cost him the tournament. The opening turns an apparent contest of destructive power into a dispute over where a body can safely arrive. Goku’s proposed reply remains unresolved at the preview’s endpoint.
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