Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 12 (Volume 12): Enter Trunks

The insane fight between Son Goku as the Super Saiyan and Freeza on the dying planet Namek concludes in the first third of the book. As you’d expect, it’s very dramatic and tense, even if you know Son Goku’s going to win. And, of course, afterwards everyone who died is brought back to life so all’s well that ends well!THEN.I knew Son Goku was coming back, but Freeza? My heart sank and I thought this was going to be the first Dragon Ball Z book that I would hate. Because at this point, I’m done with Freeza. The fact that he’s been patched up and brought his bigger, more powerful dad (yeah, he was a kid!) with him to Earth made me feel tired all of a sudden - Akira Toriyama beating this storyline deep into the ground, etc.Well, me of little faith! I should’ve known that Toriyama knew dredging Freeza back up would annoy his readers which is why he’s used here as an introduction to a powerful new character: Trunks! And he’s a good guy for once!I won’t go into his backstory because it’s full of fun spoilers, about his parentage, about … actually I’ll stop there! But he sets up the next big Dragon Ball Z storyline: killer androids! Dr Gero, who worked for the Red Ribbon Army in the original Dragon Ball series, has created some androids that’ve become too powerful and self-aware and have gone on a rampage in South City - only Son Goku and co. can stop them!What really dragged the book down for me was seeing Goku hitting his wife Chi-Chi in one panel! Even if he didn’t mean to hit her so hard, he did mean to hit her, which makes him kind of a dick! I was very disappointed and quite shocking to see that side of him. I mean, she was screaming at his face but still, you don’t smack your wife around, Goku! I guess becoming the Super Saiyan shortened his temper or something? It was still jarring to see in a kids’ book!Dragon Ball Z Vol 12 is basically a bridge book. It wraps up the Freeza storyline once and for all, resets the characters, and then sets up the next story arc. At the moment the androids don’t seem very interesting but I’m sure Toriyama will make it work. Let’s just ease off on the domestic violence, eh?

I would recomend a better form of packing this item, since it is quite fragil and will immediately star to deteriorate (the pages, for ex.)

Arrived to the uk with no problems

Always finished in one night!

Love this

One of my all time favourite manga

if youlike action packed books with lots of cliff hangers and twists, then this bookis good for you. i had lots of time laughing at frieza's face as he gets ……… in a few pages.

in the author's akira toriyama introduction ,we read that his works are playful,inovative and humorous,with distinctive art style.and this is exactly what you get from this manga.i bout it because i saw the anime based on this manga.i don't know much about dragon ball z,they've just started dubbing it to arabic,and i wanted to know more about the manga,and what made the anime an international success.in this volume,you get to know who'll win the fight between son goku-an alien who looks like humans,but with super powers-,the manga's main hero,and freeza- a humanoid lizard-,the No.1 bady.the fight is on a different planet called namek , where the dragon balls were made.if you have them, you can wish for anything,as silly as BRINGING BACK THE DEAD TO LIFE,as we'll see alot of that in this volume.but it's all written and drawn in an enjoyable way,that wouldn't bother you that much.the book is read from right to lift as the japanese print.if you open the book from the lift you'll find the warning"you are reading in the wrong direction"with a sketch of goku running to the right page.the inking changes in the gathering of the warriors,and looks like a black and white copy of a colored page,which disappointed me a littlea fun read.