King Piccolo Arc

Tambourine

Death and revival records reviewed against the original manga

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Victims

3 registered

KillingMain world

Tambourine → Krillin

Krillin's body is found at the end of Chapter 134, and the attack is reported in Chapter 135. Tambourine's words and actions toward the pursuing Goku in Chapter 136 confirm the killer. The sequence is counted as one incident; the discovery, report, and confirmation of the killer are not counted separately.

SourceChapter 134 — The Martial Arts Tournament Ends! And Then... (Japanese: 武道大会終了！そして…)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 2 · Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

Additional sourceChapter 135 — Krillin's Death and a Terrifying Plot (Japanese: クリリンの死そして恐ろしき陰謀)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3 · Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

Additional sourceChapter 136 — The Terror of King Piccolo! (Japanese: ピッコロ大魔王の恐怖!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3 · Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

Later revival: Chapter 165 — Shenron Revived!! (Japanese: 神龍復活!!)

KillingMain world

Tambourine → Nam

Tambourine selects Nam’s photograph and leaves; Nam is subsequently reported murdered on television. The report explicitly establishes his death, and the sequence of events attributes it to Tambourine. The killing itself is not shown.

SourceChapter 137 — Come Back to Life, Goku! (Japanese: よみがえれ孫悟空!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3 · Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

Later revival: Chapter 165 — Shenron Revived!! (Japanese: 神龍復活!!)

KillingMain world

Tambourine → Giran

Tambourine pierces Giran's abdomen with his hand. Tambourine's later claim that he had killed six people in total is not used as the actual total because he had earlier mistakenly reported killing Goku. Neither six victims nor three unnamed victims calculated by subtracting the individual records for Krillin, Nam, and Giran are added.

SourceChapter 140 — Tambourine Approaches! (Japanese: タンバリンがやってくる!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3 · Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

Later revival: Chapter 165 — Shenron Revived!! (Japanese: 神龍復活!!)

Deaths and causes

1 registered

KillingMain world

Goku → Tambourine

Goku defeats the fleeing Tambourine with a Kamehameha.

SourceChapter 141 — Goku Erupts!! (Japanese: 孫悟空爆発!!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3 · Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

Cases kept outside the counts

These notes preserve uncertainty or explain a counting boundary. They are not added to death or revival totals.

Not countedMain world

Tambourine's reported total of six is not treated as a confirmed death toll

After killing Giran, Tambourine reports a cumulative total of six. However, he had previously reported Goku as killed even though Goku survived. Because it is unknown whether Goku was included in that total, this site does not treat six as a confirmed count or add three unnamed people to the known victims Krillin, Nam, and Giran. This does not mean that there were no other victims.

SourceChapter 136 — The Terror of King Piccolo! (Japanese: ピッコロ大魔王の恐怖!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3

SourceChapter 140 — Tambourine Approaches! (Japanese: タンバリンがやってくる!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3

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