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Full Color Goku Training Arc, Vol. 1

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 1 — Bulma and Goku (Japanese: ブルマと孫悟空)
  • Chapter 2 — The Ball Is Gone!! (Japanese: 球がない!!)
  • Chapter 4 — Master Roshi's Flying Nimbus (Japanese: 亀仙人の筋斗雲)
  • Chapter 9 — The Dragon Balls in Danger!! (Japanese: ドラゴンボール危うし!!)
  • Chapter 10 — The Great Robbery Plan (Japanese: 強盗大作戦)
  • Chapter 11 — The Ox-King of Fire Mountain (Japanese: フライパン山の牛魔王)
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Full Color Red Ribbon Army Arc, Vol. 3

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 84 — Father and Son of the Sacred Land of Korin (Japanese: 聖地カリンの親子)
  • Chapter 85 — The Killer Known as Mercenary Tao (Japanese: 殺し屋“桃白白”)
  • Chapter 86 — Mercenary Tao's Deadly Dodon Ray (Japanese: 桃白白の必殺どどん波)
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Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 135 — Krillin's Death and a Terrifying Plot (Japanese: クリリンの死 そして恐ろしき陰謀)
  • Chapter 136 — The Terror of King Piccolo! (Japanese: ピッコロ大魔王の恐怖!)
  • Chapter 137 — Come Back to Life, Goku! (Japanese: よみがえれ孫悟空!)
  • Chapter 138 — The Strange Guy with the Ball (Japanese: ボールを持った妙なやつ)
  • Chapter 139 — Yajirobe's Prey (Japanese: ヤジロベーの獲物)
  • Chapter 140 — Tambourine Approaches! (Japanese: タンバリンがやってくる!)
  • Chapter 141 — Goku Erupts!! (Japanese: 孫悟空 爆発!!)
  • Chapter 146 — Master Roshi's Final Evil Containment Wave!! (Japanese: 亀仙人 最後の魔封波!!)
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Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 4

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 147 — King Piccolo Rejuvenated!? (Japanese: 若がえるか!? ピッコロ大魔王)
  • Chapter 148 — Go See Korin!! (Japanese: カリン様に会え!!)
  • Chapter 149 — World Domination (Japanese: 世界征服)
  • Chapter 151 — The Ultra Divine Water!!! (Japanese: 超神水!!!)
  • Chapter 155 — Goku Strikes Back (Japanese: 孫悟空の逆襲)
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Full Color Saiyan Arc, Vol. 2

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 212 — The Saiyans Draw Near!! (Japanese: サイヤ人迫る!!)
  • Chapter 213 — The Saiyans Arrive!! (Japanese: サイヤ人来る!!)
  • Chapter 215 — Yamcha's Premonition (Japanese: ヤムチャの予感)
  • Chapter 216 — The Frightened Warriors (Japanese: 怯える戦士たち)
  • Chapter 217 — Hurry, Goku! (Japanese: いそげ！孫悟空)
  • Chapter 218 — The Final Tri-Beam (Japanese: 最後の気功砲)
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Full Color Frieza Arc, Vol. 1

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 244 — Spaceship Found!! (Japanese: 宇宙船 発見!!)
  • Chapter 249 — Vegeta's Super Power (Japanese: ベジータのスーパーパワー)
  • Chapter 252 — The Frightened Namekians (Japanese: 怯えるナメック星人)
  • Chapter 254 — The Namekians Fight Back (Japanese: ナメック星人の抵抗)
  • Chapter 255 — Gohan Enraged!! (Japanese: 孫悟飯 逆上!!)
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Full Color Frieza Arc, Vol. 2

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 257 — The Frightened Dodoria (Japanese: 怯えるドドリア)
  • Chapter 259 — The Sixth Dragon Ball (Japanese: 6個めのドラゴンボール)
  • Chapter 265 — The Seven Dragon Balls Change Hands (Japanese: 移り変わる7個のドラゴンボール)
  • Chapter 268 — Vegeta's Rapid Advance! (Japanese: ベジータ快進撃!)
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Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 1

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 331 — The Mysterious Boy (Japanese: 謎の少年)
  • Chapter 332 — The Second Super Saiyan (Japanese: ふたりめの超サイヤ人)
  • Chapter 335 — A Message of Terror (Japanese: 恐怖のメッセージ)
  • Chapter 338 — The Androids Head into Town... (Japanese: 人造人間 街へ…)
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Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 3

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 357 — News from Bulma (Japanese: ブルマからの知らせ)
  • Chapter 358 — An Evil Premonition (Japanese: 邪悪な予感)
  • Chapter 360 — Kami and Piccolo Merge (Japanese: 神と大魔王の融合)
  • Chapter 361 — The Mysterious Monster Finally Appears!! (Japanese: 謎の怪物、ついに出現!!)
  • Chapter 363 — The Monster's Mystery Solved (Japanese: 解けた怪物の謎)
  • Chapter 364 — Cell Laughs (Japanese: 笑うセル)
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Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 4

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 365 — Goku Awakens (Japanese: 目覚めた孫悟空)
  • Chapter 366 — The Saiyans' Training (Japanese: サイヤ人たちの修業)
  • Chapter 369 — Android Versus Cell (Japanese: 人造人間対セル)
  • Chapter 370 — The Reborn Piccolo's Desperate Resistance (Japanese: 新生ピッコロ決死の抵抗)
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Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 8

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 412 — The End of the Cell Games (Japanese: セルゲームの結末)
  • Chapter 413 — Gohan's Agony (Japanese: 苦しむ孫悟飯)
  • Chapter 416 — Kamehameha vs. Kamehameha: The Final Battle (Japanese: かめはめ波対かめはめ波 最後の決戦)
  • Chapter 417 — The Grand Finale (Japanese: 大団円)
  • Chapter 419 — Another Ending (Japanese: もうひとつの結末)
  • Chapter 420 — Peace in the Future… (Japanese: 未来に平和を…)
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Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 3

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 447 — Babidi Knew (Japanese: 知っていたバビディ)
  • Chapter 448 — Nothing Ventured... (Japanese: 虎穴に入らずんば…)
  • Chapter 449 — The Game (Japanese: ゲーム)
  • Chapter 451 — A Feast for the Demon Beast Yakon (Japanese: 魔獣ヤコンのごちそう)
  • Chapter 456 — The Destined Showdown: Goku vs. Vegeta (Japanese: 宿命の対決 孫悟空対ベジータ)
  • Chapter 457 — Vegeta's Pride (Japanese: ベジータのプライド)
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Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 4

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 464 — Vegeta's Final Life-or-Death Battle (Japanese: ベジータ最後の決死戦)
  • Chapter 467 — Farewell, Proud Warrior (Japanese: さらば誇り高き戦士)
  • Chapter 469 — A Faint Hope (Japanese: かすかな希望)
  • Chapter 470 — Babidi's Revenge Begins!! (Japanese: バビディの復讐作戦はじまる!!)
  • Chapter 471 — The Time of Trial (Japanese: 試練の時)
  • Chapter 472 — The Z Sword (Japanese: ゼットソード)
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Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 5

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 475 — Majin Buu's True Power Emerges (Japanese: 見え始めた魔人ブウの真価)
  • Chapter 476 — Goku's Remaining Time (Japanese: 孫悟空の残された時間)
  • Chapter 478 — Gohan's Whereabouts (Japanese: 孫悟飯の行方)
  • Chapter 481 — Earth's Armed Forces' Final Secret Weapon!! (Japanese: 地球軍、最後の秘密兵器!!)
  • Chapter 483 — Majin Buu and His Friends (Japanese: 魔人ブウと仲間たち)
  • Chapter 485 — Two Majin Buus... And Then... (Japanese: ふたりの魔人ブウ…そして…)
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Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 6

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 486 — The Terrifying New Majin Buu (Japanese: 恐怖の新魔人ブウ)
  • Chapter 487 — Human Extinction (Japanese: 人類絶滅)
  • Chapter 488 — Trunks and Goten Enter the Room of Spirit and Time (Japanese: トランクスと悟天、精神と時の部屋に入る)
  • Chapter 493 — Escape from Another Dimension (Japanese: 異次元からの脱出)
  • Chapter 500 — A Dramatic Reversal (Japanese: 大逆転)
  • Chapter 501 — The Savior Appears!? (Japanese: 救世主登場!?)
  • Chapter 502 — Will the Potara Fusion Succeed!? (Japanese: 成功するか!? ポタラの合体!)
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Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 7

Akira Toriyama / Shueisha

  • Chapter 508 — Kid Buu (Japanese: 純粋の魔人ブウ)
  • Chapter 514 — A Message to the Revived Earthlings (Japanese: 蘇った地球人へのメッセージ)
  • Chapter 516 — The Conclusion (Japanese: 決着)
  • Chapter 517 — The Grand Finale, and Then... (Japanese: 大団円 そして…)
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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

Goku's temporary cardiac arrest and spontaneous return of his heartbeat

After Piccolo determines that Goku's heart has stopped and that he is dead, Goku groans and Yajirobe confirms that his heart has begun beating again. This site treats this brief cardiac arrest and spontaneous recovery separately from ordinary death and revival counts. It does not definitively classify the scene as a mere loss of consciousness or as one in which the original manga denies that he died. This note explains the counting standard.

SourceChapter 144 — Goku Is Completely Defeated!! (Japanese: 孫悟空 完敗!!)Full Color King Piccolo Arc, Vol. 3
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
Not countedMain world

Android 17's death and revival: distinguishing speculation from a later living appearance

Piccolo speculates that it would not be surprising if the wish to revive those killed by Cell had brought Android 17 back as well. Android 17 is later confirmed to be active, but this explanation alone does not establish whether or when a death and revival occurred. Absorption is not equated with death, and no confirmed death or revival record is added.

SourceChapter 418 — Farewell, Warriors (Japanese: さようなら戦士たち)Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 8
SourceChapter 515 — The Spirit Bomb Lacks Energy (Japanese: 集まらない元気玉の元気)Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 7
Not countedFuture world

The deaths of Androids 17 and 18 are unconfirmed in Cell's alternate future

Cell says that Androids 17 and 18 were no longer present in his future and speculates that Trunks may have defeated them. The use of a shutdown device also remains hypothetical. Their absence is not converted into confirmed deaths, and this timeline is not merged with the other future in which Trunks returns and kills them.

SourceChapter 363 — The Monster's Mystery Solved (Japanese: 解けた怪物の謎)Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 3
SourceChapter 364 — Cell Laughs (Japanese: 笑うセル)Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 3
Not countedMain world

A conditional revival wish alone does not confirm every individual's revival

The wish excludes those who are extremely evil. Time of death alone cannot establish the individual eligibility of the elderly woman and man who were shot, the woman turned into caramel, or the person who gave information to Babidi, and none has been identified in a post-revival appearance. Their death records are retained, but individual revival records are not added. This does not assert that they were extremely evil or ineligible for revival.

SourceChapter 514 — A Message to the Revived Earthlings (Japanese: 蘇った地球人へのメッセージ)Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 7
Not countedMain world

Later living appearances of Yajirobe and Korin do not establish which death event affected them

Both are confirmed to be alive later, but their survival after the Human Extinction Attack and before Earth was destroyed cannot be confirmed. They therefore are not individually assigned to a particular death group or revival. The available before-and-after depictions differ from those for Tien and Chiaotzu. This does not mean that they did not die.

SourceChapter 517 — The Grand Finale, and Then... (Japanese: 大団円 そして…)Full Color Majin Buu Arc, Vol. 7
Not countedFuture world

Cumulative losses in the future are not added again to individual events

Chapter 335 explains that the androids had taken lives over many years. Because these cumulative losses overlap with the recorded deaths of warriors and townspeople, they are not added as a separate additional group. This does not mean that there were no unnamed victims. Likewise, the explanation that Piccolo's death made the Dragon Balls unusable is not by itself treated as direct confirmation that the future Kami died.

SourceChapter 335 — A Message of Terror (Japanese: 恐怖のメッセージ)Full Color Androids and Cell Arc, Vol. 1