Strongest Under The Heavens

is the fourth volume of the original Dragon Ball manga series written by Akira Toriyama. It was released on October 9, 1986 in Japan, and March, 2003 for the English version. It covers the middle part of the Tournament Saga.
==Blurb==
Strongest Under The Heavens
Goku has made it to the Tenka'ichi Budôkai, the world's #1 martial arts tournament… but even the training of the martial arts master Kame-Sen'nin hasn't prepared him for this! Only seven finalists remain. Will the champion be Goku? His fellow student Kuririn? Yamcha, master of the "Fist of the Wolf Fang"? Fighting woman Ran Fuan? Giran, a rubbery monster who's part dinosaur? Namu, an Indian mystic? Or Jackie Chun, the mysterious old man who may be the toughest fighter of all? There can be only one winner in the wildest, craziest battle ever!
===Story===
 "Dragon Balls." After many dangerous adventures with Bulma, Goku decided he really wanted to be stronger, so he went to the great martial artist Kame-Sen'nin to be trained. Now, after 8 months of tough training, Goku and his fellow student Kuririn have entered the "Strongest Under the Heavens" fighting tournament…but what a tournament! And what fighters!
==Volume introduction by Akira Toriyama==
"I've recently been slacking off on my exercise routine, getting lazy and using the car or motorbike to run short errands. As a result, I now have a sizable gut. I thought to myself, "This'll be bad if it goes on any longer!", so I made the decision that I'd at least "try" to get into shape by riding my bike. That was the theory, anyway. In practice, I always ended up looking at women walking along the way and riding slower than dirt. You couldn't really call it "exercise"…"
==Characters==
===Main===
Info below is retrieved from Viz Media.
*Oolong - Immature, shapeshifting Oolong was originally a villain that Goku and Bulma defeated.
*Son Goku - Young Goku has always been stronger than normal. His grandfather Gohan gave him the nyoibō, a magic staff and Kame-Sen'nin gave him the kinto'un, a magical cloud. He once he had a monkey's tail, but he lost it under strange circumstances in Vol. 2.
*Yamcha - Yamcha used to be a desert bandit, but he went to the city to be Bulma's boyfriend. He uses "Fist of the Wolf-Fang" kung-fu.
*Puar - Yamcha's shapeshifting friend.
*Bulma - A genius inventor, Bulma met Goku on her quest for the seven magical Dragon Balls.
*Kuririn - A sometimes trustworthy young fighter. Like Goku, he has become super-strong from Kame-Sen'nin's difficult training.
*Kame-Sen'nin (The "Turtle Hermit") - A tricky old man martial artist master (also known as the muten-rôshi, or "Invincible Old Master") who trained Goku's grandfather, Son Gohan, and has now trained Goku and Kuririn. Is there any martial arts move he doesn't know?
===Supporting===
*Ren Fuan
*Namu
*Giran
*Jackie Chun
*World Tournament Announcer
==Chapters==
==Battles==
*Yamcha vs. Master Roshi (Jackie Chun)
*Nam vs. Ranfan
*Giran vs. Orin Temple bullies
*Giran vs. Yamcha
*Goku vs. Giran
*Krillin vs. Master Roshi (Jackie Chun)
*Goku vs. Nam
*Goku vs. Master Roshi (Jackie Chun)
==Edits or changes in the US release==
*The events of Dragon Ball Z are foretold in the final panel of the chapter "Monster Smash".
==References==
==Site Navigation==
Category:Manga Volumes
Category:Tournament Saga