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One Dragon Ball fan's dream of being reincarnated in the Dragon Ball world turns into a nightmare when he's actually reborn as everyone's favorite punching bag. A Dragon Ball fan’s greatest dream is getting to live in the Dragon Ball universe and fight alongside Goku and his friends! But one particular fan is in for a rude awakening when he suddenly dies and gets reincarnated as everyone’s favorite punching bag, Yamcha! A Japanese high school student is on his way to a Dragon Ball event and makes a detour to hit on a cute girl. Unfortunately, he meets with an unfortunate and fatal accident before he reaches her and, to his great surprise, wakes up in the Dragon Ball universe as Yamcha! Being a Dragon Ball fan, he knows exactly what misery awaits him as Yamcha, so he takes matters into his own hands and vows to make Yamcha the strongest Dragon Ball character ever!

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Goku’s adventure from the best-selling classic manga Dragon Ball continues in this new series written by Akira Toriyama himself! Ever since Goku became Earth’s greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama’s best-selling series, Dragon Ball! The Universe 6 and 7 Invitational Fighting Tournament continues. Goku faces off against a guy who looks exactly like Freeza. Heck, the guy even has the same transformations and powers as Freeza! Will Goku and the warriors from Universe 7 be able to pull through and win the tournament and its prize—the Super Dragon Balls?! A continuation of Akira Toriyama’s groundbreaking, iconic, best-selling series Dragon Ball, written by Toriyama himself! * Releases twice a year for 2+ volumes. Series is ongoing. * Serialized for free digitally at shonenjump.viz.com. * Dragon Ball volumes 1–16 have sold through over 750,000 across multiple formats in the US to date (Bookscan 1/17).* Dragon Ball Z volumes 1–26 have sold through over 1.3 million across multiple formats in the US to date (Bookscan 1/17). * Akira Toriyama's previous series have sold through over 2.3 million copies to date (Bookscan 1/17). * Anime airing in Japan since July 2015. Season 2 started in April 2017.

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