Anoyoichi Budoukai, blah blah... That's not in the manga!

421: In the real story, though, seven years have passed since the Cell Games. And Mr. Satan has become famous for his triumph over Cell. The city he lives in even had its name changed to Satan City. And then some dudes decide to rob the Satan City Bank. Meanwhile, a certain boy wonder is riding on Kintoun (Flying Nimbus) towards Satan City. Gohan is now 16 (just like Rachel!), and he was being home-schooled up until then. But Chi-Chi felt that that wasn't good enough, so now he's off to start high school at Orange Star High School in Satan City. Gohan was running a little late that particular morning, and then he spots those naughty bankrobbers. So, he transforms into a Super Saiya-jin and hands them their asses. Just after he turns normal again, though, this girl bumps into him, demanding to know what happened, since she'd planned on stopping the robbers herself. Apparently her name is Videl. Hmm... Some old dude tells Videl that it was the golden haired dude again. So, Gohan's been at it before, eh? The old dude also says that it was someone from her school, since he had the same badge as her, which gets her thinking. And then at Orange Star High School, Videl asks this dude Sharpner if he's the golden haired dude, which he isn't. This girl Erasa wonders if the golden haired dude is stronger than Videl's dad. Then the teacher introduces Gohan, the new student. As he's getting acquainted with the other kids, Videl recognizes him as the dude from the crime scene. And he finds out that Videl's dad is none other than, the man who saved the world from Cell...Mr. Satan!

422: They start talking about the golden haired dude again, which makes Gohan a little nervous, and Videl notes that Gohan's outfit matches the description of the golden haired dude's according to the old dude. Then the teacher yells at them. That Sharpner dude says that Gohan and the golden haired dude have nothing in common. But then Videl remembers seeing someone transform during the Cell Games, although her dad said it was just a trick... Gohan tells them where he's from, which strikes them as odd, being over 1000 km from there. And Gohan explains that's the reason he had trouble getting there (heh). Then they play baseball, and Gohan flies up to catch a ball, then throws it back really hard. He says it was all just luck. And then up at bat, Sharpner, the pitcher, throws it pretty hard, and Gohan just gets hit in the face. And then after school, Sharpner asks him if he's in any clubs. But he isn't, since he lives so far away. And then Erasa asks him if they could go home together, but they can't, since Gohan's "car" only seats one person. Then Videl starts following Gohan as he's walking down the street, so he flies up to a rooftop when he turns a corner. And then he decides he needs a disguise, so he's off to talk to Buruma.

423: At the Capsule Corp, Buruma says she could make a disguise that could work like a capsule button, but it'll take a couple hours. In the meantime, Gohan goes to talk to Trunks, who's training with his daddy. Vegeta wants to make him stronger than Gohan or something. Trunks is pretty excited to see Gohan, but Vegeta, well, he just says to never stop training. And then it's finished. Gohan's disguise kicks ass! Trunks and Gohan agree with me. Gohan thanks Buruma, and then heads for home. He decides it would be faster for him to fly in disguise rather than on Kintoun. But what's this? Another crime in Satan City? Gohan swoops down and lectures the dudes about obeying the speed limit, and then one of the dudes asks him what he does. Gohan thinks about it, and then proclaims that he is a defender of love and justice: THE GREAT SAIYAMAN!! Actually, that's Sailor Moon who says love and justice, but close enough. The dudes just laugh at him, and he gets pissed about them making fun of his cool name. Upon seeing SAIYAMAN shatter the concrete, they decided to agree with me and Gohan about it being a cool name, and became upstanding, law-abiding citizens, or something. And that's how Satan City got its spiffy new super hero, THE GREAT SAIYAMAN!!

424: The next day, Gohan heads off for school, and Chi-Chi and some cute little kid wave goodbye. The cute little kid thinks THE GREAT SAIYAMAN looks cool, too. Chi-Chi comments that Gohan's been doing a lotta posing in that outfit. Who can blame him? And apparently this cute little kid, who looks a lot like a certain SOMEONE, is Gohan's little brother, Goten, who was born about nine months after the Cell Games. Heh, I guess Gokuu's "three days of rest, three days of training, and then another three days of rest" were well spent. Gohan arrives at school, on time today, and some kid tells him about the new protector of Satan City, and gets the name wrong. Gohan promptly explains that the name is THE GREAT SAIYAMAN. And then in class, Videl gets some message about there being a crime in progress, and it's explained to Gohan (and us) that she's a defender of love and justice, much like the golden haired dude and THE GREAT SAIYAMAN. And she may even be stronger than her dad. In order to follow her, Gohan suddenly yells out a bathroom request. THE GREAT SAIYAMAN then flies off, but has to wait until he feels Videl's ki. Meanwhile, at the scene of the crime, the bad guys fire off what looks like some pretty heavy artillery at the cops. Good riddance... Then Videl shows up and demands they surrender, and the big dude laughs at her. The fight begins, and THE GREAT SAIYAMAN heads to the scene having felt her ki rise. Videl begins to kick the big dude's ass, and Gohan shows up, unnoticed and seemingly impressed by her work. Then the little dude pulls out a gun, and THE GREAT SAIYAMAN knocks it away and crushes it, shocking everyone with the coolness of his presence.

425: Gohan starts doing a little speech and some cool poses that he practiced for two hours. "Tsuki ni kawatte, oshioki yo!" ;-) Videl thinks he's insane (she has no taste). He tells Videl to cuff him, and she makes note of the fact that he knows her name. Then the little dude attempts to resist THE GREAT SAIYAMAN by driving away, but of course, Gohan just flies after him and throws him into the same pile as the big dude. Videl then wants to know how GOHAN got outta class, and he says he just asked to go to the bathroom. She's figured it out, and she tells him he's Gohan, as if he doesn't know that. But THE GREAT SAIYAMAN is shocked that someone figured out his secret identity! Apparently, she recognized his voice, and because he knew her name. The two of them fly off in Videl's little plane thing, and she asks him about his strange (cool) outfit. He wore it to hide his identity, since his friends are all normal. Yeah, like Piccolo. But he denies being the golden haired dude, to protect his friends that aren't normal or whatever. Like Piccolo. Videl then demands that Gohan join her in the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai (Number One Martial Arts Gathering Under the Sky) that will take place in a month. She explains that her dad was the last champion, but before him was some mysterious dude named Gokuu. And Videl says that Gokuu is definitely Gohan's dad. I don't know, something about Gohan not using his family name. She thinks it'll be fun if the offspring of the previous winners compete. Gohan declines, but she threatens to give away his secret if he doesn't. Pushy broad, eh? So, he accepts, and they had back to school. She also orders Gohan to teach her to fly. Back in class, people comment about Gohan's long venture to the crapper.

426: Later on, at Capsule Corp, Gohan tells Buruma and Trunks about how he's going to compete in the Budoukai, explaining about how he was "convinced" by Mr. Satan's daughter. Buruma remembers Mr. Satan as the annoying (heroic) dude from the Cell Games. He says Videl's nice, a fellow defender of love and justice, but she found out his secret identity because of the voice. Buruma asks if he wants her to make him a magical voice altering helmet, but Gohan explains how you can't wear protective gear at the Budoukai. So, instead of a helmet, THE GREAT SAIYAMAN now wears a bandanna and sunglasses. He's somehow managed to look even cooler than before! Buruma says it would be pointless for him to compete since he'd easily clean house, when Vegeta shows up. He says that if Gohan's going to the Budoukai thing, then so is he. He says Gohan hasn't been training like he has, and the gap in power between them has probably thinned. Trunks thinks it's cool that his dad and Gohan are gonna fight. Suddenly, out of nowhere, someone says that he's also going. "Dad?" "Kakarott?" Yes, it's Gokuu! He says he's been doing pretty good for a dead guy, heh. He explains that he asked Baba to let him come back for one day, the day of the Budoukai. He's excited about Vegeta and Gohan competing. Gohan's excited, but Trunks is confused, since he doesn't remember Gokuu. Vegeta is, well, as close to excited as he gets. Buruma tells Gohan to tell the others about it, and then Gohan tells Vegeta he should wear an outfit like his to hide his identity. Naturally, he declines, but not because the outfit isn't cool, because Vegeta has great taste, except when it comes to women... THE GREAT SAIYAMAN flies off to Kame House first and surprises Kuririn with the news. But what's this? It looks like Kuririn has some...hair! In addition to hair, he's also holding the hand of a little blond girl with pig tails, who is also lacking in the nasal area. Gohan explains that Kuririn stopped shaving his head after the Cell Games. How very interesting... Kuririn's not sure whether to go or not, what with Vegeta and Gokuu participating. But there'll be prizes given to the top five, and Juuhachigou (who's also there...) asks how much. Gohan tells her, and then she tells Kuririn to go for it, since she's gonna compete. Kuririn asks him not to tell Piccolo, to increase his chances of placing, but he can't do that, of course. Stupid Kuririn makes fun of THE GREAT SAIYAMAN's outfit, but Gohan just laughs about his lack of fashion sense. Next, high atop Karin Tower, Piccolo decides he'll join in on the fun too. (Ha ha, I managed to work "Piccolo" and "fun" into the same sentence!) Dende says no, since he's not a fighter Namek-sei-jin. I don't think Gohan asked Mr. Popo. Piccolo also mocks THE GREAT SAIYAMAN's cool outfit. Gohan flies off again, mentioning that Buruma will tell Yamcha, and that Tenshinhan and Chaozu are nowhere to be found, unfortunately. He also wonders if Chi-Chi will even let him compete. And he decides to skip school to do some training. At the Son family house, Chi-Chi's really happy to hear about Gokuu, and tells Goten about how he's gonna get to finally meet his daddy. And at the prospect of winning ten million zenii, Chi-Chi is more than happy to let Gohan enter the Budoukai. She doesn't even care that he's gonna have to skip school to train! Seems like she's finally mellowed out... Gohan then asks Goten to train with him. The next day, Gohan first turns Super Saiya-jin, and the training begins.

427: They start off by having Goten throw rocks at him and he'll attempt to dodge them. DO NOT THROW ROCKS AT PEOPLE. I HAVE BEEN HIT BY THEM WHEN WE USED TO HAVE ROCK FIGHTS WHEN I WAS A KID. IT IS PAINFUL. DO NOT THROW ROCKS. Gohan isn't concerned, though, cause how could cute little Goten possibly hurt the dude who surpassed Super Saiya-jin and defeated Cell? Well, Goten has a hell of an arm, cause he misses Gohan, but blows up the random mountain thing behind him. As Goten prepares to throw some more, Gohan gets concerned, and stands a lot farther back than before. GOHAN NOW REALIZES THAT ROCKS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. The rock throwing continues, and then Goten stops and asks if he can do the "Super Saiya-jin thing" too. Gohan laughs and tells him about how that's a little too advanced for him, and that it requires lots of training. But suddenly, SSJ GOTEN! The look on Gohan's face is absolutely priceless. Gohan asks him how he did it, but he just says, "I don't know." How cute! The two of them do some sparring, and then Goten gets mad about Gohan cheating (flying). A Super Saiya-jin who can't fly, isn't that precious? And just then, Videl shows up, and now Gohan has two disciples to train in the art of Bukuujutsu (Flying). Gohan asks Goten not to show off his Super Saiya-jin strength in front of Videl. He also says that he's impressed with him, and he could also enter the Budoukai if he trains hard enough. Goten says that Trunks is stronger than he is, and Gohan worries that the little dudes might get stronger than him if he's not serious. Chi-Chi starts grillin' Videl about dating her son or whatever (guess she hasn't mellowed out after all), and then Gohan and Goten arrive at the house. Chi-Chi asks if she's also competing, and Gohan explains that he said he'd teach Videl to fly, and that she was the one who told him about the Budoukai. Then Chi-Chi tells Videl not to seduce her son (!!) and Gohan just mumbles about wanting to train quietly.

428: Gohan then explains about how he's going to teach them Bukuujutsu, how it's just ki control. Videl asks what ki is, and so we get a little explanation about how it's like "power" or "energy." Goten demonstrates by blasting a nearby random mountain thing. Videl says that her family calls ki not "energy" or "power," but a "trick." Then Gohan gets more technical about how it's not a trick at all, and then she thinks it has to be some kinda magic. Then there's more little technical stuff, and Goten goes to play (aww...) while Gohan tries to teach Videl to control her ki. Then they all have some lunch, and Videl tells Chi-Chi she cooks better than her chef. Then Chi-Chi wants to know about her rich family, and asks how many rooms they have. FIFTY. Pretty sweet... Then Chi-Chi asks when Videl and Gohan are getting married, which causes Gohan to spit out some of that lovely food. Gohan then teaches Videl some more about ki. And then we also see Gokuu doing some training in the afterlife with the weights on his arms and legs. Then South Kaiou-sama shows up and starts asking our Kaiou-sama about how good Gokuu is. He says Gokuu's using ONLY two tons to train with. Is that metric tons, I wonder? South Kaiou-sama talks about how good his guy Papoi is, and then our Kaiou-sama asks Gokuu if he'd like to increase it to ten tons. Gokuu says it would be impossible, until the suggestion of Super Saiya-jin. South Kaiou-sama decides to make it forty tons, thinking it would be some kind of challenge. After transformation, though, no sweat. Score one for King Kai, heh heh. Back on Earth, Videl almost kinda sorta floats a little. Gohan starts congratulating her on how she did it in one day, and then Goten starts flying all over the place. Gohan tries to explain how Goten's more used to controlling his ki, but Videl says she's coming back tomorrow. As she's leaving, Gohan tells her it might be better to cut her hair. Videl bashfully asks if he likes girls with short hair, but like an idiot, Gohan doesn't catch the flirting and just says that long hair would get in the way during the Budoukai. So she leaves pissed, and neither Gohan nor Goten know why. The next day, Videl shows up, with short hair, looking pretty serious. And Gohan is more confused than ever. Women, huh?