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Dragon Ball: where to start reading

Adapts Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.

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After Dragon Ball (the original series), in the books you are

at Volume 17 (up to manga chapter 194).

Dragon Ball Z begins at chapter 195, so the original series covers through 194.

The original series covers chapters 1 through 194. Continue from chapter 195, which is where Dragon Ball Z picks up.

Start reading at Chapter 195
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Dragon Ball (the original series) leaves off around chapter 195. Pick the manga up right there:

Volume 17

Akira Toriyama
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The show stays close to the book here, with nothing major changed, cut, or invented.

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One manga, several anime. Dragon Ball covers chapters 1-194; Dragon Ball Z covers 195-519, which is the manga's ending. Dragon Ball Z Kai is a RECUT of Z that trims the anime-only padding, so it lands in the same place as Z and is not listed separately. Dragon Ball Super is a different, later manga that runs on its own track and is not covered here.

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