"Chapter 1" is the first chapter of Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock.
Summary[]
Bardock tries to attack Frieza while the tyrant is in space above his spaceship with Zarbon and Dodoria. They have a short conversation. Frieza says he is sick of working with Saiyans and launches a Supernova to blow up Planet Vegeta. Instead of dying, Bardock wakes up in a bed on a planet that looks a lot like Planet Vegeta. He is being treated by two aliens: Ipana, the village doctor, and his son Berry. Bardock remarks that the medicine used to heal him is similar to the fluid in Medical Machines, and Ipana says that the name of the planet is Planet Plant, so Bardock starts to wonder if he is in the past.
Two soldiers named Toobi and Cabira arrive in a spaceship and declare they are going to conquer Planet Plant. Bardock confronts and kills Cabira with a powerful roundhouse kick to the face. An enraged Toobi tries to punch Bardock, but the Saiyan dodges and kills Toobi using a Change the Future-like technique. The mayor and the villagers come to thank him, but Bardock flies away to hang out in a cave.
Berry arrives at the cave with a basket of food his father told him to take to Bardock. At first, Bardock tells Berry to leave, but he eventually eats the young alien's food. Berry comes back again with food multiple times, and Bardock seems to be growing tolerant of him. Meanwhile, a member of the Frieza Race, Chilled, says it has been ten days since they have heard from Tobi and Cabira, so he decides to investigate Planet Plant himself.
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Battles[]
- Bardock vs. Tobi and Cabira
OVA and Manga differences[]
- In the OVA, Bardock is struck directly by Frieza's blast. In the manga, the blast flies past him and hits the planet with Bardock being engulfed by the planet's explosion.
- The manner in which Bardock defeats Cabira and Tobi differs between the two versions as in the OVA, Bardock kills Cabira with a powerful punch to his stomach and Tobi was kicked in the face and into a mountain, killing him.
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