Episode of Bardock (OVA) - Dragon Ball

Based on the popular video game Dragon Ball Heroes, Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock is a three-chapter manga written by Naho Ooishi. The manga was also animated and streamed online, later appearing as a bonus DVD for the March 2012 issue of Saikyo Jump.

Episode of Bardock is a "what if" sequel to Bardock: The Father of Goku , a television special that aired in the early 1990s that features Goku's origin story and how his planet and father, Bardock, were killed by Frieza. In Episode of Bardock, the story continues with Bardock surviving and entering a time-traveling journey instead of dying from Frieza's attack.

History

The story picks up where Bardock: Father of Goku left off, with Bardock, the rest of the Saiyans, and Planet Vegeta all destroyed by Frieza. Bardock launches an attack on Frieza, who is sitting outside in his floating pod above his spaceship with Dodoria and Zarbon. In the middle of a conversation about how the three dislike Saiyans and that working with them is undesirable, Frieza fires a giant death ball at the Saiyan army and the planet. Bardock retaliates with an energy ball, but it is useless. The death ball hits, and everyone appears to perish.

Suddenly, Bardock wakes up. He is surprised to see that his surroundings seem familiar, but he is being treated by two unknown aliens. One is Ipana and the other is his son Berry. He learns that the name of the planet he is on is Planet Plant, the former name of Planet Vegeta. Bardock begins to wonder where he is, or rather, when he is.

Two soldiers arrive in a spaceship and begin invading Planet Plant. Bardock confronts them and kills one of them with a kick to the face. The other tries to attack Bardock, but is blown away by an energy blast. The planet's inhabitants come to thank him, but Bardock leaves and finds refuge in a nearby cave. Berry goes to Bardock's cave to provide him with food to save their planet. Bardock initially refuses the offerings, but after a while, begins to accept them and even begins to warm up to young Berry. Elsewhere in space, Chilled, the leader of a band of space pirates, notices the absence of his warriors, whom he sent to Planet Plant, and sets out to find them. Chilled arrives on Planet Plant and, posing as a galactic patrol, goes to confront the inhabitants.

They lie to the planet's inhabitants, telling them they are chasing two criminals who are stealing the planets' resources. They are then told that the two criminals have already been taken care of, and they, in turn, request that they be taken to the person responsible for a reward. Berry notices that Chilled has blood on his arm (after killing one of his henchmen earlier) and heads to Bardock's cave to inform the lone Saiyan. Meanwhile, Chilled and his men begin threatening the inhabitants of Planet Plant. Berry begs Bardock to come help him, and, remembering the disappearance of his own friends before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, he agrees.

Bardock saves Ipana and the others from the space pirates. He then sees Chilled and mistakes him for Frieza, furiously charging at him with a powerful punch. Chilled is not defeated so easily and counterattacks with kicks. Bardock is then overpowered by Chilled with no chance of victory.

Bardock is losing to the powerful Chilled when they unleash a devastating energy attack, but Berry jumps in his way. Berry is gravely injured, and unable to forgive what Frieza did to his planet and race, and what Chilled did to his new ally Berry, Bardock is overcome with rage. He smashes his head and slams his fist into the ground in frustration. Remembering the painful deaths of all his friends and imagining Chilled as Frieza while hearing Chilled's laughter, Bardock is pushed to the brink. Electricity surges around him, and his aura turns yellow as he achieves his goal: Super Saiyan . Bardock begins to overpower Chilled easily, throwing him by the tail and horns while Chilled is unable to resist. Completely lost as to how anyone could be more powerful than him, Chilled resorts to a powerful Death Ball. Bardock, however, fires his own energy attack and knocks the space pirate's Death Ball back without much difficulty. Putting all his energy into it, Bardock gives one last big push that cancels out Chilled's Death Ball and sends Chilled flying into space as the beam slowly dissipates above the planet. The inhabitants of Planet Plant salute Bardock for saving them from the evil Chilled as Bardock smiles and gives them a thumbs-up.

Frozen, unconscious, and drifting in space, he barely manages to stay alive and is found by his henchmen, who immediately place him on life support. When he regains consciousness, he recounts the story of what happened to him and his men on Planet Plant. He tells the story of the Golden Saiyan Warrior, thus starting the legend of the Super Saiyan, laying the foundation for Frieza's fear of the Saiyans, and ultimately causing the demise of Planet Vegeta and the Saiyan race, leading Goku to be sent to Earth.

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