Dragonball Super manga Volume 1 (Chapter 6)

By Mark Rodriguez

Goku and Vegeta were training with Whis on Beerus' world until Champa and Vados show up. Beerus and Champa compare the foods from their universes. Upon finding out that the Earth from Champa's universe is gone, he decides to hold a 5 on 5 tournament with the best fighters of each universe. If Champa wins, the Earth will go to his universe.  

Chapter 6- Tournament Preparation

Some time ago, Beerus and Champa were fighting it out in space, destroying planets as they did. Champa is angry that Beerus ate the last Puff Puff Berry off his birthday cake, and Beerus said it was his birthday cake too. They decide they don't care about the universe anymore and both are about to destroy it, when Whis and Vados knock them both out. They tell them that from now on they should settle their disputes with food.

Whis tells Vegeta that's why they have food showdowns now. Beerus asks about the tournament and how they'd even be able to switch universes. Champa tells him about the wish granting orbs, and Goku recognizes them as Dragonballs. Champa says if he is referring to the Namekian Dragonballs, their wishes are limited. The Namekians took fragments of the real Dragonballs to create theirs. The real Dragonballs are the size of a planet and can grant ANY wish. Beerus notes that Champa only has 6 of them, so they would be useless. Goku says Bulma will be able to find the last one, so they accept this challenge. Goku is very excited about the whole thing. 

The Tournament will have rules similar to the Martial Arts Tournaments of the Dragonball series. You lose by giving up or being thrown out of the ring. No killing, weapons or drugs are allowed. Vegeta also suggested they pass a basic written exam to exclude any mindless monsters. Goku decides to enlist Mr. Buu and Piccolo. Vegeta asks about Gohan, but he is too deep into studying nowadays to compete. Beerus says he has another member in mind as well. He says Goku was the second strongest person he ever fought, so he will bring in the strongest.

Bulma prepares a new Super Dragon Radar but since they're at one edge of the universe, they will have to travel to the middle of the universe for a better signal. Bulma calls her sister who sends Jaco the Intergalactic Patrol Man over to them with his new spaceship. Once the situation is explained, Jaco offers to takes Bulma to see Lord Zuno who knows everything about the universe. Vegeta tells Jaco not to try anything funny on Bulma. As they leave, Goku comments on how they have strong wives and that's the part he loves about Chichi. Vegeta says it makes sense since all Saiyan wives were strong. Piccolo finally understands why Goku and Vegeta ended up with Chichi and Bulma.

Champa and Vados start creating the arena where the tournament will take place. Vados asks if he has decided who his 5 fighters will be. Champa noticed that Goku and Vegeta were Saiyans, so they will need to get some Saiyans too.

The bonus page shows Goku remembering that Beerus told him that he was the second strongest man he's ever met.

My thoughts- 

This is a pretty informative chapter that sets up a lot of information that will be important for this arc and others to come. This is the first time we heard mention of the Super Dragonballs, literal planet sized Dragonballs scattered over more than one universe. It's explained the Namekians created their Dragonballs from these much larger orbs, and after doing some research I found out the Super Dragonballs themselves were created by its own eternal dragon, Zalama. I guess it kinda fits that with the Super Dragonballs being the new thing, the anime series would be called Dragonball Super. I guess we're lucky the Black Star Dragonballs from GT weren't called the GT Dragonballs for some reason or another.

Another thing to note is that this chapter introduces Jaco The Galactic Patrolman, who we also saw in the Resurrection F movie and anime series adaptation. He's the one that comes to Earth to warn everyone that Freeza was on his way, and Bulma already knows him. On top of that, in this chapter Bulma contacts him through her sister. Bulma has a sister???

Apparently there was a manga series Toriyama worked on during his Dragonball hiatus called Jaco the Galactic Patrolman. The manga starts out with Jaco running into Tights, who we eventually find out is the daughter of Dr. Briefs and the older sister of Bulma. Also it seems in that series Jaco was also trying to prevent an alien from invading Earth, but he missed him when he landed. It turns out that the alien just so happened to be Kakarrot who would be found by Son Gohan and would be raised as Son Goku. 

It's a bit of an odd retcon, but yeah, Tights in Bulma's sister and she will make the occasional appearances here and there throughout the manga and the anime.