A short and sweet manga from Akira Toriyama that tells it's own self contained story in the vein of his more light hearted stuff, that is until the end when it's actually revealed that this is a prequel to the famous Dragon Ball! This is my least favorite period of Toriyama's art, but even then it's still tremendously appealing. Dragon Ball fans need to come at this with an open mind and realize that the pandering to them is secondary to the story that Jaco is trying to tell. There are no mind blowing revelations for Dragon Ball here, honestly the bonus chapter was theworst of the manga, I much preferred the good natured fun of the original characters and story.

Read this if you want some early style Toriyama hijinks, and enjoy the Dragon Ball info as a bonus, not the other way around.