The Adventures of Tongpoo is a one-shot manga by Akira Toriyama that was published in the 1983 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump and was later released in the compilation Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 2. 
Along with Dragon Boy, The Adventures of Tongpoo served as an inspiration for Dragon Ball. It is forty-five pages long, and it introduced an early concept of the Capsule as well as story elements for the second Dragon Ball chapter, "No Balls!"
 
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Dragon Ball follows the adventures of Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls for their own desires. Along the way becoming the strongest warrior in the universe. 
Part II of Dragon Ball is also known as "Dragon Ball Z" in North America. 
Note: Chapter count includes 519 regular chapters and 1 extra. (Volume 33's "Trunks: The Story").

Compilations containing many of Toriyama's one-shots. 

Volume 1 (1983) 
- Wonder Island (1978-1979) 
- Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe (1979) 
- Pola & Roid (1981) 
- Mad Matic (1982) 
- Chobit (1983) 

Volume 2 (1988) 
- Today's Highlight Island (1979) 
- Escape (1982) 
- Pink (1982) 
- Dragon Boy (1983) 
- The Adventure of Tongpoo (1983) 
- Mr. Ho (1986) 
- Young Master Ken'nosuke (1987) 
- The Elder (1988) 

Volume 3 (1997) 
- Little Mamejiro (1988) 
- Karamaru and the Perfect Day (1989) 
- Soldier of Savings Cashman (1990) 
- Dub & Peter 1 (1992-1993) 
- Go! Go! Ackman (1993)

A two-volume bunkoban reprint of Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater, retitled "An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama". 

This version, while omitting several one-shots from Manga Theater, includes the two-chapter Alien X-Peke (1996), published after the end of Dragon Ball, as well as the full-color seinen manga Lady Red (1987).
 
The second volume also includes "The Anime and Me" (1989), a full-color essay manga from the first Dragon Ball Z Anime Special magazine, as well as a new afterword by the mangaka.
 
Featured one-shots include:
 
Volume 1: 
- Lady Red 
- Go! Go! Ackman 
- Dub & Peter 1 
- The Elder 
- Young Master Kenosuke 
- Mr. Ho 
- Mad Matic 
- Pola & Roid 
- Wonder Island 
- Dragon Boy 
 
Volume 2: 
- Alien X Peke 
- Soldier of Savings Cashman 
- Karamaru and the Perfect Day 
- Little Mamejiro 
- The Adventure of Tongpoo 
- Chobit 
- Escape 
- Pink 
- Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe 
- Today's Highlight Island

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