[b]Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child[/b] is a short manga story by author [[Toriyama Akira|Akira Toriyama]] published in 2014. Featured in the [[Ginga Patrol Jaco]] comic as a bonus, it occurs prior to the [[Dragon Ball]] manga/anime series events, telling how [[Son Goku]] arrived on Earth. Remarkable for being the first work to introduce the identity of Goku's mother, [[Gine]]. 

It was (mostly) adapted into animated format in the 2019 movie [[Dragon Ball Super Broly]].

h4.Characters

* [[Bardock]]
* [[Gine]]
* [[Son Goku]]
* [[Raditz]]
* [[Vegeta]]
* [[Frieza]]
* [[Leek (dragon ball)|]] (Bardock's companion)
* [[Kikono]] (A scientist in the Frieza Army)

h4.See also

* "Dragon Ball wiki article":https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Minus:_The_Departure_of_the_Fated_Child
* "English title page":https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/3/31/Title_page.png/revision/latest?cb=20140408164450
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