Dragon Ball is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. It is to be used for questions which pertain to the Dragon Ball series/franchise as a whole.
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Will I miss anything by watching Dragon Ball Z Kai instead of the other series?
I've read that Dragon Ball Z Kai is an HD remaster and recut of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. However, Kai has 98 episodes while Dragon Ball has 153 and Z has almost 300.
If I watch only Dragon Ball Z Kai, do I miss anything I would get by watching…
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Why is SSJ3 shown as tiring to maintain, but SSJ4 is not?
In several episodes of DB:Z and DB:GT, using SSJ3 form is shown to be very tiring for the user and burns up energy very quickly, compared to SSJ1/2/enhanced/mystic/etc.
However, when DB:GT rolls around, SSJ4 form, while as tiring as all other…
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Who controls the mind after fusion in DBZ?
In Dragon Ball Z, after fusion, who controls the mind and the body? Is it both or a single person?
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When does Son Goku learn to fly?
In chapter 202 of the DragonBall manga, Goku floats into the air to see where his child is:
Then when he is travelling along the green scale road, he flies a portion of the way there. He also flies to assist combatting the Saiyans after his…
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How many times was the moon destroyed?
In the original Dragon Ball series, Master Roshi (Kame-sennin) realizes that Goku turned into a rampaging ape due to the effects of the full moon, and comes up with a characteristically Dragon Ball solution—just blow the stupid thing up! After all,…
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Why didn't the Saiyajins raise up their power energy?
A Saiyajin can multiply his power if he takes great damage or is near death and is able to heal himself afterwards.
With that ability alone, they could rinse and repeat countless times before the first encounter with the Androids (you can't be too…
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How can Shenron revive people?
Shenron can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator. Then how can Shenron (Earth) revive people, when Kami couldn't do it himself?
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What is the formal term for energy in Dragon Ball Z?
In Bleach, the term is "reiatsu". In Naruto, it is "chakra". However, all I ever really heard in DBZ is "power level". Is there a more formal descriptive term for the source of their powers or the energy they give off?
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What is the meaning of the word Kamehameha?
In Wikipedia, Kamehameha is defined as a species of butterfly.
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The Kamehameha butterfly is one of the two species of butterfly native to Hawaii. The Hawaiian name is pulelehua. ...
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Is Goku in Dragon Ball based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West?
When I was looking for info on Saiyuki and learned it was based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, I was reminded of some things:
The Japanese name of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is Son Goku.
Sun Wukong (孫悟空) is known/pronounced as Suen…
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Which character has the most deaths to his/her name?
In the Dragon Ball series, we see tons of people dying and being revived by the dragon balls.
This triggered my curiosity to know which character has the most deaths to his/her name in the whole Dragon Ball series. Who is it, and how many times did…
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What are the many references Dragon Ball Series makes to other franchises/people?
I was watching Dragon Ball and couldn’t help noticing the reference to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan in the World Tournament Saga.
So my question is, are their more such references in the series or this is as…
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When does one become a Super Saiyan?
As per this Wiki page :
The Super Saiyan transformation comes in response to a need, not a desire.
So does it mean that even if a Saiyan might reach the energy level that a super Saiyan might have, he'll still not get converted to a super Saiyan…
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Why does Piccolo bleed two colours?
In the above pictures, his blood is of two colours.
Before Dragon Ball Z, his blood was red but later on in the series it became purple.
What is the reason behind this?
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Why is Gohan shown to be so weak in Dragon Ball Super?
Gohan was the strongest in his mystic form back at the end of DBZ. How could Gohan have become so weak that he lost the ability to turn Super Saiyan 2 in such a short period of time? While on the other hand, Frieza was able to surpass Goku's Super…
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