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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What’s the deal with Super Saiyan God in the English anime?
I’m currently watching the American Dragonball Super dub on Toonami and I noticed Goku and Vegeta power up to Super Saiyan Blue but don’t use Super Saiyan God. In the Japanese anime and manga, the Super Saiyan God is a useable transformation…
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Was Goku bad before coming to the Earth?
My friends and I have a discussion if Goku was bad or not before coming to the Earth, how can illuminate us?
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Do the other universes know that it was Universe 7 that wished them back using Super Dragon Balls?
It was Universe 7 that wished other Universes back using Super Dragon Balls.
Maybe Universe 6 & 11 knows it, but what about the other universes?
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Can Vegeta go to Beyond SSJ Blue/ Ultra Blue at will
Or is vegeta's new transformation, a temporary form just like Ultra Instinct, which seemed to be not possible to attain at will?
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Can't 17 give energy to Goku to restore Goku's power?
In the tournament of power we've seen Freezer giving energy to Goku to restore Goku's power, after he run out of energy when he used for the first time incomplete Ultra Instinct
Then in Dragon Ball Z we've seen how 17 gave energy to Goku for him…
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Are the new Dragon Ball movies canon?
The new Dragon Ball movies (Battle of gods, Resurrection of Freezer, and the new Dragon Ball Super movie coming in December 2018) have directly involvement of Akira Toriyama, unlike the original movies which were made by Toei and had no involvement…
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Did Trunks SSJ2 become much stronger after the sparring with SSJ3 Goku?
Before Trunks became super Saiyan rage (super Saiyan Hikari), he had a battle where he was able to hold, hit, and take apart Goku Black's super Saiyan rosé from super Saiyan blue Goku. How was this possible? We know by that moment Goku Black's super…
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How does Goku's super saiyan blue kaioken compare with Vegeta's super saiyan blue evolution transformation?
I know there might not be a conclusive evidence about which technique/form-transformation is stronger, but how do they compare over all? Are there any features of one which are known to be superior to the other (speed, endurance, stree that puts in…
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How is each saiyan transformation/form achieved?
So now , depending how you count them and which sources you count, there are among 10-20 transformations/forms can attain. (counting Oozaru, non exclusive saiyan forms, etc.) Which saiyans transformations are the result of rage , which are the…
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How Did Krillin Get Stronger After Potential Unlock in DBZ?
In Dragon Ball Z ep.54, (this is during the Namek Saga), the Elder Guru unlocks
Krillin's sleeping potential, and so Krillin reaches his full potential, at a power level of 14,000. By the time Krillin fights Goku who was being possessed by Captain…
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Can a single dragon ball be destroyed? What would happen to the rest of them?
I guess they'd be unsuable but would a new set need to be made then? Would the past set simply vanish or turn to stone?
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Inconsistency with regard to an event in the Resurrection of Freiza Arc and the Future Trunks arc
During the ROF arc, we see Gohan powering up to his maximum (to an extent capable of almost of destroying himself), to allow Goku to detect his energy and use the instant transmission and get back from Beerus's world.
In episode 47 right before the…
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Was the original super saiyan a golden great ape in canon Dragon Ball?
"When the Dragon Ball Z anime was released, a filler scene in the episode "Goku's New Power" was added showing the Super Saiyan as what looks like a Great Ape with yellowish colored fur instead of the standard brown"
Later in the non canon Dragon…
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Is Yamoshi a pun on something?
All saiyan names are pun on vegetables. Kakaroto (carrot), Vegita (vegetable), Tarble (vegetable), Bardock (Burdock), Totepo (potato), Broly (broccoli), Cabba (cabbage), etc.
Now Akira Toriyama gave recently in an interview the name of the first…
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Did Vegeta SSJ2 against Beerus surpassed Gohan's mystic form?
In Dragon Ball Super in the battle of gods saga when Vegeta fights Beerus, Beerus says fighting him was more fun than fighting Goku super saiyan 3. In the movie Battle of gods, master Roshi says Vegeta's power has finally surpassed Goku, and in the…
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