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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Is the intersection of people killed by Cell and Majin Buu still dead?
According to the rules of the earth Dragon Balls, a person can only be brought back to life once. Do the people that Majin Buu and Cell (or any other two villains) both killed remain dead despite the wishes used to bring them back? Or do these rules…
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How does Mai from the Pilaf gang become younger?
This was Mai in Dragon Ball:
And this is Mai in Dragon Ball Super:
How does she become younger?
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Are half-blooded Saiyans stronger than pure-blooded Saiyans?
I'm wondering if half-blooded Saiyans are stronger than pure-blooded Super Saiyans? Like how half-blooded vampires are stronger than pure-blooded vampires.
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Is Bardock dead?
I just saw two clips of a movie (I am not sure, because it was short) of Bardock.
One shows the destruction of the Saiyan home world, where he gets the power to see the future and psychic powers while fighting on a different planet.
The second one…
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Which DBZ episode is the "Thanks, but I am already dead" meme from?
There is a common meme on the internet where Vegeta says "Thanks, but I am already dead". (YouTube clip)
What episode/movie is this from?
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Who is stronger Jiren or Broly?
Some people say Jiren is stronger than Broly, while some people say Broly is stronger than Jiren. Usually, in Dragon Ball, the next enemy is stronger. However, this pattern was changed in Dragon Ball Super as Beerus is stronger than most of the…
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Are there several others saiyans alive?
In the anime Vegeta insisted the only saiyans alive were him, Nappa, Raditz, Goku and Goku's son Gohan. Later we found out that Vegeta's brother Tarble was alive (in the case this is canon, by the way, Vegeta never mentioned him before) and recently…
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Ki suppression control
So i was wondering does ki suppression drain energy from the user, since they always need to think about this and maintain focus to some extent.
To start things of we know that not everyone can hide their Ki since it is a skill that has to be…
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How long before the events of Dragon Ball were the balls last used?
Several lines of dialogue in the first few episodes of Dragon Ball indicate that the balls have not been activated in several years, such as Roshi being unaware of their power, one of the balls being in a family for "generations". So approximately…
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All Supreme Kais died except Eastern Supreme Kai. Why new ones were not chosen?
Only Eastern Supreme Kai is left, why he does all the job? There's supposed to be 4 Supreme Kais and 1 Grand Kai
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Is super saiyan god a "super saiyan" transformation, or does just it have a missleading name?
After watching the trailer of the new Dragon Ball movie, where a villain with an armor similar to saiyans appear and it has yellow eyes,
I started to wonder if a super saiyan transformation can have eyes of a different color than blue, so I…
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Is Goku using God ki when he uses Ultra Instinct?
We know Goku in Super Saiyan God and in Super Saiyan Blue uses God ki. And apparently, he can also use God ki in base form. So, my question is, is Goku using God ki when he uses Ultra Instinct? Does the anime show something about this?
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Does Jesus Christ exist in the Dragon Ball universe?
In episode 70 of the original Dragon Ball series, Krillin fights one of Fortuneteller Baba's minions, who is a vampire. After he's defeated, Oopa and Puar jump in, and they manage to defeat him.
To do this, Oopa stands like a cross, stating that…
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if Beerus, Whis, and other gods of destructions and angels can use Ultra Instinct, why they dont get Goku's aura?
Supposedly gods of destructions and angels can use ultra instinct, but they dont get the aura and eye colors Goku gets. Why is that? Is Goku using something else in this transformation, such a super saiyan transformation on top of it, god ki or…
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Are the new fighters' names a pun on something?
In Dragon Ball series, most names are puns on something. Saiyans are named after vegetables, Gods of destruction are named after alcohol beverages, Bulma and Bura are names of girl clothes, etc.
Now it's been revealed in a Jump magazine (Japanese…
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