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The
mystical Dragonball
The story starts
out with Goku hunting for food, when all of the sudden Bulma comes out of nowhere in
her vehicle and accidentally bumps into Goku. After abnormal formalities,
Bulma finds what she was looking for in Goku's grandpa house: the four star
Dragonball or "sushinchu" . She then goes on to tell the tale of
the Dragonballs. "Whoever gathers all seven Dragonballs and says the
correct chant will have their wish granted by the mystical Dragon god
Shenron. But he will grant only one wish!"
As you all know,
there are two types of Dragonballs and Dragons: one on planet
Earth and one on planet Nameck. Here we break down the differences
of between the two types of Dragonballs and what similarities, if
any, they may have. As you can see in the upper right image,
Earth's dragonball is way smaller than Nameck's dragonball.
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The two
types of Dragons
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Planet
Earth's Dragon: Shenron
Created
by the Kami (god) of the Earth, Shenron is the dragon god for the
Dragonballs on planet Earth. Notably Kami is a Nameccian. This
Dragon will grant any wish (within his power), but only one wish.
Shenron can only grant a wish that is within his creator's powers,
so if Kami cannot do something, nether can Shenron. Earth's Dragon
has been noted to grant immortality, power, kingship, and reviving
the dead. You can only revive a person once with Earth's
Dragonballs, however. After Kami fused with Piccolo, the Dragonballs
lost it's powers and turned into stone. Eventually Earth needed a
new Kami and Goku went to search for another Nameccian to take his
place. As the grand elder on new planet Nameck suggested, Goku
brought Dende to Earth. This young Nameccian "upgraded"
the dragon to have similar powers that Polunga has, where Shenron
will grant 2 wishes.
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Planet
Nameck's Dragon: Polunga
Created
by the grand elder of Nameck (Saichourou),
Polunga is the dragon god for the Dragonballs on planet Nameck. Just
like Shenron, he will grant any wish and it must be within his
creator's power. But unlike Shenron he is capable of granting 3
wishes. Polunga can pretty much grant any wish Shenron can. However
Polunga's rules are a bit more flexible. While Shenron will only
revive a person once, Polunga will revive a person any number of
times as long as the death is not natural.
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Rules
for the Dragonballs
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In
order to summon the Dragon, you must use the correct chant. For the
Earth Dragonballs it is relatively easy. But for the Nameck
Dragonballs you must use a specific Nameccian chant. Without the
correct chant the Dragonballs will not respond.
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Once
the wish (es) has been granted, the Dragonballs will turn into stone
and scatter around
the earth. They will remain hidden for one year. In that time you
cannot make another wish. In the case of the upgraded Shenron and
Polunga, if you decide to only use one wish you may send the Dragon
back and only have to wait 4 months to summon him again.
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Once
the creator of the Dragonball dies, along with him dies the Dragon
and the Dragonballs turn into stone. If another Nameccian is capable
of magic, he can revive the Dragon and the Dragonballs and even
enhance their powers as Dende has done with Shenron.
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What
happens when the all seven Dragonballs are collected and
the Dragon is summoned?
When all seven
Dragonballs are collected, they flicker with a glow and
begin to perculate. Once the Dragon has been
summoned the sky turns dark and the Dragon explodes out of
the balls and fills the air with his presence. The
Dragon gets settled and says to the wisher to state his/her
wish, and it will be granted. Shenron's most popular quote
is: "Reflect your most wanted desires mortal, for
I shall grant any wish."
Images
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The
model Dragon for
the Dragonballs
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When
a Nameccian creates the Dragonballs, he replicates a model of the
Dragon that will be linked with them. Not much is known about the
actual mechanics as to how this works, but this model is required
for the Dragonballs to function properly. When Dende revived Earth's
Dragonballs, he needed Kami's old model of the Dragon to use magic
to revive them.
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