Namekian Dragonballs

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I have a few questions about these balls.

1. The balls can be used again 130 days after their last use, I believe, so does that mean 130 days is a Namekian year?

2. If 130 days is indeed a Namekian year then does the person have to be wished back within a year of their death?

3. If the calender is the same as Earth's does a person still have to be wished back within the first 365 days of their death?

[Bussani]

I think 130 days is said to be a Namekian year. I don't know about your other two questions though, I don't think it's ever mentioned.

[Herms]

2. If 130 days is indeed a Namekian year then does the person have to be wished back within a year of their death?

3. If the calender is the same as Earth's does a person still have to be wished back within the first 365 days of their death?

There's actually no such rule that the dragonballs can't revive someone more than a year after their death, that's just a fan misconception. The one-year rule only applies in cases where a large number of people are revived with one wish, like when wishing back all those killed by Vegeta and Nappa.

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So hypothetically speaking it could be possible to wish back Bardock or someone known to have died earlier in the timeline?

[Saiyan-Professor]

So hypothetically speaking it could be possible to wish back Bardock or someone known to have died earlier in the timeline?

We never saw Bardock in Hell so the most logical conclusion is that he has been reincarnated already with King Vegeta.

[Dayspring]

2. If 130 days is indeed a Namekian year then does the person have to be wished back within a year of their death?

3. If the calender is the same as Earth's does a person still have to be wished back within the first 365 days of their death?

There's actually no such rule that the dragonballs can't revive someone more than a year after their death, that's just a fan misconception. The one-year rule only applies in cases where a large number of people are revived with one wish, like when wishing back all those killed by Vegeta and Nappa.

Eh? But then why did they need to make individual wishes in that case? Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Piccolo were dead for less than 2 months.

[Rocketman]

Eh? But then why did they need to make individual wishes in that case? Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Piccolo were dead for less than 2 months.

Because the Namek Dragonballs could only bring one person back at a time.

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So hypothetically speaking it could be possible to wish back Bardock or someone known to have died earlier in the timeline?

We never saw Bardock in Hell so the most logical conclusion is that he has been reincarnated already with King Vegeta.

Interesting... I wasn't even aware that people got reincarnated in the Dragonball universe.

[Saiyan-Professor]

So hypothetically speaking it could be possible to wish back Bardock or someone known to have died earlier in the timeline?

We never saw Bardock in Hell so the most logical conclusion is that he has been reincarnated already with King Vegeta.

Interesting... I wasn't even aware that people got reincarnated in the Dragonball universe.

From what I recall those that are evil will get sent to Hell and if you count the filler and Movie #12 they will have to wait for awhile then get cleansed of the evil and in turn be given a new body, identity etc. That is exactly what happened to Kidd Buu. He was reincarnated as Uub, because at the end of the Kakarrot, Vegeta and Kidd Buu battle Kakarrot wished that Kidd Buu would comeback so they could fight each other once again but with Buu cleansed of the evil.

[Dayspring]

Eh? But then why did they need to make individual wishes in that case? Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Piccolo were dead for less than 2 months.

Because the Namek Dragonballs could only bring one person back at a time.

That's my point. Herms just said the 1-yr rule only applies to bringing more than one person back at the same time. But if that's the case, why would it be a rule if you can never bring back more than one person?

[Bussani]

Eh? But then why did they need to make individual wishes in that case? Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Piccolo were dead for less than 2 months.

Because the Namek Dragonballs could only bring one person back at a time.

That's my point. Herms just said the 1-yr rule only applies to bringing more than one person back at the same time. But if that's the case, why would it be a rule if you can never bring back more than one person?

So it only applies to the Earth set I guess?

Although didn't the Namek dragon balls get upgraded to be able to bring back multiple people? I seem to remember that being said when they wanted to use them in the Buu saga.

[Herms]

That's my point. Herms just said the 1-yr rule only applies to bringing more than one person back at the same time. But if that's the case, why would it be a rule if you can never bring back more than one person?

It's the Earth's dragonballs they were talking about. The only time a 1-year limit is mentioned is when Kaio and Kami are talking about using the Earth's dragonballs to revive the Namekians and the Namekian dragonballs. Kaio asks if they can revive lots of people at once if they can be grouped in some way, such as "Everyone killed by Vegeta and Nappa". Kami says they can, but in that case it will be limited to all those that they killed in the last year.

[Dayspring]

That's my point. Herms just said the 1-yr rule only applies to bringing more than one person back at the same time. But if that's the case, why would it be a rule if you can never bring back more than one person?

It's the Earth's dragonballs they were talking about. The only time a 1-year limit is mentioned is when Kaio and Kami are talking about using the Earth's dragonballs to revive the Namekians and the Namekian dragonballs. Kaio asks if they can revive lots of people at once if they can be grouped in some way, such as "Everyone killed by Vegeta and Nappa". Kami says they can, but in that case it will be limited to all those that they killed in the last year.

Oooooh, I misunderstood your first post, then. Thanks for clearing up!