Character Ages

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:43 am

With all the years that go by in the Dragonball series, it's easy for me to get very confused on the ages of the characters. That's why I need you guys' help here...Do the days spent in the Room of Spirit and Time count as true years? Where has the dub messed up?

Let's start with Son Goku, please correct me if I'm wrong here, 'kay?

Son Goku
Pilaf Saga-12
21st Tenkaichi Budokai Saga-13
Red Ribbon Army Saga-13
22nd Tenkaichi Budokai Saga-16
Piccolo Daimao Saga-16
23rd Tenkaichi Budokai Saga-19
Saiyajin Saga-24/25
Freeza Saga-25
Trunks Saga-26
Android Saga-29
Day in the RoSaT-30
Cell Games-30
Majin Buu Saga-37
28th Tenkaichi Budokai-47
Dragonball GT-52

Thanks in advance!

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:01 am

"Periods of time" In Dragonball.

Begining to 21'st Tenka'ichi Budokai - 8-9 months.

22'st Tenka'ichi Budokai to 22'nd Tenka'ichi Budokai - 3 years

22'nd Tenka'chi Budokai to 23'rd Tenka'chi Budokai - 3 years

23'rd Tenka'chi Budokai to Battle with Radtiz - 5 years.

Battle with Radtiz to Battle with Vegeta - 6 months and 158 days.

Battle with Vegeta to destruction of Namek - 42 days.

destruction of Namek to the Arrival of Trunks - 1 year 260 days.

Arrival of Trunks to Cells end - 3 years and 10-15 days.

Cells end to "Great Saiyaman" - 7 years.

"Great Saiyaman" to defeat of Chibi Boo - (Good question...I would "guess" about 1 month...we know there's at least 7 stated days, but the whole variable comes in with the training montage' of unstated length. Does 1 month sound reasonable enough?) One month.

Chibi Boo to end of DBZ - 10 Years.

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Now...character ages...

Goku starts out at the age of 12, and I believe remains 12 at the 21'st Budokai, giving us a fairly narrow range of his age.

Kuririn starts out at 13.

Bulma starts out at 16.

Gohan starts out at 4.

Goten starts out at 7.

Y'know what? You probably know all these pretty much...anyway, you can do the math based on the numbers I gave you. I don't really care to myself, I did enough work for one post.

Oh, and I don't really count RoSaT years because...even though they aged physically, everyone else probably would just treat them as they were before...so I guess for those who used it, you can put 2 numbers or whatever.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:56 am

Um, isnt there something stated about color text on the rules? I could be wrong.

Eclipse · Post by **Eclipse** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:59 pm

Chaos Saiyajin wrote:
Son Goku
Cell Games-30
Majin Buu Saga-37
28th Tenkaichi Budokai-47
Dragonball GT-52

Thanks in advance!

Characters don't age in the afterlife.

Begining to 21'st Tenka'ichi Budokai - 8-9 months.

More than 12 months, seeing as between the end of the Pilaf arc and the end of the Tenkaichi Budokai, the Dragon Balls are reactivated

And I'm guessing that the Buu arc took around 2-4 months..

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:23 pm

Eclipse wrote:
Begining to 21'st Tenka'ichi Budokai - 8-9 months.
More than 12 months, seeing as between the end of the Pilaf arc and the end of the Tenkaichi Budokai, the Dragon Balls are reactivated

That's Toriyama's fault. He mentions EARLY into their training that they'd be ready for the budoukai that would be "in 9 months time." 5 days after the tourney, the DBs are reactivated.

Eclipse wrote:And I'm guessing that the Buu arc took around 2-4 months..

The events with Buu himself took 2 days: the day of the tournament and the day after. Gohan's first day at Orange Star High was a month prior to the budokai.

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:09 pm

Um, isnt there something stated about color text on the rules? I could be wrong.

No you're correct, black is the only color we're allowed to type in.

Battle with Radtiz to Battle with Vegeta - 6 months and 158 days.

Wasn't this stated as being one year? What I'm really asking here is does Toriyama-sensei count the RoSat training as an added year to the character's ages?

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:58 pm

We have to type in black? Finally, a daizex rule I completely disagree with.

-When Son arrived at Kaio-Sama's, it had been exactly 6 months since he started running, then the Lord of Worlds calculated it and said it would be exactly 158 days. Also, when they did land on Earth, everyone was freaking out because they were early.

-And yeah...the DB regeneration after the 21'st Budokai is just a plothole, plain and quite simple.

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:54 pm

As far as I recall, time does pass by in the afterlife. People just don't PHYSICALLY age there. So one can age there, just not physically.

Eclipse · Post by **Eclipse** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:42 pm

Wasn't this stated as being one year? What I'm really asking here is does Toriyama-sensei count the RoSat training as an added year to the character's ages?

It could go into the same category as Tsukento stated about characters not physically aging in the afterlife.

And how much time passed after the end of the Saiyan arc and the end of the Freeza arc? Is it more than one month? (And I mean the end of the Freeza arc as when Namek explodes)

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:41 pm

It could go into the same category as Tsukento stated about characters not physically aging in the afterlife.

And how much time passed after the end of the Saiyan arc and the end of the Freeza arc? Is it more than one month? (And I mean the end of the Freeza arc as when Namek explodes)

It is stated (In the FUNi re-dub anyway) that it had been a month since the battle with Vegeta when Bulma, Gohan, and Krillin left for Nameksei.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:01 am

Eclipse wrote:
Wasn't this stated as being one year? What I'm really asking here is does Toriyama-sensei count the RoSat training as an added year to the character's ages?
It could go into the same category as Tsukento stated about characters not physically aging in the afterlife.

And how much time passed after the end of the Saiyan arc and the end of the Freeza arc? Is it more than one month? (And I mean the end of the Freeza arc as when Namek explodes)

Answering with another quote...

Duo, earlier this very thread. wrote:Battle with Vegeta to destruction of Namek - 42 days.

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:55 am

Chaos Saiyajin wrote:
It could go into the same category as Tsukento stated about characters not physically aging in the afterlife.

And how much time passed after the end of the Saiyan arc and the end of the Freeza arc? Is it more than one month? (And I mean the end of the Freeza arc as when Namek explodes)
It is stated (In the FUNi re-dub anyway) that it had been a month since the battle with Vegeta when Bulma, Gohan, and Krillin left for Nameksei.

It was actually only 10 days. Then it took 34 days to get to Namek.

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:22 am

It was actually only 10 days. Then it took 34 days to get to Namek.

When did I start trusting the dub's use of time?

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:38 pm

Goku and the others are in the hospital one day after Vegeta leaves. That same day, Bulma and Mr. Popo visited Kami-Sama's spacecraft. When Bulma returned, she said it'd be ready in 5 days.

So, assuming all went as planned, they left in 5 days. It took (Checking Volume 21)

Holy crap. I am a total moron.

They arrived on the 34th day after leaving Earth...not the 30th. I should have checked before assuming that. Slap me in the face.

So, add the 6 days until Goku arrived, the same day which Namek was destroyed, and you get 46 Days from the time Vegeta leaves Earth til' Nameks destruction.

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:42 pm

Duo wrote:Goku and the others are in the hospital one day after Vegeta leaves. That same day, Bulma and Mr. Popo visited Kami-Sama's spacecraft. When Bulma returned, she said it'd be ready in 5 days.

So, assuming all went as planned, they left in 5 days. It took (Checking Volume 21)

Holy crap. I am a total moron.

They arrived on the 34th day after leaving Earth...not the 30th. I should have checked before assuming that. Slap me in the face.

So, add the 6 days until Goku arrived, the same day which Namek was destroyed, and you get 46 Days from the time Vegeta leaves Earth til' Nameks destruction.

Actually, she changed her mind and said they'd meet in 10

...Why do I know this useless information?

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:50 pm

Just to piss me off.

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