Durability of the Dragonballs

Steven Perry · Post by **Steven Perry** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:15 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Well, Vegeta definitly thinks there breakable. On Namek, Vegeta was about the karate chop one in half so that the Ginyu Force woulndt get it.

Well, that's the problem: He thinks. No evidence.

Man, I wish I could speak to Kami about this....

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:28 pm

Nothing is indestructable. I'm sure Piccolo Daimao or anyone of equal / greater strength could destroy a Dragonball without too much trouble. They may be strong, but there isn't any reason to think they're invincible - all we know is that they can withstand Taopaipai's Dodon-pa.

ShadowAssailantX · Post by **ShadowAssailantX** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:58 am

MisterFlashdude wrote:Does anyone else have any thoughts on just how destructible the Dragonballs are?

We know that Tao can't damage the ball with his most concentrated Ki attack, yet Yajirobe can put a hole through them, and from that point on in the series characters either threaten to destroy the Dragonballs or worry about them being destroyed. I think it's safe to say we have an accurate depiction of how durable the Dragonballs are.

You could also ask that since when the Dragonballs are inactive they don't emit their unique energy field, could they be broken by "normal" human means while they just sit around as stones? And would they just regenerate/ pull themselves together after the year is up? Or do they still retain their abnormal resistance to damage?

Mr. Announcer · Post by **Mr. Announcer** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:41 pm

Not that this adds anything to the argument of how potentially destructable the dragonballs are but I just remembered that a dragonball is attached to Gohan's hat at the start of DBZ and I was wondering if this was perhaps sewn on or attached in some other maner. If it was sewn well, the dragonballs can't be all that tough can they? But I'll just leave that as something Toriyama didn't put too much thought into.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:56 pm

Mr. Announcer wrote:Not that this adds anything to the argument of how potentially destructable the dragonballs are but I just remembered that a dragonball is attached to Gohan's hat at the start of DBZ and I was wondering if this was perhaps sewn on or attached in some other maner. If it was sewn well, the dragonballs can't be all that tough can they? But I'll just leave that as something Toriyama didn't put too much thought into.

My impression was glue.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:17 pm

Mr. Announcer wrote:Not that this adds anything to the argument of how potentially destructable the dragonballs are but I just remembered that a dragonball is attached to Gohan's hat at the start of DBZ and I was wondering if this was perhaps sewn on or attached in some other maner. If it was sewn well, the dragonballs can't be all that tough can they? But I'll just leave that as something Toriyama didn't put too much thought into.

I thought it was just kinda sitting there. I thought I remembered it falling out, or someone taking it off... I can't remember.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:35 pm

desirecampbell wrote:
Mr. Announcer wrote:Not that this adds anything to the argument of how potentially destructable the dragonballs are but I just remembered that a dragonball is attached to Gohan's hat at the start of DBZ and I was wondering if this was perhaps sewn on or attached in some other maner. If it was sewn well, the dragonballs can't be all that tough can they? But I'll just leave that as something Toriyama didn't put too much thought into.
I thought it was just kinda sitting there. I thought I remembered it falling out, or someone taking it off... I can't remember.

No, it was stuck to the hat.

BrollysKin · Post by **BrollysKin** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:36 pm

In movie 4, I think Slug takes the ball off of Gohan's hat.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:40 pm

BrollysKin wrote:In movie 4, I think Slug takes the ball off of Gohan's hat.

Yeah, but he yanks it off with some effort.