Timeline Addendum - Super Edition!

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Timeline Addendum - Super Edition!

Post by DNA » Sun Sep 06, 2015 12:54 pm

Okay, I just built an actual addendum using Herms's timeline and Dragon Ball Wikia's timeline for reference. If there are any wrong dates (I wouldn't be surprised coming from the Wikia) or missing information, please let me know. I've added all that I could think was missing, including entries from Xenoverse.

Untold MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO?
The roots of evil
--Majin Buu comes into existence, going through cycles of destruction and hibernation.
[Ref: Saikyou Jump #6, 2014]

Circa 75 MILLION YEARS AGO
The Elder Kaioshin is sealed
--Hakaishin Beerus becomes enraged after an argument over some trifling matter during one of the coordination meetings held every 1000 years by the gods. This prompts him to seal East Kaioshin within the Z Sword.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Super]

--The Kaioshin of Time and Demon God Demigra face of in a battle of time but the Kaioshin of Time wins and seals Demigra in the crack of time.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Xenoverse]

About 5 Million years Before Age
--The evil wizard Bibidi is successful in summoning the mighty Majin Buu.
[Ref: Saikyou Jump]

AGE 672
--Tokunoshin Omori is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 691
--Manpuku Okawari is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 705
--Hondawara is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 708
-- Hijiki is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 711
--Asao is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 713
--Tamagoro Katayude is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 715
--Mozuku is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 722
--Mr. and Mrs. Briefs first daugher Tights is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 723
--An Azuki is born.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

AGE 733
August 18th, Age 733
--In West City, Briefs’ daughter Blooma is born. She inherits her father’s genius intellect, along with the quirkier aspects of her parents’ personality.
[Ref: The date is from Daizenshuu 7 and SEG: Character Guide. In Chapters 2 and 5 Blooma says she’s 16, matching this. I’m assuming she was born in West City.]

AGE 737
-- Kakarotto is born.

AGE 739
--At some point, Beerus orders Freeza to destroy Planet Vegeta.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Super]

--The Oracle Fish predicts that Beerus will meet an "enemy of threat" in 39 years. In response, Beerus sleeps for 39 years to await this future challenge.
[Ref: Battle of Gods]

--All Saiyans are recalled to Planet Vegeta, they return over the course of a month from all corners of the Galaxy.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Minus]

--Kakarotto is sent to Earth.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Minus]

--The Galactic King assigns Jaco to travel to Earth and try to prevent Goku, the approaching Saiyan from destroying it.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

August, Age 739
--Jaco arrives on Earth, some time after Kakarotto also arrives.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman. There is no mention of Planet Vegeta being destroyed during the events of this manga, it is assumed that the destruction happened after.]

--Freeza destroys Planet Vegeta.
[Ref: Freeza’s role in the planet’s destruction is revealed in Chapter 247. In Chapter 303 Freeza says he destroyed Planet Vegeta “about 30 years ago”. This conflicts with all the established dates.]

AGE 749
--Jaco comes visit Omori at his island, Tights and Katayude are also living there, having moved in at some point in the past 10 years.
--Blooma shows up at the island asking Omori about the Dragon Balls.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

September 1st, Age 749
--Blooma and Son Goku meet.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Chapter 001]

AGE 774
September 7th, Age 774
--The people of Earth’s memories of Majin Boo’s rampage are erased by Shen Long, allowing the good Boo to live on Earth in peace. People only remember that Mister Satan had saved them from “something”, and he becomes an even bigger hero.
[Ref: Date from Daizenshuu 7. In Chapter 469 Dende says they’ll be able to use the remaining 2 wishes in 4 months, since they only used 1 of the 3 wishes. That was on May 7th, so four months later gets you September 7th. However, Chapter 517 says this wish occurs “half a year later”, which would put this in November. The JSAT Special and DBO seem to imply that people remember Boo.]

AGE 775~AGE 777
--Pilaf, Shuu and Mai managed to gather all the Dragon Balls and wished for youth, becoming kids again.
[Ref: Battle of Gods; this has to have been a full year after September 7th, Age 774 and a full year before August 18th, Age 778 in order for the Dragon Balls be usable again. I would personally guess it was Age 776, but there is no way to be sure.]

AGE 778
--Gohan and Videl are married.

August 1st~17th, Age 778
--Videl becomes pregnant.
[Ref: Battle of Gods. Assuming Videl has a 9 month pregnancy, this is the earliest point in which Videl may have become pregnant before the Super Saiyan God ritual.]

August 18th, Age 778
--The God of Destruction Beerus awakens, he visits North Kaio's planet, where Goku is training, to enquire about the existence of the Super Saiyan God. He battles Goku defeating him easily, and heads to Earth to ask Vegeta the same question.
--On Earth, Blooma is throwing herself a huge birthday party. Beerus arrives and Vegeta, not knowing what a Super Saiyan God is, does everything he can do keep Beerus happy so he won't destroy the planet. Majin Buu manages to enrage Beerus and a battle ensues between him and Earth's warriors. It ends when Goku interrupts, asking Beerus for more time and summoning Shen Long, asking him about the Super Saiyan God.
--Shen Long reveals that a ritual is needed for a Saiyan to achieve Super Saiyan God, the Saiyans perform the ritual and Goku becomes one. A battle between Super Saiyan God Goku and God of Destruction Beerus ensues, ending in Goku's defeat. Beerus decides to spare him and the planet, having sensed the potential in Goku to become a worthy rival given time. Him and his assistant Whis depart on friendly terms with Goku and friends.
[Ref: Battle of Gods]

AGE 779
--Kuririn enlists to become a Policeman.
[Ref: Resurrection of F. This might have happened earlier but only here it becomes relevant.]

May 8th~May 20th, Age 779
--Gohan and Videl's daughter Pan is born.
[Ref: Resurrection of F. This is the latest that Pan can be born without being overdue and still be 4 by the time the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai is held at May 7th, Age 784.]

August, Age 779
--Sorbet, the new leader of Freeza's Army, decides to travel to Earth, gather the Dragon Balls and wish Freeza back to life to restore the glory of the army. Upon arrive he recruits Pilaf, Shuu and Mai, gathering the 7 Dragon Balls and making their wish. Unfortunately he is still in pieces ever since he was sliced by Trunks. After some time his body is fully restored and he decides to train for 4 months.
[Ref: Resurrection of F. A full year has to have passed since the last time the Dragon Balls were gathered; yet since apparently this whole story is within Age 779, this is the latest month it can happen since Freeza trains for 4 months.]

--At some point, Goku and Vegeta become Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan whilst training with Whis in Beerus' Realm.
[Ref: Resurrection of F]

December, Age 779
--Learning of Freeza's revival, Jaco travels to Earth to speak with Blooma since he knows she's friends with the person who defeated Freeza before.
--Freeza arrives in a full scale attack with all his army and destroys North City with a single blast. The Earth's warriors promptly engage. Goku and Vegeta finally arrive and the battle between Freeza and Goku begins. Freeza reveals his newly achieved transformation; Golden Freeza, Goku switches with Vegeta and in a moment of distraction Freeza manages to destroy the Earth.
--Whis rewinds time and this allows Goku to finish off Freeza for good.
[Ref: Resurrection of F. This is 4 months after Freeza was resurrected.]

AGE 781
--Beerus was supposed to wake up again at this time.
[Ref: Battle of Gods; Whis mentions that he put Beerus to sleep for 3 years.]

AGE 788
Timeline II:
--Since time travelling is illegal, Time Kaioshin recruits Trunks as a Time Patroller in order to atone for his transgression; he vows to defeat those who try to interfere with the past and ensure the timeline runs as it should.
[Ref: Time travelling being illegal is mentioned in Jaco the Galactic Patrolman. It is assumed that this Trunks is from this timeline, but it might not be. He is depicted as a Time Patroller in Dragon Ball Online and again in Dragon Ball Xenoverse.]

AGE 850
--Trunks travels to this time on the orders of the Time Kaioshin to use Toki Toki City as a base for the Time Patrol. Trunks summons Shen Long and asks him to bring forth a powerful warrior to aid in fixing history. The Warrior travels back in time and fixes history's problems, defeating Towa and Mira along the way, and finally the Demon God Demigra. Sometime after, Towa regenerates Mira's body.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Xenoverse]

AGE 1774
--Elder Kaioshin dies.
[Ref: When gifting Goku with his own life, Elder Kaioshin mentioned that he only had about 1000 more years to live.]

Original Post:
I'm getting really confused with all the new media that's come around and where they fit in terms of timeline.

This is what I (think I) know:

Age 778 - The events of Battle of Gods; does Dragon Ball Super start here too? Or is it just assumed? I was sure I read somewhere that it started way earlier and it made me rage since it makes no sense. Also of note, this cements the fact that Bra was not born this year. So she has to have been born in Age 780.

Age 779 - The events of Resurrection of F; Pan is already born, has Herms pinpointed, she was born after May. 4 months after the start of the movie, Freeza attacks. If the entire movie happens within Age 779, that put Pan's birth between June and August.

Are the dates not changed at all for Dragon Ball Super?
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Re: Timeline Addendum

Post by Darknat » Sun Sep 06, 2015 12:59 pm

DNA wrote:I'm getting really confused with all the new media that's come around and where they fit in terms of timeline.

This is what I (think I) know:

Age 778 - The events of Battle of Gods; does Dragon Ball Super start here too? Or is it just assumed? I was sure I read somewhere that it started way earlier and it made me rage since it makes no sense. Also of note, this cements the fact that Bra was not born this year. So she has to have been born in Age 780.

Age 779 - The events of Resurrection of F; Pan is already born, has Herms pinpointed, she was born after May. 4 months after the start of the movie, Freeza attacks. If the entire movie happens within Age 779, that put Pan's birth between June and August.

Are the dates not changed at all for Dragon Ball Super?
I think I read somewhere that they changed the date, but on the first episode it was not clear, they say some time has passed but not exactly how much. However, they kept using the 39 years of sleep for Birusu as they did on Battle of Gods, so technically it should happen on the same year, unless Birusu went to sleep earlier (but then Kid Vegeta's appearance won't make much sense either....).

Ok... I'm also confused.... my guess is that now, it happens on 778 as Battle of Gods.

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Post by GTX » Sun Sep 06, 2015 1:08 pm

Darknat wrote:
DNA wrote:I'm getting really confused with all the new media that's come around and where they fit in terms of timeline.

This is what I (think I) know:

Age 778 - The events of Battle of Gods; does Dragon Ball Super start here too? Or is it just assumed? I was sure I read somewhere that it started way earlier and it made me rage since it makes no sense. Also of note, this cements the fact that Bra was not born this year. So she has to have been born in Age 780.

Age 779 - The events of Resurrection of F; Pan is already born, has Herms pinpointed, she was born after May. 4 months after the start of the movie, Freeza attacks. If the entire movie happens within Age 779, that put Pan's birth between June and August.

Are the dates not changed at all for Dragon Ball Super?
I think I read somewhere that they changed the date, but on the first episode it was not clear, they say some time has passed but not exactly how much. However, they kept using the 39 years of sleep for Birusu as they did on Battle of Gods, so technically it should happen on the same year, unless Birusu went to sleep earlier (but then Kid Vegeta's appearance won't make much sense either....).

Ok... I'm also confused.... my guess is that now, it happens on 778 as Battle of Gods.
You meant the statement where super is set at 6 months after the buu's wish?
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Re: Timeline Addendum

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GTX wrote:
Darknat wrote:
DNA wrote:I'm getting really confused with all the new media that's come around and where they fit in terms of timeline.

This is what I (think I) know:

Age 778 - The events of Battle of Gods; does Dragon Ball Super start here too? Or is it just assumed? I was sure I read somewhere that it started way earlier and it made me rage since it makes no sense. Also of note, this cements the fact that Bra was not born this year. So she has to have been born in Age 780.

Age 779 - The events of Resurrection of F; Pan is already born, has Herms pinpointed, she was born after May. 4 months after the start of the movie, Freeza attacks. If the entire movie happens within Age 779, that put Pan's birth between June and August.

Are the dates not changed at all for Dragon Ball Super?
I think I read somewhere that they changed the date, but on the first episode it was not clear, they say some time has passed but not exactly how much. However, they kept using the 39 years of sleep for Birusu as they did on Battle of Gods, so technically it should happen on the same year, unless Birusu went to sleep earlier (but then Kid Vegeta's appearance won't make much sense either....).

Ok... I'm also confused.... my guess is that now, it happens on 778 as Battle of Gods.
You meant the statement where super is set at 6 months after the buu's wish?
Yes, that one. I think it was on the official website.

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Post by DNA » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:00 pm

Okay so it was stated to be 6 months after, but now it's not anymore? I mean, it didn't even make sense in the first place, wouldn't the Dragon Balls be inactive? Just to mention one of the many inconsistencies.

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:07 pm

DNA wrote:Okay so it was stated to be 6 months after, but now it's not anymore? I mean, it didn't even make sense in the first place, wouldn't the Dragon Balls be inactive? Just to mention one of the many inconsistencies.
As far as I can tell, that was either an error in the promotional material, or an idea they had that they've dropped. There have been multiple things in Super so far, the biggest one being Videl's pregnancy, that prohibit it from being set 6 months after Buu. It makes much more sense for it to take place in the timeline that Battle of Gods did, and just assume that whoever put out that 6 month thing jut fucked up.
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Post by B » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:45 pm

The "six months" is referring to when the wish to erase the Earth's memories of Buu happened. The manga corroborates this, while the Daizenshuu says the wish happened four months after Buu's defeat; pick whichever mucks things up the least for you. And then, in Super #1, the narrator says "and then some time passed." Considering it's retelling BoG and keeping the plot point of Bulma's birthday party, it should be August of Age 775, but of course, "some time has passed" is vague, so it could be any Age.

I mean, there's nothing stopping Super from happening in 778 beyond Goten and Trunks still be small for some reason(I guess this is still a "problem" in BoG all by itself, regardless of Super). And why it would take four years for Mr. Satan to get that peace prize.
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Post by Blackstripe » Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:51 pm

I mean...

There big problem is Bulma claiming she is 38, right?

If you recall, Bulma met Gokuu when she was 16 and he was 12. If she IS 38 right now, then he would be fourteen when he had Gohan at most if this is really set four years after Buu.

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Post by Darkprince410 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:25 pm

B wrote:
I mean, there's nothing stopping Super from happening in 778 beyond Goten and Trunks still be small for some reason(I guess this is still a "problem" in BoG all by itself, regardless of Super). And why it would take four years for Mr. Satan to get that peace prize.
Not only him taking four years to get the peace prize, but also the fact that it's clear from Mr. Satan's press conference that Mr. Buu hadn't been seen before that by the general population. It wouldn't make sense that he'd keep Buu under wraps for four years when the entire reason they made the wish was to allow Buu to go out in public without him causing a panic.

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Post by DNA » Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:54 pm

Maybe it starts 6 months after and then it jumps to 4 years later by... episode 3?

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Post by DragonBallLove » Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:50 am

Bulma's real age by her Age 778's birthday is 45; her statement in BoG of her being 38 its obviously a (sexist?) joke.

BTW Have you people ever notice Goku is perhaps 3 years older by now, as of DB Minus??? He was assumed before (as stated in Daizenshuu guides, for example) that he was born in 737, but Minus established that he was already 3 years old when skyrocketed to Earth, thus placing his birth year around mid-734. He was really 15 and months when he met Bulma, 17-soon-to-be-18 in the 22th Tenkaichi Budokai and the fight with Piccolo Daimaou, and almost 21 years old when he married after the 23th Budokai. (Or perhaps is the year of Planet Vegeta what have been shifted, as per TheDevilsCorpse says below? Saa... Who knows?)
Taking the former theory in account, you can easily assume that a) Saiyan growth ratios are different than human, with at least prolonged childhood (this is explicitly confirmed by Jaco in the last chapter of his manga), and b) that this explains the seemly age discrepancy of Goten and Trunks in the BoG Movie and Super BoG Saga, assuming disparate genetics between them and, say, Gohan. Marron height could be explained easily by her being daughter of one of the shortest human characters in the entire franchise (who's shorter than Kuririn anyways? Red?). However, at least Trunks is indeed going to experience a growth spurt by 779-780, as seen in the alternate "Mirai" post-Android future.

About Super timeline placement, my headcannon goes exactly as DNA just posted before me... Until I think about the 26th Tekaichi Budokai, held on May 7, Age 778. I found no problem about getting the equivalent to a Peace Nobel Prize a bunch of years after the achievement it celebrates, as well as Mr. Satan hiding Buu just because he thinks he's not ready for the world or whatever cheesy reason a faulty personality like him's is prone to formulate. It just have to happen some time before May 7, because it's stated in Daizenshuu 4 and 7 that it had Buu in its rooster. This doesn't account the seemly short spawn between Beerus awakening and his apparition on Kaio-sama's planet and Earth. Either Beerus' rampage happens in a spawn of MONTHS (from before May 7 to around August 18, Age 778) and the 26th Budokai happens off-camera btw Super episodes (both things I found ludicrous), or Daizenshuu be damned with that Budokai info (as it is indeed the case with Goku's birth date).

So, Pan. Videl is pregnant in BoG; assuming she's pregnant by month and a half (the earliest practical time to know about a pregnancy), that places time of conception around end of June / start of July. Adding 10 months to get 1 month-old Pan to mark the beginning of RoF, you get May, with Pan being born around the first half of April. Then, the Golden Freezer battle could happen in September 789, keeping the same year without problems. DNA, can you please reefer me to Herms' arguments about Pan's birth date? And even if Herms is right placing her birth in June, and the beginning of RoF in July, you add 4 months of Freezer training and get November as a date for the invasion. Still Age 789.
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Post by Darkprince410 » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:18 am

DragonBallLove wrote:Bulma's real age by her Age 778's birthday is 45; her statement in BoG of her being 38 its obviously a (sexist?) joke.
Believe it's actually related to where BoG was initially supposed to take place. From what I've heard, it was intended originally to take place during Kuririn and #18's wedding prior to the events of the Buu Saga, when Bulma would have actually been 38 years old. However, when it was changed from that event to Bulma's birthday a few years after the events of the Buu Saga, they didn't fact check every little detail, and still kept Bulma's age what it was for the initial setting of the movie.

It's simply a fan theory/excuse that she's lying about her age when she says she's 38, because lying about her age due to vanity does fit her character.
BTW Have you people ever notice Goku is indeed 3 years older by now, as of DB Minus??? He was assumed before (as stated in Daizenshuu guides, for example) that he was born in 737, but Minus established that he was already 3 years old when skyrocketed to Earth, thus placing his birth year around mid-734.
We don't know how Saiya-jin normally procreate. Given that they're a warrior race, it's possible that females don't actually carry their child to term, and that all children are born en vitro and then grown in incubators. This would allow the females of the species to return to combat readiness (or in Gine's case, to food preparation) far quicker. So even though he might have been in an incubator for three years, that doesn't mean that he's actually three years old. For Saiya-jin, he may not be considered born until he leaves the incubator.
DNA wrote:Maybe it starts 6 months after and then it jumps to 4 years later by... episode 3?
That in itself doesn't really make sense either, since it was in the second episode (I believe) where Bulma talks about wanting a birthday party on a boat, and it doesn't make sense that she, part of the richest family in the world, would wait years to actually do it.
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DragonBallLove wrote:BTW Have you people ever notice Goku is indeed 3 years older by now, as of DB Minus??? He was assumed before (as stated in Daizenshuu guides, for example) that he was born in 737, but Minus established that he was already 3 years old when skyrocketed to Earth, thus placing his birth year around mid-734. He was really 15 and months when he met Bulma, 17-soon-to-be-18 in the 22th Tenkaichi Budokai and the fight with Piccolo Daimaou, and almost 21 years old when he married after the 23th Budokai.
No, he's not. Jaco and Dragon Ball Minus are directly stated to take place 10 years before Dragon Ball starts in AGE 749, meaning they occur in AGE 739 (which ties in with planet Vegeta being destroyed within the 39 years Beerus slept in BOG: 778 - 39 = 739). As such, Goku's birth year is either still AGE 737, with Gine rounding up to 3 years (as is often done in the series), or it's been pushed back only a year, to AGE 736.
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Post by DragonBallLove » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:58 am

Darkprince410 wrote:
DragonBallLove wrote:Bulma's real age by her Age 778's birthday is 45; her statement in BoG of her being 38 its obviously a (sexist?) joke.
Believe it's actually related to where BoG was initially supposed to take place. From what I've heard, it was intended originally to take place during Kuririn and #18's wedding prior to the events of the Buu Saga, when Bulma would have actually been 38 years old. However, when it was changed from that event to Bulma's birthday a few years after the events of the Buu Saga, they didn't fact check every little detail, and still kept Bulma's age what it was for the initial setting of the movie.

It's simply a fan theory/excuse that she's lying about her age when she says she's 38, because lying about her age due to vanity does fit her character.
Indeed its not fact, but it's more a fan deduction than a theory or excuse, I'd say. I agree that those could very well be the out-of-universe ("doylist") reasons of the statement. Production-wise, it was an error and that's it.

But from an in-universe perspective (and that's the name of this subforum, the threads here acounts for "watsonian" answers and explanations), the "vanity lie" explanations came just as the obvious explanation. To see my point, think about it as it happens in real life. You go to you aunt or cousin or niece birthday and she says she's 26 when you remember just very very well her blowing 28 candles a few years ago. Quick explanations for the disparity? a) she's lying or b) she's drunk (or the like). Perhaps Bulma was really that wasted? That could be an alternative, now you think about it...
No, he's not. Jaco and Dragon Ball Minus are directly stated to take place 10 years before Dragon Ball starts in AGE 749, meaning they occur in AGE 739 (which ties in with planet Vegeta being destroyed within the 39 years Beerus slept in BOG: 778 - 39 = 739). As such, Goku's birth year is either still AGE 737, with Gine rounding up to 3 years (as is often done in the series), or it's been pushed back only a year, to AGE 736.
So the shifted year was Planet Vegeta's destruction and not Goku's birthdate? Even if Jaco's date is 739, as per Omori initial statement, Minus says is "even further" in the past. Perhaps getting to Earth took Goku and Jaco a little less than 2 years? Beerus could very went to sleep some time around that. I changed my initial statement to reflect what you had said, as I am not disregarding your proposal, but considering all possibilities.

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:48 am

DragonBallLove wrote:So the shifted year was Planet Vegeta's destruction and not Goku's birthdate? Even if Jaco's date is 739, as per Omori initial statement, Minus says is "even further" in the past. Perhaps getting to Earth took Goku and Jaco a little less than 2 years? Beerus could very went to sleep some time around that. I changed my initial statement to reflect what you had said, as I am not disregarding your proposal, but considering all possibilities.
Given Jaco's attitude during the story, I sincerely doubt it took them two years to reach Earth, (His DVD rental fees would be ridiculous.) The way Jaco talks about the evil aliens throughout the series implies that planet Vegeta and the Saiyans are still around by the point he and Kakarotto are scheduled to reach Earth. Freeza was scheduled to eradicate the Saiyans one month after Minus, so the "Even further in the past" line likely only reflects around that at max. If it took two years, I'm sure someone would have thought to mention that the planet was wiped out when he checked in with headquarters (since he still had his radio pre-crash).

AGE 736 or AGE 737
- Goku is born.

AGE 739
- Beerus goes to sleep
- Saiyans are recalled to planet Vegeta
- Kakarotto is sent to Earth
- The Saiyans continue to return over the course of the month
- Jaco arrives to save Earth / Vegeta is destroyed by Freeza

AGE 749
- Dragon Ball begins

AGE 778 (for BOG at least)
- Beerus wakes up after 39 years
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Re: Timeline Addendum

Post by DNA » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:23 am

Whoops, I forgot to account for Dragon Ball Minus, which does introduce a few new dates and inconsistencies.

Anyway, DragonBallLove; here you have an excerpt of Herms's timeline; which you can find here. If you haven't already, by all means have a read through. Any dates and events introduced after 2012 are missing.
AGE 778
--Son Gohan and Videl are probably married around this time.
[Ref: The series and guidebooks never give a date, but the JSAT Special shows them as still not married, while Daizenshuu 7 says their daughter Pan is born in 779. Assuming they don’t have Pan out of wedlock, this puts their marriage sometime between 776-778. I’m estimating it as 778 specifically due to the well-established trend of DB couples having children immediately after getting married.]

AGE 779
--Son Gohan and Videl’s daughter Pan is born in this year.
[Ref: Date from Daizenshuu 7. The ages given for her in DBO are also based on her being born this year. In Chapter 519 though, the tournament announcer says she’s 4 years old, though the year is 784, when she should turn 5. Presumably her birthday is sometime later in the year than May.]

--Bulma holds a get-together, but Goku is busy training and doesn’t come.
[Ref: Mentioned in Chapter 518 as 5 years ago.]

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Re: Timeline Addendum

Post by DragonBallLove » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:41 am

TheDevilsCorpse wrote:
DragonBallLove wrote:So the shifted year was Planet Vegeta's destruction and not Goku's birthdate? Even if Jaco's date is 739, as per Omori initial statement, Minus says is "even further" in the past. Perhaps getting to Earth took Goku and Jaco a little less than 2 years? Beerus could very went to sleep some time around that. I changed my initial statement to reflect what you had said, as I am not disregarding your proposal, but considering all possibilities.
Given Jaco's attitude during the story, I sincerely doubt it took them two years to reach Earth, (His DVD rental fees would be ridiculous.) The way Jaco talks about the evil aliens throughout the series implies that planet Vegeta and the Saiyans are still around by the point he and Kakarotto are scheduled to reach Earth. Freeza was scheduled to eradicate the Saiyans one month after Minus, so the "Even further in the past" line likely only reflects around that at max. If it took two years, I'm sure someone would have thought to mention that the planet was wiped out when he checked in with headquarters (since he still had his radio pre-crash).

AGE 736 or AGE 737
- Goku is born.

AGE 739
- Beerus goes to sleep
- Saiyans are recalled to planet Vegeta
- Kakarotto is sent to Earth
- The Saiyans continue to return over the course of the month
- Jaco arrives to save Earth / Vegeta is destroyed by Freeza

AGE 749
- Dragon Ball begins

AGE 778 (for BOG at least)
- Beerus wakes up after 39 years
I agree this seems to be the case, but the theory I mention, however unlikely, is not at least directly disproved. We truly need to wait for some new official timeline!
DNA wrote:Anyway, DragonBallLove; here you have an excerpt of Herms's timeline; which you can find here. If you haven't already, by all means have a read through. Any dates and events introduced after 2012 are missing.
Thank you very much! I remember reading it some time before, but it's always good to get a refresh.

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Re: Timeline Addendum

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:23 am

DragonBallLove wrote:I agree this seems to be the case, but the theory I mention, however unlikely, is not at least directly disproved. We truly need to wait for some new official timeline!
There's no real point. We have a new timeline; a stripped down one was released on the anniversary site earlier this year. It sticks with the anime though and attributes a "baby" Kakarotto being set to Earth in AGE 737 and some version of Jaco's story taking place then as well, yet still has Beerus go to sleep in 739 after planet Vegeta is destroyed. A future manga exclusive guidebook may try to properly connect the dots in some section discussing the appropriate story points, but I imagine any other timeline from here on out will do the same as the anniversary site did.
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Re: Timeline Addendum

Post by DNA » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:00 am

I've edited the first post with a true Timeline Addendum. Please check it and post any corrections or additional information you may have.

EDIT: Had to make a few last minute corrections regarding Videl's pregnancy leading to Pan's birth. This is all reflected in Age 778 and 779.

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Re: Timeline Addendum

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:56 am

DNA wrote:--The Galactic King assigns Jaco to travel to Earth and try to prevent Goku, the approaching Saiyan from destroying it.
[Ref: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]

--Kakarotto is sent to Earth.
[Ref: Dragon Ball Minus]
These two should be a single entry, or at least have the order reversed. You can't assign someone to a mission without a target.
DNA wrote:August 18th, Age 778
--Beerus awakens and searches for the Super Saiyan God. His search takes him to Earth. Goku becomes a Super Saiyan God and fights Beerus.
[Ref: Battle of Gods]
You can include the date, but I think it's worth pointing out that we don't know for certain that Bluma held her party on her actual birthday (or that anyone in charge remembers her birthday was given out in an ancient issue of Jump).
DNA wrote:AGE 779
June~August, Age 779
--Gohan and Videl's daughter Pan is born.
[Ref: Resurrection of F]
This is complicated. We know Pan's birthday is after May 7th since she hadn't turned 5 by the time of the 28th tournament, but we don't have anything else to go off of. Including the above tidbit about Bluma's party, we also don't know how far along Videl's pregnancy was, so it's not really possible to narrow it down more than that.
DNA wrote:AGE 779
June~August, Age 779
--Sorbet travels to Earth and wishes Freeza back to life, although he is still in pieces ever since he was sliced by Trunks. After some time his body is fully restored and he decides to train for 4 months.
[Ref: Resurrection of F]

--At some point, Goku and Vegeta become Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan.
[Ref: Resurrection of F]

September~December, Age 779
-- Freeza attacks Earth with his whole army. He achieves a whole new form; Golden Freeza. He battles Goku and is eventually killed.
[Ref: Resurrection of F]
Again with the month ranges we can't say they are accurate. All we know about Sorbet's trip to Earth is that It happens after Pan is born, but as mentioned above, we don't really know when that is. Likewise, Freeza attacking the Earth is 4-6 months after his revival, but we still don't know when that is in order base the latter event's dates on.

Also, the events of Jaco take place in August (presumably before August 18th since Bluma is still 5...if you think the old birthday is an actual factor). That could mean it's the same month Freeza destroys planet Vegeta and Dragon Ball Minus could take place July.
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