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Mai
	マイ (Mai)
	Manga Anime Mai (Anime)
English Name(s)	Mai
Name Pun	Shumai
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Chapter 18
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Episode 1
Japanese VA	Eiko Yamada
Canadian VA	Teryl Rothery
Funimation VA	Julie Franklin (DB); Colleen Clinkenbeard (Battle of Gods, Resurrection 'F', Super)
Personal Data
Birth	[Age 729 or 730]
Occupation	Pilaf Gang Member
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Mai is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Mai makes her debut in chapter 18, published in the 1985 #18 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Main articles: Pilaf Gang and Future Mai

Age

Mai gives her age as 41 in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. The film takes place in Age 778, the year before Pan was born.^[1] Bulma was born in Age 733,^[2] which would make her 45 years old at the time of Battle of Gods. That date and age matches up with the sum of time stamps given throughout Dragon Ball, but Bulma mysteriously gives her age as 38 in the film.

This might be because Battle of Gods was originally supposed to be set at Kuririn and No. 18's wedding, which occurred in Age 770. If we take Bulma's given age as an honest mistake by the scriptwriters, or perhaps a nascent detail that was preserved as a gag where Bulma lies about her age (or subtracts years she has wished off her age), then the wedding date in Age 770 matches up, assuming the wedding takes place before Bulma's birthday in August.^[3]

If Mai is 41 in August 778, then she would have been born in 736 or 737, which would make her 12 years old when the Pilaf Gang originally enters the story in September 749, but Mai is clearly an adult at that time, late teens at the youngest. If her given age is an artifact of the original script which was supposed to take place in Age 770, then Mai would have been born in 729 or 730, making her 19 or 20 years old when she is introduced in Dragon Ball Chapter 18.

It is therefore very likely that the scriptwriters based Mai's given age in Battle of Gods on Bulma's given age. Mai's official birth year was never given, so the writers probably guessed that she was a few years older than Bulma's 16 when the Pilaf Gang was introduced in Age 749.

Assuming that Mai was 19 or 20 years old when she was introduced September 749, then she should be 48 or 49 years old in August 778 when Battle of Gods takes place, and around 50 by the time the Future Trunks arc begins. Future Mai is 17 years older than that.

Pilaf made the wish for youth that turned them into babies in May 767, when Mai would have been 36-37, so Pilaf wished about 35-36 years off her apparent age. Mai should be about 60 years old in Dragon Ball GT.

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References

↑ "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (pp. 32-33)
"Chronological Table of DB World". Magikarp 46 Productions. Retrieved: 04 January 2020.
↑ ibid. pp. 20-21
↑ "Character Biography Data". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1986 #37. Japan: Shueisha, 12 August 1986. (pp. 19-21)
"Character Biography Data" (01 December 2014). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 20 March 2019.

[1] "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (pp. 32-33)
"Chronological Table of DB World". Magikarp 46 Productions. Retrieved: 04 January 2020.

[2] ibid. pp. 20-21

[3] "Character Biography Data". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1986 #37. Japan: Shueisha, 12 August 1986. (pp. 19-21)
"Character Biography Data" (01 December 2014). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 20 March 2019.

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 This might be because ''Battle of Gods'' was originally supposed to be set at [[Kuririn]] and [[No. 18]]'s wedding, which occurred in [[Age 770]]. If we take Bulma's given age as an honest mistake by the scriptwriters, or perhaps a nascent detail that was preserved as a gag where Bulma lies about her age (or subtracts years she has wished off her age), then the wedding date in [[Age 770]] matches up, assuming the wedding takes place before Bulma's birthday in August.<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=WSJ|Year=1986|Issue=37|Date=12 August 1986|Title="Character Biography Data"|Page=pp. 19-21}}<br>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/weekly-jump-1986-37-character-biography-data/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Character Biography Data"|Date=01 December 2014|AccessDate=20 March 2019}}</ref>
-If Mai is 41 in September 778, then she would have been born in 736 or 737, which would make her 12 years old when the [[Pilaf Gang]] originally enters the story in September 749, but Mai is clearly an adult at that time, late teens at the youngest. If her given age is an artifact of the original script which was supposed to take place in Age 770, then Mai would have been born in 729 or 730, making her 19 or 20 years old when she is introduced in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 18]].
+If Mai is 41 in August 778, then she would have been born in 736 or 737, which would make her 12 years old when the [[Pilaf Gang]] originally enters the story in September 749, but Mai is clearly an adult at that time, late teens at the youngest. If her given age is an artifact of the original script which was supposed to take place in Age 770, then Mai would have been born in 729 or 730, making her 19 or 20 years old when she is introduced in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 18]].
 It is therefore very likely that the scriptwriters based Mai's given age in ''Battle of Gods'' on Bulma's given age. Mai's official birth year was never given, so the writers probably guessed that she was a few years older than Bulma's 16 when the Pilaf Gang was introduced in [[Age 749]].