Bora

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Bora
ボラ (Bora)
Manga Anime bora (Anime)
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Chapter 84
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Episode 58
Japanese VA	Banjō Ginga (Dragon Ball & Z) Hisao Egawa (Kai)
Funimation VA	Dameon Clarke (Dragon Ball & Z) J Michael Tatum (Kai)
Relationship Data
Children	Upa

Bora is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Bora makes his debut in Chapter 84, published in the 1986 #34 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Bora and his son Upa live in the Karin Holy Land, where their clan has been guarding Karin Tower for generations. In Age 750, they are attacked by the Red Ribbon Army.

In the anime, Bora is spearfishing and saves Upa from a big fish. The nearby volcano Mount Kanae erupts while Colonel Yellow and his men are trying to retrieve a Dragon Ball from it, spewing the ball towards Bora and Upa.

Yellow and his men try to take the Dragon Ball by force, but Bora fights them off and Yellow retreats. While Bora goes off to bury the fallen soldiers, Yellow takes the opportunity to take Upa hostage. Son Goku appears, however, beating Yellow and saving Upa by catching him on Kinto'un. Goku is excited to find the Dragon Ball, as it is his grandfather's keepsake, the Four-Star Ball.

In response to Yellow's failure, the Red Ribbon Army hires the assassin Tao Pai-pai to kill Goku and take his Dragon Balls. Bora steps up to fight him first, however, and gets killed. Goku eventually manages to defeat Tao Pai-pai, as well as the Red Ribbon Army. He collects all seven Dragon Balls and summons Shenlong, who grants Upa's wish and brings Bora back to life.

Three years later, Bora briefly meets Goku again when he returns to the Karin Holy Land after having been beaten by the Demon King Piccolo. Goku seeks more training from Karin at the top of the tower, and Bora helps him on his way by throwing him upward.

In an anime-only scene, Bora catches Lunch trying to steal from his tipi. She is looking for an airplane capsule so that she can chase Tenshinhan up Karin Tower. Upa, now grown up, dodges her gunshot and Bora knocks the gun from her hands. Lunch sneezes, changing into her innocent form.

Many years later, in Age 774, everyone on Earth hears voices asking them to donate ki to the Genki-Dama Goku is employing to defeat Majin Boo. Bora and Upa are skeptical at first, but contribute willingly when they recognize Goku's voice. A woman and a child, presumably Upa's family, can be seen in the background.

In Dragon Ball GT, Bora and everyone else on Earth get evacuated to Planet Tsufru before the Earth explodes from the aftereffects of the Ultimate Dragon Balls. They return to Earth when it is wished back with the Namekian Dragon Balls.

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Performance

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External Links

Kanzenshuu Animation Production Guide - Toriyama's Contributions to the Anime