Planet Yardrat
| Planet Yardrat | |
|---|---|
| ヤードラット星 (Yādoratto-sei) | |
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Anime (Z)  Manga (Super)  | |
| English Name(s) |
Yardrat (Ocean/FUNimation) Yardrat (Viz) |
| Manga Debut |
Dragon Ball Chapter 334 (mentioned) Dragon Ball Super Chapter 51 (seen) |
| Anime Debut |
Dragon Ball Z Episode 122 (mentioned) Dragon Ball Z Episode 123 (seen) |
| Locational Data | |
| Area | Universe 7 |
Planet Yardrat is home to the Yardratians, a race of aliens capable of peculiar techniques such as Teleportation.
General Overview
Yardrat is a planet outside of the Galatic Patrol's jurisdiction[1] with yellow skies, tall structures,[2] and weak inhabitants who employ a number of strange techniques. The Ginyu Special Force had planned to invade Yardrat, but due to Freeza's urgent need of their services on Planet Namek, the operation was shelved.[3] The planet is about a week away from New Planet Namek[4] and ten days away from Earth[5] by way of Iriko's Galactic Patrol spaceship.
Yardrat is first mentioned in Dragon Ball chapter 334 when Son Goku reveals to Trunks that he has learned how to teleport. When Goku reveals to Vegeta that he escaped to Yardrat in one of the Ginyu Special Force's space pods, Vegeta remembers that the Special Force had been meant to conquer Yardrat, and that the planet's coordinates must have still been in the pod's systems.[6]
In Dragon Ball Super, Vegeta travels to Yardrat seeking to learn a technique capable of defeating Moro.[7]
Yardratians
"Yardratian" (ヤードラット星人; yādoratto-seijin) is a term which describes the inhabitants of Yardrat, and does not refer to a specific single race. At least two different species exist on Yardrat:[8] a tall and wrinkly species which appeared in Dragon Ball Z and a small and pudgy species which debuted in Dragon Ball Online. Both versions of Yardratians appear in Dragon Ball Super.
Though they lack strength, all Yardratians are capable of utilizing Spirit Control to perform many strange techniques. In Pybara's view, all Yardratian techniques are one through Spirit Control. Though the nature of this ability is unclear, Yardratians seem able to know information without acquiring it naturally and can sense the spirit of those far away.[7]
Learning Yardratian techniques requires the pupil to balance their body and mind, and includes activities such as stabilizing oneself on a fine point, which Son Goku is said to have done for about 150 days.[9] Vegeta trains on Yardrat for about two months,[10] magnifying his power by finding spiritual balance.[7]
Yardratian techniques which employ the use of Spirit Control include the following:
- Teleportation (瞬間移動; shunkan'idō): One of Goku's signature techniques which he learns after defeating Freeza on Planet Namek. By focusing on someone's ki, the user is able to teleport to their location in an instant. Mastery of teleportation takes a while, but it is possible to pull off the technique in a pinch having only learned its principles. Yardratians are forbidden from teleporting off-world, but it seems as though this rule may be broken during emergency situations.[5] Pybara considers teleportation to be a basic technique which he generally teaches first.[1]
- Gigantification (巨大化; kyodaika): A technique in which the user becomes larger. Pybara appears to be the only Yardratian regularly using this technique.[7]
- Multiplication (増殖; zōshoku): A technique to make multiple copies of the user which Hatsuka uses to keep others from looking down on him.[7]
- Recovery Technique (回復の術; kaifuku no jutsu): One of Pybara's special techniques which he considers to be quite advanced.[1]
- Forced Spirit Fission (スピリットの強制分離; supiritto no kyōsei-bunri): A technique which enables the user to reverse the effects of Fusion and Absorption by extracting life energy from a source. Vegeta learns this technique while training with Pybara and uses it against Moro. Vegeta claims that this technique can be used to separate Nail and the former Earth's God from Piccolo.[11]
Dragon Ball Super
The following are Yardratians who appear by name in the anime and manga of Dragon Ball Super.
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Jimizu (ジーミズ) Debut: Dragon Ball Super Chapter 33 / Dragon Ball Super Episode 96 Japanese VA: Yasuhiro Mamiya A Yardratian who competes on behalf of Universe 2 in the Tournament of Power. After dueling with Son Gohan, he is knocked out of the ring by Freeza.[12] |
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Hatsuka (ハツカ) Debut: Dragon Ball Super Chapter 52 A Yardratian who greets Vegeta and Iriko upon their arrival on Yardrat. He assists Pybara as he trains Vegeta. |
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Pybara (ピバラ) Debut: Dragon Ball Super Chapter 52 The Yardratian elder who taught Son Goku how to teleport many years ago. He trains Vegeta, who comes to Yardrat seeking new techniques to defeat Moro. |
Video Games
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Soba Debut: Dragon Ball Z: Sagas A large Yardratian with a battle power of 14,000,000[13] who appears as a boss during the "Goku on Yardrat" story chapter of Dragon Ball Z: Sagas. During his battle, multiple Yaki will attack from the ground to assist Soba. |
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Yaki[a] Debut: Dragon Ball Z: Sagas A type of finned Yardratian who appear toward the end of the Soba boss battle. Multiple Yaki can appear at once and attack Son Goku from beneath the ground. |
Dragon Ball Online
The Yardratians designed by Akira Toriyama for Dragon Ball Online[14] serve the specific roles of teleportation and item storage (referred to as "Yardrat Transportation") duties. These Yardratians feature starkly different designs compared to their Dragon Ball Z counterparts, which Toyotarō incorporated into Dragon Ball Super beginning with chapter 52.
Name
Yardrat and some of its inhabitants appear to be named after various kinds of rodents. Yardrat itself a simple combination of the English words "yard" and "rat". Pybara and Hatsuka likely owe their names to capybaras and 二十日鼠 (はつかねずみ; hatsukanezumi), the Japanese terminology for house mice.
It is assumed that Jimizu gets his name from Misuji (ミスジ) to match the naming scheme of beef cuts that his fellow Universe 2 combatants during the Tournament of Power seem to follow. Coincidentally, his name (ジーミズ) can also be interpreted to follow along with the pun style of his Universe 7 counterparts, as his name shares most of the syllables from 地鼠 (じねずみ; jinezumi), the word for a kind of Japanese shrew.
The two Yardratians from North American-exclusive video game Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, Soba and Yaki, source their names from the classic Japanese dish yakisoba.
Production
Neither Yardrat nor the Yardratians appear in the original manga, but Dragon Ball Z staff prepared designs for both the planet and its inhabitants to be used in the anime. Dragon Ball Online featured its own Yardratians designed by Akira Toriyama, notably different in appearance from their anime counterparts.
Toyotarō used Dragon Ball Super as an opportunity to reconcile these two designs by featuring both of them as cohabitants of Yardrat, as he described in a workspace interview with the Dragon Ball Official Site:[14]
Any characters we should pay special attention to in Volume 11?
I'd really like people to focus on the Yardratians. There were two designs previously: the ones that debuted in the anime, and the cuter, blank-faced ones Toriyama-sensei had designed. At first I couldn't decide which ones to include, but after a meeting with my editor, Victory Uchida, I decided to go with both. All kinds of people live on Earth, right? In that case, there shouldn't be anything wrong with having different types of Yardratians.
When stories get to their fighting portions, they tend to get more and more serious, with character designs following suit. Going with that, the Yadratrians might have wound up being some kind of super strong, hermit-like types. I resisted that urge and tried to keep Dragon Ball‘s sense of fun and cuteness intact. If I don't include whimsical characters every once in a while, the tension will never let up. I feel like having these cute, simple Yardratians show up helps the keep the story enjoyable, like a breather between fights.
— Toyotarō
Toyotarō's landscape designs are largely reminiscent of how Yardrat appeared during Dragon Ball Z.
Notes
- ↑ Yaki is never referred to by name in Dragon Ball Z: Sagas or in any related marketing materials, and is only named inside of the game's files.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 55: "Merusu's True Identity". V-Jump, February 2020. Japan: Shueisha, 21 December 2019.
- ↑ "Goku's New Finishing Technique?! Watch This, My Instant Movement". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 123. Japan: Fuji TV, 15 January 1992.
- ↑ "World View Dictionary". Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 4: Dragon Ball Super Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 09 May 2013. ISBN 978-4-08-782499-5. (p. 54)
- ↑ Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 51: "To Each Their Own Plans". V-Jump, October 2019. Japan: Shueisha, 21 August 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 60: "Merusu's Miscalculation". V-Jump, July 2020. Japan: Shueisha, 21 May 2020.
- ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 336: "A Three Year Gamble". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1991 #35. Japan: Shueisha, 06 August 1991.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 52: "Goku and Vegeta's Training". V-Jump, November 2019. Japan: Shueisha, 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "DBと異星人". V-Jump, December 2019. Japan: Shueisha, 21 October 2019. (pp. 184-185)
- ↑ Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 53: "Saganbo's Galactic Bandit Brigade". V-Jump, December 2019. Japan: Shueisha, 21 October 2019.
- ↑ Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 54: "Gohan vs Seven-Three". V-Jump, January 2020. Japan: Shueisha, 21 November 2019.
- ↑ Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 61: "Vegeta Reborn". V-Jump, August 2020. Japan: Shueisha, 19 June 2020.
- ↑ "Freeza and Frost! Intersecting Evil Intentions?!". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 108. Japan: Fuji TV, 24 September 2017.
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Sagas. America: Atari, Avalanche Software. Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, Microsoft Xbox. 16 November 2004.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "『ドラゴンボール超』11巻発売記念！とよたろう先生直撃インタビュー&仕事場を大公開‼" (15 July 2020). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 28 November 2020.
——"In commemoration of Dragon Ball Super Volume 11 going on sale! A point-blank interview with Toyotarō, and his workspace revealed!!" (24 October 2020). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 28 November 2020.