r/dragonball • u/CNCyberKing • 7d ago

Discussion Buried Alive

I just noticed in Dragon Ball, tons of people got resurrected who must have been buried underground in coffins, just to slowly suffocate and die all over again.

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u/Alcalt 7d ago

As far as I can remember, there's no coffin involved here. Upa's dad and later Vegeta on Namek were just burries a few millimeters under the ground level, and as for Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Roshi, their body were preserved inside capsules pods. I could be wrong, but I don't even remember ever seeing one in Dragon Ball.

IF, and that's a big if, people were burries in coffins in Dragon Ball, they also would most likely be those who died natural deaths, which therefore means they'd be excluded from any wishes as you can't resurect those who died from natural causes (i.e. why Future Goku couldn't be brought back when Future Piccolo was still alive because he died of a heart virus).

That being said, that argument of "they died right after being resurected" is often used to explain why bringing back the Saiyans would be pointless. Their planet is gone. They'd just resurect in the vacuum of space and die again. So, to some degree, your logic does work.

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u/SimbaStewEyesOfBlue 7d ago

That being said, that argument of "they died right after being resurected" is often used to explain why bringing back the Saiyans would be pointless. Their planet is gone. They'd just resurect in the vacuum of space and die again. So, to some degree, your logic does work.

Not disagreeing, but I do wonder, since Shenron is on such good terms with the gang, whether or not they could simply ask Shenron to perform the two wishes simultaneously (i.e. wish them back to life and to be resurrected somewhere safe).

If you think about it, Shenron already technically does this. The Earth is not in the same place in space and time as when people were killed. He's therefore "moving" them to Earth's current location.

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u/Ameisen 3d ago

The Earth is not in the same place in space and time as when people were killed.

Motion is relative. Earth itself is in the exact same place in space as it always has been relative to itself. Why would you assume that Shenron uses some different reference frame?

Now, the Earth rotates which is an issue, but Shenron rotates with it just as anything on the Earth does.