The Dragon Ball Timeline EXPLAINED

Dragon Ball's timeline begins a long time ago over 150 million years before the first age to be clear ages are the term for years in Dragon Ball the universes are formed all 18 of them at the time people say Zeno created these universes but we have no reason to actually believe that he rules over them but creation and ruling aren't the same thing you also have the potential birth of Buu not majino yet due to the lack of bibid I say potentially because buo being created by bibid like the manga says or were existing since

the universes began as Toriyama said in an interview are conflicting claims the only way to reconcile these ideas is that Buu existed since the universe 7 was created but Majin Buu was created when bibidi took control of him this should also be the time period that the Super Dragon Balls were made by the dragon God zalama the Divine calendar isn't very well explained but considering the creation of the Super Dragon Balls happened in year 41 and 42 of the Divine calendar which seems extremely early it should be in this section of the timeline jumping to

around 75 million to 150 million years before the first age we have some contentious event placements with moro's first appearance being 10 million years before his Dragon Ball super Arc and Majin bu's first attack being 5 million years before the events of Dragon Ball you can calculate a minimum age range for both Elder Kai and beerus you see Elder Kai is 15 Generations before Shin but what makes a generation for kaioshin well in this case we have two options 5 million years or 10 million years years Shin clearly wasn't around for moro's first attack but

Grand Supreme Kai and South Supreme Kai were both of whom were removed from their positions prematurely by the attack of Majin Buu so if we use a 5 million year generation we get a 75 milliony old Elder Kai and with a 10 million year generation we get a 150 milliony Old Elder Kai we also know that Elder Kai was sealed away in the Zord by beerus making beerus a similar age range of 75 million to 150 million years old remember though this range for beerus beus is based off of Elder Kai so it's possible Elder

Kai was in beerus's first kaioshin also important to note that beerus changes who his life is connected to when a new kaioshin is appointed which is why his life is connected to shins and not Elder kais or grand supreme kis anymore this is also the period in time where neans are first confirmed to exist in Universe 7 you see elai knows about the dragon balls and neans meaning they existed during his time this would also mean that potentially in his lifetime or sometime before it the neans entered Universe 7 from their original realm as described

in Dragon Ball super finally this is where I would tentatively place the Eraser of universes 13- 18 as that event seemingly happened in beerus' lifetime then we jump to 10 million years before the first age this is where we have the previously mentioned first encounter with Moro where at the Grand Supreme Kai seals away moro's magic in the hopes of stopping the planet eater once and for all this does also cost most of grand supreme Kai's godly power though which is going to be be an issue in 5 million years when Majin Buu who is

currently under bid's control attacks the five Supreme kais while Shin the East Supreme Kai manages to escape and live the others weren't so fortunate the west and North Supreme kis were killed while the South Supreme Kai and the Grand Supreme Kai were absorbed by Buu forced to remain alive but left in a Perpetual Slumber afterwards bibid goes on to destroy hundreds of Worlds but buo was too much for him to control all the time so when he needed a break he would seal the monster eventually Earth became bid's next Target and the sealed buo was

brought there luckily Shin was able to kill bibid before Buu could be released again and Majin Buu was left sealed in a shell on Earth Shin didn't dare to move the creature in case it would break the seal that's right the coolest that Shin's ever done was offc screen then we jump forward a lot to roughly 200 to 300 years before the first Age based on Vegeta's 1,000 year statement the first Super Saiyan Yoshi appears he is not a Super Saiyan God like some people incorrectly say but I've already covered that in another video yumoshi

rebelled against the increasingly evil other saans alongside five comrades when the rebellion was failing and his back was against the wall he transformed into the first Super Saiyan wiping out countless opposing Saiyans before eventually running out of energy and being killed after Yoshi's death his soul wandered the universe in search of six saans to perform the ritual to make the new savior of the saans the Super Saiyan God now we get into the numbered years which are going to be a little bit easier to explain starting with age 261 when a storm ravaged the entirety

of Planet namk one nean named Kata sent his child to Earth in a spaceship to save him from the devastation this was the nameless nean who would eventually become Kami and Piccolo in age 450 Master roshi begins his training with Master kin and in age 453 is finally able to obtained this Sacred Water thus completing his training with the god of martial arts age 461 is the year that Kami becomes Kami the god of Earth the title guardian of Earth is just a dub thing to avoid the use of religious connotations this would also be

around the time that he dispelled his evil half from his body in the form of Piccolo daau which is why this is the same year King Piccolo was sealed by Master mutaito the martial arts master who originally trained Master roshi and master Shen who dies as a result of using the cealing technique with King Piccolo finally sealed Master roshi makes sure to personally bury the rice cooker containing the Demon King deep in the ocean floor where it can hopefully never be opened again then 9 years into being Earth's God in age 470 Kami creates the

Dragon Balls something he does to fulfill some sort of racial memory as opposed to making them entirely from his own design then sometime around age 550 Planet sadala the original home of the Sans is destroyed in a Saiyan civil war with no world left to call home the Sans invade planet plant eventually they conquer the new planet and make it their new home with the Finishing Touch being to rename the world Planet Vegeta then 100 years later in age 650 we have the very first Tenkaichi Budokai on Earth at this point the new tournament series

was scheduled to happen once every 5 years as it wasn't as popular as it would become later on while this may not seem too important this event's Inception sets up many of the most important story events in the entire series then we finally get to the 7 hundreds which is where most of the events of Dragon Ball actually take place let's start with age 732 where we get the birth of Dragon Ball Su Broly and Vegeta ivth remember Vegeta is 5 years older than Goku and it's even reaffirmed in the movie as well so while

Broly and Vegeta were next to each other in their pods Goku was yet to even be conceived this year also marks the retirement of King cold and the transition of leadership to his son Frieza who is now in charge of the Sans this is also when Broly's power is deemed to be too big a threat to King Vegeta's Rule and so he's exiled to Planet vampa his father paragus following closely behind him on a stolen ship with beats on board though beats is ultimately killed once paragus discovers they're trapped on planet vampa and they need

to conserve resources until they're rescued then 5 years later in age 737 Goku is born but unlike what most people think this isn't when Planet Vegeta actually gets destroyed since that date was likely reconed in Dragon Ball minus Goku was stated to be in his incubator for 3 years so that would mean the destruction of Planet Vegeta would be in age 740 now I will preface this all by saying that age 737 could still be the year that planet V was destroyed since Dragon Ball super Broly doesn't say how long Goku was in the incubator

for but beerus's Prophecy of the Super Saiyan God makes that really unlikely you see beerus receives the prophecy of the Super Saiyan God from the Oracle fish 39 years before the events of Battle of Gods which would be age 739 and since beerus didn't know if Frieza destroyed the sayans while he was asleep or not the destruction of Planet Vegeta in age 740 still makes sense or at the very earliest 739 if we just use the prophecy and ignore minus entirely regardless of if it's 739 or 7:40 this time period is when all of Dragon

Ball minus happens and it's also when Joo the galactic patrolman the actual comedic prequel series takes place this portion of the timeline is where things become a lot easier for you to follow and for me to explain because it covers most of the main series that you've already watched or read but there are a few time skips here and there that I'll have to cover that might not be as clear however I already made a full video talking about every time skipping Dragon Ball so I'll be brief in this one go watch the other video

if you want that information in between age 740 and age 749 we have the death of grandpa Gohan at the hands of Goku notably Gohan knowing of the ozaru existence implies he saw and survived it at least once which should mean he was either caught off guard or let himself be killed either being extremely tragic this is also the time period when Bulma creates the dragon radar and collects the two and five-star dragon balls on her own she found the two star dragon ball in her basement and the five-star Dragon Ball in a cave north

of West City in age 749 the entire peeloff Arc up to Goku training with roshi takes place Goku meets Bulma roshi ulong Yamcha pu Chi-Chi the ox King and Krillin this year this is also the year for the very first wish on the dragon balls in the series and it's for a pair of underwear then in age 750 a lot happens it starts with the rest of Goku and krillin's training the entire 21st tenai chokai which Goku loses to Jackie Chun and the entire Red Ribbon Army ARC importantly this is the arc where Goku trains

with Master kin the god of martial arts and reunites with grandpa Gohan for one final time when excluding anime filler that is the events of this year end when Goku goes to travel the world for 3 years to train for the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament this is where we get our very first time skip in the series a three-year time skip between the two Tenkaichi Budokai and it's the most common length of time skip in Dragon Ball so get used to it so in between age 750 and 753 Goku is traveling around the world

and training as in constructed by Master roshi Krillin and Yamcha train under master roshi directly to prepare for the tournament and roshi trains in secret as well to re-enter the tournament under the Alias of Jackie Chun finally age 753 encompasses the entirety of the 22nd tenai chokai which Goku once again loses but this time to 10 shinhan it also contains the entirety of the piccolo daout Arc ending with Goku beginning his training on kami's Lookout this year also includes the first deaths and resurrections of Krillin Master roshi and shiau once again we have a three-year

time skip till the 23rd Tenkaichi bokai between age 753 and 756 Goku trains with Kami and Mr Popo to defeat The Reincarnation of King Piccolo at the same time below the lookout T shinhan Krillin Yamcha and chaosu climb Karin's Tower to train with the god of martial arts eventually leaving the tower to travel the world and train on their own to refine what they've learned once we reach age 756 Piccolo Jr and Goku have their final battle ending in Goku's Victory and his first ever win at a 10 kokai this is also the year that

Goku and chii get married and they uh do some uh other stuff too the next year age 757 is when Gohan is born specifically May 18th according to the dienu timeline this is of course during another time skip the fiveyear time skip between the end of Dragon Ball and the beginning of Dragon Ball Z so in between age 756 and 761 Yamcha and Bulma break up tension Han trains while traveling the world and lunch chases after him never to be seen again once we're out of the time skip age 761 is the year that radit

attacks the Earth and is killed by Piccolo Goku sacrifices himself so Raditz would die and so he also dies for the first time the year ends with ten shinhan Krillin Yamcha chaosu and yajirobe training with Kami and Mr Popo before traveling the world to train on their own with what they've learned a trend in Dragon Ball if you haven't noticed at the same time Goku travels snake way but due to radit arriving at the end of age 761 he doesn't finish his journey this year it's important to mention that the dentu timeline that I keep

referencing for this video is an amalgamation of a bunch of different continuities in the series I'm focusing on the manga here so things like the humans training with Kami in 762 and not 761 isn't really reflected in the manga at all if anything it's implied they started training a few days after Goku's death just wanted that to be clear going forward but let's move to age 762 which is a pretty damn busy year all around Goku finally arrives on King Kai's planet to train learning the kaio-ken and geni dama during this time the Z Fighters

continue their training until Napa and Vegeta arrive on Earth the rest of the Saiyan Arc takes place and this Arc marks Goku's first Revival Yamcha T shinhan and Piccolo die for the first time while chaozu dies for the second time meaning Earth's Dragon Balls can't revive him Goku arrives at the battlefield and defeats Napa who's killed by Vegeta in the later half of the year the entire Frieza Saga takes place as well as the Super Saiyan form reappearing for the first time since y Oshi Vegeta dies and is revived for the first time all the

neans die and are revived though the grand Elder dies again shortly after being revived notably neans of Elder Sun's Village aren't revived due to them being killed by Vegeta this is also when Krillin is killed for the second time and Piccolo is revived for his first in the following year of age 763 cell arrives in the main timeline in future trunks's time machine which was pre-programmed to arrive in this age for some unexplained reason during this year Yamcha and ten shinhan are revived for the first time chiau and Krillin are revived for the second time

and importantly all revivals were done with the use of the nean Dragon Balls afterwards the neans leave Earth for new Namek though going to age 764 Future Trunks arrives and kills Frieza giving him his first death and killing king cold as well Goku arrives back on Earth and is informed of the Android Threat by trunks which kicks off the entire cell Saga but that's not all because we have a future timeline to discuss as well in age 764 of the future timeline Goku uses Instant Transmission to teleport to Earth and he kills meca Frieza and

King cold on his own in both timelines we have another three-year time skip from age 764 to 767 in the main timeline everyone trains notably Vegeta doesn't train in space like the anime mistakenly shows but instead he trains in the newly built gravity room on Earth that he requested Goku Piccolo and Gohan train together and in the manga Goku is a Super Saiyan for this training in both timelines though age 766 is the year that trunks is born but later this year in the future timeline Goku dies of the heart virus due to a cure

not existing yet then things get hectic for both timelines in age 767 this is the year that Mr Satan earns the title of strongest under the heavens by winning his first tenai Ichi buok Kai the 24th it's unclear if he won the tournament in both timelines or just the present though to quickly cover the future timeline this is when Androids 17 and 18 appear killing all the Z Fighters except future Gohan who barely survives and with bulma's help tries to gather the Dragon Balls to fix things before Piccolo dies but they're too late as the

Poff gang uses the Dragon Balls to wish to be young again then Piccolo dies and so does Kami making the Dragon Balls inert permanently in the present the events of the cell Saga take place notably the introduction of forms Beyond Super Saiyan like the Super Saiyan grades and Super Saiyan 2 this is also when Kami and Piccolo merge into one again with Ki being replaced by dende as the god of Earth so they'll still have Dragon Balls this is also the first death and Revival of Future Trunks and Android 17 but more importantly this was

Goku's second death even if Earth's Dragon Balls could revive him they can't by the way he wants to stay dead since he feels like he attracts threats to the Earth and also believing that Gohan is more than capable of protecting the world in his absence then at some point later this year Goten is born following the cell Saga we have the second longest time skip between manga chapters in the entire series The seven-year time skip between the cell Saga and The buo Saga which takes us all the way to age 774 in between age 767

and 774 a lot happens off screen like Krillin and Android getting married in age 770 and their daughter Marin being born in age 771 at some point Goku and Vegeta teach themselves Super Saiyan 2 with Goku going further Beyond and creating Super Saiyan 3 then there's age 774 the year The Bu Saga takes place this year has Mr Satan win his second tenai chokai ever the 25th that means this guy's won twice as many world tournaments as Goku notable events to keep track of here are Vegeta's second death and his sacrifice against Buu and Goku's

second Revival and Elder Kai's first death sacrificing his life to revive Goku the entire Earth is destroyed by Buu along with everyone on it the only ones to escape are Mr Satan dende Goku and Vegeta this time it's easier to say who didn't die the Earth is later restored within the mecki and Dragon Balls alongside all of those who died including characters that died directly to Buu also Vegeta gets revived and even Elder Kai luckily since the nean dragon balls were used any character that's already been revived was able to be revived again after the

bu Saga there's a 2-year time skip to the 2008 yosun Goku special in age 776 which can be regarded as part of the main Dragon Ball continuity as it reveals to us that Vegeta has a living relative in the form of his younger brother tarbo who is casually mentioned in Dragon Ball super Broly as well as the introduction of Goku's job as a radish farmer but more importantly toriyama's direct involvement in writing this OVA story pretty much solidifies it as Cannon so I don't know why anyone says that it isn't after the OVA another 2

years pass before we get the Battle of Gods Arc and age 778 this year is the first time the Super Saiyan God has ever occurred this is the year that beerus finally wakes up after going to sleep for 39 years and it's also assumed that this is the year that Gohan and Videl got married then in age 779 we have another busy year it begins in the resurrection of f when Goku and Vegeta begin to train under whis Vegeta and Goku learn how to use super saiyan god at will and merge it with their Super

Saiyan form to make Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan AKA Super Saiyan blue Frieza is revived for the first time only to be killed for the second time but not before training and creating a new transformation golden Frieza this is also when the very underwhelming third death of Piccolo happens and his Revival takes place sometime this year as well off screen it's important to note he was revived with the Nei and Dragon Balls since Earth's Dragon Balls can no longer revive him next is the universe 6 tournament Arc which is the first introduction of the Multiverse

to most of the main cast who are from Universe 7 Universe 7 wins the tournament against Universe 6 the reward being the Super Dragon Balls for beerus who used them to revive the Earth in Universe 6 for his brother during this Arc Zeno is in Universe 7 for the first time we ever know about just so you're aware the anime has a use of Shenron before the tournament with Universe 6 which would push all of super forward one year but that seems like a toea mistake and I wouldn't take it too seriously remember the Dragon

Ball started working again after only 8 months in original Dragon Ball So an early Shenron use has happened before then Future Trunks returns to the main timeline once again the entirety of the Future Trunks Arc happens the main time ends up with another Zeno as a result of the destruction of trunks's timeline the zamas of the main timeline dies here before gaining immortality and finally this is also the arc that introduces Super Saiyan Ros and Super Saiyan iari at least in the anime to the series then we get to age 780 the easiest thing to

mention is in the future timeline this is the year that future Gohan is finally killed by the Androids leaving trunks as the sole protector of that timeline in the main timeline the tournament of power happens this Arc results in the Eraser and Revival of universes 2 2 3 4 6 9 10 and 11 Frieza also has his second Revival in this Arc this is also the time that we see Super Saiyan blue Evolution the presumed grade 2 variant of Super Saiyan blue as well as Super Saiyan Berserker Ultra Instinct sign and Ultra Instinct you could

also include the introduction of numerous character specific forms in this tournament but honestly that doesn't seem too important to mention here this is also the year that bra is born later in the year Broly and paragus are found on vampa by Chilai and Lemo kicking off the events of Dragon Ball super Broly this is the first time we see the iari form not to be confused with the previously mentioned Super Saiyan iari and Broly's full powerered Super Saiyan not to be confused with the official name of Super Saiyan grade 4 with that we get to

the manga only arcs with the ancient evil mororo freeing himself from prison there is a ton of vagueness with the timeline placements here but I'll do my best to explain it while the moro Arc likely starts in age 780 it possibly extends into age 781 we know that sometime has passed people think the arc starts right after the end of Dragon Ball super Broly due to Goku teleporting back to Earth seemingly following the end of the movie where he leaves vampa which is fine but there's an unspecified amount of time between Broly being teleported back

to vampa and Goku checking in on him there's also a two-month training section in the middle of the Ark so that's why many including myself believe it bleeds into age 781 especially considering how much has already happened in age 780 then the granola Arc gets even more con confusing the ark starts a few months after the moro Arc then later a few weeks pass then time passes which is the worst because saying sometime past is used to say there was a 4-year time skip between the bu Saga and Battle of Gods at the beginning of

Dragon Ball super personally I think this is a bigger time skip than people make it out to be because of the granola arc's ending happening at the same time as the events of superheroes beginning that would mean even though we first see granola in age 781 The Arc itself shouldn't conclude till mid late age 782 this will make more sense as we move into superhero though you see there's a 9mon gap in Dragon Ball super superhero the 3-month prison sentence of Dr hedo and the 6 months afterwards that he used to create the gamas and

Cell Max so the events of Dr H's arrest by Goten and Trunks likely still occur in age 782 while the major events of the movie and Arc like the battle against Cell Max or Goku and Vegeta sparring match take place in age 783 this is why granola has to have a bigger time skip than we thought especially since everyone hasn't seen Goku or Vegeta in a long time and more importantly Pan's age means that the major events of this movie or Arc have to happen in age 783 but that's not where the timeline ends the

main timeline for now ends one year after Dragon Ball super superhero in age 784 When the 28th ten kaichi Budokai takes place and Goku leaves the tournament early to train Uub who is The Reincarnation of kid bu the future timeline also continues as this is the year future Future Trunks uses the time machine to go to the past and warn of the incoming Android threat age 785 is when we get a new timeline to talk about cell's timeline in cell's timeline Future Trunks returns to use the blueprints of the Androids he found in the main

timeline to deactivate and Destroy them in the future timeline Future Trunks comes back after the defeat of perfect cell leading to him killing the Androids with his own power age 788 is when cell awakens in both timelines in the future timeline trunks is strong enough to kill him outright but in cell's timeline trunks is no match for cell leading to him being killed and cell stealing the time machine to absorb Androids 17 and 18 sometime around age 795 in the future timeline Future Trunks is trained by Supreme Kai they face off against bobidi and dabara

stopping the resurrection of Majin Buu but at the cost of supreme Kai's life and subsequently beerus's life as well this is also the year in the anime that Goku Black Goes Around killing all the Supreme kais of every Universe leading to the death of every God of destruction and the deactivation of every angel then in age 796 the events of the Future Trunks Arc play out in the future timeline which is the majority of what you watched or read this year marks the end of the future timeline as Zeno completely erases the whole timeline notably

two other timelines are created as well a branch of the main timeline where beerus doesn't erase Z MOS and a branch of the future timeline before Goku black appears that Future Trunks and future Mai choose to live in alongside there alternate timeline counterparts so that's where it ends age 784 for the main timeline and age 796 for the future timeline with a couple of other timelines thrown in there along the way once dime's out I'll update this timeline to include it once we know where it actually takes place in the timeline so make sure to

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