Summary
In the Dragon Ball universe, one Dragon Ball holds more significance than the others, including the four-star Dragon Balls. The four-star Dragon Balls were passed down to Goku from his grandfather and have sentimental value to him. The four-star Dragon Balls have appeared in various Dragon Ball series and continue to have personal significance to the characters.
When all seven Dragon Balls are gathered together in Dragon ball universe – incl Dragon Ball GT–they grant anyone a wish (or multiple wishes, depending on the power of the Dragon Balls) within the parameters set by the specific Dragon granting them. While on the surface it might seem like one Dragon Ball is no more special than another since they’re probably only valuable together, that’s actually not true – and the entire series, from the classic to GT, it was made clear that one Dragon Ball was of much greater significance than the rest.
In classic Dragon Ball, the main focus of the series is Goku and Bulma traveling the world in search of Dragon Balls. Along the way, there are conflicts and shenanigans, but they’re so low-stakes that the series takes on more of a comedic tone than action and violence. However, when Dragon Ball became DragonBall Z, the Dragon Balls were effectively put on the interim roster in place of the sagas that introduced increasingly powerful villains one after another. Sure, the Dragon Balls play an important role in every story, but they become more of a ‘quick resolution to the end of the story’ than the main focus. However, what hasn’t changed from classic to Z and again in GT is the fact that one Dragon Ball is more special than the others.
The four-star Dragon Ball has an important meaning in Dragon Ball
In Dragon Ball GT season 1, episode 6 (written by Atsushi Maekawa, directed by Osamu Kasai, produced by Toei Animation), Goku, Pan and Trunks are flying through the Dragon Ball universe in their spaceship, searching for Black Star Dragon Ball when they are able to locate a person on an alien planet where everything is giant. Bugs are the size of humans and humans are the size of mountains. In the monstrous wilderness of this world, there is only one Black Star Dragon Ball, but not just any Dragon Ball – in this world, the heroes find the four-star Dragon Ball, marking the Dragon Ball. The first black star dragon ball they found on their journey.
In the classic Dragon Ball series, the first Dragon Ball fans were introduced to was the four-star Dragon Ball, as it was the gem that Gohan’s grandfather passed on to Goku after his death. Throughout the first arc, Goku is obsessed with keeping the four-star Dragon Ball because it belonged to his grandfather and he is more interested in keeping it for its sentimental value than using it to make wishes with the six people. remaining. Moving on to Dragon Ball Z and the first Dragon Ball found by Vegeta on Planet Namek is the four-star Dragon Ball – an event that is said to cause Vegeta to become a dark reflection of Goku after what he did to have it. Then skip again to Dragon Ball GT and the first Dragon Ball Black Star the heroes find is a four-star Dragon Ball, which is also the first Dragon Ball Pan has ever seen.
Dragon Ball Super continues the tradition
Dragon Ball Super introduced another set of new Dragon Balls, the Super Dragon Balls, which are planet-sized and scattered across universes 6 and 7, making them extremely difficult to collect. Champa found the six Super Dragon Balls and challenged Beerus to a tournament for warriors from their respective universes, with the winner receiving the Super Dragon Balls and their wish. will give. However, one Super Dragon Ball is still missing. After a tournament held on an unnamed planet, it is revealed that the unnamed planet is actually the missing ball – which happens to be the four-star Dragon Ball.
Time and time again since the series’ debut, the four-star Dragon Ball has taken on personal significance for its characters. Dragon ball-and with Dragon Ball GT Continuing that tradition, the next series further affirms its importance.