The mystical Dragonball

The story starts out with Goku hunting, when all of the sudden Bulma comes out of nowhere in her vehicle and accidentally bumps into Goku. After abnormal formalities, Bulma finds what she was looking for in Goku's grandpa house: the four star Dragonball or "sushinchu" . She then goes on to tell the tale of the Dragonballs. "Whoever gathers all seven Dragonballs and says the correct chant will have their wish granted by the mystical Dragon god Shenron. But he will grant only one wish!"

As you all know, there are two types of Dragonballs and Dragons: one on planet Earth and one on planet Nameck. Here we break down the differences of between the two types of Dragonballs and what similarities, if any, they may have. As you can see in the upper right image, Earth's dragonball is way smaller than Nameck's dragonball.

Created by the Kami (god) of the Earth, Shenron is the dragon god for the Dragonballs on planet Earth. Notably Kami is a Nameccian. This Dragon will grant any wish (within his power), but only one wish. Shenron can only grant a wish that is within his creator's powers, so if Kami cannot do something, nether can Shenron. Earth's Dragon has been noted to grant immortality, power, kingship, and reviving the dead. You can only revive a person once with Earth's Dragonballs, however. After Kami fused with Piccolo, the Dragonballs lost it's powers and turned into stone. Eventually Earth needed a new Kami and Goku went to search for another Nameccian to take his place. As the grand elder on new planet Nameck suggested, Gouk brought Dende to Earth. This young Nameccian "upgraded" the dragon to have similar powers that Polunga has, where Shenron will grant 3 wishes.

Planet Nameck's Dragon: Polunga

Created by the grand elder of Nameck (Saichourou), Polunga is the dragon god for the Dragonballs on planet Nameck. Just like Shenron, he will grant any wish and it must be within his creator's power. But unlike Shenron he is capable of granting 3 wishes. Polunga can pretty much grant any wish Shenron can. However Polunga's rules are a bit more flexible. While Shenron will only revive a person once, Polunga will revive a person any number of times.

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