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Shenron may be Earth’s Eternal Dragon, but a few others are hiding out there in theDragon Balluniverse,waiting to be summoned. There’s Porunga and Super Shenron, of course. But have you heard of the more obscure ones, like Toronbo or the Demon Realm’s Eternal Dragon?
For those who are still unfamiliar with the rules of Dragon Balls and Eternal Dragons or need a quick refresher course, here’s what you need to know. If you cancollect all the Dragon Ballsin a set and recite a particular chant, an Eternal Dragon will appear to grant you your wish/es. That’s generally how it goes. However, the Eternal Dragons do have some slight discrepancies from one another. There aresome differences in details, like how many Dragon Balls are in their set, what to chant to summon the dragon, how many wishes a dragon can grant, or even what wishes they can fulfill.
Every Eternal Dragon in the Anime and Manga
Shenron
Everyone knows him, as he’s practically the face ofDragon Ball, aside from Goku. He’s the most summoned of the Eternal Dragons, mainly because his Dragon Balls are on Earth, where most ofthe main cast lives. Currently, Shenron can grant up to three wishes, but that wasn’t always the case. Before Dende became Earth’s Guardian and enhanced Shenron’s capabilities, he could only grant one wish. Also, Shenron seems to favor repeat customers, as he would only grant Gomah one wishbecause it was his first time. Another interesting detail is that wishing for multiple people to be revived at once taxes Shenron’s power and will take up two of the three wishes.
Something to note is that each Eternal Dragon seems to have certain wishes they can’t grant. Shenron has a lot of restrictions, but that’s just because more people have attempted to have their wish granted by him on screen than any other dragon in the series, so there’s more information on his rules than all the others.
Porunga
The Namekian Eternal Dragon, Porunga, is considered stronger than Shenron since the former can grant some wishes that the latter can’t. Unlike Shenron, Porunga can bring a dead person back to life more than once, which also implies that he can grant repeat wishes. In the Buu Saga, Moori reveals that Porunga has been further enhanced and could wish entire masses of people to come back to life in just one wish; something that requires Shenron touse up two wishes. Also, the Namekian Dragon Balls are larger than Earth’s. While Erath’s Dragon Balls are about the size of a baseball, Namek’s are as big as a basketball.
Super Shenron
Though he might be the hardest Eternal Dragon to summon, he also has no known limits in terms of wishes he can grant.Super Shenron can only be summonedupon collecting the Super Dragon Balls, which are planet-sized and scattered throughout the multiverse, so good luck finding them.
It’s unknown if Super Shenron’s wishes truly have no limits on them though. Could you wish for him to erase Zeno or make yourself stronger and havemore authority than Zeno? Also, doesn’t that mean you could wish for Super Shenron to grant you infinite wishes? That sounds unlikely, but until more information on him is revealed, no one truly knows.
The Demon Realm’s Eternal Dragon
Since no one in the series has summoned it yet, not a lot is known aboutthe Demon Realm’s Eternal Dragon. It isn’t even known how many wishes it can grant yet. However, as ofDragon Ball Daimaepisode 13, “Surprise”, either Goku’s or Arinsu’s group is close to gathering all three Dragon Balls, so it might appear soon.
The Demon Realm’s dragon is special in that it can grant “black wishes”, while Shenron apparently cannot.Daimahasn’t really specified what constitutes a black wish, but a wish to kill people counts, so black wishes might mean wishesthat are conceptually morally bad.
Toronbo
Toronbo only appears inDragon Ball Superafterthe Tournament of Power, so he hasn’t been adapted to the anime yet. Toronbo’s Dragon Balls are found on a world known as Planet Cereal, and there are only two of them in the set. They are also far tinier than all the other Dragon Balls, with each being only about as big as a ping-pong ball. They’ve only been used a couple of times, so the only known restriction on Toronbo’s wishes is that he can’t make a person stronger thanhis maximum latent potential. He could compress all the potential an individual can achieve throughout their lifetime to break their limits, but this comes at the cost of a shortened life span.
Another interesting fact about Planet Cerals' Dragon Balls is that they don’t turn to stone after use. They will still spread across the planet, but can immediately be used as soon as they’re gathered again.
Non-Canon Eternal Dragons
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Other than the Eternal Dragons shown in themain anime series and manga, several other dragons have only appeared in non-canon material. Here are some of the more notable ones.
