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This is a little side-project of mine which I started months ago, inspired by the first episode of Daima. Now, I finally took it to completion. I overhauled Shenron's profile, trying to make it more accurate and have his abilities describe in a more thorough and coherent way.
This is Shenron's current profile, while this is my revised version.
Cosmetic changes:
Miscellanea:
Powers and Abilities: I have added a handful of them, going either by showings or realistic, in-verse speculations. I have removed comparisons to Porunga and Toronbo to avoid excessive speculation, as the dragons are similar but not quite the same, a notion which also applies to their creators. By this logic, you could also give him most of the powers on the wiki, as you could theorically formulate countless different wishes.
Some minor details change between his appearances in the original manga, DBS anime and DBS anime, but I decided to include them all both for completionism and due to those being minor, yet equally possible, options. I still drew information only from canon sources.
As I previously said, very little scans are put in the profile, so for direct references just check the link above; it's a revision history, so the page won't change even if I edit the sandbox.
That is all, please let me know if I missed anything or if you believe something else needs to be tweaked or discussed.
This is Shenron's current profile, while this is my revised version.
Cosmetic changes:
- New profile picture: Shenron's current png image is fine and all, but I believe the original, colored panel from the manga to be much more faithful to the source material and generally quite more good-looking.
- I have expanded his summary, just to provide some more infos on his story.
- The bullet list for the P&A sections works much better in my opinion, as the dragon has several abilities worthy of description and space.
- I totally did not have the time to include scans of every manga panel, so I hope the blunt references to chapters and else are enough.
Miscellanea:
- Tier: Although I looked far and wide, I haven't found a single solid evidence of Shenron being used by Kami to restore the Moon. While it is speculated to be one of the means he used, which would also make sense, I'd rather avoid going too far into fan theories. I kept him at 5-C, for his the potency of his wishes depends on the one of his creators. We don't know how strong Dende is compared to Kami, but the manga doesn't make any mention of such a relevant change when the former succeeded the latter. I kept the rest of his statistics unknown, while providing a brief explanation for each.
- Intelligence: I downgraded him to at least Average because Cosmic Awareness isn't an accurate measure for intelligence, it just grants him knowledge of some facts and matters. Aside from that, Shenron hasn't showed any particular level of intelligence, as far as I know.
- Weaknesses: I have expanded this section with some showings and details which were missing before.
- Range: Expanded it from Interstellar to Universal, going by DBS's episode 68, which shows him scanning the whole universe. Interdimensional is also warranted due to having affected Goku's physical body (and not just his soul) while it was located in the Other World.
Powers and Abilities: I have added a handful of them, going either by showings or realistic, in-verse speculations. I have removed comparisons to Porunga and Toronbo to avoid excessive speculation, as the dragons are similar but not quite the same, a notion which also applies to their creators. By this logic, you could also give him most of the powers on the wiki, as you could theorically formulate countless different wishes.
Some minor details change between his appearances in the original manga, DBS anime and DBS anime, but I decided to include them all both for completionism and due to those being minor, yet equally possible, options. I still drew information only from canon sources.
As I previously said, very little scans are put in the profile, so for direct references just check the link above; it's a revision history, so the page won't change even if I edit the sandbox.
- Removals:
- Self-Sustenance: It simply doesn't have enough ground, in my opinion. Shenron's biology is a complete mystery and we don't know anything of what happens to him once he returns within the Dragon Balls, so I prefer to avoid needless speculation.
- Extrasensory Perception felt needless to me, so I just kept Cosmic Awareness while also expanding its description: Was aware of what Goku and Kami have done and told each other when they met for the first time. Was aware of a number of notions which even his creators Kami and Dende used to ignore, such as [[Beerus]]'s identity, saiyan mythology and the content of the namekian book of legends.
- Replacements:
- Immortality with Longevity: While Eternal Dragon is one of his titles, in my opinion it doesn't hold sufficient credit, due to it being a translation choice in the western medias, as far as I know. Nothing else within the verse points to him being ageless, so I just went with the safer option.
- Technology Manipulation with Existence Erasure: Krilling wished for 17 and 18's bombs to be removed, but the explosives were apparently simply erased, instead of being actually transported out of their bodies.
- Teleportation to Summoning and BFR: While the principle is pretty much the same, I think these two fit better the idea of transporting others, rather than Shenron himself.
- Bulma planned to wish for a cute boyfriend. Yamcha wondered about using Shenron to obtain a necklace his girlfriend had been wanting. Transported Broly from Earth back to planet Vampa. King Gomah desired to wish for the Evil Third Eye, an artifact which has been lost a long time ago)
- Power Bestowal to Power Bestowal and Modification. It formerly included some weird stuff, such as Statistics Amplification, Social Influencing and Transformation which, in my opinion, sort of clashes with the specifics of each wish. Stuff like government status has been moved to Reality Warping, as better detailed below, for the wisher may very well magically become ruler of the world and be overthrown the next day. Here below there is the the new description.
- The rejuvenation process Shenron enacted on King Piccolo should also have granted him the eternal youth he was craving for. Vegeta and Nappa desired to wish for immortality. Kikono theorized Frieza could have wished to be completely impervious to damage. After having been upgraded by Dende, Shenron could draw out Piccolo's inner potential in a way similar to the Grand Elder Guru's ability; he then added an extra which allowed Piccolo to obtain his Orange form)
- Changes:
- I have expanded the Reality Warping section to include the more unclear wishes, such as ruling the world. Resurrection, Age Manipulation, Healing, Creation, Memory Manipulation and Teleportation have been given their respective description:
- Resurrection (Has revived multiple people over time, ranging from single individuals such as Bora, Son Goku and Frieza, to whole groups such as all the victims killed by King Piccolo, Frieza and his men, Cell and several more in other occasions)
- Age Manipulation: Rejuvenated [[King Piccolo]], restoring his youth. Exaggerated the Pilaf Gang's wish for youth, making them little babies. Turned Goku and many of his friends into children and toddlers.
- Healing: Cured Pan from a high fever she was suffering from. [CRT-only note: The original profile's mention of Shenron restoring physical vigor comes from Porunga healing Goku at the end of the Buu saga. While I have no doubts Shenron can do the same, I prefer to follow only his own showings]
- Memory Manipulation (Erased mankind's memory of [[Majin Buu]])
- Creation (Bulma's first ideal wish was to receive a lifetime supply of strawberries. Puar theorized the Dragon Ball could grant boundless wealth. Shenron materialized the pair of panties Oolong had wished for. Created a stash of bills worthy a million zeni for Shu and the world's best ice cream, with a free box of dry ice, for Mai. Has created a mirror free of charge to let Piccolo admire his new appearance)
- I have expanded the Reality Warping section to include the more unclear wishes, such as ruling the world. Resurrection, Age Manipulation, Healing, Creation, Memory Manipulation and Teleportation have been given their respective description:
- Additions:
- Large Size (Type 1. Although inconstent in his depictions, Shenron usually towers over buildings and other large structures)
- Additional Limbs and Bodily Weaponry (Shenron has four arms, each armed with four claws, and jaws featuring sharp teeth)
- Body Control (Shenrons's body is often shown moving forward, while his head remains fixed in place)
- Magic (Shenron's wishes operate through white magic)
- Light Manipulation (Summoning Shenron has the side-effect of darkening the sky as if it was night, even during full daytime)
- Weather Manipulation (On some occasions black clouds have formed in the sky in anticipation of Shenron's summoning)
- Likely Empathic Manipulation (Yamcha's first ideal wish was to never be afraid of girls again)
- Likely Biological Manipulation (Commander Red and Frieza meant to ask Shenron to make them taller. Bulma repeteadly used Shenron for multiple cosmetic improvements to her body)
- Likely Transmutation (Shenron may have been able to turn Android 17 and Android 18 back to humans, if their powers had not been that great and strange)
- Possibly Death Manipulation (Chaotzu attempted to wish for the destruction of King Piccolo and Kami thought of using the Dragon Balls to obliterate Vegeta and Nappa, with his only doubt being their greater strength, a notion later confirmed by Shenron himself. However, Degesu considered such type of wish a form of black magic, thus unable to be granted by Shenron, who instead operates through white magic)
- Clairvoyance (Shenron can use his powers to scour the universe, although it may take some time due to its vastness. Upon learning of Beerus's presence on Earth, Shenron assessed this notion by watching him and Whis having a meal in a nearby restaurant)
That is all, please let me know if I missed anything or if you believe something else needs to be tweaked or discussed.
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