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I found something interesting
As Goku leaves with Shenlong (having said all of his goodbyes), the Dragon Balls become absorbed into his body. Trunks notes that they are being tested (since Shenlong is taking the Dragon Balls away from them), and that when the time is right and the balance of the world has been restored, the Dragon Balls will once again reappear for a new generation. Sure enough, Goku Jr. finds the now-activated Four-Star Ball sitting in the shrine by the Son family home on Mount Pao-tzu.
Have the Dragon Balls returned? If so, what was the significance of Goku absorbing them 100 years earlier? Was Goku some type of “vessel” for those years? Did he become some type of "god" or other "guardian" of the Dragon Balls? Did he die, though? Perhaps Goku realizes that he (in conjunction with the Dragon Balls) is nothing more than a magnet for evil, and that by leaving with them, he will somehow restore equilibrium to the world.