In the wacky world of manga and anime, they sure as heck don’t do things by halves. There are huge, dramatic, The Matrix-style battles, entire planets being destroyed, theatrical close-ups, a✅nd over-excitab♈le dialogue going off all over the darn place.
Would we have it any other way? Absolutely not. It’s escapism at its brilliant best, and that’s w🌊hat we’re here for: something like a cross between an intergalacti🌌c soap opera and an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
Of course, this isn’t the case with all anime. It’s a huge, broad medium, with offerings ranging from the most action-packed to the most sedate. It’s just that sedate isn’t a word in some anime creators’ vocabꦆul🅰aries.
Take Akira Toriyama, for instance. The writer and illustrator of the original Dragon Ball manga developed a franchise that would become one of the most popular and thrilling out there. Goku and the cast are renowned for their fighting prowess, the myriad of ever-more-ridiculous forms they can take, the explosive natureꦗ of their abilities.
When it comes to discussions of the most powerful characters in anime, some of the stars of Dragon Ball are always going to be at the forefront. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the most formidable-sounding subset of Dragon Ball characters out there: the Gods of Destruction.
The fact is, these mighty beings are often misunderstood. Let’s try to shed a little light on them, with some curious facts that you may not have known. Have you ever destroye🦂d a planet because you lost in a video game? Well, Beerus has.
20 They Might Not Be As Str꧋ong As They Sound
Now, firstly, there’s a huge, obvious, polka-dot-covered elephant in the room that we’ve got to address. If you’re not familiar with Dragon Ball, you might go ahead and assume that the Gods of Destruction would be the very last word in power. I mean, it’s all right there in🎶 the title, isn’t it? These aren’t the kindsꦚ of beings you want to mess with.
Well, no, they’re not, but they aren’t unstoppable either. As we’ll see later, Gods of Destruction are often mortals and many other beings in the Dragon Ball universe are considered stronger. Vegeta, for instance, def﷽eated Toppo after he reached the God o♛f Destruction Mode state, and
19 They Have Pitched Battles Over Pudding ༺
As we’🍃ll see a little later, Gods of Destruction aren’t just agents of chaos, able to use their immense powers to demolish whole planets and star systems as they wish. They have solemn duties to perform and take them super seriously. They play a crucial role 𒊎in keeping the universe in balance.
At the same time, though, they aren’t above throwing tantrums when people don’t share their pudding with them. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:As we’ve reported before, one memorable moment from Dragon Ball Super saw Beerus interrupt Buu at a party (while he was, p🌳redictably, feasting on 🎐desserts). Not wanting to let Beerus get in on the sweet, sugary action, Buu resisted and found himself thrown into a lake by the vengeful Beerus.
Still, I h💟appen to take enjoying desserts as a sacred duty myself, so I can totally empathize.
18 They Destroy Planets After Losing At Video Games 💞
Now, if there’s one thing we all know about gamers, it’s that they don’t tend to appreciate losing. Why are seemingly innocuous games like Mario Kart and Mario Party such notorious friendship-enders? Because we just caღnnot have our victories stolen from us.
Yes, they may have been your friend since the first grade and stuck by you during the intense break-ups, but they hit you with a blue shell a gnat’s length from the finish line on the last lap. That sort of crime can only be punished by immediate terminaﷺtion of the friendship.
If you thought the average gamer’s ragequits were bad, just look at some of the things Be☂erus gets up to. When he was defeated by King Kai in a racing game, he destroyed almost t♏he entirety of North Kai’s Planet.
17 🌃 When Is A God Not A God?
Now, here’s a curious thing. As I say, when you look at the title God of Destruction🐻, there a𒀰re two assumptions that you’d probably think it’s safe to make: they’re super powerful and destructive, and they’re gods. We’ve already seen Beerus confirm the former, with his pudding and video game-centric wrathful tantrums, but how about the latter?
Interestingly, divinity is not a prerequisite here. Gods of Destruction and potential candidates (more on how that works later) are often as mortal ♐as we regular folks are, albeit with a few more absurd abilities and feats to their names. Like most of the rest of us, too, they’re not infallible, and they have a higher authority to answer to. Heck, while we’re here, let’s go ahead and meet one of them.
16 Zeno Has A Get-Out-Of-🔯Jail-Free Card
One of the higher powers ꧟that the Gods of Destruction answer to is Zeno, the Omni-King. He’s one of those powers that just transcends eve༺rything else; the puppet master of each and every universe, parallel universe, and shonky, confusing timeline in the series.
His every whim is law, his authority limitless, his body tiny, blue and hilarious. You’d expect a being of this sort of boundless power to be huge and imposing, but Zeno is nothing of the sort (Goku actually lifted him off the ground a little when he shook his hand on their meet𒆙ing).
Nevertheless, he can do whatever the heck he likes. Taking a liking to Goku, he presented the warrior with a little ‘button,’ with the promise that, when Goku pushed it, Zeno would hurry to the scene and instantly fix any dire situation with no questions asked. That’s a heck of a deus ex machina to have in your pocket, isn’t it?
15 They Can Be Immediately Destroyed Themse𒉰lves
So, there it is. Fans will know that Zeno has a naïve, fun-loving, childlike spirit, but he’s also capable of switching to super serious mode in a heartbeat. Do not mistake him for one of tho𓂃se🌼 substitute teachers you can mess with, because Zeno’s inner authoritarian is a force to be reckoned with.
He, too, is responsible for maintaining the balance of the universe, and if a God of Destruction (or anybody else) neglects their duties or threatens that balance, he will not hesitate to💝 Erase them on the spot.
Originally, there were eighteen universes, each served by their own God of Destruction. When we first meet the gods in Dragon Ball Super, there are only twelve. Why’s that? 🌱Because Zeno Erased them, that’s why.
14 They Even Scare Frieza ✨ 🍰
In the Dragon Ball world, many would tell you, the most iconic villain would have to b༒e Frieza. While countless other Big Bads™ have come along since, he’s just such an icon. That first time we saw him achieve Golden Frieza form? That was a heck of a sight to behold, right there. The over-enthusiastic fan in all of us just couldn’t haౠndle it.
For all his 𝔍malevolence and power, however, Frieza recognizes🅰 and grudgingly respects a superior authority, as we saw when he worked for Beerus for a time. This sort of arrangement would naturally benefit both parties (and satisfy their destructive desires).
Interestingly, Beerus had his own✅ part in the legendary destruction of Planet Vegeta, leading Frieza to do i🌃t to a certain extent. That one’s still debated, though.
13 Their Lives Are Linked To Supreme Kais 💙
Oh, yes indeed, friends. You thought that the God of De🎐struction would be untouchable, with all their heightened powers and influence? Nope, that definitel💎y isn’t how it works.
In the interest of maintaining the balance, there’s a separate group called the Supreme Kais, or God of Creation. Their job is, essentially, to buy a new IKEA vase when the Gods of Destruction knock one over, only on an interg🌄alactic scale.
Being equal and opposite forces, both groups are bound to each other. Should a Supreme Kai perish, the Gods of Destruction are in danger too. In terms of influence, the two groups are largely equal (that’s the whole deal, after all) but the Destroyers are the more able fighters. They tend to be very protectiv🐻e of the Kais, for obvious reasons.
12 They Can Be Rꦇeplaced By Worthy Candidates
While the two are intrinsically linked, there are fundamental differences between the Gods of Destruction and Creation. Most 🍌notably, the Supreme Kai are all members of the same species🐓, while the God of Destruction have a much more open policy. None of them share a species, in fact, other than the twins Champa and Beerus.
How did this come to be? Well, the ranks of the Gods of Destruction are filled by the worth🌳y. The constant need to keep spots filled means that candidates are invited to join when the time is right, whoever (or whatever) they are.
You’ve got to appreciate that all-inclusive policy, don’t you? Heck, anthropomorphic cat-people have 💜the right to become Gods just like anybody else. Excellent work there.
11 Goku And Vegeta Could’ve Been Gods of Dཧesꦦtruction Too
So, yes. There’s no particular species requirement here, just a certain power level requirement that candidates must meet. As such, it’s no surprise that Saiyans (a mighty w♏arrior race whose only real purpose in life is to train their body and Ki to its absolute limit) would be considered as a welcome addition.
Over the course of the series, Goku and Vegeta were both considered as prospective Gods of Destruction and were invited to become potentia൲l candidates. It’s also not surprising, ⛎with Goku and Vegeta being Goku and Vegeta, that they both declined.
W𒁃ho wants arbitrary restrictions on their power and how they should use it? Not these guys, that’s fܫor darn sure. It’s an interesting thing to consider, though, and something for an odd alternate timeline somewhere.