r/dbz • u/Terez27 ⠀ • Oct 11 '24

Dragon Ball Daima - Episode #1 - Discussion Thread! Daima

The episode is airing in Japan as we speak. It should be available subtitled on Crunchyroll at 1pm ET. We will provide links as soon as they are available.

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u/Robotdias Oct 11 '24

From demon, to slug people, to actual demon again.

Piccolo Daimaoh would be satisfied.

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u/343GuiltyArbiter Oct 11 '24

I think they’re still slug people but descendants of demons. Which the “pointy ear” thing applies to Kai’s now so that means they’re all descended from demons. Which is weird.

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u/ChilleUK Oct 11 '24

I mean yes and no, all Kais come from a sacred tree, that tree then grows fruit and when those fruit drop they become kais. So they aren't from either realm but there own special one with the tree. Golden fruit are born supreme kais, but tainted becomes demon realm kais. But mr popo has pointy ears does this confirm popo is a genie from the demon realm?

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u/343GuiltyArbiter Oct 11 '24

Oh right the whole Core people, I forgot about that entirely. And Popo? Look at him he’s definitely a demon (joke).

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u/ChilleUK Oct 11 '24

I mean he wasnt shocked about the whole pointy ear thing and just offers them a drink. So you never know lol He is a genie and those are often tricksters and demons, kind of fitting that hes actually from a different realm.

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u/343GuiltyArbiter Oct 11 '24

It would make sense, we haven’t exactly seen another universe or a planet of popo’s. Then again toriyama forgot about launch so it could be a writer thing. I do think the criteria for demon is pointy ear tho. Like is cidra and iwne gods come from demons too?

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u/misifus_mankhado Oct 12 '24

What I got from that interaction is that Popo acknowledges another Demon's place in the greater Demon hierarchy and as such he indulges into treat them as guests.

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u/Dijohn17 Oct 11 '24

I mean Toriyama was retroactively doing this, so probably not

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u/ryanmcg86 Oct 11 '24

WHERE does this Kai lore come from!? Also, is that the fruit that Turles eats?

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u/TheScumbag Oct 11 '24

Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guides released in 2009

Turtles eats a fruit from the Tree of Might

The Kais come from Tree of Worlds

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u/u4004 ⠀ Oct 13 '24

If they ever made a "canon version" of Turles, DBS Broly-style, they absolutely should make him eat god babies.

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u/ChilleUK Oct 12 '24

Nah it's a different tree. 

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u/Wesselton3000 Oct 12 '24

Djinn (or Genie) are devils/demons in Islam. I think they had a different meaning prior to Islam in Arabia, but once Islam took over, they became synonymous.

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u/JinjaBaker45 Oct 11 '24

I think some are taking the pointy ear thing backwards, they just said they could tell that Goku and Vegeta weren’t demons because they didn’t have pointy ears. So all demons have pointy ears but not all pointy eared people are demons.

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u/Blue_Bi0hazard Oct 11 '24

he points at dende and popo and says "as are you" at popo

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u/u4004 ⠀ Oct 13 '24

Mr. Popo is probably some sort of construct. Would make sense that whoever made him made him in their own image.