The Limits of the Dragon Balls

At 3:07 I say there's a "1 year revival limit" on the Dragon Balls. This is contentious so I went with the popular interpretation since I didn't want to get too lost in the sauce. The other interpretation is that the Dragon Balls can't revive LARGE groups outside of the past year (aka the Saiyans won't get revived). It's worded vaguely enough to apply to any revival wish though and with the body restoration issue I mention in the video and souls being reincarnated - it would make sense to have a limit on when individuals could be revived as well. Just thought I'd mention it here!

Shenron always says I can't do that in almost every situation

"i wish you can grant any wish!" "That wish is beyond my power"

Shenron when it matters "That wish is beyond my power"

I believe that the Super Dragon Balls (and perhaps even Zalama himself) were created to be equal in power and ability to Grand Zeno himself; to reverse whatever Zeno had previously done and be a balance of creation to Zeno's destruction. We see this throughout Super; Future Zeno erased Zamasu, despite him being granted immortality by Super Shenron, and Super Shenron was able to restore the universes that Zeno had erased. It's a balancing act. Both are able to counter the others' decisions effectively

You gotta give Shenron a break, Goku and co ask for some pretty ridiculous stuff compared to normal people. Of course he started off the series by saying "I can grant any possible wish" and by the end he's saying "uh... maybe I can grant that wish". Before the Z-Fighters, Shenron was probably used for millions of dollars, bringing a loved one back to life, etc... so he couldn't think of a wish he couldn't grant. After the Z-fighters discovered the dragon balls, now he's being asked to stop super powered space aliens, revive the majority of the population of a planet, and to turn a mortal into a god.

I always just assumed that the whole “bodies are needed to be preserved” rule was retconned or just ignored because they realised it would be hard to explain scenes where characters bodies are completely blown up or incinerated

"Ask any question" "Yessh ask another"

Zamasu was still immortal by the definition of him not being mortal after the wish. Zeno is just above all of that and doesn’t kill but completely scrubs him from the timeline. As well as the rest of that universe

Freeza was revived as pieces because he was still alive in that state. He only died when Trunks pulverized him.

Carthu: I wish for you to hit the like button! Me: That wish is not within my power.

7:30 this can be kind of interesting since broly teleports at the perfect time which could mean that broly was already talking to shenron and he gave him permission right before he was about to die or at least out of panick but I doubt this was thought of when writing

7:32 I love how it just says “so, wanna live?”

12:00 I believe that the answer to this could be that zeno and the super dragon balls can undo or counter the other - Kinda balancing each other out. So zeno can undo the effects of the super dragon balls with erasure, but the super dragon balls can also undo the effects of Zenos erasure.

To be fair, Shenron probably wasn't taking into account wishes related to aliens, distant planets, and gods when he was like, "Yeah anything, just hurry up already."

Welp the trailer was well executed

"Toriyama, can You remember even 25% what You wrote in the past" "That is beyond My Power"

Shenron, I wish to end racism! Shenron: Sorry, Mister Popo's too powerful, pecking order.

Toriyama forgets is the best explanation for inconsistences.

With regards to the "intact body to revive characters" part, my theory is that if the person was strong enough, it would take another wish to remake their body - which before the multiple wishes upgrade was a pretty big deal - and with exceptionally strong people like Frieza, regenerating their body would be beyond Shenron's power. As for Zamasu's immortality, the definition of Immortality is "living forever; never dying or decaying." When Zeno erased the timeline, Zamasu wasn't killed, he simply stopped existing. He's neither alive nor dead, mortal nor immortal, because he doesn't exist anymore. This isn't a limit of the Super Dragon Balls, it's a limit of immortality.