Warning: Spoilers for Dragon Ball Daima, episode #10!Dragon Ball Daimahas just changed everything with its reveal of the origins of the multiverse. The new information raises some serious questions aboutDaima’s compatibility withDragon Ball Super, however.
Upon arriving in the Second Demon World, Goku’s group soon encountered the Namekian homeworld, where they chose to rest while waiting for Vegeta’s group to catch up to them. While on the Namekian homeworld, Supreme Kai recounted the creation of reality as they know it. The Demon Realm, apparently, existed before the multiverse, which was only created whena super majin named Rymus was requested to expand the domainof the majins. This led to the creation of several universes, and people from the Demon Realm began pouring through the gates into these new universes.
The Demon Realm Predates The Multiverse
The Demon Realm is Unbelievably Ancient
The first major piece of information to be gleaned from Supreme Kai’s description is that the Demon Realm is, in fact, older than any of the universes which make up the Multiverse ofDragon Ball. Long before there was a Universe 7, there was the Demon Realm.The Demon Realm is functionally independent of the multiverse, which was only created to provide more territory for the inhabitants of the Demon Realm. Given that the universes have existed for billions of years already, the Demon Realm must be incredibly ancient, to already have a long and storied history by that point.
This does offer some explanation about certain points. For example, how Namekians came to exist in Universe 6 as well as 7: both populations were actually diaspora from the original population ofNamekians in the Demon Realm. The long-lived Glind also came from the Demon Realm and became the Kais who rule over each Universe in the multiverse. These Kai are specially chosen, although who selects them hasn’t quite been made clear yet.
Does Daima’s Origin Story Retcon Super?
Daima Has Some Clarification to Do
Daima’s new origin on the multiverse is interesting, but it does raise some questions about how the multiverse was portrayed inSuper. Grand Zeno, notably, is not mentioned in the origins of the multiverse, despite being the God of all things inSuper, and having been implied to hold that role for a long time.If Rymus was a majin who created the multiverse, then where did Grand Zeno come from? How did he come to be in charge of the multiverse, and have such devastating power?
At first glance,Daima’s Rymus origin story seems like it retcons Grand Zeno and the cosmology seen inSuper.However, at no point wasGrand Zeno said to have created the multiverse; it is merely stated that he rules over it, so there isn’t an inherent conflict here. It’s possible that Zeno already existed as god of the Demon Realm, or that Zeno only came to be once the Multiverse existed. While it doesn’t need to be a retcon,Dragon Ball Daimaabsolutely does need to clarify how Zeno relates to the Multiverse.
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Dragon Ball Daima sees Goku and his allies inexplicably shrunk into miniature forms, prompting a journey to the Demon Realm. This animated adventure, part of the Dragon Ball franchise, explores their mission to solve the mystery and restore their original statures. Released in October 2024.
