'Dragon Ball Super' Reveals Shenron's Time Limit

The Eternal Dragon Shenron is one of the more prolific elements of the Dragon Ball series, but it wasn't until Dragon Ball Super that fans realized this all-powerful entity was a much smaller entity in the God food chain.

But in the latest episode, fans realized there was a new rule dominating the dragon in that Sheron has a time limit. A time limit that Goku finally broke.

In the latest episode, Goku wants to finally wish King Kai back to life with the Dragon Balls. But when he summons Shenron, he can't exactly wish as soon as he wants to because he's quickly stopped by Android 18, Master Roshi, and others.

The group debates for quite an extended period of time, and Goku even goes into the center of the Earth. But this is quickly weakening Shenron as he visibly shakes and asks that he be allowed to disappear. He eventually disappears, leaving Goku unable to bring back King Kai this time around.

There is a point of contention here, however, that Shenron could just be running away from Beerus. He's always visibly shaken when in Beerus' presence, and his nervous demeanor may lend credence to the fact that he doesn't have a time limit and just reached the "limit" of his nervousness.

But this doesn't completely explain it either as this was truly the longest time Shenron had been summoned in the series yet. Shenron only pushed himself because of Beerus' presence on Earth, as well. Either way, Shenron was hilariously pushed to all sorts of limits.

Dragon Ball Super currently airs its English dub on Adult Swim during the Toonami programming block Saturday evenings at 9:30 p.m. It is also available to stream on Funimation and Amazon Video. The Japanese language release of the series is complete, and available to stream on Funimation, VRV, and Crunchyroll.

If you want to catch up with the English dub, the first 52 episodes of Dragon Ball Super are now available to stream on FunimationNOW, VRV, and available to purchase on Amazon Video as well. The 52 episodes span the full range of what has aired in the North America and covers the "Battle of Gods" arc, "Revival of F" arc, the "Universe 6" arc, and bringing the series right up to the current TV airings of the "Future Trunks" arc.

The first Dragon Ball Super film is set to release this December in Japan, and it has just released its first trailer. The film will focus on the Saiyans, the "origins of Goku's power," and potentially the story of the very first Super Saiyan. Not only does it aim to be the best film in the series, original creator Akira Toriyama will be contributing to the film's script and character designs. Fans will get their first look at the new film during the Dragon Ball North America Tour, as well.