Hello and welcome back all my Dragon Ball theorist, about a week ago Toyotarou released
a bonus image which he has been doing every so often giving us little treats of information
for us to interpret.
Which this wonderful image of Vermod with a full
head of hair millions of years ago tossing his glove aside in front of what looks like
Jiren.
Wait if this is millions of years ago before he was a god of destruction
then how old is Jiren?
Was this Jiren in the image or his master that Vermod knew.
Why am I saying Vermod when it's Belmod or is it Vermouth?
There are some misunderstandings about the god of destruction
in Universe 11 and today in this video we are gonna tackle them and get some answers.
I didn't put Belmod explained in the title for nothing, so lets discuss this image that
Toyotarou drew and from all the information we have, we will peace together
his origins.
To tell you a story of going from pride trooper to god.
Now lets get started!
First in explaining Belmod lets actually talk about his name as there are usually some discussions
in the comments on what is actually correct or what is accepted.
I personally never look at it as correct or incorrect as many characters can have a lot
of aliases and pronunciations.
Berumoddo which is his Japanese name is no exception but thought since we are explaining
him I would give a fun factoid on his name and the fact that if you want to be technical
about pronunciations because it helps you sleep at night, Belmod is actually wrong.
Sometimes in Dragon Ball what is actually wrong becomes what is accepted and all of
us fans just roll with the punches.
However the amazing Ken Xyro who does many of the translations and news in the Dragon
Ball and anime community did a video that is now 2 years old explaining what is the
correct way to say Berumoddo in English.
The origin of his name is a pun on Vermouth as we see in the Aliases that also list
Vermout and Vermoud.
Ken Xyro does a fantastic breakdown of how Vegeta in Japanese is Bejita and the same
goes for Vermod or Berumoddo.
It's the same syllables so why would we call one Vegeta and one Belmod?
The answer is that it's just wrong.
Any of the Vermod pronunciations that begin with the letter V would be correct.
Error's happen and now we have come to know his name as Belmod due to the English
subtitles which was a publisher decision.
Ken Xyro goes into further details of the Japanese language and other names in the video,
it's great information so I will put a link to that in the description and
the comments.
So personally you can pick your poison but I go with Vermod as one of the intended ways
to say his name as a pun on Vermouth, just the same I say Vegeta's name as a pun on Vegetables.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor you must acquit, it doesn't make any sense.
Just like we say Saiyan instead of Sai-jin anyways Belmod or Vermod it's all the same
to me but that is the details of his name and
correct way to say it due to the origins and Japanese.
I got a philly/southern accent that I try to control when I am narrating these videos
that is different than the correct English language but a lot
of times it can show through, so I never care to much about the correct way to pronounce
something, just as long as you understand, what I am sayin, and I don't mean saiyan.
You gotta love English.
Moving onto how long Vermod has been a god of destruction and misunderstanding #2 which
is that he has been in this role for only 240,851 years.
That is also incorrect.
We have arrived at this number by the information provided in Manga chapter 28 when
Vermod states today is the anniversary that marks 87,910,715 days since he became god
of destruction.
Our thought is divide this number by 365 which is how
many days there are in a year and walah.
We know how many years he has been clowning around as a destroyer god.
Except Universe 11 doesn't have an Earth and the Dragon Ball universe doesn't go by Earth
years.
We Earthlings are not the center of the Multiverse so our calendar doesn't work for everyone,
that is why even in Dragon Ball there is a King's Calendar that signifies time.
The tournament of power was held on the 3,135,500,603rd day of the King's Calendar.
We can't divide this number by 365 and conclude that it was created 8.5 million years ago.
It doesn't work that way, because we know for a fact that in the
year 41 of the King's calendar when the Super Dragon Balls were created, it is over 100
million years ago.
It happened before the first Kai's are known to have come into existence.
So these 3.1 billion days date back to the beginning of time and it's
well over 100 million years ago.
Which means the 87 million days Vermod is celebrating as a god is equal to million of
years of time, just like Beerus.
So if Vermod has been a god of destruction for millions of years shouldn't that date
back before the existence of the pride troopers, shouldn't that be well before Jiren was taken
in by his master after his parents were killed?
Yes it should, and while this was a fun drawling of Vermod with a full head of hair and the
symbolism of him tossing a glove while wearing the pride trooper uniform as a sign of I quit
to move onto bigger and better things is interesting.
It doesn't quite line up with the story unless they want to change a few things.
Obviously Toyotarou was having fun and there is no origin story of
Vermod as a pride trooper.
We don't know if they will build on this idea or not in the future and make changes to the
story that works with the fact that Vermod has been around for millions of years as a
god and has his own very separate ideals that
don't work for being part of the pride troopers.
The one great thing I do like is how open this image is for interpretation, the vagueness
of it.
A story you can build around it, if you want, knowing some
of the facts we do.
So lets do just that!
We learn that Jiren's Master Gicchin wanted to teach him about team work, not just how
to get stronger.
This is the reason why Jiren joined the Pride troopers at his masters request.
Jiren still focused on power as a means of justice to maintain balance
in the universe.
As Vermod states to put it in a less charitable way, Jiren doesn't trust anyone but himself,
still!
He'll never know when things will go bad and he will have to rely on others.
Marcarita says I never expected to hear that from you lord Vermod.
This is when we learn of the relationship Vermod had with Jiren's master as he states
don't be ridiculous I'm just parroting Gicchin.
As a god of destruction, I would never subscribe to such weak thinking.
Which Macarita says and yet you two were friends!
Vermod thinking to himself a long time ago, maybe.
Which leads us to the early beginnings of Vermod and Gicchin before he decided to be
a god of destruction.
We don't know much about Jiren's master or how old he was but perhaps he was a being
that in his early years was in the pride troopers with
Vermod and this was in fact millions of years ago.
Gicchin was a strong and wise young fighter that was all about team work and relying on
others to battle for justice.
So in this picture of Vermod tossing aside his glove after what appears to be a difficult
battle, that other one in this picture is actually Gicchin.
He was a strong muscular fighter as well, and
Vermod who became far more powerful than the other fighters in the Pride troopers decided
that he would carve out his own path.
That his ideals don't work for this group.
So while Vermod respected Gicchin and they fought together it was time for them
to go separate ways.
Eventually Gicchin would retire from being a pride trooper and many years would pass
before he would take on a young Jiren as his student.
Gicchin would have Jiren join the pride troopers that he once fought
for to learn a final lesson.
One that Jiren wouldn't understand until Universe 7 defeated him with team work at the tournament.
One thing that is unclear is if Vermod was approached by the former god of
destruction of Universe 11 because of his power and beliefs.
Maybe the previous god saw potential in Vermod and thought he would make a good fit.
That it is clear the way Vermod wants to live life was
perfect for a god of destruction role.
We see Vermod even in his celebration enjoying food, Hakai one of these jesters in an instant.
Macarita stating poor thing she was just an innocent girl.
Vermod being the destroyer god he is states that he was
going to destroy this planet anyways.
Vermod acts very similar to how Beerus does when traveling to planets for enjoyment.
If anything is upsetting innocent or not, if you defy a god then you will be destroyed.
Vermod was a perfect fit indeed for this role but likely hasn't forgot his
early beginnings.
Which is why as he aims to retire from being a god of destruction one day that he sought
out his replacement from the pride troopers.
Maybe Vermod still has some attachment to the pride troopers
from when he was a mortal.
That indeed at one time very long ago he had someone that despite their beliefs he could
call a friend.
Maybe the millions of years as a god and the destruction of countless
planets has him once again longing for a much more simple life again, one of being mortal.
Maybe he didn't forget his friend after all this time and now that
is a driving reason to finally have a replacement.
The road Vermod set out on was definitely an interesting one and I hope one day the
full details of his friendship with Gicchin and what exactly happened on this day where
he made a decision to become a god of destruction is revealed.
Hopefully now Toppo will actually take his spot and Vermod can start the next stage of
his journey.
Maybe he will even teach students like Gicchin did.
Regardless this is my explanation of Vermod and what this image
that Toyotarou drew means to me.
His origin story with what we know, so I hope you enjoyed the video.
Just want to say thank you all for watching and what do you think of this image that was
given to us of a very young Vermod?
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