Speaking of logistics, if you’re wondering how all the Namekians can hang out at Capsule Corp, keep in mind that there was only about 100 of them (even fewer now, since Tsuno’s village wasn’t revived). Obviously the late Great Elder was big on family planning.

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The wishing logistics are spelled out by the narrator in the manga, while in the anime we get to see it happening. Notably, the significance of the 130 day recharge period is unexplained in the manga, with the anime adding that it’s the length of a Namekian year.

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130 days after Namek’s destruction, Goku (probably still balancing atop that big spike) is contacted by Porunga, who wants to bring him back to Earth to fulfill Bulma and co’s wish. He politely refuses, saying he will eventually return on his own.

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1 Serious Goku
2 Serious Goku
3 Super Serious Goku
4 Funny loving Goku
By Furusawa on Namek arc

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Cet arc... avec Goku qui débarque sur Namek l'espoir sur ses épaules
Merci Toriyama

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It’s debatable to what extent this strip should count as canon, but it’s not like there’s much else to go on for assigning a date to the Namek arc. Regardless, this strip marks Lunch’s final appearance as drawn by Toriyama, outside of the odd spine image or two.

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To recap: Goku begins a six-day trip on Day 1 of the Namek arc, the Ginyu Force start a five-day trip on Day 2, so both arrive on Day 7. In the meantime, Vegeta kills Zarbon on Day 3 and spends the next four days trying to locate Kuririn+Gohan as they head for the Great Elder.

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Another day passes during Goku’s training montage, thus putting us on Day 6 (December 23rd). Goku has one day left to reach Namek, which he decides is best spent resting (a principle he later applies in the lead-up to the Cell Games)

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Goku’s trip is said to take 6 days, and once he gets there it’s all one battle after another, making for one super long day (the longest in the original manga, in fact). So that makes the time spent on Namek a total of 7 days counting from Team Bulma’s arrival.

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Despite all the back-and-forth shenanigans and the lack of any night, the Namek arc’s timeline is relatively straightforward. Bulma and Vegeta arrive at about the same time, Bulma phones home, and Goku leaves 2 hours after Roshi gets the call.

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Rada is a saiyan, who refuses to speak on her past. One day She crash landed on Namek, upon waking up she was hostile to the inhabitants, until seeing Storm, in which she froze. Eventually with tensions dying down.

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Tar-Gui is a Namek, when Storm landed on their planet, Tar-Gui's father took the frost demon in. Because of this the two of them are inseparable. Tar-Gui was always enamoured by the space technology Storm arrived in, and spent his adolescence trying to fix Storm's ship.

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On Tuesday: long days on Namek!

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(Also: on the trip’s 7th day Bulma says they have 20 days to go, despite the narrator eventually saying they reach Namek after 34 days. Viz changes this to “20-plus days” to fix this minor discrepancy. Was the Fake Namek filler likewise made partially to plug this gap?)

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In fact, the Daizenshuu timeline has Vegeta’s healing finish on December 13th, over three weeks after he began on November 21st. What’s that about? The assumption seems to be that it must take Vegeta 5 days to reach Namek, since that’s how long the Ginyu Force take to arrive.

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Vegeta escapes into space, leaving Bulma and co to pick up the pieces. Night falls. On the ride home, Kuririn has an idea: Earth’s dragon balls are gone, but Vegeta mentioned that more balls might be found on Planet Namek.

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Yes, the Saiyans specifically programmed their ships to land right around full moon time. But where is the moon…? Vegeta is bamboozled by Piccolo’s Namekian illusions into thinking it’s not there anymore. Naturally he blames this on Kakarot (the man, not the game).

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A drawing of Goku on Namek that I forgot to post here my bad 😂

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