Why Are There Seven Dragonballs?

[Sovran Nila]

Was it ever stated how Toriyama came up with there needing to be seven dragonballs? Why seven, rather than a different number?

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Because other numbers before'd be too convinient (or no point in collecting if it's only one for example).

 

[Fantastische Hure]

OK, maybe not exactly that.

Spoiler

Why are there seven Dragon Balls?
It’s simply because there’s those eight balls in Hakken-Den1, and I’d hate for it to be exactly the same, so I had there be seven.

Source: www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/adventure-special-toriyama-qa/

 

[Sovran Nila]

OK, maybe not exactly that.

Spoiler

Why are there seven Dragon Balls?
It’s simply because there’s those eight balls in Hakken-Den1, and I’d hate for it to be exactly the same, so I had there be seven.

Source: www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/adventure-special-toriyama-qa/

Wow, I've never heard of this before!

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (shinjitai: 南総里見八犬伝; kyūjitai: 南總里見八犬傳) is a Japanese epic novel (yomihon) written and published over twenty-eight years (1814–42) in the Edo period, by Kyokutei Bakin. Set in the Muromachi period, the story follows eight fictional warriors, connected spiritually but born into different families throughout the Kantō region, coming together and fighting as vassals of the Satomi clan; as well as numerous side plots. Bakin researched about the Satomi clan by referring to war tales about the Satomi clan and the Hojo clan such as Satomiki (里見記), Satomi Kyudaiki (里見九代記) and Hojo Godaiki (ja:北条五代記), and completed the story line of Nansō Satomi Hakkenden by referring to them.[1][2]

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Yoshi]

Because seven is a special number. Even more special than three is.

 

[Hector]

Maybe he had cummed seven times that day.

 

[Warmmedown]

Iirc it was some old story with eight and he did a slightly different number

Yah I remembered right
go me