Reincarnation

Reincarnation is the concept of the non-physical essence of a living being beginning a new life in a different physical form or body after death.
==Overview==
In Other World, King Yemma decides where souls will go after death. Though he usually sends them to either Heaven or Hell, he will sometimes offer certain souls the chance to start over either as a reward for doing something particularly heroic or if he sees that person as being a potential problem for the afterlife in the future. 
==Methods of Reincarnation==
A soul that is cleansed of their evil in Hell can be reborn as a different, potentially good person. Piccolo states that this is what would have happened to Vegeta after he sacrificed himself to stop Majin Buu,Dragon Ball chapter 467, "Farewell, Proud Warrior" but Vegeta was resurrected before this can be done to stop Buu who survived Vegeta's self-destruction.Dragon Ball Z episode 283, "Earth Reborn" A Soul Cleansing Machine helps with this process before the soul is purified and reincarnated.Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, 1995
Before his death, King Piccolo uses his remaining strength to reincarnate his soul into one final egg which would hatch to give birth to his final offspring, Piccolo Junior who was both King Piccolo's son and reincarnation, who inherited all of his father's power and abilities, along with techniques and memories, though lacked his father's pure evil nature.Dragon Ball episode 122, "Final Showdown"Daizenshuu 2, 1995
The Reincarnation Game uses an individual's soul and reincarnates it into a different individual in order to pit the reincarnated souls against each other in battle.
==Characters who have been reincarnated==
*Garlic Jr.: Garlic Jr. is the son/reincarnation of Garlic.Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone movie pamphlet
*Piccolo: Piccolo is the son/reincarnation of King Piccolo. Initially, Piccolo continued his father/past life's enmity with Goku and campaign to conquer the world. However, he became an ally during the Saiyan Saga where he sacrificed himself to save Gohan. Following his resurrection, Piccolo embraced redemption in earnest and has been a staunch friend and ally to Goku ever since.
*Uub: Uub is the reincarnation of Kid Buu. Before destroying him, Goku wishes for Buu to come back as a good person so he could fight him under friendlier circumstances, having come to see Buu as a worthy opponent. King Yemma arranged for this to happen as a favor and made sure despite being reincarnated as a human, Uub would still have his previous incarnations supernatural powers.
*Yamcha (Reincarnated): Yamcha is the reincarnation of a normal boy who dies falling down the stairs after trying to look under a girl's skirt. His soul was chosen for Beerus and Champa's Reincarnation Game where he becomes Yamcha.Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha chapter 1 When the twin Gods of Destruction destroy the game after it ends in a tie, Whis returns the boy's soul back to his original world.Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha chapter 3
*Chiaotzu: Chiaotzu is the reincarnation of a normal boy who goes by the online name Oushou. His soul was also chosen for the Reincarnation Game where he becomes Chiaotzu. When the twin Gods of Destruction destroy the game after it ends in a tie, Whis returns Oushou soul back to his original world.
*Son Goku: In Dragonball Evolution, Son Goku is revealed to be the reincarnation of Oozaru the Destroyer, a chaotic and destructive deity who centuries ago served under Lord Piccolo and was instrumental in the attack on Earth before he was somehow defeated along with his master. 
==Video Game Appearances==
In Dragon Ball FighterZ, when the Z-Fighters defeated Android 21, Goku says he'll talk to King Yemma to have her reincarnated after he explains what happened to her fissions. When others express doubt that Yemma would do such a thing, Beerus says that he could ask for them.
==References==
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