Granolah (グラノラ Guranora) is the sole survivor of the Cerealian race that was annihilated by the Saiyan Army. Motivated by his desire for revenge, he seeks to gain more power in order to kill the tyrant Frieza and avenge his people.
Appearance
Granolah's full appearance
Granolah has light skin, wavy green hair and dark green eyes, wearing what appears to be a buckled leather eyepatch with a dial over his right eye. The rest of his attire consists of a dark yellowish-green shirt under a green coat with yellow buttons, a long gray scarf, a dual-buckled belt, and dark yellowish-green gloves and boots (with buckled belts around both).
Personality
Granolah's vengeful obsession
Granolah is a stern, serious individual. Granolah holds a deep love for his people, and is constantly haunted in his dreams by the memory of the Frieza Force arriving and the Saiyans transforming into Great Apes while destroying his city. He holds a deep loathing against Frieza and the Saiyans who invaded his home world and eradicated his people. After their deaths, Granolah became obsessed with avenging his fallen brethren. However, after having heard of the destruction of Planet Vegeta and the death of Frieza, Granolah nearly gave up on his quest for vengeance. His determination was renewed when he learned that Frieza had been resurrected, for it could give him the chance to kill him and avenge his people. After learning of Frieza's resurrection, he impatiently demands Elec to tell him where Frieza is so he could kill him immediately. When he's swiftly overpowered and detained by Gas, he understands that he's still far too weak to confront Frieza, so he instead chooses to bide his time and train before battling Frieza.
Biography
Background
Many decades ago, Granolah lived on Cereal with his people, the Cerealians. One day, the Cerealian homeworld was attacked and conquered by the Frieza Force and its Saiyan Army. Using the full moon, the Saiyans transformed into Great Apes and annihilated nearly all of the population and their cities. The young and frightened Granolah ran inside of an abandoned building to hide, only to be discovered by a Great Ape with a scar on its face. Somehow, Granolah managed to survive the genocide of his race, but the experience left him haunted with nightmares that lasted into adulthood. This instilled Granolah with an obsessive desire for revenge against Frieza and the Saiyans.
At some point in his life, Granolah became a bounty hunter, taking jobs for the Heeters family.
Dragon Ball Super
Granolah the Survivor Saga
Main article: Granolah the Survivor Saga Granolah has an acquaintance by the name of Oatmeel. At some point, he began the pursuit of Goichi's OG Soldier, OG73i to deliver him to the Heeters. With Oatmeel's help, Granolah tracks down Goichi's ship to a remote corner of the universe far from Earth to find OG73-i. As he boards Goichi's ship, Oatmeel warns Granolah to be careful, as they don't how many enemies are on board. Granolah understands and asks Oatmeel to prepare to provide him support. Goichi is quickly alerted by Granolah's intrusion and sends his guards after him, but Granolah easily defeats the guards by shocking them with his Stun Gun and continues into the ship.
In desperation, Goichi activates all of his OG Soldiers (all having received copies of Seven-Three's data and thus possess equivalent capabilities) to dispatch him. Granolah asks Oatmeel to run a scan and find out which OG unit is their target. Oatmeel informs Granolah that none of the OG Soldiers who approached him are the target, so Granolah defeats them all by shooting Finger Beams at the crystals in their heads. After making his way to a room full of OG Soldiers, Oatmeel informs Granolah that Seven-Three is the OG Soldier inside of a Medical Machine in the center. This causes Granolah to crack a smile. After taking Seven-Three, Granolah heavily damaged Goichi's ship, preventing them from following his own ship.
Later, Granolah wakes up screaming, terrified from a nightmare of his race's destruction. Oatmeel asks Granolah if he had that dream again, and Granolah confirms. He hastily checks on Seven-Three, but Oatmeel tells him that the android is in stable condition. Granolah asks if they have been followed, but Oatmeel reassures him that Goichi and his followers couldn't follow them after the destruction he caused on their ship. Oatmeel says that it will take a while to reach the Heeters' Base and suggests that Granolah goes into cold sleep (a form of suspended animation), but he declines, insisting that he is wide awake now. Oatmeel asks if he still despises the Frieza Force and Granolah says he does. Oatmeel says that Frieza died several years ago and the remnants of his army are but a shadow of their former glory, but they can't understand why Granolah is still obsessed and insists that he move on. Granolah says that he should try, since it was the apes in Frieza's army that slaughtered his fellow Cerealians and, apparently, they were wiped out by a giant meteor shortly afterwards (Unaware, that this was a lie fabricated by Frieza). Granolah says that he lost both the targets for his revenge, but can't understand why he is still plagued with nightmares. Oatmeel asks if he's referring to the Saiyans and Granolah confirms it.
After a long journey, Granolah finally arrives at the Heeters' base and hauls Seven-Three into the fortress. Another bounty hunter named Soshiru passes by and greets Granolah after seeing him carry in his target, but the Cerealian ignores him. Soshiru recognizes Seven-Three as the artificial lifeform that Elec wants and inquires how he captured him. The greedy bounty hunter suggests they pretend that they captured Seven-Three together and split the prize, as his previous target didn't make him much money, while eagerly examining the android. Irritated, Granolah points his fingers at Soshiru's head and warns him not to touch Seven-Three, otherwise, he'll give his head to Elec for payment. Soshiru hastily replies that he was joking and Granolah continues inside the fortress.
In Elec's throne room, Granolah offers Seven-Three to the Heeters. Elec asks Oil to confirm it, and, after examination, he replies that it is indeed Seven-Three. Elec congratulates Granolah, but the Cerealian demands his payment. Maki gives Granolah a bag full of their currency. Granolah asks Elec if he will create an army using Seven-Three like Goichi. Elec laughs and says he has no need for soldiers because the Heeters don't command armies, and if they did need more numbers, they'll simply hire the best soldiers that money can buy. Elec claims that with enough money, there is nothing you can't have, which Granolah agrees with. Elec claims that real power comes from money and intel, and the one with the most information controls the universe and Seven-Three is full of useful information. Granolah says that he only cares about his reward and asks for another assignment. Elec says they don't have any assignments at the moment, because the state of the universe is shifting, due to Frieza's resurrection.
Shocked, Granolah asks how this is possible, but Elec has no idea. Elec says that the Frieza Force's return is bad for business, as people will become frightened and less willing to make deals. Elated, Granolah believes that this is his chance to avenge his people and desperately demands for Frieza's location so he can kill the tyrant. Elec tells him not to bother, as Frieza had come back far stronger than before, leading to Granolah angrily marching up to his throne before Gas pins him down. Elec says that Granolah is hotheaded and he knows about his grudge against the Frieza Force, but his revenge requires time and planning. Elec tells Granolah to wait until they are ready to help him, as the Frieza Force is their common enemy. Granolah begrudgingly agrees and Elec tells Gas to let him go. While the Cerealian gathers his money, Elec tells him to go home and calm down. Before leaving, Granolah asks that they contact him if there's another job.
Outside, Oatmeel asks Granolah to explain himself as he doesn't usually let Elec get the last word. Granolah angrily curses Frieza and vows to exact his vengeance by personally killing the tyrant. Oatmeel insists that he remain calm and suggests that he treat himself with his earnings. Unbeknownst to Granolah, the Heeters have become wary of his ever-growing strength and plan to have him killed by Frieza.
In their ship, Oatmeel tells Granolah to rest up as it will take two days to reach Cereal. Suddenly, Granolah hears a loud noise and turns to find Soshiru, who gathered his allies to rob him of his bounty. Granolah lands his ship on a nearby asteroid to hide from his pursuers. However, the bounty hunters follow him and search his ship. He lures the group to the cockpit by speaking through his eyepatch and incapacitates most of Soshiru's allies by sniping them with his stun gun. Soshiru is shocked that Granolah can snipe without his goggles, and Oatmeel explains that the Cerealian's right eyes are especially adapted to sniping, and Granolah's abilities are superior to the others. Granolah holsters his gun and threatens to kill Soshiru with a Finger Beam. The bounty hunter surrenders and apologizes, and gives Granolah his pocket change, before leaving with his allies.
Granolah returns to his ship and puts his eyepatch back on, with Oatmeel praising his sniping abilities. Granolah downplays this, acknowledging that he missed one of Soshiru's men. Granolah admits that he isn't strong enough to defeat Frieza, and must gain more power than anyone to avenge the Cerealian race.
Power
- Manga
Granolah easily defeated Goichi's guards with a stun gun and his OG Soldiers (who all possess copies of Seven-Three's data and equivalent capabilities) with Finger Beams.
With his strength at the start of the Granolah the Survivor Saga he believed he may be able to defeat Frieza (unclear if this applies to first form or his true form), at the strength he had prior to being revived and training, though Elec stated that he would easily be killed by the present day Frieza. He was no match for Gas, who believed Granolah would never be capable of defeating him, though Elec seemingly considered it a possibility that Granolah could surpass him due to his potential.
Techniques and Special Abilities
- Cerealian Right Eye - As a Cerealian, Granolah possess a special right eye which gives him advanced sniping capabilities, with Granolah specifically having abilities above all others of his kind.
- Electric Shock - Using his stun gun, Granolah fires out a bullet which gives the target an electric shock.
- Finger Beam - Granolah holds out his index and middle finger and releases an energy beam from his fingertips.
- Finger Blitz Barrage - Granolah rapid fires energy beams from his fingertip. He is shown to possess perfect accuracy with this technique.
Equipment
- Stun Gun - Granolah possess a non-lethal gun which fires a blast which stuns those hit by it.
Battles
- Dragon Ball Super
- Manga
- Granolah vs. Guards
- Granolah vs. OG Soldiers
- Granolah vs. Gas
- Granolah vs. Soshiru and his men
Trivia
- Granolah's name is a pun on granola, a breakfast snack.
- Granolah shares many similarities with Kintoki, a character from one of Akira Toriyama's previous works.
Gallery
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