Anime characters who died and returned the most
Krillin returns three times. Goku returns after Raditz and after Cell. Single returns stay on the list when the story shows that one.
Twelve characters · returns
- 01
Three returnsKrillin
3After Tambourine, Frieza and Super Buu.
- 02
Core, GohanCell
2Self-destruction regen from a core, then the Kamehameha. Two returns from a body that was gone.
- 03
Namek, TrunksFreeza
2Namek, then the slice by Future Trunks. Both times he comes back on his own side of the plot.
- 04
Two returnsSon Goku
2After Raditz and after Cell.
- 05
Two returnsVegeta
2After Namek and after Buu.
- 06
Two returnsPiccolo
2Brought back twice in the manga.
- 07
No-life kingAlucard
1Walks out of every fatal wound on screen. No census, so 1 encore on this scale.
- 08
ImmortalityBan
1Snatch immortality. Fatal wounds do not stick. No census, so 1 encore.
- 09
Yomi YomiBrook
11 encore: the Yomi Yomi fruit puts the soul back in the bones.
- 10
TitanEren Yeager
11 return: eaten in episode 1, comes back as a Titan.
- 11
RitualHidan
1Jashin immortality. Dismemberment does not end him. No census, so 1 encore.
- 12
Fake deathObito Uchiha
11 return: the boulder “death” at Kannabi, then Tobi.
What this comparison means
Returns from death through their own nature, fruit or plot. Dragon-ball wishes sit on the revived list. Regeneration without a stated total stays at 1 encore so the list stays numeric.
3, then 2, then 1.
