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Krillin, Goku’s life long and best friend. He’s funny, shorter than almost everyone,
bald and has six strange dots on his head. But what are those dots. Why does Krillin
have dots on his head?
Hey how's it going my name is Raf and welcome to Dragon Ball Code. Today we are gonna talk
about Why does krillin have dots on his head? Krillin has been in the Dragon Ball manga
and anime ever since Goku was a little kid. He has followed Goku for many years after
that. And he always had those 6 dots on his head. But what are they? Well, they are not
birth marks if that’s what you thought. Ok, you are gonna laugh about this. When I
was younger, before I watched Dragon Ball, I use to think that those six dots on his
forehead meant that he used to be the protector of the six star dragon ball. I know, it’s
ridiculous. I have know Idea how I came up with that. In reality, they are scars. More
specifically they are burn marks.
You see, krillin is a monk and he started his training when he was 3. What do the dots
have to do with being a monk? You may ask. Well, Monks had a ritual back in the day where
they would put incense on themselves and light it. As the incense burnt, it would start
burning the skin. They did this to create burn scars. But these burn marks were not
made with the purpose of just seeing who could endure the most pain. They had a sacred meaning.
These marks were only done to those who had sworn vows to the Three Refuges of Buddhism
which are Buddha, Sangha and Dharma. The first time they got 3 dots but later if they
sworn the vows again, they could get more. Every time they were able to add three more
dots. By doing this they could get up to 9 dots in total. In modern times they have replaced
these dots on the forehead with tattoos in other parts of their bodies.
By the looks of it, it looks like Krillin had done this 2 times by the time he left
Orin Temple. So this makes it seem like Krillin was a very dedicated monk by being able to
get 6 dots by the time he was 13. I think that if he had stayed in the temple he would
have gotten all 9 dots but the only thing that stopped him was that he was tired of
being bullied by the other students and decided to leave. He left so that he could train somewhere
else and eventually come back and beat the bullies. Which is exactly what he ddi when
he fought one of the in the world martial arts tournament.
So now you know the true meaning of why krillin has those dots on his forehead.