Granolah is the last survivor of the Cerealians in the Dragon Ball Super manga: a sniper whose people were wiped out by the Saiyans forty years ago, and who trades most of his remaining lifespan for the power to take revenge. His story — the Granolah the Survivor arc — is a tragedy built on a lie, and it ends by redrawing the power balance of the whole universe.
Role in the manga
Granolah is the title character and emotional centre of the Granolah the Survivor arc (Chapters 68–87). He works as a bounty hunter for the Heeter Force — Elec, Gas, Macki and Oil — the very crime family that secretly engineered his people’s destruction, a truth hidden from him for decades. That combination — victim, weapon and finally witness to the truth — makes him one of the manga’s most layered additions. His wish to become the universe’s strongest warrior sets the arc’s plot in motion: it draws Goku and Vegeta to Planet Cereal, powers the Heeters’ counter-wish for Gas, and ultimately creates the opening for Frieza‘s return as Black Frieza.
His story
Forty years ago, the Saiyans — serving Frieza’s army — attacked Planet Cereal and slaughtered the Cerealians. The young Granolah survived hidden away, thanks in part to a Saiyan named Bardock, who defied his orders and spared the boy and his mother, and to the Namekian elder Monaito, who raised him. Granolah’s mother was killed by Gas of the Heeters during that same invasion, though Granolah grew up never knowing who truly gave the orders. As an adult he works for the Heeters as their best marksman, saving every credit to one day afford revenge on Frieza.
When the Heeters learn of the Cerealian Dragon Balls, Granolah seizes his chance. He gathers the two balls and asks the dragon Toronbo to make him the strongest warrior in the universe. The wish is granted — at a price: the power is drawn from his own potential and lifespan, leaving him only a few years to live. Pointed at the surviving Saiyans by Elec’s manipulation, Granolah fights Goku and then Vegeta on Cereal in a battle that pushes all three to evolve mid-fight. But Monaito’s testimony stops the war: Bardock had saved them, and the real authors of the massacre were the Heeters. Granolah turns his rage on Gas — freshly wished into the universe’s strongest by Elec — and fights alongside the Saiyans he had meant to kill.
The struggle ends when Frieza arrives, reveals his new Black form, and kills Gas and Elec in moments before departing. Granolah survives, his revenge emptied of meaning: the man he hated most is beyond his reach, and the family he served were his true enemies. He remains on Cereal with Monaito, his shortened life now his own to spend.
Powers and abilities
Before his wish, Granolah was already formidable: a master sniper whose Cerealian evolved right eye grants extraordinary long-range vision and precision, able to strike vital points from enormous distances, supported by his AI partner Oatmeel. The Toronbo wish multiplied his strength to the level of the universe’s greatest warrior at that moment, unlocking god-tier power, heightened senses in both eyes and techniques comparable to the Saiyans’ best — he fights Ultra Instinct Goku and Ultra Ego Vegeta on even terms. His evolved Cerealian eye deserves special mention: it lets him observe an opponent’s blood flow and vital points, so his strikes land where they do the most damage — precise enough to find the openings in Ultra Instinct’s automatic defence and drop Goku with a single blow at their first meeting, a fight Granolah had in fact been conducting through a power-splitting double while his real body waited. The cost defines him, though: every technique burns a lifespan already cut to a few years, and later wishes for Gas surpass the ceiling his own wish had set.
Key chapters
- Chapter 68 — “Granolah the Survivor”: his past and his bargain with the Heeters are introduced.
- Chapter 70 — “The Universe’s Greatest Warrior”: the wish is made, and its price is set.
- Chapter 73 — “Goku vs. Granolah”: the revenge fight begins.
- Chapter 79 — “Gas vs. Granolah”: Granolah turns on the Heeters’ strongest.
- Chapter 84 — “A People’s Pride”: the truth of Bardock’s stand reshapes the battle.
- Chapter 87 — “The Universe’s Strongest Appears”: Black Frieza ends the arc.
Read the full arc from the chapter index or officially on MANGA Plus.
Manga vs anime
Granolah has no anime version: his arc is manga-only, continuing the story years past the end of the television series. His design — a survivor of a Saiyan invasion fighting with a sniper’s patience rather than Saiyan pride — is one of the manga’s most distinctive additions, and the arc’s revelations about Bardock exist nowhere else.