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Immortal Future Zamasu unfazed by an energy blade piercing through him.

Immortality (, Fushi), also called Eternal Life (, Eien no Inochi), is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time without dying. A subset of this is Eternal Youth (, Eien no Wakasa), which allows for exemption from natural death such as from old age or disease, as well as halting age altogether.

In the manga, those who areimmortal are also immune to the effects of Hakai. There are several outside methods in the series which can be sought after in order to become immortal, the most common being to make such a wish to the Eternal Dragons, Shenron or Porunga, using the seven Dragon Balls.

Even if one is immortal they are still susceptible to being trapped in a place where they cannot escape, be it a different time era, dimension, etc. They are also susceptible when fusing with a mortal being due to merging in a cellular level with said being. This could result in major problems, varying in each person, due to merging their cells with mortal cells. This would either overwrite the fused body's DNA, or treat the merged cell as a one single cell, both resulting in catastrophic mutations. In Dragon Ball Super, it appears that they're also susceptible to being erased from existence by Zeno, while in Dragon Ball Heroes this appears to be untrue, as Fused Zamasu is implied to have regenerated from Future Zeno erasing him. It is also possible the Angels may be capable to do the same as well. In the case of gaining eternal youth, they also are still susceptible to the unnatural taking of life such as murder or suicide. There are examples of these drawbacks such as:

It should also be noted that immortality from death can make a person extremely overconfident due to no longer having to fear death and believe that they can overcome any mortal enemy as they cannot be killed, even if said enemy is stronger than them, as shown by both Garlic Jr. and Future Zamasu. In the case with Garlic Jr. his overconfidence caused him to use the Dead Zone twice against his enemies in an attempt to defeat them only for him to be defeated by Gohan both times and sealed in the very Dead Zone he created. While Future Zamasu was more cautious with dealing with potential threats to his and Goku Black's Zero Mortals Plan even with his immortality, he was still overconfident thanks to his immortality at least until he was almost sealed away by the Evil Containment Wave, which caused him to resort to Potara Fusion with Goku Black to defeat his enemies, however in the anime this would prove to be their undoing as the fusion was unstable due to Goku Black being mortal, allowing Fused Zamasu's body to be killed by Future Trunks and his immortal essence was erased by Future Zeno.

Frieza himself would later decide against seeking eternal life following his second revival as his time in hell made him realize the folly of living forever and decided to focus on fulfilling his desire to be taller in his True and Golden forms due to being sensitive about his height. Others such as Piccolo and Kami have also noted that seeking immortality is a unwise as the inability to die can be a curse instead of a blessing as life itself could become their only living Hell. Goku also notes acquiring it is pointless if the person who acquires it lacks strength as they would be unable to defeat a stronger opponent who could easily defeat them (afterwards they could seal, imprison, or incapacitate them in some form). Goku Black later expressed a similar sentiment to that of Goku when Future Zamasu suggested making him immortal.

It is hypothesized by some that an immortal would be unable to regenerate from complete physical annihilation, as in the manga Vegito believes that his Final Kamehameha might possess enough power to accomplish this against Fused Zamasu, while in the anime Fused Zamasu was not able to regenerate his body after it was obliterated by the Sword of Hope and so he took on an incorporeal form. Daizenshuu 2 states that Majin Buu has an immortal body, it is shown however that he can be killed when he is obliterated by Goku's Super Spirit Bomb. In a what-if scenario in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, the Spirit Bomb is also capable of killing the immortal Frieza.

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