Snake Way

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Snake Way or Serpent Road (蛇の道, Hebi no Michi) is a 1 million kilometer long (621,371-miles),^[1] narrow, winding path, located in Other World, above Hell, which leads from King Yemma's palace to King Kai's planet, and is the only method of getting to the latter (other than teleporting). Because of it's length, it took Goku 172 days reach the end (due to King Kai saying that the Saiyans would arrive in 158 days, and it took them eleven months total). If one were to fall off Snake Way, they would pass through a thin layer of clouds (it is revealed in the Cell Saga that the clouds are actually edible and are quite tasty) and then fall to Hell. In the anime, it is also the home of Princess Snake, a filler character who falls in love with Goku and tries to stop him.

Contents 1 Travelers of Snake Way 2 Known Residents 3 Trivia 4 References

[edit] Travelers of Snake Way

• King Kai (Presumably)
• King Yemma
• Goku
• Yamcha
• Tien
• Chiaotzu
• Piccolo
• The Ginyu Force (Excluding Captain Ginyu) (Presumably, though King Kai may have simply had them teleported there instead.)
• Raditz (Video game only -- supposedly had a relationship with Princess Snake.)

[edit] Known Residents

• Princess Snake
• Princess Snakes servant girls

[edit] Trivia

• Contrary to what is stated in the original manga, the Ocean dubbed version of the anime states that Snake Way was 10,000 miles long, which contradicts the fact that Goku swam half-way around the world in only one day when he was 17 (that would mean that he swam over 20,000 miles in that amount of time). The Funimation dub gives Snake Way's original length.
• To travel a million kilometers in 172 days, would mean Goku was travelling at an average speed of 242 kilometers per hour, or 150 miles per hour, on his way to King Kai's planet.
• In the manga, there is no official time it took Goku to get back to Earth after being wished back during the battle with the Saiyans, but King Kai estimated it would take two days. Going by the two days that was estimated by King Kai, that is 20,833 kilometers(12,945 miles) per hour for a million kilometer trip in 48 hours, which is about seventeen times the speed of sound.
• Despite being said that only King Yemma (And then Goku) have crossed Snake Way, In the other world tournament arc it was shown that King Kai actually had many people know him. At this time they may have not actually traveled to his planet, and could have trained with him elsewhere, such as on the Grand Kai's planet. This was anime filler, however.

[edit] References