Nick tringali said:
...if you stayed in the chamber for a full 24hours than exactly 1 year would have passed when you left the chamber and stepped on earth.
This sounds like it should more aptly be called the Coma-inducing Chamber.
You go in, stay for a short time, and when you come out it's a year later.
The Hyperbolic Time Chamber, also known as the "Room of Spirit and Time" or "Hypersonic Lion Tamer," is a fictional location in the popular manga and anime series Dragon Ball, created by Akira Toriyama. This chamber is primarily featured in the Dragon Ball Z series.
The Hyperbolic Time Chamber is located within Kami's Lookout, a floating temple in the series. It is a special training room where time flows at a different rate compared to the outside world. Inside the chamber:
- One year of time outside the chamber is equivalent to one day (24 hours) inside. This means that characters who train inside the chamber for a day can accumulate a year's worth of training.
- The chamber has intense gravity, which makes training inside it extremely challenging.
The Hyperbolic Time Chamber is used by the main characters of the series, including Goku and Gohan, to undergo intense training to prepare for powerful adversaries, such as the Saiyans and Cell. It plays a significant role in the Dragon Ball Z storyline, allowing the characters to make significant gains in their strength and abilities within a relatively short time.
The concept of a chamber with different time properties is a common trope in science fiction and fantasy, and the Hyperbolic Time Chamber is one of the most iconic examples of this concept in anime and manga.