Stories featuring Whis
About Whis
Character Background
Whis is the Guide Angel Attendant of Universe 7's God of Destruction, Beerus, as well as his Martial Arts teacher. Along with the other angels, he is a child of the Grand Minister. Like all attendants, he is bound to the service of his deity and usually does not leave Beerus unaccompanied.
Whis has a calm, aloof, and peaceful personality, but is absent-minded and has a somewhat effeminate nature at times. Very eccentric, his priorities can often seem exceedingly trivial. He remains calm even when his student, Beerus, goes into fits of extreme rage, but can become irritated if Beerus goes too far, but food will calm him down. A very insightful and carefree individual, he rarely gets worked up or surprised by anything not directly involving Beerus, such as being impressed by Hit's Time-Skip and Goku's Kaio-ken, respectively. He is also apparently a very proud teacher, as Whis was overjoyed upon seeing Goku seemingly master Ultra Instinct, having learned from his own lessons. Despite his carefree nature, he is not without fear, as he became very nervous when Zeno wanted to meet with Goku, which is understandable given the situation involving the Omni-King. He also became somewhat exasperated with Goku's behavior towards the Grand Minister and Zeno, even showing bafflement when Goku gave Zeno his nickname. He is shown to be very well-mannered, always speaking and behaving respectfully to all around him. Likewise, he also dislikes poor table manners, negatively commenting on Beerus' sloppy eating when visiting a planet.
Even in extreme situations, his etiquette doesn't falter, as shown when he politely told the Z Fighters that the entire Solar System would be destroyed in an instant in an honorific register while calmly eating a cake. He is also rather considerate, offering Vegeta a better view of Beerus and Goku's fight via his staff and sharing his food with the hungry members of the Pilaf Gang. He appears to enjoy others' company, as evidenced by his regular meetups with Bulma (although it could be due to her treating him to various meals). His etiquette only briefly faltered once on Vegeta's refusal to enter the Tournament of Power unless his child, Bulla, was born. Originally, Whis was confused and perplexed like Goku; he was not sure why Vegeta wanted to be present for the birth, and later was visibly annoyed at Vegeta's stance, even going as far as using his magic abilities to literally warp Bulla out of Bulma's womb to speed up the process, slyly implying to Vegeta he should enter.
Much like Beerus, he has an obsession with food, getting overly excited and somewhat undignified at new cuisines, and can be easily persuaded using delicacies. When he reversed time for three minutes, he states he only did so because Earth has so many fine delicacies, and not because he cares about the billions of lives on Earth. This mentality makes him appear like a glutton. Similar to Roshi, who only does his lessons when he's given inappropriate material, Whis will only train Vegeta or Goku if some delicacy is involved.
Similarly, he also apparently cares either very little or not at all for the countless lives Beerus has ended in his occupation as a God of Destruction, indicating that, while he is not malevolent, he is, at the very least, indifferent. Additionally, he appears to have minimal, if any, regard for the lives of others. This is seen when the Grand Minister states everyone but the angels from the respective universes will be destroyed, and Whis remained cheerful as ever and even laughed right in the face of Beerus himself, showing that despite all the eons spent with Beerus, he apparently only saw Beerus as an assignment. Despite this, however, it would appear that this is but a façade, and he does care for his Universe, as in addition to taking pride in the achievements of Goku and Vegeta, his two students, he seems rather involved with Team Universe 7's overall performance in the tournament and shows concern when Goku collapses due to the strain of using Ultra Instinct. Furthermore, Whis felt ashamed about the chaos and destruction Moro was causing across Universe 7, showing that, despite being required to remain indifferent according to angel laws, he genuinely felt bad for the people and planets being wiped out by Moro, as he witnessed the unsanctioned destruction taking place.
Though he prefers to avoid meddling in mortal conflicts in accordance with Angel law, in Dragon Ball Super: Broly, he protects Bulma and holds off the rampaging Broly using Autonomous Ultra Instinct to dodge Broly's attacks after he defeats Golden Frieza while Goku and Vegeta are off trying to perform Fusion Dance with assistance from Piccolo. However Whis refuses to attack Broly at all and is quick to bow out once Gogeta arrives allowing the mortal fusion to deal with the rampaging Legendary Super Saiyan, thus staying within the limits of Angel law as Goku and Vegeta are his students and perspective God of Destruction candidates thus his holding off Broly could be seen as him encouraging Goku and Vegeta's growth as it allowed them to perfect the Fusion Dance, and the fight presented Whis the opportunity to test Super Saiyan Broly's strength which is said by Goku to rival Beerus' thus providing Whis the chance to scout for another potential Destroyer candidate while keeping Broly preoccupied until Gogeta arrives. His protection of Bulma from Broly was likely influenced by his friendship with Bulma, due to her tendency to treat him to Earth cuisine and the fact that she is the wife of his student, Vegeta.
According to Beerus, Whis is also a terrible singer.
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