Talk:Ryu/@comment-50.111.121.51-20191010092247/@comment-37614868-20200107115600

I am extremely certain I am aware that Ryu (龍) is Japanese. I assume everyone is on the right page as me and didn't bother to explain something so elementary. Apparently I am wrong.

While Jiaolongs (蛟龙) are almost exclusive to Chinese. Japanese and Korean Dragons are largely imported and unchanged Chinese Dragons with a bit of differences here and there. One thing is for sure, all Dragons in mythology from this region of the world share uncanny resemblance and always described with almost exactly same features. Even their powers are exact copy of each other. I am aware that there is a 3 claw version of Japanese Dragon. Even then, that is more than a pair.

Chinese mythology have a higher degree of details about what is and is not a true Dragon, Korean and Japanese Dragons almost always follow it because to avoid flaming war or offending Japanese or Koreans. Let's just say the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans copy each other in their mythology of Dragons.

Born related to divine, natural born godly power over weather, closely related to sea, rivers, lakes and godly power over lightning. Appearance is always serpentine shape, capable of defying laws of physics by flying naturally like they are swimming and have 4 arms/claws. They even have the Yinglong carnation, (Golden winged dragon) except instead of looking like the majestic Western Dragon. They just slap a pair of wings on the serpentine dragon and paint it gold.

For citation, refer to Dragonball's Shenron as the author of that anime draws a Japanese Dragon.

Oh before I forget, being able to shapeshift into true human form that is equivalent of how they look to other dragons in dragon form is also part of many dragons' abilities.