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Post by Free Hat on Jan 30, 2013 12:53:32 GMT -5
And Piccolo fought #17. I think Toriyama did about as decent a job as could be expected in keeping most of the non-Saiyan cast relevant throughout the Cell Saga, given that he'd pretty much written himself into a corner with all the Zenkai/Super Saiyan garbage. The only one who doesn't come off well at all is Yamcha.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jan 30, 2013 12:57:16 GMT -5
And Piccolo fought #17. I think Toriyama did about as decent a job as could be expected in keeping most of the non-Saiyan cast relevant throughout the Cell Saga, given that he'd pretty much written himself into a corner with all the Zenkai/Super Saiyan garbage. The only one who doesn't come off well at all is Yamcha. Yamcha got kicked off the series so hard he even lost his girlfriend. Damn, he had it rough. |
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Post by mjolnir on Jan 30, 2013 15:04:10 GMT -5
And Piccolo fought #17. I think Toriyama did about as decent a job as could be expected in keeping most of the non-Saiyan cast relevant throughout the Cell Saga, given that he'd pretty much written himself into a corner with all the Zenkai/Super Saiyan garbage. The only one who doesn't come off well at all is Yamcha. Yamcha got kicked off the series so hard he even lost his girlfriend. Damn, he had it rough. Girlfriend? I thought it was worse that he had a hole punched through his chest, personally. Poor Yamcha, always the Kofi Kingston of the Z-Team. |
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Post by dav on Jan 30, 2013 15:10:44 GMT -5
Yamcha got kicked off the series so hard he even lost his girlfriend. Damn, he had it rough. Girlfriend? I thought it was worse that he had a hole punched through his chest, personally. Poor Yamcha, always the Kofi Kingston of the Z-Team. Nah, Kofi actually manages to win some of his matches. I'd say Yamcha would be the jobber of DBZ but there are times when jobbers actually win. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 30, 2013 15:37:05 GMT -5
Yamcha is the Jack Swagger of the show. he went from being important to being the jobbiest jobber ever.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 30, 2013 15:42:03 GMT -5
Yamcha is the Jack Swagger of the show. he went from being important to being the jobbiest jobber ever. He wasn't even all that important in DB either honestly. He had a good debut episode, and was handled fine in the Pilaf saga but after that he was either Bulmas bitch or the guy who lost the first match in every tournament. |
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jan 30, 2013 15:51:05 GMT -5
I think Yamcha won literally one fight in Dragonball, and that was against an invisible guy in the original series.
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Post by Celgress on Jan 31, 2013 0:32:38 GMT -5
lmao always great ;D
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Post by Free Hat on Jan 31, 2013 1:48:47 GMT -5
I think Yamcha won literally one fight in Dragonball, and that was against an invisible guy in the original series. He also fought a Saibaman to a draw. I think his total win/loss record is something like 1-7-1. I might be in the minority here, but I actually like that Yamcha is the series punching bag. He's just such a colossal douche that its hard not to laugh when life takes a dump on him. Guy goes from being a homeless desert vagabond with a pathological fear of women to, by some sheer stroke of luck, dating one of the wealthiest women in the world. So what does he do? He cheats on her, constantly. She's his meal ticket for Christ's sake. I mean what is he going to do when she finally wises up kicks him to the curb? He's got no marketable skills, no work experience, and he failed miserably at both of his chosen career paths (martial artist and professional baseball player respectively). This guy couldn't hold down a job to save his life. One of the few things I actually like about GT is Yamcha's final appearance in the series. We see him, now with a noticeably receding hairline, once again living in the desert with Puar, fixing some old beat up junker of a car. There couldn't have been a more fitting ending for this character. It's the only part of that show that I consider canon. |
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Post by Yami Daimao on Jan 31, 2013 1:56:18 GMT -5
Yamcha is just your average joe. While everyone learns from their cool adventures, gain knowledge and power through fights, and even have moments of relevance, Yamcha's just...there. He had it all, and life decided to flip him off. Now he has to watch as everyone, but him, matters in life.
I kinda actually feel bad for the guy. What a strange feeling.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 31, 2013 8:52:42 GMT -5
then again, Yamcha's also a superstar baseball player, so at least he's loaded.
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Post by Free Hat on Jan 31, 2013 12:44:55 GMT -5
Technically his baseball career is non-canon, as it was never mentioned in the manga. Even if it were, I like to think that he lost all of his money when his death was broadcast on live TV.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 31, 2013 17:08:17 GMT -5
This episode didn't have much happen and yet was STILL amazing. This episode shows just how good TFS is at writing, as this episode was carried entirely by their writing. Just wonderful. I couldn't figure out exactly why, but I think you hit why I'll sit down and watch a DBZ Abridged episode more than once, compared to a YGO abridged episode (well, that an less reliance on silly voices). They seem to do so much more with even the slow episodes. |
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