Piccolo’s character development is amazing. From him being born simply out of his father’s/reincarnation’s hatred for Goku, to befriending Goku later, and also befriending and training his former enemy’s son. The Namek Arc is my personal favourite.
I feel like there hasn’t been much recent “amazing development” for his character. I mean considering the complex character he once was, now he’s just been seemingly reserved as a grandfather/babysitter which is very lame.
Like it was cool in the Tournament of Power when he had that moment with the other namekians, I feel like they should’ve further delved into that aspect of his character.
@@ckiddy_ In the perspective of wanting to watch him in a cool DB movie: It was cool In the perspective of wanting to see his true potential as a character: It was cheap and rushed character development/fan service Dragon Ball is a product now, so we won’t ever see the unique story telling/characters it used to have. Only shadows of it.
Piccolo's development from evil villain to heroic warrior is an aspect that really endear him to a lot of people. Him sacrificing himself to protect Gohan is one of the best scenes in the entire series.
I watched some DB yesterday and my son was able to recognize Goku, Krillin and Yamcha. I played an episode of Z as well and he recognized Piccolo. I don’t believe I’ve ever watched the shows with him. I began showing him great shows and movies of my generation. He loves it all.
@John Johnson stop lying no he didn’t he literally revealed again that piccolo was his favorite character in the bio he did of him and Gohan during the lead up to the movie.
Seeing as how Toriyama keeps forgetting stuff/changing his mind, I wouldn't be so sure. I seem to recall in one of his many earlier interviews when he said that Goku was his favorite character.
@@Monatio79 Type in Toriyama Q&A on Piccolo and Gohan. You will literally find an interview from 4 months ago where he said Piccolo is his favorite character He has consistently said Piccolo is his favorite
I haven't watched DB in so long. I just realized Piccolo isn't Piccolo anymore and is the Nameless Namekian who has assumed the role of Piccolo. This explains so much about Super Hero.
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Piccolo has the best character development in Anime. He went from being the biggest villain in dragon ball to being Gohan’s friend to becoming a part of Goku’s family and caring about them but at the same time still a badass.
I do agree with you on Piccolo having an amazing character development. Him having the best character development in Anime? I don't know. Vegeta could give Piccolo a run for his money.
One of the reasons I thought the Garlic Jr. movie had such great promise was that its story connected Garlic Jr. to Kami and the events that led to the son of Katas becoming Kami. I still think the movie should have dealt more heavily with that subject.
I probably commented this last time, but great work covering our OG, Piccolo. He's always been one of the foundational characters of Dragonball, and my personal favorite... I hope we get the awesome Piccolo of the past back...
I think most newer fans forget just how young piccolo really is. His race is long lived. To that standard he is not even a teenager by saying age gaps. He will be around for hundreds of not over a thousand years. He may even be the elder Guru one day.
I don’t think he can be an elder. If you look at namekiens saga and the super hero movie. They mention several times that there are different types of namakiens. Maybe later on they do an ass pull or change canon but piccolo is a warrior namekien and elder types are like guru and dende
@@jasperpettis3773 yeah now that you mention it I remember that he ce.from the dragon clan? They had two clans. But we probably agree that piccolo is still very young. That may play into why he is so concerned for Goku's kids and possibly in the future Vegeta's. He's gonna be around a hot minute.
@@jasperpettis3773 Indeed, there are two types of Namekians. Both of them live really long, though. Remember how both Kami and Piccolo have to be alive for the Dragon Balls to work? Kami is from the Dragon clan, Piccolo is from the Warrior clan. Both of them lived for 300+ years from the time where Roshi was young up until the start of Dragon Ball proper. (King) Piccolo was sealed inside the rice cooker but it doesn't delay/stop aging or anything -- King Piccolo was young when he was sealed initially and by the time he came out, he was old and wrinkly just like Kami. So our Piccolo *will* be living for hundreds of years as well.
He brings a certain grittyness and reality to the series especially when he gets pissed at Gohan for slacking off. Its so funny though when somebody does something embarassing and Piccolo just grunts and puts up with it when he wants to beat their ass.
Awesome Video! Piccolo has and always be in my Top Five Characters in Dragon Ball! I really enjoy hearing the history of the characters and in my opinion very well done indeed! Love the work Geekdom!
Well, technically Piccolo never wanted to "destroy" the world per se. He just wanted to be its ruler, a ruler who, nevertheless, would have destroyed the world a slice at a time. Vegeta on the other hand just wanted to destroy the Earth's inhabitants and sell it off.
After seeing this video and reading the Granola arc when the elder namakien says they came from another universe and how there are different sets of dragon balls I want to know more about the namakien history.
My favourite character!! Great video! I love his growth over the different series, and it was so good to see him getting along with Pan in the latest movie. 😁
Piccolo's involvement in GT was not only an insult to his character, but the development of his character across Dragonball and DBZ actually creates arguably the single largest plothole for GT and actually negates the existence of that sequel series entirely. According to GT, the Black Star Dragonballs were created by the child of Katatsu before he split his good and evil into Kami and Demon King Piccolo, so the life link to those balls would have been severed after the split and rendered inert, similar to how the titular Dragonballs went inert once Kami died after Piccolo sacrificed himself for Gohan, but more importantly when they deactivated by Piccolo and Kami refusing in the Cell Saga. That means that Dragonballs can only exist if their creator's ki signature can be recognized as it was the moment the balls were created, which is why Kami fusing with Piccolo disabled the Dragonballs despite the fact that he wasn't technically dead. The titular Dragonballs were made specifically by Kami after Demon King Piccolo was no longer a part of his own individual life force, so despite having a shared soul the Dragonballs only recognized Kami as their creator and bound their existence to only him, so once Piccolo and Kami fused the mixture of Kami's ki and Piccolo's ki within the same physical body no longer matched the distinct ki of Shenlong's creator and so ceased to exist at that point despite Kami still being alive. It wasn't until Dende reconnected the statue of Shenlong with his own essence that it again recognized an acceptable creator's ki and reactivated the balls with a new life link. This discrepancy of exactly how an Eternal Dragon recognizes its creator and how it does or doesn't recognize their presence is an unwittingly huge indicator of Piccolo as an independent Namekian. He was birthed as the reincarnation of pure evil, but over his own individual life and the unique experiences he had and the choices he made that were completely independent of the will of Demon King Piccolo he created his own identity that was no longer bound to the life and nature of his original design, to the point that even King Yenma could not judge his soul the same way as he likely judged the Demon King after his passing. That means that by the time Piccolo sacrificed himself for Gohan he was no longer the reincarnation of Demon King Piccolo in spirit so could no longer replicate an identical ki signature to his predecessor. Therefore, when Piccolo and Kami fused the resultant new Namekian would not resemble the child of Katatsu by life essence despite being composed of the same source components. Because of that, the Black Star Dragonballs should not recognize Piccolo as their creator and should've stayed inert since Dende would have no reason to manually life link them to himself either. So very long story short, the Black Star Dragonballs should never exist as functional orbs at any point in the present story of Dragonball so Pilaf can never make a wish on them and start the GT series. Sorry SSJ4 fans.
Yeah but SS4 could’ve easily been introduced the same way. Goku would be an adult fighting baby vegeta and would still lose, thus having a reason to seek greater power quickly.
That’s pure headcanon to say that since piccolo reformed himself that he’s no longer The embodiment of Demon king piccolo. That’s him whole body and soul. You can’t get away from your essence. He reformed himself in the mind but he’s still The Essence of King piccolo. As a of Fact, the ONLY reason they needed dende was because After Piccolo and Kami merged, he would no longer be pure hearted to the core. They had no guardian. So that alone debunks your claim the black star balls should remain inactive. Because he’s back how he was in the beginning. Now what DOESNT make sense is those out of nowhere new balls introduced in DBS that wasn’t even created by a Namekian.
I loved Dragonball Super: Superhero. I have nothing against Goku and Vegeta, but for ONCE they weren't the stars of the show and allowed someone else into the spotlight. That Someone else was Piccolo and boy did he shine! I really loved him in that movie.
I would definitely watch a video about the architecture of dragon ball! I've especially been interested in the buildings of the cities and how bizarre they look
The Funimation dub line read of when he fuses with nail is the cringiest but funniest line that piccolo ever says. _"YES YES YES, I CAN WIN I FEEL GREAT , I CAN DO THIS!!"_ 😂 for some reason it reminds me of the scene in Ace Ventura when he's humping the air in the 1st movie. The sliding glass door scene. 🤣
Piccolo had softened up quite a bit after a year training Gohan but I think he saw he was able to work as a team with the other fighters. His sacrifice made him kinda good and then fusing with Nail tipped the scale. In the anime he was approached by Kami once and inquired about the idea of taking over the position of guardian, which Piccolo refused, but Kami seemed to perhaps consider him worthy. After that he lived and trained with Goku for three years, which must've had a big influence in him too, and after he fused with Kami he didn't have any more evil in him. After the Cell saga he becomes more of a mentor and a teacher for Dende and the conscience of the group, like a wiseman. He had some exposure in the TOP and the Moro arc and now he's got a new power up after DBS Super Hero and there's a bit more lore about his race after the Grenolah arc. He's again one of the most powerful warriors but he's also the most knowledgeable.
GREAT VIdeo bro. I'd be very interested in a video of a Namekian fusion, how they merge but yet still keep the same persona with attributes of the merged and what makes it different or sets it apart between the other fusions. Seems like with Namekian it's different.
This was my favorite arc in Dragonball because I loved how Goku used the Dragonball fist to beat him I also love how you did the episode review for Dragonball because I can use you as a resource
24:50 your talking about how he grew so fast. I think we should reference back to namek on how there are diff namek type from healers to warrior type and etc. Overall your content is amazing.
Junior, as most DB character, has a lot of narrative potential that has yet to be tapped. He is a fusion of Kami, Nail, and Junior, but he considers himself mostly as Junior. He could be written as a DID character if they ever go for it. I find how he forgets a lot of stuff happened because he literally has multiple memories of the same time period. I would love to see his past of Nail and Kami in the future.
Cain and Abel weren't twins. Arguably Vegeta's version of the villain->hero arc is better but Piccolo is a pretty interesting character and someone who is smart in a way the Saiyans are not. Honestly it makes more sense to explore the spiritual aspects of Dragon Ball with Piccolo and the sci-fi aspects with the Saiyans. Go Big Green! Poor guy has to deal with all sorts of Saiyan nonsense.
And Goku never met Zarbon and Dodoria nor any Namekian apart from Piccolo when he was on Namek. It's funny because when he goes to new Namek in search of a new Kami during the Cell arc, he is surprised to see "so many Piccolos". 😊
Since Piccolo killed Shenlong. I think it's safe to say OG73 could use copy abilities on wish granting dragon because it's ability could copy the angels as Moro did.
I always looked at Piccolo growing up fast as him being a member of the Namekian Warrior clan. It would makes sense for them to age quickly so they can enter the battlefield sooner.
1:13 I think of Piccolo as more of Gohan's older brother since he's only about 3 years older than him. 12:01 I like to know the age difference between human years and Namekian years. Because in human years Piccolo wasn't an adult, but maybe Namekian years he is at that point, thought I thought he speed up his own growth so he could fight Goku quicker.
He's more like an uncle. And in spite of his numerical age in years, his maturity was that of a full adult... If anyone's like a brother to him, it's probably Krillin, due to their dynamics...
To me the first hint of Piccolo's good side was his introduction before the tournament in Dragonball. How is the most evil and final villain introduced to the audience? A storm, a lightning bolt hits some building, ruble falls on a woman with her child about to crush them, suddenly it explodes into tiny peaces, and guess who blasted it? None other than Piccolo. Such a menace, damn.
Correct me if I’m wrong it’s been years since I’ve watched early DBZ. Wasn’t there a point where before Kami and Piccolo fused, that Kami sensed the change in Piccolo from evil to good? That would confirm your take on his change during his sacrifice during the Saiyan Saga. Awesome video bro! I love these types of video and learning the background of the characters and how in depth your really go into them! Keep it up bro!!🔥💪
Indeed he did. Pretty early on, actually. Kami noted how Raditz went straight to King Enma's after Piccolo killed him. Up until then, all those killed by King Piccolo/Piccolo junior were destined to wander the Earth, their souls unable to move on to the afterlife.
I just recently rewatched Kami's flashback to the Nameless Namekian and I know it doesn't mean anything but an animation choice, but when he was powering up he was Orange lol...
Piccolo is complex. He is the evil dark side of Kame who purged him in order to become the guardian of the Earth. Piccolo merged with Nails and then during the Cell saga merged again with Kame. So Piccolo is really Kame-ccolo-nails
'How can a being of pure evil change?' My answer is this: Piccolo Daimao genuinely reincarnated. Yes, his special reincarnation hacked the system, allowed him to transfer his memories to his new life along with his potential and accelerated growth... But that's still a pure soul that's been washed clean by the process of reincarnation. Piccolo Jr isn't born evil, he's only born with a vendetta. All those memories and that carried over hatred gave him some evil (but bear in mind how honorable Piccolo Jr was during the 23rd Budokai) but it was Evil by Nurture, not Evil by Nature. To put it in Daoist Terminology, Piccolo's soul still had to pass through the Yellow Springs on the way to the egg, it just skipped the MengPoTang (the soup of forgetfulness)
Okay just throwing it out there, I would totally watch a video about dragon ball's architecture. Simply because I find it's workd to be very interesting and cool. And, though I'm not one to jump to conclusions, I doubt I'm alone
In the orriginal Dragon Ball Piccolo is angered by the fact that the audience at the 23rd Martial Arts Tournament treated him like a monster. Whereas the old King Piccolo did not care in the slightest what people thought of him viewing human beings as ants and nothing more to be disposed of at will. Piccolo at first thought the same way at first before his redemption but the views of others seemed to have a deeper impact on him especially after what he said to Gohan all those years later. Piccolo's evil probably whethered down after his reincarnation as he became closer to the orriginal nameless namekian. It explains why the opinion of lowly mortals would matter to the new piccolo and not the old one.
Fun Fact: In the video game DragonBall Supersonic Warriors, there is a "What if?" mission story quest. In it, Demon King Piccolo is brought back to life, to reunite with the current Piccolo. It implies that Piccolo even up until the end of the Buu Saga, was still never at his real true power and potential. Because he wasn't fused with King Piccolo before he died I would love to see if that would actually be true
This was a reupload from a video 2 months ago that was incorrectly flagged by UA-cam. I worked several weeks on it. I hope you like it. Thanks.
@@grizz9958 Same, I'll watch it again
I knew I had seen this video already, at least it got reuploaded.
Just a idea should do guardian of earth before Kami?
You should do a video on the architecture and landscape of DRAGONBALL I always found it fascinating and wondered where they get the influence from
Thank you for always uploading the best dragon ball content. I honestly wouldn’t know what dragon ball is without your expertise.
Piccolo holds a place in my heart that no one else in the franchise ever will.
I feel the same way and i hate how they made piccolo obsolete after the Cell arc...and don't get me started about how they treated him in super. ;_;
@@spikespiegal4499 what do you think of Piccolo in the new movie (DBS: Super Hero)?
@@grapes9h5 I haven't seen it yet. Waiting for it to hit U.S. theaters August 19th
Damn right
He’s my favourite DB hero for sure. As English dub Dende said way back, “Go green!”
Piccolo’s character development is amazing. From him being born simply out of his father’s/reincarnation’s hatred for Goku, to befriending Goku later, and also befriending and training his former enemy’s son. The Namek Arc is my personal favourite.
I feel like there hasn’t been much recent “amazing development” for his character. I mean considering the complex character he once was, now he’s just been seemingly reserved as a grandfather/babysitter which is very lame.
Like it was cool in the Tournament of Power when he had that moment with the other namekians, I feel like they should’ve further delved into that aspect of his character.
@@joshuaadrien2518 what do you think of Piccolo in Dragon Ball Super: Superhero
@@ckiddy_ In the perspective of wanting to watch him in a cool DB movie: It was cool
In the perspective of wanting to see his true potential as a character: It was cheap and rushed character development/fan service
Dragon Ball is a product now, so we won’t ever see the unique story telling/characters it used to have. Only shadows of it.
@@joshuaadrien2518 What Arc? Piccolo stays the same
Piccolo's development from evil villain to heroic warrior is an aspect that really endear him to a lot of people. Him sacrificing himself to protect Gohan is one of the best scenes in the entire series.
Which time lol there has been like 5 times
I watched some DB yesterday and my son was able to recognize Goku, Krillin and Yamcha. I played an episode of Z as well and he recognized Piccolo. I don’t believe I’ve ever watched the shows with him. I began showing him great shows and movies of my generation. He loves it all.
Was just re reading the original Dragon Ball manga. Despite the numerous translation errors, I still get goosebumps reading Piccolo absorbing Neil.
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@@88kris88 Ayo
Oh yeah, Neil, good ol' uncle Neil, great bloke, bit of a drinking habbit. You meant Nail, right?
@@Dante-fb9ej Hi Dante Ren
@@DetectiveLawliet Heya!
Dude really had a huge redemption from enemy to friend to family member Piccolo is one of the greats
Fun fact: Piccolo is actually Akira Toriyama's favorite character.
He said in his last interview for dbs super hero that future trunks was his favorite character
@@ChodyRay where the interview
@John Johnson stop lying no he didn’t he literally revealed again that piccolo was his favorite character in the bio he did of him and Gohan during the lead up to the movie.
Seeing as how Toriyama keeps forgetting stuff/changing his mind, I wouldn't be so sure. I seem to recall in one of his many earlier interviews when he said that Goku was his favorite character.
@@Monatio79 Type in Toriyama Q&A on Piccolo and Gohan. You will literally find an interview from 4 months ago where he said Piccolo is his favorite character
He has consistently said Piccolo is his favorite
I haven't watched DB in so long. I just realized Piccolo isn't Piccolo anymore and is the Nameless Namekian who has assumed the role of Piccolo. This explains so much about Super Hero.
Well Piccolo Jr. fused with Nail and Kami
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Piccolo has the best character development in Anime. He went from being the biggest villain in dragon ball to being Gohan’s friend to becoming a part of Goku’s family and caring about them but at the same time still a badass.
"Piccolo has the best character development in anime."
Is that Vegeta I hear raging in the background?
In Dragonball, yes. In anime, not even close
I do agree with you on Piccolo having an amazing character development. Him having the best character development in Anime? I don't know. Vegeta could give Piccolo a run for his money.
Piccolo is one of the best characters
On kami
He's probably the best db character,but he has no hype because he is not a sayan
Piccolo deserves his own spinoff
One of the reasons I thought the Garlic Jr. movie had such great promise was that its story connected Garlic Jr. to Kami and the events that led to the son of Katas becoming Kami. I still think the movie should have dealt more heavily with that subject.
I probably commented this last time, but great work covering our OG, Piccolo. He's always been one of the foundational characters of Dragonball, and my personal favorite...
I hope we get the awesome Piccolo of the past back...
We did
Never forget Piccolo was the one who defeated Raditz(the first villain of DBZ) AND GOKU at the same time.
I think most newer fans forget just how young piccolo really is. His race is long lived. To that standard he is not even a teenager by saying age gaps. He will be around for hundreds of not over a thousand years. He may even be the elder Guru one day.
I don’t think he can be an elder. If you look at namekiens saga and the super hero movie. They mention several times that there are different types of namakiens. Maybe later on they do an ass pull or change canon but piccolo is a warrior namekien and elder types are like guru and dende
@@jasperpettis3773 yeah now that you mention it I remember that he ce.from the dragon clan? They had two clans. But we probably agree that piccolo is still very young. That may play into why he is so concerned for Goku's kids and possibly in the future Vegeta's. He's gonna be around a hot minute.
@@jasperpettis3773 Indeed, there are two types of Namekians. Both of them live really long, though. Remember how both Kami and Piccolo have to be alive for the Dragon Balls to work? Kami is from the Dragon clan, Piccolo is from the Warrior clan. Both of them lived for 300+ years from the time where Roshi was young up until the start of Dragon Ball proper. (King) Piccolo was sealed inside the rice cooker but it doesn't delay/stop aging or anything -- King Piccolo was young when he was sealed initially and by the time he came out, he was old and wrinkly just like Kami.
So our Piccolo *will* be living for hundreds of years as well.
Hands down my favorite character in the entire series.
Been watching you for years and this some of your best work - quite possibly one of the best dragonball breakdowns on UA-cam. Way to go, man.
I love the inspiration of piccolo and Kami(god) i love how toriyama combined Buddhism and Islam together to create a great character.
Piccolo Jr. in a way also had a Superman story. Being sent away as his planet/father was being destroyed.
When Piccolo fought Goku at the Tournament, it was really a future custody battle for Gohan.
Technicaly piccolo can have child anytime he wants.
Through tamburine was realy ugly "namekian".
He brings a certain grittyness and reality to the series especially when he gets pissed at Gohan for slacking off. Its so funny though when somebody does something embarassing and Piccolo just grunts and puts up with it when he wants to beat their ass.
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Awesome Video! Piccolo has and always be in my Top Five Characters in Dragon Ball! I really enjoy hearing the history of the characters and in my opinion very well done indeed! Love the work Geekdom!
Piccolo was just like Vegeta. Both at first wanted to destroy the world but became friendly rivals of Goku.
Well, technically Piccolo never wanted to "destroy" the world per se. He just wanted to be its ruler, a ruler who, nevertheless, would have destroyed the world a slice at a time. Vegeta on the other hand just wanted to destroy the Earth's inhabitants and sell it off.
I would love to see a whole video on the architecture of Dragonball!
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Piccolo is pretty underrated tbh he needs more screen time they did em dirty in super dbz he was at his peak fighting with the z fighters and stuff
He will get it in Super Hero.
I'm currently only in the DKP and kami part of the video and I'm just blowing away at how amazing it is. Love this stuff
Good to see it back! so far I’m not to far off from watching all of big ds content
After seeing this video and reading the Granola arc when the elder namakien says they came from another universe and how there are different sets of dragon balls I want to know more about the namakien history.
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My favourite character!! Great video! I love his growth over the different series, and it was so good to see him getting along with Pan in the latest movie. 😁
Piccolo's involvement in GT was not only an insult to his character, but the development of his character across Dragonball and DBZ actually creates arguably the single largest plothole for GT and actually negates the existence of that sequel series entirely.
According to GT, the Black Star Dragonballs were created by the child of Katatsu before he split his good and evil into Kami and Demon King Piccolo, so the life link to those balls would have been severed after the split and rendered inert, similar to how the titular Dragonballs went inert once Kami died after Piccolo sacrificed himself for Gohan, but more importantly when they deactivated by Piccolo and Kami refusing in the Cell Saga. That means that Dragonballs can only exist if their creator's ki signature can be recognized as it was the moment the balls were created, which is why Kami fusing with Piccolo disabled the Dragonballs despite the fact that he wasn't technically dead.
The titular Dragonballs were made specifically by Kami after Demon King Piccolo was no longer a part of his own individual life force, so despite having a shared soul the Dragonballs only recognized Kami as their creator and bound their existence to only him, so once Piccolo and Kami fused the mixture of Kami's ki and Piccolo's ki within the same physical body no longer matched the distinct ki of Shenlong's creator and so ceased to exist at that point despite Kami still being alive. It wasn't until Dende reconnected the statue of Shenlong with his own essence that it again recognized an acceptable creator's ki and reactivated the balls with a new life link.
This discrepancy of exactly how an Eternal Dragon recognizes its creator and how it does or doesn't recognize their presence is an unwittingly huge indicator of Piccolo as an independent Namekian. He was birthed as the reincarnation of pure evil, but over his own individual life and the unique experiences he had and the choices he made that were completely independent of the will of Demon King Piccolo he created his own identity that was no longer bound to the life and nature of his original design, to the point that even King Yenma could not judge his soul the same way as he likely judged the Demon King after his passing. That means that by the time Piccolo sacrificed himself for Gohan he was no longer the reincarnation of Demon King Piccolo in spirit so could no longer replicate an identical ki signature to his predecessor. Therefore, when Piccolo and Kami fused the resultant new Namekian would not resemble the child of Katatsu by life essence despite being composed of the same source components. Because of that, the Black Star Dragonballs should not recognize Piccolo as their creator and should've stayed inert since Dende would have no reason to manually life link them to himself either.
So very long story short, the Black Star Dragonballs should never exist as functional orbs at any point in the present story of Dragonball so Pilaf can never make a wish on them and start the GT series. Sorry SSJ4 fans.
Yeah but SS4 could’ve easily been introduced the same way.
Goku would be an adult fighting baby vegeta and would still lose, thus having a reason to seek greater power quickly.
Yet another reason why GT sucks
Damn, never thought of it that way. That's a big plot hole. Thank you!
That’s pure headcanon to say that since piccolo reformed himself that he’s no longer The embodiment of Demon king piccolo. That’s him whole body and soul. You can’t get away from your essence. He reformed himself in the mind but he’s still The Essence of King piccolo. As a of Fact, the ONLY reason they needed dende was because After Piccolo and Kami merged, he would no longer be pure hearted to the core. They had no guardian. So that alone debunks your claim the black star balls should remain inactive. Because he’s back how he was in the beginning. Now what DOESNT make sense is those out of nowhere new balls introduced in DBS that wasn’t even created by a Namekian.
20:46 That picture explains better than words of that writing decision. That was perfect timing.
Piccolo daimou was a so unredeemably evil. That's easily my favorite dB arc
This video came right on time. I just finished the tournament battle between Goku and Piccolo after everyone else ran to the hills.
Really great video brother, well done!
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I loved Dragonball Super: Superhero. I have nothing against Goku and Vegeta, but for ONCE they weren't the stars of the show and allowed someone else into the spotlight. That Someone else was Piccolo and boy did he shine! I really loved him in that movie.
I would definitely watch a video about the architecture of dragon ball! I've especially been interested in the buildings of the cities and how bizarre they look
You have a way with words bro….part 4 really tugged at the heart strings 💯
Piccolo was always my favorite 😍
The Funimation dub line read of when he fuses with nail is the cringiest but funniest line that piccolo ever says.
_"YES YES YES, I CAN WIN I FEEL GREAT , I CAN DO THIS!!"_ 😂
for some reason it reminds me of the scene in Ace Ventura when he's humping the air in the 1st movie. The sliding glass door scene. 🤣
Piccolo had softened up quite a bit after a year training Gohan but I think he saw he was able to work as a team with the other fighters. His sacrifice made him kinda good and then fusing with Nail tipped the scale. In the anime he was approached by Kami once and inquired about the idea of taking over the position of guardian, which Piccolo refused, but Kami seemed to perhaps consider him worthy. After that he lived and trained with Goku for three years, which must've had a big influence in him too, and after he fused with Kami he didn't have any more evil in him. After the Cell saga he becomes more of a mentor and a teacher for Dende and the conscience of the group, like a wiseman. He had some exposure in the TOP and the Moro arc and now he's got a new power up after DBS Super Hero and there's a bit more lore about his race after the Grenolah arc. He's again one of the most powerful warriors but he's also the most knowledgeable.
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GREAT VIdeo bro. I'd be very interested in a video of a Namekian fusion, how they merge but yet still keep the same persona with attributes of the merged and what makes it different or sets it apart between the other fusions. Seems like with Namekian it's different.
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7:40 honestly i’ve always wondered about the architectural inspiration he uses for the series so I’d be more than willing to watch a video about it
Agreed
This was my favorite arc in Dragonball because I loved how Goku used the Dragonball fist to beat him I also love how you did the episode review for Dragonball because I can use you as a resource
24:50 your talking about how he grew so fast.
I think we should reference back to namek on how there are diff namek type from healers to warrior type and etc.
Overall your content is amazing.
Awesome vid!! And the future of Piccolo?!!
It's always been my headcannon that Piccolo started to change cuz he ultimately did get his revenge on Goku by slaying him with Raditz.
Junior, as most DB character, has a lot of narrative potential that has yet to be tapped. He is a fusion of Kami, Nail, and Junior, but he considers himself mostly as Junior. He could be written as a DID character if they ever go for it. I find how he forgets a lot of stuff happened because he literally has multiple memories of the same time period. I would love to see his past of Nail and Kami in the future.
I'm sorry but did you just use DID unironically? 🤨
he might not be among the strongest but he is certainly among the most iconic
Cain and Abel weren't twins.
Arguably Vegeta's version of the villain->hero arc is better but Piccolo is a pretty interesting character and someone who is smart in a way the Saiyans are not. Honestly it makes more sense to explore the spiritual aspects of Dragon Ball with Piccolo and the sci-fi aspects with the Saiyans. Go Big Green! Poor guy has to deal with all sorts of Saiyan nonsense.
Gave this a like Geekdom. Thanks for the history lesson!
Piccolos an og from the series
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I love 💚💚 Piccolo definitely my all time favorite Character in DBZ 😊👍✔️💯💯💯💯💯
Piccolo Jr. has the best character arc of any Dragon Ball character
I would personally like to see a video on the architecture of the buildings in dragon ball
Same for me.
Much appreciate you giving a raw and real education on the history of piccolo!
Piccolo has never met the Ginyu Force.
And Goku never met Zarbon and Dodoria nor any Namekian apart from Piccolo when he was on Namek. It's funny because when he goes to new Namek in search of a new Kami during the Cell arc, he is surprised to see "so many Piccolos". 😊
Since Piccolo killed Shenlong. I think it's safe to say OG73 could use copy abilities on wish granting dragon because it's ability could copy the angels as Moro did.
Since I saw Z first, realizing Piccolo was only a few years older than Gohan tripped me kut
I always looked at Piccolo growing up fast as him being a member of the Namekian Warrior clan. It would makes sense for them to age quickly so they can enter the battlefield sooner.
Piccolo's a real one
I would watch a video about architecture in Dragon Ball
yes
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What a great video geekdom.
1:13 I think of Piccolo as more of Gohan's older brother since he's only about 3 years older than him.
12:01 I like to know the age difference between human years and Namekian years. Because in human years Piccolo wasn't an adult, but maybe Namekian years he is at that point, thought I thought he speed up his own growth so he could fight Goku quicker.
i have uncles and an aunt around my age.
He's more like an uncle.
And in spite of his numerical age in years, his maturity was that of a full adult...
If anyone's like a brother to him, it's probably Krillin, due to their dynamics...
So glad they gave him two new forms in super hero.
Let's go picolo
My #2 favorite character
Please make more videos about the religious aspect of piccolo please Geekdom 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I love this video characters outside of Goku and Vegeta need love too 💯💯 and piccolo deserves it
Super namekians supposedly reach adulthood a lot faster so I'd say it's because he is a super namekian
Krillin and tien needs a new form but krillin a stronger form with something that makes them dots on his head another color and light up
You should do a part 2 because there’s some information not on here.
a video on the architecture in db franchise would be awesome!
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Great video!
Fun fact: piccolo also got his drivers license 🪪
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To me the first hint of Piccolo's good side was his introduction before the tournament in Dragonball. How is the most evil and final villain introduced to the audience? A storm, a lightning bolt hits some building, ruble falls on a woman with her child about to crush them, suddenly it explodes into tiny peaces, and guess who blasted it? None other than Piccolo. Such a menace, damn.
One of my favorite Characters and best daddios.
Correct me if I’m wrong it’s been years since I’ve watched early DBZ. Wasn’t there a point where before Kami and Piccolo fused, that Kami sensed the change in Piccolo from evil to good? That would confirm your take on his change during his sacrifice during the Saiyan Saga. Awesome video bro! I love these types of video and learning the background of the characters and how in depth your really go into them! Keep it up bro!!🔥💪
Indeed he did. Pretty early on, actually. Kami noted how Raditz went straight to King Enma's after Piccolo killed him. Up until then, all those killed by King Piccolo/Piccolo junior were destined to wander the Earth, their souls unable to move on to the afterlife.
I just recently rewatched Kami's flashback to the Nameless Namekian and I know it doesn't mean anything but an animation choice, but when he was powering up he was Orange lol...
Wow! 😎
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Thanks for doing this bro. If i ever see u in life, i am going to smoke some of Breal's Insane OG. Original 96' cut. You and I from the same era.
Piccolo is complex. He is the evil dark side of Kame who purged him in order to become the guardian of the Earth. Piccolo merged with Nails and then during the Cell saga merged again with Kame. So Piccolo is really Kame-ccolo-nails
"Kame" means turtle. As in the one who lives with Roshi. "Kami" is Earth's guardian.
That piccolo theme is bangin mane!
I would definitely watch hour long videos about the architecture of dragonball, someone should definitely make those
Great well put video!
'How can a being of pure evil change?'
My answer is this: Piccolo Daimao genuinely reincarnated.
Yes, his special reincarnation hacked the system, allowed him to transfer his memories to his new life along with his potential and accelerated growth...
But that's still a pure soul that's been washed clean by the process of reincarnation. Piccolo Jr isn't born evil, he's only born with a vendetta.
All those memories and that carried over hatred gave him some evil (but bear in mind how honorable Piccolo Jr was during the 23rd Budokai) but it was Evil by Nurture, not Evil by Nature.
To put it in Daoist Terminology, Piccolo's soul still had to pass through the Yellow Springs on the way to the egg, it just skipped the MengPoTang (the soup of forgetfulness)
Okay just throwing it out there, I would totally watch a video about dragon ball's architecture. Simply because I find it's workd to be very interesting and cool. And, though I'm not one to jump to conclusions, I doubt I'm alone
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In the orriginal Dragon Ball Piccolo is angered by the fact that the audience at the 23rd Martial Arts Tournament treated him like a monster. Whereas the old King Piccolo did not care in the slightest what people thought of him viewing human beings as ants and nothing more to be disposed of at will. Piccolo at first thought the same way at first before his redemption but the views of others seemed to have a deeper impact on him especially after what he said to Gohan all those years later. Piccolo's evil probably whethered down after his reincarnation as he became closer to the orriginal nameless namekian. It explains why the opinion of lowly mortals would matter to the new piccolo and not the old one.
Nice video Danny, keep up the great work brother
Demon King Piccolo would probably be a little proud of his son because of his power.
As would King Vegeta and Bardock. All three sons far surpassed their fathers.
Best character in the history of anime
Why is the things on piccolo’s arms pink and then sometimes yellow and why does super sayian 3 have no eyebrows like namekians?
Fun Fact:
In the video game DragonBall Supersonic Warriors, there is a "What if?" mission story quest. In it, Demon King Piccolo is brought back to life, to reunite with the current Piccolo. It implies that Piccolo even up until the end of the Buu Saga, was still never at his real true power and potential. Because he wasn't fused with King Piccolo before he died
I would love to see if that would actually be true
He's always been my favorite and a crush of mine