Summary
Piccolo, despite his achievements and enhanced powers, is always underestimated and disrespected by Goku in the Dragon Ball canon. Goku’s final insult to Piccolo comes when he laughs and tells Piccolo that he has no chance of defeating Frost in a multiverse tournament. Goku’s perception of Piccolo’s power has always been underestimated, even though Piccolo has gradually increased his power levels through training and has proven himself capable of holding his own in battles.
It’s fair to say that Piccolo doesn’t get the respect he deserves Dragon ball canon, especially from people like Goku. Piccolo has been the strongest being on Earth on many occasions and has continuously trained his entire life to maintain and continue to develop his powers. However, regardless of his achievements or increased power, it seems like Piccolo is always underrated, and Goku’s ultimate insult proves why.
Dragon Ball Z is as much Piccolo’s story as anyone else’s, as it charts his career from world-destroying villain to humanity’s savior. Piccolo was nearly on par with Goku at the start of DBZ, following his defeat at the hands of the Saiyans in their battle during the World Martial Arts Tournament at the end of classic Dragon Ball. This status quo remained unchanged until the Frieza Saga, when Piccolo received great power when fused with Nail. However, when Goku became a Super Saiyan, Piccolo was left in the dust. At least until he merged with Kami, thereby reestablishing his original form. At that time, Piccolo was even stronger than a Super Saiyan and with consistent training he would be far beyond that point by the end of Z. For reference, Goku maxed out with Super Saiyan 3 and Vegeta with Super Saiyan 2 This evidence shows that Piccolo is actually not far behind them, only slightly weaker than Vegeta before the events of Dragon Ball Super. Unfortunately, regardless of the truth, that is not at all how Goku views his once greatest rival.
Goku thinks Piccolo is much weaker than he actually is
In Dragon Ball Super chapter 10 by Akira Toriyama and Toyotarou, the Z-Fighters of Universe 7 are participating in a multiverse tournament against Universe 6. In this chapter, Goku loses to Frost, a fighter from another universe similar to Frieza, both on an aesthetic and power level. Piccolo is the next fighter after Goku, and when he asked Goku if he would shoot, Goku basically laughed in Piccolo’s face and told him there was no way he could defeat Frost. In fact, Goku tells Piccolo that his best option is to weaken Frost enough for Vegeta to defeat him more easily, since Vegeta is next in line after Piccolo. However, during the battle, Piccolo actually held his own against Frost and might have even won the battle if Frost hadn’t cheated by using a poison needle.
While Piccolo immediately proved Goku wrong, the fact that Goku didn’t even think Piccolo would be on par with Frost – who was as strong as Frieza when he fought Super Saiyan 1 Goku on Namek – is extremely insulting. Continually, this chapter of Dragon Ball Super is not long after the events of the Majin Buu Saga, which means that Piccolo is roughly as powerful as Super Saiyan 2. While it’s true that Super Saiyan is an amplifier, not As a Power Leveler, Piccolo has gradually increased his power level through hard training at a similar rate to a Saiyan. In fact, the Saiyans have actually become too reliant on transformations, which makes them weaker than they could be (as shown in Dragon Ball Super chapter 93), causing a power gap between them and Piccolo more and more narrowed.
This chapter shows that Goku has never bothered to test Piccolo’s power since he received a massive power boost in the Android Saga, suggesting that the Saiyan warrior had in fact underestimated his arch-nemesis. since they became allies. Now that Goku is channeling the energy of the gods and using the techniques of angels, it’s likely this trend will continue throughout Dragon Ball Super – even after Piccolo gains his own god-level powers with Orange Piccolo – a pity and disappointment. the circumstances from which it all originates Gokulast of Dragon ball insult to Piccolo.
