While Piccolo now known as one of the greatest heroes in Dragon ball universe, he began his career as a despicable villain who wanted to rule the world, and he had a fitting title – though it wasn’t until Dragon Ball GT when he finally lived up to his original moniker.
In the early days of classic Dragon Ball, Piccolo was an evil force that brought weapons called King Piccolo, or Demon King/Demon Emperor. Back then, King Piccolo as well as those feared believed he was a literal demon. A long time ago, when the Nameless Namekian traveled across space to Planet Earth to shepherd the wayward world as its new benevolent god, the Namekian must first remove all sin from the soul. mine. Once completed, what remains becomes the god, Kami. However, the demon Kami expelled from his body gained consciousness and became King Piccolo. Because of this dichotomy, it is assumed that since Kami is essentially God, King Piccolo is his perfect rival, the Devil – or a demon. As the series goes on, however, it becomes clear that Piccolo was never a demon — at least not yet.
Piccolo finally became the Demon King in Dragon Ball GT
In Dragon Ball GT episode 45 (written by Atsushi Maekawa, directed by Osamu Kasai, produced by Toei Animation), Goku and Piccolo are trapped in hell after Goku is lured by Android 17 to the dark dimension when a wing Gate opened in the sky. The old villains of the Z-Fighters are traveling to Earth. Piccolo was already dead at the time and purposely went to hell to help Goku return to the living realm. After using the Dragon Ball technique to literally fuse reality, Piccolo succeeded in opening another portal, allowing Goku to return to Earth and stop Android 17. Unfortunately, Piccolo did can’t fly through that portal on his own and his ride from heaven to hell is permanent, meaning he sacrificed his eternal soul to help Goku and save the planet. However, things are not as grim as at first, as Piccolo decides that, while in hell, he can be used.
In the Dragon Ball canon, hell (and practically every aspect of the afterlife) is run by a group of officials (technically the devil, but they’re just doing their job), and everyone has a power level, and in other words, a power limit—and it’s not very high. Essentially, the villains the Z-Fighters keep killing and sending to hell can train while in the afterlife and become stronger than the entities that keep them there. This leads to riots, escape attempts and otherwise total chaos as the worst of the worst can freely band together and tilt the balance of power of the outside world. the other in their favor. This is where Piccolo comes in.
Piccolo has decided that he will train while in hell and assist the demons working there to keep everyone in line, which he does perfectly. Before long, Piccolo was truly the strongest warrior in hell, and that included the demons – meaning it wouldn’t be wrong to consider Piccolo the king of hell, as no one down there was strong enough. to challenge him. So Piccolothe new eternal position of the larger scope Dragon ball universe, he finally lived up to his original title in Dragon Ball GT.
