While yamcha has long been considered the most tragically disappointing character not only in Dragon ball typical, but in the anime genre as a whole, it seems fans have treated him a bit too harshly over the years like Dragon Ball GT revealed that he’s not as pathetic as people think.
Despite his reputation, Yamcha actually started off as a really cool and ferocious character in the days of the classic Dragon Ball. Yamcha is a desert bandit complete with a creepy sword and insane martial arts skills – including a move called Wolf Fang Fist that is visually stunning and extremely useful in battle. But, that all changed when Yamcha was killed by a Saibaman, only for Krillin (whom Yamcha should be at least equal in strength to) to turn around and kill every remaining Saibaman with an explosion a few minutes later. The sight of Yamcha’s lifeless corpse curled up miserably in the pit of his own mediocrity remains something that is ridiculed to this day (see Dragon Ball Super’s baseball episode). However, while that death seems pretty weak based on its immediate aftermath, Dragon Ball GT proves that the Saibamen are actually a lot tougher than they first appear.
Dragon Ball GT proves Saibamen are scary, making Yamcha’s death less pathetic
In Dragon Ball GT episode 43 (written by Atsushi Maekawa, directed by Osamu Kasai, produced by Toei Animation), the Z-Fighters are fighting for their lives after a portal to hell opens in the sky. Heaven, through which some of their strongest warriors the villains returned to Earth and immediately began creating chaos, including the Saibamen. Saibamen are sentient, humanoid planet-like beings used by the Saiyans to destroy weaker beings. While Saibamans can’t compare to Saiyans’ strength, one of them is certainly strong enough to take on a fully grown adult – even one capable of ki blasts and special techniques as distinctive as Yamcha, so imagine what a mob of Saibamen could make to civilization. Well, after this episode aired, fans no longer had to. The resurrected Saibamen terrorized the entire city and none of their human victims could do anything to stop them.
Saibamen have proven to be a legitimate threat to the entire world in this episode of GT, even like King Piccolo or Cell’s threat of widespread destruction and general terror. When the Saibamen first threatened Earth in the DBZ, Yamcha was just a human – albeit an extremely powerful human who had learned to harness his ki – but nonetheless a human, like like thousands of people being thrown around like ragdoll dolls by the Saibamen in this episode. Basically, the Saibamen were stronger than they originally appeared and the context in GT showed that, proving that Yamcha’s death was not so tragic after all. Although fans have misjudged Yamcha based on incorrect assumptions about Saibamen’s strength in the past and what that means for anyone killed by one, that hasn’t changed completely. the fact that Yamcha is still bad.
Yamcha has become the laughingstock of the other Z Warriors because he doesn’t do anything to make himself stronger, yet still feels as though he should be invited to fight in the Seven Jewels grand events. dragons like Tournament of Power. However, when his friends contact him and ask him to join a tournament with them just for fun (as in the Majin Buu Saga), he refuses, saying he knows he will. lost, so there is no use trying. . While it is true Dragon Ball GT prove yamcha While not as pathetic as fans think when it comes to his infamous death at the hands of a Saibaman, he’s not entirely out of place when it comes to being the most disappointing character of all. Dragon ball–and perhaps anime–history.
