Ohmygodohmygodohmygod... · 5:43am Dec 15th, 2016
Okay, I normally don't make tons of blog posts, so if its twice in one day, it means something is important to me.
And I geek out for Dragonball. I'll be the first to admit that its a flawed series, but if 8 year old me would wake up at 6AM on a saturday to watch DBZ... and still am eager to watch now? its a show that I liked despite those flaws. That said, I started with Dragonball when... it was shown on TV at the equally ridiculous time slot of 3PM on weekdays. Back in the days of VCR recordings being the only way to catch the show...
That said, I'm perhaps the part of the Dragonball fandom that's not only the smallest, but the most laughed at. I thought Yamcha was cool when he showed up as a desert bandit, and the only main character that can say he beat Goku. Suck on that Vegeta. But, as the series progressed it showed that Toriyama decided that Yamcha was the guy who was just there to make others look good. THEN DBZ happened, and Yamcha was demoted to third tier fighter... then benchwarmer... then spectator. The only Z-Fighter who did less than him was Chiaotzu.
GT he was utterly benched, but Super's given me one episode where he was relevant and cool... even if it was just baseball.
BUT Now someone's making a spinoff manga where a guy dies, and is reborn as Yamcha after Goku wrecks Emperor Pilaf's castle. I am so psyched for this. I feel like I've been waiting for this for a long, long time.
((Sorry for fanboying like this. I really am.))
Ok, I have no idea what half of that meant but I can tell that you are happy so that makes me happy :D
4341640 Then here's a summery. x3
In the Dragonball series, the desert bandit Yamcha started off really cool but was swiftly reduced to getting his ass kicked by every new threat. It's a running gag that whenever there's a tournament, he loses in the first round. It really felt like the author liked like to abuse him. And... now someone's making a manga where someone with knowledge of Dragonball's story gets stuck as Yamcha early in the series and... is going to make him a bad ass. Which for the casual reader/viewer of Dragonball will laugh at, and the rare Yamcha fan like me will cheer for. =3
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Ah ok, so a revisioning of the character because of the abuse said character suffered unduly after originally being decent.