What’s really super annoying is throwing that word around without understanding the point. Piccolo’s seriousness isn’t missing, it’s being undermined by lazy writing that turns him into comic relief just because he’s around kids. Handling them doesn’t mean his edge has to be dulled, but that’s the cheap route they’ve taken.
I’m not criticizing Piccolo, I’m pointing out how his presence is being wasted with perfect clarity.
Kaizen
2025-04-03 04:28:27 +0000 UTC
It's super annoying how you think Piccolo suddenly isn't serious just because he's more tamed and handling two fucking kids right now. He is the one trying to take this seriously. It's not like HE is joking around. He is just dealing with two jokesters. I love your take on this series, but your piccolo hate is wild.
YokoShima
2025-04-03 04:02:55 +0000 UTC
"Extend your arm" 😆 freakin for real. Piccolo is supposed to be smart lol.
Nicholas Moore
2024-11-01 20:25:08 +0000 UTC
Meet the strongest unfused character in all of Z boys.
Dspade
2024-10-26 16:14:09 +0000 UTC
Back in my childhood days we call him mystic gohan
Final chan
2024-10-24 22:22:29 +0000 UTC
Also someone else mentioned this as well, but here in the US, when I was growing up everyone referred to this Gohan as Mystic Gohan, it was kind of an unofficial name for him.
Jeff R
2024-10-24 09:26:19 +0000 UTC
I kind of like the change in Piccolo, it shows growth that he is able to have emotions other than just anger at this point. He now has things he cares about isn't just a singular minded enemy trying to rule the earth. With the difference in power scaling at this point, it would just be him rushing into his death if he attacked Majin Buu, so it would be hard to have him involved in a way other than being on the sidelines I think.
Jeff R
2024-10-24 09:25:31 +0000 UTC
At first, I didn't believe you, but then I went to see a clip of the original Japanese sub, and lo and behold he actually calls him that. It just seems extremely uncharacteristic of Gohan to say something like that, but Japanese doesn't translate into English all that well sometimes and at the time that word wasn't considered derogatory like it is today. My guess is that in the Japanese version they probably meant for him to say something like idiot or moron, but the fact they went with the R word is kind of wild, but not entirely surprising since at the time here in the West, words like that were quite commonly socially acceptable insults.
Shamir Smith
2024-10-24 02:45:14 +0000 UTC
It used to be tradition to hide our girlfriends when Gohan told buu he wanted to kill him LOL
Naruto Uzumaki
2024-10-24 02:22:13 +0000 UTC
Goten to Piccolo: "You're old !", don't forget, bro's only 21 years old !
Mikasa_Axmn
2024-10-24 02:04:44 +0000 UTC
Fun fact: The original Japanese to English translation gohan actually says “You Retard” at the end when he said “Hi, nice day” that’s why picolo and the boys are shocked why he said that 💀💀💀
Alexsex
2024-10-24 00:45:14 +0000 UTC
It's thanks to the antics of Goten and Trunks that Piccolo has become easier to stress and annoy.
P T
2024-10-23 23:38:07 +0000 UTC
All of Gohan's latent power has been unleashed by the Old Kai so he doesn't even need to Super Saiyan. What he has awakened is power far beyond SS3. Look how far Gohan has come. He went from being smoked by the weaker fat Buu to toying with the stronger Super Buu.