Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
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Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
Because piccolo is a namekian and no one cares about them. Vegeta is a saiyan so of course he would naturally be more popular. Also piccolo is a weak nobody in dbs whereas vegeta is literally a God destroyer even if he still is second fiddle.
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Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
Heh. Well, I would argue it is not a fad. I would say the USA was unfortunately thrown into a bastardised version of the show with significant pieces missing, and the entire English-speaking fandom is worse off for it because of how much everything ends up revolving around the USA in online discussion, but there is a legitimate, deep love for the franchise that's resulted from the west's strong exposure to Dragon Ball across the '90s and '00s, regardless of how the fans were introduced to it.Cure Dragon 255 wrote:I know you didnt. I'm indeed saying that's the case in the USA.
Sorry. I assumed it was obvious what I meant. Goddamn ambiguous phrasing...Cure Dragon 255 wrote:And you said America, Americans etc. Please be more specific and say USA instead.
There's not really a good non-ambiguous word for people from the USA, unfortunately, as the Arrogant Worms at one point mentioned in a rather brilliant song I believe they wrote for Canada Day one year... USAires? Unitedstatsians?
Well, in any case, I'll try to be more careful in future.
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Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
Character development reasons.
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Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
This, and he's a Saiyan, not Big Green.8000 Saiyan wrote:Character development reasons.
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Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
Because he's a better written character, has more range of personality & development, gets more badass scenes and moments, is more conventionally attractive (after the Namek arc) and is much more of a foil to Goku.
None of this is to say Piccolo is a bad character however.
Oh, and the idea that Vegeta is only super popular in the West is complete nonsense. Vegeta is consistently at least top 3 in every Japanese DB fan poll since the mid-90s (and always higher than Piccolo), and tends to rank pretty high in many general anime/manga polls in the Japan as well.
None of this is to say Piccolo is a bad character however.
Oh, and the idea that Vegeta is only super popular in the West is complete nonsense. Vegeta is consistently at least top 3 in every Japanese DB fan poll since the mid-90s (and always higher than Piccolo), and tends to rank pretty high in many general anime/manga polls in the Japan as well.
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Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
Vegeta is a Saiyan whereas Piccolo's a Namekian and generally, Saiyans are seen as the badass characters everyone loves to play and even dream to be. I'm not a fan of Vegeta's character but between these two, I'd rather be on the Saiyan side.
Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
I’m still not seeing where people are getting Vegeta is a better written character. He’s a pretty shallow written character tbh
It’s just Piccolo got all his development in the Saiyan saga and a teeny bit in the Garlic Jr/Android saga
It’s just Piccolo got all his development in the Saiyan saga and a teeny bit in the Garlic Jr/Android saga
Re: Why is Vegeta more popular than Piccolo?
Compared to just about anyone else in franchise, how is he shallow? The only other characters that approach Vegeta's level of depth are Gohan, Future Trunks and Zamasu. Piccolo comparatively is just not on their level, writing wise.MasenkoHA wrote:I’m still not seeing where people are getting Vegeta is a better written character. He’s a pretty shallow written character tbh
It’s just Piccolo got all his development in the Saiyan saga and a teeny bit in the Garlic Jr/Android saga
Depth is about how many layers and personality traits a character has, and character development is the process of a character becoming more 3D, not "changing" from one personality to another.
Besides his Stoicism and his soft spot for Gohan, Piccolo comparatively doesn't have much going for him as a character (which may be why Toriyama/Toei phased him out after the Cell Games).
None of this is saying Piccolo is a bad character however.