I know that the idea of #17 becoming a park ranger after being brought back to life was Toriyama's idea that he explained in an interview, and a lot of people including myself would look at that and think "huh?" because of how seemingly out of nowhere it is, due to #17 never exactly saying how much he wants to be a park ranger in the series. Now, it's possible that he just has hobbies that he keeps private and doesn't need to mention but I think there may be a slightly deeper reason as to why he would want to protect the animals and life that is precious, because his 'brother' #16 was also someone who wanted to protect nature.
This is probably just my headcanon, but once I noticed this I couldn't stop wondering why Toei or Toriyama hasn't clarified that this is why he's a park ranger because to me it's kind of an obvious thing to bring up, or maybe it just goes without saying and I just think I'm being all clever reading between the lines but it's actually supposed to be an unspoken obvious truth.
What do you guys think?
Did #17 become a park ranger in honour of #16?
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Re: Did #17 become a park ranger in honour of #16?
My headcanon is that #17 subcounciously was always an animal lover and that Dr. Gero supressed that desire to make him focus on killing Goku, #16 gave enough push to awaken and remind #17 his supressed care for them.
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Re: Did #17 become a park ranger in honour of #16?
I'd love for that to be the case. It'd be a really nice tribute to the character.
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Re: Did #17 become a park ranger in honour of #16?
I believe that 17 did indeed do that.
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I like to believe that's the case. If it is then I'll start keeping up with Super again right away.
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Re: Did #17 become a park ranger in honour of #16?
-Becomes a park ranger to honor his brother.
-Doesn't even visit his sister for a decade.
Scumbag 17.
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Re: Did #17 become a park ranger in honour of #16?
I always kinda figured that the whole "hunting down scumbags trying to poach endangered critters" thing was a big part of his reasoning for having that job, whether that was because of a #16-like desire to protect the critters or just wanting to have a job that lets him live out in the middle of nowhere and beat people up and get paid for it (or maybe some of both.)
#17 does seem to enjoy fighting, so being able to beat people up as part of his job seems like something that would appeal to him (even if he does have to hold waaaaay back all the time... still better than something like flipping burgers or answering phone calls.) And after the way #16 stepped in and attempted to fight off Cell to protect him and #18, I wouldn't be surprised if #17's job being wildlife-protection-related rather than just a more general bounty-hunter sort of thing might be in honor of #16.
#17 does seem to enjoy fighting, so being able to beat people up as part of his job seems like something that would appeal to him (even if he does have to hold waaaaay back all the time... still better than something like flipping burgers or answering phone calls.) And after the way #16 stepped in and attempted to fight off Cell to protect him and #18, I wouldn't be surprised if #17's job being wildlife-protection-related rather than just a more general bounty-hunter sort of thing might be in honor of #16.