Krillin had no job till the age of 43 while Android 18 still has no career

[Benjamin-Simons-91]

Given that he's a naturally super powered human, why on Earth didn't he tried his luck as a Police Officer prior? Or even thought of getting a job in unrelated field of occupation instead of living off his earnings from the 21st-23rd Tenkaichi Budokai he got as a teenager all those years ago? He lived at Roshi's Island, and was a virgin till he was around 32 (given that he married Android 18 at around Age 768), instead of getting a job and apartment, and living his life (Yamcha seems like the only reasonable guy out of all the Z-Fighters). He also retired from fighting after the Cell Games &/ settling down with Lazuli. So what did he do exactly on Roshi's isle to support himself and his family? Nada. Until he got accepted into the Sunset City PD in Age 779 (he was 43).

Same could be said of Lazuli, his wife, who despite not earning her power level in a natural way, but due to Dr. Gero using her as a testing subject for his superhuman powers implants; Never bothered (and as it seems still doesn't bother) to look up for a job. She preferred to live at Kame House under the pervert Master Roshi who would try to sexually harass her 24/7 than looking for a job and renting a house, and in the days of Dragon Ball Super prefers to live on her stack from letting Mr. Satan win the 25th World's Martial Arts Tournament and on Krillin's wages as a Sunset City cop than working her way to a higher economical status.

[SupremeKai25]

You know who's got a job and constantly works his ass off at his farm to pay for his younger son's college and give money to support his eldest son's career in education?



So much for being an "idiot bad dad". What would that make 18?

[PhantomSaiyan]

Just be thankful he got a job in the first place, if I had those kinds of power lord knows I would not earn money legally lol

[JulieYBM]

Kuririn becoming a pig was such a disappointment. Instantly ruined his character.

Artificial Human #18 continuing to dodge capitalism and mooch off of others? Respect.

[Benjamin-Simons-91]

Kuririn becoming s pig was such a disappointment. Instantly ruined his character.

It's only thanks to Law Enforcement that we can live our life with order and not be surrounded by havoc.

[goku the krump dancer]

Splitting Rent with your Martial Arts teacher while you both live a very minimalist lifestyle off of Tournament winnings that range in the millions doesn’t seem all that far fetched.

Getting bored after years of doing the bare minimum (work wise) so you get a job stoping crime to get the blood pumping again also doesn’t seem that crazy either. Getting paid to beat up people who are no threat to you as opposed to soliciting world ending tournaments or being recruited for galactic witch hunts for Sorcerers is the very definition of STAYING IN YOUR LANE! lol props to Krillin for being himself.

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As for 18, well why not get paid millions to sit home and be pretty and strong?

[theherodjl]

It makes you wonder why they all don't try and do something with their powers to bring in mountains of cash? Even Oolong & Puar can shapeshift, which can be a very helpful ability at surveillance or a variety of jobs depending on what is needed. It's not like the team are superheroes who have to uphold their secret identities as well as some kind of ethical code with their powers in not gaining wealth like Superman or Spiderman. They could make an absolute fortune in shipping mail & materials or performing any physical labor with how strong & fast they all are. Goku can even teleport, which means he can transport goods across the world literally instantly.
I guess the team just isn't terribly interested in making full use of what they have to obtain what it is they desire.

[TobyS]

Kuririn becoming s pig was such a disappointment. Instantly ruined his character.

It's only thanks to Law Enforcement that we can live our life with order and not be surrounded by havoc.

Do you think before 1858 there was no human civilisation at all, that everything was just on fire with constant purge like anarchy?

In our complex society we might need something *like* a police force, but the ones that exist in western countries exist to protect the rich and their stuff while punishing and harrassing the regular people into submission with the implied and explicit threats of violence and prison.

[Benjamin-Simons-91]

Kuririn becoming s pig was such a disappointment. Instantly ruined his character.

It's only thanks to Law Enforcement that we can live our life with order and not be surrounded by havoc.

Do you think before 1858 there was no human civilisation at all, that everything was just on fire with constant purge like anarchy?

I have a Master's degree in History. Policing is what keeps law and order and prevents anarchy.

In our complex society we might need something *like* a police force, but the ones that exist in western countries exist to protect the rich and their stuff while punishing and harrassing the regular people into submission with the implied and explicit threats of violence and prison.

Not the case in my country, which is part of the West. I suggest that you'd read my statement above.

[TobyS]

It's only thanks to Law Enforcement that we can live our life with order and not be surrounded by havoc.

Do you think before 1858 there was no human civilisation at all, that everything was just on fire with constant purge like anarchy?

I have a Master's degree in History. Policing is what keeps law and order and prevents anarchy.

In our complex society we might need something *like* a police force, but the ones that exist in western countries exist to protect the rich and their stuff while punishing and harrassing the regular people into submission with the implied and explicit threats of violence and prison.

Not the case in my country, which is part of the West. I suggest that you'd read my statement above.

Your statement was just baseless dogma with no bearing on reality.

Well I don't want know what country you are from but in the The UK and America they don't function in a way that benefits the average person. They enforce unjust laws.

The police in the US evolved from slave catchers in some cases.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/police-and-poor-people

We would be wise to outsource like the detaining of people having violent mental breakdowns or to investigate murders and such, basic enforcement of our social contracts. But again, police forces as they exist today did not exist for most of human history, it's demonstratably false to say they are the only thing standing between us and collapse.

There's cases when the police stopped or slowed down and crime decreased and the effect lingered on after they came back.

But this is entirely off topic so I'm not gonna discuss this anymore on this forum, believe what you want it doesn't affect my life.

To bring it back on topic.

If I want to resist saying ACAB includes Kuririn then the only really excuse we have is that the criminal justice system and how the police is funded and operates, hell even their cities and government, even the King and stuff operate in the dragon world. We see one cop help kid Goku and Kuririn in the manga seems to be going after a terrorist organisation. We don't see any evidence of corruption. We can say there is insufficient evidence to say for sure that all dragon world cops are bastards.

[Mystic-han]

Hilariously , almost no one of the Squad used to have a job in the og manga besides Vegeta (who was a real estate company cleaner on Galactic scale) before he quite and Mr Satan

That's how little Toriyama thought of World building pre super era

Let's take a break down at when each character picked up their carrier

1_ Goku : mentioned to be a farmer in one of Toriyama one shots manga post EoZ , was never shown doing it until Yo! Son Goku and friends

2_ Yamcha : was mentioned to work as a security guard and sometimes a chief , Super is what canonized him working as a baseball player

3_ Tien : was a hermit before Super made him a Dojo owner

4_ Krillin : became a police officer only in Super era , was a bum pre to this in all dragon ball media

5_ 17 : a homeless guy before Super made him a Park ranger

6_ Gohan : a scholar for eternity until Iayko told Toriyama to give him something more which was now being entomologist

7_ Bulma : only really started working in capsule corp in super era

[miguelnuva1]

18 got a lot if money from Mr. Satan afte the 25th budokai.

As for Krillin he's a good cop, there are good cops and bad cops in real-life and Krillin is a good person at heart.

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Kuririn proves that ACAB because what kind of man makes his wife to live with Roshi???

[miguelnuva1]

Kuririn proves that ACAB because what kind of man makes his wife to live with Roshi???

18 is a bigger threat to Roshi than Roshi is to her.

[JulieYBM]

Kuririn proves that ACAB because what kind of man makes his wife to live with Roshi???

18 is a bigger threat to Roshi than Roshi is to her.

Sexual assault isn't about some logical thing, it's about the assertion of power that those who commit it can do so. Which is to say, the Muten Roushi does not and has not refrained from trying to and succeeding in hurting women and girls who could technically enact some degree of reprimand. Blooma being from a rich family didn't stop him from constantly harrassing her, nor does #18 being able to effortlessly destroy a planet mean that he won't attempt to harm her, too.

Shit, what's going to happen to Marron when she hits her teens?

Goddamn, this series is fucked up.

[miguelnuva1]

Kuririn proves that ACAB because what kind of man makes his wife to live with Roshi???

18 is a bigger threat to Roshi than Roshi is to her.

Sexual assault isn't about some logical thing, it's about the assertion of power that those who commit it can do so. Which is to say, the Muten Roushi does not and has not refrained from trying to and succeeding in hurting women and girls who could technically enact some degree of reprimand. Blooma being from a rich family didn't stop him from constantly harrassing her, nor does #18 being able to effortlessly destroy a planet mean that he won't attempt to harm her, too.

Shit, what's going to happen to Marron when she hits her teens?

Goddamn, this series is fucked up.

In Toriyama's era/humor he didn't look at sexual assault in a realistic sense he looked at it like a lot of people sadly did in that Roshi is a pervert who gets beaten up for a joke which is likely why we don't see Roshi acting this way too much any longer.

As for Marron, Roahi perves on women that Toriyama in his kind were written as grown and Roshi didn't see them grow up. I doubt Bra, Pan or Marron or in any danger from Roshi because bumber 1 we are starting to move in a betrer direction in response to sexual assault is not humorous and Rape is not the only form sexual assault society frowns upon any longer.

I know in the anime he fondles 18(which had more preversion than just Roshi in that scene) but he pretty much stops in the Manga by the time Z starts to my knowledge.

Like I said Roshi wqs the product of his time, his antics don't fly now but back in the day is wqs played for laughs and we see the women are still his friends despite likely being creeper out by him in real life.

[Peach]

Krillin did have a job kind of. He helped Roshi deliver milk during his training as a kid. I wouldn't be surprised if he lived off this, other side gigs he did easily with superpowers, sponsorships from the tournament (if he had any), and any consolation prizes he won from the tournament.

Also, 18 is retired. She became a millionaire from the tournament when she threw the match for Hercule, remember? She's the bread earner lol.

[RandomGuy96]

Given that he's a naturally super powered human, why on Earth didn't he tried his luck as a Police Officer prior?

Because he'd get shot and die as almost happened in Super. He sucks.

Or even thought of getting a job in unrelated field of occupation instead of living off his earnings from the 21st-23rd Tenkaichi Budokai he got as a teenager all those years ago?

Because either he's dumb or the S&P500 doesn't exist in DB Earth.

Same could be said of Lazuli, his wife, who despite not earning her power level in a natural way, but due to Dr. Gero using her as a testing subject for his superhuman powers implants; Never bothered (and as it seems still doesn't bother) to look up for a job. She preferred to live at Kame House under the pervert Master Roshi who would try to sexually harass her 24/7 than looking for a job and renting a house, and in the days of Dragon Ball Super prefers to live on her stack from letting Mr. Satan win the 25th World's Martial Arts Tournament and on Krillin's wages as a Sunset City cop than working her way to a higher economical status.

If she had half a brain for investment then the money she extorted from Mr. Satan would set for them life. She seems more upset that Krillin is being lazy/inactive than anything.

[JulieYBM]

Kuririn should have taken up painting. At least that would have given back to the world.

[MasenkoHA]

Did anyone else just head canon Krillin continued to work construction on the side?