Does #18 ever age?

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:27 pm

With her android parts, I think I remember hearing that she doesn't really age into GT when we see Kuririn all old and grey. So is it safe to assume that she will never die of old age? Or that she will, except that her body's look doesn't change. I know she's not around during the epilogue with Pan which was 100 years later.

If it's true that she'll never age and also she's got an unlimited powersource, I think she got a pretty sweet deal when Gero abducted her.

Post by **TripleRach** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:02 pm

It's hard to say. In Trunks's apocalyptic future, about 17 years after they were activated, she and #17 looked exactly the same. I also seem to recall something about the mechanical upgrades effectively equalling immortality, but I'm not sure what that implies without looking up the original dialogue.

But in the main series timeline, at that same point, 17 years after they were activated (when Gokuu runs off with Uub), she seems a bit older, at least in the manga, but maybe it's just that haircut. I don't remember what she looks like at the end of the Z anime or in GT, though.

Of course, she physically seems to be a teenager, while Kuririn was probably 30-ish when they first met, so he'd look old well before she would either way.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:31 pm

I think it's jsut her GT haircut that makes her look more distinguished but I don't think her face gets any older. (I know DB women age extremely well anyways but you can still tell the difference in Chi Chi and Bulma sometimes)

suomipoika · Post by **suomipoika** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:32 pm

she doesn't got older cause she is android god dammit!

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:36 pm

suomipoika wrote:she doesn't got older cause she is android god dammit!

Okay, don't get violet!
That's what I was wondering. I was just wondering if there was ever a statement that said she'd never die of old age or something that inplied it.

DemonKingPiccolo · Post by **DemonKingPiccolo** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:38 pm

I think it's stated that she doesn't age.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:47 pm

DemonKingPiccolo wrote:I think it's stated that she doesn't age.

She doesn't physically age no, but is there a set limit to her longevity I wonder?

DemonKingPiccolo · Post by **DemonKingPiccolo** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:51 pm

Humpski wrote:
DemonKingPiccolo wrote:I think it's stated that she doesn't age.
She doesn't physically age no, but is there a set limit to her longevity I wonder?

18 isn't immortal, and anything that isn't immortal dies after age. So due to the natural laws of time, I wouldn't doubt it.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:54 pm

DemonKingPiccolo wrote:
Humpski wrote:
DemonKingPiccolo wrote:I think it's stated that she doesn't age.
She doesn't physically age no, but is there a set limit to her longevity I wonder?
18 isn't immortal, and anything that isn't immortal dies after age. So due to the natural laws of time, I wouldn't doubt it.

Well in fiction there's lots of instances of beings who don't age but they can still be killed. So it's a limited kind of immortality. She might be like that.

DemonKingPiccolo · Post by **DemonKingPiccolo** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:02 pm

Humpski wrote:
DemonKingPiccolo wrote:
Humpski wrote: She doesn't physically age no, but is there a set limit to her longevity I wonder?
18 isn't immortal, and anything that isn't immortal dies after age. So due to the natural laws of time, I wouldn't doubt it.
Well in fiction there's lots of instances of beings who don't age but they can still be killed. So it's a limited kind of immortality. She might be like that.

Yes, and she probably would die later of age because she was originally human. I definitely think that some of those traits still exist with her.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:03 pm

DemonKingPiccolo wrote:Yes, and she probably would die later of age because she was originally human.

Possibly, let's wait and see if anyone comes along with some more insight on this.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:06 pm

suomipoika wrote:she doesn't got older cause she is android god dammit!

No, she's a cyborg. Is that so hard to get right, I mean she had a baby for crying out loud. Cyborgs are not the same as literal Androids, which are completely mechanical (e.g., #16 and #19).

I tend to think #18 may be aging, but at a much slower pace than normal humans. Or perhaps like Data in Star Trek, she has a program which allows her to age physically after the bombs are removed. Either way, she still looks hot in GT.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:56 pm

If she doesn't age, she could marry more men after Kuririn dies.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:38 pm

First of all, for something like this, ignore GT. Based on the fact she looks exactly the same in Trunks time as she does when awoken in the past it's pretty safe to assume her cybernetic parts give her a sort of technology based eternal youth. She can die, obviously, just not of old age.

she doesn't got older cause she is android god dammit!

She's not an Android, she's a Cyborg. She's a person with mechanical parts added.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:43 pm

I remember Gero said he made himself a cyborg so he could live forever. The same probably goes for 17 and 18.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:50 pm

Super Sonic wrote:I remember Gero said he made himself a cyborg so he could live forever. The same probably goes for 17 and 18.

Ahhh yes forgot about that. Guess that answers my question.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:21 pm

Super Sonic wrote:I remember Gero said he made himself a cyborg so he could live forever. The same probably goes for 17 and 18.

But Gero is pretty much completely mechanical, save his brain. That's not the case with #17 and #18.

raz1337 · Post by **raz1337** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:59 pm

That's weird thinking about someone making themself mechanical while only keeping their brain. His machines did it to him?

Ex-Dubbie369 · Post by **Ex-Dubbie369** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:03 am

Castor Troy wrote:If she doesn't age, she could marry more men after Kuririn dies.

She had that opportunity twice and didn't take it. I'm surprised she can stay faithful after seeing him die multiple times.

DemonKingPiccolo · Post by **DemonKingPiccolo** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:09 am

raz1337 wrote:That's weird thinking about someone making themself mechanical while only keeping their brain. His machines did it to him?

I think it was stated somewhere that he programmed Android 19 to do it