Yamucha question

ruffriles19 · Post by **ruffriles19** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:05 pm

I was wondering, where on earth do Yamucha's scars on his face come from? I've been looking through my DVDs to try and find out. In Dragonball Episode 132 (when Yamucha, Tenshinhan, Kuririn, and Chaozu save a village from a volcano) he doesn't have the scars. But in the next episode, when the characters reunite for the 23rd Budokai after a 3 year story jump, he has the scars, with no explanation given for them.
Doesn't it seem strange that a major character's appearance changes like that without any explanation? I mean, someone as strong as him would have to have run into something pretty tough to get those scars. Is it pretty much just left to our imagination where they came from?

Fuujin · Post by **Fuujin** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:17 pm

I think Toriyama just randomly added those scars to show how intense their training was. And to make him look cooler.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:37 pm

Bulma went after him with a fork.

Daimao · Post by **Daimao** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:57 pm

Fuujin wrote:I think Toriyama just randomly added those scars to show how intense their training was. And to make him look cooler.

And so pepole would stop calling him Tsukutsun Tsun .

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:08 pm

Daimao wrote:
Fuujin wrote:I think Toriyama just randomly added those scars to show how intense their training was. And to make him look cooler.
And so pepole would stop calling him Tsukutsun Tsun .

That makes me want to shout something in random strings of Kanji, such as the one known as WahWahWah made in their intro thread.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:09 pm

Daimao wrote:
Fuujin wrote:I think Toriyama just randomly added those scars to show how intense their training was. And to make him look cooler.
And so pepole would stop calling him Tsukutsun Tsun .

XDDDDDDDDDD I've always found it funny how much those two characters look alike.

*PINHEAD* · Post by ***PINHEAD*** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:10 pm

He got it in between the Piccolo Daimaou and Piccolo story arcs...so I'm guessing he got the scars while training or something. And yeah, it makes him look cooler and distinguishes him as a character.

lost in thought · Post by **lost in thought** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:59 pm

Forgive me my lack of knowledge, but who is this "Tsukutsun Tsun"?

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Fri May 06, 2005 8:04 pm

lost in thought wrote:Forgive me lack of knowledge, but who is this "Tsukutsun Tsun"?

A Dr. Slump character. He (along with his family) is Chinese, and when he talks to his parents, he talks in strings of kanji (though if you read the furigana, it makes sense). Not really sure how this gets handled in the anime, though.

He also turns into a tiger when he gets touched by a girl, which poses problems for him and Akane.

The S · Post by **The S** » Fri May 06, 2005 10:32 pm

I'd also like to point out he had a cameo in the DB episodes that took place in Penguin Village.

El_Diablo · Post by **El_Diablo** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:33 am

In the Viz manga he talks in broken English. "I kung fu train very hard" and so on

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sat May 07, 2005 10:11 am

I was wondering about that. I remember that when DB was still in monthly comic release, after the story, they had a section about tthe Dr. Slump characters explaining who they were, and I think they mentioned about that guy and Yamcha's similarities in looks.

lost in thought · Post by **lost in thought** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:21 pm

SaiyaJedi wrote:A Dr. Slump character. He (along with his family) is Chinese, and when he talks to his parents, he talks in strings of kanji (though if you read the furigana, it makes sense). Not really sure how this gets handled in the anime, though.

He also turns into a tiger when he gets touched by a girl, which poses problems for him and Akane.
The S wrote:I'd also like to point out he had a cameo in the DB episodes that took place in Penguin Village.

Ah, thanks... so thats who he is. I always wondered who the guy was that looked like Yamcha. Oddly, I can't remember what the dub called him...

Anyway, that brought back memories of when I saw Arale for the first time [during the CN' airing,] every time I saw her name in print, I pronounced it as 'Uh Rail', but the dub pronounced it as 'Uh-ray-lee', or something like that.

Wahwahwah · Post by **Wahwahwah** » Sat May 07, 2005 5:07 pm

Yamcha ALWAYS had that scar. Toriyama just put it on to make him look cooler. Also, as stated earlier, to tell him apart from his Dr. Slump character.

It is never explained how he got it, but when he first appeared, he was a desert bandit.

SpaceKappa · Post by **SpaceKappa** » Sat May 07, 2005 5:22 pm

lost in thought wrote:Anyway, that brought back memories of when I saw Arale for the first time [during the CN' airing,] every time I saw her name in print, I pronounced it as 'Uh Rail', but the dub pronounced it as 'Uh-ray-lee', or something like that.

Using Japanese phonetics, her name is pronounced "Ah-rah-lay."

lost in thought · Post by **lost in thought** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:09 pm

Mizugi wrote:Using Japanese phonetics, her name is pronounced "Ah-rah-lay."

Nice to know, thanks. I figured the dub's pronunciation was slightly a-miss, however I had no evidence to prove/disprove etc.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:16 pm

Wahwahwah wrote:Yamcha ALWAYS had that scar. Toriyama just put it on to make him look cooler. Also, as stated earlier, to tell him apart from his Dr. Slump character.

It is never explained how he got it, but when he first appeared, he was a desert bandit.

He got the scar between the 22nd and 23rd budoukai; "off-camera" for all you anime fans.

SpaceKappa · Post by **SpaceKappa** » Sat May 07, 2005 10:27 pm

lost in thought wrote:
Mizugi wrote:Using Japanese phonetics, her name is pronounced "Ah-rah-lay."
Nice to know, thanks. I figured the dub's pronunciation was slightly a-miss, however I had no evidence to prove/disprove etc.

No problem, figuring out the Japanese pronunciations of vowels without instruction is tricky. Therein lies the "Loo-fee" "Luff-ee" conundrum.

"a" is pronounced like "ah," as in the word "ball."
"i" is pronounced like "ee," like in "bee."
"u" is pronounced "oo," like in "boobs." >_>
"e" is pronounced like a sharp "ey," like in "bay," only not as stretched.
"o" is pronounced like "oh," as in the word "boat."

Pedro The Hutt · Post by **Pedro The Hutt** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:53 pm

e" is pronounced like a sharp "ey," like in "bay," only not as stretched.

Nor with an i or y sound at the end.

Oh and Mr. Ho (aka Mr. Ahou) also looks quite a bit like Yamucha. >.>

Wahwahwah · Post by **Wahwahwah** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:08 pm

Judging by the way "Luffy" is spelled, I would say it's pronounced this way:

Luf-fee. The reason is the fact that the "u" usually makes an "oo" sound, but in Japanese there is almost no syllable stress, and it's spoken so quickly that the "oo" sound can very easily be a short "u" sound. Also, in Japanese, when there are two consonants together, (Ex.: Battousai), the two have seperate sounds, instead of sharing the same sound. The "f" also shares a sound with the "h", as the "f" is not pronounced the same as we do, it is pronounced by bringing your teeth close to your lip, instead of on it. Anyways, ending this paragraph will be the discussion of the "y", as it is weird to have a Japanese word end with a "y". This is because the "y" doesn't really have a sound except in the case where it's at the beginning, like "Yama", and it is more of a transition between sounds, Ex.: "Kiyoraka". So, this is more likely an Engrish thing, and if so, would be pronounced "ee".
Of course, then that would make it more likely to be a whole Engrish word, in which case, the proper pronunciation would be the English one, "Luh-fee".

Of course, this whole discourse has just been my own observations from my amount of knowledge of the Japanese language. I've actually never taken any classes, and I don't really intend to try, as no one here speaks the language!!! So, please excuse me if I actually show some amount of knowledge on the subject whilst at the same time have absolutely no personal experience.