Yardrat-Schmardrat. Why didn't Kami teach teleportation?

Daimao · Post by **Daimao** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:01 pm

There's also the matter of how Baba was able to ferry both Goku and Gohan Sr. back and forth between "This World" and "Next World," similar to how Kami was able to. We don't actually get to see her do any teleporting, if memory serves, but I'm sure she didn't take "the long way" to get there.

That being said, my money goes on the divinity clause.

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:04 pm

It's just his Kami magic.

I mean, we see him apparate clothes for Goku, but nobody asks why he didn't teach that to Goku.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:02 pm

Don't forget after Piccolo has fused with Kami, he also has the ability to generate clothes, ie. Gohan in the Cell Games, and Trunks and Goten during their training in the Buu saga. It definitely has to be divinity-based.

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:12 pm

Jerseymilk wrote:Don't forget after Piccolo has fused with Kami, he also has the ability to generate clothes, ie. Gohan in the Cell Games, and Trunks and Goten during their training in the Buu saga. It definitely has to be divinity-based.

Nuh-uh. Piccolo also gave Gohan his clothes when he was training in the wilderness, so clearly it's a Namekian trait, rather than anything else.

PsyLiam · Post by **PsyLiam** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:18 pm

He also regenerates/creates his turban/cape a couple of times before he fuses with Kami, doesn't he?

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:21 pm

Shoot that's right! I forgot!

Of coooouuuurse, that could be something he inherited from his father Piccolo Daimao, who was once part of Kami.

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:06 pm

That's not a Namek thing, it's a Piccolo thing.

Post by **TripleRach** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:42 am

Maybe it's an able-to-create-Dragon-Balls-kind-of-Nameck trait? Dende can heal people, and Piccolo/Kami can create clothes and hourglasses out of thin air.

Zackarotto · Post by **Zackarotto** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:12 pm

Dende has never made clothes, though.

•Piccolo is born as a tailor or whatever. He alone has this great power.
•He splits into the one that becomes Kami and Daimao. Both can make clothes (we assume with Daimao).
•Piccolo Jr. is born. He can also make clothes.
•Piccolo and Kami fuse, and of course he can still make clothes (maybe even better!)

Post by **TripleRach** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:06 pm

I meant that they both have some special magic ability. But Piccolo is more than just a tailor! He makes hourglasses and swords and shoes too. So, maybe he's a tailor/clockmaker/blacksmith/shoemaker.

That Piccolo sure is an impressive guy.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:50 pm

Gee, I feel like I should start jumping rope!

Zackarotto · Post by **Zackarotto** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:25 pm

What, so you can have one ability that Piccolo will never have?

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:00 pm

Geez, you never jumped rope when you were younger and did the "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" rhyme? Or at least heard of it? Besides, I doubt being able to jump rope would be all that impressive over someone that can fly.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:19 pm

Geez, you never jumped rope when you were younger and did the "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" rhyme? Or at least heard of it?

That would be no to both questions.

Besides, I doubt being able to jump rope would be all that impressive over someone that can fly

But when you jump rope fast enough it feels like your soaring!

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:20 pm

I recall that Kami (Vol. 5, I think) one day recounted to Mr. Popo about how he had vague memories of being descended from people who specialized in magicks; ie. they were magicians, hence the dragonballs.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:21 pm

No, take it from someone who's instructor frequently makes her do 300 skips, you just get hot and really tired!

PsyLiam · Post by **PsyLiam** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:54 pm

Ruh-eally?

Zackarotto · Post by **Zackarotto** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:04 am

Maybe. Aren't they all Guru's children, though?

Skipping rope is EVIL.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:50 pm

Zackarotto wrote:Maybe. Aren't they all Guru's children, though?

Skipping rope is EVIL.

The current generation of Namekians are, because of the disastrous storms the happened on the planet after which only Saichoro, survived. Remember that Kami/Piccolo Daimao's father sent him to Earth before that disaster, in an effort to save him. So before the disaster, the gene pool among the Namekians was greater.

And yes, skipping rope is EVIL!

Nekoni · Post by **Nekoni** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:28 am

OHOHOHOH! Dende makes clothes for Goku after the Majin Vegeta fight! *nods and waves her manga* It's a namekian trait...

I reckon dragonballs is a rare trait
healing is a taught tecnique (dende calls himself a 'healer' namekian rather than a 'fighter')
and teleportation... well, how ELSE would one get from living-world to dead-world and back so easy? It's magic! *nods* jus' like Bebi's teleportation magic, I reckon.