Piccolo's Survival Rate

[Silver Sinspawn]

Yamcha and Krillin cop a lot of jokes at their expense about them dying.

Sure, Yamcha died twice and Krillin died four times, but here's a fact for you:

Piccolo dies when saving Gohan from Nappa in Z. He dies when Earth explodes because of the Black Star Dragon Balls in GT. He dies saving Gohan again from a Death Beam in Super.

But then you take into account that Piccolo is a "reincarnation" of Piccolo Daimao, after he died fighting Goku in Dragon Ball.

So in a way, Piccolo is the only character to die in every Dragon Ball series, which is both impressive and sad at the same time.

[Vijay]

You forgot to include Piccolo being killed by Kid Buu when the latter blew-up Earth (along with Gohan, Goten & Trunks ofc)

Count me as one of those rare, insignifant Piccolo hater

From his green-algae color, weird turban design, obnoxious attitude (Toshio Furukawa gave extra-edge to his raw, alien-like tone) & unremarkable feats (Saiyan-Frieza Arc) makes him as one of the most forgettable, unlikable character in DBZ

Visited many forums. Was suprised at the kind of reception he got. Some members in DBZF (3-4 years back) lapped Piccolo & Vegeta (both are voiced by Sabat), going to great extents in heaping praises for Piccolo's smartness, intelligence & lines given by Funi

I was shell-shocked & wondered if I watched a different show all along.

But Piccolo-san grow on me after 2-3 years. His intricate relationship with Gohan, funny moments with Goku (driving episode), de facto leader role in Cell Saga as Super Namekian & his evolved role as tutor to Next-Gen fighters in Buu Arc was honestly interesting. Not even Goku (main protagonist of the show) received such numerous growth, but a secondary character as Piccolo-san did.

Now, he ranks on par with Goku & Vegeta as my top character characters in DBZ. Which is a giant leap frm bein a hater-to-neutral-to-fan of a character

My 2 cents

[Lord Beerus]

So in a way, Piccolo is the only character to die in every Dragon Ball series, which is both impressive and sad at the same time.

Wow. I never thought about that until you brought it up. That really is sad. Ironically, death in Dragon Ball really has no consequence since they have three sets Macguffins that can bail them out anytime.

[Sun Wukong]

So in a way, Piccolo is the only character to die in every Dragon Ball series, which is both impressive and sad at the same time.

Wow. I never thought about that until you brought it up. That really is sad. Ironically, death in Dragon Ball really has no consequence since they have three sets Macguffins that can bail them out anytime.

Well 4 if you count GT. But yeah its pretty ridiculous.

[generalred3]

Krillin died in every Dragonball series also...

[rereboy]

Krillin died in every Dragonball series also...

Did he die in Super?

[Draconic]

Krillin died in every Dragonball series also...

He didn't die in Super yet.

[generalred3]

Ahhhhh, I stand corrected. Funny enough I actually completely forgot Super and only thought of Dragonball, Z, and GT. My mistake!

[ShaneisMC]

Krillin died once in DB, and twice in Z. Apparently he also died once in GT even though i hardly remember it if at all really. And he hasnt died yet in Super.

[Kuririn Fan]

What do you guys mean "yet"? 5th time would be fucking ridiculous and absoulety pointless

[Vijay]

Krillin died once in DB, and twice in Z. Apparently he also died once in GT even though i hardly remember it if at all really. And he hasnt died yet in Super.

GT's death was when 17 killed him as Krillin interupted his hypnosis over 18

[ShaneisMC]

What do you guys mean "yet"? 5th time would be fucking ridiculous and absoulety pointless

Well as far as my train of thought was going I wasnt particularly thinking of Krillin being singled out for a 5th death as much as the possibility of him dying in some cataclysmic event with most everyone else. Kinda like with Golden Freeza. Except he be unfortunate enough to be not covered by Whis or something. Super certainly hasnt held back on having large scale destruction happening regularly. Also Piccolo died semi pointlessly already too. I mean it got Gohan to want to train but I think he could have wanted to do so simply to be able to protect his family anyway. I dont think having Piccolo die was absolutely necessary but whatever i guess.