Gitchen

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Gitchen
ギッチン (Gitchin)
Anime Manga
English Name(s)	Gicchin (Viz)
Name Pun	Kitchen
Personal Data
Death	Killed by a villain and/or monster/demon
Occupation	Martial arts master

Gitchen is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise, serving as Jiren's master and old friend of Vermoud in Universe 11. Gitchen is murdered at some point prior to the Tournament of Power in the Dragon Ball Super series.

Biography

A long time ago, Universe 11's God of Destruction, Vermoud, and Gitchen were friends; at this time, Gitchen was already steadfast in his belief in teamwork.

After Jiren's parents are murdered, Gitchen rescues him and takes him on as a pupil. During this time, Jiren gains new companions. The villain that murdered Jiren's parents returns, slaughters all of Jiren's companions, and also kills Gitchen.

Ultimately, Gitchen never recognized Jiren as his successor; while Jiren assumes this was because he was not strong enough, Vermoud confirms that it was because Jiren was always a solitary fighter and never learned the lesson of teamwork.

Markarita notes that those killed by demons cannot be brought back to life under their own power. Though Jiren intended to use the Super Dragon Balls to wish Gitchen back to life should he win the Tournament of Power, following their universe's loss, Jiren remarks that he now understands his deficiency and no longer needs his master's presence.

Name

Gitchen's name adds a diacritical mark to the キ (ki) in the katakana approximation of the English word "kitchen" (キッチン kitchin) to form the name ギッチン (Gitchin). While this spelling change and therefore name pun source have not been confirmed, an all-encompassing "kitchen" name would serve to bridge the names of the various Pride Troopers that otherwise all appear to be plays on kitchen appliances.

Production

Though Jiren's master is cited with similar surrounding circumstances in the Dragon Ball Super television series, he is thus far only cited explicitly by name in the manga.

An interview with Dragon Ball Super producer Sakoru Takami and director Ryōta Nakamura published near the end of the anime's broadcast run clarified some long-lingering questions about Jiren's development, which then affected Jiren's master, during the production process:

Were Universe 11‘s Pride Troopers part of Toriyama-sensei‘s designs?

Nakamura: They weren’t in his designs, but since Jiren and co. all wore the same red and black suits, he allowed us to flesh it out like that.

Takami: In sensei‘s initial rough draft, there was no information indicating Jiren’s personality. Since the tough opponents in Dragon Ball Super up until then had been nihilistic, cool characters like Hit or Zamasu, we thought it might be best to make Jiren very talkative, so we came up with the background of him being a hero of justice. Jiren was central to this squadron of heroes.

Nakamura: When we suggested that to Toriyama-sensei, he replied that “Jiren is a character who doesn’t speak.” It was then that Toriyama-sensei sent us the backstory that his parents and martial arts master had been killed. He said that Jiren was this type of character, in contrast to Hit or Zamasu.

Takami: And so the characterization of Jiren that we originally came up with was passed on to Toppo.

Performance

Gitchen has yet to appear in a voiced role in any Dragon Ball production, thus far appearing only in unvoiced flashback footage and referenced by name.

Notable Appearances

Gitchen only appears from the back in hazy flashback footage in Dragon Ball Super episode 127. He is depicted with a ponytail, wearing a white, sleeveless outfit.