DRAGON BALL Episode 102 REACTION | DB

[@lankancheetah]

Remember in abridged, Krillin said "last time I fought Cell he basically Tambourine'd me." So yeah that's Tambourine we gonna meet next time lol.

[@user-yf6zz3cl8i]

Namekians weren't a thing yet. So just think of piccolo and his minions as demons

[@specialnewb9821]

I think they are retconned as mutated Namekians?

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

He's technically a demon even if Kami is a namekian.. why you may ask? Because Piccolo was the embodiment and the incarnation of evil itself of Kami, that's makes him pretty much a demon.

[@jessecortez9449]

People have to remember or learn that OG DB is more mythical lore instead of science fiction lore. It's much closer to Sun Wukong in Journey to the West. DBZ may have shifted towards alien warrior but that doesn't really change the roots of the franchise. The Sun Wukong lore is more interesting to me anyway. Once it shifted to alien warrior narrative it became the All Saiyan All the Time Bonanza with an assembly line of transformations and flashy energy attacks being spammed out instead of martial arts prowess.

[@kaialone]

They're still demons today

[@snuffysam]

Tbf, even in current dragon ball, I think it’s a mistake to think of deities as being different species than regular folks. Like the gods of destruction were just mortals that trained into being deities and gained deity powers like hakai. This is this same thing, just on a smaller scale (and u see towards the end of dragon ball that “god of earth” is a job that anyone really could have). So there’s nothing wrong with being both a Namekian and earth’s Demon King Though yes, he also hadn’t come up with Namekians yet

[@jsol_03]

2:26 he is Gokus master… it’s not like he has authority over him but you usually never disobey your martial arts master cuz he knows what’s best for you

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

The king piccolo arc is here now this is where things get crazy 🔥🔥🔥😈

[@riveraharper8166]

Yep. Things get more real. Maybe unpopular opinion but King Piccolo Arc and the tournament with Piccolo Jr is up there with Dbz to me. :)

[@EwMatias]

At this point King Piccolo and his minions are portrayed as demons. In DBZa Piccolo often laments not being a demon anymore.

[@AnActualDinosaur]

Launch really is a great character, it's crazy that she's barely in DBZ and even crazier that he wasn't brought back for Super (since they brought back a lot of folks for that).

[@Riptide27]

There’s a line from a DBZA episode where Krillin says, “he basically Tambourine’d me” Now you get the reference!

[@otakuwolf4ever985]

We should've known Pilaf and his boys were behind this. Who else would be so STUPID as to let Piccolo out of the jar?

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

Piccolo is technically a demon rather than a namekian, because as you know, he was the embodiment of evil in Kami's heart

[@denickart]

Piccolo's minions are basically just another type of Namekian. There's the Dragon clan, Warrior clan, and Demon clan.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Ehh I don’t think so… at this point they’re just demons and Piccolo essentially gets retconned come Z or rather _what_ (species) Piccolo & Kami are basically gets retconned. Where it now seems that whole aspect of their species got erased once they became aliens/Namekians opposed to being “demons”. So until we see a canon story where Namekians are shown to have this same ability we see King Piccolo do here in OB DragonBall, then as far as I’m concerned it’s not something they can do.

[@evanmiller4502]

​@Austin.Kilgore not really. piccolo technically is still a Demon, as he wasn't born on namek, he's the literal pure evil physically separated from Kami, so it really isn't a retcon

[@Brazbit]

Now you know what Krillin meant in DBZA when he said something along the lines of "He basically Tambourined me" or "He almost Tambourined me"... something to the effect. It was a notable line that I didn't point out at the time because you hadn't seen Dragon Ball yet.

[@ultimate-x-james2533]

I don't know why I love watching her doing Puar's voice 😭 ❤

[@TheArsonDuo]

same

[@Austin.Kilgore]

I absolutely HATE it lol

[@ultimate-x-james2533]

@@Austin.Kilgore well fuck off then Don't watch her videos then

[@SaltyLobster]

Namekians and saiyans aren't a thing, not until DBZ. At this point in time Piccolo is the Demon King (much like later - Dabura).

[@She-Devil94]

Actually Toriyama once said he first thought of Namekians and Saiyans in the following tournament arc.

[@jackcarlson4358]

Piccolo's minions are retconned later as "mutated Namekians." So they are Namekians but weird, monsterish ones.

[@Sunaki1000]

I liked them more as Demons.

[@jessecortez9449]

​@@Sunaki1000 I think the demon narrative is better as well. The franchise, in general, is more appealing to me when it was more rooted in Sun Wukong in Journey to the West than when the story changed to alien warrior science fiction.

[@qwxcvgy]

I love Lunch, especially Blond Lunch and I still do't understand why Toriama toss her away like that.

[@KamuiCage]

He said he just forgot about her

[@abc123tiktok]

She didn't really have a role anymore like most of side characters that got phased out. Her being comedic violent person doesn't exactly work if Vegeta or Piccolo will just knock her to the moon.

[@migueldominguez78]

Few things were thought of ahead of time. Dragon Ball was a long improv game of Toriyama playing "and then this happened". It does a great job of connecting the beginning, middle and end of a story together when you start at the beginning, but if you start in the middle and then go back to the beginning you start to ask questions he didn't think of while making the story.

[@claudioadriano5422]

Now the Piccolo saga!! Hell Yeah!! Launch is not in DBZ just because Toriyama forget about her.

[@stevenoconnor3256]

Piccolo is a member of the demon Clan, Dragon Ball Z doesn't change this. Aliens can be demons in Dragon Ball. Piccolo is literally God's evil manifested.

[@marc68521]

I would argue that it wasn’t that he liked the evil way as much as he probably saw that being good didn’t matter and all that mattered was absolute power. That power and want for it probably corrupted him further

[@thecoffeemainiak5400]

The Reason Piccolo's minions aren't namekians is because King Piccolo isn't technically a namekian. Since he is the embodiment of evil cast out from Kami, he counts as a demon in the dragon ball world. Because he came from a namekian he has the same traits and abilities but because he is a demon they are a dark and twisted version. This is why his children aren't namekians they are demons birthed in the same way namekians are.

[@xeroreverse7712]

Namekians weren't really a thing yet. That said, Piccolo is still a demon because he was the concentrated evil of the originial namekian, while kami was the concentrated good. Kami wasn't born a god but became one, same with piccolo.

[@13Bbeards]

The Lore Drops in the episode are amazing.

[@thedarkknight2221]

King Piccolo truly is one of the all time best villains in anime. He lives to his title of Demon King.

[@specialnewb9821]

Pilaf gang has caused so much trouble, it's good they finally started henching for the Z fighters.

[@MarcBienenfeld]

Tamborine and King Piccolo's other sons are mutant Namekians

[@believincalvin6011]

AniMelon, I agree with you. Launch is one of the cooler characters in the Dragon Ball universe. She's a courageous tough lady with a heart of gold, and her strange alter ego combo makes her character just that more interesting. If they made a show featuring Launch as the main character, I most likely would watch it.

[@smdownh9]

Launch is in Dragon Ball Z but in like 4 episodes

[@claudioadriano5422]

And I think of these 4 episodes, 2 are fillers 😔

[@smdownh9]

@claudioadriano5422 yea but she in it

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

But she came back at the end of buu arc when Goku was gathering Ki for the Genkidama

[@johnhart8856]

TFS Trunks: "wait a second, have all 5 of you died?!" TFS Krillin: "oh yeah, Chiaotzu and I twice... first round was basically just Piccolo's dad being a dick!"

[@explosivedude8295]

Don't spoil it mofo

[@Tplwtch]

Now I will always imagine King Piccolo's rice cooker falling down the sea floor and on top of Dio's coffin.

[@dvader518]

Could DIO beat King Piccolo?

[@TitoHabif]

King Piccolo's is the personification of Kami’s inner dark side, or evilness he expelled from his soul in order to ascend as Kami-sama, the God Guardian of Earth. That's why King Piccolo can give birth demons as his minions.

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

I guess they said Devil instead of demon because they thought devil sounded cooler, and they never thought while writing these for television on Toonami that someday years from a 'streaming service' would include a translation note showing the whole world that they're using the wrong word.

[@elroyrigsby-leday7250]

Eric Vale is the voice actor for the announcer and Trunks as well. You can hear it pretty well at 1:38.

[@rocketmanart7964]

That was Master Roshi when he was centuries younger

[@Sunaki1000]

The weird thing is, Piccolo needed Pilaf to learn about the Dragonballs.

[@TheCoolBacon]

i guess piccolo didnt keep all the memories of kami

[@kaialone]

It's cause Kami created the Dragon Balls after they split; Kami mentions in DBZ that creating the Dragon Balls was something that he just kinda did some day, like it just came to him like second nature, no conscious memories

[@Sunaki1000]

@@kaialone Feels more like a Copout Answer to explain it away, but ok. Good to hear its adressed.

[@kaialone]

@@Sunaki1000 I mean I like how he did something characterful with it, adding that somber part to Kami's character that jives well with his general depressive tendencies

[@Tony-ssj769]

This was for sure the arc where Toriyama planned that Goku was an alien as well because when Goku fought King Piccolo the 2nd time, Piccolo didnt understand why Goku had become so strong and then Goku said something interesting to the point of possibly being alien because he says he is the only human with a monkey tail and being abnormally strong.

[@Leonardohummel]

yes lord slug, as you command lord slug

[@jogadorjnc]

Go team Slug!

[@wills.364]

This is by far Pilaf’s dumbest decision ever

[@NeddyMontz]

5:42 I know, right? I didn't recognize Roshi when he was at his prime, either. 7:30 You can recognize their voices; Roshi and Shen. Also, Roshi's wig for Jackie Chun, was like Master Mutaito's 😂 9:38 - 10:16 Introducing The Evil Containment Wave (or the "Mafuba" in the Japanese dub).

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

And to think, all this happening on earth and raditz would have had no problem dispatching of any of them at this point. Lol.

[@ashdaniels2332]

Can we talk about how Melon is still watching this? Impressive

[@rebornjm]

when i learned about her after my first time watching DB i was so angry she was basically erased from the series like she never existed and is still to this day treated as such they brought back alot of characters in super from dragonball but just keep ignoring her. hell they even brought some random trash crane student before they even tried to bring launch back its annoys me

[@smdownh9]

Piccolo made Tambourine by with an egg like how Namekian give birth

[@Sunaki1000]

I know she probably saw that already, but dont spoil the Surprise.

[@Jaysterrr]

Funimation was really wussy about acknowledging that Piccolo is a demon. Also, that subtitle wasn’t there when the dub aired on Cartoon Network.

[@JasonSmith-fr2jy]

So Piccolo being a demon was not retconned. Demon, like God, is a title one gets when achieving a certain Divine status. Evil King Piccolo was a demon, meaning anyone he killed was sent to a torturous hell for eternity. But Piccolo Jr. Turned away from that and held to his Namekian side. That's why Kami says he's no longer a demon and dbza said. "I miss being a demon"

[@TheKdmccaskill]

The origin of the original Z Fighters, told by one of the original Z fighters master Roshi

[@antoniodbz5850]

7:51 BRUH!!! Do you even see his skin color? That is 100% Master Shen....

[@coltchan7380]

Freeing King Piccolo was the best thing Pilaf ever did.

[@rocketmanart7964]

King Piccolo arc is great.

[@sithmasterx8066]

King Picollo is not a namekian, he is a Yoshi :D

[@elroyrigsby-leday7250]

Akira Toriyama said he didn't add Launch to Dragon Ball Z because he forgot her and would confuse people with SSJ transformation.

[@abhabh6896]

Best villain in all of DB.

[@Hulkzilla0]

Such a fantastic opening to an incredible arc! So excited for this!

[@realAndresilver]

The Pre Namekians

[@arnaudgerard1971]

You really should "watch" What if Raditz turned good.

[@KingKidGoku32794]

Goku cried 3 times in the entire Dragon Ball Series and Krillin dying The First time was the 2nd time he cried

[@TheCoolBacon]

in the movie with android 8 he cries

[@KingKidGoku32794]

@worldofsaiyans1285 Tournament of Power Helping Roshi

[@KingKidGoku32794]

@@TheCoolBacon I gotta watch those movies again haven't seen those in years

[@TheCoolBacon]

@KingGoku32794 delete this comment

[@StarKaiser2]

Actually they are called mutant Namekians

[@concretetable5643]

I'm all caught up now. I can finally experience the true power of the ba ba boost that algorithm! Hahahhaa

[@ianhardy9375]

Krillin got kill with one kick, goku did not have a chance against Tambourine and namekians are uncharted in terms of their clan and abilities, king piccolo is the second namek to give birth to creatures with the first one is guru who is the eldest namek who gave birth to all nameks, when their home was in danger of climate change, kami was one of the few nameks who got sent to another world as kami was the nameless namek who got sent to earth with nobody to come get him and wait for there until he got taller ans left, he end up on the lookout and remain there until he split into two beings one became kami who took the position as guardian of earth after the previous one deem him worthy of the title and some point later on he created the power of the dragon balls using his magic while the being became the demon king piccolo who had a mean streak and appetite for genocide due to the exposure of conflict and evilness becoming intoxicated by it. king piccolo is a poko priest a namek clan who can give birth to minions to create misery and create total chaos since King piccolo is evil and they're based off of reptiles, hideous monsters, demons dragons etc.

[@urIIez]

Demon, Namekian, Yoshi, Slug Haha 😂

[@The_One_In_Black]

Everything about Namek is a retcon, of course, but basically the Demon Clan are Namekians that have been mutated by Piccolo's demonic energy.

[@albertmas3752]

Master Roshi doesn't mean Crane liked the evil he saw. He meant that Crane's will failed and saw that evil can actually win.

[@frankfreeman1553]

Before Vegeta, there was Piccolo

[@tedrpz]

3:39 the distinction between devil and demon doesn’t really exist Japanese with 魔 or ma/mazoku referring to any malevolent spirit so devil and demon are both defensible translations piccolo himself is referred to as 大魔王 or diamao meaning great demon king which is more in line with the western concept of a devil

[@ginsover]

Spoilers... Maybe, it is all in Z and Super but better to be safe We could say that king piccolo is an actual demon being the evil half of God and all, his son Ma Jr.(demon Jr.) "our piccolo" was born both as an extension of king piccolo's life and an actual namekian not a demon, funny how everytime Toriyama says "f*ck it, they are this now" we could naturally add it to the lore as if it was always part of it

[@kaialone]

The kanji 魔 on it's own has *many* different meanings; the dub goes for "devil" while the accompanying subs go for "demon" neither is wrong Oh yeah, Tao would've been like 2 years old during Piccolo's rampage 🤔

[@KleinpeterHank]

Launch deserved to be in DBZ. MasakoX was a visionary to pair her with Raditz in his what if. Also, I learned recently that Mutaito was voiced by Phil Parsons, the same voice actor of Nappa and I can’t unhear it now. Funnily enough that Nappa is the one that told Piccolo that he was a Namekian.

[@c.k.6939]

Lots to unpack in this episode. The alien aspects I think weren't on Toriyama's mind until the next arc, and even then those weren't revealed until the Saiyan arc. As far as this point in the story goes, Piccolo and his minions are demons, nothing more, nothing less. Goku is at a big disadvantage against Tambourine right now; not only did he kill one of the Top 5 strongest fighters at this point, but as Roshi said, Goku's still tired from his fight with Tenshinhan, which happened at most a couple hours ago, and he even refused to eat anything waiting for Krillin.

[@xyenia0122]

They kinda were. I mean right after Goku turned into a Great Ape for the first time Oolong said he's probably an alien.

[@c.k.6939]

@@xyenia0122 That was just a one-off joke about how durable Goku is, and knowing Toriyama I doubt he had that one line in mind when thinking "hey, wouldn't it be surprising if Goku and Piccolo were actually aliens?"

[@edward18517]

Well Launch is in "Z", just not much. "Why don't they just say Demon?" Because that's the Kanji symbol for Devil. It's Piccolo Daimao's mark which goes alongside the Kanji that Kami uses, which is God. The "direct translation" of the English script is a bit "generalized". What that mark "specifically" is is "half" of the Kanji for Akuma (悪魔), which is "devil" (that half of the 悪魔 Kanji (魔) specifically being pronounced as "Ma"). Oni (鬼) would be a more proper translation for just specifically "a demon", which has a different Kanji than the one for Akuma. The "members" of Piccolo's forces themselves are the Mazoku Clan (which translates to Demon Clan 魔族 (which if I remember has a joke later on with some kids trying to write the name of the clan but end up misspelling it which is a joke you'll only understand if you know Kanji)). "They're not Namekians". They're his children. Namekians and Piccolo being an alien weren't a thing at this point. They were just demons in this saga and partly the one afterwards. The alien stuff only gets thought up shortly before Z starts (though the American dub makes it really irritating to listen to to me in the saga after this since they start talking about aliens a few times in the English version when that's something nobody should even know about yet). If you want a "canonical" explanation for why Piccolo's Children look like that it's due to him only being half of a Namekian or his pure evil demon influence warping his offspring. In Dragon Ball Online (which takes place like a hundred years after the series is over), Namekians that start having Offspring near where Piccolo Daimao's "breeding grounds" used to be have their offspring turn out like the demons shown here due to Piccolo's influence still infesting the area and in turn influencing those that have settled there. For Goku, him being an alien (as well as aliens in general) weren't really thought of as part of the story until partway through the saga after this one. Him being an alien was tossed around as an idea by Oolong during the first saga but that was obviously just random ideas being thrown around instead of it actually being decided on as an origin back then.

[@SmazSolaire]

11:19. :D Also, this is where the series really shifts gears towards Z territory...

[@MarcBienenfeld]

Forgot to mention, Piccolo is a Yoshi

[@Emiliodelgado25]

you know when I saw that sadness of Goku reminded me of a video of it and it had the soundtrack sorrow and sadness from Naruto

[@Stimulation334]

I think piccolo ship the one belma krillin and Gohan use to get to namek

[@antonioherrera1324]

I swear rewatching you all these episodes is great and so much more with someone who loves it and watching it for the first time😊

[@Icehowl]

Not to be a dub hater, but damn... this really killed/downplayed the impact of the things happening in this episode. Goku's rage and desperation was totally lost in translation. If there is any episode you guys should give a rewatch in japanese/an alternative dub then this is the one.

[@concretetable5643]

This is random but I really hope you react to Mob Psycho 100 at some point. Perfect reaction material for your style

[@Animelon]

Yup! I am! I started posting episodes out on Patreon already. Episode 1 will be out this week:)

[@concretetable5643]

@@Animelon super hyped

[@KeijiMaeda86]

All that alien garbage did exist until Z. Toriyama intended to end dragonball after the next tournament when Goku fights Jr(piccolo). He was pressured by Shounen Jump to continue. Then he jumped several sharks with all that alien bs and the fights becoming boring laser shows.

[@dustintaylor6911]

It would’ve been cool if goku turned super Sayain here

[@rowlandandrew9597]

Hi Melon This was a very good reaction Time for the king Piccolo capture this is one of my favorite in original Dragon ball Launch is one my favorite side character I wished thay brought her back for Dragon ball z and Dragon ball super just think about the characters interaction with Vegeta or fat Buu We will never see how funny that could have been and it makes me very sad

[@robertrogers074]

Awesome that King Piccolo is in modern games definitely coming to sparking zero.

[@dryder7078]

The concept of launch and her introduction is a little bit weird but I really like her too. It is so sad that she only appears in filler scenes during Z and doesnt appear in super at all. She is not really relevant to the story as she cant really fight or support the Z warriors in any other way but toriyama could have maybe written more about her being interested in tien

[@coreyjones9183]

I unironically want you to make a Puar ASMR video

[@Animelon]

Asmr triggers my fight or flight response

[@HonKang]

I like Dragon Ball Z my older brother we watched Dragon Ball Z

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

this episode came out in feb 102, and dbz released 1 year later.

[@AmitDukarker]

❤❤❤ thank you 😊

[@psp785]

Launch was in the first episodes of Z then they just forgot about her

[@thiogarces]

The original Trasnlation is not DEMON is EVIL.

[@jogadorjnc]

Baboosting since we're reaching DB's dramatic phase

[@kevinmiles1731]

Heyyyyyy animelon

[@kaialone]

...Comments are kinda overeager to explain Piccolo's minions- how about you let this play out for a little longer at least?

[@chandlermorgan708]

I love launch😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@cyber0x250]

what? earthquake ?

[@rehabilitator]

Why isn't this episode titled, puar VA reacts to Dragonball

[@kiddthomas2477]

Why did he go super sayian when killin died

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

Out of universe it just was'nt a thing yet, but in universe my thought is that Goku did'nt really know how to control his rage and anger. Here he rushes to Tambrouine blindly completely consumed by grief, however when Frieza kills Krillian you can see him struggling to not make the same mistake. Instead trying to get a hold of it and push for what he needed to get the job done.

[@TheKdmccaskill]

Melon, stop trying to get us to give you spoilers!!!

[@arnavkadhe4843]

why are my comments disappearing, huhh??? just commented few suggestions to try to help you grow but my comments got deleted 🙃🙂

[@thoru4367]

Do you know japanese?

[@bonkiatsu470]

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