Dragon Ball Multiverse

...Why is he still holding that tail?

To slap him in the face with I'd imagine.

Hey boy...do you know about this?

He's sort of right.

He's close enough I'd say.

Tac Paff Shiif.

See this folks.

This is Master Roshi.

Not just some stupid pervert, but a master of the martial arts. It'd be nice if the actual series remembered that.

But then again, his first appearance in Super has him telling Chi-Chi to use the money they got for Porn, so I suppose that's not possible.

Yeah.

Honestly, I do wish we could be learning a little bit more about this universe during this time, but this has still been probably one of the best specials, especially because of something like this.

Well, he helped kick Frieza's army's collective asses, so I don't think his role as a master hasn't been completely forgotten.

He was more important than Yamcha in that battle (though I've never seen it).

Kinda sad, since I was under the impression Yamcha surpassed him, but I guess Butt-Monkey gonna Butt-Monkey.

Master Roshi can still fight, but he was quickly outpaced by Z villains. Like pretty much everybody else that doesn't have Saiyan blood. I can't wait to watch ROF to see him back in action.

Roshi was quickly outpaced by pre Z villains.

Well Yamcha doesn't appear so yeah Roshi does contribute more there.

Yamcha definitely surpassed him - bloody everyone did - but strength was not important in deciding who got to see action in RF.

edited 7th Aug '15 11:31:43 AM by Saiga

Well yeah. My guess is the writers realized that years of being a Memetic Loser had become so ingrained in Yamcha's character that seeing him actually defeating any enemies would have broken their Willing Suspension of Disbelief.

The fight scene was really shallow pandering. They're going to pick characters who have the most fans to pander to.

Yamcha is treated like a joke, while Roshi is really popular. You can see how his inclusion in the fighting raised a lot of interest.

Sounds about right.

Truthfully, I'm not even sure why they bother including Yamcha in anything.

He's just become a waste really.

Roshi at least has mentor cred in Z. Yamcha got his ass kicked by every villain he faced. I honestly can't remember a single crowning moment of awesome for him. Almost everybody else got their time to shine. Even Krillin got the upperhand on Freeza and Vegeta a couple times. Tien was able to hold off Cell. Yamcha just kept getting one hit KO'd. And on top of that, he loses his girl.

edited 7th Aug '15 10:29:23 PM by washington213

I wouldn't count what the others do as a crowning moment of awesome because that is overused to the point of losing meaning, but it's true Yamcha never had a moment that wasn't followed up by being worfed.

Yamcha's greatest achievements were in dragonball. He figured out how to subdue oozaru Goku and later he defeated the invisible man (though he needed help there).

Oh hey, new page.

edited 8th Aug '15 2:16:51 AM by Everzwijn

Oh man. They really don't understand what he is.

Chiaotzu didn't have a moment either. All he did in Z was try to blow Nappa up, and it didn't work.

Yes, but people don't care about Chiaotzu.

Meanwhile, they take twisted glee in going after Yamcha.

edited 8th Aug '15 8:37:46 PM by HandsomeRob

Chiaotzu wasn't really a Z Fighter. I think the Saiyan saga was the only time he tried to be useful in any way.

Well, that didn't work out for him.

At least he actually took a shot at Nappa, unlike that damned stupid bandit though.

Still better than the way Yamcha died.

That's what I said.