History Manga / DragonBallThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsYamcha

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title references Fuse's ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', particularly the idea of focusing on the growth of a character usually regarded as the lowest member of the pecking order.

* ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: The main character dies in the real world and gets reincarnated as a character from the ''Dragon Ball'' universe.

* PeggySue: The high schooler that reincarnates as Yamcha uses his foreknowledge of Dragon Ball to strengthen himself and use as many tricks and shortcuts as possible get strong enough to avoid dying.

* PeggySue: The high schooler that reincarnates as Yamcha uses his foreknowledge of Dragon Ball to strengthen himself and use as many tricks and shortcuts as possible get strong enough to avoid dying.

* NextTierPowerUp: The Dragon Ball superfan uses his knowledge of the franchise to get the super divine water and head to Namek early to have his potential unlocked before the Saiyans even arrive on Earth, allowing him to be well above Nappa and able to at least hold-off Vegeta until Goku shows up.

In the [[RealLife real world]], an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary Japanese high school student]] is on his way to a ''Franchise/DragonBall'' event and makes a detour to hit on a cute girl. Unfortunately, he meets with an unfortunate and fatal accident before he reaches her and, to his great surprise, wakes up in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe as Yamcha! Being a ''Dragon Ball'' fan, he knows exactly what misery awaits him as Yamcha, so he takes matters into his own hands and vows to make Yamcha the strongest ''Dragon Ball'' character ever!

* AdaptationalBadass: This trope is invoked for Yamcha. As the title suggests, the main character is an ordinary teenager who dies and gets reincarnated as Yamcha. Being well aware of what happens to Yamcha, he decides to train hard and change that. And he succeeds. By the time the Saiyans arrive, his power level is over 10,000, letting him easily wipe out all the Saibamen singlehanded and defeat Nappa on his own. Even though he's not quite as strong as Vegeta, he's still powerful enough to team up with Goku to defeat him.

* CantCatchUp: Played with, bordering on deconstruction. He keeps up with Goku through the Saiyan Saga but by the time Cell appears, Yamcha realizes he won't get much stronger and decides to focus on enjoying his life.

* MediaTransmigration: A Dragon Ball super fan reincarnates as Yamcha and uses his encylcopedic knowledge of the plot to make Yamcha more than the weak minor character that he is.

* SequenceBreaking: "Yamcha" acquires some early powerups quickly be going to Namek earlier than in the original story.

* ThrowTheDogABone: The whole story is essentially one for Yamcha who, ever since the Saiyan saga, been relegated as a ButtMonkey in the series by the fans. Granted it's an unnamed high schooler in control of his body who likewise considered Yamcha as such in-universe, but decides to turn that around and go against what originally transpired.

''Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha'' (ドラゴンボール外伝 転生したらヤムチャだった件 ''Doragon Bōru Gaiden: Tensei-shitara Yamucha Datta Ken'') is a spin-off manga written and by Dragon Garow Lee, it is released in Shueisha's Magazine/ShonenJump Plus digital manga magazine.

* CosmicChessGame: The ending reveals [[spoiler: the entire thing was a board game between [[DestroyerDeity Gods of Destruction]] Beerus and Champa]].

* CantCatchUp: Played with, bordering on deconstruction. He keeps up with Goku through the Saiyan Saga but by the time Cell appears, Yamcha realizes he won't get much stronger and decides to focus on enjoying his life and wooing Bulma.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted. [[spoiler:Yamcha and Chiaotzu manage to set aside their differences by ceasing their fight.]]

* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler: As it turns out, if "Yamcha" dies, he would have to go back to the moment he reincarnated and try again. He never gets to do so since he does fine the first time around, but the guy that reincarnated as ''Chiaotzu'' has had to go through the same thing dozens of times.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The high schooler considers trying to make Bulma his but then realizes if that happens Trunks won't come to be and he's vital in helping to stop Cell. So he willingly gives up on her for the sake of the timeline.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Despite "Yamcha"'s massively boosted power level, he knows that as an ordinary human, he's bound to fall behind. By the time the Z Fighters get to Namek he starts to hang back and let Krillin, Goku, and Gohan take point.

* CantCatchUp: Played with. He keeps up with Goku through the Saiyan Saga but by the time Cell appears, Yamcha realizes he won't get much stronger and decides to focus on enjoying his life and wooing Bulma.

* ThrowTheDogABone: The whole story is essentially one for Yamcha who, ever since the Sayian saga, been relegated as a ButtMonkey in the series by the fans. Granted it's an unnamed high schooler in control of his body who likewise considered Yamcha as such in-universe, but decides to turn that around and go against what originally transpired.

* AlternateTimeline: One in which Yamcha manages to stay on par with the heroes in the early parts of the series and avoid his embarrassing death that befell him in the Saiyan Saga of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.

* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler: As it turns out, if "Yamcha" dies, he would have to go back to the moment he reincarnated and try again. He never gets to do so since he does fine the first time around, but the guy that reincarnated as ''Chiaotzu'' has had to go through the same thing dozens of times.

* PeggySuePlot: The high schooler that reincarnates as Yamcha uses his foreknowledge of Dragon Ball to strengthen himself and use as many tricks and shortcuts as possible get strong enough to avoid dying.

* AlternateTimeline: One in which Yamcha manages to stay on par with the heroes in the early parts of the series and avoid his embarrassing death that befell him in the Saiyan Saga.

* CantCatchUp: Played with. He keeps up with Goku throught the Saiyan Saga but by the time Cell appears, Yamcha realizes he won't get much stronger and decides to focus on enjoying his life and wooing Bulma.

* ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: The main character dies in the real world and gets reincarnated as a character from the ''Dragon Ball'' universe.

In the [[RealLife real world]], An ordinary Japanese high school student is on his way to a ''Franchise/DragonBall'' event and makes a detour to hit on a cute girl. Unfortunately, he meets with an unfortunate and fatal accident before he reaches her and, to his great surprise, wakes up in the ''Dragon Ball'' universe as Yamcha! Being a ''Dragon Ball'' fan, he knows exactly what misery awaits him as Yamcha, so he takes matters into his own hands and vows to make Yamcha the strongest Dragon Ball character ever!

[[caption-width-right:350:This isn't really Yamcha. It's just a high school kid in his body. Honest.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:This isn't really Yamcha. It's just a high school kid in his body. Honest.]]