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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#25026: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:20:47 AM

Best case scenario, they would be absorbing particles from the air to construct their bodies, not water. That's not what was said, though, so Namekians just have magic biology.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#25027: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:22:04 AM

Is it possible for a Namekian to have child with a non-Namekian?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25028: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:23:24 AM

They don't have penises and reproduce asexually.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#25029: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:25:55 AM

If King Piccolo is anything to go by they can spit out creatures that aren't related to Namekians though. Maaaagic.

Edit: Why do Namekians have teeth? Wouldn't that risk damaging the eggs they spit out? And they don't actually chew food.

Oh right, magic!

edited 12th Sep '15 9:26:51 AM by Arha

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25030: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:26:53 AM

I liked them more when they were demons, personally.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#25031: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:27:18 AM

I think Piccolo's kids (except jr.) were mutated by evil.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#25032: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:27:25 AM

[up] Weren't those actually Namekians who were mutated due to King Piccolo being Made of Evil, though?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#25033: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:28:37 AM

Seriously, why do Namekians have fangs!?

Like, they don't even make sense as self-defense weapons because they and the inanimate plant life seem to be the only things that live on their planet!

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#25034: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:29:00 AM

King Piccolo was both a Namekian and a Demon. Comes with being the evil half of God.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#25035: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:31:44 AM

I mean, most herbivores don't bite, and they don't use their teeth for defensive weapons, but.

Like, the claws would make sense if they evolved under pressure from some sort of predator.

The fangs?

Even Kami has them sometimes!

IndirectActiveTransport plays capoeira from Chicago (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
plays capoeira
#25036: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:33:21 AM

Hence 'poorly translated'.

Okay, fine. We'll play that game. It's still possible to extract nutrients from water through stomach enzymes.

East Kaoishin said the world Dabura came from was a mirror image of the setting as we know it but filled with demons. Water has reflective properties. The nameks have internal mechanisms that use water as medium to pull tiny organisms from the demon world, which are then instantly digested. This connection with the demon world. There are in fact demonic algea that swim the waters of the demon world, feeding off of the energy let off by this process that harvest the organisms the nameks feed on.

Edit:Nameks were never universally demons. King Piccolo and his spawn was, and his other half was God. Which later turned out to just be Earth's god.

edited 12th Sep '15 9:35:15 AM by IndirectActiveTransport

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#25037: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:33:48 AM

With all the things Namekians have pulled directly from their rectums (and who knows if they even have those), I honestly wouldn't bat an eye if Piccolo got some random powerup in Super that let him play evenly with the non-divine Saiyans.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#25038: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:45:51 AM

DBO confirmed the reason King Piccolo's sons were mutated was because he was so evil, since Naraka's sons were also mutated as well.

If Slug were to have children, they'd also look janked up.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25039: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:54:43 AM

How do we know Slug didn't have children?

That's what those dudes working for him might have been actually.

One Strip! One Strip!
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#25040: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:55:46 AM

...Was Slug anyone's evil half?

I know he was in the Abridged version, but.

EDIT: Actually, he wasn't in the Abridged version, he was the good half.

And Guru, in the actual manga, is the one who laid the eggs for all the Namekians.

edited 12th Sep '15 9:56:51 AM by unnoun

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#25041: Sep 12th 2015 at 9:57:48 AM

He was just an evil Super Namekian space pirate.

[up] Yes, all adults on Namek and New Namek are Guru's sons.

edited 12th Sep '15 9:58:43 AM by Rinsankajugin

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#25042: Sep 12th 2015 at 10:16:01 AM

Lord Slug was Lord Slug's evil half, except he then went and ate his good half, because he's just that hardcore.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25043: Sep 12th 2015 at 10:17:45 AM

Slug was just an evil Namekian (though if he were canon, him being Guru's evil half does sound interesting, even if it was a rehash of King Piccolo), but he should still be able to make demonic servants because of that.

One Strip! One Strip!
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25044: Sep 12th 2015 at 10:34:49 AM

Lord Slug was just Toei's idea of a Namekian. The movie premiered before anyone landed on Namek IIRC so they had nothing but King Piccolo to base him on. It's the same reason we had the "False Super Saiyan" state.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25045: Sep 12th 2015 at 10:35:36 AM

[up]That doesn't sound right. Vegeta didn't mention the super saiyan legend until Goku arrived on Namek, we saw plenty of the planet and people before then.

edited 12th Sep '15 10:36:37 AM by LSBK

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25046: Sep 12th 2015 at 10:46:22 AM

Okay so Lord Slug was released during Piccolo's fight with Freiza in the anime. That could still mean they were guessing what the Super Saiyan form was, but Slug could just be an anomaly. He eats food, for example.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#25047: Sep 12th 2015 at 2:18:11 PM

I feel like we should've had a new episode of Super by now... or are we all just pretending that show doesn't exist anymore from sheer disappointment?

edited 12th Sep '15 2:18:21 PM by Soble

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#25048: Sep 12th 2015 at 2:20:06 PM

Super Saiyan Videl was cool. As was the super-insane nature of the actual Super Saiyan God transformation which nobody was actually talking about.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#25049: Sep 12th 2015 at 2:50:21 PM

[up][up] In a few hours. It has its own weekly timeslot, you know.

Speaking of the Abridged version, someone posted something on the Fridge page and it makes so much sense. The reason Namekians have teeth is so they can devour the previous elder when the time comes.

edited 12th Sep '15 2:50:36 PM by LOLypop1224

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#25050: Sep 12th 2015 at 3:27:28 PM

Choke on that!

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else

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