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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#24476: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:27:30 PM

Yamcha isn't the protagonist.

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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
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#24477: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:29:09 PM

He is A protagonist.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#24478: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:30:37 PM

He's a supporting character.

From This Very Wiki's page on The Protagonist:

Beyond any and all other traits, whether they are a Villain Protagonist, The Hero, or simply an Innocent Bystander, and whatever the story's POV may be, you can generally tell who the protagonist is because the story is about them.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#24479: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:32:55 PM

If it was at least Gohan or Piccolo I could accept calling them a protagonist but Yamcha is a fairly minor character. He isn't even main cast tier and never was.

edited 6th Sep '15 1:33:08 PM by Arha

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#24480: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:35:40 PM

Huh. I've been using protagonist wrong. I thought it was just a term for the core cast of characters. Maybe comics have ruined the term for me, where most characters have their own series.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#24481: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:45:46 PM

@ Gojira: the normal EBV is just a small stream of ki blasts while the charged consecutive version blasts ki at a wide area.

Burst Kamehameha works like it does in Zenkai Battle, kinda like a short rhythm game:

Each time the Kamehameha emits a small burst of energy, press the Blast button at the same time. This makes the Kamehameha more powerful and works 4 times. After the 4th time, an explosion occurs just like in Resurrection F.

edited 6th Sep '15 1:46:54 PM by Rinsankajugin

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#24482: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:50:16 PM

IIRC Yamcha already was a baseball player before Trunks was born. By this point in Super he's probably either retired or closing retirement, and he's almost certainly retired by the epilogue of Z.

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#24483: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:53:45 PM

[up][up] Are those bursts during the attack itself or during the charging phase?

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#24484: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:55:43 PM

During the attack, just like in Zenkai Battle and Xenoverse.

It has no charging phase.

edited 6th Sep '15 1:56:18 PM by Rinsankajugin

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#24485: Sep 6th 2015 at 1:59:09 PM

So, correct me if I'm wrong, random thought, but isn't Vegeta almost a decade older than Goku?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#24486: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:01:22 PM

Come to think of it, consider how powerful he is, and how good his reflexes must be, how did Yamcha not manage to become a millionaire playing Baseball?

I mean, even before the Kami training, even the fastest Fast ball should look like it's moving in slow motion to him. He should be hitting home runs every damn time.

After the shit he's seen, curve balls shouldn't throw him off either.

It's kind odd, unless he was spending his money quicker than he was making it.

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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
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#24487: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:01:33 PM

He was like three years older when he came to Earth but now, due to not aging when dead, he is around ten years older.

[up] I assume that he is a millionaire and it's just never brought up.

edited 6th Sep '15 2:03:00 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#24488: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:10:19 PM

Vegeta is 5 years older than Goku.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#24489: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:15:10 PM

Even with Ro Sa T shenanigans?

Speaking of which,how old is Gohan chronologically during the Buu arc?14?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#24490: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:15:36 PM

You don't age when you die, but the characters act like you do anyway...since being dead for seven years would further divide their age gap.

[up]14? What? It's seven years later, he's 16-ish.

edited 6th Sep '15 2:17:08 PM by randomness4

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#24491: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:16:10 PM

Figure out how old he was when the fight with Cell ended and add 7 years.

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#24492: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:17:54 PM

Gohan was 15 on the Buu Saga, chronologically, because he was only in the ROSAT for 1 year.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#24493: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:19:48 PM

That extra year would make him 16.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#24494: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:20:11 PM

Boy I'm a slow poster. [lol]

Only one day in there huh.What a waste.Make it 1.5 at least.

edited 6th Sep '15 2:22:14 PM by alekos23

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#24495: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:26:06 PM

Man, the Bardock special messes me up, because Vegeta looks like he's as old as Goku was at the start of Dragon Ball the day Goku was born. Stupid movies.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#24496: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:29:44 PM

Friendly reminder that Goku was like 3 years old when he landed on Earth, as shown in DB Minus, and not a baby as we usually assume.

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#24497: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:33:16 PM

Fuuuuuuck yoooou, DB Minus! You make no sense!

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#24498: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:33:43 PM

[up][up][up]Not to mention the sheer stupidity that is making Bardock the most Special Snowflake ever: a Power Level comparable to King Vegeta despite being a low-class warrior, freaking Psychic Powers, and, of course, being the only Saiyan ever to rebel against Freeza.

[up] At least it's better than the garbage Bardock Special.

edited 6th Sep '15 2:35:03 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#24500: Sep 6th 2015 at 2:41:50 PM

It's a damn shame Vegeta's brother never could marry Bulma's sister.


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