First of all I want to say that I used to be a fan of Yamcha… yeah, USED! because the current version is just a joke, a character used only for humorous purposes and in a bad way if we consider that is at his expense, I used to be fan of the Old Yamcha, back when Dragon Ball was a little more about adventures than about defeating the powerful villain of the week, at that time we met Yamcha… a badass bandit and the first “Z-fighter” to fight Goku, a character with cool design, a sword, with a cat companion before cats were popular, with interesting motivations and traits (gynophobia) and with the most epic melee technique in the history of Dragon Ball… Rōgafūfūken(Wolf Fang Fist)
Then he met Bulma, overcame his fear and abandoned his old life (and weapons) to become… Bulma’s boyfriend, from that moment that was his unique contribution to the history of Dragon Ball, his role! of course he kept training but in his own way, not going to train with Master Roshi the first time he met him was a big mistake because the difference of powers between him and Goku increased a lot, Krillin became the new “rival of power” in Goku’s life, during the tournament Yamcha had the bad luck to face Jackie Chun/Roshi in his first fight, something that would be repeated in following tournament so we could say that he was cannon fodder to face the most powerful (Jackie Chun/Roshi, Tenshinhan) or mysterious character (Shen/Kami) of the moment… everything changed in the fight against the Invisible Man (maybe the greatest fight triumph in the life of Yamcha) and Bandages the Mummy, this last fight was very good, seriously, Yamcha demonstrated all his skill like fighter and his ingenuity, but it wasn’t enough… it was time to train with Roshi!
Oh yeah, it’s time for the next tournament… Yamcha advanced a lot, I dare to say that he was even stronger than Krillin but that is my personal opinion, his fight was very good overall, but unfortunately it was against Tenshinhan, the “villain” of the tournament aka the strongest after Goku, the outcome of the fight was humiliating for him, but had an achievement in the middle… Yamcha became the 4th character to learn and use the Kamehameha(Roshi, Grandpa Gohan, Goku), after the tournament we could have had some cool development because he thought he was the only surviving warrior and therefore the only one who could stop King Piccolo but his broken leg prevented his participation in the conflict and that definitely saved his life, we could consider as an achievement survived the attack of Tambourine but it was just a matter of luck.
Thanks to his training with Karin, he returned to the next tournament with great new techniques and a great haircut… unfortunately he faced the mysterious Shen (who was Kami in "disguise”) but that didn’t prevent him from showing us another great technique that unfortunately we haven’t seen enough… Sōkidan (Spirit Ball), after this tournament his next big fight would be the cause of years of bullying and jokes against him and his ability to fight, in other words… a meme!
Behold…Yamcha’s Death Pose! yeah, the fight that truly ruined Yamcha’s fighter career but let’s be honest, he wouldn’t be what he is if it not were for this fight, for this image of him! and let’s be even more honest, it wasn’t his inability to fight what made him lose but underestimate the enemy, another case of him being used as cannon fodder, because although Tenshinhan was the first to fight against a Saibamen… nobody knew about their ability to self-destruct, anyway! after that we didn’t have moments of Yamcha fighting (except the filler episode where he defeats Recoome) but he was still Bulma’s boyfriend and therefore an important secondary character of Dragon Ball, but everything changed when the “Badman” attacked…
When Vegeta entered Bulma’s life and pregnant her in few months (damn!), Yamcha was without a purpose… that happens when you’re a bad boyfriend, although Vegeta wasn’t a good husband and father neither if we consider that he practically left his family to go to train in space and when returned he didn’t care if Dr. Gero kills them or not… but well, I already talked about this and the great development for good that Vegeta had over the years, talking about Gero, Yamcha become his first Z-Fighter victim (another case of cannon fodder lol) and then he became even more a support character than a fighter, participating in the fight against the Cell Jr only because there was no other option, another humiliating defeat but let’s be honest, except Gohan the only one who fought well against them was Piccolo! during the Majin Buu Saga his participation was more than null, highlighting his fight against Olibu but as it was a filler episode with even more filler characters, well…
His next great “feat” was be the first non-saiyan to hit Beerus although he didn’t participate in the fight, then he wasn’t considered to fight against Frieza soldiers, but for some stupid and inconsistent reason Master Roshi was able to fight them, you know, that character that was less powerful than Yamcha, Chiaotzu and even Yajirobe… anyway! his non-participation in the Tournament of Power doesn’t annoy me if we consider that techniques and strategies are almost as important as the power, in that Master Roshi is much superior to Yamcha and I dare to say to all the Z-Fighters, although to be honest, would have been a great opportunity to “Make Yamcha G̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ Average Again” I mean…
Don’t tell me that wouldn’t have been awesome see Yamcha with his Wolf Fang Fist alongside Tenshinhan and Krillin in the Boogie Back Ending! but well, they chose go “full joke“ with him and now he’s waiting for Goku to recruit him, maybe Yamcha finally found his role in Dragon Ball, a role he lost when he stopped being Bulma’s boyfriend… I don’t know, anyway, in conclusion, Yamcha is a joke? yes! he was always a joke? no! he was a loser, but never a joke! it’s internet fault? a little but it doesn’t matter anymore because I doubt Yamcha can once again become an important warrior unless… you know what would be cool and crazy? that a new enemy appears on Earth during the tournament and only Yamcha can stop him because Goten and Trunks can’t leave the Island of Android 17, then everyone returns and no one knows of the heroic struggle of Yamcha against the new force of evil :P not a great idea, but would be hilarious xD
I’m really hyped with the survival arc, you know why? seeing Trio De Dangers varied techniques and fighting styles and Gohan’s creativity against a disadvantage… I think the Tournament will be great for skilled fighters, we will not see only raw power/strength, we will see techniques and strategies too… something we slightly saw in the tournament against the universe 6.
Maybe this will be controversial, but I think Tien Shinhan and Master Roshi are the best and more skilled martial artist fighters in Dragon Ball, they know hundreds techniques and have a lot of wisdom and experience… I’m sure they will be useful during the arc, in their own way, not with an exaggerated display of power like Goku and Vegeta, just imagine Roshi hypnotizing someone :P
Let me guess… Kale like Caulifla, Caulifla like Cabba and Cabba like Kale, here comes the (unnecessary) Love Triangle to Dragon Ball Super, this is Korra/Mako/Asami 2.0, I’m seeing the ships war coming!! Tumblr is prepared for this?
You know, this is the kind of situation that could be solved with a threesome… come on guys/gals, I want to see that salad… if you know what I mean! why animated series/animes can show heterosexual and homosexual relationships but not a threesome?
Here are some things I think will happen during the tournament, some are joking :P
• Yamcha will go to the tournament… but as the new leader of the Trio de Danger from universe 9, Ultimate Rogafufuken! that happen when you don’t consider Yamcha for the tournament… he even wanted to fight for free! xD
• Krillin will defeat Murichim.
• Tenshinhan will die but will throw several rivals of the platform with his new double Kikoho plus Kaioken.
• Master Roshi will use the Mafuba.
• There will be an alternate Yamcha from universe 6 that isn’t a loser.
• 17 shield will save Krillin’s life.
• 18 will be hacked by universe 3 warriors and will lose on purpose to avoid damaging Krillin and 17.
• Frieza and Frost will make an alliance.
• Goku vs Toppo rematch, Hit vs Jiren.
• Cabba will discover the alliance between Frieza and Frost, he will fight both but Frieza escape.
• Frieza tries to kill Goku with a treacherous attack but Toppo, realizing that the true evil is Frieza and not Goku, stands between them and sacrifices his life… Frieza is disqualified and Jiren defeat Hit.
• Frost reaches the Golden form and defeats Cabba, that makes Kale angry.
• Kale go full crazy, throws many warriors off the platform… even Caulifla.
• Piccolo saves his son again and is defeated…
• Gohan reaches Super Saiyan Blue state or even better… Super Saiyan 4, canon and now called Super Saiyan Primal or something like that, then he fight against Kale.
• Vegeta defeat Ribrianne with the help of Master Roshi, who managed to overcome his weakness for attractive women but now he likes “not attractive” women.
• Gohan, Vegeta and Android 17 aren’t enough for Kale, that is now the most powerful of all… meanwhile, Goku manages to absorb and channel the power of Super Saiyan Blue and prepare to fight Jiren.
• They see their battle interrupted by Kale, both must join forces to defeat her…
• They succeed and continue their battle until the time limit, the winner is… Universe 7 because everybody forgot Krillin, so they have two warrior and universe 11 only one.
• Zeno prepares to eliminate the loser universe but Goku insists on asking the wish before… the wish is that all the mortal beings, Gods and planets of the loser universes are now part of the universe 7.
Universe 7, renamed Universe 3, is now the universe with the highest mortal level… Toppo became the new God of Destruction and Zeno is planning a new tournament, this time just for fun.
Even if Frieza in his Golden form is stronger than him, Buu is more useful for the tournament, I mean… regeneration, shapeshifting, healing powers, chocolate beam.
I already said that I like Frieza but I wanted to see the return of other characters and I don’t understand the people that say Frieza is the logical choice because he’s the strongest of all I could name, in a tournament where Krillin, Tenshinhan and Roshi can enter it’s clear that techniques and experience are just as useful as power, of course Frieza has all that in his favor too but give Dabura, Cell, Nappa, Raditz or even Mercenary Tao a chance to return and fight, rebuild Android 16, bring Future Trunks, make Yamcha stop being a joke, make Pikkon canon, I don’t know but I’m really tired of Frieza! xD
A little disappointed with Tenshinhan performance in this episode… I liked his development, giving the girl a chance to redeem herself was great, but I really hope his next fights are better! of all the 7th universe warriors recruited on the latest episodes he was the least benefited, no power up at all… I read that he will have new techniques in the next episode but the only thing we saw of him in the preview was him being hit :\ if he’s the first eliminated of the tournament I will be even more disappointed.
- Goku: Looks like we need another warrior… Yamcha! - Yamcha: Yes?? ^_^ - Goku: Go find the Dragon Balls… we need to revive Frieza! - Yamcha: …
Jokes aside, I like Frieza, he’s probably the best DBZ villain but I hope the rumor is false… I mean, it makes sense that Beerus orders Goku to revive Frieza so the 7th universe has more chances, but I’m a little tired of Frieza’s returns, why not revive Cell? he would even enjoy the tournament! revive Dabura! he’s a good guy but only in filler episodes :P make Pikkon canon!! revive Raditz *_* he deserves a second chance.
Beerus: None of you stand a chance against me. [to Krillin] No courage. [to Vegeta] No patience. [to Goku] No brains. [to Roshi] And, of course, a bald old man.
