Chapter 91 of Dragon Ball Super started the superhero saga, this is the narrative arc that will make the readers of the manga series relive the events that took place during the movie Dragon Ball Super: Superheroes. The adaptation is not only reminiscent of the film, but also of the origin of a character.

In the first part of this new adventure Piccolo is portrayed as a dependable uncle You can count on… In fact, the Namek is asked to take Pan out of school and train her in exchange for soft stuffed animals. Once upon a time, however, Piccolo was the most feared threat to Earth’s people, remember?

Born into the world when his father die Great piccolo magician was dying, Piccolo inherited from him the mission to destroy the world and avenge the defeat suffered by Goku. Piccolo was the final antagonist of the first Dragon Ball series, only to already become an ally of the Z Fighters during the fight with Radditz in Dragon Ball Z. If Piccolo has become a “good guy”, the credit goes to Gohanfor whom he acted as older brother and teacher and with whom he grew up for a long time.

Dragon Ball Super Chapter 91 discovers the Origins of Piccolo with two nostalgic quotes. The first occurs when the Namek trains Pan, who wants to make a “magnificent demon”, i.e. part of the demonic family he believed to be descended from. The second takes place instead during the first meeting with Gamma 2, when the android asks him if he is the infamous “King Little”.

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