Dragon Ball is a classic Japanese manga created by Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama in the 1980s, and this manga has swept the world as soon as it was launched, becoming a representative work of Japanese bloody fighting manga. Like many classic comics, Dragon Ball has become a microcosm of an era, a childhood memory in the minds of the entire post-80s and 90s generation.
Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball tells a grand story spanning more than forty years, and its serial time is also as long as ten years, which is definitely a long serial work. And the characters in it are from teenagers to young people, and ultimately not as old as old, let's take a look at these familiar characters in Dragon Ball when they first debut and when they end at the end!
Goku, as the protagonist of Dragon Ball, has always been the soul of the entire story. As a low-key unsung hero, Goku has stepped forward countless times to defeat powerful enemies when the earth and even the universe encounter dangers. As Tranks asks his mother in the future, "What kind of person is Mr. Goku?", Boomer says lightly, "He always gives people a reliable feeling!" ”
Debuting Goku is still a small bean, lively and cute, innocent and messy. The various jokes of the simple Goku in the early adventure chapter also make everyone laugh.
At the end, although Goku has entered middle age and become a grandfather, his cheerful and optimistic personality has not changed. He was still the reliable warrior who was happy all day long, single-mindedly cultivating and expecting to meet a stronger opponent.
As the male protagonist of this work, Vegeta debuted as a villain. Eventually confronted with the more powerful Frieza, Vegeta also had to team up with Goku and the others. And Vegeta's whitewashing is also one of the most successful whitewashes in the anime, a villain transformed into a righteous warrior, but did not become a silly white sweet, still an arrogant Saiyan prince!
Vegeta, who debuted, was still full of childishness and arrogance, and no one paid attention to it. Who would have thought that such a character would have such a legendary life experience in the future.
In the ending, Vegeta also enters middle age, and the peaceful life dilutes his violent side, but it is still difficult to hide the self-esteem and pride of the Saiyans, and the face is less frantic and more calm, and he is still a proud prince who is resolute and cold.
As the heroine of "Dragon Ball", Bulma can be said to be the character that Akira Toriyama cares about the most, and Bulma is the person with the most characters in the whole story. In different chapters, Bulma's appearance image is completely different, from the initial ponytail, to the later Qi bangs, and then to the explosive head, which is really a changeable queen.
It's just a pity that this manga full of male hormones is doomed to the dilution of female characters, and no matter how to change the style, Bulma still can't avoid becoming a vase.
Bulma debuts as a youthful and beautiful girl, and in the early adventures with Goku in search of Dragon Ball, it can also be regarded as a touch of red in the story.
In the ending, Bulma also becomes a middle-aged woman, although she is the richest man and all kinds of maintenance, she still can't resist the erosion of time. Bulma is no longer young, but more mature and stable.
Goku's childhood playmate, the two of them worship together to learn martial arts under the Kame-sen Stream, from the initial hostile competition to the final reliable partner, the friendship between the two is sublimated again and again.
In the Namco chapter, due to Kobayashi's sacrifice, the angry Goku transforms into the legendary warrior Super Saiyan, beating Frieza and avenging Kobayashi!
Kobayashi has a bad look on the scene and looks very chicken thief, who would have thought that such a small bald head who was not very handsome, or even a little obscene, could become a winner in life and marry the 18th in the later stories?
In the ending, Kobayashi also becomes an uncle, and even his hair grows out, which can be said to be the character with the biggest gap between before and after in the manga.
piccolo
The debut piccolo is only about five years old by Earth's standards, but due to the characteristics of the Namco, the piccolo is still a young man. The piccolo of this period was also slightly thin and weak, and his face was also young and untamed.
The later piccolo is still young from the appearance, but unlike when he was a teenager, the middle-aged piccolo has become Goku's most reliable comrade-in-arms, calm and wise, with a serious face.
Sun Wu Rice
As the son of the protagonist, Goku's presence in Dragon Ball is also very high, and almost every Showdown Goku will erupt once. It's just a pity that the real highlight moment has still stayed in the period of the Super Two Transformation Sharu Game.
Unfortunately, goku's character is weak, although he has Saiyan ancestry, but unlike Goku Vegeta, Goku does not like to fight, but loves peace. So in the end, although Goku had many opportunities, its strength did not grow much, and the super two Goku rice and the mysterious Goku rice of the Buou period were one of the few highlights.
The debut of Gohan is only four or five years old, and the shape of the Dragon Ball hat and Chinese costume is also very cute.
The last gohan painting style that appeared changed drastically, and he did not have the courage and fortitude of the z-warrior at all, but wore a pair of eyes and was polite and polite. After ushering in peace, Goku did not cultivate anymore, but concentrated on becoming a scholar and fulfilling his childhood ideals. It's a very different path.
Finally, let's take a family portrait of Dragon Ball. Under the indirect painting style of Akira Toriyama, you can still see the vicissitudes brought about by the wind and rain that everyone has experienced for decades.