What if DBZ treated its large supporting cast better?
An idea has been knocking around in my head because I’ve been too spoiled on some shows and stories that have as much love for their supporting cast of characters as they did for the main character, like in One Piece. But I have been enjoying the slice of life bits between the story arcs currently in Dragon Ball Super, which from time to time reminds me of all the characters that have been left out of most of the major story arcs just because. So how would I improve it so that most of the characters don’t get left behind in the dust by our main character? Easy, By treating death as more of a significant factor that only happens to a few characters at a time. Death should be important to some events and treated as it normally should. Wishes can bring people back to life, but I want to keep the death count of hero characters to as few as possible.
Everything should play out as it normally does with the coming of raditz and the kidnapping of Gohan. Goku and Piccolo would team up and Goku will sacrifice himself like he does in the original continuity and the Saiyans will try and communicate with Raditz and overhear about the Dragon Balls. BUT! We will approach this with a change of direction in how they handle getting ready for the Saiyans. Piccolo will kidnap Gohan once when Bulma, Roshi, and Krillin arrive on the scene. They will find both corpses of Goku and Raditz and assume that Piccolo betrayed Goku and killed them both,. Cause remember, He is still kinda the bad guy from the original DB series. So Bulma, Krillin and Roshi try and figure out a plan on how to deal with Piccolo and bring back Goku with the Dragon Balls.
We will then divide the plot up between three stories.
-Goku’s adventures in the afterlife, Kami would usher him in and King Yemma will recommend meeting King Kai. Minus the snake princess filler and focus more on the build up of trying to reach the end of Snake way to start and end each episode. Until he evenutally meets King Kai and over the course of the events, trains and learns King Kai’s techniques.
-Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu Will gather up and try to track down Piccolo and rescue Gohan. They will initially find Gohan seemingly being terrorized and abused by Piccolo, much like how they initially behaved in the episodes from the original continuity. All the Z fighters will then challenge Piccolo and he takes up their offer, asking them to fight him all together. And based on the gap in their strength they seize the opportunity but find themselves outmatched. But instead they feel like Piccolo is holding back as they all should have been killed several times. So Piccolo then speaks frankly, saying the reason why Goku died was because they failed to fight as a team, depending on their individual strengths and tactics did more damage to them and resulted in their last resort being Goku’s sacrifice. So if the Saiyans are going to come, and if they are stronger than Raditz then they have to train and learn to fight together. So the Z Fighters then agree and train with Piccolo and Gohan.
-Bulma will once again go on a hunt for the Dragon balls, but because time is short, and she is not a skilled fighter to handle any obstacle like Goku would. So she goes to Chichi to break the news of Goku’s death to her, but then ask her help to find the dragon balls again. In turn they would then recruit the Ox King, Master Roshi, Oolong and Yajirobe to try and hunt for the dragon balls to wish Goku back to life. This allows us to have more fun with the old Dragon Ball Characters as they go on three and a half episodes worth of collecting Dragon Balls. Roshi might be pulled away to help Krillin and Yamcha train. But this will be the episodes that alternate between the ones focusing on the Z warriors training and Bulma’s group hunting for Dragon Balls.
Then eventually the Saiyan’s will make Earthfall. Bulma’s group hasn’t found the last dragon ball. So the Z-Fighters go off to intercept and try and take their plan into action. Since they are six fighters in total against two, they figure their best option would be to fight 3 on 1. But their plans are immediately complicated by the use of the Saibamen. Now they would attempt to self destruct when fighting Yamcha, but Piccollo will notice this and save him. Now knowing what they are dealing with, the Z fighters will be fighting off the minions without blowing up. Bulma’s group will have found the last dragon ball and summon the dragon. This will cause tension as the group has to defeat all the Saibamen and then the Saiyans before they could go and steal their wish. Vegeta will then give Nappa the go ahead to clean house as as the last Saibamen are about to blow up.Â
Nappa would dramatically overwhelm Yamcha and Chiaotzu who would be knocked unconscious or across a great distance. Tien can almost hold his own but is lucky enough to be saved by Piccolo and Krillin as he was about to receive a death blow, he too will be rendered unconscious from the force of the attack leaving three against 2. But then Goku is wished back to life, He uses his newly trained strength and speed to leave King Kai’s world and cross Snake way in a matter of minutes, insanely faster compared to half a possible 10 episode training arc worth of running. He will be met by Kami who will transport him to earth’s look out. Getting an update to the situation. Goku then plans to fly over to Yajirobe, Bulma, Chichi, and Ox King to personally thank them and to be embraced by his wife. He then decides on a plan to get senzu beans and help from them as he immediately flies out to save Gohan, Piccolo and Krillin.
Nappa would prove too powerful on his own, proving that their three on one strategy is not enough, as Gohan is still struggling to keep up, his strength is mostly dependent on his rage, but he is more terrified than angry. And when Gohan was about to be killed by Nappa as he does in the original series of events, Piccolo sacrifices himself and takes the brunt of Nappa’s attack. His death will play out like it should, as it does and this sets Gohan off. He will try to fight off Napa which knocks the saiyan back a bit, but his inexperience leaves him open and Nappa is about to kill Gohan till Krillian saves him. Krillin is distraught as he is almost the last man standing. But then Goku Arrives,
Goku peaks the interest of the Saiyans as they thought he was dead, Goku then reprimands the two as he informs them that he was dead, but wished back to life, using up the only wish the dragon balls had for a while. But since Piccolo is dead, Kami is too, and so the dragon balls are forever rendered useless. He punctuates this by instantly defeating nappa with a taste of his newly acquired strength and abilities from training with King Kai. This enrages Vegeta who tries to take out  his anger on Nappa, but as a show of strength and compassion, Goku would deflect the death blow that would’ve killed Nappa. Further reprimanding Vegeta’s actions as they have mentioned that they might be the only Saiyans left and how a life shouldn’t be so carelessly wasted. Vegeta and Goku will then duke it out as they normally would in the original story.
Once it gets to the point of when Vegeta turns into an Ozuroo. This plays out normally, but in the background of the fight, Yajirobe, and Roshi would be giving the Z fighters Senzu beans to wake them back up, but when Gohan recovers he sees the energy ball that triggered Vegeta’s transformation and transforms himself. This throws Vegeta off his game, Goku is debating using his spirit bomb but he could end up killing Gohan if he gets in the way. The rest of the gang who have experienced this situation before immediately jump into action. As Tien, Yamcha, Chiaotzu , Roshi, and Goku try to restrain both great apes, allowing Krillin and Yajirobe to cut off both of the great ape tails. Rendering both Gohan and Vegeta nearly unconcious. Vegeta struggles to get up, Nappa eventually gets up and he limps over to grab Vegeta despite the saiyan prince’s protests. Goku offers the same mercy he gave to Nappa to Vegeta. Nappa regretably accepts and retreats to his pod with Vegeta in hand. Vegeta promises to come back and kill them all.
In the aftermath, Goku will be severly injured, and when he asks for a senzu bean, Yajirobe pretty much used all Korrin currently had in order to recover everybody while Goku had been distracting Vegeta. Goku was gonna have to wait like he does in the original series. But now they had to wonder, the dragon balls are gone, and Piccolo died saving Gohan. Gohan then asks why they can’t bring back Piccolo like they did his dad. Mr. Popo will pop up and mention there is a way. Revealing that Piccolo and Kami were originally aliens called namekians, and they might have their own dragon balls. The group decides if it is worth having Dragon Balls back as everyone always is trying to hunt for them like Pilaf and might wish to rule the world. Goku vouches for the idea to go to Namek, Piccolo was Gohan’s friend and in his absence helped everyone protect the earth, despite his previous motives. He should be given a second chance. So they learn of the Namekian ship from Mr. Popo and make a plan to have Bulma, Gohan, Krillin, Tien, Chiaotzu , Yamcha, and Master Roshi and Oolong and Puar. go to Namek to meet the namekians and ask to use their dragon balls to bring back Piccolo and Kami. While Goku waits to make his own trip to follow them once he is healed back up.
I’m too tired to do the Freiza Arc at thi point. I’ll probably do it later on when I find the time. But with the changes made  We still keep most of our human cast alive, Nappa is alive to participate in other things. Piccolo begins his evolution into becoming a hero like the rest of the Z fighters and there is a deeper emotional connection felt when Gohan wants to bring him back to life despite how Piccolo first treated him,
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