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Vegeta has canonically apologized to someone multiple times.

Not Goku. Not Bulma. Not even Panchy for chewing on the furniture.

It's Gohan. He's apologized to Gohan multiple times, and it's all been in reference to a fight escalating (and that being his responsibility). He seems to be very aware that Gohan doesn't like fighting but has been constantly pushed into it because of his "potential", despite his gentle nature.

Now why would that be?

My thought: he's projecting hardcore.

"Oh because he was endlessly pushed because of his own potential?"

No, because he knew somebody who was gentle and didn't have an instinct/desire to fight, and presumably attempts to push him into it failed. So he was discarded.

Tarble.

My theory/delusion is he sees Tarble in Gohan and feels somewhat of a responsibility/guilt towards him as a result. Not that Vegeta was ever going to talk to anyone about Tarble, because he felt (in his wisdom) that it was better for Tarble to live his own life far away from the chaos that happens to Vegeta and everyone else on Earth.

So maybe partly when he was saying "sorry, Gohan...this was my fault", he was saying it to Tarble too.

AND THAT'S MY DELUSIONAL TAKE FOR TODAY.

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