Saw an interview, which mentioned readers' feedback that affects the role of the problem, Toriyama Akira gave the example of Vegeta. Originally, Vegeta's original intention was just a cutscene villain. It was small and powerful, but due to its high popularity, it was too popular and kept.
I like Vegeta. I didn't like it when I was young, but now I like it so much. It made me look at manga and animation for a long time, trying to find out Toriyama's various creative intentions.
The appearance of the character Vegeta, most of its functions are to introduce the concept of Super Saiyan. There are also some extraterrestrial conditions related to the earth. Most of Vegeta's lines in the Frieza chapter are like narrators. Secondly, it contrasts Frieza's power, and indirectly contrasts Monkey King's power.
Watching the TV animation of "Dragon Ball Z", Vegeta had red hair and red eyebrows when she first appeared on the stage, but it took a couple of episodes before she became black hair. I don't know the ratio of the progress of TV animation to the serialized comics at that time, but the appearance of the red-haired Vegeta should show that Akira Toriyama has not clearly thought about the external characteristics of the Saiyans.
I guess that readers feedback that Vegeta is so popular that Akira Toriyama had to keep him. Vegeta had intentions when he was fighting against Goku on Earth, and he made a decision at the latest in the three groups of Namikestar. When looking for Dragon Ball with all eyes. For his life, Dodoria told Vegeta the secret of the destruction of Vegeta's planet, and at the same time revealed Vegeta's prince identity. This explanation is a bit abrupt, although it does not affect the overall direction of the story. Because Vegeta and Napa appeared together in the previous love, Napa called Vegeta's name directly in the dialogue between the two, without any title. If Vegeta is a prince, then you should call him さま. And Vegeta was not what the prince asked for. Even if she lost, she didn't say what she ended up doing as a prince. When the enemy Qiu Yi saw Vegeta returning home from feathers, he didn't tease him about the "prince". In short, it's neither that Vegeta didn't know that he was the prince of Saiyans before, nor that he knew that he didn't say it deliberately. Excluding these possibilities can only be caused by the author's change in creative intentions.
When he arrived at Namek, Vegeta's original intention to defeat Frieza was to replace Frieza and dominate the universe without mentioning any hatred. From this point of view, the creative direction still portrays Vegeta as an influential little villain. Dodalia’s words were meant to make Vegeta feel depressed. As a result, Vegeta didn’t care about Vegeta’s planet, nation or relatives. He only cared about being deceived and exploited. After killing Dodalia, he didn’t show Vegeta. Ta's sadness or care about the destruction of his planet and nation. Up to this point, the character's psychology is relatively self-centered, but because of the identity of the prince, this self-centeredness has a sense of weight and gets rid of the shackles of the influential little villain. It can also be seen that he really doesn't care about the relatives of the planet nations. Vegeta was defeated by Frieza, and the words before his death immediately made him a big man with blood and deep hatred. This attitude is the opposite of facing Dodalia.
The question is, is such a creative technique really necessary? In other words, is this situation what the author wants? ——I don't think it is when I look from the left to the right. Because at this time, the description of Vegeta has just entered the introduction stage, and it has not yet come to play. But the character's psychological characteristics are scattered and inconsistent, and it feels like taking one step at a time.
In the following plot, facing the powerful Frieza, Vegeta, who was already confident, was frightened and lost his fighting spirit. This description is to embody Frieza's super power and indirectly embody the indelible fighting spirit of Monkey King. The creative intentions here are all feasible. But there are contradictions in the characterization of Vegeta. The author has arranged for him to be a prince. The prince should at least have dignity to his own requirements, and should not be physically weak and weakened and mentally collapsed. Later in the Sharu chapter, or later plots, Toriyama Akira never described Vegeta in this way. It shows that the focus at this time is still on Frieza's strong and Wukong's indestructible fighting spirit, so that he sacrificed Vegeta's character description as a prince.
I don't know whether Akira Toriyama deliberately ignored Vegeta's character description at this time, or ignored him. If you insist that losing fighting spirit at a critical moment is one of Vegeta's character traits, that's okay. Anyway, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. I just feel that the rules of the screenwriter are very inappropriate and lack of care. In any case, the screenwriter is a casual look. However, from this, Vegeta has some unexpectedly complicated characters and feelings.
Defeated by Frieza, before his death, he wept bitterly and told Goku about the tragedy of his nation, and asked Goku to avenge everyone, showing that he was very concerned about it. Before, he told Dodalia that he didn't care about the planet Vegeta, the nation, and his relatives, as if it were just an emotional cover. Then he said to Wukong: You have to be unfeeling and righteous to become a Super Saiyan. If the Chinese translation of this line is correct, then I want to say, yeah, Vegeta can't become the strongest Super Saiyan because he can't be heartfelt and righteous.
With the development of the plot, Toriyama has improved the setting of Saiyan a lot. Saiyan people are warlike, mindless, cold, and have no sentimentality. Setting Vegeta as the prince of the Saiyans, and the dead father of the dead star, is very sad. In the later plot, Vegeta wanted to surpass Wukong. In fact, from a creative point of view, he was just arranged to become a character who is also an enemy and friend of Wukong, so that this character has a reason to exist. Thinking about it carefully, the driving force that prompted Vegeta to do this came from a strong concept of ancestry, national consciousness and royal responsibility, all of which were based on feelings.
In the Buu chapter, Vegeta finally secretly admires Sun Wukong as the number one, because he always thinks about himself, wants to become stronger, and has nothing to protect. I am so happy to see this, Uncle Toriyama is too much. As far as the screenwriter is concerned, this is nothing more than a turning point where the story is about to end. In terms of character creation, it is to complete the meaning of the protagonist, Monkey King. However, it is not good for someone to say this, and you must let Vegeta say it. Of course, if Piccolo's ability can barely match Goku, Piccolo can also be said. Who makes Piccolo not a Saiyan, there is no room for improvement. Yes, among the many characters, only Vegeta was able to say this at this time, but how could his background and personality say such a thing. Becoming the strongest Saiyan is for Vegeta's mission as a prince, with a strong national symbolism. Is it just for herself? Doesn't he always protect the meaning of Saiyan existence? In fact, this turning point was used once in the Sharu chapter, and it can be seen that Toriyama wanted to use the Sharu chapter as the final ending of the story. Moreover, Vegeta's admiration lines were very comfortable that time. Maybe you have to write it again, you have to avoid the original, and you can't write a better one. In the end, you can only sacrifice the character description of Prince Vegeta again for the general direction of the plot. Perhaps Vegeta's character and feelings have unexpectedly become more complicated once again.
So I thought, maybe Vegeta is too emotional, and it's impossible to surpass Goku because he loses some of the Saiyan characteristics. In this way, he deliberately avoided the relationship problem, so as to bring himself closer to the cold nature of the Saiyan, but he couldn't help but vent it at the critical moment. ——If explained in this way, Vegeta's psychological characteristics are more perfect. Look at Wukong again, except for eating and fighting, the rest is easy to say, even without the tail, it's okay to be forced into marriage. Every time a dying opponent is spared, it is not because of kindness, but because he wants to keep the opponent for a good future and continue to fight. There is a kind of unmodified coldness in Wukong unconsciously. It's not like Vegeta who always takes pains to hide her feelings and pretends to be ruthless.
"Dragon Ball" is a very simple and straightforward juvenile manga. It avoids a lot of emotional problems between men and women, and never mentions many details. The screenwriting technique is very hard, but there must be nepotism between the characters. Unexpected, but reasonable situation. However, Monkey King's situation as the first protagonist has never changed. This is also the inevitable trend of juvenile blood comics. Which also carries a lot of helplessness. For example, Gohan defeated Saru and surpassed his father, and Goku died. In other words, Gohan should become the first protagonist. At the beginning of the Buu story, Akira Toriyama did what he meant by watching the plot. It is estimated that the readers reported that Gohan was not as popular as Goku, and this made Wukong again. So, I really can't complain that Vegeta is always better than Monkey King. Even if Vegeta has the aptitude, the author will deliberately suppress him. If we put aside the stereotyped limitations of comics and the author's wishful thinking, Vegeta can not only be on the same level as Monkey King, but should always surpass Wukong.
After defeating Frieza, since he intends to retain this role, Vegeta must join the Monkey King and his party, and he must remain on Earth. This requires reasons. As a result, I implemented a bad idea, a big gimmick, let Bulma and Vegeta have a baby. The issue of giving birth may also be due to the appearance of a new character who can quickly enter the main line of the story without having to introduce the background.
Let’s not talk about Bulma for the time being. Will Vegeta stay on Earth if she has a child? Even if the conditions of Bulma's house are very good, will Vegeta stay? Do you have to stay on Earth even if you challenge Wukong? Before, he wandered on various planets in the universe, and he went anywhere with advanced science and technology civilization. You can take the child away, you can practice on other planets, and then you can challenge Wukong again. This is not a problem. For Saiyans with weak emotions, there is nothing they can do. Just like Wukong, Man Tang has already left home to train future opponents. If you want to leave, no one can stop him unless Vegeta stays voluntarily.
Only if you really love Bulma, Vegeta will stay on earth. Because Bulma won't go to other planets, he can only stay.
In the Buu chapter, Goku wants to merge with Vegeta, and Vegeta will never die. Finally, when it comes to Bulma, Vegeta agrees. In fact, there is only one reason for it. Vegeta is determined to decide the victory or defeat with Goku, and does not care about other things. What is the destruction of the earth and his characterization is already like this. At this point, he must be combined with Goku. That can only let Bulma come to the top. Cylinder. It was a reluctant creation, but it showed Vegeta's feelings for Bulma.
Vegeta's feelings for Trunks were intended by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta stepped forward to rescue her son. When her son died, Vegeta rushed to the extremely powerful enemy and hugged her son before sacrifice. These plots are not obligatory to describe in this way. There is no necessary reason. . In this regard, Toriyama wants to express the depth of the relationship between the father and son.
This situation is just a last resort arrangement for the villain's role to become a member of the protagonist's team. But in this way, the character of Vegeta becomes extremely charming.
Vegeta took over Piccolo's mission when she stayed, clamoring for a duel with Goku and becoming a sympathetic opponent and comrade-in-arms. So that Piccolo could only do logistics, took one or two ass kids all day, became a reliable childcare worker, and never said anything about dominating the earth. Piccolo's helpless fate. . .
Bulma. Saying that Leping is going to be three or four, this has to be a question mark. Because before the Saiyan chapter, Leping's emotional style has not been shown. Just because Vegeta wanted to stay, Leping was forced to bear a reputation for romanticism. But Bulma is really going round and round, seeing the enemy Sabo, Bulma will be idiots, regardless of occasion and location. However, from the first volume of "Dragon Ball", Bulma began to fall in love with Leping. By the time Frieza defeated Frieza, Bulma and Le Ping had been in a relationship for more than ten years, and the quarrels did not break up. Moreover, Bulma has always liked the handsome man who is tall and mighty, and when he was 16 years old, his desire to find Dragon Ball was to meet his own prince charming. As a result, because of the plot needs, she and Le Ping were simply separated, and a weird little man, an ordinary-looking alien was stuffed into her. After that, Leping could still be around him often, becoming a mess. The screenwriter’s approach is as rigid as a rock.
The main line of the story is plausible, but these details can't be studied deeply, and a big hole is formed when you think about it!
Bulma is the first heroine of "Dragon Ball". Although there are not many female roles in the second half of the story, Bulma's family background, personal qualifications and brains are all indispensable to this story. And letting such a smart, cheerful, non-trivial, fashionable girl and Vegeta, who was originally a villain and aloof, be together, has almost become the biggest gimmick in this book.
But what then? It is estimated that at this point in the painting, Toriyama will also sigh helplessly.
I thought about it. In fact, in the early part of the story, Lanci, who turned into a yellow-haired belligerent style, fits the status of a Saiyan. If Vegeta likes Ranchi, that would be appropriate. But Lanqi has no background and is not easy to explain, and there is nothing appealing about the plot like that. So just get a duo that doesn't match the world.
Since Bulma got on well with Vegeta, he hasn't been a nympho again, and may have focused on Little Trunks and Grand Trunks. In fact, with Bulma's true nature, it is very easy to make troubles, but it never happens. In the Buu chapter, after Vegeta's accident and sacrifice, Bulma can be wise. There are indications that she also loves Vegeta very much.
In short, these two people must love each other deeply, for Vegeta's reason to stay on the earth is sufficient. As for the superficial situation, it can be ignored. For example, the two of them don't live together, Vegeta trains in the gravity room all day, and never hugs her son.
Destiny is like this.
Vegeta, just in order to let him stay, the author arranged for him a tragic historical background full of love and justice, changed the original face of the invulnerable little villain, and got the first heroine in this story. This fate calculation is a mixed blessing.
Although Bulma dreams of meeting the tall, mighty, handsome and handsome Prince Charming, in the end, she is given a Vegeta who is completely opposite to her wish. Does it mean that desire and reality are always too far apart. Fortunately, they love each other so much, nothing else matters.
Piccolo's logistical fate, Leping's broken life, Ranchi's missing life, Gohan can't be the life of the first protagonist, and those who were once important characters can only be the life of the audience in the end. . .
Although the characters in the pen were created by the author, the author cannot fully control their fate. It is also a kind of expression for the fate of stumbling and stumbling.
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