Piccolo Reclaims Prominence In Dragon Ball Super Hero

Nathaniel Smith
4 min readOct 11, 2022
Orange Piccolo Form, Image By: Geekdom101

From the inception of the Dragon Ball franchise in 1984, the main protagonist Goku faced opposition from the Red Ribbon Army and the legendary Namekian: King Piccolo. After fierce battles with King Piccolo and his army, Goku thwarted his attempt to take over the world. Goku blasted his Kamehameha wave onto the floor and used the power from the blast to propel his body into the air, where he delivered a powerful punch to King Piccolo. Before succumbing to his injuries, King Piccolo spawned an egg containing his son and threw it into a hidden location near a river.

From the egg emerged a Namekian warrior named Piccolo, who received instruction to avenge his father by defeating Goku and reclaiming supremacy of the Earth. Despite rigorous efforts to increase his power level and techniques, Piccolo could not defeat Goku in the World Martial Arts Tournament. The setback caused him to withdraw and restructure his plan of world domination. Before moving to overthrow Goku, Piccolo encountered a powerful foe named Radditz. Radditz displayed vastly superior strength and abilities when matched up against Piccolo. Concerned that Radditz would interfere with his plan of world domination, Piccolo put his ego aside and joined forces with Goku, who also was defeated by Radditz, and helplessly saw his son Gohan abducted and held captive. Goku was perplexed because he…

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Nathaniel Smith

Striving to reach my full potential.. BA in Communications and Digital Media... passionate about writing ✍️ music 🎶 .. anime.. sports 🏀 justice ⚖️ equality