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Let's talk about BlackAndWhiteMorality. Dragon Ball frequently blurs the lines between its heroes and its villains.
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Let\'s talk about BlackAndWhiteMorality. Dragon Ball frequently blurs the lines between its heroes and its villains.
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* Vegeta gleefully participates in the Namekian genocide, slaughtering an entire village. He even gloats about it to the Namekians after everyone but that village has been resurrected - and this is at a time where he's joined the protagonists and will remain one of the
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* Vegeta gleefully participates in the Namekian genocide, slaughtering an entire village. He even gloats about it to the Namekians after everyone but that village has been resurrected - and this is at a time where he\'s joined the protagonists and will remain one of the \"good guys\" for the rest of the series.
* Nappa\'s actually kinda sympathetic. He shows concern for Raditz and wants to use the Dragon Balls to revive him. He cares about his fellow Saiyan, contrasting him against Vegeta\'s KickTheDog moment when he murders Nappa in cold blood. And, of course, Vegeta\'s considered a hero while Nappa rots in Hell.
* Despite being a villain, Piccolo helps kill Raditz for ulterior motives of wanting to take over the world. His opposition to the idea of killing all humans establishes him as a lighter shade than his previous incarnation, who intended to kill everyone eventually, and sets him up for his subsequent HeelFaceTurn out of love for Gohan.
* Androids 16, 17, and 18 drive the villainous side of the Android plot between 20 and Cell, yet are some of the most sympathetic and likable characters in the entire Cell arc. All three undergo a HeelFaceTurn.
* Cell and Trunks are basically reflections of the same character. A time-travelling warrior from the doomed future who\'s come back to defeat the Androids.
* The Buu arc has a bunch of people jump ship on their side left and right. Vegeta \"goes bad\" despite the fact that he\'s basically always been the TokenEvilTeammate. Majin Buu is evil but turns good but turns evil again and then splits into evil and good versions. Dabura is literally an Expy of Satan but gives his life trying to protect Babidi from the horror he realizes Buu is. And in the midst of it all there\'s Goku all but helping the bad guys thrive so the day can be saved on \'\'his\'\' terms.
\"Doing the right thing\" is usually more of an afterthought than a driving factor. The heroes tend to use HonorBeforeReason in situations where the Reasonable thing would prevent casualties, then do the opposite if Honor is something like \"refusing to let innocent people die\". Hell, there\'s one point in the series where Piccolo tries to buy time by actually suggesting to Super Buu that he should go finish murdering every living person on Earth.
Some - not all, but some - villains are completely despicable and entirely capable of carrying the \"Black\" title, but the only protagonist who comes off entirely heroic and virtuous is Gohan.
* Nappa\'s actually kinda sympathetic. He shows concern for Raditz and wants to use the Dragon Balls to revive him. He cares about his fellow Saiyan, contrasting him against Vegeta\'s KickTheDog moment when he murders Nappa in cold blood. And, of course, Vegeta\'s considered a hero while Nappa rots in Hell.
* Despite being a villain, Piccolo helps kill Raditz for ulterior motives of wanting to take over the world. His opposition to the idea of killing all humans establishes him as a lighter shade than his previous incarnation, who intended to kill everyone eventually, and sets him up for his subsequent HeelFaceTurn out of love for Gohan.
* Androids 16, 17, and 18 drive the villainous side of the Android plot between 20 and Cell, yet are some of the most sympathetic and likable characters in the entire Cell arc. All three undergo a HeelFaceTurn.
* Cell and Trunks are basically reflections of the same character. A time-travelling warrior from the doomed future who\'s come back to defeat the Androids.
* The Buu arc has a bunch of people jump ship on their side left and right. Vegeta \"goes bad\" despite the fact that he\'s basically always been the TokenEvilTeammate. Majin Buu is evil but turns good but turns evil again and then splits into evil and good versions. Dabura is literally an Expy of Satan but gives his life trying to protect Babidi from the horror he realizes Buu is. And in the midst of it all there\'s Goku all but helping the bad guys thrive so the day can be saved on \'\'his\'\' terms.
\"Doing the right thing\" is usually more of an afterthought than a driving factor. The heroes tend to use HonorBeforeReason in situations where the Reasonable thing would prevent casualties, then do the opposite if Honor is something like \"refusing to let innocent people die\". Hell, there\'s one point in the series where Piccolo tries to buy time by actually suggesting to Super Buu that he should go finish murdering every living person on Earth.
Some - not all, but some - villains are completely despicable and entirely capable of carrying the \"Black\" title, but the only protagonist who comes off entirely heroic and virtuous is Gohan.
