Dragon Ball Z 8 Things Piccolo Taught Gohan

Dragon Ball Z: 8 Things Piccolo Taught Gohan

Though Gohan has been mentored by his infamous father Goku throughout Dragon Ball, Piccolo has taught him many valuable lessons.

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Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Z remains one of the most celebrated anime series of all time. Dragon Ball Z is an anime series that grows increasingly popular over time. The thrilling fight sequences and stunning transformations, are only a few reasons to love Dragon Ball Z. However, one of the most popular reasons is the relationships between the characters.

Piccolo is a character who initially enters Dragon Ball as a villain, which only turns his affectionate relationship with Gohan, Goku’s son, into a more compelling dynamic. The bond between Piccolo and Gohan is one of Dragon Ball’s strongest relationships and there’s a good deal of knowledge that the Namekian mentor is able to impart onto his Saiyan student.

8 Gohan Learns How To Survive In The Wilderness And Fend For Himself

One of the most formative events during Gohan’s life takes place shortly after the death of his father, Goku. Piccolo takes his former rival’s son under his wing when he’s still just a child, and subjects him to months of strenuous training. Gohan is basically left to fend for himself in the wilderness. Piccolo keeps a watchful eye over Gohan during this process, but he doesn’t go out of his way to make things easy for his young pupil. Piccolo makes sure that Gohan develops crucial survival skills, whether that involves basic sparring, the tracking of animals, or how to provide for himself. Piccolo instills a strong foundation in Gohan.

7 Piccolo Teaches Gohan A Mastery Over Ki Manipulation And His Trademark Masenko Technique

Gohan’s phenomenal latent strength is obvious from the start, even if he doesn’t know how to properly access it. The initial invasion of Raditz brings out Gohan’s true talents under moments of duress, but it’s Piccolo who properly hones those skills and helps Gohan understand the balance of energy that’s inside of him. During Gohan’s training with Piccolo the Namekian refines Gohan’s ki manipulation skills, which culminates in his signature Masenko energy technique. The audience doesn’t see Piccolo explicitly teach Gohan how to perform the maneuver, but it’s the result of all of his aggressive training.

6 Gohan Learns The Basics Of Sword Combat

Weapons can often be an afterthought in Dragon Ball Z since the energy attacks the characters produce would destroy such tools. Swords occasionally show up in Dragon Ball, but it’s Future Trunks who gets the most use out of a blade in the series. Curiously, a sword is one of the few items that Piccolo leaves Gohan with during their intensive survival training.

Gohan becomes fairly adept with the blade and it becomes essential for certain operations, like slicing the meat off of a dinosaur’s tail. Unfortunately, Gohan doesn’t continue his sword training after the Saiyan invasion, but Piccolo equips him with the basic knowledge.

5 Piccolo Grants Gohan The Ability Of Flight

Certain abilities in Dragon Ball Z are taken for granted even though they’re far beyond what a standard human can accomplish. Something as heightened as flight seems impossible at the start of Dragon Ball, but characters gradually become more in control of their ki energy, which is a fundamental step in the mastery of flight. What’s interesting about Gohan’s flight experience is that the first time he’s shown defying gravity is during the chaotic clash against Vegeta and Nappa. The audience doesn’t get to witness the exact moment that Gohan learns how to fly, but it stands to reason that it’s something that Piccolo taught him how to do during their training to prepare for the Saiyan invasion.

4 Gohan Understands The Many Ins And Outs Of Namekian Physiology

Dragon Ball introduces plenty of interesting alien races into its universe, but the Namekians aren’t sufficiently developed until the characters visit their home planet. This allows Gohan to gain a unique advantage due to the large amount of time that he spends with Piccolo during his father’s absence. Piccolo’s training exposes Gohan to many unique skills that accompany the Namekian race, such as the elongation of limbs, regeneration, their sensitivity to high-pitch frequencies, and Piccolo’s Special Beam Cannon technique. Knowledge of these Namekian traits can be the deciding factor in battle and it gives Gohan an inherent advantage, whether he realizes it or not.

3 Gohan Trains With Weighted Clothing

Some of the fascinating moments in the earlier chapters of Dragon Ball Z involve the creative tactics that characters turn to as a way to improve their strength. Piccolo has iconic attire in Dragon Ball Z, but it’s eventually revealed that his outfit is also full of weights and measures that naturally make him stronger.

Piccolo equips Gohan with a smaller version of his training attire, which exposes Gohan to the same rigorous weights. This may seem like a fairly benign skill for Gohan, but it builds up his natural power and teaches him a lot about endurance.

2 Piccolo Teaches Gohan To Perform The Fusion Dance

Dragon Ball Z is a series where characters consistently strive to become stronger. One polarizing concept that enters Dragon Ball Z towards the end of its run is fusion, which allows two individuals to combine into one fighter who has an amalgamation of strength and skills. One of the more popular methods of fusion is a synchronized dance that’s performed by the two interested parties. Dragon Ball Z shows that Piccolo is quite familiar with this procedure and he even teaches Goten and Trunks how to perform it. By this same logic, one could assume that Piccolo also imparted the same wisdom onto Gohan during their many training sessions.

1 Piccolo Showed Gohan Sometimes It’s More Important To Sacrifice Yourself For Others

Every Dragon Ball Z fan has their favorite moments from the anime, but a defining turning point that’s impossible to overlook is the moment that Piccolo sacrifices himself in an effort to save Gohan. Piccolo doesn’t hesitate when he sees that Gohan is in peril and it brings his character full circle. Piccolo was brought in this world to destroy Goku, and he selflessly sacrificed himself to save Goku’s son. This gesture is not lost on Gohan and he doesn’t squander the future that Piccolo gives him. However, this is such a foundational act in Gohan’s life at an early age that it teaches him the importance of sacrifice and contributing towards the greater good.

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