Thoughts: Interesting...apparently Tapion never found out about any Dragon Balls in their own universe, despite having traveled around quite a bit. Perhaps something still happens to the Earth and Namek in this universe, even without the Saiyans to worry about? Either way, I hate that I'm kind of rooting for him now, as I'd love to see him get his brother back...but I don't think he'll be winning this tournament.
We come to a bit of an annoyance of mine with the comic though, at Tapion's mention of Raichi being stronger than him. There's really been no proof that Raichi is a contender - his first match was against a joke character of Akira Toriyama himself - and using his ghosts would probably be considered 'outside help' and wouldn't be allowed. People have theorized that perhaps in this continuity he can transform into Hatchyak himself instead of it being a seperate being, so that could come into play I suppose.
The problem of Tapion being considered so weak still exists however. According to Salagir's own words, he considers Tapion to be just a 'musician' rather than a fighter. I'm not really comfortable with this summarization of the character myself. It's true we don't really see him fight in the movie he's from, but I'd assume to contain Hirudegarn he'd have to have some level of power. And when you consider the implications that in this version, he's likely going to be able to use Hirudegarn's power as his own - much like a jinchuriki in Naruto - it's just so weird to see him get short-changed so badly. Ah well, it's his comic, we are but readers.
Anyway, I'm really hoping that we'll get an over-the-top reaction from Raichi on the next page, as it seems like the only reason he's going to enter is to get to kill more Saiyans. Or perhaps to wish for the death of all Saiyans in every universe? Hmm...
We come to a bit of an annoyance of mine with the comic though, at Tapion's mention of Raichi being stronger than him. There's really been no proof that Raichi is a contender - his first match was against a joke character of Akira Toriyama himself - and using his ghosts would probably be considered 'outside help' and wouldn't be allowed. People have theorized that perhaps in this continuity he can transform into Hatchyak himself instead of it being a seperate being, so that could come into play I suppose.
The problem of Tapion being considered so weak still exists however. According to Salagir's own words, he considers Tapion to be just a 'musician' rather than a fighter. I'm not really comfortable with this summarization of the character myself. It's true we don't really see him fight in the movie he's from, but I'd assume to contain Hirudegarn he'd have to have some level of power. And when you consider the implications that in this version, he's likely going to be able to use Hirudegarn's power as his own - much like a jinchuriki in Naruto - it's just so weird to see him get short-changed so badly. Ah well, it's his comic, we are but readers.
Anyway, I'm really hoping that we'll get an over-the-top reaction from Raichi on the next page, as it seems like the only reason he's going to enter is to get to kill more Saiyans. Or perhaps to wish for the death of all Saiyans in every universe? Hmm...
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