#sokidan

[johnchrom89]

Song of 100 Heroes - Day 10 - Yamcha and Puar

''You ready for this?''

-----Yamcha, Dragon Ball ''Yamcha vs Shen''

[yamcha-thelonewolf]

🩹The three wounds.

Although there are many things to say about Yamcha, today my attention goes to one of the most curious topics about him: the scars.

Dragon Ball, ch. 166, The Reunion.

This is the first image of our good ol' Yamcha with his new look and... I really have to admit it: while I loved so much his so many pre-23rd Tenkaichi Tournament styles, I cannot deny that the Yamcha we see at the end of OG Dragon Ball and throughout DBZ gains a stratospheric appeal. His more mature face and the triumphant return of his long hair, here tied back in a cool ponytail, make a big impression for sure, but it's certainly his two new facial markings that especially make the difference.

Let's say it together: Yamcha is the pretty boy of the gang. He's got flowing black hair, he has lots of charisma, a strong sense of humor, and on top of that, he's got grazy techniques that visually tear apart more famous ones. Sounds just like... A wasted character, doesn't it? As I said before, that is not the question I want to address today. So...

...How did Yamcha get his scars?

I'm not quite sure if there is an official explanation on this, and if there is I apologize for my lack of one. In any case, I'd like to lay out my personal theory. Actually it's not a big deal at all, it is not a fanciful story that I made up to enrich Yamcha's life. It is simply the result of a logical evaluation and a long, long observation in the field.

As we know, at the end of The Great Demon King Piccolo Arc, Yamcha and others start to train hard for three long years in preparation for the new budokai.

We don't know exactly how our heroes trained, whether they spent time together, and specifically whether Yamcha returned to the city occasionally to be with Bulma and Puar, but from his girlfriend's words we can assume that he only devoted himself to training.

This is not the first time he has done it. Fortunately! In fact, in the 21th Tournament Arc, we can see him away from the city, moving through the woods like a real wolf to enhance even more of his most famous technique, the Rōgafūfūken. Then, when the Red Ribbon adventure ends, Yamcha notices how Goku's strength has increased overwhelmingly, so he decides to move to the Kame House to become a full-fledged pupil of the Turtle School. In this case, Bulma visited him whenever she could (or wanted to), but this time is different. Yamcha now carries with him two major defeats in the quarterfinals, plus a strong sense of helplessness during the The Great Demon King Piccolo Arc because of his broken leg. He cannot and will not stay in the shadows again and again, although we could not help but appreciate his every effort. That is why this time it is necessary for him to make his mark in the martial arts world. And indeed Yamcha succeeds.

Although he loses again in the quarterfinals, the twist he gives us is one of the most beautiful of the whole tournament.

His new technique, the Sōkidan, leaves even God himself speechless. I will undoubtedly talk about this wonderful move on another occasion. Right now what I want to point out is simply the lethal effect this has on the opponent.

As we can see, the Sōkidan is an extremely elegant and elaborate technique that can destroy, stun and distract the opponent depending on the will of the user. Unfortunately, we don't see it often, but thanks to DBZ fillers, some movies and the videogames we can get an idea of how devastating it can be.

Requiring full ki control, consequently this maneuverable ball suggests how extremely difficult it is to handle.

Now let's go back again and let's try to imagine a Yamcha who is tired of losing and wants to amaze everyone in the next Budokai. So let's try to imagine a Yamcha who returns to the woods, sits down by a lake, under the moon, and somewhat like Tien does, whom he has come to know and esteem until then, he too begins to focus and finally explore his own soul until then only devoted to the teenage love with Bulma and those little big satisfactions in his various fights. After all, he has always been one of the strongest. We must not forget that before the tournaments there are the preliminaries.

Anyway, we are still in the woods. Yamcha has opened the palm of his hand and slowly the night seems less dark as a small and seemingly harmless orb begins to float by his concentration. Maybe he is on the right track. A small grin appears on his face... After all, he has always been a bit of a swagger and that is also why we like him. But then, I don't know whether that same night or in the following days, this still somewhat wild sphere goes out of his control. It literally gets out of his hands, and although it is sad to think about, it turns on him and crashes right into his face, cutting him twice: on his right eye and on his left cheek. Of course, not in an overly direct way. I imagine more of a smear wound, or something like that, just like what happens to the mysterious Shen.

In this scene, Yamcha certainly has much more mastery, but I have no doubt that during his solitary training he had a hard time precisely because of the dangerousness of this technique that requires significant spiritual control.

Finally, one last detail I would like to dwell on is the reaction Yamcha must have had at the sight of his new face. Throughout the story, he has never hidden the fact that he is quite vain and conscious of his own beauty. And how can you blame him?! Well, the first time we see him despairing over his poor ruined face is when Goku knocks his tooth out. We are at the beginning of our great Akira Toriyama-signed adventure.

Here Yamcha was a lonely 16-year-old boy who was afraid of beautiful girls. A terrible curse since his greatest desire was (is) to get married. I assume that seeing himself ugly after losing his tooth must have only heightened his frustration! Instead, when he gets the two scars, Yamcha's age ranges from twenty to twenty-three. He has grown, he has changed, he has a girlfriend and even a fanclub, but most importantly he has greater self-awareness. In my humble opinion, he has not despaired so much. Not like a drama queen, at least. After all, if it is true that it was the Sōkidan that ruined his manly face, his new consciousness must surely have suggested to him that it was worth it. In the bottom of my heart I hope he has also realized that he has increased not only his power but also his sex appeal... but hey! that is my very personal opinion. 😸

So, this is what I have always thought, or rather, what I like to think about the origin of his scars. Many assume that it was the clash with some wolves, and even this is interesting, but I don't think that with the power level he reached he could be bitten so easily by an animal he knows so well... For me, it was its own strength. It suits his will to persist even at the cost of losing his life.

You know, I'm sadly happy that it's him who has the scarred face. I really don't know but... Something tells me that if his face hadn't had those two marks, Yamcha would have been even further forgotten. I can't explain it but I feel like it's like this.

However, gettin those scars must have been painful, I realize, but after all... Yamcha is someone who lives with pain all the time. That's why the title of this topic refers to three wounds, not two. In the end... We all agree that Yamcha's biggest scar is in his heart, right?

[rachaelmayo]

This was an art trade for a DeviantArt friend from 2005. I believe there was some kind of online tiff going on between him and the humans behind the two Aliens characters at the time... And I was in the mood for bloody gore.

I made this with watercolor and Prismacolor pencil over an ink drawing.

[deusvervewrites]

I know you meant the line about Coli being a "brilliant scientist" as a joke, but I kinda dig the idea of an average fighter being a prodigy in shaping her Ki, and trying to pass that down to her family.

Inko, while being pretty good at Ki shaping and Ki manipulation, mostly focuses on basic Ki Blasts, Ki Enhanced Melee attacks, and Explosive Wave attacks. She can pull out cool moves, like the aforementioned Emerald Lance, but sometimes ya gotta hit them really hard.

Izuku, on the other hand, is always trying to find cool shit to do with his Ki. His attacks lean more towards moves like the Sokidan or Double Tsuibikidan, being focused on high utility over raw power. (He's not immune to the "hit them really hard" mentality, he does take after his mother after all).

I wonder if Quirked Humans can still use Ki techniques? I can think of a few students who would love to be able to fire lasers from their hands.

Yeah I was exaggerating about her being a brilliant scientist (I had to do it) but I was serious that Coli knows a lot about Ki. She doesn't have a whole lot herself and doesn't really want to get into fights all the time, but she knows what she's doing.

The thing about Inko is that she does know how to use Ki the way Coli and Izuku do, she just prefers hitting opponents really hard. She's not mindlessly attacking, though, not like how Freeza relies on raw power over technique. Inko's moves tend to be like how the Kamehameha is meant to focus your Ki to output beyond what you're normally capable of.

Ki can be used by Quirked humans, but the only people who know Ki are the Midoriya family and reclusive hermit masters like Roshi or Shen of the Crane School.

[alicethenobody]

The fact that Yamcha used Sokidan in exactly one fight outside of movies/filler is a fucking crime it’s such a cool technique.

I feel like it’s another thing Toriyama just kinda forgot about.

[greentrickster]

One of the more interesting things for me about DBZ, due to having read the manga and not really seen the anime, is that I sometimes have very different perceptions of what colours some things should be than most other people.

I’m not talking about stuff like Bulma’s hair, or the fact that the Turtle School uniforms are described as saffron in the early manga but shown to be orange in the anime, more stuff like attacks. For example: I always pictured Sokidan, Yamcha’s special ki attack, as being pale blue. Much, much later I discovered that, in the anime, it’s shown to be yellow! Whoa! Not much of a surprise to most people, but for me it was quite the shock!

[mysticpotlot]

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[metamelonisle]

dragon ball au where i change exactly one thing that doesn't affect the story at all but changes the fandom immensely:

after yamcha is killed by a saibaman, krillin angrily uses scatter bullet to kill three of the four remaining saibamen. normally, piccolo kills the last one, but what if instead, right before krillin can get suicide bombed by the one he missed, it's blown to bits by... a sokidan?

and then the camera cuts to yamcha, bloodied and dying, having used the last of his strength to save his friend one final time, grinning and asking krillin to tell bulma he'll be back soon, before dying of his injuries.

the fandom would go head-over-heels for this dude if that happened. he wouldn't be considered a loser, just an unlucky but valiant fighter

[northsphynxdb]

WOOO Finally got a Yamcha cosplay prepared.

“Time to show you all just how much my training has paid off! SHIN SOKIDAN!”

Without a doubt, the sokidan is the coolest skill ever used in Dragon Ball. It should definitely get a cool upgrade.

[magicalgirlmascot]

What is your favorite technique in dragonball?

Oof, good question, I guess I'd have to say the sokidan/spirit ball? Yamcha came up with it all by himself and I love that for him, and also it just looks SO FUCKING COOL. I think about it a lot especially since it's referenced on one of Tempest's cards in Sentinels of the Multiverse I JUST THINK THEY SHOULD BE FRIENDS

Or the special beam cannon. Always a classic, featuring Green Dad

[mykdbshokan]

Sokidan 

'' I have no intention of hurting anyone, but you left me no other choice. Meet my special technique, Sokidan '' - Yamcha

[cozymochi]

So, what is the name of the special attack? Yantan obviously would want name much cooler than Spirit Ball/Sokidan. Shenlong Grenade? Dragon Soul? Dream Tornado (because the Namekian Dragon is called the god of dreams)? Burning Mandala :)? Spirit Cyclone?

YOU RIGHT THO. 💕💕

KGJFHFHGJHB IM ACTUALLY FEELING ALL OF THESE khzjfjdj Gooosh I have no idea. I’m terrible with names myself which is why i didn’t have one ready (THO I DID MEAN TO NAME IT)

I CAN’T PICK I ACTUALLY LIKE ALL THESE 😭💕💕it could even be a fusion of any of these im

Me when given options/suggestions: [INDECISIVE]

[dragon-ball-meta]

top 5 favourite techniques/attacks?

This one’s a bit trickier since a lot of the attacks don’t have “names” outside of games, sometimes different names per game, but I’ll give it a shot.1. Kamehameha2. Kienzan3. Fissile Light Bullet/Light Grenade4. Sokidan5. Kiai. It’s just freakin’ cool to basically just hit something with the air itself.

[agenuineshit]