YAJIROBE
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The portly, sword-wielding ronin who would much rather eat a mountain of food than save the universe. Yajirobe is a self-proclaimed coward who spends most fights hiding in the bushes. However, his legacy is immortalized by the single most crucial clutch moment in the Saiyan Saga: sneaking up on a giant Ape Vegeta and slicing his tail off with a katana, proving that sometimes, a coward with a sword is exactly what the universe needs.
YAJIROBE THROUGH THE ARCHIVE //
POWER LEVELS //
Open page →A power-level page desperately wants Yajirobe to matter numerically. Yajirobe refuses.
He spends most of the Saiyan fight hiding, waits until Great Ape Vegeta is focused on everybody else, then slices the tail off a monster sitting around 180,000 with a sword.
He spends most of the Saiyan fight hiding, waits until Great Ape Vegeta is focused on everybody else, then slices the tail off a monster sitting around 180,000 with a sword.
The Breakdown
Power level: irrelevant. Timing: perfect. If the chart says you cannot help, become a stealth mechanic.
COMBAT LEDGER //
Open page →Goku vs. Great Ape Vegeta
Open →Saiyan Saga · Earth Badlands · Result: Pyrrhic Survival (Vegeta Retreats)
After Goku pushes his body past its physical limits with Kaio-ken x4 to overpower Vegeta's Galick Gun, Vegeta creates an artificial moon (Power Ball) to transform into a 180,000 PL Great Ape. Vegeta crushes Goku's legs and torso, leaving him completely paralyzed until Yajirobe sneaks up from behind to slice off Vegeta's tail with a katana, while Gohan and Krillin bounce the Spirit Bomb.
The Breakdown
Goku doesn't "win" this fight - the team survives it. Yajirobe's tactical sneak attack proves that numbers and raw ki aren't everything, delivering one of the finest group-effort victories in shonen history.
