New Year's Resolutions from Dragon Ball Universe!
- a Dragon Ball Z Collection -
Resolution Four: Yamcha
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I hate being on the sidelines, and I miss the good old days when I was one of the strongest guys around, and not totally outclassed by Super Saiyans, especially the little kids who somehow managed to achieve that power!
I mean, I feel like a total wimp! Not only did Vegeta manage to end up with the girl of my dreams, but his less-than-10-year-old son is stronger than I am! While Trunks from the future was one bad-ass dude, and I didn't really mind all that much that he was stronger than me, I refuse to keep on being weaker than the little kid version of him!
My new year's resolution this year is to commit myself to a serious, productive training regimen and not let myself fall back to the absolute crap I did after the Cell Games. The whole ordeal with the evil Buu and the even crazier Buu made me want to take my training seriously again, not just to be more effective in helping protect the Earth, but to restore and uphold my honor.
I felt so bad when I was asked to briefly appear at the end of that crappy fanfic, Dragon Ball GT, for just a few seconds for the purpose of enabling me to have a cameo. Of all the things they could have had me doing at the very end of it, I was back in the desert with Puar, languishing in isolation as if decades of my life had all been for nothing. I was right back where I had started, and I don't want to experience that cruel and unfortunate fate in my true life.
Despite being a relatively strong fighter in my own right, the folks who made GT didn't think I was cool enough to feature more prominently because I was severely outclassed in strength by so many other guys. Well you know what? I'm Yamcha! This universe would be far less awesome if I wasn't around, and if I get stronger, it will be infinitely more awesome! After all, if you rearrange the letters in my name, you almost get the word "macho!" I mean, how cool is that!
I'm absolutely through with letting the Super Saiyans keep on being stronger than me in large part because of simply a natural advantage, which just isn't fair for the rest of us trying to catch up, despite how fortunate that natural advantage has been on many occasions against the pricks trying to take over or destroy the Earth or the universe as a whole.
It's going to take a lot of work to get as strong as the Super Saiyans of today, especially since they keep on getting stronger and stronger. But there must be a way to do it! I refuse to believe that just because I wasn't born a Saiyan means that I'll never have access to that sort of power!
Goku has gotten so much stronger than he had been when he had fought Frieza, and … wait a minute, … I wonder if at this point of my life I even have the power to beat Frieza. It would be a damn shame if after all these years, and helping in battles against opponents as strong and capable as Cell and the diabolic Buus, if I couldn't beat Frieza. Maybe after my extensive training I'll ask King Kai if I can finally find out for sure whether I can.
I think that Goku wouldn't mind if I asked him for some help. After all, out of all his fellow Z-Fighters, I have known him longer than anyone else, and I think he'd be glad to help me get stronger if I seem earnest about it. I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks, but I'm looking forward to seeing him very soon. I suspect that after the battles against the Buus that I'm not the only one of us who wants to get a lot stronger, and while I'm not sure who else Goku might be working with in the near future, it could be fun training alongside them and getting stronger together!
I've experienced so much in my life that I sincerely believe that even if there is such a thing as destiny, it can be changed. I don't want to end up the way I was portrayed at the end of GT, which after looking back at that acronym, if it has any significance for me personally, could stand for "Get Training!"
I've got a lot to do in the upcoming year, that's for sure. But I'll accomplish it to the best of my abilities, and at the very least, I'll know I gave it my all.
Happy New Year, and may it be a productive one for you,
Yamcha
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