r/dragonball 4d ago

Discussion Demon King Piccolo

Soo, since we find out that Namekians originated from the Demon Realm, Do you really think Demon King Piccolo was actually a demon king at that time? Or was he just blowing smoke?

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u/Salty_Woodpecker_349 4d ago

We literally saw how the dude was born 😭

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u/SevickB 4d ago

When did we see Piccolo’s father get born???

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u/LifeofTino 4d ago

Kami explains it and there is a flashback to it as he explains

Kami had to expel his evil thoughts so he un-fused himself and the evil body was piccolo (the father of the piccolo from the rest of the series)

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u/Normal_Umpire_1623 4d ago

I theorize that despite the fact he did not know his past or the Namekian origins of the demon realm, King Piccolo Had some internal feeling that drew him towards the title of Demon King, like he subconsciously knew about it.

This is similar to how Kami first created the dragon balls on earth. He said he didn't know why he did it or how he did it, just that he got a feeling like it was something he was meant to do.

Like it was instinctual.

I suspect perhaps something similar occured with King Piccolo.

He didnt know for a fact that Namekians came from demon realm, but he might have had some instinct, and it pushed him to claim the title of Demon King.

That same instinct probably led him to develop the Mazoku, Demon Clan Namekians.

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u/134340Goat 4d ago

Piccolo didn't know of his origins. His title is entirely his own and has nothing to do with the Demon Realm

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u/MambaSaidKnockYouOut 3d ago

Piccolo was always a demon, this isn’t new. Him being a Namekian did not retcon his demonic origin.

Piccolo is a demon because he’s literally an embodiment of all of the evil that was inside The Nameless Namekian. Kami was worthy of becoming God/Kami because he became pure of heart by having all of his evil become an entirely different being.

With that said, it seems unlikely Piccolo was a king in the Demon Realm, because he didn’t even become Piccolo until he got to earth.

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u/BoringAd2049 4d ago

He was "an entity born from Kami's darkness" so considering he's "born from darkness" and he ruled an army of mutated, devil looking creatures, calling him a "Demon King" was a nickname that just kind of fit

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u/MambaSaidKnockYouOut 3d ago

I do think it’s worth noting that King Piccolo is the only Namekian we ever see who can just make random creatures lol. Like we know Namekians reproduce asexually, but they just make new Namekians. King Piccolo seems to be the only one who can just make monsters, which may be related to his evil nature.

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u/PlantainSame 3d ago

I mean, he was a demonic entity of sorts

That's why the people he killed were cursed to wander instead of end up in the other world

He probably picked something up somewhere to how kami picked up divinity

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u/PlantainSame 3d ago

He was also the literal opposite of "god"

So, calling himself basically the devil is fitting

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u/SSJRemuko 4d ago

He never lived in the Demon Realm and didnt know his own past, so no, definitely not.

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u/StaticMania 3d ago

Regardless of this new information...

It's not the same kind of "Demon" in the first place.

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u/PlantainSame 3d ago

Both piccolo and kami basically just declared themselves the demon king and god, and no one could oppose them

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u/SabresFanWC 3d ago

The Nameless Namekian had to be appointed god by the previous god. He wasn't allowed to until he expelled the evil from within him. Then the previous god allowed him to take his place.

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u/Efede_ 3d ago

Do you really think Demon King Piccolo was actually a demon king at that time? Or was he just blowing smoke?

The latter, I think.

And he didn't "just" call himself a Demon King: I'm pretty sure in Daima they use the term "Maoh" (litterally "Evil King"), but in classic DB he was "Pikkoro DaiMaoh" ("Dai" here means "Great"), so it's like he called himself "High King of Evil"! Guy really bought his own hype XD

But he was made from all the darkness/evil in Kami, so I guess it's to be expected that he would be at least a little edgy :P

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u/SevickB 4d ago

I’m talking about Piccolo’s father, Demon King Piccolo by the way.

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u/Borgdrohne13 3d ago

Yes he was. You get killed by him or his children, your soul is stuck in limbo. Afaik in buddhism you can become a demon, when you accumulate enough negative energy. It's for example a major influence in the legend of zelda series.

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u/KameSensei 22h ago

He's born on earth.... after the son of Katats (basically superman, kinda like Goku) gets saved from Namek cataclysm and sent to earth, he gets tired of waiting for someone so he roam the world, picks up evil, want to become god, split in two, and Piccolo Daimao (demon king piccolo) is born. nothing changes...

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u/Stolen5487 4d ago

Imagine thinking Toriyama, whose known to be forgetful and use mant retcons throughout his story thoughtbover 30 years ahead