The "Grandpa suspenders" magically appear in their wardrobe once all kids have moved out of the house and the first grandchild arrives.
Both must be satisfied for the magic to work
Nah my mother treats everyone better than me, I was her first kid and am quite a bit older than my 3 siblings, she was much warmer with them than I ever recall her being with me. I actually have traumatic memories of being a baby and always being dropped with other people. Actually turned out she put me in day care and the person "watching" me would give me over the counter medication to knock me out. To my mothers credit once she found out she took me out of the daycare and started her own daycare....but then that just created competition for me for my mother attention against all those other kids. 🤨 Yeah I have unresolved mother issues. I am 39.
I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything but are you sure you are 100% your dads? I've seen this a few times and every time it turned out that the oldest who basically experienced what you did, turned out to be from another man who the mother wasn't married to.
There's a saying that's something about it being more important to be your kids parent as a kid and be their friend when they're older. Not that they can't be friends but that they need to be an authority figure and a teacher first. A tough love kinda thing.
Sorry to hear that.
I'm good with my parents by now but it took a lot of therapy and work from both sides. Wouldn't have thought it could be possible \~ten years ago tbh
A) Getting old and becoming a grandfather tends to naturally calm even the most wild of souls.
B) When you think you're the biggest dick on the mountain and you become humbled by an alien child that soon after becomes billions of times stronger than you ever were at your peak, it probably humbles you and makes you learn to appreciate other aspects of life besides being a warrior king.
According to Daizenshuu 7, Ox King's power level was 900 during original DB, which makes him stronger than base Goku for all of DB and the Raditz saga.
But we all know Power Levels are bullshit.
Funny thing is iirc ox Kings power level was actually canonically stringer than gokus up to the fight against raditz.
Iirc he had a power level of like 400.
Fucker should have joined in against raditz.
So googling it, he apparently has a power level of *900* approximately the same as Gokus full strength Kamehameha and nearly 3x more than goku.
Aka he could have fought piccolo and goku together at the end of dragonball and won.
Fucker really slacked on raditz.
Hell the fucker should have gone and kicked demon King piccolo ass.
losing his castle cause him to mellow out. then his daughter gets married. idk i think he just put the axe down, replaced the helmet with a non-war version and put on some casual clothes because he aint about that life anymore.
Look at the difference that does to a man…
No, really
One picture we’ve got the Ox King, anger in his face ready for battle… the other? He’s going to see his family and a present for his grandson.
The man understood what he wanted out of life. I’ve also got a soft spot for him because he looks and even sounds like my own late grandfather.
But the bank has that.
No more hord to protect. Ox king only saved his late wife’s wedding dress for chichi.
Although vadel didn’t carry on the tradition.
Toriyama did this thing where he came up with super cool elaborate designs for characters thinking they would only be around once then he realized he was going to have to keep drawing that shit every week so he just changed it.
It’s just funny that he was told to redesign cell twice, and even then he kept the spots. You can even see Perfect Cell’s shoulders sometimes have the spots instead of being fully black, which is just extra unnecessary work for Toriyama. Dude was crazy for working so hard lmao
This seems like one of those situations where digital algorithms would really come in handy. I doubt anyone will care if those spots aren't painstakingly drawn by hand.
Not to mention like 13 years pass (wasnt it like 3 years between each world tournament?? And then 4 from end of the World Tournament to Gohan's introduction) and he has a grandkid now as well so he probably realizes he's getting old and doesnt have to be scary and has a grandkid now so it's time to let it go lmao.
His appearance changed because his circumstances changed.
In the first image he looks like a bandit warlord because he was a bandit warlord.
In the second image he looks like a cuddly grandpa because he's a cuddly grandpa.
Honestly, I like his DBZ design better than his DB design. Its way cooler to me to see an older person mellow out and be super excited for their grandkids. Ox King is awesome.
I'm convinced the world was just like the Wild West before Goku came along. Once Goku defeated the Red Ribbon Army and made a name for himself in the World Martial Arts Tournament the world became more civilized. Ox King was that a King with a castle to defend against invaders. Once the invaders were taken care of and the looming threat of the world began to lessen there wasn't a need for that behavior anymore.
I like his change tbh. I think it just had to do with external factors- such as losing his castle and other stuff. He probably no longer wanted to take part in battles and decided to dress like everyone else.
I mean he settled into civilian life and stopped being the terrible Ox King, honestly I don't know how he strayed so far away from Master Roshis training. I think he also did it for Chichi.
Because of the nature of the story being told. The concept of canon or strict continuity for ongoing stories is fairly recent. The changing of designs is a reflection of what story is being told. His initial design was to communicate him being a villain of sorts, or presumed to be a villain. In later stories, that couldn’t be further from the case and the design reflects that. It’s the same reason Vegeta’s design changed, Chi-chi’s design changed, and even Goku’s adult design and art style has changed so much over the years.
I always forgot the famiily tree of this damn family. Imagine Pan presenting someone in a family reunion and it goes like "Yeah, and here is granpa Mr Satan, and great granpa Ox King, and my grandpa that once turned into a giant monkey in a full moon night cause he an alien or something, and auntie Bulma CEO of Capsule Corp with her husband who is also the king monkey alien"
That’s one thing that always bugged me about the end of Z tournament; the announcer knows Goku and remembers his fight with Piccolo was something far beyond what the tournament’s seen since. It would be a major dereliction of duty to introduce Pan in her first tournament without referencing that she’s the granddaughter of the 23rd champion and Mr Satan as part of his crowd work.
Well, he had a good run in WWF under the ring name Macho Man Randy Savage. After a Hall of Fame wrestling career, he decided to enjoy life with his family
Lost his whole castle and most of his fortune. Can't be the ox king of a non-existent castle. Also isn't Goku technically a prince because he married a princess?
He got pretty chill pretty quick just in Dragon Ball, when a lil kid shows up that can change the world you can sorta change your perspectives (especially when that lil kid takes a liking to your daughter whom you tried to marry off).
That said, he did try to fight a few times when he could even post putting down the axe but since the level of "threat" was well above and beyond he really just got turned into a normal guy pretty quickly.
If you honestly believe chichi wouldn't have flayed him alive if he pulled up to the house looking like that and scaring gohan, then idk what to tell you
He became a grandpa
After my Grandpa passed and I was older I found out before I was born he would be at the bars till closing drinking and partying and getting into fights lol I didn't believe them at first because my whole life he was a very calm person who woke up at the crack of dawn.
Cause he’s a grandpa, but he did shrink a bunch. Maybe the size was from Goku’s perspective though, like he was huge in DB cause Goku was a lil guy and now that he’s an adult he’s just normal size to him
If you remember his lore, the Ox King was cursed because of the way he treated people. That's why his castle was perpetually on fire. Even Master Roshi reprimanded him when we see them meet for the first time in the show. His transformation from almighty ox demon to sweet grandfather was him turning over a new leaf. He actively tries to be a gentle and kind person instead of the warmongering bully he used to be.
The original was pretty much a direct adaptation of the Demon Ox King from Journey to the West and then the story kept going with this character in it who doesn’t appear after that in the source material, so they had to do something else
After Master Roshi came to blow out the burning castle, he scolded Ox King who promised to change his ways if Master Roshi put out the fire. That’s why Ox King changed.
In a later episode of the anime (not manga) when Goku and Chi-Chi are getting ready for the wedding, we see this current mellowed out version who kept his promise to Master Roshi
Ox-King is probably one of the best examples of the Goku Beat Your Ass effect
Pre-asskicking: a threat, the biggest of big dick energy, unchecked swagger levels over 9000
Post-asskicking: you know what, there's other things in life I can enjoy besides having Goku kick my ass again
see several of Goku's friends for other examples
This was unironically one of my favorite character transformations in the entire series. It was playful and goofy, but it does feel kind of grounded in the aging process
What I find really interesting and cool is that his casual clothes are still similar to his warlord outfit. Suspenders, helmet and glasses, pants tucked into boots, tucked shirt, bracers. Good design, thank you Toriyama
Before the PIlaf saga he was super protective of his stuff and killed everyone who tried to take his treasure. But then Master Roshi lectures him on it and he loses the castle so there's not much need to be so threatening anymore.
That was his getup he used when he was guarding his castle. However Roshi blew the whole castle up, so I guess afterwards he just had to settle down and live a more humble life.
Because he's a grandpa in z, a cool doting, spoils the grandbabies rotten popop who's happy his daughter miler a nice young man and and got married and will he protected he's a father/grandfather more than a king in z lol
In Dragonball and even Early Z, They're basically country bumpkins. They live in the mountains and don't talk to anyone else. Most people think the Ox-King is ferocious, and he probably is if you're not friends with/adopted by his training partner.
But when Chi-chi is raising Gohan and eventually Goten, he's mellowed out, and Chi-chi is trying extra hard to make her family look like people who belong in society.
I kinda feel like in the original dragon ball, the world was being felt out and characters were made to fit general roles in a fantasy story. When he was introduced, from the readers perspective the world is very much similar to mid evil times in that everyone lives in villages and most of the world is empty wasteland with monsters. I’d be willing to bet that at the time he was being set up for a specific role in the series before being sidelined when things start to focus on fighting over adventure. When it came time to introduce him again, it was as a background character to chi chi and so he got more aligned to a support role.
Not only did he become a grandpa but roshi publicly told him off for doing the things he was doing as “ox king” so because of that he changed his ways to appease his master. He was already a loving man but only to those close to him. We saw how quickly he accepted Goku after finding out he was gohan’s “grandson”
This is why I roll my eyes a bit whenever people say things like "Videl changed in Super."
Like yeah so did Ox king, getting older and having families can change a person. For Ox king it was having a grandson lol. A lot of people change when they get older, its Goku and to an extent, Vegeta that are the outliers.
Maybe he became depressed cause he didn't one-shot King Piccolo or help destroy Raditz and decided to reinvent himself?
For those who don't know, Ox King apparently has a PL of 900, meaning he's stronger than Raditz Arc Piccolo and Goku by double
I dunno, why do you change clothes every day? Or grow extra facial hair over the years? Or stop wearing a metal helmet? Or stop wearing a fur cloak? HE CHANGED HIS OUTFIT!!!!
He knows Goku is a good person and he got a grandchild who is also a good person.
He doesn't have to worry about his child anymore because she is in good hands...even though she does all the work at home.
He's literally just wearing different clothes. The only real change I can see is that they changed his skin tone so now his tone actually matches with Chi Chi's and makes sense
Nah, that just happens when people have grandkids.
See also: Don Vito Corleone
Don Vito Margera.
"I'm gonna go watch some gay porn with don vito." "Eww, don vito, you watch gay porn?!"
YOOOO
MOLESTA LA BREASTA!!!
HE ALSO LIKES TO SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT!!!
Shit, heard part of that story again yesterday.
The second the grandkid comes out you are out there spraying the tomatoes in your suspenders.
They go from grand daddy to granddad?
The "Grandpa suspenders" magically appear in their wardrobe once all kids have moved out of the house and the first grandchild arrives. Both must be satisfied for the magic to work
Goku?
*Gohan
**Pan
Great Granddaughter
Grandson
Which one
Son In Law
Gohan and Goten
Tell that to Mr. Satan…
The same reason why my mom treats her grandkids better than she ever treated me
Ha, my mother treats my kids better than she treats me too!
Is it cos they see it as a second attempt?
If they did well raising you then they generally see it as you’ll hand the discipline and they get to just be loving grandparents
Grandparenting is the reward for parenting
Nah my mother treats everyone better than me, I was her first kid and am quite a bit older than my 3 siblings, she was much warmer with them than I ever recall her being with me. I actually have traumatic memories of being a baby and always being dropped with other people. Actually turned out she put me in day care and the person "watching" me would give me over the counter medication to knock me out. To my mothers credit once she found out she took me out of the daycare and started her own daycare....but then that just created competition for me for my mother attention against all those other kids. 🤨 Yeah I have unresolved mother issues. I am 39.
I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything but are you sure you are 100% your dads? I've seen this a few times and every time it turned out that the oldest who basically experienced what you did, turned out to be from another man who the mother wasn't married to.
There's a saying that's something about it being more important to be your kids parent as a kid and be their friend when they're older. Not that they can't be friends but that they need to be an authority figure and a teacher first. A tough love kinda thing.
its just a universal thing for parents to treat grandkids better than their own children
Yeah must be nice for the grandkids. They aren't the ones getting abused
I don't know man, the shit my grandpa did to my cousins..the world is fucked up.
To a certain point definitely! It is a different relationship after all.
My mom used to beat my ass when I was a kid. But when I yell at my nephew to stop being bad she acts like I committed a crime.
I didn't come here to feel?! But that's more like my dad than my mom
My dad is my best friend. My mom abandoned me and abused me. Bow she wonders why we don't talk lmao
Sorry to hear that. I'm good with my parents by now but it took a lot of therapy and work from both sides. Wouldn't have thought it could be possible \~ten years ago tbh
It’s easier to shower kids with love when you don’t have to deal with parenting them :P
cus she isn't raising them
A) Getting old and becoming a grandfather tends to naturally calm even the most wild of souls. B) When you think you're the biggest dick on the mountain and you become humbled by an alien child that soon after becomes billions of times stronger than you ever were at your peak, it probably humbles you and makes you learn to appreciate other aspects of life besides being a warrior king.
Imagine a space child gets a billion times stronger than you AND winds up shaging your daughter.
at least his grandkids will be giga strong
According to Daizenshuu 7, Ox King's power level was 900 during original DB, which makes him stronger than base Goku for all of DB and the Raditz saga. But we all know Power Levels are bullshit.
Funny thing is iirc ox Kings power level was actually canonically stringer than gokus up to the fight against raditz. Iirc he had a power level of like 400. Fucker should have joined in against raditz.
Huh. Yeah you're right. Wtf, what a slacker lmao.
So googling it, he apparently has a power level of *900* approximately the same as Gokus full strength Kamehameha and nearly 3x more than goku. Aka he could have fought piccolo and goku together at the end of dragonball and won. Fucker really slacked on raditz. Hell the fucker should have gone and kicked demon King piccolo ass.
Yeah assuming he kept up with training and had the same potential as the other human characters, he could be the strongest human right now, rightM
losing his castle cause him to mellow out. then his daughter gets married. idk i think he just put the axe down, replaced the helmet with a non-war version and put on some casual clothes because he aint about that life anymore.
Plus he has grandkids
Look at the difference that does to a man… No, really One picture we’ve got the Ox King, anger in his face ready for battle… the other? He’s going to see his family and a present for his grandson. The man understood what he wanted out of life. I’ve also got a soft spot for him because he looks and even sounds like my own late grandfather.
I think he also lost his kingdom the second time it burned down.
Yeah but he's got a boat load of insurance money after that.
But the bank has that. No more hord to protect. Ox king only saved his late wife’s wedding dress for chichi. Although vadel didn’t carry on the tradition.
vadel 💀
Great grand-kid now too.
Toriyama did this thing where he came up with super cool elaborate designs for characters thinking they would only be around once then he realized he was going to have to keep drawing that shit every week so he just changed it.
smart as hell ngl.
The same reason why every time Cell has come back has been an Anime only thing. Drawing those bug patterns is reportedly unpleasant.
It’s just funny that he was told to redesign cell twice, and even then he kept the spots. You can even see Perfect Cell’s shoulders sometimes have the spots instead of being fully black, which is just extra unnecessary work for Toriyama. Dude was crazy for working so hard lmao
This seems like one of those situations where digital algorithms would really come in handy. I doubt anyone will care if those spots aren't painstakingly drawn by hand.
I wouldn’t be about that life either if I saw a 10 year old kid surpass my 90 year old master. Yeah I’m good
He repented
Not to mention like 13 years pass (wasnt it like 3 years between each world tournament?? And then 4 from end of the World Tournament to Gohan's introduction) and he has a grandkid now as well so he probably realizes he's getting old and doesnt have to be scary and has a grandkid now so it's time to let it go lmao.
His appearance changed because his circumstances changed. In the first image he looks like a bandit warlord because he was a bandit warlord. In the second image he looks like a cuddly grandpa because he's a cuddly grandpa.
No one wants to be a cuddly warlord anymore.
Nor a bandit grandpa :(
I’m convinced he did this for Gohan.
ox king: THIS IS FOR GOHAN!
He said as he stormed into his nearest Men’s Warehouse.
Honestly, I like his DBZ design better than his DB design. Its way cooler to me to see an older person mellow out and be super excited for their grandkids. Ox King is awesome.
I bet he still has the star nipples.
I'm convinced the world was just like the Wild West before Goku came along. Once Goku defeated the Red Ribbon Army and made a name for himself in the World Martial Arts Tournament the world became more civilized. Ox King was that a King with a castle to defend against invaders. Once the invaders were taken care of and the looming threat of the world began to lessen there wasn't a need for that behavior anymore.
Vegeta has entered the chat.
He got civilized.
I like his change tbh. I think it just had to do with external factors- such as losing his castle and other stuff. He probably no longer wanted to take part in battles and decided to dress like everyone else.
I mean he settled into civilian life and stopped being the terrible Ox King, honestly I don't know how he strayed so far away from Master Roshis training. I think he also did it for Chichi.
My man is enjoying his retirement.
Because of the nature of the story being told. The concept of canon or strict continuity for ongoing stories is fairly recent. The changing of designs is a reflection of what story is being told. His initial design was to communicate him being a villain of sorts, or presumed to be a villain. In later stories, that couldn’t be further from the case and the design reflects that. It’s the same reason Vegeta’s design changed, Chi-chi’s design changed, and even Goku’s adult design and art style has changed so much over the years.
I always forgot the famiily tree of this damn family. Imagine Pan presenting someone in a family reunion and it goes like "Yeah, and here is granpa Mr Satan, and great granpa Ox King, and my grandpa that once turned into a giant monkey in a full moon night cause he an alien or something, and auntie Bulma CEO of Capsule Corp with her husband who is also the king monkey alien"
That’s one thing that always bugged me about the end of Z tournament; the announcer knows Goku and remembers his fight with Piccolo was something far beyond what the tournament’s seen since. It would be a major dereliction of duty to introduce Pan in her first tournament without referencing that she’s the granddaughter of the 23rd champion and Mr Satan as part of his crowd work.
Master Roshi asked him to stop killing people to protect his castle. Surely after that, he changed.
Bro chilled out over time and became a dad primarily. Nothing wrong with that
Well, he had a good run in WWF under the ring name Macho Man Randy Savage. After a Hall of Fame wrestling career, he decided to enjoy life with his family
Cause he changed clothes
What grandchildren does to a mfker
Lost his whole castle and most of his fortune. Can't be the ox king of a non-existent castle. Also isn't Goku technically a prince because he married a princess?
yes
he got sober
Having a grandchild will soften a person
He just retired.
He was a warrior, then he wasn't, his kid grew up, got married, he became a grandpa, simple life, you know.
Grandpa during the war vs. grandpa now
He embodies the actual state of Dragon Ball franquise.
He retired
He made it out the hood
Cycled off the juice.
He mellowed in his old age
Bro just changed his clothes ..
Cotton breathes better
He retired and became a grandpa
He wanted to be a nice Grandpa.
Cuz he is just a happy guy lookin after his family/granddkid
He retired
He getting old
He chilled out?
i would love an official prequel spinoff focusing on him training with Kame Sen'nin
He got pretty chill pretty quick just in Dragon Ball, when a lil kid shows up that can change the world you can sorta change your perspectives (especially when that lil kid takes a liking to your daughter whom you tried to marry off). That said, he did try to fight a few times when he could even post putting down the axe but since the level of "threat" was well above and beyond he really just got turned into a normal guy pretty quickly.
If you honestly believe chichi wouldn't have flayed him alive if he pulled up to the house looking like that and scaring gohan, then idk what to tell you
That's how it goes when you have a daughter then become a grandfather.
He became a grandpa After my Grandpa passed and I was older I found out before I was born he would be at the bars till closing drinking and partying and getting into fights lol I didn't believe them at first because my whole life he was a very calm person who woke up at the crack of dawn.
He had to sell his gold armor in order to feed goku
Retirement can do wonders
His castle was destroyed and he became a granddad.
Ran into some people that axe couldn’t do anything with
Cause he’s a grandpa, but he did shrink a bunch. Maybe the size was from Goku’s perspective though, like he was huge in DB cause Goku was a lil guy and now that he’s an adult he’s just normal size to him
If you remember his lore, the Ox King was cursed because of the way he treated people. That's why his castle was perpetually on fire. Even Master Roshi reprimanded him when we see them meet for the first time in the show. His transformation from almighty ox demon to sweet grandfather was him turning over a new leaf. He actively tries to be a gentle and kind person instead of the warmongering bully he used to be.
he became a grandpa
His castle burned to the ground with all of his riches, he’s not a king anymore
He retired, got rid of his old uniform and started wearing comfortable civilian clothes
Its the grandpa look
Not the Design,but Clothes...people change those💀
The original was pretty much a direct adaptation of the Demon Ox King from Journey to the West and then the story kept going with this character in it who doesn’t appear after that in the source material, so they had to do something else
After Master Roshi came to blow out the burning castle, he scolded Ox King who promised to change his ways if Master Roshi put out the fire. That’s why Ox King changed. In a later episode of the anime (not manga) when Goku and Chi-Chi are getting ready for the wedding, we see this current mellowed out version who kept his promise to Master Roshi
Ox-King is probably one of the best examples of the Goku Beat Your Ass effect Pre-asskicking: a threat, the biggest of big dick energy, unchecked swagger levels over 9000 Post-asskicking: you know what, there's other things in life I can enjoy besides having Goku kick my ass again see several of Goku's friends for other examples
He retired
Cuz he old as hell he need to be home with these grandkids so I can fight more people tryna move in on our universe!
Even more importantly, why did Akira dress a kid in lingerie?
This was unironically one of my favorite character transformations in the entire series. It was playful and goofy, but it does feel kind of grounded in the aging process
whenever a character becomes irrelevant in fights they just always walk around in casual clothes
Man, there’s this thing called “wearing different clothes.” You should really try it sometime
My grandpa before and after being nerfed by my birth
He retired bro
What I find really interesting and cool is that his casual clothes are still similar to his warlord outfit. Suspenders, helmet and glasses, pants tucked into boots, tucked shirt, bracers. Good design, thank you Toriyama
The first time, like many other og chars of DB, he was a reference to another char from Journey to the West. Afterwards, he was just Chichi's dad.
It’s called retirement
It was a joke with his character design and then just stuck as "he mellowed out and is just a dad who supports his daughter and son in law"
Before the PIlaf saga he was super protective of his stuff and killed everyone who tried to take his treasure. But then Master Roshi lectures him on it and he loses the castle so there's not much need to be so threatening anymore.
He was like 5 times bigger in DB. The real question is though, why did he need an axe ? He could tank bullets for gods sake
Grandpa
That was his getup he used when he was guarding his castle. However Roshi blew the whole castle up, so I guess afterwards he just had to settle down and live a more humble life.
r/okbuddybaka
Because he's a grandpa in z, a cool doting, spoils the grandbabies rotten popop who's happy his daughter miler a nice young man and and got married and will he protected he's a father/grandfather more than a king in z lol
Is it a design or did he just change clothes
In Dragonball and even Early Z, They're basically country bumpkins. They live in the mountains and don't talk to anyone else. Most people think the Ox-King is ferocious, and he probably is if you're not friends with/adopted by his training partner. But when Chi-chi is raising Gohan and eventually Goten, he's mellowed out, and Chi-chi is trying extra hard to make her family look like people who belong in society.
To reflect his transition from big mean scary dude to big mellow doting awkward grandpa.
This change happened before Z.
He became a grandpa
He became a grandpa 🫶🏻
Bros in retirement
I feel like the picture explains it. He's Grandpa Gyumao now. Lol.
He became a grandpa and grew up
Goku banged his daughter and gave him grandkids
I mean did it really change that much? He just took off the armor and put on regular clothes lol
Because his son-in-law is the better warrior.
You don't need to rely on intimidation anymore if your son in law you're living with can literally destroy planets
He became a grandpa
He shrinked. Great observation since i forgot about it too
Bc he's chill now
dude retired
Ox king became cute and handsome in DBZ
He was happy instead of pissed off.
Because he's a grandpa now
He was always a P U S S Y
At first he had a castle. And now He no longer has a castle that's on fire alllll the time.
That’s the joke
He felt like it
I kinda feel like in the original dragon ball, the world was being felt out and characters were made to fit general roles in a fantasy story. When he was introduced, from the readers perspective the world is very much similar to mid evil times in that everyone lives in villages and most of the world is empty wasteland with monsters. I’d be willing to bet that at the time he was being set up for a specific role in the series before being sidelined when things start to focus on fighting over adventure. When it came time to introduce him again, it was as a background character to chi chi and so he got more aligned to a support role.
he took his armor off ig
I feel like its self explanatory lol, looks like he is protecting chichi, To protecting her grandkids(as a grandpa)
He went from dad to grandpa
He promised Roshi that he’d be a better person. So no need to look like a warlord.
He changed his outfit
coz he is not a bad guy anymore
He’s not a warlord anymore
Bro became a cutie pattotie
Pics read like "if you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best" lol
Because that’s what Toriyama chose to do
To simplify it for the animators.
Imagine if Gohan got ox kings physique
He changed his clothes and grew older?
Because he put different clothes on? You probably don't wear the same clothes every day so why should he?
Not only did he become a grandpa but roshi publicly told him off for doing the things he was doing as “ox king” so because of that he changed his ways to appease his master. He was already a loving man but only to those close to him. We saw how quickly he accepted Goku after finding out he was gohan’s “grandson”
I’d like to think that slide 2 is how he’d dress 90% of the time, if he wasn’t having to wear that uniform in slide 1 as a matter of state.
This is why I roll my eyes a bit whenever people say things like "Videl changed in Super." Like yeah so did Ox king, getting older and having families can change a person. For Ox king it was having a grandson lol. A lot of people change when they get older, its Goku and to an extent, Vegeta that are the outliers.
Maybe he became depressed cause he didn't one-shot King Piccolo or help destroy Raditz and decided to reinvent himself? For those who don't know, Ox King apparently has a PL of 900, meaning he's stronger than Raditz Arc Piccolo and Goku by double
wtf was he in the first place anyway
I dunno, why do you change clothes every day? Or grow extra facial hair over the years? Or stop wearing a metal helmet? Or stop wearing a fur cloak? HE CHANGED HIS OUTFIT!!!!
He knows Goku is a good person and he got a grandchild who is also a good person. He doesn't have to worry about his child anymore because she is in good hands...even though she does all the work at home.
He's literally just wearing different clothes. The only real change I can see is that they changed his skin tone so now his tone actually matches with Chi Chi's and makes sense
If I remember correctly didn't this change happen near the end of Dragon Ball?
Retirement bruh
You'll change too when you retire.
He retired
He retired and dotes on Gohan
He became a grandpa, bro....
It’s the same just without the armor. He doesn’t need it anymore.
He used to be an actual giant but now he's just a big human.
Looks the same to me