Dragon Ball Super Is About to Retool the Real Meaning of Saiyan Pride

May 15, 2022, 12:11pm

Dragon Ball Super is busy these days with its upcoming movie, but as always, the manga is keeping fans grounded with its steadfast updates. It won’t be long before Goku and Vegeta drop a new chapter, after all. The manga went ahead and dropped its new chapter’s preview just to hype fans up for the release, and if you’ve given it a look, you will see the series is ready to shake up the true definition of Saiyan Pride.

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The whole thing comes courtesy of Dragon Ball Super chapter 84. The update, which will go live this month, posted a sneak preview for fans as usual. It was there fans were united with Vegeta and Goku following an interlude with Bardock, and it seems the older man managed to remind the pair what Saiyan Pride really means.

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For years, Goku never understood what the pride meant, but he would mark foes and battle opponents to the very end in order to prove his dominance. Vegeta did this as well, and over the year, the fighter felt like he had to do Saiyan Pride justice to make up for his race’s mistakes. Their downfall weighed on Vegeta whether he acknowledged it or not, but after watching Bardock show his own pride while fighting Gas, our two heroes were reminded what their pride should mean.

“I didn’t fully believe in my own power,” Goku admitted. Vegeta went on to cement the new meaning of Saiyan Pride with his response, and as suspected, it turns out their pride is meant to celebrate personal strength rather than compete with others.

“I lost sight of it too. It’s not the Saiyans’ sins that we need to carry but our pride,” Vegeta admits.

For years, Saiyan Pride was seen as a toxic tool that helped out heroes power up, but now it seems Dragon Ball Super is ready to shake that up. Bardock has shown the universe’s remaining Saiyans how their pride should really be used, so now fans must wait and see how Vegeta adapts to this change.

What do you make of this little Saiyan lesson? Do you like how Dragon Ball Super flipped the script here? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB.