{"id":6019,"date":"2025-09-09T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/6019\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:24:10","slug":"vegeta-finally-beating-an-arc-villain-is-the-perfect-way-to-conclude-his-character-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/6019\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegeta Finally Beating An Arc Villain Is The Perfect Way To Conclude His Character Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vegeta may have been introduced as a vicious villain, but he quickly became one of Dragon Ball<\/a>\u2019s most beloved characters and someone who experiences one of the series\u2019 most extreme redemption arcs. Vegeta\u2019s progress as a hero, Saiyan, and person is nothing short of remarkable, and it makes him an even more compelling character than Goku in many respects. <\/p>\n

Despite the Prince of Saiyans’ complex character, Dragon Ball has never allowed Vegeta the luxury of taking down a central arc villain and being celebrated as the ultimate hero. He\u2019s gotten close on several occasions and certainly been instrumental to other characters\u2019 victories. However, it\u2019s something that Vegeta hasn\u2019t done himself. This may seem unfair to Vegeta and ridiculous on some level, but it\u2019s a decision that makes more sense if this big victory is being saved for the Saiyan\u2019s final act.<\/p>\n

Vegeta Defeating A Major Villain Is Long Overdue<\/p>\n

\"Vegeta<\/p>\n

Vegeta punches Golden Frieza in the stomach in Dragon Ball Super.
\n Image via Toei Animation<\/p>\n

Vegeta is unquestionably one of Dragon Ball\u2019s strongest characters. Unfortunately, anime like Dragon Ball often distill the greatest accomplishments down to who delivers the final blow, not who\u2019s improved the most or provided other essential aid in battle. Accordingly, Vegeta has taken on all of Dragon Ball\u2019s strongest villains<\/a>, and he never backs down from a fight. Vegeta is often in a stronger character\u2019s shadow during these clashes, whether it\u2019s Gohan with Cell and Goku with the majority of Dragon Ball\u2019s villains.<\/p>\n

Dragon Ball Super really teased a win for Vegeta during his fight against Golden Frieza. Vegeta did in fact defeat his opponent. It\u2019s just that his hubris gets in the way, allows Frieza to destroy the Earth, and it\u2019s later Goku who swoops in for the kill. Vegeta\u2019s fight against Moro also feels like another epic situation that\u2019s tailor-made for Vegeta\u2019s victory after his control of Forced Spirit Fission. Vegeta makes serious headway against Moro, but his new power is meant to aid Goku\u2019s Ultra Instinct assault.<\/p>\n

Dragon Ball seems to repeatedly snatch victories away from Vegeta when major villains are involved. However, there is no shortage of scenarios in which Vegeta has thrown his weight around and wiped out some of Dragon Ball\u2019s more ancillary threats, such as Dodoria, Zarbon, Guldo, Pui Pui, and Tagoma. Vegeta and Goku\u2019s most recent canonical fight even presents Vegeta as the stronger of the two Saiyans. Vegeta has accomplished plenty of personal milestones that might have previously seemed impossible.<\/p>\n

The one major hurdle that\u2019s left for him to clear is victory against a central villain. Something like this may seem benign, but it\u2019s important to a character like Vegeta. Dragon Ball\u2019s decision to hold back on this front for so long also paints a clearer picture of a grand goal for the character that will provide such tremendous closure when it\u2019s accomplished. At this point, such a victory for Vegeta needs to be his final act, otherwise it\u2019s not going to live up to the expectations that have been in place for decades. The only logical reason that Dragon Ball has avoided such a thing is because it\u2019s the last piece of the puzzle that\u2019s necessary to make Vegeta \u201ccomplete.\u201d<\/p>\n

A scenario in which Vegeta finally comes out triumphant against a major villain \u2013 especially if it\u2019s Dragon Ball Super\u2019s final antagonist \u2013 also allows him to receive satisfaction regarding his Saiyan heritage. Vegeta isn\u2019t just a Saiyan, but a vital member of Saiyan royalty. His people\u2019s home world was even named after him and his family. So many of Vegeta\u2019s pursuits on the battlefield have been to make the Saiyans proud. Vegeta\u2019s victory over Dragon Ball\u2019s final villain, saving the day, and proving that he\u2019s the strongest are remarkable milestones that would make King Vegeta proud. Vegeta could finally follow through on the weight of his birthright that\u2019s hung over him for years. Vegeta had to survive and struggle under Goku for so long because he was always destined to save the day in the end and be the ultimate hero. Vegeta just wasn\u2019t ready to realize this fate until it mattered the most. He\u2019s been saved for this purpose.<\/p>\n

Vegeta Taking Down Dragon Ball’s Final Villain Fits With Its New Agenda To Share The Power<\/p>\n

\"Ultra<\/p>\n

Ultra Ego Vegeta headbutts Granolah in Dragon Ball Super manga.
\n Image via Shueisha<\/p>\n

Dragon Ball, as adventurous and ambitious as it may be, certainly has developed a formula in which Goku is the one who rises to the occasion and defeats the ultimate evil. There\u2019s nothing wrong with an anime that properly celebrates its protagonist. There are just certain stretches of Dragon Ball that lose dramatic weight and momentum because it\u2019s obvious that any headway is playful padding until Goku saves the day. Modern Dragon Ball has worked hard to subvert these expectations and tell stories that do a better job at celebrating the rest of its diverse cast of characters.<\/p>\n

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, for instance, puts Gohan and Piccolo in the spotlight. The storyline\u2019s High School Saga prelude even focuses on Goten and Trunks for a few chapters. Gohan and Piccolo take down the final villain, Cell Max, but they also leave with unprecedented power and new transformations \u2013 Gohan Beast<\/a> and Orange Piccolo. Dragon Ball has become increasingly interested in character-specific transformations that celebrate what makes each individual special. It\u2019s an approach that\u2019s much more effective than everyone tapping into the same Super Saiyan transformation that was first achieved by Goku.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, Dragon Ball Super has reached a point where it\u2019s developed what appears to be a cast of equally-powerful heroes between True Ultra Instinct Goku, Gohan Beast, Orange Piccolo, Legendary Super Saiyan Broly, and Ultra Ego Vegeta. Dragon Ball has been generous enough to give Vegeta a powerful Ultra Instinct analogue that plays to his specific strengths, but he hasn\u2019t been able to use it to success yet.<\/p>\n

Vegeta deserves the opportunity to use Ultra Ego to its full potential and get his moment in the spotlight. Vegeta gets some rewarding showcases in Dragon Ball DAIMA, both of which revolve around his impressive use of Super Saiyan 3. These displays of strength have the audience more prepared than ever for a grand Vegeta victory. All the pieces are there and Dragon Ball has never been more conditioned to storylines that prioritize characters other than Goku.<\/p>\n

Vegeta\u2019s Victory Should Be The Result Of One Last Sacrifice<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

Black Frieza flies into Goku and Vegeta in Dragon Ball Super’s manga.
\n Image via Shueisha<\/p>\n

Vegeta is a very dramatic character and someone who can\u2019t just defeat a character under ordinary means. Everything needs to be as extreme as possible, so it\u2019d be quite fitting to build to a finale in which Vegeta doesn\u2019t just defeat the villain, but sacrifices himself in the process so that it\u2019s the end of his story. It would definitely be difficult for Dragon Ball to say goodbye to Vegeta for good, but this is a fate that it won\u2019t need to worry about if Dragon Ball Super is coming to a close anyway.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an appropriate conclusion for the end of the series and one that operates as a nice reversal to previous endings, where Goku leaves the world behind and Vegeta remains to keep the peace. This scenario would feature the opposite and reflect just how much Vegeta has changed and grown in the process. He\u2019s literally making decisions that Goku has made in the past.<\/p>\n

It also wouldn\u2019t be difficult for Dragon Ball Super to cheat its way out of Vegeta\u2019s sacrifice. Vegeta could ascend into a God of Destruction and watch from afar, yet still be in play as a character if Dragon Ball were to continue in some capacity. Dragon Ball could even build to this fate by having Beerus sacrifice himself and become mortal so that Vegeta can replace him as a God of Destruction. This would provide substantial character development for Beerus, in addition to Vegeta, which is also rich in future story possibilities. Even a single story that features a humbled, mortal Beerus that\u2019s submissive to God of Destruction Vegeta would be incredibly entertaining.<\/p>\n

Vegeta has flirted with self-destructive sacrifices in the past<\/a>, the likes of which have had mixed results. It would be very in character for Vegeta to pull off one epic self-destructive maneuver that accomplishes the impossible, does what nobody else can do, and isn\u2019t triggered in vain. This final sacrifice would make perfect sense if it\u2019s against Black Frieza and Dragon Ball decides to make this threat the last villain. A victory against not just any villain, but Frieza of all people, would give Vegeta closure regarding their fraught relationship.<\/p>\n

This victory would hit even harder because Vegeta is taking out the tyrant who is responsible for his people \u2013 and father\u2019s \u2013 destruction. It would be incredibly poetic to have one of the few Saiyans that Frieza didn\u2019t kill decide to kill himself to take Frieza down. This would be a full-circle and true hero moment for Vegeta. Vegeta shouldn\u2019t have to be put in a situation where his big win is connected to his own demise, but it\u2019s the best scenario to push him to the most satisfying conclusion after decades of disappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vegeta may have been introduced as a vicious villain, but he quickly became one of Dragon Ball\u2019s most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-6019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}