16th Hero

and the 16th Hero is:










Points: 46

#of voters: 3

Range: 9th to 3rd place

That’s right, Son Goku. Son Goku, or Goku for short, is the main character in the anime/manga series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT (My friend says that GT stands for “Get Toriyama” because GT was horrible until they got the original creator, Akira Toriyama, to start writing again). All Goku wants in life is to be the greatest fighter of all time but he has a kind heart and is willing to help or defend others. He isn’t every smart and can’t understand the simply things of life (as a kid he couldn’t tell the difference between men and women. As an adult it took him time to make sure that 16 - 1 = 15). All he knows is how to study and train in marshal arts. As his studies grew they included weird arts that have to do with one’s life force or ki. These abilities included increase one’s strength, going super speed, fire energy blasts, and even fly.

Later he learned that he wasn’t human but was in fact an alien called a Saiyan. He was sent to destroy the earth as a kid but instead became kindhearted. After defeating other Saiyans to defend earth, Goku fought one super being after another, becoming stronger and stronger. At the end of the series he was powerful enough to destroy a planet if he wanted to (unfortunately, so could some new enemies).

Why is Goku a cool hero? Well one might argue that he isn’t because the series he is in is long and never to the point (3 - 15 episodes just talking and 5 - 25 episode just on one fight) but he originated in a Japanese comic, or manga, which had a faster pace to it. Goku is cool because of his power, wouldn’t you like to be powerful enough to make craters in the earth just by sneezing? Another reason is that he just has heroic qualities. One is his kindness but another in his mercy (which is related to his stupidity). You could destroy his home planet, a whole race right in front of him, and his best friend and he will still have mercy if you beg him (Freeza). Finally, he rocks because he is not that bright. His original stories were comedies based on the fact that he can fight but doesn’t know how the world works (he though a marriage was a kind of food). This comedy followed his entire career.