Dragon Ball Z Episode 76: Piccolo's Return
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QUICK TAKES
toji_suzuhara_184
I cant believe they really let Dende say piss in a cartoon and my head almost exploded hearing it
sasha_savor_109
Vegeta being seconds away from immortality only for Guru to die at the worst possible time was insane and it felt like the ultimate karma for everything he did earlier, and now Frieza is standing right in front of them with no way to make another wish and the way the dragon balls just turned into rocks was so cold
romani_274
piccolo sounds a bit different than before and you can really tell they changed the actor because it was a bit distracting during his talk with king kai
sailor_mars
the difference between shenron and porunga is wild and only being able to revive one person at a time makes things way too stressful
goshinki_251
my heart sank when frieza showed up and the look on krillin and gohans faces made it even worse
cilan_339
frieza standing right there at the end was terrifying and the way the sky went dark made it feel like the end of the world
julia
piccolo finally gets to namek but he lands in the middle of nowhere and now he has to fly across the whole planet while everyone is dying
ghetsis_325
I actually felt so bad when Guru died and the dragon balls turned into rocks right in front of Vegeta, the timing was just brutal
lordgenome
vegeta looked like he was going to explode when the dragon balls turned into stone and honestly he deserves it for trying to steal a wish
ruri
porunga only bringing back one person at a time is such a massive pain and now everyone is stuck in a bad spot because of it
tengen_tempo_131
I think Piccolo really saved the situation by making sure he was revived first and getting the earth dragon balls active again was a huge move
senku_scientist
That shot of Frieza standing over them while they have zero wishes left was the scariest moment of the saga so far
nekogirl22
I honestly felt so bad for Vegeta even though he is a jerk, because he worked so hard to steal those Dragon Balls only for them to turn to stone the second he got there, and now he has to face Frieza without being immortal which is basically a death sentence and the look on his face was just priceless
keith_claes_165
Piccolo thinking about Earth and the dragon balls while dead shows how much he actually cares about the team now
misty_336
Seeing Porunga vanish just as Vegeta was about to get his wish was hilarious and stressful at the same time
melty_monarch
Guru dying right at the worst possible second made the whole situation feel so hopeless for Krillin and Gohan
mimete_383
Piccolo demanding to go straight to Namek shows he is the only one with a real plan for stopping Frieza and I am ready to see him throw hands
professor_rowan_331
Frieza showing up at the end was terrifying, especially with that smug look on his face, while everyone else was panicking
amikiri_amigo
Watching the dragon turn back into stones while Vegeta was screaming for immortality felt like the ultimate punishment for him
saria
I felt so much secondhand stress watching the Dragon Balls turn into rocks right in front of Vegeta while he was screaming at them
EPISODE CONTEXT
Directly following the successful gathering and activation of the Namekian Dragon Balls in 'Password is Porunga,' this episode escalates the wish-granting sequence into a pressure cooker of competing agendas while Frieza's threat intensifies. Sitting at episode 76 of 291, this lands deep in the Namek saga's climactic stretch, bridging the Dragon Ball summoning into the narrative shift toward 'The Fusion' and the escalating confrontations that define the arc's endgame.
QUICK TAKES
toji_suzuhara_184
I cant believe they really let Dende say piss in a cartoon and my head almost exploded hearing it
sasha_savor_109
Vegeta being seconds away from immortality only for Guru to die at the worst possible time was insane and it felt like the ultimate karma for everything he did earlier, and now Frieza is standing right in front of them with no way to make another wish and the way the dragon balls just turned into rocks was so cold
romani_274
piccolo sounds a bit different than before and you can really tell they changed the actor because it was a bit distracting during his talk with king kai
sailor_mars
the difference between shenron and porunga is wild and only being able to revive one person at a time makes things way too stressful
goshinki_251
my heart sank when frieza showed up and the look on krillin and gohans faces made it even worse
cilan_339
frieza standing right there at the end was terrifying and the way the sky went dark made it feel like the end of the world
julia
piccolo finally gets to namek but he lands in the middle of nowhere and now he has to fly across the whole planet while everyone is dying
ghetsis_325
I actually felt so bad when Guru died and the dragon balls turned into rocks right in front of Vegeta, the timing was just brutal
lordgenome
vegeta looked like he was going to explode when the dragon balls turned into stone and honestly he deserves it for trying to steal a wish
ruri
porunga only bringing back one person at a time is such a massive pain and now everyone is stuck in a bad spot because of it
tengen_tempo_131
I think Piccolo really saved the situation by making sure he was revived first and getting the earth dragon balls active again was a huge move
senku_scientist
That shot of Frieza standing over them while they have zero wishes left was the scariest moment of the saga so far
nekogirl22
I honestly felt so bad for Vegeta even though he is a jerk, because he worked so hard to steal those Dragon Balls only for them to turn to stone the second he got there, and now he has to face Frieza without being immortal which is basically a death sentence and the look on his face was just priceless
keith_claes_165
Piccolo thinking about Earth and the dragon balls while dead shows how much he actually cares about the team now
misty_336
Seeing Porunga vanish just as Vegeta was about to get his wish was hilarious and stressful at the same time
melty_monarch
Guru dying right at the worst possible second made the whole situation feel so hopeless for Krillin and Gohan
mimete_383
Piccolo demanding to go straight to Namek shows he is the only one with a real plan for stopping Frieza and I am ready to see him throw hands
professor_rowan_331
Frieza showing up at the end was terrifying, especially with that smug look on his face, while everyone else was panicking
amikiri_amigo
Watching the dragon turn back into stones while Vegeta was screaming for immortality felt like the ultimate punishment for him
saria
I felt so much secondhand stress watching the Dragon Balls turn into rocks right in front of Vegeta while he was screaming at them
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