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So when you hear the word legacy, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
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Is it generational wealth, a family business, or maybe just your family name?
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And does a legacy only care about the future, or does it have something to do with the past as well?
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Well, we're going to have the answer to all of this when we dive further into what a legacy is
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by examining a character who redeemed his own past by trusting in the future.
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And of course, I'm talking about the strongest Namekian, Piccolo.
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Hey, what's going on guys? My name is Nate, and you're listening to the Otaku Liberation,
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a show where we help you break free from the chains that are holding you back in your life
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by connecting some biblical principles with themes from your favorite anime.
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And without further ado, let's get into it.
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So the first, before we get into Piccolo's character analysis, the first I was looking at
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when I started writing this episode is from Psalm 145 verse 4. And it says,
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one generation will declare your works to the next and will proclaim your mighty acts.
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So that is to say, what the things that you're doing today, your kids, your kids' kids,
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not even just your kids, but the generation after you, right? It can be your younger siblings,
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or cousins, random kids you see in the street. If you volunteer at a children's home, things like
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that, the people that are coming up after you, you're essentially laying the foundation and
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the groundwork for them today. Just the same way that the people who came before you,
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laid the foundation for what you're working on now. And it's just a never ending cycle, right?
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And essentially that's what a legacy is. It's not just what you can leave behind,
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but it's also what came before you too. And also your piece in it,
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because you're living a legacy right now. And it's going to just get passed on and
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just grow from there. And the reason why I chose Piccolo for this character is because
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of the character, I mean, for this theme, right? Because again, overall the story of Dragon Ball
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is about the journey, right? It's about a journey that we're all going on. And in Piccolo's case,
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it was more or less understanding his legacy. So let me give a little background for those who
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don't know who it is. So Piccolo, at least Piccolo that we know in Dragon Ball Z,
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in all the later iterations of Dragon Ball is actually Piccolo Jr. So I guess before I get into
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Piccolo, for those who don't know, Namekians are essentially like a alien race of plant people,
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more or less. They're very similar to plants, a lot of things they do. And they reproduce by laying
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eggs. So they don't have genders or anything like that. They just reproduce by laying eggs.
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And typically the offspring are not exactly identical to the parent, but in a lot of the ways
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are pretty, pretty, pretty similar. So again, just going forward, I say Piccolo, I'm referring to
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Piccolo Jr. And if I'm referring to his father, I'll say King Piccolo or Piccolo Sr. So back to
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Piccolo's history. So Piccolo's father, who was known as King Piccolo, was defeated by Goku,
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who's the main character of Dragon Ball. And he was defeated, I believe, I think, Goku was an
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adult at the time. So he was defeated by Goku. And when King Piccolo lost, like he was his dying
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breath, he quote unquote had the Piccolo we know now in order to enact his revenge on Goku. And
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then at that moment, he started a, it was a legacy, but it was also a generational curse.
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And that curse was of hatred over this one person who he thought didn't hit, who he thought did him
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wrong. But in all reality, Goku was just protecting the lives of the people on earth. And just in that
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moment right there, I think there's so many, so many things that if we look back in our own family
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history, you know, the way we grew up, the way our parents grew up and their parents and so on and so
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forth, I fully believe it starts to see a pattern of some sort, whether it's good or bad. But, you
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know, when people say, oh, this just runs in my family, you know, and they, they just kind of
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accepted that that was like, just true. It probably does run in your family, but it doesn't have to
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be like that, right? What is the cause of it? Where did this start? Cause it had to start from
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somewhere with somebody. And, and I think looking back into our own past and our family tree and
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family thing like that helps us better understand who we are in the present as a person. And with
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that level of self-awareness, it helps us to be able to move forward and move past it and to break
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generational curses, right? And to be the first to do X, Y, Z, maybe, you know, first to go off the
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college, first to graduate college, the first to start their own business and really do things on
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their own and not, you know, and not just conform to everybody else, whatever, whatever it may be,
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whatever it looks like to you and for your family. And, and again, all that starts with really
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understanding where you came from because honestly, we don't know, we don't know where you came from.
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How can you hope to know where to go? Right. And cause knowing your past really helps you
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understand your present so you can plan for your future. Thank you, Cold Spirit. I didn't,
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I didn't feel disclosure. I didn't write that down. That just came to me just now.
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So anyway, so in, in Pigalo's case, in Pigalo Jr., the one I'm talking about, in his case,
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when he was hatched more or less, he, the only thing he knew that he had a hatred for Goku.
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And that's all he knew, that's all he wanted to enact on that was till he was an adult,
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which again, they grow up really fast. So I think Pigalo was like maybe a couple of weeks old
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by the time he was fully grown. And so, so he finds Goku and, you know, they hash it out again.
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But during this time is when they had a unite against a common enemy who, you know, can find
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out with Goku's brother who came to earth to figure out why Goku hadn't destroyed it yet. And, you
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know, things like that. So, but in a way, Pigalo and Goku team up to be Goku's brother and Goku
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ends up dying in that fight. And who was left there is Gohan, who was Goku's son. And Pigalo
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decided to, to take Gohan under his wing and to train him because some even bigger enemies were
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coming, who were even more of a threat than Goku's brother was. And one of them we already talked
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about who was Vegeta. And this was an interesting, this was an interesting thing to see. So again,
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Pigalo hated Goku because essentially Goku killed his father. And now here he is taking, looking
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after the very man who he hated, looking after his son. And from the outside looking at it,
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it seemed like a kind of a selfish name because he wanted Gohan to be able to help defend the earth
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because they all live there. But during the year that he was training, I mean, you could really
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start to see a change in Gohan and Pigalo, but more so Pigalo. And their relationship that
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developed out of that is probably one of the most well-known out of, honestly, any anime, I dare say,
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but especially out of Dragon Ball, because it was at that point where Pigalo started to change,
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like his heart, his heart started to change. He started thinking outside of who his father was
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and who he wants to be now. And honestly, is it something just as small as, again, deciding to
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take somebody under your wing or to even just to share your life with somebody can just pays off
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dividends in so many different ways? Because you never know who's going to walk into your life.
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You never know who's going to walk out of your life, right? And it's important to be able to
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guard yourself and protect yourself to an extent because not everyone has your best interest at
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heart. But if you cut yourself off from the rest of the world in general, then you'll never have
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the chance to experience that next step, that next stage in your growth, that next person who
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may help you get to that next level. And it's just, I don't know, man, this is coming from
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somebody who's an introvert, right? So me, I don't generally like dealing with people.
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I shouldn't say dealing with people. Meeting new people is always an event for me because I get
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something. I used to get really nervous and was kind of shut down, the standoffish and things
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like that. I'm getting better. Some of those tendencies do creep up from here and there, but
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I am getting better. But I wasn't afraid to get to know other people. Once I realized they weren't
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weirdos and were going to kidnap me, I fully just opened up to them and just accepted them for who
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they were and accepted me for who I was. And we built that relationship like that. Now, are all
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of them as life-changing as Gohan was for Piccolo? No. But I know that now, but I wouldn't have known
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it if I didn't take the chance, right? And it's just the willingness to invite that type of change
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into your life can already just, again, it'll pay off. I can't say it in any other way, it's that
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it'll pay off because just the act of being willing to change is already going to change you in some
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way. And when it comes to, again, trying to break free of, again, the chains that are holding us
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down in our own life, but also, again, back to the generational curses, is that your willingness to
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change is the only thing that's going to break those chains. Because otherwise, you're just going
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to be caught up in the same mess that everyone else before you has been, right? If you're too
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afraid to take that first step, then you're going to just get drugged back with the rest of them.
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And again, all of this starts with you. All of this starts internal. And then just like every
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other episode, Sam's podcast, all the self-help books that I'm sure you read and other self-help
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podcasts that you guys listen to, all of this starts with you because no one else is going to
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do it for you. No one else can fix your life for you. And I mean, that's the long and the short
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of it. And honestly, we have to be willing to take that first step and then the next step and then
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each step after that and keep going and keep going and keep going. And in order to be the change that
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we want to see, and Piccolo's first step was, whether he knew it or not, was taking Gohan under
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his wing and training him because one, Piccolo saw potential in Gohan. Now, at the time, it was
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fighting potential because it needed him to be a fighter, but it was also, it was something else
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that he honestly didn't know that he needed in his life until later on. And so, so during this time
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that Piccolo was training Gohan, Piccolo had a vision of himself dying. And again, a little more
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of Piccolo's backstory, he's actually two people. He was one, he used to be one person and he
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split himself into two, a good person who they call Kami and then the evil version, which was
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Piccolo's father, King Piccolo. So, and they have some type of connection so they can, they can talk
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to each other still, but they both had the same vision that they were going to die in the, in the
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upcoming battle soon. And it was at this moment that Piccolo realized he, he wanted, essentially
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he wanted to leave something worthwhile behind. And I can speak to that on so many different levels
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because I know, you know, I can just speak for myself in personal experience is that here, like
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as I've gotten older, like I'm in my mid twenties now and sometimes I feel like I'm having a midlife
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crisis, right? And essentially is, I ask myself this question all the time, what is it that I want
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to leave behind? Right? What is it that when I pass and move on that people are just going to remember
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and this is going to change, not necessarily me as a person, but something that's going to touch their
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hearts and really resonate, transform their lives in some form or capacity. And honestly, I'm still
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trying to figure that out myself, right? I mean, it's part of the journey of life is trial and error,
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trying different things out and seeing what works and what doesn't. But I know that's something that
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we all go through, trying to figure out what is it that we're going to leave behind that essentially
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more or less proves that we existed in the first place, that we lived, you know, because
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living life and existing are two different things because existing, you know, everyone,
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like as soon as you're born, you exist, you're here, you know, you're walking around just like
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the rest of us, but that doesn't mean you're living, right? I know some people just go to work,
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you know, to a job that they hate every day, come back home to a personal life that they hate and
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they just do that day in, day out, day in, day out, and until one day, you know, boom, they're gone.
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That's not living to me. That's just, you know, going through the motions and in this day and age,
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it can be easier for some and harder for others, just like with anything, but if you're not careful,
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you can find yourself in a place where you may think there's no way out and you just accept it.
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You just accept the fact that this is my life and as much as you hate it, as much as you wanted to
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change, again, back to the making the choice, if you're too afraid to make that choice, to
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try something different and not saying it's going to work out, not saying, you know,
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it's going to work out, not saying the next idea or next ambition that you have is going to be
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fruitful and you're just going to hit the big one, but I'm not saying it's not either. Again,
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it's always coming back to you making the choice and being willing to make that change, to change
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your own, to change your own story and to find something that you want to essentially leave
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behind for the next generation, for the ones coming up after you, right? I know for a lot of
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people that it is their kids, like they're the kids that they have, right? And they want to leave
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something behind for them, you know, and for their kids. I mean, get back to the whole idea
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of generation of wealth and generation of wealth is not just money. I know a lot of times when we
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say it, people, that's the first thing people think about, it's money, but it's, you know,
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good health, it's good values, you know, the things that you want your kids to hold on to
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and to remember long after you're gone, right? It doesn't even go that far when they leave the house.
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You can still be on earth and be with them, but because once, I mean, once we leave the nest,
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we're out in the world, the world has us at this point, right? And you want to make sure that what
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you've instilled in them stays with them, stays in their heart, that they always remember it.
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Like my mom said this, my dad said this, I always felt like this when they were around and
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every time I, every time, if I messed up, they, they would encourage me to keep trying to pick
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back, you know, just, just think little things like that. It can be that, it can be money,
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it can be whatever, whatever it is that you decide that you want to leave behind. You,
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you, I implore you to, A, think about it, you know, think about it like I am, pray about it
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and just really, really sit and mow that over. And then once you find out what you want to leave
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behind, I was like, okay, how are you going to go about doing it? You know, who, who is this for?
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That's the question. Who is this for? You know, because, and, and once you find that and you
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figure out how you want to give that to somebody, to give that to, to the, the next generation
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coming up, then I think that's worth living for because now you have a purpose. Because I think
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at the end of the day, all of us want, all of us want a purpose in our lives to find something
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meaningful while we're here. Right. And, you know, what, what better purpose can there be then to,
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to, to, and then to live not, when I say you live for somebody else, not, you know, your life solely
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resolves around them. And, you know, you're just obsessed. It's more so you want to do something
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on behalf of somebody else because you love them, because you want them to be better off than you
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were or are. And you just, you know, want to just keep, just keep the, keep the degeneration,
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the generosity, excuse me. And just the good thing is going. I mean, I don't think anyone wants to
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willingly sow malintentions, you know, just bad energy in the air. And at least not on purpose.
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Right. But yeah, I mean, again, just find, find what it is that you want to pass on and then figure
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out what, what it can do for you. And for, for Pigalo, Pigalo's case is honestly, it was his
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bond with Gohan. Cause like I said earlier, it's honestly one of the most well renowned and
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I dare say one of the strongest ones in the series because I mean, essentially Pigalo is a
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pseudo father figure to Gohan. Cause he, cause he, keep in mind Gohan at the time was like three,
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maybe four or something like that. And he spent a year with this green guy who was first really
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cold and callous towards him. But Gohan saw something that Pigalo didn't know anyone else had at that
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point. And, and it was through that cause Gohan saw Pigalo as a person, not a monster. And it was
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through that, that Pigalo realized, okay, there's, there's more to me than just what I have known,
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you know, what I was taught and what I've seen. There's something, there's, there's another side
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of me that, that sometimes, hey, we can't even see ourselves all the time. Right. Cause I mean,
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think about literally, you can't see yourself physically, right? Even in the mirror, it's just
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a reflection. Only other people can see the entirety of you. And that's why it's important
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to surround yourself with people who have your best interests at heart, who, um, see the, who can
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see the truth in you to see who can see your truth and understand it. Right. They're not going to
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gaslight you. They're not going to boost your ego. They're not going to do anything like that. They're
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going to just shoot straight and tell you what it is. And that, I mean, that's honestly, that's the
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best relationship you can, you can ever hope to have in, in any capacity. And with Gohan and with
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Gohan and Pigalo, it's funny seeing that when, now that Gohan's an adult and how Pigalo gets on to
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him, you know, like he's just, it's funny. It's funny. Again, you, you gotta watch it. You gotta
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watch it. But, um, but it was, it was, again, his relationship with Gohan that actually changed
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Pigalo's legacy. You're right. Because he went from being born from a father who was just
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essentially pure evil and who had Pigalo just for revenge to Pigalo essentially fathering and
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mentoring Gohan who isn't a Namekian nor is he evil. Gohan and Goku and Goku's other child,
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Goten, all three of them are, are pure of heart. You know, I just wanted to say they all are very
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pure individuals. They have never had any ill intentions ever. They're all very pure, honest,
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decent guys. Uh, if you're pushing too much, then you will, you, you gotta fight in your hands, but
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they don't have any malice behind anything that they do. And the stalk, the contrast from Gohan
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to Pigalo's father is literally like night and day. And so that's the bright future that Pigalo
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is seeing that he's looking forward to. He's helped to cultivate essentially because now Gohan has,
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he has a daughter and Pigalo is essentially her godfather and Pigalo and Gohan's daughter spend a
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lot of time together too, because he sees, you know, the kind person in him that Gohan did all
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those years ago. And now you got a new generation, you know, a new generational wealth, so to speak,
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a new take, you change the curse into a blessing and seeing that in real time, like over the,
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that however many years Dragon Ball has been around, right. And really seeing that, that journey from
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again, the enemy outsider to basically one of the closest things to a brother. You can obviously call
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somebody or a father or a mentor, whatever you want to call Pigalo. And it just, it honestly just
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warns, it just warms my heart if I can just be honest, and we just be plain with you guys.
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It warms my heart because that is the type of thing that I really do think we all should strive for.
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And honestly, yeah, that's it. I mean, we all can strive to make that change within ourselves. And
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even if we, and here's the key, sometimes it's hard to do something for yourself. And the key is to
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find somebody or something that's worth it to you, right. Because getting back to the deal with
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parents, I know parents understand this, so that's why I'm talking about the kids a lot, but typically
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when your parents have children and stuff, the whole world just flips upside down. Things just
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change completely. Like, because before it was just you, then it was you and your partner. And now you
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got this little human that you have to take care of and figure out how you're going to provide for
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the next X amount of years. And not just provide for them, you got to protect them, you got to teach
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them, you know, you got to keep, you know, all the things, everything. And that can be scary,
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but it also is, from what I understand is one of the biggest blessings that you can ask for,
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because it challenges you as a person and it requires you to grow and to change, right. In
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some form or fashion, like you can't, you cannot change. And for those of us who don't have kids
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like myself, you find something or somebody else that, who you are willing to change for in a
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positive way. And I'm not saying change who you are, I'm saying to grow. To grow beyond who you
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are currently and to really push yourself to be great, dare to be great. Don't just be content
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with where you are. Don't just be content with the cards that you were dealt, you know, in life. You
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know, you may think it's bad luck. You may think it's just luck, you know, luck that draws on people,
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just have it. And some other people don't. It's like, no, very rarely is that really the case.
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The, honestly, the biggest difference between those who are successful and those who aren't
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is that, is those who are successful are willing to fail and those who aren't successful are afraid
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to fail. And that's it. That's pretty much it. Because we're all born into this world, cold,
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naked and afraid, and we're all going to leave this world cold, hopefully clothes, and we won't be
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afraid anymore because, you know, we're gone. And so we're going to come in and we're going to leave
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the same. The only difference is how you decide to react to the world around you. What do you decide
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to do with your lot in life? How you play your cards, how you decide to, you know, live up to
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your own expectations and even go past them. All right. So again, that's pretty much all I want to
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cover with you guys is just really, really dig deep, deep, deep within yourself and really get
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to the root of whatever it is that you feel like is holding you back. And I encourage you to talk
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to some of your elders, you know, those, whether it's a parent, a grandparent, an older mentor,
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you know, somebody who is older than you, who's experienced more in life and who's willing to
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mentor you in a sense that, like, okay, you know, everything's not doom and gloom and everything's
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not sunshine and rainbows either. We just have to figure out where you fit in, in this thing we call
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life and what can you do to just impact it in a positive way. So, yeah. So again, I want to thank
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you guys for tuning into today's episode. I pray that you got what you needed out of it and hopefully
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that you learned something new about yourself. All right. Feel free to subscribe to the podcast
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and leave a review because I would love reading you guys' reviews and encouraging me to get better
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with this. Each and every time I sit down to record, write out the episode, do my research,
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things like that. And I really, really do hope this makes a, you know, a significant impact in
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someone's life out there. All right. And always remember, you are the main character of your story
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and that story doesn't end until he says so. All right. Be blessed.
