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Pan's quest to become Super Saiyan!

Summary:

Son Pan is one-fourth Saiyan, but despite her best efforts she hasn't been able to turn Super Saiyan yet... even Bulla's been able to do it, and she doesn't even care about this stuff!! It's driving her nuts. Can she figure out a way to transcend her human limitations?!

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These fan comics were originally drawn and posted on my twitter back in 2020.

At the time I was working pretty much solely on my memories of the Dragon Ball series I'd seen over twenty years ago and the childhood headcanons I'd formed as a kid, so I pretty much entirely ignore Dragon Ball Super beyond the Battle of the Gods movie and the Broly movie.

If the lack of adherence to modern canon annoys you, scroll away :)

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Chapter 2

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Pan's got the temperament & spirit of a Saiyan, but not the strength...must've been frustrating growing up around overpowered folks. Imagine Bulla being the Goku to her Vegeta: casually better than her in her area of interest (fighting) 🙈
I wonder if they were frienemies?

Originally drawn on July 4, 2020 and posted on my twitter.

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Chapter 3

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Originally posted on July 16, 2020 on my twitter.

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Sometimes you can't be the best, no matter how hard you try. And sometimes you're better without much effort... Growing up one way or the other can be hard. But friendship can endure :)

Chapter 4

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Drawn on July 19 2020 and posted on my twitter.

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SSJ is a state originally shown to be achieved through extreme emotion. I don't think you have to feel the same thing when you first unlocked it to do it again, but the initial method probably influences you for the rest of your life...

So get it right the first time :)

Chapter 5

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Originally drawn on July 22, 2020 and posted on my twitter.

Further misadventures of Pan as she attempts to learn how to become Super Saiyan! Featuring Bulla the aspiring makeup artist and Gotenks who is quite secure in his masculinity, thank you very much 😂

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Chapter 6

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Originally drawn on July 25, 2020 and posted on my twitter.

Pan's quest to become Super Saiyan continues!!! -- now featuring Vegeta's brand of advice :V

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🥺🙏 Akira Toriyama 🙏🥺
RIP king ;;

Chapter 7

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Originally drawn on July 27, 2020, and posted on my twitter.

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Bulma is a genius biomechanical engineer+applied physicist, why not throw in a casual honorary medical degree too x'D

Chapter 8

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I always wondered what caused Videl's shift towards a more passive character from Z to GT. The answer is obviously bad writing, but I thought -- what if it was a traumatic pregnancy? And then I tied it to my 'why Pan never turned super saiyan' headcanon, and here we are...

Originally posted on my twitter on August 9, 2020.

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Chapter 9

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Originally posted on my twitter.

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In DBGT, Goku leaves earth/fuses with Shen Long and its understood he's gone forever-- or, at least, unable to communicate directly with his loved ones. But I like to think that if he could, he'd watch over them now and again...

Chapter 10

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Pan's quest to become Super Saiyan p9! Heres Grunkle Piccolo's brand of advice :D

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I know Gohan trained in some place called Break Wasteland, but I headcanon its an extension of Yunzabit Heights where the Nameless Namekian landed on Earth, since that's sorta Piccolo's birthplace.

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To be continued...!