Despite the jokes about his strength, from the beginning of Dragon Ball Yamcha has always been written to serve a very important narrative role.
Yamcha has become one of the biggest running jokes in the entire Dragon Ball franchise, but most fans miss that he is actually playing an incredibly important role in the series. While he started as a valiant warrior, Yamcha is generally regarded as having the biggest fall from grace of any Dragon Ball character: he was constantly overshadowed by Goku, unceremoniously blown up by a minor minion in Dragon Ball Z, and his girlfriend ended up marrying Vegeta.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While it's true that Yamcha has a history of being overshadowed by other characters, the same can be said of almost the entire cast of the original Dragon Ball. Notably, Yamcha is not depicted without the occasional moment to shine. More importantly, from the beginning of the Dragon Ball franchise, Yamcha has always been written to serve a very specific, very important narrative role.
Yamcha's Job In Dragon Ball Is To Make Other Characters Look Good The key to understanding Yamcha's important role in the narrative of the Dragon Ball franchise is the fact that he has historically been depicted as exactly as strong as he needs to be. Having a dangerous new villain handily defeat established characters is a well-documented trope.
Yamcha losing so many fights isn't bad writing, it's his character archetype working exactly as intended. Yamcha's narrative purpose was never to be the greatest fighter, it was to make the villains look like genuine threats to the heroes, while also highlighting the strengths of the other characters. Although he is remembered as one of the weakest characters in Dragon Ball, reducing Yamcha to a loser who gets constantly defeated neglects his crucial narrative purposes.
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