For dozens of episodes, Dragon Ball<\/em> has told the story of Goku, Krillin, and their friends. But many secondary, tertiary, and even minor characters have appeared alongside them. Some have been forgotten, perhaps in an unfair way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is a small tribute to those forgotten characters you might not remember, who, in some ways, could have had more distinguished roles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Considered one of the numerous participants within the twenty first World Martial Arts Tournament. Beyond the winners, it’s difficult to recollect all of the fighters, but this one was one of the vital forgotten. His distinguishing feature is that he’s a bear-man wearing a judo uniform, which is probably why he was nicknamed Yawara Bear for the discharge of some Dragon Ball<\/em> toys.<\/p>\n At the moment, the Yawara<\/em> manga was already being published, in order that could possibly be the reply to the mystery. He’s defeated by Krillin, and the legendary Dragon Ball<\/em> hero wins easily. Together with his bear body, it’s possible he might have been more powerful. Considered one of his appearances as a toy is as an eraser figure in an attack stance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was September 17, 1986, when Japanese television viewers were introduced to Thief Boy. Similar to that, nameless. A petty thief who only desired to steal Goku’s belongings to sell them. Naturally, he didn’t know what he was entering into. Thief Boy wasn’t exactly Aladdin, although that did not stop him from taking the Dragon Radar and selling it at a secondhand shop.<\/p>\n He gets almost nothing, but it surely’s enough to purchase something to eat. He’s an orphan, poor, and smells bad, which is why Goku manages to seek out him. When the hero locates him and gets details about where his Dragon Radar is, Thief Boy never appears again within the series. We wonder what became of him. Did he manage to make it? He’s a personality we sometimes remember, and it makes us feel somewhat sad. He wasn’t a hero destined to have an awesome arc, but he could have appeared more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A proud and blissful mother. She appears on several occasions throughout the series, and it’s clear she has a big family. She’s a contemporary mother, wearing sunglasses, which have at all times been an important accessory in Toriyama’s drawings, not only in Dragon Ball, but in addition in other famous works. She began with red hair and ended up blonde.<\/p>\n Easy (15s)Medium (10s)Hard (5s)Permadeath (5s)<\/p>\n\n Yawara Bear
\n <\/h2>\n\n Episode 20: Elimination Round
\n <\/h3>\n\n Thief Boy
\n <\/h2>\n\n Episode 30: Pilaf and the Mystery Force
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\n <\/picture>Image via Toei Animation<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n Mother with Sunglasses
\n <\/h2>\n\n Episode 43: A Trip to the City and Episode 118: Prelude to Vengeance
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\n <\/picture>Image via Toei Animation<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n