21.05.2024
The Weekly ☆ Character Showcase is an article series where we introduce one character from the Dragon Ball universe each week. This week, let's take a look at South Supreme Kai from the Dragon Ball Z anime, for whom things unfortunately went south in the fight against Majin Buu.

This Supreme Kai ruled over the southern quadrant of the universe. Of the Supreme Kais for each of the four cardinal directions, South Supreme Kai was the biggest and strongest of them all.
Long ago, he fought to protect the universe from Majin Buu.
South Supreme Kai put up a good fight against Majin Buu, who had already defeated West Supreme Kai and North Supreme Kai. Completely unfazed by Majin Buu's attacks, South Supreme Kai even managed to land a powerful headbutt!

However, after tearing Majin Buu's left arm off, that very arm was able to transform and envelop him, allowing Buu to absorb him.

Having absorbed South Supreme Kai, Majin Buu was able to transform into a bigger, more powerful form.
"Dragon Ball Z" Episode 277
South Supreme Kai was a big eater and a bit of a klutz!
At one point, South Supreme Kai had a gigantic rice ball stolen by West Supreme Kai.
He gave chase to try and get it back, yelling, "Give me that!" and although he succeeded in retrieving his rice ball, his own overenthusiasm led to him running right over the edge of a cliff!

→Preview: Scroll down to the comments for a hint about who next week's character will be!
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