17.06.2025
The Weekly ☆ Character Showcase is an article series where we introduce one character from the Dragon Ball universe each week. This week we're taking a closer look at Krillin as he appears during the Android Cell Arc, where his luck really took a turn for the better!
Heeding future Trunks' warning, Krillin and Goku head towards South City, where the androids will supposedly appear.
(Tale 337)
After Yamcha is nearly killed by Android 20, Krillin heals him with a Senzu Bean.
Despite suffering from a heart virus, Goku fights with Android 19. Krillin offers Goku a Senzu Bean, but it fails to cure him of the virus.
(Tale 342)
After Android 20 escapes, it is Krillin who finds him and alerts his companions by heightening his Ki. But it is too late, and not only are Androids 17 and 18 activated, but 16 on top of that.
(Tale 350)
Vegeta proves to be no match for Android 18, and when Piccolo and the others try to intervene they are similarly taken out of the fight by Android 17. Krillin is surprised by the mercy the Androids seem to be showing to the defeated warriors by not finishing them off, but that pales to the shock he gets when Android 18 plants a kiss on his cheek before flying away.
(Tale 355)
Krillin offers Senzu Beans to his allies who were wounded during the battle with the androids. Seeing Piccolo fly off, Krillin correctly surmises that he has gone to fuse with Kami.
(Tale 354)
To hide from the androids, Krillin and the others head to the Kame House.
(Tale 357)
Krillin and Trunks discover Dr. Gero's laboratory and destroy the larval Cell, putting an end to the current dimension's version of him.
The blueprints they find in the lab reveal that the androids are implanted with an emergency shutdown system, and Bulma develops a controller to activate the shutdown protocol, giving it to Krillin.
(Tale 365)
In the meantime, Cell absorbs Android 17 and evolves into his Second Form.
While Vegeta and Cell are locked in battle, Krillin runs into Android 18, but he is overcome by his feelings for her and finds himself unable to activate her emergency shutdown system.
(Tale 380)
Immediately after Krillin allows her to escape, Android 18 is absorbed by Cell.
A furious Krillin attacks Cell, now in his Perfect Form, in a blind rage but to no avail, and heavily wounded, he eats a Senzu Bean to recover.
(Tale 382)
Though Krillin participates in the Cell Games, a tournament that will decide the fate of the world, he is quickly beaten down by Cell's creation, Cell Jr.
(Tale 395)
(Tale 407)
Spurred on by the plight of his friends, Gohan achieves Super Saiyan 2 form and destroys Cell.
After Cell regurgitates Android 18, Krillin takes her to Kami's Palace, where she eventually recovers. Soon after awakening she bluntly insults Krillin, asking, "You think you have a chance with me, you shriveled shrimp?"
(Tale 417)
After calling forth Shenron and using the first wish to revive everyone killed by Cell, for the second wish Krillin asks that Android 17 and 18 be returned to normal humans. However, Shenron is unable to grant that wish, so instead Krillin asks for the explosive devices implanted in the two androids to be removed.
(Tale 418)
"Dragon Ball" Tale 25
Krillin's Love Life
Android 18 was secretly watching as Krillin asked Shenron to remove the explosive devices from the androids. Krillin was infatuated with Android 18 but believed that she and Android 17 would make a better pair, until Android 18 reveals that she and 18 are twin brother and sister. She follows up with, "Don't get the wrong idea! ...Globehead!!" but then tells Krillin, "Later." before she leaves. Despite her harsh words for him, it seems Krillin's feelings were enough to move Android 18's cold metal heart.
(Tale 418)
→Preview: Scroll down to the comments for a hint about who next week's character will be!
*All images are from the Japanese version.
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