The Controversial Relationship between Krillin and Android 18 in the "Saga of Androids and Cell" - A Deep Dive Analysis

2023-06-04 03:19:36

During the “Saga of Androids and Cell“, which is the fourth major story arc of the second half of the original manga of Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ballwe are introduced to two key characters: Androids 17 and 18. Both are two young teenagers who are actually twin brothers who were kidnapped by Dr. Gero to turn them into Androids. They both had a “shutdown device” inserted to stop them at any moment of disobedience.

Towards the end of the saga, Krillin uses one of Shen Long’s wishes to turn Android 17 and 18 back into humans, but it is an impossible wish to fulfill, so he ends up wishing for the bombs that threaten their lives to be removed. . This gesture, among many others, made Android 18 decide to marry Krillin a few years later, resulting in a daughter they named Marron.

Obviously, Krillin already had his eyes on Android 18 since he met her, but here comes an interesting situation that fueled the debates in the commentary forums in Japan, especially when that story is analyzed through the eyes of today’s society. It turns out that during the “Androids and Cell Saga”, Krillin was 31 years old, while Android 18, taking into account that her number represents her age, was only 18 years old.

This was what inspired the Twitter user “@shoot_drive” to share a viral post where he wrote: «Normally, a short old man with a beautiful wife much younger than him would be told to “die”, but Krillin has already done it several times, so no one can complain.».

And of course, this did not go unnoticed in the comment forums:

“And Android 18 was the one that died in another timeline.”
«I don’t think Krillin will have a problem dealing with these otakus who envy him, isn’t he the most powerful human being on Earth?».
«I’m not one of those who accuse Krillin and want him to die, after all he has a good personality and loves his family».
«Certainly the guy is lucky».
«I find it easy to understand, after all there was no stronger human being to marry Android 18».
«Well I think they are right».
«It’s a story from over three decades ago, obviously things were treated differently».