Gallery: The Moods of Raditz, Part 2

The truth is, I don't do a lot of smirking, or scowling, or any other melodramatics when I'm in the middle of a fight. I'm too busy concentrating on the business at hand.

Before the fight is the time for smirks and taunts, and after I've got my beaten enemy at my feet.. that's when I gloat. But during? Uh-uh.

People who stop to gloat in the middle of a fight usually wind up with someone's foot through their front teeth.

Speaking of overconfident people who got my foot in some very painful places, remember when I took down Goku and Piccolo simultaneously?

Sometimes I'm not the one about to do the damage--sometimes I'm about to be damaged, and I get a clue that I'm in serious trouble...

This is when I have an even more immediate clue that THIS IS GOING TO HURT! -- otherwise known as my "Oh, crud!" look.

I've never been real happy to be in that situation.

..especially when it escalates into serious pain. Grovelling face down in the dirt and whining is so humiliating!

Oh, things are about to get graphic.. the kind of stuff you don't see on Saturday morning cartoons. Heh.

It could get worse--broken bones and internal injuries to go with the pain...

..or the shock of taking one's deathwound.

I was not exaggerating when I said I had an eight-inch hole punched through my heart...

..see? That damn beam of Piccolo's drills a nice, neat, LARGE hole...

And then there's dying. It's not a feeling I get to repeat very often.

Let's move on to something else. Some scenes I'm just not that fond of revisiting.

Moving on to something else, this is my "I'm trying to explain this to a slow-witted child who got dropped on his head" expression...

(Note the two perpendicular rings around Vegetasai--the "Winged Rings" of legend.)

..which frequently results in disgust at the slow-witted child's inability to comprehend.

Hmm, what's that? Oh. Some wiseguy just suggested that I'm showing puzzlement at my scouter's insistance on showing me obviously incorrect, excessively high power levels.

It's also the expression on my face upon hearing said wiseguy's suggestion.

I'll deal with him later.

This is what I look like when my scouter is telling me something I don't like.

And sometimes, I'm just enjoying life.

Back this way, I'm still smiling.

Art & Screenshot Credits

Near Miss, Raditz looks Behind, Gohan Strikes

I have no idea where these came from; I either found them on my hard drive after months of browsing DBZ sites, or they were e-mailed to me by fans without source attribution. If you know where they can be found on the web, let me know so I can give proper credit.

Fight Scene #1, Fight Scene #2, Owww! Please Stop, Double Hit

I'm not absolutely sure where I found these, but I suspect the credit belongs with Daizenshuu EX. They are used in accordance with VegettoEX's generous re-use policy.

Explanations, Disgust (color)

Obviously, these are from DB3K. Used with permission.

Good Time

..is from Temple O'Trunks. Or, possibly, from Sobatto's page, according to the fan who sent it to me. Either way, it's a nice pic, and used with permission.

..All the rest

..are my own scans from the Viz manga or screencaps I made.