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"P-please don’t kill me, Vegeta! I’m your biggest fan!" — Yajirobe, greeting Vegeta like anyone would

Yajirobe
ヤジロベー, Yajirobē
Detailed Information:
Appearances:	Spindlerun: The Tale of Yajirobe Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten: Planet Earth Saga Reunion Saga Fulfillment Saga Slick Bean Daddy Not So Far
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Birthplace:	Orange Star City, Earth
Birthdate:	May 8, Age 735
Date of Death:	May 8, Age 774 (revived)
Birth Power Level:	0.0001
Maximum Power Level:	970
Personal Pronouns:	俺おれ, 拙者せっしゃ, 私わたし
Height:	5'5"
Weight:	178 lbs
Hair Color:	Black
Eye Color:	Black
Rank:	Samurai
Organizations:	Iboinoshishi School (Age 749 - Age 753) Z Fighters (support) (Age 753 - present)
Favorite Food:	Roast wild pig
Favorite Vehicle:	Stolen cars
Hobbies:	Fishing, hunting, afternoon naps
Family:	Korin (mentor/roommate)

Yajirobe (ヤジロベー, Yajirobē) is a Human in Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten. He is featured in the fourth, fifth, and sixth sagas and is introduced in the chapter "Blutz Wave".

Yajirobe is also featured as the protagonist in Spindlerun: The Tale of Yajirobe.

History

Spindlerun: The Tale of Yajirobe

In chapter 1, Yajirobe visited his favorite butcher shop and tried to get some free meat, as he had not enough money to buy any. The butcher was unwilling to give him anything. He also told Yajirobe that the Red Ribbon Army was coming to town soon, so he would be closing up shop until they left, as they were notorious for looting and stealing from stores wherever they went. Then, he kicked the begging boy out of his shop. Yajirobe noticed that many people were out in the streets of Orange Star City, preparing to leave before the Red Ribbon Army arrived. Their impending arrival greatly frightened him.

Then, a man gave Yajirobe some flyers, including one for the Iboinoshishi samurai school. The boy, annoyed at that, wadded up a bunch of them and threw them back at the man, causing him to fall into the road and let out a cry of pain. He pulled a flyer out of his hair and noticed it said "meals provided" on it. That alone was enough to convince him to journey to the Iboinoshishi School.

He eventually found the school three miles outside of Orange Star City in the town of Cardan. There were many other recruits there, all boys and girls around his age. Soon after he arrived, a samurai named Kumo came out to greet them. Her attendants followed, asking everyone their names. Yajirobe said his extra quietly so that none of the other recruits would hear. Kumo led the children into another room deeper inside the compound and ordered them to fall into a pose and hold it until she returned. She warned that anyone who moved from the pose, or grew too weak to maintain it, would be asked to leave the school and never return.

About eight minutes into the test, a boy named Brian introduced himself to Yajirobe, noting that the tubby boy was likely to go through to the next round after observing his form. Yajirobe was surprised that the boy knew his name, for he thought he had been quiet when telling it to the attendants. After fifteen minutes had passed, Kumo returned, telling the remaining thirteen children that they had completed their first test. She told them that it was now time to commence the second test. They would need to steal the hat of General Blue when he and his legion of Red Ribbon Army soldiers entered Orange Star City later that day. Seven of the recruits refused to do so, for they thought they would be killed, but Yajirobe, deciding he needed to make something out of his life, remained, swearing silently to himself that he would get that hat for the Daimyo.

The group of recruits soon returned to Orange Star City, finding it to be a ghost town. They wandered about, searching for the army. Eventually they heard the sound of marching soldiers approaching. Brian pointed out a house nearby that was owned by Mr. Parroda, who had several jabillo trees. He explained to the others that the jabillo fruit would explode if thrown at somebody and thought they should use that against General Blue in order to knock off his hat. The group quickly agreed to this strategy, and so Brian, Anders, and the two nameless children ran over to Mr. Parroda's house, jumped the fence, and grabbed some jabillo fruit.

Yajirobe and Harotu remained behind, waiting for an opportunity to run out and grab the hat. After Brian and the others began throwing their fruit, the Red Ribbon Army retaliated by destroying the house they were hiding in. Brian jumped from a window out of the side of it and threw the last jabillo fruit at General Blue. It exploded close enough to him to knock his hat off his head. As all of the soldiers were distracted with leveling the house, Yajirobe was able to run up behind them and snatch the hat off the ground before anyone noticed him. Then, he fled from the area. The six boys regrouped several blocks away, and Yajirobe proudly presented Blue's hat to them.

They returned to the Iboinoshishi school soon after and gave Kumo the hat. She did not congratulate them, but ordered her servants to show the boys to their dormitory so they could sleep. Later on, the Daimyo Elijah went to the dormitory to look upon the sleeping recruits with his own eyes. They each had a bunk bed, and all of them sans Brian were sleeping on their bottom bunk.

In chapter 2, Yajirobe, Brian, Harotu, Anders, Nameless Child 1, and Nameless Child 2 began their training at the Iboinoshishi School. When they woke up, the attendants took them to the dining hall and served them breakfast. There, Yajirobe pigged out, although he was unimpressed with the quality of the food. As they ate, Yajirobe grew slightly jealous of how eloquent everyone else was compared to himself.

Harotu proudly recounted how he had saved Brian from General Blue. Brian gave Yajirobe credit for running so fast to get his hat. Yajirobe found bacon and thought it was the most delicious thing in the world. He asked everyone what it was. Harotu told him and was shocked that Yajirobe had never encountered it before. He asked if Yajirobe's mother had ever cooked it before, but the boy did not respond. Yajirobe had not known his mother, however. His father had never spoken of her. Later, when Harotu asked Yajirobe to back him up, as Yajirobe had seen him save Brian from General Blue, Yajirobe ignored him. He thought to himself that he did not like any of the other recruits.

At that moment, Elijah entered the dining hall and everyone went quiet. Yajirobe was shocked, for he looked just like the statue that had inspired the boy the previous day. The daimyo introduced himself and after Brian told him that they were expecting the man to train them, he told them to follow him outside for their first session. Once outside, Elijah ordered them to show him how skilled they were in the art of sword fighting already. He gave them wooden sticks that had been carved in the likeness of katanas. He told them he could not trust them with real swords yet, which was disappointing to the recruits.

Yajirobe was paired with Anders. Their fight did not last long, as Anders disarmed Yajirobe with little effort and bragged that he was the greatest of the recruits. After Harotu, Anders, and Nameless Child 1 won their fights, Elijah told them to stop (as Harotu was continuing to pester Brian even after beating him). He called forward the three best duelers in his opinion - Brian, Harotu, and Nameless Child 1. This outraged Anders, for Brian had lost. He challenged the daimyo to a duel to show off how good his sword fighting skills were. Elijah accepted, telling them that he was always obligated to duel when challenged, no matter the competition. Anders then charged down Elijah with his bokken, but the daimyo jumped over him and then kicked him in the chest with a single toe. The boy dropped to the ground, not even able to scream, and appeared to have been severely wounded. He did not make another sound, but blood flowed from his mouth. At that moment, Elijah's attendants appeared and, in panic, took the boy away on a stretcher. Nobody at the Iboinoshishi School ever saw Anders again.

Elijah then told the remaining five recruits that he would not tolerate arrogance from them. He told them that none of them were exceptional yet, or more skilled than he had expected. His training would make them exceptional, but they should not have any false beliefs about their abilities so early into their training. Then, he walked off, their training for that morning having been completed.

The next night, Elijah took his recruits to the crumbling southern bridge in Orange Star City to train. He ordered six attendants to clear some rubble from it before they began. Once his attendants had done so, he dismissed them. Then, he told the children that their task was simple: reach the other end of the bridge without dying. The bridge, with so many holes in it, the gusting winds, and the roads crumbling, was a treacherous obstacle course to navigate. Brian said that he thought they would fall. Harotu told him that it wasn't as bad as it looked, because Elijah would never let them die. The daimyo gave no reply to that. Brian was incredulous, reminding Harotu of the dangerous mission to get General Blue's hat.

Then, having heard enough of their talk, Elijah began the training by leading them across the bridge. Everyone waited a few seconds before following. Harotu, Nameless Child 1, and Nameless Child 2 were the first to begin the obstacle course. Yajirobe and Brian remained behind, being more wary. Brian asked the other boy if he thought this training was a crazy idea. Yajirobe agreed, but said that they had to do it or else go back to their homes. Yajirobe reminded Brian that there would be food waiting for them back at the school when they finished, and so that was a good enough motivator for him. He entered the obstacle course, leaving the younger boy behind. He entered the obstacle course, leaving the younger boy behind.

As Yajirobe entered the bridge, the explosives that Launch had rigged to it went off, though they didn't do much damage to the recruits or Elijah. Yajirobe soon came upon Harotu and overtook him, noticing that the pinky and ring finger on the other boy's left hand had been badly burned by one of the explosions. He soon caught up to Nameless Child 1 and Nameless Child 2 where live explosives were still going off. One explosive nearly hit Yajirobe, its shockwave sending him flying into the air. He scraped his elbows bad on the asphalt when he landed. That allowed Harotu to catch up to him again. The two continued on together.

They eventually caught up to Nameless Child 1, Nameless Child 2, and Elijah, who had stopped near the end of the bridge and turned around to wait for his students. He witnessed the bullet Launch shot, hoping to kill Elijah, tear through Nameless Child 1's throat, which killed him. He staggered for a few moments before falling through a hole in the bridge to the waters below. Yajirobe, Nameless Child 2, and Harotu all dropped to the ground, fearful of being shot at. When no more shots came, they raised their heads and saw that the daimyo had been hit. Yajirobe desperately did not want to see the man die, as that would mean going back to the life of a street urchin. He crawled over to Elijah, noticing that the man had been knocked unconscious by banging his head on the asphalt when he had fallen. Yajirobe picked up the man, slinging him over his shoulder as he ran onwards.

Just then, the bridge started to completely collapse. Everyone ran as fast as they could to the end of the bridge, though only Yajirobe and Elijah made it off the bridge. The other three - Brian having caught up to them - were on a small section of the bridge that had fallen ten feet below the road Yajirobe was standing on. They were clinging to pieces of bridge, trying not to fall off. Yajirobe ran off into the city to search for help.

Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten

Planet Earth Saga

Yajirobe (ヤジロベー, Yajirobē) was a surprisingly important character featured in The Forgotten. He debuted in the Planet Earth Saga, accidentally running into an unconscious Great Ape Ledas. This led to him and Ledas spending a few hours together, talking about various things, not least of which being the old cat. By destroying Yajirobe's car (and therefore having to transport him back to Korin Tower personally), Ledas received some senzu beans from Yajirobe and Korin. Had he not acquired such magical healers, no doubt Ledas would have died from Kindler's inflicted headshot later in the series.

Reunion Saga

Yajirobe was seen briefly when Goku teleported to Korin Tower in order to get Senzu Beans. He grumbled at Korin during that time. He was later seen in the final chapter of the saga. By that time, new Senzu Beans had grown and Korin tasked him with giving them to Goku. He only did after realizing Korin had eaten all of his food (thus he would need to go out anyway).

Fulfillment Saga

Yajirobe was again seen in the Fulfillment Saga, as he was trying to deliver senzu beans to the weary Z Fighters in his hovercar. He ran into Krillin and tried to stop the bald man from stealing his senzus. Soon, Vegeta came and also begged for senzu beans. As Yajirobe went to give Vegeta a senzu, The Benefactor appeared, incapacitated Vegeta, and then destroyed Yajirobe's car. Afterwards, Yajirobe watched as The Benefactor tortured Ledas, and he was too scared to join Krillin in helping the boy. After The Benefactor absorbed some of Ledas' power and got hurt by it, Ledas was able to escape the monster, and he ran into Yajirobe, who was cowering behind the wreck of his hovecar. He gave Ledas a senzu bean and then was promptly used as a distraction by the Saiyan boy. He briefly attempted to join sides with The Benefactor, but The Benefactor rejected this. After Ledas and The Benefactor had fought some more, Yajirobe heard The Benefactor calling him names, so he threw some debris at the alien, which included Verlate's mind prison. This caused the prison to open and suck The Benefactor inside. Ledas was also sucked in, but not before Yajirobe attempted to save him by trying to pull him out of the prison's suction with his sheathed katana. Of course, he lost his katana in the scuffle as well.

Yajirobe remained in the countryside for the rest of the day, as he attempted to repair his car. Evidently, even when Krillin returned to heal Vegeta (who was unconscious near Yajirobe), Yajirobe did not leave. When Ledas returned from the mind prison, he found Yajirobe, returned his katana, and flew the samurai back to Korin Tower. Yajirobe was seen one more time, in the montage of the final chapter, when he and Korin got into an argument, resulting in Korin hitting Yajirobe over the head with his walking stick and Yajirobe slicing Korin's cat tower in half with his katana.

Slick

After Korin bought himself a new cat bed in this story, he walked to the outskirts of the city and waited there until Yajirobe came to pick him up in a hovercar and take him home.

Bean Daddy

In this story, Yajirobe went to Bulma's birthday party in Age 775 without telling Korin, for he was tired of eating senzu beans everyday. He ate mu shu pork, which satisfied him greatly, and took note of a server girl at the party, becoming quickly infatuated with her. Puar and Yajirobe talked a short while about nothing, with Puar saying that he hoped Yamcha wouldn't have to fight anyone soon, lest he die and Puar no longer have any purpose in life. Yajirobe stuffed his face with pulled pork tacos until Puar left.

Not long after, Krillin came over to say hello. The samurai's conversation with Krillin made him think back to their training together on the Lookout in preparation of Vegeta and Nappa's arrival on Earth. Yajirobe thought that all of that had been pointless, as Buu had eventually blown up the Earth anyways. He thought to himself that he would never forgive Goku for allowing that to happen. Krillin told Yajirobe about his marriage to Android 18 and their daughter Marron, which made Yajirobe bring up Krillin's previous girlfriend Maron, accusing the former baldie of naming his daughter after her.

The female server later brought Yajirobe sushi, which pleased him immensely. As time went on, and she continued bringing him food, he grew utterly smitten by her. He later watched Mr. Satan put on a show for Ryori, showing off some of his fighting moves, which embarrassed Videl. Yajirobe concurred with her assessment of the situation. Ledas, embarrassed by Ryori's fanboy nature, retreated from his friend and sat down next to Yajirobe. The two talked for a short while before Ledas noticed that Yajirobe was staring at the server girl. He correctly pointed out that the samurai was in love, even though Yajirobe denied it.

When the server girl got off her shift, Yajirobe and Ledas followed her down the streets of West City. Eventually, Yajirobe made his move, but due to his nervousness, he frightened her, causing her to trip on the curb, fall into the street, and crack open her head, which instantly killed her. This affected Yajirobe greatly. He considered running over to her and giving her a senzu bean, but it was too late. She was already dead. Ledas took Yajirobe to a buffet afterwards to ease the poor samurai's mind.

Not So Far

In Age 775, Korin, Yajirobe, and Ledas got together on Korin Tower to play poker. During the poker game, Korin told them a story about how several hundred years ago, he had lived in the court of a certain Emperor Chaoko, where he had met a beautiful prized cat called Lady Myobu, who was the Fifth Rank in the entire kingdom. He then recounted the slick ideas he had had to make her his girlfriend: taking a bath, buying himself a fancy purple collar, and trimming his claws. However, he had scared her when he had gone up to her to introduce himself (as the fine lady had slept with her eyes open, and he had woken her rudely). Thus, the emperor had banished Korin to Dog Island. Ledas was quite entertained by this story, though Yajirobe cared not for it, and grew increasingly impatient, as he had heard the tale several times before.

Korin continued his story nonetheless, telling them about how eventually Lady Myobu had been married to some tomcat who had been promoted to the Eighth Rank in the kingdom. While Korin lamented the cruelty of his fate, he revealed that the tomcat had been named Nir, a name which Ledas thought was way past cool. He then told them about how he had crashed Nir and Myobu's wedding, ruining it horribly by blowing up their cake with some firecrackers he had stolen from a mutt on Dog Island. Nir had run out of the building screaming, disgracing himself and ruining any chance of him marrying Lady Myobu (and losing his Eighth Rank). However, before Korin had been able to present himself to her, Emperor Chaoko had wheeled out a big fat black-and-white kitty named Ishmael and married her to him mere minutes later. It was a horribly sad tale.

Then, the wise kitty demanded Ledas tell them a story, or he would have to make them dinner. As the boy was not so brilliant a cook, he agreed. At first, Korin pressed him to tell them a love story as he had, but Ledas refused. Instead, he told them a story about his father taking him to the royal city zoo back on Planet Vegeta just after he had turned four years old. His father had found a girl his age to bring along for a playdate of sorts (Ledas swore he didn't remember her name). There, they had borne witness to a Sanu (an animal not unlike a saber-tooth cat) ripping off a trainer's arm as he had tried to feed it meat on a stick. Thus concluded Ledas' legendary story. Korin and Yajirobe were barely impressed.

Despite that, Yajirobe spent much of the poker match remembering his fight against Makare, thinking of how his master had been so disappointed that it had been him, and not Brian who had defeated the man. Ledas somewhat reminded him of Brian throughout the story, making Yajirobe feel melancholic.

After that, it was Yajirobe's turn to tell a story, and as he had gone all-in on that particular hand, he was at risk of busting before getting to tell his tale. The other two made him tell it before dealing the cards. Yajirobe told them a story about how, shortly after leaving the Iboinoshishi Samurai School, he had hunted a rather ill-tempered wild boar, cutting its head off and slow-roasting it over a fire. Then, Ledas busted Yajirobe with a pair of kings. While it was not shown if Korin or Ledas won the poker match, it would be safer to assume the former got the better of the latter.

Later, the three of them had a nice dinner of roasted wild boar to celebrate. After dinner, Yajirobe asked Ledas why he hadn't returned home yet, with the boy replying that the issue wasn't something the samurai would be interested in. He then offered to take Yajirobe to The Guac, the premier club in West City. Yajirobe declined the offer, telling the boy that he shouldn't go to such places, but Ledas, being an alien, cared not for Earthly morals.

Ledas gave Yajirobe a small piece of paper, on which he had written him a haiku as thanks for the dinner (showing that, despite his sloppy handwriting, he had learned, in some capacity, to write). The haiku read: the fading sun and/smoked meat clinging to the air/a night spent with friends. Then, Ledas flew back home.

Following that, Yajirobe caught Korin on the counter, eating the last bits of boar meat. Using a broomstick, the samurai shooed the senbyō away, though there was no longer any meat left, which saddened Yajirobe somewhat. He tried to dip a piece of broccoli in the juices of the cooked boar, but he had to spit out the vile weed, as he hated the taste. Then, he pulled out his sword, looking to its inscription on the hilt, which read 'Brian' (as the sword he had used to kill Makare had been the one given to Brian, not his own), and feeling somewhat nostalgic, threw the capsule containing his car, hopped in it, and drove down to ground level in search of another wild boar before the sun set.

Techniques

• Ki Sense
• Iagiri

Trivia

• When Yajirobe first met Ledas, me mistook him for Vegeta. This is probably because Yajirobe first saw the Saiyan boy while he was in his Great Ape form.
• Yajirobe has cut off both Vegeta's and Ledas' tails.
• Yajirobe knew Mr. Satan when they were children.
• The katana that Yajirobe wields was not originally his.
• As revealed in the Fulfillment Saga, Yajirobe has experimented with giving the senzu beans flavor. One bean that Krillin ate from Yajirobe's stash tasted like cinnamon.
• Yajirobe's theme is Baba O'Riley.