Vegeta is a character and anti-hero in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta appeared as the main antagonist in an arc of Dragon Ball known as the Saiyan Arc. Afterward, Vegeta unites with the heroes reluctantly to thwart a greater threat, becoming an anti-hero. In spite of this change, Vegeta remains a dangerous rival to the series’s main character Son Goku for almost the remainder of the series.
Vegeta was originally a dangerous enemy who sought to use the Dragon Balls to gain immortality, but later became an antihero as even greater threats were introduced in the series, where Vegeta is a member of the royal Saiyan lineage, the extraterrestrial race of warriors that the series’ main character, Goku, also belongs to. Even though Vegeta is viewed as a dangerous enemy to Goku for the beginning of part 2, he later becomes an ally to Goku and assists in the defeat of powerful enemies such as Cell and Majin Buu. He always strives to surpass “Kakarot” (Goku’s birth name) but never truly succeeds as every time he grows any bit stronger Goku grows by a greater margin.
Vegeta’s initial appearance in the manga is as a tall and handsome character, with upright standing hair and a defined widow’s peak. Vegeta is noticeably shorter than Goku. As the series continued, Toriyama’s artwork evolved, and as a result, Vegeta’s appearance becomes more sharp and menacing, however he remains short in the manga series as opposed to himself in the anime series where he is sometimes seen to be as tall as Goku. In the anime only spin off called Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta’s appearance goes through a drastic change, more so than any other previous time. Vegeta and Goku are seen to be almost the same height for unknown reasons. Also unlike the majority of the manga series, Vegeta is seen to completely abandon his Saiyan style attire and dress in Earth clothing reminiscent of real life Western cultures. When Vegeta is introduced in the series, he is seen as sadistic and merciless, and prideful individual murdering his long-time comrade Nappa, seeing the latter’s inability to defeat Goku as an unforgivable weakness. This costume of Vegeta is available for
