Reasons why I think Dragonball Z is actually super progressive for its time - part 2.
Krillin and 18 as a couple. I could leave it at that honestly.
He's a short king, and he's bald, so already he isn't traditionally attractive to a lot of women. 18 is tall, blonde, beautiful and badass. She could have anyone she wants, and she wants Krillin.
He's the first human to show her any kindness. She offhandedly kisses him. I'd like to think he makes her laugh, and they seem like the most relatable and realistic couple out of everyone. I think she's genuinely attracted to him because of his physical attributes, something that for its time, was absolutely unheard of.
He's her safe space, someone she can confide in about the trauma she went through in being forced to become an Android. He can empathise, because he's already died more than once, and in traumatic fashion. As long as they're together, it doesn't matter. They have each other.
They seem so true to life, they defy conventional expectations of what a couple looks like.
