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VEGETA VS SHADOW (DRAGON BALL/SONIC THE HEDGEHOG)
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Brooding rivals to the series' main protagonist (Goku & Sonic) that started out as main antagonists in their debut (Saiyan Saga and SA2) before eventually joining the series' main cast and becoming the 3rd or even 2nd most iconic characters in their franchises.
Both are aliens who hale from a race of galactic conquerors that would eventually be wiped out almost completely with traces still lingering (Saiyans and Black Arms).
Both are essentially meant to serve as opposites to the series' protagonists, with Goku & Sonic being static characters who change the world through their actions while Vegeta & Shadow are characters famed for their development in-series and change based on the conditions they find themselves in.
Both are (kind of in Shadow's case?) the same race/species as our main protagonist.
Both have some big ego's (Shadow's is nowhere near as cartoonishly big as Vegeta's though).
Both would reject their heritage in some form or another, with Vegeta coming to accept that the Saiyans were a race of conquerors that deserved to die out while Shadow literally rejected his Black Arms heritage by beating the shit out of Black Doom, twice.
Both would sacrifice themselves for the ones they love, only to eventually be brought back to life or revealed to not be dead in the first place (Vegeta's Final Atonement and Shadow at the end of SA2).
Despite joining the main cast, both routinely have struggled with properly working together with them and have often taken matters into their own hands.
Both can activate golden forms that grant them an immense increase in strength (Super Saiyan and Super Shadow).
Both aren't the first rivals introduced in the series, but would become the main rival due to their sheer popularity.
Both were originally intended to die in their debut appearances, but would be spared and become main stays due to their sheer popularity with fans
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See I totally get the complaints and it's not my fav for both...but I still enjoy this matchup for what it is, alright alt for both
Rooting both, betting Shadow