Power Level~500 (estimated). Low-class Saiyan, non-combatant. Reassigned to meat distribution for lacking killer instinct.
Signature MovesMaternal Love, Saiyan Emotional Anomaly, Cooking (implied), Meat Distribution
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Gine is the mother of Goku (Kakarot) and Raditz, and the wife of Bardock, whose existence in Dragon Ball Super: Broly fundamentally recontextualized Goku's origins. In a species defined by battle lust, conquest, and cold indifference to family bonds, Gine was an anomaly: a gentle Saiyan who lacked the killer instinct required for combat.Gine is the mother of Goku (Kakarot) and Raditz, and the wife of Bardock, whose existence in Dragon Ball Super: Broly fundamentally recontextualized Goku's origins. In a species defined by battle lust, conquest, and cold indifference to family bonds, Gine was an anomaly: a gentle Saiyan who lacked the killer instinct required for combat. Unable to function as a warrior, she was reassigned to a meat distribution center on Planet Vegeta — a low-status position that saved her life during missions where she would have perished. Her gentle personality, often misinterpreted as weakness by other Saiyans, was precisely what drew the hardened Bardock to her, a relationship that softened his edges and awakened his own latent capacity for love. Gine's role in the Broly film is brief but pivotal: it is she who holds the infant Kakarot, who insists they must save their son from Frieza's impending genocide, and who helps Bardock steal an attack pod to send the baby to Earth. Her tearful farewell to the pod — a mother knowing she will never see her child again, sending him toward an unknown world simply because anywhere is safer than here — is one of the most emotionally devastating moments in the entire Dragon Ball franchise. Gine represents everything the Saiyan race could have been: nurturing rather than destructive, cooperative rather than competitive, gentle rather than brutal. Her existence confirms that Goku's purity of heart, always attributed to his head injury erasing Saiyan programming, was partially inherited — the son of a mother too kind for her species and a father who learned to love. Gine's legacy lives on in Goku's ability to see good in everyone, to forgive enemies, and to build families out of former foes. Though her screen time is measured in minutes, Gine's impact on the Dragon Ball narrative is immeasurable: she is the maternal love that launched the universe's greatest hero toward his destiny.... Read more
