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Pop was originally the son of a humble weapon shop owner, and was just an ordinary person whose parents were not particularly strong, who did not have a special teacher from a young age, or who was of special blood. Such an ordinary person admired the hero Avan and became his apprentice, and met Dai on Delmurin Island. His master Avan seemed to be an excellent teacher, and was able to use magic at a reasonable level when he first appeared.
A playful, cowardly, and perverted man
When he first appeared, he was a playful, cowardly, lazy, and unreliable character who just watched Dai and Avan fight. Even after Avan's death, he had no intention of fighting the Demon King's army, and was the type of character who would run away even if his friends were in trouble. That's why he wasn't popular at the beginning of the series, and his editor told him, "Just kill this guy quickly." But that's where the magician Pop's growth story begins.
Pop knows that true courage has no ulterior motives, and stands up to fear
What changed Pop was the fact that the Beast King Crocodine attacked again. After learning how frightening Crocodine is, Pop tries to abandon Dai and run away, but Maam scolds him for doing so. But what gave him courage were the words of an unexpected person, the magician Mazoho, who was part of the fake hero's party.
Sometimes the words of a cowardly and small-minded person resonate with them
When Pop is shown the crisis Dai and his friends are facing through Mazohho's crystal ball, Mazohho tells him, "True courage is without calculation. It is not true courage to show or hide it depending on the strength of the other person." However, this is not Mazohho's words, but something he had heard from his master. In the end, he was unable to show his courage and kept running away, which is how he ended up. He encourages him by saying that he doesn't want to become like him. Perhaps the words of a cowardly man who kept abandoning his friends pierced Pop's heart. Pop musters up his courage and goes to save Dai and Maam.
Pop becomes much stronger after meeting his master Matriph
Pop musters his courage and fights despite being weak, using Dai's support and quick thinking as weapons, but he still lacks skill. A turning point for Pop is his encounter with his master, Matriph. Matriph is a great magician who was a magician in the party of the hero Avan. Matriph gives Pop special training, but he doesn't think he has any talent, not because there was anything interesting to see, but because he knows he will die if he doesn't do something about it now.
I'll risk my life for my friends! Pop shows his mental strength
Pop has been through many battles, and started from nothing, but gained courage in the battles, and has gained mental strength. When Dai loses his memory to Baran, he pretends to abandon his friends and heads to Baran alone. With Hyunckel's help, he escapes the situation, and when he heads to Baran, he sacrifices his own life to protect Dai. In Dai's Great Adventure, there are many characters who defect from the Demon King's army to become his allies, but I think that this was largely due to the influence of not only Dai but also Pop.
Pop becomes Dai's partner and the strongest in the allied camp
After that, Pop is taught the ultimate annihilation spell Medroa by his master Matrip. Medroa is a dangerous spell and requires a sense of both fire and ice to master, but Pop has almost mastered Medroa in a short time, surprising Matrip. Matrip, who initially saw Pop as just an ordinary wizard, now acknowledges Pop. And true to Matrip's teachings that "the magician must always be the coolest in the party," he fights as Dai's partner and the brains of the party, and at the very end, he grows to the point of being able to outwit the Great Demon King Burn.
The Demon King "Hadlar" who once fought Avan, in the early days, he only smelled like a small fry
Now, there is another character who has changed dramatically in Dai's Great Adventure. That is the main character on the enemy side, the Demon King Hadlar, who was once defeated by the hero Avan but has since been resurrected. If Pop is the character who has grown the most on the ally side, then Hadlar can be said to be the character who has grown the most on the enemy side. Although he was defeated by Avan in the past, he revives and tries to take over the world again, but in the early stages, he was a character who had a small-time smell.
Hadlar, who is supposed to be a powerful person, cannot win at all
Initially, he was dressed like the Dragon King, Hargon, or Baron Ashura. Hadlar, who was revived with even more power from the Great Demon King Burn, ended up succeeding in killing his rival Avan, but retreated after receiving a blow from Dai, who was still in the growth stage. He continued to appear and lose after that, and was defeated when Hyunckel, who had a death flag, broke it. After that, he tried to trap Dai and the others with underhanded tactics, but was also defeated. At this time, Hadlar was always thinking about self-preservation, underestimating his opponents and getting caught out, and even though he was the commander of the Demon Army, he had no popularity.
Hadlar, who has no other choice, makes up his mind
Hadlar's reputation, who had no good points due to such defeats, continued to plummet, and Hadlar himself was always worried that his position was in danger. Then, the Great Demon King Burn finally issues an ultimatum, and Hadlar tries to defeat Dai and his friends with a cowardly sneak attack, but fails, realizing that he cannot keep up with Dai's growth rate. In order to defeat Dai, Hadlar decides to abandon his position and even risk his own life to transform himself into a super magical creature. Burn acknowledges Hadlar's potential, and believes that he would become a strong man if he did not have any mental weaknesses.
The birth of Hadlar, the super magical creature with overwhelming power!
He makes up his mind and abandons his immortal body for the strengthening surgery, which affects not only his physical strength but also his mental strength. He puts everything on the line to defeat Dai and the others, abandons his arrogance, and grows into a warrior who fights with all his might. The Fraserards that Hadlar once created with forbidden magic were cowardly and far from being warriors, but this was passed down to the Royal Guard that Hadlar created after he became a super magical creature, and when Matrip learned of this, he warned Pop that this was different from the Hadlar we knew before. The character design also changed significantly from the early days around this time.
Hadlar has become the strongest in the series! A deadly battle between Dai and Baran
Waiting for Dai and Baran who have come to open the way to Burn Palace, Hadlar fights evenly with the two dragon knights. However, his body is embedded with a powerful bomb called the "Black Nucleus" by the Great Demon King Burn, and Dai and Baran are unable to fight seriously. He cries and screams at the fact that the Black Nucleus has been dragged out by Baran, who has turned into a dragon demon, and that he has been used as a pawn, tarnishing the fair duel.
The final battle with Dai!! Hadlar's soul is passed on
Hadlar parts ways with Burn and lets Pop and the others escape. He ends up fighting Burn himself, but is captured by Zaboera and is about to be killed, but escapes with Block's castling, and Block is destroyed in his place. Hadlar, who has lost the Black Core and whose body is decaying, waits for Dai at Burn Palace to settle things with his last life and settle things with Dai.
Hadlar's reincarnation
Hadlar is defeated in the final battle with Dai and falls, but due to a scheme by Killburn to trap Dai and Hadlar, they are trapped in a cage of fire along with Pop who came to help them. Hadlar saves Dai and Pop who have defeated him with the last of his strength, and dies while Avan appears again and watches over him. However, his will becomes a trump card to protect Avan and resides in Him's body at the same time.
【DRAGONQUEST Dai's Great Adventure】Pop and Hadlar Summary
I've put together a list of the two characters who have grown the most in Dai's Great Adventure! Pop, who was born without any special background but became one of the strongest wizards through hard work, is also a heartwarming character, but I never thought that Hadlar, who was supposed to be the nemesis but had a small-time feel from the beginning, would become such a character. In that sense, I think these two are the characters who have grown the most and are definitely great characters!
