Zanzoken was created by Korin and first seen used during 21st Tenkaichi Budokai when Jackie Chun fought Goku. In an early English dub of Dragon Ball, he calls this technique "The Devil's Afterimage", but originally there was no 魔 ("Ma") character that marked all "devil" techniques. During 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai Jackie Chun used it against Tien as well. In the anime but not in the manga, Krillin also used it once against Goku when they were pitted against each other.