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Dragon Ball isn't a superhero story. Comparing DB, a martial arts fantasy, with a superhero/detective story isn't a good comparison. So because Pilaf spouts orders to 2 incompetent lackies it's fundamentally the same as the Red Ribbon Army? Similarly are you arguing that not bringing Bulma along is...

Pilaf's gang isn't an organization. It's not organized at all. It's him and two incompetent lackies. In the Red Ribbon Army arc, Goku's looking for one single DB. It's also Goku alone, whereas before he had Bulma and then others that joined him. Shrug. In what way is Pilaf's gang not an organizatio...

Things like Red Ribbon didn't really change the story or the dynamics. It was simply replacing Pilaf's gang with a slightly more menacing but really no more effective group. Same with many of your other examples. A shinier Ki attack or transformation isn't new and has its roots all the way back in ...

Sorry to butt in but at the risk of causing you to write another novella in response could you elaborate on what you meant by the original DB/Z being almost always being "genuinely all-new and different"? Maybe its just me, or because it watched the Z portion first, but I've never really ...

Most of my issues with Super have little to do with most of the basic ideas and concepts (the stuff that almost certainly comes straight from Toriyama's cocktail napkin bullet points, and are thus likely the "rawest" of his contributions to Super), and a LOT to do with the actual EXECUTIO...

While some people may find this not such a big deal, It is a problem for me and many people. Shrug. I would say telling an entertaining, engaging story is by far the most important part to good writing. Fan fiction or otherwise. Power scaling is largely immaterial to that endeavor. Adhering to it w...

Yamcha and Goku fought twice and he didn`t lost the first fight. Shrug. Beating an opponent who has a handicap and then immediately losing when said handicap is removes seems less than truly impressive. And this is about the high point of Yamcha's badassery and plot usefulness. But I will admit if ...

Is Goku a Hero? - Dragon Ball Dissection: The Cell Arc Part 3! I'm probably going more against the grain of the typical Kanzenshuu user's opinion than I ever have before, but here we are. Trunks warns Goku and the others that the world will become Skynet. They decide... to basically let it happen a...

Well, in my case, if I genuinely believed DB was a show that said "real shit about society" I'd probably wouldn't have watched it. So I'm rather glad it doesn't. That said is the Saiyan race "oppressed"? At least to a degree greater than any other planet in Freezia's empire? I me...

DB and DBZ aren't separate stories and much of the stuff people associate with Z started in early DB because it is ALL Dragon Ball. This can't be stressed enough. DB isn't anymore separate from Z than the Pilaf arc is from the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. It seems like most of your argument boils down t...

He wrote Star Wars to be a standalone, but it was a much bigger script with elements of the later films. It is not a stand alone movie. The story has a beginning, middle, and end, but not a definitive end. The empire is still alive and well and Vader is still out there, so no, he couldn't have star...

The difference being that Lucas wrote that as the beginning. It's structured like a beginning because it is, so it introduces the audience to the characters and story. Of course the original trilogy feels complete. For years that's all there was. It was written to be a trilogy. If you were writing ...

Ok, but I will say its a rather sad way of thinking that Americans ... can just skip Dragon Ball like its not a big deal. Not that not watching a cartoon is a big deal but you are missing a lot of the story. You can indeed not watch that part but its definitely missing out, a lot. And its sad that ...

I'm not saying that this is for sure the case, but statements like this make it sounds like you've never actually WATCHED or READ pre-Z DB and are simply regirgitating incorrect cliches that people often say about it on the internet. What you're describing here is like, the first HALF of original D...

I'm not saying that this is for sure the case, but statements like this make it sounds like you've never actually WATCHED or READ pre-Z DB and are simply regirgitating incorrect cliches that people often say about it on the internet. What you're describing here is like, the first HALF of original D...

Honestly, the only major difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z is the "Z" moniker. Yes, the initial tone of the first few arcs may greatly contrast with how the atmosphere changes when the story progresses around the time the Red Ribbon Army debut, but the overall overreaching ...

I just want to reiterate the important message that sentiments of "I don't think this fits" or "that's not the way I see it" do not equate to the tidbit in question actually being wrong. If Toriyama wrote Nappa's line as, "but the Saibaimen have powers of 1,200 each! Even R...

Perfectly honest I didn't have a problem with this. Even found it somewhat funny and perfectly in keeping with Roshi's character. Even tame compared to some of the stuff he's done. Just seems weird that for a guy who literally tried to spy on Launch while she was taking a shower to get worked up ove...

I have no idea what you wrote, it didn't answer my question. Can Krillin take down Beerus using techniques and tactics or not? Shoot I'll throw you a bone, can Krillin take down SSB Goku using tactics and techniques? No. Even before these "Krillin Breaking fights" he explains that, "...

You see, the kienzan doesn't bother me because its literally a one of a kind technique, no other technique has that property but the kienzan. Second form Freeza was able to completely dodge a barrage of kienzan thrown by Kuririn so don't know what you mean there. If anything this was already shown ...