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by Zephyr
Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Website & Community Discussion
Topic: Splitting Up "General Franchise Discussion"
Replies: 8
Views: 153

Re: Splitting Up "General Franchise Discussion"

Rafa already said some of this, but to echo it: The problem is if there's separate sub forums for both groups in General Franchise Discussion (which covers the original three anime, movies, specials, etc) you would also need to create sub-forums for each in the Kai, Super and eventual Daima sub-for...
by Zephyr
Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
Replies: 1015
Views: 101744

Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread

Super can't even decide on a so-called "core continuity" for itself , much less sensibly serve as one for the entire franchise. Dragon Ball Super is very clear in its continuity and is perfectly aligned with what was established by Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. So watch this game depict ...
by Zephyr
Fri May 31, 2024 6:03 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If Dragon Ball goes beyond EOZ what would you like to see
Replies: 34
Views: 595

Re: If Dragon Ball goes beyond EOZ what would you like to see

If you asked me this three months ago, I'd have said that there's still plenty of goofy martial drama to go around. The most obvious thing is a "2nd Tournament of Power", with new forms and characters in the equation, like Broli, Oob, Ultra Ego, Black Freeza, Orange Piccolo, and Beast Goha...
by Zephyr
Fri May 31, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Website & Community Discussion
Topic: Splitting Up "General Franchise Discussion"
Replies: 8
Views: 153

Splitting Up "General Franchise Discussion"

To be blunt: topics surrounding things like television airings, dubs, home releases, picture quality, audio quality, and related minutia are deeply uninteresting to me at this point in my fandom. And there are an absolute ton of them on the front page of the General Franchise Discussion sub-forum. T...
by Zephyr
Thu May 30, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
Replies: 1015
Views: 101744

Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread

Frankly, the Z and Super focus shouldn't really be surprising to anyone, or even come across as egregious given what the Sparking series is. Yeah, it's a shame that pre-Raditz material continues to not get as much play. In a perfect world, any game would give original manga stuff priority over suppl...
by Zephyr
Wed May 22, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 1249
Views: 96988

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

Sorry for the late reply, been busy. The entire cast of Yu Yu Hakusho, Ranma 1/2, Cobra Kai, Evil Dead, Invincible, heck, even Sailor Moon could be considered characters who are parodies of superheroes and kung-fu movies, who don't want to be superheroes, but who do end up doing good things as a res...
by Zephyr
Mon May 20, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 1249
Views: 96988

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

Nobody's arguing that Goku needs to be a superhero, he can be just a guy who's out there to fight strong people who ends up saving the world by pure accident. The problem in my humble opinion is that Goku's a bad written one, often veering into pure unlikable territory after Toriyama's decided he's...
by Zephyr
Sat May 18, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 1249
Views: 96988

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

I think about the only time in Super where Goku genuinely seemed shook about something happening to others was his rage at learning that Zamasu had killed Chichi and Goten in the future... and that scene was anime-only and therefore probably a Toei original. There was also the time when Geran tried...
by Zephyr
Tue May 14, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 1249
Views: 96988

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

Sometimes, you just gotta learn to enjoy things for what they are rather than what you want them to be. Agreed. That's why I've embraced that Dragon Ball is simply Goku's journey through the wacky never ending kung fu tournament that is life. When I'm hungry for something besides that, it's fun tha...
by Zephyr
Wed May 08, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: Fanmanga - DB Multiverse
Replies: 30302
Views: 3687636

Re: Fanmanga - DB Multiverse

Training solo isn't as effective as training with a partner. Goku wanted Gohan to be a Super Saiyan in the first place so he could be a good sparring partner. Even if Gohan knew about the Room, in a timeline where Goku is dead he lacks the best teacher and sparring partner he could have hoped for. I...
by Zephyr
Sat May 04, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about
Replies: 52
Views: 2237

Re: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about

As far as Future Bulma sending Trunks to save Goku instead of going to stop Gero and then save Goku....I guess Bulma learned to respect the code of the martial artist in her middle age? Product of her losing her martial arts loving best friend, her martial arts loving ex, and her martial arts lovin...
by Zephyr
Sat May 04, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about
Replies: 52
Views: 2237

Re: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about

Vegeta gave Goku these options: - Goku fight Vegeta - Vegeta kills innocent people Seeing that Goku doesn't like innocent people getting killed, then he was forced to fight him. Goku listening to Kaioshin would result in Vegeta killing more people. Goku explained why he didn't use SSJ3, he wanted t...
by Zephyr
Fri May 03, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about
Replies: 52
Views: 2237

Re: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about

While I think the above does go too easy on Vegeta, the fact is that Goku's presence was what allowed Babidi to tempt Vegeta. If Goku hadnt been around, I doubt Vegeta would go "MWA HAHA! I WILL BECOME EVIL TO BEAT GOHAN UP" or anything like that. I mean, there was plenty of negative emot...
by Zephyr
Fri May 03, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about
Replies: 52
Views: 2237

Re: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about

Vegeta isn't to blame for Goku agreeing to fight him, he threatened Kaioshin, told Bobbidi to transport them away from the tournament grounds, and powered up to Super Saiyan 2 out of his own free will. Let's also not pretend that Goku didn't go to unnecessary lengths to indulge Vegeta. He was smilin...
by Zephyr
Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 5/27/24!)
Replies: 2604
Views: 530696

Re: MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 4/29/24!)

Maybe they do have Ki, but as opposed to other villains who have natural super-strong Ki like Freeza, #17 and #18's are those of regular weak impossible to distinguish human Ki? Just a stretch. That's pretty much how I see it. They're able to go toe-to-toe with Goku and co. because of their cyberne...
by Zephyr
Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 5/27/24!)
Replies: 2604
Views: 530696

Re: MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 4/29/24!)

It wasn't really meant to be an assessment of Gero's characterization. It was simply a joking aside, no different from the Trunks/#17 observation. Fair enough! I thought it might have been, but I wasn't completely sure. I always took even in DBZ that they have no Ki when idle . When they're launchi...
by Zephyr
Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 5/27/24!)
Replies: 2604
Views: 530696

Re: MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 4/29/24!)

Regarding Gero's son dying as his motivation for revenge: even if the interview did say that Goku killed Gero's son and that was the reason for his obsession with getting revenge, that interview came out in 2014, so I'm not sure why it's even worth mentioning in a GT review, especially in order to a...
by Zephyr
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: If Zamasu came back
Replies: 50
Views: 5456

Re: If Zamasu came back

Oh, by "coming back" you meant "getting stronger". What makes the "Freeza just needed push ups lol" complaint fall flat, from like, a genre-literacy point of view, is that there's a difference between physical and mental/spiritual training. I can't expect someone who's ...
by Zephyr
Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: If Zamasu came back
Replies: 50
Views: 5456

Re: If Zamasu came back

Shenlong restoring a dead person to life feels like an "asspull"?

Sorry Bora, back in the ground you go.
by Zephyr
Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Frieza's role more obvious than it seems
Replies: 12
Views: 2014

Re: Frieza's role more obvious than it seems

Bulma: "Seriously Vegeta, get a job."

Freeza: "Ah, Vegeta-san. I am in need of a babysitter."