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- Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:41 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Why did the Saiyans need Goku?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3843
Re: Why did the Saiyans need Goku?
Which is a little funny, since baby Goku would have only had a battle power of 20 as an Oozaru. If he went on a rampage that reached civilization, the Royal military would probably have chunked a misile at him and knocked him out, if it didn't kill him, and have their own baby saiyan for research.
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:37 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Orin Temple Monks
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4915
Re: Orin Temple Monks
Being at peak human condition should be enough to tank a few bullets, as do Roshi and Kuririn. Goku's head is apparently the hardest object in the universe next to stuff made from kachin. :P The Orin Temple Monks could probably beat Mr. Satan and start-of-series Yamcha, is I guess what I'm saying. S...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:36 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Why didn't Goku use the Shunkan Ido to get to Earth?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4327
Re: Why didn't Goku use the Shunkan Ido to get to Earth?
I kinda like the stasus theory, though I kinda think it might delay Goku a little, but not the whole 3 hours (I have to doubt the Z-senshi could survive Freeza for 3 hours without any casualties. Then again, how long did the various phases of the fight with Freeza on Namek last?). I mean, at the bar...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:21 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Goten, Trunks and Android 18.
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10873
Re: Goten, Trunks and Android 18.
Yikes. Is it safe to say, then, that there are no straight-up facts one way or the other? The most compelling evidence would be whether Piccolo's reaction meant they were stronger than him, or if Goku's statements mean the strongest absorbee is dominant in Buu's appearance... and both of those are q...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:05 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Why didn't Goku use the Shunkan Ido to get to Earth?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4327
Re: Why didn't Goku use the Shunkan Ido to get to Earth?
The issue isn't so much why Goku didn't step in against Freeza... ... Why didn't he just teleport to Earth the instant he was close enough to pick up on a familiar ki? Take Freeza out of the equation entirely. My conclusion is that Goku's understanding of the stress his absence put on his friends an...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:07 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: DNA's Filler Arc analysis: Announcement
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7230
Re: DNA's Filler Arc analysis
I'd like the Wedding Dress next, myself. I like the concepts in the Garlic Jr arc... it just took soooo long... T.T I'm still confused as to why I like the tournament part of the Afterlife Tournament arc so much. Or Paikuhan and Olibu's fights, to be more specific. I guess they really are that aweso...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:52 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: V-Jump, Baby Janemba and... Toyotarou = Toyble?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 14386
Re: V-Jump, BabyJanemba and... Tadayoshi Yamamuro = Toyble?
Well, keep in mind that Toyble seems to use a lot of tracing, so stylistic similarities are to be expected.
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:44 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: DBZ Arc Formula
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1524
Re: DBZ Arc Formula
True, true. Goku went along with it for about the same reasons as Vegeta. I mention Vegeta mostly because he's the only one who would have been a serious obstacle to anyone who wanted to carry out a preemptive strike. Goku or T'en might have tried to talk someone like Gohan or Bulma out of it, but V...
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:40 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Are souls in Dragonball made up of ki energy?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3227
Re: Are souls in Dragonball made up of ki energy?
Actually, Ginyu's aims in switching bodies seem to be based on gaining battle power. Is what Uub has the same as battle power? Ginyu's trick didn't work with Goku. Maybe it worked on races that thought of battle powers like Freeza's men--a (typically static) body stat that clearly lays out one's com...
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Fan Confessions?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 16196
Re: Fan Confessions?
I once came close to convincing my school's DBZ guru (this was seventh grade) that my fanfics were part of a new anime. The only clue I got that he doubted at all came when I slipped up about where I'd gotten them from (I had forgotten I'd told him one place, and then said a different one...). This ...
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:14 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: DBZ Arc Formula
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1524
DBZ Arc Formula
So, while thinking about some issues I had with the storytelling in the Cell arc, I noticed that each major arc in DBZ follows this formula. This isn't quite like the "for the whole series" formula I posted on... years ago, and really seems easier to just plug values into to generate a new...
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:38 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: How did the Kaioken X4 not obliterate Vegeta?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5534
Re: How did the Kaioken X4 not obliterate Vegeta?
It's almost like flat numerical comparisons aren't the be-all and end-all of fighting. I think I love you. :) Piccolo says effectively the same thing to #20, having demonstrated it time and time again before then. But if we must get mathy, think about stuff like body composition (Saibamen look like...
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:13 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: The Fan Theories
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1767
Re: The Fan Theories
Hm, I don't have anything canon to add, but since the title is fan theories... - Tails being recessive requires multiple genes, or ChiChi being a saiyan. I would go with multiple genes, myself. - I don't like Toriyama's explanation, but I know that if someone rejected what I said about something I w...
- Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:42 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Toyble's AF Anime Project
- Replies: 288
- Views: 46312
Re: Toyble's AF Anime Project
If so, no one's told me.
- Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:51 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: DragonBall Z Abridged
- Replies: 12434
- Views: 1735261
Re: DragonBall Z Abridged
Cooler was Shredder! Then he was Bane! Then Toriyama and Dinosaurs and balls and OMPanda that whole sequence was awesome! Poor Ickerus. :( Also, I had to do a doubletake on "Qu'est-ce que fuck?" I like how you went the extra mile to make French Sauza more French. I would say it makes me ha...
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:58 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: DragonBall GT Revised [fanfic]
- Replies: 618
- Views: 155071
Re: DragonBall GT Revised [fanfic]
Hehehehe. I hope that Goku gets familiar enough with Regano's ki to make it possible to drop in to see him frequently. Heck, I could actually see it being possible, via teleportation alone, to put off this decision for a while (possibly resulting in some baddy swooping in to screw it all up). I expe...
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:49 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Pure-blooded SSJ... requires death?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 851
Pure-blooded SSJ... requires death?
This is probably just a coincidence (Toriyama doesn't typically keep quiet about things like this), but the only pure-blooded SSJs we see are Goku and Vegeta, who both die and get resurrected before they transform. Meanwhile, none of the halfbreeds died before transforming (*tries to pretend the par...
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:22 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Why didn't Goku just fetch the Dragon radar himself?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3930
Re: Why didn't Goku just fetch the Dragon radar himself?
This is starting to make it sound like Goku is getting addicted to experiencing death, :lol:. And he wants to get everyone else to try some, but he still has moral objections to killing people for the lulz. But he's more addicted to fighting, of course. ... o.o I think I've just thought of the worst...
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: My idea for a Dragonball liveaction film
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6927
Re: My idea for a Dragonball liveaction film
All I know is that I don't like overbearing expositional narration. Yet somehow I'm ok with the narration we get in the manga/anime (and Starwars)...
(the prologue to Kai and Sagas.... Not so sure. The prologue to Spider-man 3? Eww.)
(the prologue to Kai and Sagas.... Not so sure. The prologue to Spider-man 3? Eww.)
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Yamcha's Scar question.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 24802
Re: Yamcha's Scar question.
I like to think he got them training with swords with Yajirobe, hence, we never see Yamcha with weapons again from the 23rd tournament onward.