Can the Mafuba be dodged?

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Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by Hakaishin Liquir » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:57 pm

What the title said. Can it really not be dodged or does it just always work because of the classic anime trope where the character forgets how to dodged when a finishing move is used?

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Re: Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by Lord Beerus » Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:55 pm

So far it's been show that you can't really dodge the Mafuba. Once someone performs the technique on you, you're at their mercy and just have to pray they fuck up in sealing you into the jar/container.

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Re: Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by The gr » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:04 pm

I don't think so,is a pretty powerful move like Frost said
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Re: Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by Hakaishin Liquir » Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:25 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:So far it's been show that you can't really dodge the Mafuba. Once someone performs the technique on you, you're at their mercy and just have to pray they fuck up in sealing you into the jar/container.
But then how was Frost able to jump in front of it and redirect it towards Vegeta?

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Re: Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by Polyphase Avatron » Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:24 pm

I think the reason most people don't try to dodge it is because they don't know what it is. If you recognized it in advance and were faster than the user you probably could.
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Re: Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by Lionel » Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:44 am

Yeah, I think if you knew in advance what the Mafuba was capable of, you would make an effort to avoid it. Although Piccolo Daimao didn't make any efforts to avoid the Mafuba when Roshi used it on him. It's possible he was too frightened by his most feared ability being called upon to ensnare him once again to try anything. Frost doesn't have the same paranoia so he was able to intercept it in time and shift it over to Vegeta.

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Re: Can the Mafuba be dodged?

Post by Lord Beerus » Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:04 am

Hakaishin Liquir wrote:
Lord Beerus wrote:So far it's been show that you can't really dodge the Mafuba. Once someone performs the technique on you, you're at their mercy and just have to pray they fuck up in sealing you into the jar/container.
But then how was Frost able to jump in front of it and redirect it towards Vegeta?
The third Mafuba from Roshi was aimed at Magetta not Frost. Frost simply intervened before the technique hit Magetta. Frost didn't necessarily dodge the Mafuba. He just redirected it to Vegeta.

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