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Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Codarik » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:18 pm

So I was watching DBZ episode 55 when Kaio-sama has Piccolo fight Yamcha, Tien, and Chaozu. Even though it was filler I can't help to think that it was one of the most entertaining fights in the series. I definitely would have loved see that go for an entire episode or two. Also it made Yamcha look like a badass: Image

What do you guys think about this fight? And what fights would you like to have seen last longer?

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Necrosaber » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:38 pm

Goku vs Ledgic. I just thought it was all around cool. Compared to a lot of fights later in the Dragonball series, it was more choreographed and wasn't just them teleporting everywhere with the characters just rapidly punching each other. Ledgic seemed like a potentially interesting character with his knowledge of the Saiyans and the end of the fight showcased kind of a respect for each other. Was hoping to see him show up again in the series.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Jackal puFF » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:41 pm

Android 16's fight with Cell was way too short.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Chibi Gohan » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:36 am

To be completely honest, I don't really think there's any fight that should have of been longer. :?
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Kingdom Heartless » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:35 am

In the manga, I think Goku vs. Vegeta should have been longer.... in the anime it was a great fight.

There are a few fights that are a little too fleeting.
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by DarkPrince_92 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:54 am

Yeah I agree, Goku vs Vegeta the second time, I feel that fight was way too short for those two at Super Saiyan 2.
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by xXInfinite026Xx » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:55 am

Goku vs Freeza!

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by DBZ Mick » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:40 am

I think most fights were fine as they were...

But I really like how the anime handled certain fights- SSJ2 Goku vs Vegeta, Piccolo vs 17, SSJ2 Goku vs Boo.

I also enjoyed that Piccolo vs Yamucha, Tenshinhan and Chaozu. Anything to give the humans more to do.
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by NitroEX » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:08 am

Super Saiyan Goku vs Cooler

Once Goku transformed you expected Cooler to get an ass kicking but all he got was a knee to the gut which makes him go straight for his trump card.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Michsi » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:12 am

DBZ Mick wrote: I also enjoyed that Piccolo vs Yamucha, Tenshinhan and Chaozu. Anything to give the humans more to do.
Agreed. Though I wish they were a little braver with the humans and had them give Piccolo a little more trouble than that. Sure it was amazing what they did considering it was Piccolo, but I did also feel like they were careful not to give them too much power.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Son Satan » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:23 am

I liked the way the anime handled Vegetto vs Boo much better than the manga, because he didn't just go Super Saiyan right away. Plus, being the only time we get to see Vegetto in action, I felt like we should have as much of it as possible.
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by dbboxkaifan » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:03 pm

Son Goku x Majin Vegeta and one of them should've been defeated to define who's the victorious.

By default, it's Son.
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Insertclevername » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:11 pm

SSJ2 Gohan vs Super Perfect Cell

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Honestly, I'd rather have a more even and epic fight first, then a beam stuggle that was the same length as the manga version.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by angelus0901 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:50 pm

Definitely SSJ2 Gohan vs Cell. I just loved watching Gohan kick Cell's ass.
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Choujin Daizenshuu » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:16 pm

xXInfinite026Xx wrote:Goku vs Freeza!
Anyone who dares to seriously ask for an extended version of the Goku vs Freeza battle needs to be forced into a clown suit at gunpoint and made to straddle down Main Street in Sturgis, South Dakota during the peak of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:04 pm

xXInfinite026Xx wrote:Goku vs Freeza!
Let it happen, even with the anime version, 30 episodes where half of it is mindless jabber and cutways is too short. :x
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Choujin Daizenshuu » Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:58 pm

DBZAOTA482 wrote:Let it happen, even with the anime version, 30 episodes where half of it is mindless jabber and cutways is too short. :x
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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:39 pm

Choujin Daizenshuu wrote:
DBZAOTA482 wrote:Let it happen, even with the anime version, 30 episodes where half of it is mindless jabber and cutways is too short. :x
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
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I always side eye the people who say "Now my kids/today's kids can experience what I did as a child!" Nigga, who gives a fuck about your childhood? You're an adult now and it was at least 15 years ago. Let the kids have their own experience instead of picking at a corpse.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Cipher » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:29 pm

I can honestly say there's not a single fight in this series that should last longer than it currently does, and that goes for both the anime and manga.

Maybe, maybe Redict vs. Goku, if only because it was the culmination of a three-episode arc. But even then, about half an episode is entirely reasonable.

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Re: Fights that should have lasted longer

Post by Saiga » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:34 pm

I'd say...

U. Gohan vs Boo, definately. And Gohan vs Dabra for that matter, we didn't get to see much of it in the manga.
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