Verbalizing attack/technique names
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- TheZFighter
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Verbalizing attack/technique names
Potentially a dumb question, but I can't recall this ever being addressed anywhere else...
You know how he characters will go "KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAA!", "TRI-BEAM-HAAAAA!" or "SOLAR FLARE!".
Is calling out an attack or techniques name in any way required "in-universe", or is it more for our benefit?
You know how he characters will go "KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAA!", "TRI-BEAM-HAAAAA!" or "SOLAR FLARE!".
Is calling out an attack or techniques name in any way required "in-universe", or is it more for our benefit?
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Re: Attack/ technique names
Shouting attack names is an extension of a standard kiai. We have seen characters use proper-noun-attacks — namely the Kamehameha — countless times without it having to be verbally announced.
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Re: Attack/ technique names
^What the good mod said.
Shouting is a very well-defined aspect of real-life martial arts, used to help amplify one's movements due to the mechanics of breathing intake/exhalation.
Shouting is a very well-defined aspect of real-life martial arts, used to help amplify one's movements due to the mechanics of breathing intake/exhalation.
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Re: Attack/ technique names
It's kinda both. In Dragon Ball Krillin tests out performing a Kamehameha, saying "All you have to do is put your hands together and say Kamehameha!" (dub line, apologies) as he does it, and it immediately makes a little ki puff at the end. So that implies that some level of verbalization is required. I always took being able to do it without saying anything as a mark of having mastered the move, kinda like in Harry Potter with spells.
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Re: Attack/ technique names
Nah, it ain't required. It's for the audience's benefit, like you said.
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Re: Verbalizing attack/technique names
In Fused Zamasu's case, it obviously derives from his endless ego and vainglorious personality, so it makes sense that he would name and announce his attacks prior to using them.