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by Desassina
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Replies: 347
Views: 18458

Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.

Hopefully, Kami will pull some strings and allow Toriyama to keep his body in the Otherworld, if not because he's my manga hero. Perhaps then he can get a day off on Earth and show the results of his Afterlife drawings. Rest in peace for now.
by Desassina
Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Dragons and Potara
Replies: 3
Views: 973

Re: Dragons and Potara

What if Piccolo took Porunga's place in the Namekian dragon balls and got Gohan to wish his freedom? Would that be too Return of Jafar for Dragon Ball? I'm just glad that he became Orange instead.
by Desassina
Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:11 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4624
Views: 582699

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

You're going to get a lot of answers in the realm of "Gohan was at 50% power when he beat Cell therefore he's twice as strong at full power". In my opinion, "Super" Perfect Cell powered up to be his equal in the sense that, if they had to duke it out by fighting melee, then Gohan...
by Desassina
Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:27 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: If Freeza wanted to be taller, why didn't he stick around in his 2nd form or design his 1st form taller?
Replies: 2
Views: 511

Re: If Freeza wanted to be taller, why didn't he stick around in his 2nd form or design his 1st form taller?

The true answer is that Freeza has a sense of fashion and does not like striped sleeves and leggings. He had rather be naked with the jewels showing. It takes some time to build the confidence for that.
by Desassina
Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:24 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: The real reason why Broly hates Goku answered by Takao Koyama
Replies: 21
Views: 5956

Re: The real reason why Broly hates Goku answered by Takao Koyama

Empathy, and not hate, is what Broly should have towards Goku in case that was the justification. Goku's crying might have been traumatic, but it comes off as something that people grow to be annoyed at, and not to resent whom Broly hardly knew. Movie 8 is a fun romp from a cool time to be a Super S...
by Desassina
Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Frieza, Cell and Buu Saga: which one has the LESS iconic moments?
Replies: 19
Views: 1268

Re: Frieza, Cell and Buu Saga: which one has the LESS iconic moments?

ABED wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:58 am Wait, do we mean less or fewer?
I was going to ask this myself, but then I remembered that I wrote "the least amount of iconic moments", so I'm suspect despite having talked about their importance (Namek and Freeza's only though).
by Desassina
Sun Apr 16, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Frieza, Cell and Buu Saga: which one has the LESS iconic moments?
Replies: 19
Views: 1268

Re: Frieza, Cell and Buu Saga: which one has the LESS iconic moments?

It's very difficult for a Dragon Ball arc to have the least amount of iconic moments, but if I were to compare them to the arc's overall running length, then the Freeza arc dragged and diluted their overall importance to the story. Vegeta's effort to get the Dragon Balls is somehow subdued by the su...
by Desassina
Sun Apr 09, 2023 4:21 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Potential Future Arcs
Replies: 22
Views: 5410

Re: Potential Future Arcs

Goku and Vegeta explore the depths of Hell by visiting their former enemies' prisons to face Akkuman who's been training with every villain sent there. He has closed the gates of reincarnation and therefore stopped the cycle to repopulate the universe with new beings. His goal is to make Hell an exo...
by Desassina
Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:27 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Other series like DBZ Kai?
Replies: 26
Views: 12146

Re: Other series like DBZ Kai?

Some instruments were added to the original soundtrack. I would not count that to be a rescore, but they were cues not found in the original, and I noticed because they were distracting.
by Desassina
Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Other series like DBZ Kai?
Replies: 26
Views: 12146

Re: Other series like DBZ Kai?

sangofe wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:55 am I'm confused. Did you reply to my question?
No, sorry, it was the thread in general.
by Desassina
Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:17 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Other series like DBZ Kai?
Replies: 26
Views: 12146

Re: Other series like DBZ Kai?

Think of any butchered series from the 90s which got released incomplete on DVD with a completely different cast and music (I'm looking at Spider-Man The Animated Series in Portugal).
by Desassina
Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: DBZ (finally) returns as the main series brand for marketing as DBS brand is on it's death bed
Replies: 10
Views: 1401

Re: DBZ (finally) returns as the main series brand for marketing as DBS brand is on it's death bed

The real question is: if Dragon Ball Super was so bad, then how does a change in brand improve the series production, when the same mistakes could taint DBZ otherwise? We already had two Dragon Ball Z movies, not better than Broly and Super Hero, in my opinion, which paved the way for Super, and the...
by Desassina
Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Which villain does Goku hate the most?
Replies: 13
Views: 1172

Re: Which villain does Goku hate the most?

At some point, it must have been Moro, because he pretty much made an angel disappear, triggering Goku to defeat him, but not without showing some disdain by giving him a senzu bean first. Since Ultra Instincts is supposed to be kept through calm, his anger did not show until Goku unleashed everythi...
by Desassina
Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Fusions you wanna see in DBS
Replies: 11
Views: 926

Re: Fusions you wanna see in DBS

Beers and Champa are itching for a fusion in the vein of Evil and Good Boo. Instead of merging their names, just call them Black Velvet.
by Desassina
Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Fusions you wanna see in DBS
Replies: 11
Views: 926

Re: Fusions you wanna see in DBS

Beerus and Champa (Potara).
Chaozu and Kuririn (Dance).
by Desassina
Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Was DB Super a flop in the grand scheme of things?
Replies: 19
Views: 1421

Re: Was DB Super a flop in the grand scheme of things?

I can only talk from my experience without information here: I returned to Dragon Ball with Super because I had witnessed Dragon Ball Z in my childhood. I don't think that Super would have grabbed my attention in case I was a newcomer and that may be a reason for the title to not have the same stayi...
by Desassina
Wed Mar 08, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
Replies: 36
Views: 2154

Re: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor

This is gonna sound crazy, but I think Dragon Ball's spiritual successor is... One Punch Man. Goku and Saitama's paths are TOO similar. It just seems like OPM removes the insane amount of elements that mask what Goku has become/is. But they're both doing/becoming the same thing. It also seems like ...
by Desassina
Tue Mar 07, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
Replies: 36
Views: 2154

Re: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor

Nothing quite like it, since it's so disjoint in story telling, but consistent in art style that you would be hard pressed to find an author who's not artsy for the sake of it, and whose ideas are not made to be out there on purpose. Toriyama was very genuine! Part of it was due to his contributing ...
by Desassina
Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4624
Views: 582699

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Peril wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:50 am How many dragon ball movies have been tournament focused?
A movie where a tournament is mostly present is Dragon Ball Mystical Adventure while Dragon Ball Z Bojack Unbound was the entire tournament. You could say that Fusion Reborn has Goku fighting in one too but it's very minor.
by Desassina
Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:01 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4624
Views: 582699

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

No offense taken with nerd, but I don't think that people organizing their thoughts with math is what defines them as such, because writing long posts over the internet would be equally nerd-y. It just so happens that a math formula with symbols for numbers is more compact, and it's always from the ...