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by Magnificent Ponta
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: So what age is Goku REALLY?
Replies: 12
Views: 1954

Re: So what age is Goku REALLY?

Isn't the change rather to the date of Planet Vegeta's destruction, instead of to Goku's birth year? Goku arrives on Earth "around 10 years" before the events of Dragon Ball, according to the Jaco manga, and Dragon Ball begins in Age 749. So Goku is still born around Age 737, and is around...
by Magnificent Ponta
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: If Zamasu came back
Replies: 50
Views: 5126

Re: If Toriyama decided to bring Zamasu back

If Zamas were to see continued use as a character, I'd quite like to see him continue his story from where we left him. Super Shenron made him immortal, and allegedly nothing is beyond its power, but Zeno also erased him and the reality he was in - so it'd be logical (and pretty neat) to see that co...
by Magnificent Ponta
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread
Replies: 39983
Views: 3988111

Re: Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

Same for the 2014 interview where Goku "realized" mastering base and SS1 raises his level while sapping less strength, not needing 2 or 3 anymore. I guess that realization never left the interview room because he's been using those forms left and right for 10 years straight. Some intervie...
by Magnificent Ponta
Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Free DBH Victory Mission chapters removed from VJUMP website
Replies: 1
Views: 282

Re: Free DBH Victory Mission chapters removed from VJUMP website

Yeah, it's a real shame. I had myself only encountered those pages for the first time literally a few days prior to them being taken down... kind of a bummer.

Fortunately, Wayback Provides.
by Magnificent Ponta
Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 136
Views: 17419

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread

To be totally honest, I feel like Toyotaro is a HUGE Vegeta fanboy. I've seen it being pointed out a lot that Toyotaro is a Vegeta fanboy here and there. Fanboying is in the Eye of the Beholder. All the same, Toyotarou has gone on record , more than once (09:56-10:51), telling us that Son Goku is h...
by Magnificent Ponta
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Should Android 21 appear in the manga/anime
Replies: 3
Views: 1149

Re: Should Android 21 appear in the manga/anime

No objection in theory - she's an interesting design in both versions, and she kind of has a back-door into the main storyline already, being modelled on Gero's wife Vomi - but the window of opportunity to actually put her into a viable storyline that doesn't just exasperate the readership/viewershi...
by Magnificent Ponta
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 136
Views: 17419

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread

To be totally honest, I feel like Toyotaro is a HUGE Vegeta fanboy. I've seen it being pointed out a lot that Toyotaro is a Vegeta fanboy here and there. Fanboying is in the Eye of the Beholder. All the same, Toyotarou has gone on record , more than once (09:56-10:51), telling us that Son Goku is h...
by Magnificent Ponta
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 7041

Re: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?

Toei's Super Dragon Ball Heroes is the Anime equivalent to Toyotaro's Moro and Granolah arcs. Simple. What all these storylines have in common is that they were not penned by Toriyama. Toriyama is credited with penning the draft story outline for the Granolah arc , which is just the same as what he...
by Magnificent Ponta
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Once the current arc is over, would you like the manga to cover Daima?
Replies: 31
Views: 3450

Re: Once the current arc is over, would you like the manga to cover Daima?

Sure, and if it turns out to be in an earlier period of the main storyline, that's no obstacle at all - for me, Dragon Ball is manga first and foremost, particularly where Toriyama is involved, so I think all mainline content ought to exist in manga format as a matter of principle. Moreover, I think...
by Magnificent Ponta
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Anyone else have the feeling that Toriyama didn't like the Multiverse & Gods concepts?
Replies: 8
Views: 1903

Re: Anyone else have the feeling that Toriyama didn't like the Multiverse & Gods concepts?

If Toriyama has no further intentions for Multiverse stuff in Super , I can hardly blame him. Whenever I think of demand for more Multiverse concept stuff, I just shrug. It's fine that it's there , but in terms of its conceptual richness for sustaining compelling narrative in future arcs, there's re...
by Magnificent Ponta
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 136
Views: 17419

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread

A really cute and fun bridging Chapter, but it seems like it's setting up another bridging Chapter in 102. A lot of elements got brought together here, and 102 probably needs to either pare them down again or, if we're running with multiple strands, organise them so it's clearer as to where the stor...
by Magnificent Ponta
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 42699
Views: 5755419

Re: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

I don't remember seeing this here before, so figured I'd post it. Turns out that in addition to the special chapter colour art, the V-Jump Cover featuring Orange Piccolo and Gohan Beast, and the Jump Festa artwork of Gohan Beast, Toyotarou has done some collab art for Dragon Ball Legends, to commemo...
by Magnificent Ponta
Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Comparing the versions of issue 49 of the magazine: Dragon Ball - The Legendary Manga.
Replies: 4
Views: 1439

Re: Comparing the European versions of The Legendary Manga (Spanish, French and Greek).

is it the version that they say it comes from an American DB fan who was living in Japan at the time that DB was being aired and he would write a description of the episodes, then he put it all together? If that is the case in Mexico we used to have the Spanish version from Spain that some guy uplo...
by Magnificent Ponta
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 136
Views: 17419

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread

I am curious about this new Android 15’s design. Thought the first one was hilarious. Unfortunately for that interpretation (I got caught by it for a Hot Minute myself!), the Chapter title isn't referring to Android 15, but rather to Red Ribbon Army mook Number 15 (the one who accompanies Piccolo a...
by Magnificent Ponta
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Comparing the versions of issue 49 of the magazine: Dragon Ball - The Legendary Manga.
Replies: 4
Views: 1439

Re: Comparing the European versions of The Legendary Manga (Spanish, French and Greek).

How is this comparing the european version of the manga? For example, the manga had many different releases in France and are getting full color releases now. The OP isn't comparing European localisations of the original Manga; they're referring to a supplementary booklet series published in four d...
by Magnificent Ponta
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 136
Views: 17419

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 101 - Official Discussion Thread

Wondering if this'll be a one-chapter comedic epilogue or something. Maybe, but depending on how desperate, determined, and resourceful Carmine and 15 are going to be portrayed as, it could quite easily go beyond that. It seems clear enough that the Big Boys (Gohan and Piccolo) are done for the arc...
by Magnificent Ponta
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: A rebuttal to the defense of the Zamasu arc ending
Replies: 19
Views: 2659

Re: A rebuttal to the defense of the Zamasu arc ending

That's a parallel I hadn't noticed before - that Trunks still gets a future, a second chance, like he did at the end of the Cell saga. Perhaps it's just perception but I feel like the concept of him having another chance isn't as obvious or satisfying as the Cell saga's version, but after you've sp...
by Magnificent Ponta
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The Cell Saga is the most existential in the series
Replies: 14
Views: 1261

Re: The Cell Saga is the most existential in the series

I always felt the Cell arc was more about Reputation than anything else; the whole premise of the story seems to centre around Son Goku's reputation in particular, but most of the other main characters seem to at least nod to the idea of reputation in some way that is important to the story (and usu...
by Magnificent Ponta
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 42699
Views: 5755419

Re: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

I don't recall us talking about this, but there was another New Year Interview with Toyotarou. Not anything really impactful or revelatory (there will be a second part on the 8th, and this seems more geared towards drawing manga rather than making An Announcement or whatever), more a retrospective o...
by Magnificent Ponta
Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: A rebuttal to the defense of the Zamasu arc ending
Replies: 19
Views: 2659

Re: A rebuttal to the defense of the Zamasu arc ending

People watch shows like Dragon Ball because the characters, despite all of the odds being against them, end up succeeding in their goal in the end. Sure, obviously they may suffer major losses on their way to achieving said goal, and if you went the other extreme and got rid of these then that is a...