Kanzenshuu

Popular? Yes. As popular? I personally don't think so. I think kids today don't really watch TV at anywhere near the same rate as they used to, the world has really become a lot more technologically diverse, and lots of kids have access to smartphones, tablets etc. that they can use to consume ...

No I dont think so, I think if they wanna tell fresh new stories they absolutely can, to me the solution would be to have the series take place in a different era like "A Heroes Legacy" did. If your asking on an artistic level, I think thats the right decision. If we're speaking practically on what ...

I think the cell arc ending works as the end point for Goku's story but it feels like just the beginning of Gohans story, so i dont know exactly how i feel about it as an ending DB as a whole there but I could believe that it effectively functions as Goku's end(had they decided to commit to that ...

I found it so exhausting that they didn't really commit to having the characters turned into children have to grapple with their weaknesses too much. Like, Gokuu doesn't and friends don't hit barriers, they don't innovate much in the way of any memorable strategies in their battles, either. It ...

In GT and Daima, Goku being a kid seems to be in service of the idea that he has grown too powerful and that he needs to be nerfed in order to tell a more adventurous story rather than the more dramatized and action focused ones they've done for so long. If Goku can just overcome all the challenges ...

Okay. I haven't read much of this thread, but given that I'm seemingly much more familiar with AI than anyone else here, I think I should give Kanzenshuu a primer.

Starting with the Chicago-Sun Times story about the 15 books, I dug into the story some more. Turns out that story is horrifically ...

Well anyone can read chapter 23 and decide for themselves I guess


Chapter 23 of DBS:

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Yeah this is just lying, pure and simple. He agreed to fuse. Just because he needed some convincing doesn't change that. He didn't ...

Well anyone can read chapter 23 and decide for themselves I guess

I thought it was pretty obvious he was being ironic? Not everything has to be taken literally. Why can't Super ever have some light-hearted moments of comedy, like Vegeta making fun of Black for having Goku's face, without it getting over-analysed?

People online take Dragon Ball way, way ...

I think Toriyama's apathy - bordering on antipathy - for Gohan boils down to his perception as a boring, static character, hence deeming him unfit for the protagonist role way back in the Buu arc. Gohan is not interested in fighting or adventures, so unless he is literally dragged along or ...

I think Toriyama's apathy - bordering on antipathy - for Gohan boils down to his perception as a boring, static character, hence deeming him unfit for the protagonist role way back in the Buu arc. Gohan is not interested in fighting or adventures, so unless he is literally dragged along or forced ...

Nah I don’t think so. I still think Z holds a much more prominent in position in the public consciousness than Super does. I think the average person is more likely to know Cell than they are Beerus or Zamasu, if you mention “Future Trunks” their mind will immediately go to the Cell arc not the Goku ...

I mean...it's pretty embarrassing to be writing that kind of scene for comedic effect involving a minor.


That is true. I am actually curious as how that would be handled, the blood and gore you can pretty easily remove without affecting the story much at all, you can argue that certain ...

I could be wrong on this but the original DB was already censored no? The tournament with Uranai Baba has a moment where I think a 17 year old Bulma(?) gets her shirt ripped off and that leads Roshi to spray blood out his nose covering the invisible man and ultimately exposing him. Which of ...

I could be wrong on this but the original DB was already censored no? The tournament with Uranai Baba has a moment where I think a 17 year old Bulma(?) gets her shirt ripped off and that leads Roshi to spray blood out his nose covering the invisible man and ultimately exposing him. Which of course ...

I'm speaking to what the story is asking of the audience, which is, "hey remember how gohan was trained by piccolo in the saiyan arc and tried to revive him during the namek arc?" the relationship fades in any kind of prominence until the toyotarou manga and super hero decide to play on what is ...

Idk how much I really bought into the idea that Gohan lets his power go to his head, I mean if thats true of Gohan then thats true of everyone outside of Future Trunks. I dont even know if Gohan even toyed around with Boo that much, that fight was very brief in the manga before he self destructed.

The bones of a good arc are certainly there, I never really thought that evil goku was a compelling concept prior to Super but I gotta say that I was absolutely sold when Black was first introduced. The mystery behind him and his otherworldly nature was genuinely intriguing. But I felt that they ...

It's pretty funny how some takes in the fandom mock and ridicule the Trunks' Spirit Sword because it's left ambiguous how Trunks learned the Spirit Bomb technique... but then turn around and love the GT ending, which literally does not make any sense.

If Goku died, then it's unclear why or how ...

Sure, I'm not saying EOZ is bad or tonally inconsistent.There is a lot to like about it, but it just doesn’t feel like an ending to me. In a weird way, it feels like it’s setting up another adventure. Like its so much easier to continue past EOZ without significantly changing the status quo ...