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by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 9:04 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?



I'm not the one throwing around personal attacks. "You're hopeless, you're a brick wall". All over a difference in opinion.

I could've not responded, but your last response was smug, so why not? Since you wanna be a wise guy, it's fair game.


You keep being guilty of everything you're ...
by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 8:34 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?



If you have nothing else to add, then why bother responding? Right, to make yourself feel better by getting the last word in. You can't handle disagreements, so you have to resort to ad hominem.


Everything you've said here applies to you. You could have also not responded right? So don't play ...
by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 7:28 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

If you have nothing else to add, then why bother responding? Right, to make yourself feel better by getting the last word in. You can't handle disagreements, so you have to resort to ad hominem.
by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 6:50 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

Good job at cherry picking and conveniently ignoring all of the other signs of him softening up that me and other users have been telling you about

None of those "signs" had anything to do with Gokuu, as I already said. No cherrypicking or ignoring done on my part.

"He hugged his son"
"He gave ...
by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:26 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?


Vegeta softening changes his outlook on EVERYTHING, including Goku, who has been his n1 obsession, so it only makes sense that the culmination of his development includes Goku, and it's disingenuous to say otherwise.

The moment Vegeeta sees Gokuu again after returning to Earth, he was butthurt ...
by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:19 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

None of this is sudden. Vegeta is clearly softening. He hugged his son for crying out loud. He gave his life knowing he'd get nothing in return.

Nothing to do with Gokuu.

Of course he's upset at Goku for holding back, but I fail to see what him crushing the potara is supposed to signify beyond ...
by Zebra
Sun Mar 29, 2026 1:00 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

Vegeeta's no.1 speech came out of nowhere. Upon seeing Gokuu again after returning to Earth, he was pissed off because Gokuu withheld SS3 from him. He refuses to fuse with him and crushes the Potala after they split inside of Boohan. Then, during SS3 Gokuu's fight with Pure Boo, he's suddenly in ...
by Zebra
Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

Gohan never deserved to be put in the role of protagonist, and it was obviously never going to work out in the long run when Gokuu was so iconic.

I would've had Gohan and Gotenks fight Pure Boo alongside Gokuu and Vegeeta on the Kaioushin World instead of leaving them on Earth with all the fodder ...
by Zebra
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:23 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

- If she helped with Super 17, she could've helped with the unknown dragons who turned out to be mostly shit.

No one else helped Gokuu out against them, except for Pan. No.18 isn't any more deserving of spotlight than Gohan, Goten, Vegeeta, Trunks, and Oob are here.

She helped kill her own ...
by Zebra
Fri Mar 27, 2026 12:55 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

But Super Saiyan 1 was built-up, though?

Not really. The term "Super Saiyan" pops up midway through the Freeza arc and we learn nothing about it other than it being a really strong Saiyan that last appeared 1,000 years ago. It could've been a mere status/title for all we knew, but randomly it's a ...
by Zebra
Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:18 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

Kuririn’s death was supposed to be shocking and unexpected.

Doesn't mean it should come out of nowhere. There wasn't even a single hint that Kurilin was going to die anytime soon. The Daimaoh arc wasn't foreshadowed at all.

It really wasn’t that big of a shift in tone from the Tenshinhan arc ...
by Zebra
Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 300
Views: 12818

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?

It's repetitive, and it was particularly annoying how the Freeza arc did it twice.


Krilin's death in GT is such a nothing burger that I don't even take it seriously. It's so irrelevant that, except for his wife, nobody is even aware it happened. It wasn't even meant to affect the main characters ...
by Zebra
Wed Mar 25, 2026 4:21 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased
Replies: 7788
Views: 2042122

Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased



I think Vincent Tong would've been a good fit for Gokuu. He's probably best known as Matsuda from Death Note. Something like this would've suited Gokuu, imo:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Voltron-Force/Daniel/

He has a lot of range, so he'd be able to do a good job at goofy ...
by Zebra
Wed Mar 25, 2026 1:55 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased
Replies: 7788
Views: 2042122

Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased

I think Vincent Tong would've been a good fit for Gokuu. He's probably best known as Matsuda from Death Note. Something like this would've suited Gokuu, imo:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Voltron-Force/Daniel/

He has a lot of range, so he'd be able to do a good job at goofy, calm ...
by Zebra
Thu Mar 19, 2026 3:05 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if Dragon Ball franchise didn't exist? How would it affect the pop culture and your life?
Replies: 12
Views: 11873

Re: What if Dragon Ball franchise didn't exist? How would it affect the pop culture and your life?

While anime/manga was popular in Japan long before Dragon Ball came into the picture, its impact on the industry is undeniable. Toriyama innovated a lot of well-known tropes to be more mainstream; Dragon Ball is one of the best selling manga of all time for a reason, and DB and DBZ had remarkably ...
by Zebra
Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:54 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Toriyama Romanizations: A Visual Guide
Replies: 12
Views: 88101

Re: Toriyama Romanizations: A Visual Guide

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Also, the "Gokuh" spelling was first used for a 1986 telephone card:
https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2018/04/09/t ... -work-060/
by Zebra
Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:34 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Toriyama Romanizations: A Visual Guide
Replies: 12
Views: 88101

Re: Toriyama Romanizations: A Visual Guide

Toriyama did spell Gokuu's name as "Goku" a few times.

On one illustration that was the cover to the first Weekly Jump magazine featuring Dragon Ball, "Capsule Corporation" was spelled as "Kapsel Corporation". Note the katakana カプセル (kapuseru) is based on the German word "kapsel".

https://i ...
by Zebra
Mon Mar 09, 2026 3:03 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
Topic: Torishima gives his opinion on Dragon Ball Daima and says he would make a Vegeta story
Replies: 64
Views: 87183

Re: Torishima gives his opinion on Dragon Ball Daima and says he would make a Vegeta story

I should correct myself. It was probably Ashita no Joe, first released in 1968, that pioneered tournament arcs.
by Zebra
Thu Mar 05, 2026 5:15 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
Topic: Which was the better sequel: GT, Super, or Daima ?
Replies: 339
Views: 186306

Re: Which was the better sequel: GT, Super, or Daima ?


I like both Bardocks, overall I think they are good characters. Although Toriyama's one is slightly inferior due to a worse design. If he had kept at least the headband...

Neato, but it doesn't make the rest of Online canon.

So one statement that you made up is enough to render Dragon Ball ...
by Zebra
Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:13 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
Topic: Which was the better sequel: GT, Super, or Daima ?
Replies: 339
Views: 186306

Re: Which was the better sequel: GT, Super, or Daima ?

Actually, it isn't; there isn't any legal way to buy or stream that special.

Splitting hairs. It was available in Japan.

No one in any official capacity has ever said product A is canon, while product B isn't.

V-Jump said DBS Broly brought Gogeeta and Broly into canon, which implies the ...