Kanzenshuu

Mike hardly even weighs in on anything except to steer back threads going off track. I don't know what this is referring to.

(Penguintruth probably should have been off the boards long before the Schemmel thing happened, but that was a case of two hot-headed inviduals.)

TobyS wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 2:00 pm Where does it say the new Red Ribbon army or even the old one continued to fund gero after the original RR but before it's modern revival?

If I recall correctly, Magenta tells Hedo he'd been funding Gero while trying to recruit Hedo in the car.

There's nothing saying one way or the other what happened to Crane Hermit and Tao Pai Pai either, at least as far as I'm aware. Definitely not in the series itself. Toriyama said in a Q&A that they died and weren’t restored to life. Q3: What became of Tsuru-Sen’nin and Tao Pai-pai afterwards? Y...

I think the wish basically has to be interpreted as only not bringing back the cosmically evil beings like Bobbidi and co. (whose resurrections it was worded to avoid). It's not like every violent criminal suddenly vanished off the face of the Earth after the Boo arc. There's nothing saying one way ...

Goku telling Gohan to apologize to Chi-Chi for him, since he was "always doin' whatever he wanted," just before he teleports off with Cell. A really, really good additional line in the middle of an adapted scene. The anime was in rare form there. EDIT--Oh, if we're just talking in terms of...

Without help from his friends and masters to get stronger, a hostile Goku would only have lasted as long as it took him to meet Yajirobe.

From the latest Chapter 93 draft. https://twitter.com/Herms98/status/1656831678739005440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1656831678739005440%7Ctwgr%5Ed6d6073bf92fa86f22b46be372a824b648b56417%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgamefaqs.gamespot.com%2Fboards%2F2000113-dragon...

The manga should have Goku talk down on meditation even harder.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually think that the fight choreography in Super Hero is better than Broly. It really stands out in the middle of the film when Gohan and Piccolo are fighting the Gammas. The Piccolo vs Gamma 2 clip is my favourite. Aerial fights have never looked that w...

It might not be as straightforward as “more damage = more power” when it’s not tied to the psychology of a life-or-death fight.

It’s also not clear that whatever boosts he gets while in the form are permanent.

Is Goku actually weaker from the Moro arc to Granolah? The inner conflict seems to have affected his mastery of Ultra Instinct. Sign is somehow more effective in battle but we see that in overall battle power the silver form is still top dog when at the end of the arc he pulls out the Ki avatar aga...

Those are pretty phenomenal numbers for being a sequel or spin-off, and for not having a current anime on the air. (Even with the movie boost.) You’ll get people trying to spin it as unremarkable for whatever reason, but only in the world of comparisons to the original run or other major Jump series...

Toyotarou's character bias is so blatantly obvious sometimes :lol: Krillin gets wrecked by a robot wasp meanwhile Piccolo puts up a better fight against Gamma 2 than he did in the movie. The only thing that's been made clear to me over the years is that Toyotaro absolutely loves whatever character ...

How does Piccolos performance against Gamma 2 compare. His relative level of fear and stuff? Strength statements from Gamma about Piccolo etc, Been a while since I saw the movie. Even with Piccolo getting some blows in, Gamma 2 reports it was absolutely no sweat and even "disappointing" u...

Toyotaro fell prey to one of my least-favorite modern DB tropes, in having Piccolo lose limbs like he's made of paper, just because he's the only one who happens to be able to grow them back. Up to now, that one had been reserved for Toei. That aside, it's a fun chapter, and one that packs in quite ...

But in the manga they aren't about as strong as Goku and Vegeta. As far as Piccolo should be concerned Vegeta ain't got shit on Goku either. He knows Goku is on a whole other level, yet he compares the Gammas to both despite being at different levels and then apparently ain't really true either. If...

TobyS wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 11:50 am Decent chapter, I saw the movie in JP with Portuguese subtitles so maybe it did include it, but I feel like the manga was unique in explaining why 17 and 18 weren't summoned to fight, that the RRA knows how to shut them down.

Haven’t read the chapter yet (about to), but this was in the movie!

I wanted to say the one least present in public consciousness was Boo, since it only really has the final Genki Dama and the Fusion dance, but Cell really on has the father-son Kamehameha climax, so… Weirdly, Cell, I guess. Although Cell himself might curry a little more cultural presence/iconograph...

Yamcha being a meme should never be acknowledged by the series itself, and never has been outside of the baseball episode. I can’t see any way to do this that wouldn’t be winkingly leaning into those jokes, so no thanks. Toriyama has never seemed interested in “trolling” the fanbase in that way. Tro...

I think the quote holds true mostly in contrast to other entries in its genre—which often try, pointedly, to communicate and embody certain distinct messages and themes. Dragon Ball steadfastly refuses to work like that, and I think it’s one of the things that keeps it more distinct and engaging as ...