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by ABED
Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Replies: 321
Views: 16364

Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.

It's weird, even if Toriyama wasn't somewhat active in the past couple years, and if he became a hermit after DB ended, this moment would still be surreal. If DB was all he was responsible for, that would be a hell of a distinction. But after hearing of all the things he influenced directly or indir...
by ABED
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Replies: 44
Views: 2028

Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain

Fights in the later parts of Dragon Ball are flashy light shows where the winner is the one with the higher power level. I wouldn’t really call that “martial arts.” The fighting is too simplistic. There’s not really any sense that skill or strategy actually matter. This isn't true. Buu was stronger...
by ABED
Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:43 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Replies: 44
Views: 2028

Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain

. For all the talk about how Dragon Ball is a martial arts series, there’s very little actual martial arts. I mean yeah except for literally the entire series. Fights in the later parts of Dragon Ball are flashy light shows where the winner is the one with the higher power level. I wouldn’t really ...
by ABED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Replies: 44
Views: 2028

Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain

As for martial arts in DB, ki blasts and flight and things of that nature are martial arts. Sure, but as the series goes on, they start to feel less like martial arts and more like superpowers. I mean, even low level grunts in Freeza’s forces seem to at least be capable of flight, and Freeza himsel...
by ABED
Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Replies: 44
Views: 2028

Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain

It’s somewhat debatable how skilled of a fighter Raditz actually is. He was completely helpless when Goku grabbed his tail, even though Goku himself overcame that weakness when he was a kid, and and Vegeta and Nappa didn’t have that weakness either. Let’s be honest though, when it comes to the latt...
by ABED
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Replies: 44
Views: 2028

Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain

I find the fight between the non-Goku characters and Freeza to be less him “playing with his food” and more just plain incompetence, particularly when he’s constantly getting blindsided and getting the shit beaten out of him until he decides it’s time to transform again, so he can comfortably domin...
by ABED
Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Replies: 44
Views: 2028

Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain

I find the fight between the non-Goku characters and Freeza to be less him “playing with his food” and more just plain incompetence, particularly when he’s constantly getting blindsided and getting the shit beaten out of him until he decides it’s time to transform again, so he can comfortably domin...
by ABED
Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:03 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Do you think Dragon Ball would have worked better if Goku died on Namek?
Replies: 35
Views: 1589

Re: Do you think Dragon Ball would have worked better if Goku died on Namek?

My preferred ending for Goku's arc is to become a martial arts master. He can't do that if he dies on Namek, because it's in the Cell and Boo arcs that we see him begin training others. So, I don't think Dragon Ball would have worked better if he died on Namek. This is why I think the 23rd Tenkaich...
by ABED
Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Do you think Dragon Ball would have worked better if Goku died on Namek?
Replies: 35
Views: 1589

Re: Do you think Dragon Ball would have worked better if Goku died on Namek?

After Goku become crappy character past Freeza saga (in my opinion, he keeps making same mistakes and never learned from them) I wouldn't mind if he stayed death, same with Vegeta Why would he learn? It's not like he failed. And no, my answer will always be "no" whenever this question ari...
by ABED
Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4620
Views: 580644

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

I don't consider that a great post bc a decade long manga with no gaps is not the same as a new work project. It's one thing to be prepared, it's another to have it all planned out in a serialized narrative. There are always things that change on the fly, and you can't anticipate everything. Man pla...
by ABED
Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:40 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

I think your view of "nowhere" is so limiting. It is a show about fighting. Of course it's going to spend a lot of episodes on big fights. It's a fighting show. They are going to fight. All the plot in the show is ultimately subservient to the end where it's solved with a big fight. So ye...
by ABED
Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

In Kai, it's 12 episodes. Honestly, I didn't even completely read the first 5 arcs of the manga's Super (or 4, since Fukkatsu no F is something separate), so I considered filler what seemed like filler to me (Scenes with the Pilaf Gang, Goku saying he doesn't know what which is a kiss, etc), I know ...
by ABED
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

"Let them. Make 7 episodes all about that. Please, let them go to Namek. At least SOMETHING will happen." YOu guys are exaggerating. Not only do I have a hard time believing you would want an idea that sounds this boring even on paper, you are exaggerating about how long the fights are. Y...
by ABED
Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

The Yu-gi-oh virtual world filler arc is one of the worst examples I can think of for 2000s shonen anime. Just stopping the main storyline dead to do a half years worth of an anime exclusive storyline before going back to the main story and pretending it never happened. (I think the English dub eve...
by ABED
Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:26 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

I think filler is only bad when it's intrusive. The Yu-gi-oh virtual world filler arc is one of the worst examples I can think of for 2000s shonen anime. Just stopping the main storyline dead to do a half years worth of an anime exclusive storyline before going back to the main story and pretending...
by ABED
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:00 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

I think filler is only bad when it's intrusive. The Yu-gi-oh virtual world filler arc is one of the worst examples I can think of for 2000s shonen anime. Just stopping the main storyline dead to do a half years worth of an anime exclusive storyline before going back to the main story and pretending...
by ABED
Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Power Levels should have more relevance
Replies: 20
Views: 3850

Re: Power Levels should have more relevance

If we kept the numbers in their proper context, it could be fun, but no. Nerds do what nerds do. They turn nerd stuff into math problems.
by ABED
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

Dragon Ball is a show that is just not working in a usual 26/52 episode seasons/year. It needs to go continously like Naruto/Boruto or One Piece, the lore, the "epicness" can't be contained into seasons.. There's only a little problem with that: DB Fans hate "filler" (or non-Tor...
by ABED
Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

I'm also unsure what you are referring to when you say they tried to get Piccolo murdered. At no point during the Piccolo Daimao arc, a single one of these characters thought, "You know what? Who cares about this Piccolo guy? Who cares about the fate of the world? I'mma fight him hand-to-hand ...
by ABED
Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
Replies: 163
Views: 6053

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

The characters aren't acting out of character. them letting Gero go is in character. No. Even excluding Goku and Vegeta, it's not. Tenshinhan, Chaozu and Yamcha all tried to get Piccolo murdered and the arc stopped dead in its tracks with the Dragon Balls. The entire, "I want to test my abilit...