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- Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:10 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama on Saiyan Hairstyles - Lost Article Translated
- Replies: 8
- Views: 416
Re: Akira Toriyama on Saiyan Hairstyles - Lost Article Translated
Maybe it's both. Maybe Nappa was already going bald and decided to just cut his losses and shave the rest of it? 

- Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:48 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: About Dragon Clan Namekian
- Replies: 5
- Views: 196
Re: About Dragon Clan Namekian
There's a difference between "a Dragon-type Namekian who knows how to fight" versus an actual "Warrior-type Namekian." They're treated like not just job descriptions or clan divisions, but as an actual biological difference, like the closest thing Namekians have to two different sexes. Dragon-types ...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:39 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 11591
- Views: 936917
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
As much as I would like for the fusions to have a smaller multiplier for transformations, not a single instance exists where that is implied. Well there's no instance where it's definitively disproven either (no "wow, [Gotenks/Vegetto] is dozens of times stronger than before now that he's gone Supe...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:12 am
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 11591
- Views: 936917
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Whoops, these additional replies somehow escaped my notice for a few days. Here we go... A couple of questions: what's a "perfected" fusion dance and what sets it apart from the imperfect version? Are you referring to the failed fusions of skinny/fat Gotenks/Gogeta, or are you referring to a specifi...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:33 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 11591
- Views: 936917
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Thanks for the insightful and helpful reply (compared to the reactions I received in another community that's somewhat more... myopic) . I was hoping that someone more familiar with the Fusion-involved fights from Super would comment on them, since I had a feeling this theory also lends itself well ...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 11591
- Views: 936917
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Powar Levuls with Kaboom: The "Super-Strong Base Fusions" Experimental List Can't remember the last time I actually shared some power levels in a forum post, especially since I've just kept my main lists in my signature for so long now... but whatever. This is a little experiment I felt like puttin...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Fanmanga - DB Multiverse
- Replies: 28943
- Views: 2200121
Re: Fanmanga - DB Multiverse
Because this Gohan is stronger than Goku and Vegeta.
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:01 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Cell saga power level
- Replies: 1
- Views: 203
Re: Cell saga power level
Two things... 1) We have a long-running dedicated thread over in the FanWorks subforum for the sharing and discussion of fan-made power levels, and these types of "scale" setups count as such. 2) That "3 times stronger" line is a dub-ism, not present in the original actual dialogue and so not counti...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Would you pay Funimation via Kickstarter for a redub of the full Dragon Ball media
- Replies: 95
- Views: 2898
Re: Would you pay Funimation via Kickstarter for a redub of the full Dragon Ball media
Given Funimation's track record over the latter half of Kai and now through Super... I doubt the resultant new dub would actually be good enough to be worth it. Even if the underlying translation was largely more faithful, you know they wouldn't be able to resist "punching up" their script like they...
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:09 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: DragonBall Z Abridged
- Replies: 11960
- Views: 1125391
Re: DragonBall Z Abridged
Don't jinx it.LoganForkHands73 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:29 pmI get the feeling that TFS returning to DBZ Abridged for the Buu arc is an inevitability at this point.
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Deploy the Headcanon!
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2458
Re: Deploy the Headcanon!
Here's a few headcanon blasts from my direction, most of them the result of brainstorming for fanfic writing. Super Saiyan 3 is an unnatural transformation beyond the normal capabilities of the Saiyan's body, and it requires special circumstances to obtain. Goku got it by training in the afterlife w...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Best way to watch the English Dub for the first time?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1056
Re: Best way to watch the English Dub for the first time?
Okay, okay, point taken. Your entire goal here is to check out the English dub after already watching a good dub, because you want to compare the two out of curiosity. Fair enough, I can appreciate the "FOR SCIENCE" angle at work here. So in that case, my suggestion on how to watch the English dub i...
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Best way to watch the English Dub for the first time?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1056
Re: Best way to watch the English Dub for the first time?
Question : What is the best way to watch English-dubbed Dragon Ball? Answer : Don't. That's my honest advice. Just don't. The overwhelming majority of English-dubbed Dragon Ball material is just plain awful in every objective and measurable sense. There is essentially nothing to gain by watching it...
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:31 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Did Trunks, Son Goten, & Gotenks Ever Master Super Saiyan?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 399
Re: Did Trunks, Son Goten, & Gotenks Ever Master Super Saiyan?
Personally, I don't think they quite "mastered" it to the same extent that Goku and Gohan did in the Cell Arc (and that I believe Vegeta and Future Trunks likewise did soon after) . But I do think it comes more naturally to them by default, since they were basically born with the ability. Like, ther...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:56 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 1728
Re: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
As I already stated, I'm only participating to show how pointless a thread like this is. Well as a moderator, I'm asking nicely for you to not do that. It isn't having whatever effect you hoped for, and ultimately serving no purpose but to make the discussion bitter and make you look like a jerk. S...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:40 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 1728
Re: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
Incarnate , you're allowed to believe whatever you want about the subject. But this belligerent "you're all just in denial for disagreeing with what I've decided is true" routine is NOT going to fly, neither here nor in any other topic. Consider this a free, friendly, early warning to take it down ...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:12 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Do you still enjoy non-canon Dragon Ball content?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 2704
Re: Do you still enjoy non-canon Dragon Ball content?
"Canon" is almost entirely irrelevant to me, and it doesn't affect my enjoyment or consideration of things whatsoever. Inversely, if I've determined for myself that something is steaming garbage (like Super) , then I have no qualms about completely disregarding it, no matter how current it is or how...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:50 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 1728
Re: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
Could it be that Gohan's hesitation and the loss of his confidence prompted the decrease? Mindset and fortitude are described as being aspects of ki according to one Toriyama interview iirc. Yeah, I'd definitely say that's a big part of it. Ki is just as much of a mental power as it is physical. Wh...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:13 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 1728
Re: When all is said and done, who was stronger: Super Perfect Cell or SSJ2 Gohan?
One important thing to remember is that Gohan didn't use only half his power to defeat Cell. When their Kamehameha clash started, Gohan was losing , badly and quickly, and there's even a direct line from Piccolo saying, "Gohan can't win, his ki is too weak." No, ultimately Gohan won by managing to s...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:48 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Where can Saiyan transformations go from here?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1179
Re: Where can Saiyan transformations go from here?
If the best that even Toriyama can come up with anymore are cheap, lazy, unoriginal recolors of past forms, then I hope this is the end of new ones for a very long time. I'm fairly convinced that Toriyama used up the last of his form-designing creative juices with Super Saiyan God, since that was th...