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- Thu May 02, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 893
- Views: 95529
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
My position continues to be "not interested until they start revealing and showing off characters from parts of the franchise other than overdone Z and shit-fest Super."
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:17 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How did Grandpa Gohan survived Goku's Great Ape form for first time?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 431
Re: How did Grandpa Gohan survived Goku's Great Ape form for first time?
I always assumed Goku's first transformation happened when he was still just a baby, and so even as a Great Ape he was still relatively weak enough for Gohan the experienced martial artist to subdue at the time.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:08 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Frieza's role more obvious than it seems
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1755
Re: Frieze's role more obvious than it seems
Neko Majin deserves better than to ever be intentionally tied to Super.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Yeah, basically. He's not drawn as Ultimate, and the production dates don't really line up.
But now I'm wondering if Gohan's ability to one-hit-asplode Freeza was inspired by the power he showed when he got impatient and powered up halfway through the ritual...
But now I'm wondering if Gohan's ability to one-hit-asplode Freeza was inspired by the power he showed when he got impatient and powered up halfway through the ritual...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17583
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
All I'm gonna say is that I sincerely hope Daima ends up being genuinely good, because after how most modern stuff like Minus and Super turned out, I'd very much like for Toriyama's last big contribution to the franchise to be a high note. In the meantime, I'm trying to focus on fondly remembering t...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Going to the Public Domain When!?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 783
Re: Dragon Ball Going to the Public Domain When!?
Yeah, let's not do this, thanks.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Gohan in Movie 12 definitely wasn't his post-ritual Ultimate self. But Freeza in Movie 12 also definitely wasn't at 100% either.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:36 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2382
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
I... partially agree, I guess? I think the story actually benefits from having Freeza able to freely transform for more power, with him being the primary setter of that particular trend (Zarbon being its herald) before it became overdone. But I do agree that having four separate forms was waaaay ove...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 893
- Views: 95529
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
Although a criminally neglected character as far as GT representation goes is Rildo, like what the hell? There's so much you can do with him and he never makes the cut... I KNOW, RIGHT?! If they're using a nuclear-powered laser jackhammer to scrape the absolute bottom of the fecal-stained DBS barre...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 893
- Views: 95529
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
My thoughts are the same as before: I'm tired of Z, and Super can go burn in the flaming outhouse it came from. The fact that they made a trailer dedicated to Goku and Vegeta squaring off in their various forms, but DIDN'T include Super Saiyan 4 in that sequence, is both troubling and annoying. Show...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Like I've said a few times already, there's certainly some things in the Boo arc that might imply the base Saiyans are stronger than the likes of Freeza, and we could all debate those points until the heat death of the universe... but there's nothing that actually plainly states or shows it. There i...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Yeah, there's admittedly a handful of things in the Boo arc that can be taken to imply the base Saiyans are beyond the likes of Freeza, if one chooses to interpret them that way. But there's nothing that outright states or proves it, or that should outweigh a direct statement to the contrary like th...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
But which basis did they have for believing Freeza was above base Saiyans without the Beerus' line? You'll have to ask Toriyama that, not me. Because he said he re-read the original manga either prior to or during his contribution to Battle of Gods , and then he proceeded to either write the "...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
It's a disservice and has riled up a debate that was once dead. Now THAT'S wishful thinking. Plenty of people already proposed or were at least fine with the notion that the Boo-era base Saiyans weren't quite on Freeza's level yet, and it was no less reasonable than the opposite idea. The fairly di...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
So we allegedly "know" stuff that isn't explicitly said and stems from fans' own lopsided "everything ever is a power statement" way of reading scenes. But then stuff that is explicitly told to us is "overstated" and "based on nothing" and "headcanon.&quo...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 12:20 am
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Where would you rank Super perfect cell power relative to SSJ2 Gohan?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6017
Re: Where would you rank Super perfect cell power relative to SSJ2 Gohan?
Power level crunch aside, is there any reason to think Cell is close to Gohan? A) Because we're explicitly told he is, in the Daizenshuu quote I mentioned before, just to get that bit out of the way. But also... B) Because in story-telling terms, that's... kind of the whole point of Cell's comeback...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:29 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot" Official Discussion Thread
- Replies: 2336
- Views: 437736
Re: "Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot" Official Discussion Thread
I've got my fingers crossed for the DLC to cover either the original Z Broli movie or an arc from GT, ideally Baby. Either of those (or both, both would be good) would just be one more delicious middle finger to Super, on top of the prior pleasant surprise of the original Bardock special being adapt...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:27 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: A rebuttal to the defense of the Zamasu arc ending
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2597
Re: A rebuttal to the defense of the Zamasu arc ending
This once-intriguing story arc's absolutely abysmal ending is the thing that made me finally, after cutting it way too much slack already, give up on and completely discount Dragon Ball Super. I did briefly peek back into the manga when the Moro arc seemed like it might turn out interesting, but suf...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
Yeah, concluding that Beerus is saying that Goku somehow only surpasses Freeza when he specifically goes SS2 is really missing the forest for the trees. When one actually reads the page normally as a whole, rather than zooming in and trying to pick out power statements, it's pretty clear that Beerus...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: Fan-Created Works
- Topic: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
- Replies: 12581
- Views: 1654094
Re: Official Unofficial Power Level Discussion Thread
We also shouldn't forget that Freeza's army of mooks averaged as so weak that even Muten Roshi and Jaco could take them, so by comparison both Piccolo and even base-form Gohan were holding back immensely to remain non-lethal (for whatever reason) . Freeza may be just able to intuitively tell that Go...