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Yes, so much this. This isn't a mere interpretation either, we literally see how recklessly out of control Gohan gets when he sadistically toys with Cell. For a nice kid like Gohan, it's understandable why he wouldn't want to become like that. He's lost control with his anger before but he doesn't ...

I don't see regression. The audience learned through Gohan himself that he did not want to lose control like he had done several times in his younger days against previous threats. The SSJ2 transformation was supposed to be a very big deal for DB at the time it was written, and Gohan battling with ...

Yes! The target demographic does not care about all this complicated reasoning people are inventing. While I agree that's true for children specifically, the "target demographic" for Dragon ball is at least 8 - 18 given the broad range of shonen. You've got to figure some of those teenage...

But back to the "because it's a woman" argument, there are many animated voices for male characters which have been voiced by women, like Bart Simpson (not to mention Martin Prince and Uter) as well as Bobby Hill, Jimmy Neutron and even animated versions of the Little Rascals. More often ...

Thing is, you're entering a Dragonball forum made to discuss Dragonball. If mods curtail you for not following the basics, I don't think that makes them look bad. There were some interesting points raised in said thread, but I think there's something to be said for self-moderation here.

A fair counter point, but considering the fact how much stuff is horrendously bad at integrating its representation because it almost literally beats you over the head with it (Bioware is my go to example for this kind of stuff), I'll take the super subtle route over Mass Effect Andromeda dropping ...

Gerky wrote:How did it any way affect things negatively for Sulu to be gay?

Nothing was harmed, it's just that nothing was gained. For a franchise that's supposed to "go boldly", one would think they'd push the envelope further. They played it safe, and consequentially didn't improve anything.

I read this a lot, but I can't say I agree with it. If making a character gay isn''t going to add anything to the story, what's the point of doing it? Please go back and read the comments in this thread from gay people discussing their personal experience with representation in media. Use that as a...

Sulu from Beyond was a pretty good way of doing it, he's there, he's got a husband and kid and the story never takes a sledgehammer and bashes you in the nutsack about how cool and hip and fresh it's being because oh my god! I read this a lot, but I can't say I agree with it. If making a character ...

Araki wrote:An episode being more hyped than others very rarely translate into a boost, for instance.

True, but it depends on how an episode is hyped. I think it's safe to say the dozens of promos for the Future Trunks saga translated into high ratings for its debut.

Yeah, not bad! It will be interesting to see if episode 101 can catch up with last year's rating of 6.7%.

And if he can't write him anymore without keeping that obnoxious trait going, the series should probably end or ditch him for another rival for Goku to bounce off of, it's not like there's a whole multiverse of people to- oh wait. It's not a catching up thing, Vegeta's actively fighting to prove he...

I'm curious to see what you'd think of current Vegeta since they've turned him into a whiny bitch about being inferior to Goku again whereas GT kept him being cool with it. To me, it feels like they just did it because the concept of someone wanting to improve themselves just for the sake of it and...

Future Gohan's already died to androids and present Gohan knows it. That should be initimidating enough.

You know what could have helped for this moment? Gohan's death and defeat. Somewhere before the Cell fights, GOhan is killed and then revived. And he gets understandably traumatised by this (Like Krillin does) and constantly thinks about his death in every dangerous situation. Oh man, that's pretty...

Gohan's power went up for a very short while. A transformation is forever. The reason those boosts weren't always helpful is because they were shortlived or weren't enough. This is pretty well explained in the material. One interesting thing that isn't explained is whether Gohan actually went SSJ2 ...

It wasn't a rage boost. Gohan's anger was the trigger for a transformation, not a transient increase in strength. I don't understand how this statement relates to the discussion. Rage is connected to Gohan's transformation, you can't say it's not a type of boost incurred by rage. It's only a matter...

When Cell says he is going to hurt his friends, Gohan jumps at Cell and Cell kicks him away with a simple kick. After that, Cell creates his Cell Jrs which then start to seriously hurt all his friends and family and Gohan just watches. He makes no further attempts to move, attack or protect. He wit...

A fun exercise for stat nuts is to go to page 68 of this thread to see how Super did this week last year and all the Doomsday predictions. Not much has changed.

Tanabata was on a Friday and Marine Day was a Monday, would that even effect Super when that's on a Sunday? Yes, because Marine Day is when summer break begins for Japanese kids so that was a huge travel weekend. It also explains low ratings across the board. I'll bet a million zeni the ratings wil...