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by Yuli Ban
Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:56 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: In a fighting series, why is it problematic to discuss the power-scaling of the characters?
Replies: 64
Views: 11424

Re: In a fighting series, why is it problematic to discuss the power-scaling of the characters?

To expand on what I said before, it's not even that the characters kept getting stronger. It's that things like the U6 Saiyans and Manga Roshi happen. U6 Saiyans have no understanding of Super Saiyan and yet as soon as Cabba unlocks Super Saiyan, he's even with Super Saiyan Vegeta. It's just implied...
by Yuli Ban
Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:28 am
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: Working on a dragon ball movie
Replies: 2
Views: 2234

Re: Working on a dragon ball movie

Currently working on a fanmade movie. I'm really stoked to show u guys this project i've been working on. here's jiren and beerus, i'm planning to get the teaser out this year and the full length of the movie 2022. will post more updates. https://i.ibb.co/CwTQq2L/highq.png https://i.ibb.co/c3vWqBM/...
by Yuli Ban
Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:51 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: What's your "Dream Team"
Replies: 16
Views: 1752

Re: What's your "Dream Team"

You know, if we're going for a dark cynical action-comedy, the kind that's not afraid to make light & comedy of killing innocent people and causing needless havoc and talking about grooming & delicacies, there is one other Dream Team on the brain that can work for a few spin-off shorts https...
by Yuli Ban
Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:53 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Pretend Super or GT Didn't Exist: What Characters Would You Like to See Play Prominent Roles in the Next DB iteration?
Replies: 18
Views: 1365

Re: Pretend Super or GT Didn't Exist: What Characters Would You Like to See Play Prominent Roles in the Next DB iteratio

I think people find the notion of the next generation taking over a story more interesting than it almost ever actually is. At best, you get a Cobra Kai where the next gen plays an important role but the original gen is still very much the focal point. I have ZERO interest in seeing DB without Goku...
by Yuli Ban
Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:56 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Pretend Super or GT Didn't Exist: What Characters Would You Like to See Play Prominent Roles in the Next DB iteration?
Replies: 18
Views: 1365

Re: Pretend Super or GT Didn't Exist: What Characters Would You Like to See Play Prominent Roles in the Next DB iteratio

Taking the Online/Multiverse route, eh? I'd much rather you just trash the current cast entirely. Dragon Ball is Son Goku's story at heart (disregarding Heroes), even if he was just supposed to be a generic martial artist. In fact, you can even go with that route on doing a future iteration. Create ...
by Yuli Ban
Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:26 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: What's your "Dream Team"
Replies: 16
Views: 1752

Re: What's your "Dream Team"

I've wanted to see Gokuu and Chi-Chi fight side-by-side for years. I just think there's something nice about seeing the bond of a cpuple play out in a combat scene. I want to see Chi-Chi's combat face and Gokuu's romantic face! Agh, believe it or not, I deleted a passage about a dream team matchup ...
by Yuli Ban
Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:06 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: What's your "Dream Team"
Replies: 16
Views: 1752

What's your "Dream Team"

I recently realized that one of my reasons for liking the first Broly movie and my decreasing tolerance for the later movies was the fact that it basically took place at the "dream" moment for Dragon Ball for me. Movie 8 gives us Son Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks, and Piccolo all toge...
by Yuli Ban
Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:19 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: "Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 15612
Views: 2122573

Re: "Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2" Official Discussion Thread

I really don't like they way they have three different Super Saiyan awaken skills. Future Super Saiyan is just useless. Super Vegeta is made for ki-based builds, while Super Saiyan is for melee builds, but Super Vegeta only has two levels, while Super Saiyan has three. At least make them different ...
by Yuli Ban
Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:13 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Things that grind your gears
Replies: 3949
Views: 457342

Re: Things that grind your gears

The freaking people that say "It takes seven episodes to power up in DBZ". Like dawg, have you actually watched the show? :eh: That's not even close to how many episodes it takes for a character to power up, in fact, it doesn't even take an entire episode. It takes like 10 minutes max. Th...
by Yuli Ban
Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Things that grind your gears
Replies: 3949
Views: 457342

Re: Things that grind your gears

... because of "Granny Goku" and that Goku sounds like a grandma (he doesn't). Probably the single most ironic aspect of these fans is the fact they tend to be Old Dub purists, exclusively seeking out the '99-'03 version of Z (sometimes even going so far as to seeking the original broadca...
by Yuli Ban
Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:20 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: So its been many years, are alternate hair colors for Super Saiyan transformations a good or bad idea
Replies: 72
Views: 7122

Re: So its been many years, are alternate hair colors for Super Saiyan transformations a good or bad idea

Maybe, but if Evil Goku were a Nazi, we'd never hear the end of it about how this was the edgiest fancharacter in Dragon Ball until Columbine Gohan
by Yuli Ban
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:53 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Techniques that characters knows but doesn't use at all
Replies: 17
Views: 1203

Re: Techniques that characters knows but doesn't use at all

Son Goku knows the taiyōken, but after blinding Vegeta, he never uses it again until the Tournament of Power for a single chance to stun Caulifla (whom he was essentially sparring with to gauge her strength and fighting prowess), and then again against Oozaru Baby for something more fitting (as in, ...
by Yuli Ban
Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Do you prefer to watch the censored or uncensored version of Dragon Ball?
Replies: 60
Views: 9116

Re: Do you prefer to watch the censored or uncensored version of Dragon Ball?

Means little to me anyway because I wasn't actually going to watch it, but thanks!
by Yuli Ban
Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Do you prefer to watch the censored or uncensored version of Dragon Ball?
Replies: 60
Views: 9116

Re: Do you prefer to watch the censored or uncensored version of Dragon Ball?

Saban's seasons 1 and 2, FUNimation's season 3 and 4, and Toonzai Kai are too astounding to not watch. I'm a connoisseur of cringe and failure, and the attempts to Bowdlerize and Macekre Dragon Ball Z are so stupendous in their content that I can't look away. As to whether I prefer to watch it as a ...
by Yuli Ban
Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:16 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Does Dragon Ball's simpler nature make it easier to rewatch?
Replies: 20
Views: 1769

Re: Does Dragon Ball's simpler nature make it easier to rewatch?

To put it another way, Dragon Ball's great to rewatch because of scenes like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyASQEM4izc https://i.imgur.com/FTxFBid.png And all the build-up to it. Seeing the Androids wreak havoc, Cell's rise, everyone falling before him, and the humiliations wrought with his a...
by Yuli Ban
Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:40 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Graded/Power-Weighted Forms as Ki Artillery
Replies: 5
Views: 940

Graded/Power-Weighted Forms as Ki Artillery

I'm not the first to note this I'm sure, but something's been bothering me recently. Son Goku and Cell's explanation for why Super Saiyan Grade 3 is a terrible form doesn't make as much sense as one might initially accept, but even with that limitation in place, surely one could do more with it. Le ...
by Yuli Ban
Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:51 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Does Dragon Ball's simpler nature make it easier to rewatch?
Replies: 20
Views: 1769

Re: Does Dragon Ball's simpler nature make it easier to rewatch?

I'll have to break with this and say no. Dragon Ball could be a plot-driven show and it'd still be entertaining to rewatch because of how it uses its story. Whether a story is simple or complex doesn't affect whether it's easy to rewatch or reread. Some incredibly simple stories are a slog to finish...
by Yuli Ban
Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: So its been many years, are alternate hair colors for Super Saiyan transformations a good or bad idea
Replies: 72
Views: 7122

Re: So its been many years, are alternate hair colors for Super Saiyan transformations a good or bad idea

<Large Images Snipped> Those pics are funny but I'm pretty sure the reaction wasn't so positive when Future Trunks' return or Goku Black were first revealed. It's just that Super genuinely made these cliché ideas work, and so even if Goku Black literally sounds like a DeviantArt OC, Toriyama's geni...
by Yuli Ban
Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:23 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if the Freeza arc had a Return of the King climax?
Replies: 10
Views: 735

Re: What if the Freeza arc had a Return of the King climax?

Again, the closest thing we've gotten to this is the battle in Resurrection F. And that was entertaining. In fact, it was the most entertaining part of the movie. It just doesn’t seem very kung fu to me. One man against an entire army? Yes absolutely. Army vs army? Nah No, it works for kung fu and ...
by Yuli Ban
Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:15 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if the Freeza arc had a Return of the King climax?
Replies: 10
Views: 735

Re: What if the Freeza arc had a Return of the King climax?

It absolutely would've been interesting to see and knowing the trajectory of the franchise now, it's probably something we will see in Toyotaro's manga or a future Xenoverse or spiritual sequel thereof. That's just not what the series itself was about. Loads of kung fu stories had epic backdrops lik...