Kanzenshuu

TBF: I think the censoring robs some of the fights of their intensity. Agreed. I honestly found it a bit distracting that Goku Black kept impaling people with not a drop of blood in sight. It makes the fighting feel too...sanitized. Too clean. It also just looks weird. Like, when people get stabbed...

This is just speculation, but in light of recent events, I wonder if Daima is the way it is because Toriyama went into it knowing it would likely be the final Dragon Ball thing he worked on. Daima heavily drawing from the Buu arc, the final arc of the manga, based on what we've seen thus far would m...

Toriyama's (likely) final published words from December 2023, translated by Herms. Warning: the final paragraph where he acknowledges his failing health is... well, a tearjerker, to put it lightly. The bright side is that he worked on the entire story for Daima, so that's a swan song I'll be sure t...

And you answered it with a very solid, justifiable, understandable and sensible reason to not go out seeking every Star Wars material. I think I made pretty clear that my only problem is with those that don't even try to go outside of the source material and (or still go but) judge everything other...

I'm kind of repeating myself here, but I really don't see the point in placing some kind of 'canon' on a pedastool, when it completely ignores whether a work of art is good . I think it's important that we keep that in mind, because it isn't some nebulous idea of 'canon' that is the connective tiss...

What about his son? "As promised, the creator did oversee the story of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, and Toriyama did so with his only son. 'Norihiro Hayashida, the producer at Toei Animation, explains that Akira Toriyama's son, Sasuke Toriyama was in charge of taking care of his father's leg...

Man, Katsura's words were the most insightful and moving for me.

Specifically the part where he says Toriyama never felt great to him even though he knew he was great.

And the last words he got from Toriyama were "OK". Damn. They were buds.

It puts even more pressure on Daima to be good for starters and makes me wonder if the folks who've been shitting on Daima from day one will end up supporting it now, if only because it's now become the last major Dragon Ball project (that we currently know of) with Toriyama's direct involvement. Ot...

Just woke up to this. Holy shit. RIP Toriyama, and thank you. Dragon Ball and everything that came from it- including me being an anime fan to begin with, was because of you; and I'll always be grateful for that. As a self-admitted "lazy" gag-manga guy that wound up becoming a highly influ...

I had already discovered Dragon Ball through early morning syndication on the WB a few years prior so Toonami just gave me the opportunity to catch up on what I missed out on while waiting for the new stuff to come out, as well as the opportunity to tape it for home use. It was after "Season 3&...

I think Toriyama didn't mention them because they're not relevant enough to mention (or not relevant enough to remember in his case more likely).

Dead or not, they're such minor characters that it's ultimately irrelevant.

It's perfect - his punishment should be that he becomes forced to respect mortals by serving them. I like this. The big bad isn't punished with death (or complete non-existence) this time, but instead, by being forced to do a job he hates for the rest of his life. It works because it's so hilarious...

I watched Totally Not Mark's two-part review of the Buu arc over the weekend (wound up enjoying it more than I expected to) and his thoughts on Vegetto got me to turn around a bit on my previous criticisms on his and Gogeta's lack of characterization. What I realized is that Vegetto and Gogeta are l...

There's so much to like about this form in spite of its negative reputation. I've said before that I love its awesomely over-the-top design, but I've also come to like how it's revealed for two reasons: 1. Toriyama manages to introduce a new Super Saiyan transformation without recycling the same sto...

Boo gets overwhelmed at several points by stronger opponents and has to resort to absorption to keep going, but regardless, his final defeat is because Goku throws a Genki Dama at him. As far as strategies go, that’s pretty basic. It seems pretty basic when you ignore everything that went into said...

Zephyr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:05 pm Personally, I think advising anyone to skip Tao Pai Pai is a crime.

Agreed. Not only is he a great villain, he has connections to the Crane School so knowing that he's a morally bankrupt assassin provides context for why Tenshinhan is going down the wrong path when he's introduced.

To those concerned about starting with Pre-Z because of the pacing: Assuming you're using the anime for this, why not curate your own personal selection of episodes that gets across the essential stuff while skipping all the non-essential stuff that bogs down the pacing? It wouldn't be easy, but it ...

And where do erased souls go anyway? Are they really "erased" or is there a turbo afterlife where they go to when they are "erased"? There you have it, another story hook to bring back Zamasu and anyone else who was erased by Zeno (including the 13-18 universes). You're overthin...

SNIP Toriyama himself thinks Freeza should have only had two transformations so even the man himself would agree with this sentiment :lol: (and that says something as his sensibilities don't often align with the fandoms'). Me personally, I like how freaky and outright monstrous his third form looks...

In Z, there was some difference, Vegito was more cocky and prideful while Gogeta was more stoic and assertive. You don't fuck around with Z Gogeta, he even stared down at the teenage oni with the earphones like this ain't over. I used to think the same thing: Vegetto is the cocky one that doesn't t...