Kanzenshuu

Piccolo has been irrelevant since Imperfect Cell absorbed 17, and that is for a reason. Only reason to make him relevant again would be for the sake of fan-service and not for any real narrative purpose or compelling story. Unless they can come up with something that doesn't feel forced, I think he...

Piccolo has been irrelevant since Imperfect Cell absorbed 17, and that is for a reason. Only reason to make him relevant again would be for the sake of fan-service and not for any real narrative purpose or compelling story. Unless they can come up with something that doesn't feel forced, I think he...

Piccolo's treatment after the Cell saga has always been the weirdest thing. I mean...they obviously realize he's one of the most recognizable and marketable characters. He's always been heaviliy utilized in merchandise and promotional material and whatnot, yet they do nothing with him in the actual ...

I don't see that as a logical resolution, I see no reason why his core's location would have changed. And no, he didn't lose 17, he only lost 18. It's just a plot hole. Plain and simple. Cell states that the nucleus necessary for regeneration is located in his head, present tense. He never says tha...

The programming analogy is how I've always assumed magic spells work in general. The universe is like software, and the magic user in question has programmed a certain outcome into the software that is accessed via a certain command. In this case, the metamorans used magic to make it so that dancing...

The simplest and most logical resolution between what we see and what Cell says is that the nucleus is inside Super Perfect Cell's head but not inside Perfect Cell's head. Maybe the lack of Android 17 and 18 caused Super Perfect Cell to regenerate with an altered internal physiology. I don't see th...

After SSJ was introduced, the suits behind DB no doubt realized that new forms = new toys and other new merchandise.

The simplest and most logical resolution between what we see and what Cell says is that the nucleus is inside Super Perfect Cell's head but not inside Perfect Cell's head. Maybe the lack of Android 17 and 18 caused Super Perfect Cell to regenerate with an altered internal physiology.

The best way to make Dragon Ball into an interesting story is to ignore everything that came out after the Buu saga.

It would be a better plot development than most of what we've gotten since the Buu saga, so I'm all for it.

Not at all. Storytelling, grand spectacle? Epic Transformations.. it has it all. Storytelling? No Grand Spectacle? Yeah Epic Transformation? I mean Ultra Instinct was cool You sure you saw Z and Super? Z's plots actually had a dynamic sequence of events where new twists and turns were constantly ha...

The problem is "villain decay".

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainDecay

Obviously it's possible to write a recurring villain without succumbing to villain decay, but the modern DB writers lack such capabilities.

Everyone acts like Krillin wasn't a major character in Z all be because he loses most of his fights, but winning fights isn't all there is to a character. Krillin was almost always active in the story throughout DB and DBZ (with his biggest absences being in the original DB, actually), even if he wa...

There is a very easy way to do that, but it's one Toei would never try. Introduce an appropriately weak villain, but take Goku and Vegeta out of the equation. Too bad they always need to be in an arc for some reason. Naruto wasn't that stupid about cramming the main characters everywhere. Seriously...

I think zenkais were part of the saiyan's gradual transition into super saiyans. I guess if we take the s-cells thing as an explanation, maybe they gain s-cells rapidly through zenkais but once a saiyan attains enough s-cells to turn super saiyan they sort of max out and can't sustain any more.

I guess my brain just kind of treats it like "lb", "oz", "Mrs.", "Rx", and other abbreviations that don't match what they are an abbreviation of.

Well I mean Goku is a prodigy of sorts. Outside his abnormal superhuman strength(which is subpar for a Saiyan at best prior to his training), Goku has always been extremely talented at picking up techniques and forming counter strategies simply by seeing them performed once even by Earthling standa...

I like how "good writing" boils down to power scaling. Nothing else matters. It's ALL about power scaling. Screw the overall narrative. Screw the world building. Screw the character motivations and development. I mean, it would certainly help if Super didn't halfass those things as well. ...

A Goku-like prodigy. Just like Goku he had seemingly no power in the beginning, but after training hard with great teachers and gaining powerful motivation he became the strongest. But unlike Goku, he abandoned trust and that's ultimately what will allow Goku to beat him, since Goku went Ultra Inst...

Or Kid Buu is simply stronger than Buff Buu and was dicking around up until the moment where he pushes back the spirit bomb, which is when everyone realizes how truly fucked they are (to the point that Vegeta is willing to sacrifice everyone on earth by having them give the last of their energy). So...