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by TheMikado
Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:57 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 42696
Views: 5692098

Re: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

Some of you guys are really underestimating the galactic patrollers... Merusu is the number 1 elite patrolman who is in charge of 104 districts and it's totally understandable that he can, at least, knock out Goku and Vegeta with a "tranquillizer gun". No we aren't. We were left to believ...
by TheMikado
Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:00 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

No, but cumber is a complete rip off of broly. Are you sure? I personally don't think they are the same... they are both brutes, but that's about it. So basically what Zero is saying is that out of the entire Saiyan race, Broly should be the only one allowed to have a brute like mentality. Despite ...
by TheMikado
Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:39 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 42696
Views: 5692098

Re: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

Well the translations are out of the new chapter 42. I gotta say that I loved that Freeza and #17 planned the entire situation with #17 hiding because nobody can sense his ki. This also makes a bit sense of Grand Priest, who in the anime and manga, announced that #17 was gone. It's also awesome tha...
by TheMikado
Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 42696
Views: 5692098

Re: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

I have the wonder what the districts consist of that the Galactic Patrol look over, considering that there are only 28 planets of life in the universe. God that line is so fucking stupid I hate it so much.... I hope they reveal that this is just yet another example of Kaioshin being a moron and he ...
by TheMikado
Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:17 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Piccolo's role in DBS Broly from SDBH 8th Anniversary Super Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 2064

Re: Piccolo's role in DBS Broly from SDBH 8th Anniversary Super Guide

Well according to Geekdom's last video (MASSIVE POTENTIAL SPOILERS) Piccolo is helping teach the fusion dance to Vegeta to allow Gogeta to happen Well, it was either that or "gathers the dragon balls".I kinda like this better, since is something that no other characters can do, and makes ...
by TheMikado
Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:46 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

Alright so a couple things: 1. Goku says "It's about time you fight me" implying there's some kind of gap where he doesn't fight Goku? Maybe he's pissed at Vegeta and only wants to fight him first? 2. Chela says "He isn't fighting because he wants to fight" but one of the taglin...
by TheMikado
Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:54 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

Bringing him back just to kill him again was a mistake of RoF, but bringing him back at the end of Super clearly had a different intent than to just kill him off again in a different movie. I have the feeling Freeza was revived to be the recurring villain who gains his own strength and allies, trai...
by TheMikado
Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What really happened to GT?
Replies: 33
Views: 5020

Re: What really happened to GT?

Pokémon is primarily a video game. Not really the same thing. And a card game, and a dozen other pieces of merchandise. Pokémon is literally a different type of anime as it’s a more monster of the week variety similar to tradition American Saturday morning cartoon shows which did not rely on serial...
by TheMikado
Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

I love the way Toriyama actually makes red and blue GODLIKE. He's actually showing that red and blue is all that is necessary to compete. Showing that god ki ain't useless but stands up to it's name as something special. I'm not really seeing any difference. Broly just seems another character that ...
by TheMikado
Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

The idea that Freeza might’ve been an adolescent when he wiped out the Saiyans is something I can’t really get behind. Why not? It takes away from his decision, one. He did it on a childish whim, not because he was aware of the dangers the Saiyans posed and was really terrified deep inside in spite...
by TheMikado
Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza is a good character now?
Replies: 64
Views: 7487

Re: Freeza is a good character now?

snip And for the record, at no point did I say Vegeta wasn't extremely evil before joining the team. All I pointed out was that compared to him (or Piccolo), there's no attempt to humanize Freeza at any point in the franichise's history (and its too late to even try at this point). Just compare the...
by TheMikado
Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza is a good character now?
Replies: 64
Views: 7487

Re: Freeza is a good character now?

There difference between Vegeta and Freeza is that while Vegeta for most of his life intentionally fought off any feelings of empathy, remorse and love because he thought they were beneath him (which is a sign of sociopathy), Freeza on the other hand is flat out innately incapable of feeling these ...
by TheMikado
Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza is a good character now?
Replies: 64
Views: 7487

Re: Freeza is a good character now?

He was (and kinda still is) a sociopath, which is a (relatively) watered-down version of psychopathy. It all comes in a spectrum which we all fall in, from pathological altruism (Gohan, Cabba), to mild hysteria (Chichi, Bulma and Goku), to standard sociopathy (most U7 Saiyans) to complete psychopat...
by TheMikado
Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza is a good character now?
Replies: 64
Views: 7487

Re: Freeza is a good character now?

Is he a good guy? No. Is Super attempting to groom him into the next anti-hero because he's a popular character? Most likely. sigh. Freeza is still an evil asshole. He's just become much more cunning and far more tolerable of certain situations that he'd previously lose his cool over, if it can ben...
by TheMikado
Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:03 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Skill and Intelligence in Dragonball is highly overrated
Replies: 38
Views: 8570

Re: Skill and Intelligence in Dragonball is highly overrated

Examples of skill / intelligence in Dragonball Piccolo vs Goku piccolo takes control of the fight by using Tien as a human shield essentially takes control of the fight by crippling Goku Piccolo vs Goku Goku allows piccolo to grow enough to dive down his throat and retrieve kami Radditz vs Goku Gok...
by TheMikado
Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:47 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: General "Canon/Filler" Debate/Discussion
Replies: 398
Views: 49826

Re: General "Canon/Filler" Debate/Discussion

Meaning canon 1. "A piece of work -usually in reference to literature- that was written by the original author. Spin-offs, fan fiction, and any work not written by the original author of that fictional universe is considered non-canon. "(Source: Urban Dictionary) Erratum, sorry guys! You ...
by TheMikado
Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:17 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

It is pretty clear at this point. The promotional material for the movie refers to Broly as the strongest enemy they have ever faced, and "stronger than a God of Destruction?" They are just following the common practice of introducing a new villain stronger than anything they have fought ...
by TheMikado
Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:15 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
Replies: 14456
Views: 1987707

Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"

Honestly, the bottom since the clothes are torn off and Goku specifically has bandages and Vegeta missing a giant chuck of his armor, something not seen in Dragon Ball before, while the above just looks like Vegeta got a gash on his forehead. A better visual example would be this: the top one also ...
by TheMikado
Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:02 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: General "Canon/Filler" Debate/Discussion
Replies: 398
Views: 49826

Re: General "Canon/Filler" Debate/Discussion

@ Grimlock: You suggest that I said that "canon" and "continuity" mean the same semantically. Then you misunderstood me, I fear, because I did not say that. I only looked up both definitions and then applied them to Dragon Ball. As a conclusion, I rather think it comes down to t...
by TheMikado
Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:24 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Why are they retconning the original Bardock special? Now it's no longer canon?
Replies: 201
Views: 29176

Re: Why are they retconning the original Bardock special? Now it's no longer canon?

Toriyama has writing credits on everything from GT to the movies. No, he hasn't. Only the latest movie have him with story/writing credits. No, that's a bold face lie which gets ignorantly regurgitated around the internet without people bothering to research a shred of information for themselves. T...