MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection! (Updated 4/1/24!)

[jjgp1112]

Are you FunkDoc1112 on YouTube?

Correct!

[TheGodfather93]

I have a lot of issues with the Boo arc, but the Ma Junior thing never bothered me until you pointed out how ridiculous it was.

That aside, your videos are helping reinforce my longstanding belief that the series peaked at the Freeza arc, and everything that came after gradually decreased in quality until we got to Boo, which was an absolute clusterfuck. Parts of the Cell and Boo arcs are still enjoyable, but I simply can't overlook the multitude of plot inconsistencies and scenes of characters acting like complete morons just to further the story.

[Gray Riders]

*In retrospect I'm a bit surprised how little attention Piccolo's hilariously awful disguise gets, too. I guess the line is brushed by so fast it doesn't have time to really sink in, or it might be part of Piccolo being locked in by the fanbase as "the smart one" even if he often fails to live up to it...
I did notice on my last re-read how weirdly casual the announcer is about him, though.
*Yeah, I'm with FoolsGil; don't really like the weird borderline retcon the world undergoes later in the series.
*I'm actually very curious on your thoughts about Kaioshin when he appears--I recall he was rather polarizing for a bit (and I don't just mean the incessant Battle Power debates).
*I do love your idea that the punching machine was part of an intentional effort to keep Mr. Satan on top. I'd never thought of that but it would make sense.

[Dbzfan94]

The dub definitely had the alias as “Majunior”

The DB dub? My DVDs are still in a box, so I can't check. I could have sworn they just called him Junior.

Z dub,my mistake. DB dub was Junior, yes.

[Gaffer Tape]

Trunks: Extreme '90s Attitude - Dragon Ball Dissection: The Majin Boo Arc Part 5!

Dragon Ball Dissection continues with the Junior Division of the tournament. Trunks and Goten get to show what they're all about, and it's a part of the series I really enjoy. Since Trunks takes center stage, we look at what makes Trunks distinct from other Dragon Ball characters in general, and how this new Trunks serves as a stark contrast to his predecessor. Let me know what you think!

[WittyUsername]

Present Trunks seems to have pretty much lost all his attitude that he had as an 8 year old by Super. It’s weird because you’d think he would’ve gotten even more attitude once he became a tween/teen, but Super has just been painting him as this naive kid who wants to impress Mai.

[Kid Buu]

I prefer Buu arc Trunks; he actually has a a personality.

Not only is Vegeta undefeated against Goku, but his son is undefeated against Goku's son.

[Scsigs]

I prefer Buu arc Trunks; he actually has a a personality.

Not only is Vegeta undefeated against Goku, but his son is undefeated against Goku's son.

Future Trunks has a personality. It's just more reserved & different from main timeline Trunks'.

[Sadala Elite]

I prefer Buu arc Trunks; he actually has a a personality.

Not only is Vegeta undefeated against Goku, but his son is undefeated against Goku's son.

Future Trunks has a personality. It's just more reserved & different from main timeline Trunks'.

He's also far less annoying and obnoxious than Kid Trunks, and is actually competent lmao (Kid/Present timeline Trunks has never actually won a serious fight, not even in GT)

[RandomGuy96]

I prefer Buu arc Trunks; he actually has a a personality.

Not only is Vegeta undefeated against Goku, but his son is undefeated against Goku's son.

Future Gohan tooled Future Trunks in sparring.

[Kid Buu]

That's true. Possibly count Goku beating Bebi Vegeta GT too.

I prefer Buu arc Trunks; he actually has a a personality.

Not only is Vegeta undefeated against Goku, but his son is undefeated against Goku's son.

Future Trunks has a personality. It's just more reserved & different from main timeline Trunks'.

He's also far less annoying and obnoxious than Kid Trunks, and is actually competent lmao (Kid/Present timeline Trunks has never actually won a serious fight, not even in GT)

Until he goes back to his timeline Trunks is useless. Only thing he does is give Goku the medicine but anyone could have done that.

[Matches Malone]

Until he goes back to his timeline Trunks is useless. Only thing he does is give Goku the medicine but anyone could have done that.

Killing someone like Freeza was a big deal, as he was the main villain of the story at the time.

[Sadala Elite]

That's true. Possibly count Goku beating Bebi Vegeta GT too.

Future Trunks has a personality. It's just more reserved & different from main timeline Trunks'.

He's also far less annoying and obnoxious than Kid Trunks, and is actually competent lmao (Kid/Present timeline Trunks has never actually won a serious fight, not even in GT)

Until he goes back to his timeline Trunks is useless. Only thing he does is give Goku the medicine but anyone could have done that.

So was everyone else in the Android arc except Gohan.

[Kid Buu]

Don't you mean Bulma?

One shotting Freeza wasnt too big of a deal since Goku would have just done it anyways.

[goku the krump dancer]

Wow I never made the correlation between Future Trunks and Supreme Kai! That actually explains a lot from both (and I dread using the terms) an “in universe” and “out of universe” perspective.

[Sadala Elite]

Don't you mean Bulma?

One shotting Freeza wasnt too big of a deal since Goku would have just done it anyways.

Yeah, her too lmao.

[Gaffer Tape]

Overloading on Gods - Dragon Ball Dissection: The Majin Boo Arc Part 6!

The next episode is up, and it's one that was both extremely difficult and extremely satisfying to write! I honestly did not expect this to be its own episode. But, pardon the pun, Good Lord, how I've wanted to tear into Dragon Ball's increasingly arbitrary god hierarchy for awhile. And it all comes to a head here where four new gods are introduced and glossed over at the same time!!!

[FoolsGil]

Good work as usual Gaffer Tape.

On the Krillin v Tenshinhan debate...We shouldn't have ever expected much from the writers. Power Levels are BS, absurd, and characters will only be as strong as they need to, which is how Tenshinhan's Shin Kikoho against SP Cell was possible, when much earlier he was choked out and beaten by Android 17, a far weaker foe.

[Matches Malone]

I really liked the part about DB being built on escalation, and how the more you escalate, the less room you have to move forward. This is exactly what's wrong with trying to continue a story like DB indefinitely, as we're currently seeing with modern DB. You can only escalate so much before it stops making sense, as Toriyama himself even said one of the reasons he ended the manga was because he didn't believe there was any way Goku could get stronger in a logical way. I think he found a successful way around that in BOG, but when you introduce concepts called "God of Destruction" and "Super Saiyan God", that's when you know it's time to call it a day.

In terms of Tien and Krillin, I think Yamcha's comment was more of a way to calm his daughter down rather than it being factually correct. That's not to say it's wrong or can't happen, I just personally don't think he is based on what we've seen in the story up to that point and even after when Tien attacked Buu.

[Kid Buu]

Didn't Toriyama himself say Krillin was the strongest?