Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

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Re: Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

Post by Green_Goblin » Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:11 pm

dragon boss z wrote:Goten and Trunks would have made more sense as well allowing them to fuse to Gotenks. Having ssj3 Gotenks and Buu instead of 3 humans would have made much more sense, and it's not like humans wouldn't represent U7, as 17 and 18 are both technically humans.
Gohan, Trunks and Goten are all half humans for the sake of the discussion.

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Re: Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

Post by ABED » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:23 pm

That's just conjecture. Muten Roshi didn't fail to defeat Daimao due to plot. He was old, not as strong as Piccolo and the Mafuba is dangerous. It was all organic.
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Re: Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

Post by dragon boss z » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:47 pm

Green_Goblin wrote:
dragon boss z wrote:Goten and Trunks would have made more sense as well allowing them to fuse to Gotenks. Having ssj3 Gotenks and Buu instead of 3 humans would have made much more sense, and it's not like humans wouldn't represent U7, as 17 and 18 are both technically humans.
Gohan, Trunks and Goten are all half humans for the sake of the discussion.
That's true as well. Really Roshi, Krillin, and Tien weren't needed.

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Re: Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

Post by Green_Goblin » Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:05 am

dragon boss z wrote:
Green_Goblin wrote:
dragon boss z wrote:Goten and Trunks would have made more sense as well allowing them to fuse to Gotenks. Having ssj3 Gotenks and Buu instead of 3 humans would have made much more sense, and it's not like humans wouldn't represent U7, as 17 and 18 are both technically humans.
Gohan, Trunks and Goten are all half humans for the sake of the discussion.
That's true as well. Really Roshi, Krillin, and Tien weren't needed.
I kinda enjoyed seeing Krillin and Tien being selected to represent Universe 7 (NOT the Tien recruitment episode with Roshi being stronger than him.. TF?) as it was a nice homage for their character's cycle that began in the original Dragon Ball. Seriously, Roshi was needed to be replaced by EITHER Buu or Yamcha.

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Re: Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

Post by Zillamon51 » Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:41 am

In the Saiyan Saga, Roshi believed he had reached his limit.

In the intervening years, he saw the others (particularly Goku) surpass their own limits time and again. So he realized he was wrong, and resumed training.

This is explicitly stated during the ToP. It's not a retcon, a plothole, or inconsistent with earlier events.
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Re: Why didn't Roshi train to prepare for the Saiyans?

Post by KBABZ » Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:06 am

ABED wrote:That's just conjecture. Muten Roshi didn't fail to defeat Daimao due to plot. He was old, not as strong as Piccolo and the Mafuba is dangerous. It was all organic.
Plus he kinda missed the rice cooker.

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