"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

Discussion specifically regarding the "Dragon Ball Super" TV series premiering July 2015 in Japan, including individual threads for each episode.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Araki » Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:55 pm

ArchedThunder wrote:If so, my only question is why are the (or at least some of the) Super Dragon Balls in Universe 7? Did the people of Universe 6 send them to 7 to try and hide them from Champa?
My impression while Champa was looking for them was that while the Super Dragon Balls were a known existence in U6, they are not like that in U7 yet, so Champa was taking advantage of this. But both universes would have their own sets.
Anything is just a guess at this point.

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Post by Doctor. » Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:57 pm

At least we now know that there are Namekians in U6. No need to theorize anymore about how the Super DBs exist.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Araki » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:08 am

Having properly watched episode 16 now, two things crossed my mind:

- Kuririn's request to Goku was indeed related to his decision to leave retirement behind and become a fighter again, as i predicted. I guess that's also why he decides to get work as a cop (after the timeskip next episode, he's doing it already).

- in the manga, when Champa and Vados were after the "giant Dragon Balls", i wondered why we've never seen them carrying anything. What were they doing about it? So between that and these two planets vanishing, the theory that they are somehow "magically" moving it to U6 makes a lot of sense.

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Post by MaGyunia » Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:34 am

Araki wrote: - Kuririn's request to Goku was indeed related to his decision to leave retirement behind and become a fighter again, as i predicted. I guess that's also why he decides to get work as a cop (after the timeskip next episode, he's doing it already).
I guess he, along with the rest of the gang that was present throughout the entirety, or most, of DB and DBZ's arcs, wants to at least keep up with his training and, to some degree, maintain their martial arts pride, much in the same way Tenshinhan has ALWAYS done, and unlike Krillin and Yamcha for quite a while in the second half of DBZ, most notably the Majin Buu arc. It was cool to see Goku finally interact with Krillin again one-on-one, we haven't seen that for a while, now that I think of it, and it was nice idea to dedicate a few minutes of the episodes to have them spend some time with each other, being best friends and all. Another great move to take advantage of the opportunity the fact this is a TV series presents. If they're careful enough with their planning, there's room and time for everyone, just the right amounts, unlike the somewhat rushed and out-of-nowhere (although obviously approved) appearances of Tenshinhan, Krillin and even Muten Roshi in the Movies, especially Fukkatsu no F. I guess we should be happy with the way they're managing the episodes' time to give the respectful, proper screen time to each character and their respective interactions with the main guys.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Araki » Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:55 am

MaGyunia wrote:If they're careful enough with their planning, there's room and time for everyone, just the right amounts, unlike the somewhat rushed and out-of-nowhere (although obviously approved) appearances of Tenshinhan, Krillin and even Muten Roshi in the Movies, especially Fukkatsu no F.
Indeed, and speaking of which, i was actually thinking earlier how it would be a waste if we're not shown what Tenshinhan was up to before Freeza's arrival. Or especially, why Mutenroshi suddenly felt motivated to fight again. Toriyama was never known to care about that, but the anime used to love to fill these gaps when everyone was scattered and on their own like this. I wouldn't even mind a very slow pacing, if time is properly used.

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Post by Kuririn Fan » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:14 am

I feel like Goku vs Freeza is gonna be like 10 episodes :D

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Post by Raizel » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:35 am

Kuririn Fan wrote:I feel like Goku vs Freeza is gonna be like 10 episodes :D
I think fight will be 5 episode at most
2 episode for Regular Goku vs Final Form Freeza
3 episode for SSB Goku vs Golden Freeza
Then 1 episode for Vegeta fodderizing Frieza :)
I hope Gohan won't get oneshotted by Freeza.1 episode Gohan vs First Form Freeza could be cool.

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Post by FortuneSSJ » Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:17 pm

Freeza one shotting Gohan was entertaining. Felt like Karma.
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Post by ArchedThunder » Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:44 pm

Raizel wrote:
Kuririn Fan wrote:I feel like Goku vs Freeza is gonna be like 10 episodes :D
I think fight will be 5 episode at most
2 episode for Regular Goku vs Final Form Freeza
3 episode for SSB Goku vs Golden Freeza
Then 1 episode for Vegeta fodderizing Freeza :)
I hope Gohan won't get oneshotted by Freeza.1 episode Gohan vs First Form Freeza could be cool.
Yeah, I'm hoping Gohan and First Form Freeza go toe to toe for a bit before Freeza goes in his second form and then destroys him.

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Post by MCDaveG » Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:52 pm

After seeing the retelling of BoG in Super, I won't have high hopes for RoF.
RoF had awesome choreography and fight I hoped for with the Earthlings, even Gohan got to shine again before being one-punched by Freeza.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Lord Frieza » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:02 pm

Really hope that Goku and Frieza have a longer fight. Thier warm up was awesome in the movie but Beerus and Whis while funny really took away the tension from the SSB vs GF part of the fight.

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Post by precita » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:53 pm

Return of F will probably get 12 episodes like Battle of Gods get.

The first two episodes of Super were slice of life episodes, the Battle of Gods adaption didn't truly begin till episode 3. So I expect 12 episodes for Return of F too.

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Post by Noah » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:09 pm

Lord Frieza wrote:... but Beerus and Whis while funny really took away the tension from the SSB vs GF part of the fight.
Not really. It was kinda turn-off, actually. Seeing the amazing exchange of blows between SSGSS Goku and Golden Freeza and then cut to the scene with Beerus and Whis talking about food :problem:
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Post by sangofe » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:12 am

Noah wrote:
Lord Freeza wrote:... but Beerus and Whis while funny really took away the tension from the SSB vs GF part of the fight.
Not really. It was kinda turn-off, actually. Seeing the amazing exchange of blows between SSGSS Goku and Golden Freeza and then cut to the scene with Beerus and Whis talking about food :problem:
I, on the other hand, loved that anti-climax.

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Post by alakazam^ » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:51 am

Where did the "Super Dragon Balls are planet-sized" theory came from?

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:34 am

alakazam^ wrote:Where did the "Super Dragon Balls are planet-sized" theory came from?
Chapter 4 of the manga, where Champa and the Freeza soldiers clearly see a huge Dragon Ball while just floating out in space. Even if they aren't as big as a traditional planet, they at least seem to be on some sort of planetary body scale.

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Post by buutenks » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:38 pm

Well freeza one shotted a base gohan,so his fault for not being on guard.Guess he made same mistake as goku did.Also taking in account that freeza's final form can survive without much injury base goku after he absorbed the god ki,id say his first form would be insanely powerful.

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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:09 pm

buutenks wrote:Well freeza one shotted a base gohan,so his fault for not being on guard.Guess he made same mistake as goku did.Also taking in account that freeza's final form can survive without much injury base goku after he absorbed the god ki,id say his first form would be insanely powerful.
That's exactly what the point of the scene was. Gohan was the strongest of all the Z fighter (and that is why the Piccolo scene happened so Gohan one shotting Shishami would show he was the strongest) and Freeza almost killed him in his first form so imagine what he will be like in the final form. It was there to show the audience how strong Freeza had become.

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Post by ekrolo2 » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:54 pm

Baggie_Saiyan wrote:
buutenks wrote:Well freeza one shotted a base gohan,so his fault for not being on guard.Guess he made same mistake as goku did.Also taking in account that freeza's final form can survive without much injury base goku after he absorbed the god ki,id say his first form would be insanely powerful.
That's exactly what the point of the scene was. Gohan was the strongest of all the Z fighter (and that is why the Piccolo scene happened so Gohan one shotting Shishami would show he was the strongest) and Freeza almost killed him in his first form so imagine what he will be like in the final form. It was there to show the audience how strong Freeza had become.
The intent would've worked a lot better if Gohan was in his actual strongest and Piccolo was nerfed so a random mook can appear like a threat.
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