TheDevilsCorpse wrote:Over on Twitter, Kei retweeted this. judging from the dates, it looks like it should be titles and summaries for episodes 24 & 25?
It's from Dragon Ball Kai, one episode from the Freeza arc (I think it's the one where Freeza transforms to his 2nd form).
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"The life is the hardest video games of ever. Because you have only one life and the powers are kinda lame. And sometimes a stage takes years"
"The life is a game, the objective of the game is trying to find the objective of the game, and then, finish the game"
--by Ranely Jr
Ah, so it is. I didn't even bother to look at the series title since the dates were right around the corner. I just presumed we were getting a nostalgia screenshot.
Carry on.
Direct translations of the Korean DB Online timeline and guidebook.
My personal "canon" and BP list. (Coming Soon)
Zombie wrote:Gohan is a mess. I'm seriously at the point of giving up on trying to give him a BP.
I gave up power levels on this series since it was already a mess in Super .
Wait, now that Gohan finally defeated someone in Super, the question stands: how high is he in your tier list?
Gotenks' peener shot did all the work. Ginyu didn't count the pain his new testicles took earlier, which affected his ability to use all that power he had. He also knew just how much Freeza hated Super Saiyans, so he wanted to let Freeza beat Gohan since Ginyu is a kiss ass. Gohan remains a bitch.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
Exciting episode, if Piccolo is dead (which it seems he is) that could be one of the most memorable moments of Super so far.
I hope the animation issues in the NEP will be fixed before next week because it has the moment we've all been waiting for that is Goku vs Frieza .
EDIT : This comment was meant to be in the Episode 22 forum. Mods feel free to move.
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Sorry for the off-topic question, but this has been on my mind for a while.
I'm really oblivious when it comes to soundtrack, I usually pay attention to them when I'm watching the episode but I fail to remember if they're original pieces or rehashing of old music.
The track that plays when Goku arrives to the party/Whis is eating a Cup Noodle/Goku is running towards Whis to travel to Beerus' Planet... is that an original piece? I love it, what is its name?
Dragon Ball Ireland wrote:Exciting episode, if Piccolo is dead (which it seems he is) that could be one of the most memorable moments of Super so far.
I hope the animation issues in the NEP will be fixed before next week because it has the moment we've all been waiting for that is Goku vs Freeza .
I severely doubt Piccolo is dead. We saw him recover from near-death situations before. Like when Freeza shot him on Namek after the Spirit Bomb and he was left the dead even on the ship. Or when Imperfect Cell shot him through the stomach and through him into the ocean.
Who cares about if Piccolo is dead or not, they always can bring him back with the DB, there's no tension. What I'm interested is that NEP implies that Gohan tries to fight Freeza with his pierced body, I wonder if he will last enough to Goku and Vegeta arrival in the battlefield.
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Are we too old to enjoy new Dragon Ball movies/series?
Spoiler:
Nickolaidas wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:10 am
Guys, I'm going to be straight with you. If you feel the show has gotten 'silly' ... it hasn't. You're just 'too old for this shit'. Seriously, 95% of the people in those boards do not fit the target demographic of the show, so don't expect the show to be 'everything you hoped for'. I'm referring to the people here who expect Super to be rich with dark moments, serious storytelling, meaningful characters etc etc. It won't. It's a show for kids. A show for kids being kids. Everyone in those boards has a manchild in him/her, clamoring to get out, and that's fine. But having unrealistic expectations (such as believing the show grew up alongside you) is naïve at best. Honestly, do you take seriously a story where the supposed God of Destruction halts his urges to blow up stuff in order to eat ice cream sundae? That's the show's silliness at full force, take it for what it is. The show hasn't matured one bit, so don't expect it too. Again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm saying *that* is DB and always will be.
Yeah I'm not sure whats going with the power scaling this episode. Tagoma is apparently as strong as Ultimate Gohan yet SSJ Gohan was winning against him? I wish someone was a hard ass for this kind of stuff
SaiyanZ wrote:Yeah I'm not sure whats going with the power scaling this episode. Tagoma is apparently as strong as Ultimate Gohan yet SSJ Gohan was winning against him? I wish someone was a hard ass for this kind of stuff
No where is that stated. Gohan says, "He's as strong as me at my best." He could have been implying his base form.
SaiyanZ wrote:Yeah I'm not sure whats going with the power scaling this episode. Tagoma is apparently as strong as Ultimate Gohan yet SSJ Gohan was winning against him? I wish someone was a hard ass for this kind of stuff
That was a mistranslation, according to the group itself. Gohan said Tagoma might be as strong as his current best, meaning his base form.
Is this the summary for Episode 23? Can anyone translate, please?
It looks like it mirrors the next episode preview info (I don't see anything new), but I could be wrong. Will wait for someone with a higher translating skill level.
Is this the summary for Episode 23? Can anyone translate, please?
I think it confirms what Goku suggested in the preview, but hadn't been outright confirmed. Gohan awakens a great power, however, his body can't take it.
I hope there's no rage boost or more hidden power crap. I don't want that to become a thing again. The whole hidden power aspect was book ended in the Boo arc, so there's no need to do that again. It'd be regressing and retreading taken to the next level.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
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