Does Toriyama remember Bra?

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Basaku » Sat May 28, 2016 9:19 pm

We saw how tall Gohan, Trunks himself, Pan & Bra were at this age, no headcanon will erase that. It's nothing else than Toei playing on Buu-saga nostalgia

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by miguelnuva1 » Sun May 29, 2016 1:29 am

Basaku wrote:We saw how tall Gohan, Trunks himself, Pan & Bra were at this age, no headcanon will erase that. It's nothing else than Toei playing on Buu-saga nostalgia
Pan is quarter saiyam and Bra is a gohan type which is why she never went ssj. Doesn't really disregard the headcanon.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Basaku » Sun May 29, 2016 9:52 am

miguelnuva1 wrote:
Basaku wrote:We saw how tall Gohan, Trunks himself, Pan & Bra were at this age, no headcanon will erase that. It's nothing else than Toei playing on Buu-saga nostalgia
Pan is quarter saiyam and Bra is a gohan type which is why she never went ssj. Doesn't really disregard the headcanon.
Bra is like Gohan which is why she didn't go SSJ? You do realize this sentence doesn't make sense right?

You're making up a lore excuse that really doesn't glue to cover-up for reasons Toriyama/Toei had to keep Trunks/Goten potato sized that were comepltly unrelated to lore. At no point Toriyama/Toei gave a damn about it. So trying to make it part of the core Saiyan genetics lore makes no sense.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Big Black Sayian » Sun May 29, 2016 11:52 am

Maybe he didn't forget her, but doesn't exactly know when she's supposed to be born.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Alruneia » Sun May 29, 2016 12:04 pm

miguelnuva1 wrote:Bra is a Gohan type which is why she never went ssj.
What this sentence says is the opposite of what you want. And if we want to dive into headcanon, then I'll go to my fanfic for information. Bulla is the Gohan type there, just like you say. Therefore, she has not only unlocked SSJ1, but SSJ2 as well. I'm right to assume that that's not what you're trying to say, though, aren't I?
Basaku wrote:We saw how tall Gohan, Trunks himself, Pan & Bra were at this age, no headcanon will erase that. It's nothing else than Toei playing on Buu-saga nostalgia.
You're most likely right. If we use GT, then we know how both Pan and Bulla would look as pre-teens (Pan at 9 and Bulla at 8 in this case). Not necessarily their hairstyles and outfits, but their height. And their height fits pretty well with Teen Future Trunks and Teen Gohan. So it's fairly safe to say that partial saiyans are supposed to grow like humans do. The late growth spurt idea is really just a convenient excuse to explain away Goten and Trunks' looks in Super.
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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by miguelnuva1 » Sun May 29, 2016 11:02 pm

Basaku wrote:
miguelnuva1 wrote:
Basaku wrote:We saw how tall Gohan, Trunks himself, Pan & Bra were at this age, no headcanon will erase that. It's nothing else than Toei playing on Buu-saga nostalgia
Pan is quarter saiyam and Bra is a gohan type which is why she never went ssj. Doesn't really disregard the headcanon.
Bra is like Gohan which is why she didn't go SSJ? You do realize this sentence doesn't make sense right?

You're making up a lore excuse that really doesn't glue to cover-up for reasons Toriyama/Toei had to keep Trunks/Goten potato sized that were comepltly unrelated to lore. At no point Toriyama/Toei gave a damn about it. So trying to make it part of the core Saiyan genetics lore makes no sense.
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miguelnuva1 wrote:Bra is a Gohan type which is why she never went ssj.
What this sentence says is the opposite of what you want. And if we want to dive into headcanon, then I'll go to my fanfic for information. Bulla is the Gohan type there, just like you say. Therefore, she has not only unlocked SSJ1, but SSJ2 as well. I'm right to assume that that's not what you're trying to say, though, aren't I?
You guys know that Gohan had to train to become a Super Saiyan and Bra from what we know doesn't train. Pan has also not had the emotional need to transform as well. Having Gohan, Future Trunks, Pan and Bra being Type A Hybrids and then Goten and Trunks being Type B Hybrids is fine in my Headcanon. It's an excuse to give Toriyama leeway but it's actually enough to defend why Goten and Trunks are so small.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Avok » Sun May 29, 2016 11:19 pm

Not at all.

It's just Toei showing how little they care about details or side characters since they were bigger in the Buu Saga and in the 2008 special.

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What they've done to Goten is absolutely disgusting.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Kanassa » Mon May 30, 2016 10:15 am

Avok wrote:Not at all.

It's just Toei showing how little they care about details or side characters since they were bigger in the Buu Saga and in the 2008 special.

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What they've done to Goten is absolutely disgusting.
Is it me, or has Goten gotten smaller...
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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Kuririn Fan » Mon May 30, 2016 11:45 am

Kanassa wrote: Is it me, or has Goten gotten smaller...
Yeah, lol, that's the point.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon May 30, 2016 3:36 pm

It's a meh point to me though. Goten is supposed to be shorter than Trunks. Yes, sometimes he appears too short under certain staff members, but there are other episodes where he's the right size. Characters heights varied wildly at times in both the manga and anime prior to this so I fully expected it to be the same here. And it is, and not just for Goten.
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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Kuririn Fan » Tue May 31, 2016 12:40 am

TheDevilsCorpse wrote:It's a meh point to me though. Goten is supposed to be shorter than Trunks. Yes, sometimes he appears too short under certain staff members, but there are other episodes where he's the right size. Characters heights varied wildly at times in both the manga and anime prior to this so I fully expected it to be the same here. And it is, and not just for Goten.
But they are supposed to be taller :(

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Marco Polo » Tue May 31, 2016 1:23 pm

It's just a difference in art style. Roshi is taller in DBZ and Super than in pre-Raditz DB, but seeing as how he's over 300 years old I doubt he actually had a sudden growth burst between the Piccolo and Saiyan Sagas.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Big Black Sayian » Tue May 31, 2016 1:52 pm

Marco Polo wrote:It's just a difference in art style. Roshi is taller in DBZ and Super than in pre-Raditz DB, but seeing as how he's over 300 years old I doubt he actually had a sudden growth burst between the Piccolo and Saiyan Sagas.
I think Vegeta had growth spurt too. Seems like he's taller than Bulma now.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Deathbringer » Tue May 31, 2016 3:29 pm

I don't think he's forgotten her just maybe he can't think of the right time to introduce her. I really want her to show up by the time Future Trunks returns though, I want to see his reaction to seeing:
- A sister who was never born in his own time
- A happy Gohan with a wife and child
- Himself as a child living a happy childhood
- Goten, who would never have been born if Trunks didn't intervene and save the timeline
- Kuririn and 18 married with a daughter
- Maybe even 17 the park ranger and his family

Just, you know, general things that I'm sure he would want to see since these things wouldn't exist if it weren't for him, it could be really heartwarming if they played it out properly.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by Zeru14 » Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:02 pm

Kanassa wrote:
Avok wrote:Not at all.

It's just Toei showing how little they care about details or side characters since they were bigger in the Buu Saga and in the 2008 special.

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What they've done to Goten is absolutely disgusting.
Is it me, or has Goten gotten smaller...
Wow that's just terrible, Akira needs to update the designs of Kid Trunks, Goten and Marron (just make them look and act the age they are, and have them heading towards their End of Z looks, for instance Goten can start growing his hair out, no more Kid Goku 2.0). If Transformers Rescue Bots can do it with Cody, then so can Dragonball with these three.

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Re: Does Toriyama remember Bra?

Post by TheDBZmaster100 » Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:06 am

Bra is probably one of the few characters that I don't mind if Tori-bot has forgotten about to be honest.

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