So how is Mai not middle-aged?

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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:14 pm

Kishido wrote:Mai is a pedo... You wan't see an answer for this question by Toriyama
Pedo in the present, and a cougar in the future. Damn Trunks can not get away with weird dating pairings. First it's weird people having him in a pedolationship with Pan in fanfics, then it's pedolationship with Kid Trunks, and then it's a cougarship in the future. All to shove the Pilaf in places they really don't belong or contribute much to.
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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by ekrolo2 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:21 pm

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Kishido wrote:Mai is a pedo... You wan't see an answer for this question by Toriyama
Pedo in the present, and a cougar in the future. Damn Trunks can not get away with weird dating pairings. First it's weird people having him in a pedolationship with Pan in fanfics, then it's pedolationship with Kid Trunks, and then it's a cougarship in the future. All to shove the Pilaf in places they really don't belong or contribute much to.
They're doing a good job of shoving him into Super without the relationship present, at least, for the kid version of Trunks.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:25 pm

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Kishido wrote:Mai is a pedo... You wan't see an answer for this question by Toriyama
Pedo in the present, and a cougar in the future. Damn Trunks can not get away with weird dating pairings. First it's weird people having him in a pedolationship with Pan in fanfics, then it's pedolationship with Kid Trunks, and then it's a cougarship in the future. All to shove the Pilaf in places they really don't belong or contribute much to.
They're doing a good job of shoving him into Super without the relationship present, at least, for the kid version of Trunks.
I have no idea why they bother with this, especially when Toriyama himself openly admits he's terrible with relationships. Bulma and Vegeta have the best most fun relationship. 18 and Krillin are underused but ok. Gohan and Videl are boring as hell. And Goku and Chi Chi are so awful and terrible that it really shows how forced together they were.
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Post by ekrolo2 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:59 pm

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ekrolo2 wrote:
They're doing a good job of shoving him into Super without the relationship present, at least, for the kid version of Trunks.
I have no idea why they bother with this, especially when Toriyama himself openly admits he's terrible with relationships. Bulma and Vegeta have the best most fun relationship. 18 and Krillin are underused but ok. Gohan and Videl are boring as hell. And Goku and Chi Chi are so awful and terrible that it really shows how forced together they were.
I dig Goku & Chi-Chi only because it's the only time I feel like Toriyama or anyone is perfectly fine with showing Goku as the awful person he really is lol.
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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by Kishido » Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:17 pm

And still how at least Mai was able to get DBs pre Cyborg killed Piccolo... And if in Trunks timeline before the cyborgs it was possible for them why hasn't happened it in the main timeline as well and not just at BoG.

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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:18 pm

I still doubt they will ever explain why Mai, Pilaf and Shu became so young. I think it's one of those minor things that the fans figure out on their own.
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Post by Saikyo no Senshi » Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:55 pm

dbzfan7 wrote: Bulma and Vegeta have the best most fun relationship. 18 and Krillin are underused but ok. Gohan and Videl are boring as hell. And Goku and Chi Chi are so awful and terrible that it really shows how forced together they were.
Gokuu/Chi Chi and Vegeta/Blooma is plot device nothing else. One for Gohan other for Trunks although Chi Chi kind of has her own arc that deals with her relationship with Gokuu but still main reason is to introduce Gohan. I find both of these relationships utter crap. Blooma suddenly had no problems with a guy who murdered her friends. This itself shows what crap Blooma/Vegeta relationship is.

Videl/Gohan was done so that Videl could take a backseat cause after her introduction it looked like she would be one of the fighting members of the cast so Toriyama shoved her aside by making her fall for Gohan and she never fought again. What a waste. And i agree they are boring as hell.
Kuririn and 18 is the one i don't have much of a problem with they are ok.

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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:59 pm

Saikyo no Senshi wrote:
dbzfan7 wrote: Bulma and Vegeta have the best most fun relationship. 18 and Krillin are underused but ok. Gohan and Videl are boring as hell. And Goku and Chi Chi are so awful and terrible that it really shows how forced together they were.
Gokuu/Chi Chi and Vegeta/Blooma is plot device nothing else. One for Gohan other for Trunks although Chi Chi kind of has her own arc that deals with her relationship with Gokuu but still main reason is to introduce Gohan. I find both of these relationships utter crap. Blooma suddenly had no problems with a guy who murdered her friends. This itself shows what crap Blooma/Vegeta relationship is.

Videl/Gohan was done so that Videl could take a backseat cause after her introduction it looked like she would be one of the fighting members of the cast so Toriyama shoved her aside by making her fall for Gohan and she never fought again. What a waste. And i agree they are boring as hell.
Kuririn and 18 is the one i don't have much of a problem with they are ok.

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I disagree with Bulma and Vegeta. Yes their getting together is quite odd, but they have such good chemistry. They are an interesting couple to me. They're the only couple I actually dig. 18 and Krillin don't get much time for me to get invested in their relationship. Gohan and Videl did have a fun chemistry early on, and then it went to shit not because Videl stopped fighting, but because her personality became boring. The way she wore the pants in their relationship was funny.
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Post by Saikyo no Senshi » Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:11 pm

dbzfan7 wrote:
Saikyo no Senshi wrote:
dbzfan7 wrote: Bulma and Vegeta have the best most fun relationship. 18 and Krillin are underused but ok. Gohan and Videl are boring as hell. And Goku and Chi Chi are so awful and terrible that it really shows how forced together they were.
Gokuu/Chi Chi and Vegeta/Blooma is plot device nothing else. One for Gohan other for Trunks although Chi Chi kind of has her own arc that deals with her relationship with Gokuu but still main reason is to introduce Gohan. I find both of these relationships utter crap. Blooma suddenly had no problems with a guy who murdered her friends. This itself shows what crap Blooma/Vegeta relationship is.

Videl/Gohan was done so that Videl could take a backseat cause after her introduction it looked like she would be one of the fighting members of the cast so Toriyama shoved her aside by making her fall for Gohan and she never fought again. What a waste. And i agree they are boring as hell.
Kuririn and 18 is the one i don't have much of a problem with they are ok.

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I disagree with Bulma and Vegeta. Yes their getting together is quite odd, but they have such good chemistry. They are an interesting couple to me. They're the only couple I actually dig. 18 and Krillin don't get much time for me to get invested in their relationship. Gohan and Videl did have a fun chemistry early on, and then it went to shit not because Videl stopped fighting, but because her personality became boring. The way she wore the pants in their relationship was funny.
I respect your opinion but the foundation of Blooma/Vegeta relationship is very weak and cause of that i find their relationship worst along with Gokuu/Chi Chi.

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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by jplaya2023 » Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:54 am

more than likely, it's mai's daughter that's with trunks. Like people said they could not have wished for youth yet.

Also what happened to pilaf and that dog creature? i assume bebi goku (black) killed them

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Post by Darkprince410 » Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:55 am

jplaya2023 wrote:more than likely, it's mai's daughter that's with trunks. Like people said they could not have wished for youth yet.
It's been confirmed to be Mai, and it's easily possible for her to be that young due to a wish from the Dragon Balls. Pilaf, in the present timeline, gave us evidence during the Revival of F arc that they had to have wished themselves young prior to Dende upgrading the Dragon Balls, as he had no knowledge of Shenlon being able to grant multiple wishes. Given that this means it was sometime prior to Piccolo and Kami merging in the present, then reasonably we can assume that they did it at an identical point in Trunks' timeline too.

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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by Neo-Makaiōshin » Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:01 am

Since when were you under the impression that Dragon Ball (or fiction) panders to real world logic of X age = Y physical body appeareance?
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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by HybridSaiyan » Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:05 am

It's all just fan-fiction lmao. Evil Goku came true and blue Super Saiyan came true. Anything is possible in Super.

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Post by Mnich » Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:46 am

Hellspawn28 wrote:I still doubt they will ever explain why Mai, Pilaf and Shu became so young. I think it's one of those minor things that the fans figure out on their own.
I think it's a perfect irony. In GT Pilaf wishes goku to be young again ... and now he's young xD

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Post by ChaosLordBrandon » Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:58 am

She simply de-aged herself by using the Dragon Balls or something else.

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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by ssj_duelist » Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:17 pm

She really should be the age she is at the start of GT, otherwise huge plothole.

The only explanation is if they made the wish (in both timelines, pre split) before Piccolo died, but they would have to be at least 15 now as if they were turned to kids, then then aged 7 years+ during the Buu saga and until now.

I guess they could have made the wish to become kids before Piccolo died in the 3 year gap after Trunks/Goku killed Mecha Frieza and just look really young still because of AT's art style.

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Post by dragonballhero » Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:31 pm

Mnich wrote:
Hellspawn28 wrote:I still doubt they will ever explain why Mai, Pilaf and Shu became so young. I think it's one of those minor things that the fans figure out on their own.
I think it's a perfect irony. In GT Pilaf wishes goku to be young again ... and now he's young xD
I thought the same thing. :lol:

BTW, guys: What do you think Future Mai's role will be in the F. Trunks arc anyways? I mean, DBS' producer and Mai's JP voice actress have already more or less confirmed that F. Mai will be having a major role in the upcoming arc, but what do you all think it'll be? Personally, I'm actually hopeful that the Z-Fighters/Dragon Team might (hopefully) get a (new) major female player in the series that isn't neutral (Vados), an occasional ill-tempered know-it-all or unusually pushy (Bulma, Chi-Chi), or (hopefully) a female character who instantly gets shafted to the wayside (Videl, #18).

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Re: So how is Mai not middle-aged?

Post by ChronoTwigger » Wed Jun 08, 2016 2:10 pm

'Cause there's no need for Mai and Trunks to belong to the same year when shown together.

One reason is that Trunks jump BACK JUST SOME YEAR to find this Black Goku origin, fight him, Mai die, he go back further to KILL GOKU (great!).

Another reason could be instead MAI JUMP FORWARD to give/teach something.

The third case is that nothing will be explained, as NOW IN SUPER MAI IS CHILDLIKE and so, in SUPER TIMELINE she's just 30/35 in that wasted future .
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Post by dragonballhero » Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:59 pm

So....did any of you see the newest trailer for the upcoming Black arc? IMO, it's starting to look more and more like F. Mai may actually travel to the main timeline with F. Trunks. Besides, would she really be willing to stay in the future timeline after Black's done that much damage to humanity?

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Post by Faisal Shourov » Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:23 am

Mai is a pedophile like most women, that's why you see women telling men to shave and they also like to be babysitters. How many women are prosecuted for child sex abuse compared to men?
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