"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 kinisking » Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:37 am

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Grimlock » Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:59 am

I don't think those blogs should be taken seriously, it was clearly to promote the movie with no other intention.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Gyt Kaliba » Fri Jun 24, 2016 12:00 pm

I wouldn't take Trunks' letter as anything more than promotion unless we get a statement to the contrary (after all, how would he have heard about Freeza's revival, much less sent a letter through space time, since we're not going with the 'Time Patrol' route it seems), but I also wouldn't be surprised to see that he's continued his training. With nobody to train with though, his gains might not be that great unless there's more to it - even Freeza seemingly needed Tagoma to bat around to get as much stronger as he did.

Anything is possible though, we'll just have to wait and see.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by ryou766 » Fri Jun 24, 2016 12:04 pm

If you're not willing to take his written letter into consideration, then look at it from a logical view standpoint: Mirai Trunks is the last remaining warrior in his timeline. He's its only hope. Unlike Gohan, who was focused on his studies rather than training, Mirai Trunks would have no time for such a thing. There's rebuilding civilization and his determination to ensure that no one else, especially his own mother, would be killed by a new threat in the future. Therefore, he would need to train to become stronger.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by sintzu » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:09 pm

ryou766 wrote:I would like to travel to the past again and fight alongside Son Goku and the others, but I am sure they have all grown far stronger since I last saw them.
Last time he saw them Goku was dead so how does he know he's alive let alone stronger ? Hopefully he won't know this in the actual story and will be surprised to see Goku alive.
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Post by Anime Kitten » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:10 pm

Probably ties in with why he thought Goku was Black.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by ryou766 » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:18 pm

Anime Kitten wrote:Probably ties in with why he thought Goku was Black.
That's what I'm thinking, too. Mirai Trunks most likely believes Goku is dead, so him being the first person Trunks saw when he woke up made him assume that Black followed him into the past.

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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:29 pm

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ryou766 wrote:I would like to travel to the past again and fight alongside Son Goku and the others, but I am sure they have all grown far stronger since I last saw them.
Last time he saw them Goku was dead so how does he know he's alive let alone stronger ?
Same way he knew that Freeza was revived.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:34 pm

I don't really count what some blog thing said. For me, if it didn't happen in the manga or anime, then it didn't happen.
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Post by Xeztin » Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:41 pm

Is this supposed to be a description on why Hit keeps his hands in his pocket to fight?
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:48 pm

Xeztin wrote:Is this supposed to be a description on why Hit keeps his hands in his pocket to fight?
I suppose I forgot to mention this. It was Chapter 13. Anyway, he does it to hide his movements from his opponents.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Captain Space » Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:50 pm

Gyt Kaliba wrote:I wouldn't take Trunks' letter as anything more than promotion unless we get a statement to the contrary (after all, how would he have heard about Freeza's revival, much less sent a letter through space time, since we're not going with the 'Time Patrol' route it seems), but I also wouldn't be surprised to see that he's continued his training. With nobody to train with though, his gains might not be that great unless there's more to it - even Freeza seemingly needed Tagoma to bat around to get as much stronger as he did.

Anything is possible though, we'll just have to wait and see.
I have to imagine he has been training, as the preview for the next episode seems to imply his and Goku's SSJ forms are about on par (then again, brief flashes of footage, out of context, can be misleading).
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by kinisking » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:21 pm

Should future trunks be training? Yes. It's logical. But not any more logical than the fact that gohan and gotenks should have done the ssg ritual by now. Free power up just for holding hands? And I doubt they wouldn't have been able to absorb it. Gokus considered a prodigy for doing it, but the half saiyans are even more so. Also God ki should be given to everyone including the humans (at least piccolo c'mon) . This series just simply isn't as logical as it should be.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by DragonHermit » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:44 pm

Ok, why would Goten & co need a SSJG transformation? Goku and Vegeta are massively OP to begin with. It's not like Present Day Earth is in any kind of threat.

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Post by Anime Kitten » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:45 pm

I agree, but why does it have to be Gotenks? Goten and Trunks are their own characters, and I'd personally love to see Super Saiyan God Goten.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by kinisking » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:50 pm

I wrote gotenks because I was too lazy to write goten and trunks haha. Also they need it just in case a threat comes along and either their dads can't handle it or their dads aren't there.
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Post by Anime Kitten » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:55 pm

kinisking wrote:I wrote gotenks because I was too lazy to write goten and trunks haha. Also they need it just in case a threat comes along and either their dads can't handle it or their dads aren't there.
I'd like to see Gogeta return too. Him and Vegito both. And with Super, either 1) Goku and Vegeta would always be there, or 2) Gotenks would be no match for the villain.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Kagari » Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:00 pm

DragonHermit wrote:Ok, why would Goten & co need a SSJG transformation? Goku and Vegeta are massively OP to begin with. It's not like Present Day Earth is in any kind of threat.
That's probably going to change very quickly now though.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by kinisking » Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:34 pm

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kinisking wrote:I wrote gotenks because I was too lazy to write goten and trunks haha. Also they need it just in case a threat comes along and either their dads can't handle it or their dads aren't there.
I'd like to see Gogeta return too. Him and Vegito both. And with Super, either 1) Goku and Vegeta would always be there, or 2) Gotenks would be no match for the villain.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by ekrolo2 » Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:37 pm

They're never gonna get that stuff because they want Goku and Vegeta to be the strongest fighters from Earth. Gohan & Gotenks getting their old strength back on top of God power would make them leaps and bounds stronger than their fathers.
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