Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Bullza » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:23 pm

Peoples choices seem mostly consistent. Hit and Magetta are the best and Frost and Botamo are the worst.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by RandomGuy96 » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:27 pm

1. Magetta: has unconventional powers and weaknesses, and the most actual personality of any of the contestants so far (though Hit might get more in the future). An easy winner as of now.

2. Hit: pretty badass. His time skip power is awesome in its concept and execution, and I like the aura he gives off with his mystique and stoic attitude. He doesn't gloat, bask in his strength, or take pleasure in inflicting pain, which is subtly but noticeably different from the standard DB villain. Character design is a bit bland, but not terrible (definitely better than Cabba and Champa, at least). Finally, he kicked the shit out of Vegeta, as is tradition.

3. Botamo: he looks like Winnie the Pooh, and I gotta respect him for that. Plus, his damage nullification ability is cool-ish and reminds me a bit of fat Janemba.

4. Frost: lazy Freeza clone, and I've long become sick of Freeza. I like his poison gimmick and design, but that's about it. Oh, wait, one more thing: I like when Goku tackles him into the bubble.

5. Cabba: Uub clone, and Uub was already a Gohan clone. Or, rather, Uub + Tarble. Also, terrible, terrible character design, and poor fight choreography to boot. To make matters worse, he is the only U6 fighter without an interesting gimmick to even somewhat offset his blandness. I dislike him a lot.
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Nejishiki » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:55 pm

This arc hasn't had time to sit over a long period, but based on my current impressions I enjoy Magetta the most and Frost the least. Botamo lacks any presence for me to say anything meaningful about him, but Cabba seems like a nice kid, but there's also not anything I can say about him specifically due to it describing Vegeta's character more than himself. I very much enjoy Hit's demeanor, so he should be second best at this time. Maybe the next episode will boost his ratings? :wink:

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by KidGoku>3 » Mon Apr 11, 2016 6:23 pm

Hit was my fav already but after the way he handled Vegeta he cemented himself as a god in my eyes.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Bullza » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:58 pm

I changed my mind a little, I prefer Hit to Cabba now and maybe even Magetta. He is pretty bad ass.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Gorou » Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:22 am

Lord Beerus wrote:Hit. Everything about him is so awesome. From his design, to his abilities, to his personality, to his VA. Magetta is very close second because he's so damn charming.
Agree. Seems a much more grim and sombre Goku

Even Magetta is worthy of consideration.
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Kuririn Fan » Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:27 am

I mean, after this episode, is that even a question? :P

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Beerus-sama » Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:38 am

Cabbe: he's adorable, I want to see more about him.
Next I guess its Magetta then Hit, then Botamo and last Frost :P
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by dbgtFO » Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:00 am

For me that badassassin is definitely a hit :P

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by fadeddreams5 » Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:52 pm

I find them all uninspired and unoriginal.

Botamo: Plain and simply, he's forgettable. His ability makes no sense either (the manga did it better).

Frost: This might be the worst character ever introduced in the franchise. We just had an arc starring Frieza, so why in Kami's name did they decide to introduce another Frieza? If he was genuinely good, it'd be passable, but he turned out to be Frieza 2.0, only he's also an incredibly unlikable sleeze ball and punching bag. This is the most unoriginal, terrible character ever created in Dragon Ball, and only served to further diminish the status Frieza once had in the series. I'm sure many fans out there have made better "frost demons" in their stories.

Cabba: Another unoriginal character. We've had soooo many characters with his personality: Kid Gohan, Uub, Tarble, Future Trunks, etc. That said, each of those other characters, sans Tarble, had unique traits or qualities going for them that made them distinctive. Kid Gohan is the son of Goku, and possessed an insane hidden ability. Future Trunks was another super saiyan (this was actually special at the time), the son of Vegeta and Bulma, and a time-traveler, which was just mind-boggling. Uub is the reincarnation of the biggest threat to ever befall mankind. Cabba... is just a saiyan from another universe. Him being, say, a prince wouldn't change the fact that there is nothing going for this character. You would think a society of good saiyans would know a little about SSJG, but Cabba turned out to be just a regular saiyan with no knowledge of even SSJ. It's incredibly lame. Almost as lame as his emotion-lacking transformation.

Hit: It's (filler-saga) Pikkon with a cool ability. Both are enforcers (Pikkon is regularly tasked with beating the piss out of villains in Hell), both have a serious/stoic demeanor (i.e. same personality), both are considered the greatest warriors of their respective gods, both appear in a tournament arc, both are Goku's final opponents, both deal with SSJ+kaioken bullshit, both beat up a previously beaten enemy with ease, and both get the best of Goku in their matches. I do give Hit brownie points for his character design and time skip ability though. It's pretty cool.

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Now, Magetta... <3
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Bansho64 » Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:25 pm

Magetta is my absolute favorite. I like the idea of a robot in the Dragon Ball universe that can actually fight. He was very entertaining.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by dae428 » Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:06 pm

5. Botamo: Neat powers. No personality.
4. Frost: Would be higher, but he broke my heart... Now he's a generic bad guy who pretends to be good. Boring schemer personality.
3. Magetta: Neat powers and quirk but other than that no personality.
2. Cabbe: Neat backstory and design. Kind of a timid, blah personality that I wish could've been fleshed out more. Hoping to see more of him. He has the most potential.
1. Hit: Neat powers and penis head design. Generic Imma tough guy mystery man personality that wants a challenge. Still, I feel he can be fleshed out even more. Also his recent fight with Goku as well as his penis head bumped him up and put him ahead of the rest.

While I like the Universe 6 characters in terms of designs and abilities. I can't deny that I find most of their personalities a bit lacking... But honestly, it's still better than most fighters in the previous tournaments. Namu was cool but the rest were either just random a-holes without cool penis head designs or that one main antagonist guy ala Jackie Chun, Tenshinhan, and Majunior.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Freeza9000 » Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:39 am

I find Hit to be vastly interesting than all of the contestants. Especially since he has pretty interesting techniques, and unlike common main DB villains/antagonists, he does not whine and complain on how this lowly being can match his time-skip. Instead of throwing a hissy fit, he improves his technique more in order to be more efficient.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by SaiyanZ » Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:13 pm

Magetta and Hit.
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by omaro34 » Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:59 am

Hit was my favorite hands down. He reminds me of Piccolo or Pikkon in his stoic, calm personality. His design is interesting as well.
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by omaro34 » Tue Sep 06, 2016 1:02 am

Bullza wrote:Peoples choices seem mostly consistent. Hit and Magetta are the best and Frost and Botamo are the worst.
I guarentee you if the writers decided to keep Frost as a good guy, he would be number 1 or 2 on most people's lists here.
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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by Saikyo no Senshi » Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:37 am

As characters none cause they are barely characters. There isn't much info about them at least not for me to qualify them as well fleshed out characters.

As fighters my favorite would be Hitto cause of his ability and Kazuhiro Yamaji made him sound incredibly badass. Least favorite would be Kyaba another Saiyan and I'm tired of Saiyans.

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Re: Who is your favourite Universe 6 contestant?

Post by DragonBallFoodie » Tue Sep 06, 2016 4:38 pm

Cabba - he was a pretty good counterpart to the original warlike Saiyans. I'm hoping to see more from him.

Hit - he had a pretty awesome power on display.

Frost - A bit of a disappointment with him, since he had the chance to be a good Freeza.

Botamo - His technique was interesting (he used defensive movements so much his attack capacity reduced), but he was just an opponent to defeat.

Magetta - he was just a robot, and didn't get proper characterization.
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