"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

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Post by HeroR » Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:37 pm

SansrivaaL wrote:Somehow I get this feeling that Zamasu's wish for immortality or whatnot isnt exactly the way we see it, because of how Black reacted after Zamasu got stabbed, called him an idiot and attacked Trunks.
Considering how Black normally is, you know with how "utsukushii" type of chuunibyou the guy is he would have said "isnt it beautiful that my kin has an immortal body? you wont be able to do anything"

He called Trunks the idiot.
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Post by HeroR » Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:41 pm

To be clear, in the anime Whis didn't rewind time when the time machine was destroyed because three minutes has past. Not because he couldn't. Also, at eight months past since Whis used his power since the Earth's Dragon Balls were active in Esp 29.
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precita wrote:Goku will still be around but take a Buu saga approach backseat.
Goku barely took a backseat in the Buu saga, at best he took a leisurely stroll round back while everyone else cried for him to come back.

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Post by SansrivaaL » Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:16 am

HeroR wrote:
SansrivaaL wrote:Somehow I get this feeling that Zamasu's wish for immortality or whatnot isnt exactly the way we see it, because of how Black reacted after Zamasu got stabbed, called him an idiot and attacked Trunks.
Considering how Black normally is, you know with how "utsukushii" type of chuunibyou the guy is he would have said "isnt it beautiful that my kin has an immortal body? you wont be able to do anything"

He called Trunks the idiot.
Doubt it, if he was referring to Trunks he wouldnt have had an annoyed face while saying it, he would have been laughing and wouldnt even bother attacking Trunks, he definitely called Zamasu the idiot and hastily attacked Trunks for a reason.

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Post by HeroR » Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:46 am

SansrivaaL wrote:
Doubt it, if he was referring to Trunks he wouldnt have had an annoyed face while saying it, he would have been laughing and wouldnt even bother attacking Trunks, he definitely called Zamasu the idiot and hastily attacked Trunks for a reason.
He looked straight at Trunks and called him an idiot, before knocking the sword out of his hands. Also, Black has no problem in general double teaming with Zamasu given that he fired on all of them when Zamasu held Trunks and Goku down, which is far more damaging than anything Trunks could ever expel.
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precita wrote:Goku will still be around but take a Buu saga approach backseat.
Goku barely took a backseat in the Buu saga, at best he took a leisurely stroll round back while everyone else cried for him to come back.

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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:11 am

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TheMikado wrote:Yeah I mean this drastically raises the stakes vs Black. One false step and there may be no coming back even with Whis there. Plus it seems to imply it there's some cosmic consequences to using it.
It'll also make more sense for Black to get SSRose in the manga since Goku's little sparring match with Trunks all but confirms he'll be using SSGod (at least) to fight Black in their first bout.
Ehh. That'll only happen if Black is stronger at that point then the anime. Even then going God at that point would defeat the point of that whole little segment.

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Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:09 am

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TheMikado wrote:Yeah I mean this drastically raises the stakes vs Black. One false step and there may be no coming back even with Whis there. Plus it seems to imply it there's some cosmic consequences to using it.
It'll also make more sense for Black to get SSRose in the manga since Goku's little sparring match with Trunks all but confirms he'll be using SSGod (at least) to fight Black in their first bout.
Ehh. That'll only happen if Black is stronger at that point then the anime. Even then going God at that point would defeat the point of that whole little segment.
He is drastically stronger than in the anime already. Trunks' near SS3 level power was nothing to Black and even Goku needed to use God to one shot Trunks, this all but confirms he'll be using that during their first bout. This makes Black's acquisition of a God form more sensible too than in the anime where he's just fighting SS2 Goku.
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Post by TheMikado » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:35 am

Exactly, I hope it goes down like that as it will make more logical sense

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Post by DBS916 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:52 am

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He is drastically stronger than in the anime already. Trunks' near SS3 level power was nothing to Black and even Goku needed to use God to one shot Trunks, this all but confirms he'll be using that during their first bout. This makes Black's acquisition of a God form more sensible too than in the anime where he's just fighting SS2 Goku.
Yes, Future Trunks has become more powerful. But I don't want to see him becoming a Super Saiyan God. The transformation should be unique to both Goku and Vegeta. Also, Trunks will do better having his potential unlocked like how Gohan did with Old Kai. That way he can have power that's unique to him, which will also share similarities to Gohan in the Fusion saga.

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Post by dbs fanboy » Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:52 pm

ekrolo2 wrote:
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ekrolo2 wrote:
It'll also make more sense for Black to get SSRose in the manga since Goku's little sparring match with Trunks all but confirms he'll be using SSGod (at least) to fight Black in their first bout.
Ehh. That'll only happen if Black is stronger at that point then the anime. Even then going God at that point would defeat the point of that whole little segment.
He is drastically stronger than in the anime already. Trunks' near SS3 level power was nothing to Black and even Goku needed to use God to one shot Trunks, this all but confirms he'll be using that during their first bout. This makes Black's acquisition of a God form more sensible too than in the anime where he's just fighting SS2 Goku.
The manga makes so much more sense than the anime, in fact i wouldn't be surprised is Trunks managed to Take a lucky shot on Black in the manga, with the anime we need headcanon, with the manga i didn't even need to think about trying to bring some sense to this kind of things.
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:12 pm

TheMikado wrote:Seriously dude?? Look I can do it too

Beerus claims to have wiped out dinosaurs on Earth. However, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z show that dinosaurs still exist on Earth.
Earth has continents that match the size and location of those in the real world. This is different than the Dragon World geography seen in Dragon Ball.
Therefore Super can't be canon and in the same continuity as the other series.... :roll:
You can argue that the Capsule Corp found away to bring dinosaurs back to life. Why tie Super into GT? I feel like it would not work given how the power scaling for those two are way off. Also other character statements contradict with each other. I remember Goku told Super Yi Xing Long that "Out all of the people that I met in my life, you're the strongest" and yet Goku met the Omni-King in Super. I highly doubt Super Yi Xing Long is stronger than the Omni-King. Goku in GT also mention that he has not seen Kibitoshin and Elder Kai since Buu and yet in Super he has met them again a few years after Buu.

Super also contradicts the ending to the manga too given how they mention that it has been peaceful in the last 10 years when we know that is wrong. I think people should just move on from GT and that is not going to be revisit outside the video games. The show ended nearly 20 years ago and it's not relevant to today's TV audience.
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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:14 pm

dbs fanboy wrote:The manga makes so much more sense than the anime, in fact i wouldn't be surprised is Trunks managed to Take a lucky shot on Black in the manga, with the anime we need headcanon, with the manga i didn't even need to think about trying to bring some sense to this kind of things.
Trunks got lucky in the anime too though. Trunks caught Black off guard then managed to take a lucky shot and blow him back into a building. Goku knew this was lucky and hence he immediately swapped partners with Trunks.

It's honestly as simple as that.

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:21 pm

I think people want GT and 13 Movies to be tie in with Super because they want their favorite characters to be relevant again. I think that's why people want GT and Super to be link with each other because fans want to see SSj4 Goku back in again. I think Dragon Ball has move on from the past and I rather if Super is it's own show. Why tie Super with a show that ended nearly 20 years that most people didn't like it. Won't that be like WB decided to have the newer Batman films to be tie in with Batman Forever and Batman & Robin (I seen several people that view those movies as guilty pleasures).
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Post by Sodhi » Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:30 pm

Things dont have to tie to each other in order to be relevant. Gt can still be its own product, just like any dragon ball series or manga. The truth is that merchandise will only increase as there are more products in the market. Heck they even split db and Z, when there was no need to. Toei, well actually shueisha or bandai would never say "dont care about a certain series or dont buy that merchandise because it does not fit/not canon bla bla bla". For these companies term canon does not even exist, but they do know however if they put toriyama's name into something, its bound to do well, even if its something really bad.

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:37 pm

I could Super talking about not to over use the Dragon Balls if Zamasu keeps on using the Super Dragon Balls via time ring. We still have SSj4 Goku and other GT characters in the video games. So it's not like they are going to erase them for good.
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Post by MurkMcGwire » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:15 pm

What they should do is reboot GT as soon as Super is done. That'll give them another chance to redeem themselves from the original and gives them another series to continue Dragon Ball even further.

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Post by Grimlock » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:23 pm

We have Dragon Ball Online that continues the series even further. Dragon Ball GT is fine the way it is.

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Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:28 pm

If there's one thing they could take from GT without making it explicit and actually integrate it fairly well is how to write Goku. In GT, despite being a child, they manage to write him as a fun loving, battle seeking but also surprisingly mature when the situation calls for it. Super Goku is bar none the most insufferable version of him I've seen, he's leaps and bounds stupider now than he ever was even as a kid. Except then he was a hick living in the woods, now he's 40 something with lots of experience under his belt but considerably stupider than ever before. How the hell does that work?
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Post by kinisking » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:48 pm

ekrolo2 wrote:If there's one thing they could take from GT without making it explicit and actually integrate it fairly well is how to write Goku. In GT, despite being a child, they manage to write him as a fun loving, battle seeking but also surprisingly mature when the situation calls for it. Super Goku is bar none the most insufferable version of him I've seen, he's leaps and bounds stupider now than he ever was even as a kid. Except then he was a hick living in the woods, now he's 40 something with lots of experience under his belt but considerably stupider than ever before. How the hell does that work?
I blame Vegeta. Sounds crazy, but hear me out. Vegeta's been marketed way more than before. He's right there in the opening along side Goku and it's called the Goku AND Vegeta show for a reason by some fans. So why does this make Goku and idiot? Because they have to make Goku and Vegeta look more unique when compared to each other. Their personalities have to bounce off each other and provide some chemistry. So they made Goku look like the goofy idiot, and Vegeta the smart and serious one. In DBZ, it was Gohan who was the second in importance. This actually helped Goku's character develop because he fell into a mentor role. We don't have that anymore.
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:49 pm

Grimlock wrote:We have Dragon Ball Online that continues the series even further. Dragon Ball GT is fine the way it is.
Agreed. What can they do with GT that can't be done in Super? Why have SSj4 when you have new and powerful god forms? Yeah there is the Shadow Dragons, but most of them did suck in my opinion. GT had Goku as a kid for the whole show and they didn't bother to make him a grown up again after Bebi. Super 17 is also a stupid idea when they could have just create their own cyborg/android instead. Let Super and GT be their own thing. If we go beyond after DBZ, they could label GT as alternate continuity like they do with the older DBZ movies (DB Movies 1-4 are listed as alternate worlds). Even Xenoverse had GT be mention as a different timeline.
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Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:54 pm

kinisking wrote:
ekrolo2 wrote:If there's one thing they could take from GT without making it explicit and actually integrate it fairly well is how to write Goku. In GT, despite being a child, they manage to write him as a fun loving, battle seeking but also surprisingly mature when the situation calls for it. Super Goku is bar none the most insufferable version of him I've seen, he's leaps and bounds stupider now than he ever was even as a kid. Except then he was a hick living in the woods, now he's 40 something with lots of experience under his belt but considerably stupider than ever before. How the hell does that work?
I blame Vegeta. Sounds crazy, but hear me out. Vegeta's been marketed way more than before. He's right there in the opening along side Goku and it's called the Goku AND Vegeta show for a reason by some fans. So why does this make Goku and idiot? Because they have to make Goku and Vegeta look more unique when compared to each other. Their personalities have to bounce off each other and provide some chemistry. So they made Goku look like the goofy idiot, and Vegeta the smart and serious one. In DBZ, it was Gohan who was the second in importance. This actually helped Goku's character develop because he fell into a mentor role. We don't have that anymore.
Not a bad theory, however, I'm not sure if Vegeta being just the serious one completely applies. The show doesn't stray from making him look like a jackass too, especially in earlier episodes where he's involved in all sorts of things you wouldn't usually associate with the character. If they simply gave Goku some more range, that would help matters out but they don't: he's 100% retarded 100% of the time. Even when it looks like he's taking things seriously for a bit nothing comes of it.

If in Z Vegeta got stabbed in the chest, Goku wouldn't come at Black with an excited look on his face but he'd know this is a guy not to screw around with anymore. In Super? Vegeta gets stabbed and then he's like "Yay! Its my turn now!". It also doesn't help that Nozawa is clearly being made to voice him in that constant go lucky mood of his to emphasize that this is in fact the stupidest version of Goku of all time ever.
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