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Post by Anime Kitten » Tue Oct 11, 2016 2:25 pm

In relation to the Saiyan norm, Gine doesn't wear that much. Come to think of it, Bardock's team doesn't either, but that's besides the point. I guess the lower class you are, the less you get to wear?
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Post by Nejishiki » Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:27 pm

There's no need to waste any more resources on dispensable trash than necessary. That's what Saiyans with higher ranking would think, at least.

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Post by ABED » Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:03 pm

Bansho64 wrote:
ABED wrote:Or you getting too upset about a fictional character.
No, he's explaining his thoughts thoroughly and clearly.
I'd be willing to agree if this wasn't a pattern. Goku really bothers him. That much is clear in the numerous threads where he has VERY strong words about Goku.
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Bansho64 » Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:07 pm

ABED wrote:I'd be willing to agree if this wasn't a pattern. Goku really bothers him. That much is clear in the numerous threads where he has VERY strong words about Goku.
That's just the way he feels, I guess. And his criticisms do got a lotta merit.

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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Kakarotto92 » Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:17 pm

Why isn't Hidenori Arai working on Super? Dragon Ball anime just doesn't feel the same without his iconic sound effects.

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Post by ekrolo2 » Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:26 pm

ABED wrote:
Bansho64 wrote:
ABED wrote:Or you getting too upset about a fictional character.
No, he's explaining his thoughts thoroughly and clearly.
I'd be willing to agree if this wasn't a pattern. Goku really bothers him. That much is clear in the numerous threads where he has VERY strong words about Goku.
As TFS brilliantly summed it up "Bitch you're lucky you're endearing!". That's actually what bothers me most about Goku and how people perceive him, he can do the most absolutely terrible things for purely selfish reasons but since he's being endearing about it, it's somehow fine. The in-universe characters such as Old Kai, after chastising him for being a stupid Saiyan in the Boo arc, suddenly consider him a great guy despite him trading universe breaking blows with Beerus purely for his own entertainment.

If people in and out of universe liked Goku in spite of him clearly being a selfish person, this might not bother me as such but a guy who basically makes all of his and everyone else' efforts & sacrfices in stopping the Saiyan invasion in vain by letting Vegeta go and threaten the world again is not an endearing or stand up guy: he's a prick.
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Post by ABED » Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:21 pm

It's not remotely a show based in the real world and fiction doesn't require the characters to be paragons of virtue, they just need to be interesting.

Goku might be a prick, but no one in the group did differently. Piccolo, Yamcha, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, and even Gohan were fine with Goku's ideas. Who cares if he's a prick? Is he interesting? I see no reason to be this irritated by a fictional characters skewed sense of morality.
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Nejishiki » Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:22 pm

Kakarotto92 wrote:Why isn't Hidenori Arai working on Super? Dragon Ball anime just doesn't feel the same without his iconic sound effects.
He's dedicated to One Piece now. It's likely he doesn't have the time to handle two weekly series efficiently. However, I'm not sure why they started from scratch with the sound effects.

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Post by Anime Kitten » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:45 pm

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Trunks has guns here. GUNS. I wonder why that wasn't included in the series itself (or the rest of this image, for that matter).
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Steven Bloodriver » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:55 pm

Anime Kitten wrote:Image

Trunks has guns here. GUNS. I wonder why that wasn't included in the series itself (or the rest of this image, for that matter).
That drawing probably was only a one-shot call back of when Bulma had used guns in her youth during Dragon Ball. Also, I vaguely remember at least one of the villains Mr. Piccolo kills in DBGT bore a similar design to those Aliens.

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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by nickzambuto » Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:19 pm

What's the chronology of Roshi's backstory? Did he train with Karin before or after the whole Daimao mess? Perhaps he even trained with Karin before Mutaito?

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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by fadeddreams5 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:09 am

Guys, I have an important announcement to make: I, Faded Dreamorz the 5th, shall hereby no longer go into Super episode threads and compare it to DBZ. I renounce my ways. I shall now take Super for what it is and shift my focus away from its lack of attention to detail, contradictions, inconsistent characterizations, ridiculous power scaling, and nonsensical concepts (within context of DBZ). Instead, I will proudly bash it for every other flaw it has, and praise it for the moments it manages to entertain, as a stand alone series. Today is a day to rejoice indeed. : )
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Nejishiki » Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:55 am

nickzambuto wrote:What's the chronology of Roshi's backstory? Did he train with Karin before or after the whole Daimao mess? Perhaps he even trained with Karin before Mutaito?
Turtle Hermit was Mutaito's student in AGE 448. He trained with Karin around AGE 450-453. Piccolo was sealed by Mutaito in AGE 461. This is the reference.

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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Noah » Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:50 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote:Guys, I have an important announcement to make: I, Faded Dreamorz the 5th, shall hereby no longer go into Super episode threads and compare it to DBZ. I renounce my ways. I shall now take Super for what it is and shift my focus away from its lack of attention to detail, contradictions, inconsistent characterizations, ridiculous power scaling, and nonsensical concepts (within context of DBZ). Instead, I will proudly bash it for every other flaw it has, and praise it for the moments it manages to entertain, as a stand alone series. Today is a day to rejoice indeed. : )
Well, you shouldn't it's not a problem you know? It's normal to compare the two series: Z (the most sucessful anime series) and Super (the current running anime series)


I have one for this thread:

Why was Rocketman banned?
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Post by Lord Beerus » Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:30 pm

Noah wrote:I have one for this thread:

Why was Rocketman banned?
I don't think that's the kind of thing we can discuss about here.

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Post by Beerus-sama » Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:20 pm

Has anyone noticed the little ahoge (idiot hair) Black has in SSJR? I like it, looks so cute with the pink hair :3
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Noah » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:24 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:I don't think that's the kind of thing we can discuss about here.
Why? He was such a good fellow and a lot of people sympathized with him
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by Bansho64 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:22 am

Hey, can someone here make a video for me? If it's not too much trouble, I'd wanna see an edit of the Mexican dub audio paired with the video quality of the Level Sets. I'm not asking for, like, a whole episode. I'd just like to see it for one scene. Maybe the Makankosappo or the Kaioken?

I currently don't have the materials to do such an edit and upload it to YouTube. So, I figured that some of the real technical video and audio editors could do it. I know many here like that sort of stuff, and I'm probably asking for a lot here, but I thought it wouldn't be any harm to ask.

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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by fadeddreams5 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:24 am

Noah wrote:
fadeddreams5 wrote:Guys, I have an important announcement to make: I, Faded Dreamorz the 5th, shall hereby no longer go into Super episode threads and compare it to DBZ. I renounce my ways. I shall now take Super for what it is and shift my focus away from its lack of attention to detail, contradictions, inconsistent characterizations, ridiculous power scaling, and nonsensical concepts (within context of DBZ). Instead, I will proudly bash it for every other flaw it has, and praise it for the moments it manages to entertain, as a stand alone series. Today is a day to rejoice indeed. : )
Well, you shouldn't it's not a problem you know? It's normal to compare the two series: Z (the most sucessful anime series) and Super (the current running anime series)
You opened my eyes. What was I thinking.
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Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Post by nickzambuto » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:36 pm

If Piccolo was wearing weights to train on Kaio's planet, and could move around with them pretty comfortably even under 10x gravity, then after getting an exponential power multiplier from fusing with Nail, the clothes should have been virtually weightless. Saiyans arc Goku wouldn't be slowed down by the clothes he wore at the 23ed Budokai, after all. Piccolo increasing his power against Freeza by removing those clothes implies they had been restricting him, so Kami knows how he was moving and flying around before even fusing with Nail.

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