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It seems to me like that's one transformation higher than the pink one we see in the new movie. Like, the shoulder and chest bits destroyed the armor, so he didn't have them before that, like in the Broly film.
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I met two guys named Tien and Tao today, which shouldn't have weirded me out as much as it did.
The Monkey King wrote:It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWokeRandomGuy96 wrote:He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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See answer by Shaddy.mute_proxy wrote: He did imagine it, it's in his manga.
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The source of Broly's strength should come from the fact that in 40 years of existence he hasn't spread his seed and has only eaten monsters and lived on an inhospitable planet.
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The lines on his arms indicate that he already has the exoskeleton form when wearing the armor in the movie (5 years after Freeza is introduced to planet Vegeta), not just when he broke the armor off in Z. The pink form doesn't have arm lines, means he transformed during those 5 years. There are also figures out there where you can see his exoskeleton shoulders showing beneath the shoulderpadsShaddy wrote:It seems to me like that's one transformation higher than the pink one we see in the new movie. Like, the shoulder and chest bits destroyed the armor, so he didn't have them before that, like in the Broly film.
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We get a good look of his shoulders in the movie, while he's destroying Vegeta and there are no exoskeleton shoulder pads in sight.mute_proxy wrote: The lines on his arms indicate that he already has the exoskeleton form when wearing the armor in the movie (5 years after Freeza is introduced to planet Vegeta), not just when he broke the armor off in Z. The pink form doesn't have arm lines, means he transformed during those 5 years. There are also figures out there where you can see his exoskeleton shoulders showing beneath the shoulderpads
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They're visible only when the armor is removed, as was in the original series. Or are you saying he has another extra form with lines on arms and no exoskeleton.dbgtFO wrote:We get a good look of his shoulders in the movie, while he's destroying Vegeta and there are no exoskeleton shoulder pads in sight.mute_proxy wrote: The lines on his arms indicate that he already has the exoskeleton form when wearing the armor in the movie (5 years after Freeza is introduced to planet Vegeta), not just when he broke the armor off in Z. The pink form doesn't have arm lines, means he transformed during those 5 years. There are also figures out there where you can see his exoskeleton shoulders showing beneath the shoulderpads
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I'm saying like Shaddy that it seems like he only gets the exoskeleton as part of his transformation to second form.mute_proxy wrote: They're visible only when the armor is removed, as was in the original series. Or are you saying he has another extra form with lines on arms and no exoskeleton.
The lines I interpret as an age thing like wrinkles, so not something he gains through transformation.
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I could give you 30 years worth of data saying otherwisedbgtFO wrote:I'm saying like Shaddy that it seems like he only gets the exoskeleton as part of his transformation to second form.mute_proxy wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
The lines I interpret as an age thing like wrinkles, so not something he gains through transformation.
Daizenshuu for example, see the numbering?
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If I have learned anything from modern Dragon Ball, it's that the past is the past and will be messed with at the creators' leisure.mute_proxy wrote: I could give you 30 years worth of data saying otherwise
Daizenshuu for example, see the numbering?
And how deliberately high the exoskeleton starts so that it'd get covered by the armorSpoiler:
Also, the whole wrinkle thing, his legs and tail have lines, while the arms don't, that theory makes little senseSpoiler:
His exoskeleton is not visible, because it isn't there, either by design choice, which would lead back to Toriyama perhaps intending for him to look like his child self, but with wrinkles or because he hadn't thought of Freeza naked until he made the chapter, where he transforms or it's an "anime eye hid by a lock of hair" situation.
Since you've posted images, I might as well too, as it happens the manga has decent panels of Freeza's shoulders:
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In any case, if the plates were always meant to be there, it doesn't make sense they aren't there in the side view panels.
Also about the lines on his body, neither his arms or legs have them in his earliest appearance in the movie, only the tail does at the time.
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The lines don't really make a difference compared to the skeleton. There's no indication that those are even necessarily determined by what form he's in, since that'd mean they aren't there at first, come in at his second form, then go away again at his fourth.
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dbgtFO wrote: His exoskeleton is not visible, because it isn't there, either by design choice, which would lead back to Toriyama perhaps intending for him to look like his child self, but with wrinkles or because he hadn't thought of Freeza naked until he made the chapter, where he transforms or it's an "anime eye hid by a lock of hair" situation.
Here's another one by Toriyama from 1995, yeah it seems he just hadn't thought up what Freeza would look like without the armor before hand
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If anyone who hasn't seen the movie was itching to see a little bit of Vegeta vs Broly in HD here you go.
https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/09/watch- ... -clip/amp/
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How tall was Gohan when he fought Cell? I believe it could me something around 1,40 cm as Cell is probably around 1,90 cm and considering Goten and Trunks might be around 1,30 cm, I think 1,40 is fine for a eleven-year old.
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Cell looks more to be 1.70cm tall.Noah wrote:
How tall was Gohan when he fought Cell? I believe it could me something around 1,40 cm as Cell is probably around 1,90 cm and considering Goten and Trunks might be around 1,30 cm, I think 1,40 is fine for a eleven-year old.
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That's not possible was Goku is described to be 1,75 cm in an official guide IIRC.JohnnyCashKami wrote:Cell looks more to be 1.70cm tall.
And Cell is clearly taller than that:
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Then he's like 1.80cm because he doesn't look that tall.Noah wrote:That's not possible was Goku is described to be 1,75 cm in an official guide IIRC.JohnnyCashKami wrote:Cell looks more to be 1.70cm tall.
And Cell is clearly taller than that:
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That is NOT 5 centimeters between them. Piccolo is 225 cm and Cell is definitely not 45cms shorterJohnnyCashKami wrote:Then he's like 1.80cm because he doesn't look that tall.Noah wrote:That's not possible was Goku is described to be 1,75 cm in an official guide IIRC.JohnnyCashKami wrote:Cell looks more to be 1.70cm tall.
And Cell is clearly taller than that:
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Dragonball in general (especially the original manga) was never consistent with character heights, especially with Vegeta. In some scenes he's shorter than Bulma, then in other ones he's a head taller than her and near Goku's height.
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He's been taller than Bulma throughout Super, so that seems to be what they are going for now(in the Buu arc, sketches of his character design also showed him as taller than Bulma, but I can't recall, if it was consistent).zarmack wrote:Dragonball in general (especially the original manga) was never consistent with character heights, especially with Vegeta. In some scenes he's shorter than Bulma, then in other ones he's a head taller than her and near Goku's height.
I don't like it and I can't help thinking, that they changed it, because Vegeta being shorter than his wife is a no go for them, while they don't have that problem with Krillin and #18, because Krillin isn't supposed to be as important.
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Or maybe its because Vegeta simply looks better taller. Seriously, the most aesthetically pleasing designs for Vegeta all tend to give him longer limbs and height than he had in the Saiyan & Early Namek arcs.dbgtFO wrote:He's been taller than Bulma throughout Super, so that seems to be what they are going for now(in the Buu arc, sketches of his character design also showed him as taller than Bulma, but I can't recall, if it was consistent).zarmack wrote:Dragonball in general (especially the original manga) was never consistent with character heights, especially with Vegeta. In some scenes he's shorter than Bulma, then in other ones he's a head taller than her and near Goku's height.
I don't like it and I can't help thinking, that they changed it, because Vegeta being shorter than his wife is a no go for them, while they don't have that problem with Krillin and #18, because Krillin isn't supposed to be as important.
Also, one thing I've noticed about the DBZ anime (and the Z movies) compared to the original manga is that it tends to make basically everyone look taller and longer limbed, especially since the Android arc. Adult Goku is supposed to be about 5'8ish officially, yet the anime makes him look 6'1.