Pick a concept in Dragon Ball and share its meaning down to its showings.

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Pick a concept in Dragon Ball and share its meaning down to its showings.

Post by Desassina » Sun May 12, 2019 4:23 am

I'm going to describe two of them in what they differ and relate. The concept of mind: loss and realization.

Wrathful Broly

The concept is that of losing grip of reality, which most Oozaru did through lack of control, but Broly was in human form to help the madness of SSJ. His power taken to its limits became an ill coloured form, whose eyes were recovered when Broly came down to his senses, because Gogeta was too strong and about to kill him.

Ultra Instincts

The concept is that of being selfless and aware, the former allowing one to move without concern, and the latter to realize one's movements with care. Goku had no place to put his mind on, allowing his body to react in self defense, and to do it through intent once it was put back. The first was its Omen and the second its mastery.

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Re: Pick a concept in Dragon Ball and share its meaning down to its showings.

Post by MasenkoHA » Sun May 12, 2019 11:26 pm

Blonde Super Saiyajin.

The concept is Toriyama didn’t want to color in the hair

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Re: Pick a concept in Dragon Ball and share its meaning down to its showings.

Post by Desassina » Mon May 13, 2019 5:13 am

What's funny is that the concept of a SSJ already existed before Toriyama decided to make it the way it is to spare ink. I'm typing the concept of mastery my own way now: calm and completion versus breaking one's limits.

SSJ Full Power

The removal of a Super Saiyan's restless feeling is still without concealing one's Ki. It shows, but with a different aura, meant to represent calm. Its flowing state differs from the fiery and aggressive aura of a Super Saiyan, but the waves are still moving and the characters still powering up, although without wasting their Ki due to the nature of it being a new base form.

Complete SSJB

Training in their regular looking form by concealing Ki was a means to improve without transforming. Pressure forced them to stop powering up, so that when they did by changing into Super Saiyan Blue, the former could be placed on others with a calm blue aura. In the manga, the concept was used with transformation, but what it meant was that something else awaited.

Beyond SSJB

SSJ Full Power had a flowing aura that showed up in Blue. It had been fiery when it broke limits, concealed post-mastery, not of SSJB itself, but of the God form's release, through the known ritual of transformation. Goku and Vegeta showed that their paths were different in the manga, the former resuming the aggressive state of SSJ in Blue form, while the prince added another layer of depth.

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Re: Pick a concept in Dragon Ball and share its meaning down to its showings.

Post by KuririnNoKotoKa » Mon May 13, 2019 5:55 am

MasenkoHA wrote: Sun May 12, 2019 11:26 pm Blonde Super Saiyajin.

The concept is Toriyama didn’t want to color in the hair
He wanted to lighten his assistant's inking workload, but the point stands :lol:

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