The Dragonball Misinformation Thread.

[Sadala Elite]

Post and comment on any DB franchise myths, false rumors, dumb fan theories, etc that you ever heard of.

For instance, its 2020 and there's folks out there who still spread that myth that the Namek saga was the intended end, and that Toriyama was "forced" to continue past it smh.

[WittyUsername]

Continuing on from the myth that Toriyama intended to end the series after Freeza, the myth that he was going to end the series after Cell has also been fairly prominent, as is this notion that he was forced to bring back Goku because of fan outrage.

[God]

People still believe "SSJ" is the proper acronym for Super Saiyan / Super Saiya-jin.

[kei17]

People still believe "SSJ" is the proper acronym for Super Saiyan / Super Saiya-jin.

Personally I don't see any problems with "SSJ." As a native Japanese speaker myself, I don't consider "Jin" as some sort of a grammatical suffix that should be omitted in abbreviations. Shueisha and Toei mainly use "SS," but it feels like a typical expression of the "Engish is cool" mindset among the Japanese. Also, "SS" doesn't sound nice in historical context.

[Vijay]

Toriyama was a lazy writer, who doesn't give a flying fck about his own creationfigures cuz dude continued for 11 straight fckin years

Piccolo was intended to be Majin fighting his pupil, Gohan

Fan-made power-level/digits/multipliers are still considered relevant after Frieza/Cell Arc

Boohan or Kid Boo? Which was the strongest version of Majin Boo and which "one" did Goku referred to in GT to estimate Rildo's strength. With lil help from fillers (SSJ3 Goku vs Bootenks/SSJ Goku vs Ultimate Gohan) and Funi Dub (SSJ3 Goku to Boocollo "you don't plan on beating me like that do you?")

[Sadala Elite]

The "Goten is Goku Black" theory is probably the all-time dumbest fan theory for Super lmao.

[Matches Malone]

The 3 most common ones are DB ending at Freeza or Cell, and Toriyama being "forced" to bring back Goku. There are others of course, such as Majin Piccolo, but these 3 have managed to stick around even today, despite all the info saying otherwise. Toriyama said as recent as 2014 that he didn't feel that the Cell arc was the right place to end things, yet a good number of fans still believe otherwise.

Toriyama was a lazy writer, who doesn't give a flying fck about his own creationfigures cuz dude continued for 11 straight fckin years.

This is the most insulting one, as these people clearly have no idea how much physical and mental damage a weekly manga does to an author. Toriyama had also spent an additional 5 years before that on Dr. Slump, making it 15 years of non-stop weekly work. You won't find anyone more dedicated and productive than a weekly manga author, especially those who spend a decade or more within the profession. It takes a lot of love for your story in order to put yourself through that process.

[MyVisionity]

The first Dragon Ball series is a sillier show for younger children while DBZ is for the "older, more sophisticated viewer".

Pilaf returns in DBZ as Garlic Junior.

Garlic Junior is an evil Namekian.

Broli is the strongest Saiyan.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Goku was actually based on Superman

Akira Toriyama was inspired to make Dragonball by Naruto

The official guides say that SSJ4 is stronger than SSJB

Episode of Bardock is canon but Super isn't



Oh wait, you didn't mean a thread where we post misinformation, did you?

Sorry.

[God]

People still believe "SSJ" is the proper acronym for Super Saiyan / Super Saiya-jin.

Personally I don't see any problems with "SSJ." As a native Japanese speaker myself, I don't consider "Jin" as some sort of a grammatical suffix that should be omitted in abbreviations. Shueisha and Toei mainly use "SS," but it feels like a typical expression of the "Engish is cool" mindset among the Japanese. Also, "SS" doesn't sound nice in historical context.

Use it all you want, but that doesn’t change the fact that “SSJ” is a fan-created term while “SS” is the, as you yourself admitted, the official acronym used for Super Saiya(n/-jin) by Shueisha, Toei, V-Jump, etc. It’s like calling the UI form Goku is currently using in the manga “Omen” instead of Sign, which is the official name.

[kei17]

Personally I don't see any problems with "SSJ." As a native Japanese speaker myself, I don't consider "Jin" as some sort of a grammatical suffix that should be omitted in abbreviations. Shueisha and Toei mainly use "SS," but it feels like a typical expression of the "Engish is cool" mindset among the Japanese. Also, "SS" doesn't sound nice in historical context.

Use it all you want, but that doesn’t change the fact that “SSJ” is a fan-created term while “SS” is the, as you yourself admitted, the official acronym used for Super Saiya(n/-jin) by Shueisha, Toei, V-Jump, etc. It’s like calling the UI form Goku is currently using in the manga “Omen” instead of Sign, which is the official name.

So then how can the word "SSJ" associated with "misinformation" that this thread is about? If you consider all fan terms wrong and approve of only official ones, it means that you should use dub names like "Vegito" at all times.

[Matches Malone]

Broli is the strongest Saiyan.

This may have been false a few years ago, but the new Broly is (currently) the strongest Saiyan outside of fusion. I know MUI could change that, but even then we're not sure, especially with Goku not fully controlling it yet.

Goku was actually based on Superman.

Like the above, it may have been false in the past, but it's hard to argue that when Minus is taken into account.

[God]

Personally I don't see any problems with "SSJ." As a native Japanese speaker myself, I don't consider "Jin" as some sort of a grammatical suffix that should be omitted in abbreviations. Shueisha and Toei mainly use "SS," but it feels like a typical expression of the "Engish is cool" mindset among the Japanese. Also, "SS" doesn't sound nice in historical context.

Use it all you want, but that doesn’t change the fact that “SSJ” is a fan-created term while “SS” is the, as you yourself admitted, the official acronym used for Super Saiya(n/-jin) by Shueisha, Toei, V-Jump, etc. It’s like calling the UI form Goku is currently using in the manga “Omen” instead of Sign, which is the official name.

So then how can the word "SSJ" associated with "misinformation" that this thread is about?

Because fans like to pretend "SSJ" is an official term that's used as an acronym for Super Saiya(n/-jin) when it's not. SS has always been the official term used.

And the difference between localized names like Kakarot or Kakarotto, for example, is that these names are official and have been used (English name vs Japanese translation), meanwhile SSJ has never been officially used and is just a fan-created thing.

The best and most accurate comparison to this whole SSJ vs SS is Mystic vs Ultimate (or Potential Unlocked / Unleashed). Mystic is a fan-term, just like SSJ, while Ultimate (or Potential Unlocked / Unleashed) is the correct term, just like SS.

[God]

Broli is the strongest Saiyan.

This may have been false a few years ago, but the new Broly is (currently) the strongest Saiyan outside of fusion.

Not anymore. Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan have all surpassed him in terms of the power Broly displayed. ToP Goku also would have stomped Broly if he actually had control over UI like he does now.

[Xeogran]

Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan have all surpassed him in terms of the power Broly displayed.

ok I get Goku and Vegeta because of current arc but Gohan did nothing since then so heck no.

[God]

Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan have all surpassed him in terms of the power Broly displayed.

ok I get Goku and Vegeta because of current arc but Gohan did nothing since then so heck no.

He canonically beat a fused Legendary Super Saiyan in the ToP while only in his base form, and he's stated to be even stronger now. Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan all destroy Broly.

[mute_proxy]

Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan have all surpassed him in terms of the power Broly displayed.

ok I get Goku and Vegeta because of current arc but Gohan did nothing since then so heck no.

He canonically beat a fused Legendary Super Saiyan in the ToP while only in his base form, and he's stated to be even stronger now. Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan all destroy Broly.

Just say "in the manga" instead of canonically, it'll be much less confusing. Toyotaro uses as much liberties as Toei.

[God]

ok I get Goku and Vegeta because of current arc but Gohan did nothing since then so heck no.

He canonically beat a fused Legendary Super Saiyan in the ToP while only in his base form, and he's stated to be even stronger now. Current Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan all destroy Broly.

Just say "in the manga" instead of canonically, it'll be much less confusing.

What's confusing about what I said? Toriyama/Toyotaro's manga is the canon continuation of Toriyama's original story, which is why it's still on-going writing his canon story.

[mute_proxy]

What's confusing about what I said? Toriyama/Toyotaro's manga is the canon continuation of Toriyama's original story, which is why it's still on-going writing his canon story.

Toriyama's story is the "canon" continuation. The manga and the anime are interpretations of said story, with creative liberties by other parties. They're equally as "canon", that's why it's best mentioning which interpretation you're talking about. The manga is ongoing because of marketing reasons, and there are a lot of unanswered questions regarding the legitimacy of Moro's arc being a Toriyama story and not a Toyotaro one (with some Toriyama help). The arc is ongoing for almost 2 years, and the extent of Toriyama's involvement is still unknown, which is very very unusual.

[Robo4900]

Literally any and all notions of "canon" that are taken even vaguely seriously.

The Ocean dub actors imitating the Funi actors when they came back for the Westwood dub. (Yes, some people do seriously believe this; it tends to pop up in YouTube "DID YOU KNOW???? 50 AMAZING FACTS about DBZ!!" videos)

The idea that any kind of widescreen presentation of the TV anime is acceptable.