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Post by SonEric84 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:14 pm

Cipher wrote:1. Goku meeting Grandpa Gohan again.

2. Vegeta's death on Namek/Goku's resolution. I think the aspect that really brings that home is Goku saying he hates Vegeta, but asking for his Saiyan pride as well. Bonus points for the use of the "dun-dun-dun" track in the anime.

3. Goku sparring with Kuririn at the end of GT. Kuririn's comment that neither Goku nor Kame-Sennin have changed at all, while he's grown so old, makes this one of the most emotionally charged moments in the series. It really addresses the passage of time that's one of Dragon Ball's strongest points. The more things change, and all that. I really love this one because it's so much more honest than all of the other melodramatic "sad" moments It's about as down-to-Earth as the series ever gets.

I agree with all of these. Especially the first and last choices. They always get me no matter how many times I see it.
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Post by Strongbad456 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:08 pm

Definitely Krillin's death in DragonBall. I wanted to cry when Goku found his body.

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Post by Choice195 » Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:15 pm

Cipher wrote:1. Goku meeting Grandpa Gohan again.
Goku met Grandpa Gohan twice?
Edit: Oh nevermind, I didn't see the "again". :lol:

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Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:57 am

1.) Vegeta's death on Nameksei
2.) Kuririn's death as a kid
3.) Son Goku's first death

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Post by nwoo_2002 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:16 am

Probably for me it would be when the Dragon Balls get absorbed into Goku at the end of GT. He says something to the effect of 'Shenlong's back is warm'. The scene just gives that sense of Goku can finally rest.
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Post by Toriyama-sama » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:55 pm

AnimeMaakuo wrote:The saddest moment?.. Would be the ending #4 to Dragon Ball GT. <:)
Yes, I love that ending so much. It's my favourite piece of anime music.

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Post by Rocketman » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:58 pm

No contest, it's this one.

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Post by Great Saiyaman I » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:45 pm

The ending of the entire series would be a heck lot more interesting if they were still fused.
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Post by dbgtFO » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:07 pm

Great Saiyaman I wrote:The ending of the entire series would be a heck lot more interesting if they were still fused.
How would you end it?
Vegetto would be so over powered it wouldn't even be funny.
The show is a lot more interesting, when there's a sense of not being able to win that easily.
That is the reason why Toriyama didn't bring Gohan and Gotenks back, since they would ROFLOWN Pure Buu, even more than they did Super.
Although I will agree, that the final battle wasn't as greatly executed, as it could have been.

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Post by rereboy » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:27 pm

dbgtFO wrote:
Great Saiyaman I wrote:The ending of the entire series would be a heck lot more interesting if they were still fused.
How would you end it?
Vegetto would be so over powered it wouldn't even be funny.
The show is a lot more interesting, when there's a sense of not being able to win that easily.
That is the reason why Toriyama didn't bring Gohan and Gotenks back, since they would ROFLOWN Pure Buu, even more than they did Super.
Although I will agree, that the final battle wasn't as greatly executed, as it could have been.
Exactly.

Vegetto, after freeing everyone, would just exit Buu with them and then he would just look at Buu and say something like "lol, you suck". Afterwards, he would destroy him with a yawn.

And after that, how would the manga end?

Vegetto would be more powerful than anyone in just his SSJ1. He could possibly even be stronger than the second best fighter (Gohan) in just his base form (since his SSJ1 was way stronger than Buu-Gohan who was much stronger than Gohan).

There would be no challenge whatsoever for Vegetto since he would be so far ahead of anyone in existence and anyone who would possibly exist in the future... At least Goku and Vegeta knew that they could be surpassed by each other or by their kids if they didn`t trained which gave them some motivation after the Buu saga... Vegetto could be slaking off for the rest of his life knowing that no one will even come close to him...

And what about their families? Bulma and Chichi? Gohan, Trunks and Goten? It would be so weird... Would it really end on that note?
"And so, Vegetto lived miserably for the rest of his life, with no worthy rivals to speak of and no real motivation to train, nagged constantly by his two wifes and his weird family ties... On the plus side, he did get to have sex with both of his wifes since they both refused to stop being his wife in which became a weird emulation of Goku`s and Vegeta`s rivalry between the two women with their competition to get Vegetto`s attention and favor over the years..."

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Post by Great Saiyaman I » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:39 pm

I said it would be interesting, not super fun happy. I'm not talking about the fight, in fact I'm specifically talking about what rereboy said. I'd think he'd adapt to it. Remember when Gotenks and Boo rip through dimensions? Or how the Kaioshin can see different dimensions? He could probably find a dimension with someone as strong as him.
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Post by rereboy » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:50 pm

Great Saiyaman I wrote:I said it would be interesting, not super fun happy. I'm not talking about the fight, in fact I'm specifically talking about what rereboy said. I'd think he'd adapt to it. Remember when Gotenks and Boo rip through dimensions? Or how the Kaioshin can see different dimensions? He could probably find a dimension with someone as strong as him.
Goku in the Buu saga said that there was no one he could fuse with in the afterlife. That basically means he was the strongest there, by a good margin. And the afterlife includes all the good people that once lived (the bad ones reincarnated, so they are not there).

And Goku was at this point also much stronger than the Kaioshins, the highest gods in existence.

He was also much stronger than Dabra, the strongest being of another dimension, the demon Realm.

Mystic Gohan then became way stronger than Goku.

And, as I`ve already said, Vegetto then became much stronger than Mystic Gohan. In fact, Vegetto, just in his base form was probably as strong or stronger than Mystic Gohan since his SSJ1 was much stronger than Super Buu with Gohan and the others absorbed. And Vegetto can use SSJ 1, 2 and 3, since Goku could use them all and Gotenks figured out to do it despite Trunks or Goten not being able to do it.

So... Since Goku was already much stronger than the strongest demon from another dimension, the highest gods and every good guy that ever lived, and Vegetto is so much stronger than he is, I`m going to say: no... Vegetto wouldn`t ever find anyone close to him... Ever... Anywhere...

But, back on topic:

Saddest moment would be the GT final episode. One of the few things in GT that succeeded in being good.

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