Er... What? If they were done to expand the franchise as you said, and if the definition I provided reads "something added to augment weight or size or fill space", how exactly doesn't it agree with the definition? "Augment size" is pretty much the same thing as saying "expand something", unless you really want to be nitpicky about the words. Also, notice that the definition doesn't specify or requires a particular reason for the increase or the expansion, just that it exist.AgitoZ wrote:They were done to expand the franchise and make more opportunities for profit. Anything not in the comic doesn't work as a definition for filler because it doesn't even agree with the definition you provided.
That panel exists in the manga, so its clear that the author is telling us that at least that scene from the movie, or a version of it, really happened. Its filler turned "canon" by the author's will by its inclusion in the manga.AgitoZ wrote:I have to wonder how you feel about things like the Bardock special which filled in for a one episode's worth of content for DBZ's original run. But then was later acknowledged by Toriyama in the original comic.
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