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I'm sure this topic has been done before so if it has, just redirect me and shut this one down. So anyway, whats your favorite attack? Attacks from GT and movies can be included.
Apart from the generic Kamehameha, I'd go with a Makankosappo.
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi wrote:"In this world, nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection, it's infatuation. But ultimately I have to ask myself "What is the true meaning of being perfect?" and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is I despise perfection! If something is truly perfect, that's IT! The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination! No space for intelligence or ability or improvement! Do you understand? To men of science like us, perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you but not perfect! Scientist's agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection! That's the kind of creatures we are! We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp, in trying to reach for something that in the end, we have to admit may in fact be unreachable!"
KentalSSJ6 wrote:Goku used the Dragon fist I think 4-5 times in GT.
Out of the entire series of Dragon Ball, Goku only used it 4 times (to my knowledge).
Once in DBZ Movie 13.
Three times in GT
1. Super 17
2. Eis Shenron
3. Omega Shenron
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi wrote:"In this world, nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection, it's infatuation. But ultimately I have to ask myself "What is the true meaning of being perfect?" and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is I despise perfection! If something is truly perfect, that's IT! The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination! No space for intelligence or ability or improvement! Do you understand? To men of science like us, perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you but not perfect! Scientist's agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection! That's the kind of creatures we are! We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp, in trying to reach for something that in the end, we have to admit may in fact be unreachable!"
If not for Omega being able to regenerate, Goku's Dragon Kamehameha would have finished him. Thats pretty damn impressive considering even when he and SSJ4 Vegeta powered up to fight Omega, they got thrashed until they fused. One can make the argument that Omega was offguard but it still remains a pretty impressive feat.
AjayLikesGaming wrote:If you put out untouched footage, someone like me is going to take it and turn it into a perfect release. Someone not like me is going to do the same and share it instead. You give pirates the opportunity to do better than companies and people will jump on that so fast.
This is an 80s/90s animated all-ages show that was popular amongst kids. It's not some potent super weapon that might fall into the wrong hands that we have to protect from evil.
I'm really fond of the solar flare or should I say Taiyoken. The Kienzan is also cool. I even like Yamcha's Sokidan. I feel like Yamcha had the best attack debut when he fought against Kami. That moment was awesome to the max.
I like the Kaioken. The red auro looks good and I liked how there was a drawback to the attack, keeping Goku from spamming it like so many other attacks.
Kamehameha and all variations. Who hasn't tried to do one in real life while doing the hand positions while chanting. Don't lie, you totally did it.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
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Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
rickysha wrote:Goku's "Meteor Combination" is pretty cool. He only used it the one time but it can be used in the Tenkaichi/Sparking! series.
I'm pretty sure he uses it against Freeza as well. Isn't that what he did prior to the Kaio Ken x20 Kamehameha?
Not really. The buffer of energy from the Kaioken pushes Freeza back a little then he rushes in, delivering about 2-3 punches while preparing the Kamehameha. Sadly he doesent do a 10 or so kick combo on him before firing the Kamehameha.
KentalSSJ6 wrote:I'm sure this topic has been done before so if it has, just redirect me and shut this one down. So anyway, whats your favorite attack? Attacks from GT and movies can be included.
Mine is the Dragon Fist from Wrath of The Dragon
I gotta agree with you. This one's quite cool. Pakuhan's "Burning Shot" (i couldn't remember its original japanese name), and Bebi's Death Ball in GT are pretty cool attacks as well.
I was always on the fence when it came down to calling the Solar Flare a attack. Its more or less..I wanna say debilitation move, not directly damaging a enemy but leaving him open to attack. The argument could be made it could cause blindness but that can only be safely said for humans, as we dont know how the various alien races would react to such a harsh exposure of it.
KentalSSJ6 wrote:I was always on the fence when it came down to calling the Solar Flare a attack. Its more or less..I wanna say debilitation move, not directly damaging a enemy but leaving him open to attack. The argument could be made it could cause blindness but that can only be safely said for humans, as we dont know how the various alien races would react to such a harsh exposure of it.
I tried to pm you, but i messed up my post. Edited it seemingly as you were typing...
Dont worry about it. Yes Pikkon's Burning Shoot is a cool attack, kinda like his own Kaio-Ken, hell it could have been taught to him by the Kai of his galaxy.