Thanks for the breakdown of the line, Nagger. I was thinking I remembered there being a line like that, but I couldn't remember for sure, and for all I knew it was dub only or something. Though it does seem like only Kai's dub flat out uses the word 'training'...hmm. I guess this could be a small inconsistency, or it could be something akin to what I was thinking before - Freeza did have to do some very basic training to learn to wield the power he already naturally had, but this could be the first time he's trained to actually make himself stronger than that.
FatNagger69 wrote:親 doesn't have any fatherly/male connotations that I'm aware of, so I don't know where some of these are getting "Father" from. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
That part probably comes from retrospect: we know that Freeza had a father, King Cold, and it seems to be most people's assumption that the race is asexual and Freeza doesn't have a mother, so naturally the 'parent' would then refer to Cold. That's my best guess anyway.
Edit: Ack, ninja-ed on the 'father/parent' bit.