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Bullza wrote:Anyone think that the events of this movie will lead the characters to getting rid of the Dragon Ball's permanently?
Just like Shadow Dragons Saga? lol
Well not for it to play out exactly like that but with how much trouble the wish is going to end up causing in this movie like Fatnagger said it'd be logical for them to come to the decision that they should probably get rid of the Dragon Ball's to prevent such a thing from happening again.
Also if they did that they could make it so that from that point on death was also a permanent thing which would get rid of the whole "we can just wish everything back to normal" at the end routine.
Whether they'd write the Dragon Balls out of a series called Dragon Ball though who knows but it'd probably be good for it.
Tennessaiyan wrote:That bit about Bulma in the character translation... "She catches wind of Freeza’s revival from a certain character." Man, they are tantalizing us.
Abel Taylor wrote:Krillin is confirmed the strongest earthling
Still gonna be people arguing for Tenshinhan.
Krillin the strongest earthling? Toriyama must be out of his mind, for god's sake...
How is he out of his mind?
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Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Tennessaiyan wrote:That bit about Bulma in the character translation... "She catches wind of Freeza’s revival from a certain character." Man, they are tantalizing us.
Gotta save Lunch's big reveal.
Lunch coming back would awesome. I mean if the Pilaf Gang can play a role in the new DBZ movies, why can't Lunch as well?
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
The part about Bulma hearing of Freeza's revival from "a certain character" is just dying to be speculated about. What could that possibly mean?
The first theory that came to mind: The Pilaf gang witnessed his revival. Perhaps following Battle of Gods, Mai is continuing to hang out with Trunks, so maybe Bulma heard about it from her. And maybe that's why we have the implication that Bulma could be involved with this battle, since she knew about Freeza's revival and said, "I'm not gonna miss him a third time!" and proceeds to build some giant mechs so she can help on the battlefield
sailorspazz wrote:The part about Bulma hearing of Freeza's revival from "a certain character" is just dying to be speculated about. What could that possibly mean?
The first theory that came to mind: The Pilaf gang witnessed his revival. Perhaps following Battle of Gods, Mai is continuing to hang out with Trunks, so maybe Bulma heard about it from her. And maybe that's why we have the implication that Bulma could be involved with this battle, since she knew about Freeza's revival and said, "I'm not gonna miss him a third time!" and proceeds to build some giant mechs so she can help on the battlefield
And by the time Bulma finishes and arrives on the battlefield in her amazing, giant mech, she finds that Frieza is already gone. "DAMMIT, NOT AGAIN!"
mogi67 wrote:I kind of view Dragon Ball the same way I view mythology. It can be convoluted, contradictory, but always a treasure.
Abel Taylor wrote:Krillin is confirmed the strongest earthling
Still gonna be people arguing for Tenshinhan.
Krillin the strongest earthling? Toriyama must be out of his mind, for god's sake...
How is he out of his mind?
How is Tien supposed to be weaker than Krillin? Tien trained all those years Android Saga/Boo Saga while Krillin after Android Saga slacked off because of his family and only trained because of Tenkaichi Budokai
Tien was always stronger than Krillin... I don't see how Toriyama can see the opposite
Kakarot9001 wrote:How is Tenshinhan supposed to be weaker than Krillin? Tenshinhan trained all those years Android Saga/Boo Saga while Krillin after Android Saga slacked off because of his family and only trained because of Tenkaichi Budokai
Tenshinhan was always stronger than Krillin... I don't see how Toriyama can see the opposite
How do you know that he wasn't training with #18? Training with a partner always gives better results.
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Kakarot9001 wrote:How is Tenshinhan supposed to be weaker than Krillin? Tenshinhan trained all those years Android Saga/Boo Saga while Krillin after Android Saga slacked off because of his family and only trained because of Tenkaichi Budokai
Tenshinhan was always stronger than Krillin... I don't see how Toriyama can see the opposite
How do you know that he wasn't training with #18? Training with a partner always gives better results.
Plus, Tenshinhan had his potential awakened by Saichoru. That gave him a huge advantage.
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Kakarot9001 wrote:How is Tenshinhan supposed to be weaker than Krillin? Tenshinhan trained all those years Android Saga/Boo Saga while Krillin after Android Saga slacked off because of his family and only trained because of Tenkaichi Budokai
Tenshinhan was always stronger than Krillin... I don't see how Toriyama can see the opposite
How do you know that he wasn't training with #18? Training with a partner always gives better results.
The fact that Tenshinhan is stronger than Kuririn is a fact that few forget(including AT). You can tell in the Buu saga how strong he got. AT is at the point in his life that if he doesn't do the proper research than he is going to make a lot of RETCON worthy mistakes.
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Kakarot9001 wrote:How is Tenshinhan supposed to be weaker than Krillin? Tenshinhan trained all those years Android Saga/Boo Saga while Krillin after Android Saga slacked off because of his family and only trained because of Tenkaichi Budokai
Tenshinhan was always stronger than Krillin... I don't see how Toriyama can see the opposite
How do you know that he wasn't training with #18? Training with a partner always gives better results.
Plus, Tenshinhan had his potential awakened by Saichoru. That gave him a huge advantage.
