Dragon Ball Online Original Story

[dbgtFO]

Was it ever said why Trunks is 'time patrol'? The dude singlehandedly fucked up the timeline so bad even the best of Daizex's sperglords can't untangle it.

1. Goku
2. Vegeta
3. Trunks
4. Gotenks
5. Piccolo

Toriyama drew pictures of the top 5 characters to go along with these poll results (which is how we know about them; they're mentioned in Daizenshuu 1's index), and for the 1995 poll he drew future Trunks rather than kid Trunks, so it seems that even well into the Boo era future Trunks' popularity remained constant. Meanwhile, Gohan fell right off the charts...

Trunks is popular and he travels in time, so he was included just because of that.

[TripleRach]

Was it ever said why Trunks is 'time patrol'? The dude singlehandedly fucked up the timeline so bad even the best of Daizex's sperglords can't untangle it.

The only other time travelers were Cell and Tapion. Cell is evil and ugly and dead. Tapion is anime-only, which means he couldn't be used. So that just leaves Trunks, who probably had nothing better to do anyway.

[Zephyr]

Which version of Trunks is it though? The one that had a fucked up childhood, or the one who fused with Goten?

[Adamant]

Was it ever said why Trunks is 'time patrol'? The dude singlehandedly fucked up the timeline so bad even the best of Daizex's sperglords can't untangle it.

"Hey, Trunks is popular, we should make him a time cop or something. He's the character most connected to time travel. Hey Toriyama, can we make Trunks a time cop?"
"Who was Trunks again?"
"That time traveler"
"There was a time traveler in Dragonball? Oh, uh, sure, go ahead, that sounds like it would make sense. I think."

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

DBO is the oficial continuation of the manga

No it isn't. It's an MMORPG. If Toriyama were to make a Manga version of DBO, then that would be the official continuation of the Manga.

[B]

DBO is the oficial continuation of the manga

No it isn't. It's an MMORPG. If Toriyama were to make a Manga version of DBO, then that would be the official continuation of the Manga.

You speak as if fiction has never told stories within a fixed continuity through different mediums.

[Chibi Mystic Gohan]

DBO is the oficial continuation of the manga

No it isn't. It's an MMORPG. If Toriyama were to make a Manga version of DBO, then that would be the official continuation of the Manga.

You speak as if fiction has never told stories within a fixed continuity through different mediums.

Such as The Matrix franchise, with two canonical video games (Enter the Matrix, which takes place during The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Online, an MMORPG continuing the story after The Matrix Revolutions; very similar to Dragon Ball Online's concept). Or the Halo franchise, which started as a series of video games, and that now has a canonical novel series, comic books, anime films, etc.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

How are the translations going for the next couple of pages that were posted a few pages back?

[Chuquita]

I wish I knew if Bulma and Chi-Chi were still alive in year 801....they're not mentioned anywhere, are they?

[HECTOR4]

DBO is the oficial continuation of the manga

No it isn't. It's an MMORPG. If Toriyama were to make a Manga version of DBO, then that would be the official continuation of the Manga.

No, a story can continue in any medium. A videogame is just as valid a storytelling medium like a book, a manga or TV series.

And NTL has said in interviews that DBO is the official continuation of the manga.

[Senzu_Bean]

DBO is the oficial continuation of the manga

No it isn't. It's an MMORPG. If Toriyama were to make a Manga version of DBO, then that would be the official continuation of the Manga.

No, a story can continue in any medium. A videogame is just as valid a storytelling medium like a book, a manga or TV series.

And NTL has said in interviews that DBO is the official continuation of the manga.

There is no way you can convince someone that DBO is the official continuation of the manga. There are people in this fandom that actually believe they own Dragonball.

[HECTOR4]

There is no way you can convince someone that DBO is the official continuation of the manga. There are people in this fandom that actually believe they own Dragonball.

It is not convincing or not convincing. Is that it is. It is what it is. It's official. DBO is the continuation of DB manga.

You can accept or not, but it is a fact. I am not making this up.

Once again, sorry for my bad english.

[Travis Touchdown]

Well what makes DBO more official than DBGT?

Both claim to be Dragon Ball's sequel with some involvement by Toriyama. He drew character art for both and had a small and mostly insignificant hand in the story. Heck, he even NAMED GT.

When it boils down to it, I don't really think one can say DBO is the TRUE OFFICIAL sequel to Dragon Ball anymore than one could claim GT is. I'd lump it into the same category as GT, which was in Toriyama's words; a grand side-story.

[Makaioshin]

Well what makes DBO more official than DBGT?

Both claim to be Dragon Ball's sequel with some involvement by Toriyama. He drew character art for both and had a small and mostly insignificant hand in the story. Heck, he even NAMED GT.

When it boils down to it, I don't really think one can say DBO is the TRUE OFFICIAL sequel to Dragon Ball. I'd lump it into the same category as GT, which was in Toriyama's words; a grand side-story.

It's not more official, just a sequel to a different continuity of Dragon Ball. GT to the animated series and Online to the comic.

[Rocketman]

The problem with that is DBO is absolute shit, therefore it can't be tied to the manga, which is not shit.

[Makaioshin]

The problem with that is DBO is absolute shit, therefore it can't be tied to the manga, which is not shit.

You don't have to accept it, just as people don't accept GT as the sequel to Z because they don't like it.

[B]

The problem with that is DBO is absolute shit, therefore it can't be tied to the manga, which is not shit.

911, hello? Quick, there's been a murder here! My best friend, Fun NotSoSerioustein has been shot! Once in both kneecaps, and thrice in the chest!

If I asked why it was shit, would you answer without utter bullshit sarcasm? Of course, it's not like it matters. If canon were based on quality, then the Saiyan arc never happened.

[Rocketman]

If I asked why it was shit, would you answer without utter bullshit sarcasm?

Quoting myself,

"There is nothing new to this game. It's so unoriginal that its entire gimmick (after "create your own character who looks exactly like one of the cast!") is based around revisiting the series again and doing shit there again. Just look at the enemy pictures posted - it's all robot or miscolored versions of Dragonball characters.

Hell, look at the other posters or whatnot - HEY it's Karin's Land! Remember that? Huh? Huh? Nobody even bothered to remove that pillar in the last three hundred years either, so it all looks just like you left it!

Attack of the Saiyans and earlier, Buu's Fury did the same thing and by now I'm sick of it. How many times are we going to revisit Pilaf's wrecked castle? How many times are we going to fight Cyborg Tao Pai Pai?

And the icing on the shit cake for me is that it's not even the real characters now, it's Mary-Sue self-inserts running around going Super, recycling centuries-old moves and going back in time to beat up the real cast."

Also, Buu's sex scene. Ugggh. *shudder*

[Citrinate]

DBO is the oficial continuation of the manga

They've made it clear that it's officially a continuation of the manga, but I've never read anywhere that it's an official continuation (canon).

Well what makes DBO more official than DBGT?

Toriyama having creative control over DBO and allowing GT to be retconned surely says something.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

Well what makes DBO more official than DBGT?

Both claim to be Dragon Ball's sequel with some involvement by Toriyama. He drew character art for both and had a small and mostly insignificant hand in the story. Heck, he even NAMED GT.

When it boils down to it, I don't really think one can say DBO is the TRUE OFFICIAL sequel to Dragon Ball anymore than one could claim GT is. I'd lump it into the same category as GT, which was in Toriyama's words; a grand side-story.

This. Has Toriyama come out and said: "this is the official continuation of my Manga"? I honestly doubt he would.