Fanmanga - DB Multiverse

[Trouser]

Wake up, Raditz! You shit yourself!

[DragonicHero]

These last few pages have just been the dumbest shit imaginable. I'm just waiting for the vision/prediction to end and for Old Kai to say, "hmm, maybe not."

[DragonicHero]

Alright, that's it. I think this might be enough to make me quit.

[miguelnuva1]

So Salagir who started this manga under the premise that it would be more faithful to DB and Z than GT and Super is now changing these established in Z for no reason.

[DragonicHero]

So Salagir who started this manga under the premise that it would be more faithful to DB and Z than GT and Super is now changing these established in Z for no reason.

The reason is "it's free, it has no point, I do what I want."
Anybody wondering what climax this story is building up to no longer needs to worry, because it's just been confirmed that it isn't.
Salagir said DBM was a webcomic meant to showcase what-ifs.
Here I am still waiting for "What if DBM was actually good."

[theherodjl]

You know, when they showed that brief comic of Goku & Gohan potara fusing at the beginning of DBM: Colors, that was honestly the most enjoyable content from DBM that I've seen in quite a long time. It was refreshing to actually see a fun & different outcome that wasn't tied to the same stale stories that we've been seeing for the past decade, and it encapsulated the "what-if?" aspect better than what DBM has been putting out for awhile, IMO.
I think we're actually at the phase now where DBM has entered it's "GT" era, where the original plot has kind of sidetracked to a tiring, weird, and confusing conclusion arc to the story. The chapters from the beginning to the end of the Broly fight are the "DB" arc, the chapter from when Zen Boo tries to absorb Broly to when Babidi tries to take over the tournament are the "DBZ" arc, and everything else afterwards is the "GT" arc.
It's unfortunate, but it's true.

[Zinnia]

I think we're actually at the phase now where DBM has entered it's "GT" era, where the original plot has kind of sidetracked to a tiring, weird, and confusing conclusion arc to the story.

But GT didn't sidetrack to anything, it was a continuation of Z with a plot as straightforward as it comes. What's so weird and confusing, search for the Dragon Balls, or the fight against Baby or Shadow Dragons? Everything is easy for the viewers to digest.

Meanwhile Super has a gazillion of timelines that are now relevant to the plot due to a certain arc. And the anime, manga and movies all being in different canons is actually sidetracking the series even more.

[Salt-sensei]

I don't really think the actual story is dragging or anything, it just feels like it because we only get a handful of new pages a week (which is fair, the people behind DBM have lives and do this for free), so it feels longer than it actually is. I have to say that the constant switching from the main story to Specials about Universes that no one asked about also helps with that "it's taking too long to get anywhere" feeling.

This fanmanga works best as a binge read.

[Zephyr]

You know, when they showed that brief comic of Goku & Gohan potara fusing at the beginning of DBM: Colors, that was honestly the most enjoyable content from DBM that I've seen in quite a long time. It was refreshing to actually see a fun & different outcome that wasn't tied to the same stale stories that we've been seeing for the past decade, and it encapsulated the "what-if?" aspect better than what DBM has been putting out for awhile, IMO.
I think we're actually at the phase now where DBM has entered it's "GT" era, where the original plot has kind of sidetracked to a tiring, weird, and confusing conclusion arc to the story. The chapters from the beginning to the end of the Broly fight are the "DB" arc, the chapter from when Zen Boo tries to absorb Broly to when Babidi tries to take over the tournament are the "DBZ" arc, and everything else afterwards is the "GT" arc.
It's unfortunate, but it's true.

I dunno, depending on who you ask, the "tiring, weird, and confusing conclusion arc to the story" could be the Boo arc, or the Cell and Boo arcs, or Z itself, for reasons ranging from Goku being retcon'd into an alien, Saiyans taking over the main cast, Goku's reckless actions, Gohan not being the main character, and more. I largely don't agree with these complaints, but they're not without merit.

I also think that calling the current stuff the "conclusion arc" implies we're near the end, and this comic feels like something that's going to go on forever. I remember people talking about how the whole tournament itself is just a set up or a beginning for the real story, or something; I might be misremembering though.

But GT didn't sidetrack to anything, it was a continuation of Z with a plot as straightforward as it comes. What's so weird and confusing, search for the Dragon Balls, or the fight against Baby or Shadow Dragons? Everything is easy for the viewers to digest.

Meanwhile Super has a gazillion of timelines that are now relevant to the plot due to a certain arc. And the anime, manga and movies all being in different canons is actually sidetracking the series even more.

I don't think DBM, GT, or Super are as weird or confusing as they're being made out to be. Multiverse is dragging its feet (and I'm not talking about the release schedule) but I can't say I'm lost. And Dragon Ball's an inherently weird thing, so I'm not really taken aback either.

GT and Super both have messy continuity things going on. Is GT a sequel to the TV anime, or to the movies also? Because Coola's right there. Is Super a sequel just to the manga, or to the anime as well? Because Bulma remembers Ginyu.

I also don't think Super having multiple continuities "sidetracks" things any more than the original run having those did. The manga and the TV anime aren't the same continuity (things like who killed Cargo being a notable example), not to mention differences between the WSJ serialization, the initial collected volumes, or the Kanzenban (how old is Gohan? how does Vegeta react to Goku leaving with Oob? and so on). But there were also films running concurrently, which could sometimes fit inside the main story of the TV anime, and sometimes couldn't, and sometimes were followed up on within the TV anime even though they didn't really fit (the Garlic Jr. arc).

That makes enough sense when you have different media adapting other media. The Super TV anime was the main thing, adapting two Z movies. It then got two sequel films. Toyble's manga is just (selectively) adapting Super and adding its own original arcs (ala the Wedding Dress and Afterlife Tournament arcs). If you think of the Super anime like the original manga, and Toyble's manga like the DB/Z/GT anime, it makes much more sense than people give credit.

Dragon Ball has always been a work that plays fast and loose with continuity, and that's okay.

[Noah]

I have to admit that, although these are pretty stupid, they are better than the latest specials that DBM has produced.

[goku1234]

[ZeroNeonix]

Can someone explain to me the Elder Kai's motivation here, or how he thought that powering up an evil Saiyan would be a good idea? 'Cause I don't get it. lol

[miguelnuva1]

Can someone explain to me the Elder Kai's motivation here, or how he thought that powering up an evil Saiyan would be a good idea? 'Cause I don't get it. lol

I think Salagir does half.of this stuff just to subvert expectations.

[Jack Bz]

Can someone explain to me the Elder Kai's motivation here, or how he thought that powering up an evil Saiyan would be a good idea? 'Cause I don't get it. lol

For real don't understand this at all. And why he thinks Kakaditz would be able to kill XXI in the first place. He could just teleport him somewhere surely.

[DragonicHero]

These last few pages have just been the dumbest shit imaginable. I'm just waiting for the vision/prediction to end and for Old Kai to say, "hmm, maybe not."

Fucking called it, god damn this webcomic.

[Bardock God of Time]

Of course it was a vision

[DragonicHero]

It seems like the mods over in the DBM comments are going absolutely hogwild and deleting just about EVERYTHING negative being said about the page from people, so I'll just say this in a place where they can't wipe everything instantly to try to pretend the audience doesn't loathe this.
This was shit. This was a complete waste of time. A single chapter highlighted just why DBM never amounted to anything and was basically forgotten and left behind by the vast majority of Dragon Ball fans when the Dragon Ball drought ended and we got BoG and Super and beyond.
I had been hanging on out of some vain hope that the story was actually going to go somewhere and that Salagir had planned maybe ANYTHING in the nearing two decades since this story begun , but I can see that it was pointless and that it's all basically one big joke.

[goku1234]

[ZeroNeonix]

So does this mean that all of that was a vision that never happened? lol

[theherodjl]

Looks like it. This chapter ended up being a what-if that never actually happened, which is at least more entertaining than the story concentrating on Bra.
Now to see how Vegetto reacts after being healed from having been turned into literally 1/3rd of the man that he is. Maybe he'll finally have his freakout now?