Worst new character in DBS

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by kayojin » Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:43 am

ya'll are crazy, monaka is dope

least favorite characters are all the toyotaro designs that feel like fanart (frost, SSJ kale, etc)

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Ilikepictures-meh » Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:55 am

Monaka is easily the worst.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Basako » Sun Jul 23, 2017 5:27 am

kayojin wrote:ya'll are crazy, monaka is dope

least favorite characters are all the toyotaro designs that feel like fanart (frost, SSJ kale, etc)
As far as we know, Toyo has designed Gin, Liquir, Arak, Rumosh, Iwan and Mosco. Partially Jerez and Vermut. Most of those look cool.

Frost certainly is not his and Kale, perhaps, but we don't know. They look nice though.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Li'l Lemmy » Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:57 am

Caulifla. It's just too much, and I can't take it.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by SansrivaaL » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:12 am

Those 2 waifu fantasy characters Cauli and Kale plus the too much of an edgy wannabe cool silent guy Jiren.
They arent doing it for me, Jiren is such a bore, I hate Cauli and Kale's personalities, disrespectful bitch+edgy clingy bitch, I said I'll try my best not to call female character a bitch again because of I got called out for it before but fuck it, they deserve the label.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Li'l Lemmy » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:39 am

I don't have a problem with her personality so much as I do the fact that she's clearly being whored out by the creative team to be a "thing", getting more spotlight and forms in a matter of episodes than even established cast members do in an entire arc. The Future Trunks had decidedly little impact on his own arc; meanwhile secondary character ~CAULIFLA~ gets three forms in less than 24 hours and can't seem to go longer than an episode without being some kind of main, driving focus.

I mean, geez. Let other people do shit, damn.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by GodKaio-Ken » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:48 am

omaro34 wrote:
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Pick someone who plays a role in the story. Not background decoration fodder.
So now you decide the criteria people like and dislike things using?

That character did look stupid FWIW and I didnt know he doubled as Wonder Woman.
No I don't decide criteria. Picking fodder useless characters who contribute nothing to the plot isn't an interesting answer. Choosing characters that play a role in the story stimulates much more dialogue, which is the whole damn point of these forums.
He answered the topic at hand with a legitimate response. There are a lot of ways to talk about his response too. We could talk about why the design is bad, why his move was idiotic so on.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Xeogran » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:50 am

Nigrisshi, such a joke.

What's the point of giving someone a talking role and screentime, when he gets fodderized with one hit, without anyone putting any weight into it?

He was supposed to be the leader of his team last I heard, but I feel like they swapped his role with the Professor.

Hopefully U3 redeems itself with it's other, better members soon.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by GodKaio-Ken » Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:02 am

Xeogran wrote:Nigrisshi, such a joke.

What's the point of giving someone a talking role and screentime, when he gets fodderized with one hit, without anyone putting any weight into it?

He was supposed to be the leader of his team last I heard, but I feel like they swapped his role with the Professor.

Hopefully U3 redeems itself with it's other, better members soon.
Yeah I really thought he was going to be a badass but he got treated worse than fodder.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by BrolyKale » Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:15 am

The worst... i don't know Magetta, Botamo and the other randoms... the others are ok.

Caulifla, Cabbe and Hit are the most interesting characters imo. Kale is just a worse version of Broly... if they made her like Broly in the first movie, she'd look way cooler and less annoying. If she gets a new transformation and talks properly, and has her own style then yeah the character could be interesting too.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Akyon » Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:29 am

Interesting. I actually think Magetta and Botamo are two of the better characters Super introduced. Unique powers, fun friendship dynamic, Magetta had a pretty fun fight against Vegeta too. Hope they appear more as a duo. They're like lethal joke characters.

So far the Xenoverse CaC looking cast of Universe 6 haven't impressed me. I know I'm meant to care about Cabba and the saiyan girls but I feel blank indifference to their existences.
Kale is the worst of the three having two personalities yet not feeling like a single fully formed character and existing purely to be a walking, barely talking homage to one of the most controversial base breakers in the series.
Caulifla is probably the better of the trio, but that's only because she has a dynamic personality.
Cabba is way too passive and that's coming from someone who likes Krillin and Gohan. Feels like he gets upstaged in every scene he is by the other person regardless of who they are.

Frost is only interesting to me now he's teaming up with Frieza and has a subplot. He's still Diet Frieza though at his core.

Monaka overall is the most worthless addition to the gang(already written out the show it seems) just because he's entire point as a motivator for Goku was pointless from the get go with Beerus and Whis already existing.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Kanassa » Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:59 am

Li'l Lemmy wrote:can't seem to go longer than an episode without being some kind of main, driving focus.
She's had three episodes where she has been even remotely focused on. What show have you been watching>
When Super apparently shoves Goku down our throats:

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Almighty Majin » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:43 am

Xeogran wrote:Nigrisshi, such a joke.

What's the point of giving someone a talking role and screentime, when he gets fodderized with one hit, without anyone putting any weight into it?

He was supposed to be the leader of his team last I heard, but I feel like they swapped his role with the Professor.

Hopefully U3 redeems itself with it's other, better members soon.
I had such high hopes for both Nigrisshi and Narirama but they get fodderized so hard. At least Narirama got taken out by Hit, but Nigrisshi is supposed to be the strongest modified warrior of U3. Were they lying? Perhaps the robots that they have are much stronger than the modified warriors.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Lord Beerus » Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:19 am

Monaka is easily the worst new character in Dragon Ball Super. He's basically the equivalent of a long, loud and wet fart in church. Like... why?

I also don't care for Kale anymore. Unless next week they do something drastic with her character.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Ki Breaker » Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:39 am

Lord Beerus wrote:Monaka is easily the worst new character in Dragon Ball Super. He's basically the equivalent of a long, loud and wet fart in church. Like... why?

I also don't care for Kale anymore. Unless next week they do something drastic with her character.
Your analogy makes me feel exactly that. Like... why?

Yeah, kale killed whatever there was going for her this episode, to be precise the berserker kale is trash, if she gets a controlled form then that should certainly be better
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Acetona » Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:50 am

Without doubt, Kale. And I used to hate Black, but she tops him.
Definitely, it's not early to hate her. I had enough, two appearances and 0 reasons for her to exist. Shameful Broly fanservice. And Broly himself already sucked...

EDIT: Btw, I don't get the Monaka hate. Imo, he was stupidly funny, I really like him.
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by julianix » Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:55 am

Caulifa should get jail time for how she's leading kale on..she can see kale is one step away from suicide or murder and she does nothing.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by MrBlackFox » Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:07 pm

I'd say Jiren after today's episode
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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Asura » Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:59 pm

TheGodfather93 wrote:
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TheGodfather93 wrote:Kale. I'm a pretty vehement Broly hater, but I was willing to give Kale a chance when she was first introduced. I really hoped Super would do her character justice, and fix up all the stupid crap from the Broly movies. Sadly, she was made even more unbearable than Broly.
Yeah, thinking about it I actually like Broly better. I was more than willing to give Kale a chance as well but man, it is a chance not even deserved at this point.

But on a positive note I will say that the best new character in DBS is Caulifla. It's weird since she wasn't hyped at all and Kale was hyped as the female super saiyan, but Caulifla came out of nowhere and is awesome IMO. How her writing is handled in terms of power-ups though is meh.
I agree. Caulifla was exactly what I wanted from a female Saiyan, but I hate how she keeps being given bullshit power-ups.
Yeah you know, as much as I really hate all the bullshit power-ups she keeps getting, I actually think I might be slightly disappointed if she doesn't go Super Saiyan 3 before she's eliminated. I mean hey, she's already bullshitted her way this far, might as well go for the trifecta right? Seems like Goku already hinted at it too. If she does use it though, that'll probably be her undoing and what gets her KOed because of the immense stamina drain. I just hope she doesn't get eliminated next episode protecting Kale. God that would be horrible. I really hope they don't knock out a good character this early in favor of the worst character ever. Maybe Cabba will save her, who knows.
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So now you decide the criteria people like and dislike things using?

That character did look stupid FWIW and I didnt know he doubled as Wonder Woman.
No I don't decide criteria. Picking fodder useless characters who contribute nothing to the plot isn't an interesting answer. Choosing characters that play a role in the story stimulates much more dialogue, which is the whole damn point of these forums.
He answered the topic at hand with a legitimate response. There are a lot of ways to talk about his response too. We could talk about why the design is bad, why his move was idiotic so on.

There are great mods on this site who keep users including myself in check. We dont need incorrect mini modding TY.
Actually I completely agree with him. What's the point in posting saying that a background character that has almost no lines is your pick for "worst new character" in DBS? You're free to post whatever you want but not without scrutiny and I agree that saying stuff like that is not only pointless but nonsensical as well. Unless you want to say that you enjoy every new character and so you'll pick background fodder because you don't think there is a worst new character, that would at least be an interesting answer that provokes dialogue and makes sense.

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Re: Worst new character in DBS

Post by Lord Beerus » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:07 pm

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Yeah, thinking about it I actually like Broly better. I was more than willing to give Kale a chance as well but man, it is a chance not even deserved at this point.

But on a positive note I will say that the best new character in DBS is Caulifla. It's weird since she wasn't hyped at all and Kale was hyped as the female super saiyan, but Caulifla came out of nowhere and is awesome IMO. How her writing is handled in terms of power-ups though is meh.
I agree. Caulifla was exactly what I wanted from a female Saiyan, but I hate how she keeps being given bullshit power-ups.
Yeah you know, as much as I really hate all the bullshit power-ups she keeps getting, I actually think I might be slightly disappointed if she doesn't go Super Saiyan 3 before she's eliminated. I mean hey, she's already bullshitted her way this far, might as well go for the trifecta right? Seems like Goku already hinted at it too. If she does use it though, that'll probably be her undoing and what gets her KOed because of the immense stamina drain. I just hope she doesn't get eliminated next episode protecting Kale. God that would be horrible. I really hope they don't knock out a good character this early in favor of the worst character ever. Maybe Cabba will save her, who knows.
It's a double edged sword. I don't want Caulifla to get eliminated by doing the generic thing of protecting Kale, but at the same time, I think that would serve as a great foundation to develop Kale's character because... holy shit... Kale desperately needs some kind of character development/personality/characterization.

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