Dragonball Next Gen

[FoolsGil]

(Last topic discussion about this was almost two years ago.)

http://www.mangareader.net/dragonball-next-gen/1

I think it's ironic that for all the hate GT gets, a lot of fan artists choose to use their story as a sequel to it. Anyways first four chapters are up.

[Lord Beerus]

Not all that good. I seen much better Dragon Ball fan manga in terms of art and story. I think I'll give this a pass.

[Skar]

The art is alright but the story doesn't seem to set it apart from every other GT sequel. It's got the same premise of a random alien landing on Earth for either revenge or because he's looking for a worthy opponent. Then again there's not really much else you can do for a sequel so at least the villain has an interesting backstory. Something that bothered me was that this guy was only sensed when he landed on Earth even though he was stronger than Omega Shenron who was stronger than Buu who could be sensed from Other World.

[FoolsGil]

Dr. Gero suddenly having a brother and a new Android was dumb as hell. But I did like the Android's design. And for what it's worth the newest villain had the most original design and backstory out of all the GT sequels I read.

I don't like how Vegeta is characterized. I hate Vegeta with a passion but I know he is a different man by the end of Z. But in Next Gen he talks like the prick he always was between Namek the beginning of the Buu Saga, so I didn't like that.

Other than those, the story isn't really noteworthy.

[Michelle91]

I read this before and I haven't been up to date with it. I like the art and the main villain looks pretty cool.

[KentalSSJ6]

How the hell has this gotten on manga sites?

[SSJ God Gogeta]

Mystic Super Saiyan 3 Gohan.... Yeeeeeah, I think I'm gonna pass on this one...

[Dbzfan94]

Why is it that every post GT story has Goten die in the very beginning? Lol

I agree with Kentai, how did this get on a manga site?

Also I face-palmed at Mystic SSJ3

[Michelle91]

I believe the fan artist of this fan manga is on this forum too. I do admit that the villain with the half halo on his head looks cool. He looks very different then what you see in the DB universe and that's what I like about it. I like things that are different and stuff that you don't often see.

[Skar]

Dr. Gero suddenly having a brother and a new Android was dumb as hell. But I did like the Android's design. And for what it's worth the newest villain had the most original design and backstory out of all the GT sequels I read.

I felt like Gero's brother was put there as a parody of lazy fan fiction ideas. He was killed off shortly after being revealed .

I don't like how Vegeta is characterized. I hate Vegeta with a passion but I know he is a different man by the end of Z. But in Next Gen he talks like the prick he always was between Namek the beginning of the Buu Saga, so I didn't like that.

Yeah good point. This was supposed to take place eight years after GT so 23(?) years after the Buu saga when his attitude changed the most. All those years he's been leading a quiet peaceful life on Earth aside from what happened in GT which only spanned a year or two.

Dragon RN is my favorite GT sequel. I absolutely hated GT but this felt like the most believable sequel to it.

[Michelle91]

Dragon Ball RN is the fan comic that had Vegeta becoming fat right ? I remember that comic and I don't think it ever got finished. I remember RN back in 2007 or 2008.

[dbzfan7]

Dragon Ball RN is the fan comic that had Vegeta becoming fat right ? I remember that comic and I don't think it ever got finished. I remember RN back in 2007 or 2008.

Saw it again. It was a refresher course. There's some good, but I hate what they did with Krillin, the resurrection of a bunch of old baddies, some guy who looks to be a Daimao clone, Broly wank, and Fat Vegeta. Krillin is so undignified, old baddies plot is done to death, Daimao looking clone, Broly somehow even considered a GT level threat pffft, and Vegeta getting overweight even though in canon he never was this pathetic after Goku remained dead.

On the bright side we got some spotlight shared among the cast which is nice, and Majin Boo the pimp .

[Skar]

Dragon Ball RN is the fan comic that had Vegeta becoming fat right ? I remember that comic and I don't think it ever got finished. I remember RN back in 2007 or 2008.

Yeah last time I checked their site a few years ago they had chapter 5 "coming soon". Their site has been offline for a while though so I guess the story has been discontinued.

Saw it again. It was a refresher course. There's some good, but I hate what they did with Krillin, the resurrection of a bunch of old baddies, some guy who looks to be a Daimao clone, Broly wank, and Fat Vegeta. Krillin is so undignified, old baddies plot is done to death, Daimao looking clone, Broly somehow even considered a GT level threat pffft, and Vegeta getting overweight even though in canon he never was this pathetic after Goku remained dead.

I saw it more as a parody . Then again I tend to look at most works as indecisive or unintentional parodies if they're not very good or seem over-the-top. It's very difficult for a Dragonball sequel to take itself seriously. Especially after the Buu saga where Porunga was able to restore the entire Earth and its population. Well not the whole population just the good-hearted people but it still only took him a few seconds to sort through the good and bad souls. I think that's why Battle of Gods had that comedic tone and from what I understand wasn't as serious as Toei's original draft. If Beerus did successfully destroy the Earth then Goku could IT from Other World or communicate though King Kai to ask the Nameks if they could restore the Earth yet again. Before Beerus wakes up in three years they could make sure to perform the ritual on Vegeta or Gohan so that they have more than one SSJ God available and potentially SSJ God Gogeta if they really need it.

I know that Vegeta would probably never become a couch potato or that Gohan would get so rusty that he forgets how to fly. I see it as a funny what-if that after getting so used to life on Earth Vegeta becomes more human. Vegeta was around 30 when he first landed on Earth and at least in his 60's in most sequels so he spent the first half of his life as a space pirate/soldier and the second half peacefully on Earth. All the action in DBZ took place within a span of a month of two if you include all the events together while the rest of those 30+ years consisted of just either training or hanging around Bulma's house.

I agree the villains somehow being resurrected was an unoriginal idea. I think the author wanted to focus more on the Z fighter's lives and for the sake of giving them some action he decided to just resurrect some former villains instead of making up his own that would mostly be based on a former villain anyway.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

The comic is interesting, but Vegeta & Gohan seem a little out-of-character to me.