Manga/Dragon Ball

My favorite opening for Dragon Ball is always going to be the original one. Imo it's one of the few themes out there, East or West, that really captures the fun and interest of an adventure series.

But of course, Dragon Ball stopped really being an adventure series after a while, so it stopped fitting as well.

When they've been every where in the world...the whole Earth might as well be one big city at best. Seeing how fast they travel the planet, at most a state.

edited 7th Dec '16 8:27:55 PM by randomness4

Blue Velvet was my favorite GT credit song.

I only remember the 1st, 2nd, and 4th endings.

Or rather, their constantly increasing speed makes distances seem shorter.

I hope the next episode shows that Yamcha is hopelessly outmatched against everyone there by leaps and bounds in terms of Power Levels, but he's still an invaluable member of the team solely because he's the only one there who actually has any experience playing baseball (pro level, even), giving him an enormous skill advantage over everyone present.

edited 8th Dec '16 5:28:11 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

I'm going to laugh when Yamcha turns out to be completely useless in that episode.

Mostly because all the skill in the world is absolutely meaningless when he simply can't see them move.

Yeah but wacky cartoon antics (and presumably either Whis, Beerus, or some other important figure being involved) could result in some Bunny-Ears Lawyer'ing that keeps non-legit baseball players out of the game. Like Goku tries to Instant Transmission from first to second and Beerus disqualifies him for cheating. Or Vegeta sees the baseball and tries to destroy it with a Kiai and Whis chops him in the neck. Piccolo might try to hit the ball by extending his bat-arm.

Yamcha is the only legitimate baseball player. I'd fully expect Gohan and Goku to get disqualified in the first minute or so.

Maybe Whis will enforce a "No Superpower rule" that leaves everyone at Yamcha's powerlevel. For shits and giggles.

Being thousands of times more powerful than the pitcher can't save you from a sick-ass splitter.

Unless Yamcha can break the laws of physics by having the ball hit the catcher's mitt before it's even thrown, any ball he can throw can be easily hit by any of the major characters due to how absurdly fast they can move and how ponderously slow the ball will be to them.

(3) Well that would leave.... Launch, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Chiaotzu, Puar, Mister Satan, Master Roshi maybe, Eighter, and maybe Pan (well...probably not) and Gohan (probably).

So that kind of episode will be either incredibly progressive with its diversity and allowing other characters to shine, or incredibly sexist.

edited 8th Dec '16 6:26:45 AM by Soble

Or both. Probably both.

See Zelenal's post.

Yamcha could be the most skilled player in the universe.

He'd still lose and lose horribly against Krillin because his powerlevel is simply too low for Krillin to not see the ball coming at him in slow motion. You don't need a lot of skill to hit the ball when it's moving in slowmo, and Krillin can likely hit the ball out of the park with what to him would amount to a love tap.

edited 8th Dec '16 6:27:50 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

Chiaotzu slowed down Goku using his psychic powers in the last filler break. That's literally all the argument I need.

(2) And you know weirdly enough, I don't see this so much as a joke anymore. It could happen. Remember that punching machine episode? Vegeta absolutely failed to restrict his power, and 18 had to lower it a second time. Even holding back as much as they all could they were still setting records on the scale.

So in a baseball game, most of the Z-Fighters might accidentally destroy the ball. Yamcha'd be one of the few who could hit the ball and not break it, or the bat. Unless the bat is made out of Katchin or something.

edited 8th Dec '16 6:44:13 AM by Soble

Well we do know that powers are allowed in the game. The preview showed Goku pitching while Blue and Trunks knocking the ball out of the air with a ki blast to catch it, but Yamcha also uses a "Wolf Fang Pitch" so it's not like he's the token normal human here. Whis and Vados are the referees so I doubt anyone is getting disqualified for it.

Should be a fun time.

edited 8th Dec '16 6:54:10 AM by LordVatek

They could have lowered their power even further than that. They just chose to hover at around that level because they wanted to all get in - and that meant they all needed to be above everyone else, but not so far as to cause problems. Vegeta didn't fail to restrain his power, he chose not to do it at all because he's an asshole.

18 isn't really a martial artist at all so using her to gauge how well the others would be able to hold back is a bad idea.

They don't have to worry about breaking the bat since they can just strengthen it with their ki (it's how Trunks' sword managed to cut through Freeza). The ball, however, could very well be destroyed.

Also, Chaozu using his powers to slow down Goku is absolute BS. He couldn't use his powers at all against Nappa and the gap between him and Nappa at that time might as well be nonexistent compared to the gap between him and Goku now.

That, and by the time Chiaozu reacted, Goku has already long since finished whatever he intended to do.

Just a minor commentary, but I was reading the Dragon Ball AF manga Toyotaro was working before the Super manga. The fact Goten got married, is waiting a kid, and Trunks was his wingman was sweet. Oh, and something about Frieza son being absurdly strong.

The artwork is so traced it hurts. Who could knew Vegeta, prince of Saiyans, would copy Zarbon attack.

edited 8th Dec '16 11:21:49 AM by Tomodachi

That's not Toyotaro's AF; his AF had Xicor and a villainous West Supreme Kai who was both his and Frieza's mother.

(2) ...what AF were you reading mang?

If Gohan didn't turn Super Saiyan 4 out of nowhere then it wasn't Toyotaro's.

edited 8th Dec '16 11:51:29 AM by Soble

I'm pretty sure it is. The reddit forum had two AF: April fools, and Toyotaro after future. I downloaded the second. Gohan used the same device as Vegeta in the manga I read, so it didn't came out of nowhere. Vegeta turning into SSJ 3, now that's unexpected.

edited 8th Dec '16 12:18:01 PM by Tomodachi