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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#30752: Dec 10th 2015 at 9:37:05 AM

That wasn't an insult.

But I wouldn't say that show was beloved either. Yes, the show had other problems with its writing and its character that led to its declining reputation, completely separate from Superman not being a baby, but that kills the joke.

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#30753: Dec 10th 2015 at 9:39:05 AM

Smallville didn't start declining until Season 6.

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#30754: Dec 10th 2015 at 9:42:07 AM

I Read That As "Smashville".

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#30755: Dec 10th 2015 at 9:58:22 AM

[up][up] Agreed.

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#30756: Dec 10th 2015 at 10:05:46 AM

I like Gine far more than Hanasia. The latter reeks of somebody trying to justify why Goku became so strong despite being lower class. The former is more in-line with the idea of "Goku became strong because of his attitude and the choices he made in his life".

As for the characters themselves... Hanasia is just like every other Saiyan we ever saw. Gine actually brings some rare world-building into Dragonball, a reminder that a Proud Warrior Race includes more than just proud warriors.

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#30757: Dec 10th 2015 at 10:33:46 AM

Yeah, see I don't buy Values Dissonance. Zenjo dropped the 'retire at 25' policy twenty years ago. It's been obsolete longer than most users of this site have been alive and more importantly, longer than most of shonen demographic has been alive. Toriyama, being much older than 25, he could be of an older mindset rejected by most of Japan but everyone at Shonen Jump and TOEI too? The Matsunaga brothers were also much older than 25.

I'm not implying everyone offended with 18's shafting in Revival Of F and Super is stupid, you're not. But 18 was a house wife in the manga too. It didn't stop her from kicking around Goten and Trunks. It really shouldn't stop her from doing anything besides earning a steady income, I guess.

And I won't lie when and say Gine wasn't a disappointment to me, but it's not one I mind much. She's not just a housewife. She also has a job in the meat industry. She's not a blood knight but she's still not a beacon of goodness either. She's something I can believe, if not necessarily like. Goku's portrayal in Dragon Ball Minus is more irritating to me.

edited 10th Dec '15 10:36:02 AM by IndirectActiveTransport

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Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30758: Dec 10th 2015 at 10:59:41 AM

And i'm guessing the meat industry on Vegeta was very important. At the very least it probably paid well.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#30759: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:15:37 PM

Saiyans are hunger beasts, butcher and resturant owners on Planet Vegeta must have been rich.

edited 10th Dec '15 12:16:15 PM by Rinsankajugin

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#30760: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:16:23 PM

I'm like 95% okay with Dragon Ball Minus, but I would be 100% okay with it if it had shown another, male, Saiyan working with Gine in the meat distribution plant.

edited 10th Dec '15 12:16:46 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#30761: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:21:12 PM

It must have been so sad when they ran out of tuffles to eat.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#30762: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:30:22 PM

I mean, by the Buu saga, 18 was usually fighting if there was money involved. Hell, all her fighting scenes in Bio-Broly started with her pushing Mr. Satan for more money to give her.

That being said, I really wish she'd get a chance to fight again. Get it together Toriyama, damn it!

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#30763: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:35:37 PM

[up] She wanted that money to get out of living with Roshi. tongue

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#30764: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:36:57 PM

[up]

Fair point.

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Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
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#30765: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:38:59 PM

I wonder what would've happened if Krillin saw Roshi in one of his antics with Teen!Marron in GT canon.

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#30766: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:40:04 PM

He'd Kienzan Roshi's dick off.

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#30767: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:42:06 PM

He'd laugh awkwardly and 18 would punch Roshi across the planet, because GT sucks.

Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
18's Glomp OF DOOM
#30768: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:42:57 PM

What's so bad about that?

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Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
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#30770: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:48:47 PM

Oh. Nonetheless, 18 has probably made Roshi pop a Senzu bean before.

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#30771: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:49:36 PM

Not in the manga.

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#30772: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:53:00 PM

[up]×7

Especially since Toriyama said in a Q & A that 18 and 17 could get stronger.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#30773: Dec 10th 2015 at 12:57:11 PM

Is "pop a senzu" some sort of euphemism?

Because if it is, then I'm sure 18 would've made Roshi pop a lot of senzu.

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#30774: Dec 10th 2015 at 1:20:29 PM

Kame-sennin is a horny old man. Linoleum probably makes him pop a senzu.

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Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
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#30775: Dec 10th 2015 at 1:45:42 PM

You guys actually thought that pop a senzu was an Unusual Euphemism for a Raging Stiffie? tongue

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