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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#39876: Jun 6th 2016 at 4:38:18 PM

Because DB is the ultimate multi-genre breaking series with unlimited possibilities, it's no wonder that people are ecstatic! grin

Sure it has flaws, plenty of 'em, but it's still extremely unique when ya look at the whole picture!

edited 6th Jun '16 4:42:38 PM by Rinsankajugin

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#39877: Jun 6th 2016 at 4:39:49 PM

[up][up]

Oh don't get me wrong, I understand all the criticism directed at it. It just sometimes feels a bit vitriolic sometimes.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39878: Jun 6th 2016 at 4:55:58 PM

I only ever say positive things about most things...because Troo Fen is me.

DB is the best Anime of this current year...false statement.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#39879: Jun 6th 2016 at 5:30:11 PM

So, when people say "Makaishin", they're referring to Demigra and the like? Or Dabura?

I actually have my doubts about characters like that showing up. Mostly just because we've gone so far beyond gods (literally, we have the god of the 12 gods that can threaten the higher gods that are the gods of gods). Something like Dabura feels like small-fry at this point. He was the strongest of his race, and he wasn't even stronger than Super Saiyan 2.

But...I guess it could work. It sounds a bit AF-ish, but I guess it could work.

You know, one thing I like about Resurrection 'F' is it DIDN'T try to do that much worldbuilding and making things get constantly bigger. It was an old villain, featuring the older, less-important characters, and even the new form was just a new way of using the old form of Super Saiyan. Sometimes I feel like this series progresses too quickly, but RF didn't really try to do that.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#39880: Jun 6th 2016 at 5:49:08 PM

We're entering a new arc that isn't a tournament.

Of course everyone's excited!

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#39881: Jun 6th 2016 at 6:02:05 PM

So I guess Black isn't named after another type of brown sauce, then? Boring.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#39882: Jun 6th 2016 at 6:24:35 PM

...his lips do seem bigger...

It's still a stupid name, but whatever. First "Super Kaioken", then a third set of Dragonballs, and now "Turles". I'm digging Super more and more with each arc.

Even the ending song's got my attention now.

edited 6th Jun '16 6:27:05 PM by Soble

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#39883: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:14:14 PM

What if that's not perspective, and Black Goku is just enormous?

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#39885: Jun 6th 2016 at 11:55:33 PM

I can't wait for the new DBZ games to have Goku, Turles, and Black Goku on the roster and everyone complains that Goku still gets, like, twenty character slots.

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#39886: Jun 7th 2016 at 4:03:18 AM

So people are arguing about why Mai hasn't aged, but no-one's ranting about how Bulma's mom hasn't aged in thirty years

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#39887: Jun 7th 2016 at 4:12:21 AM

That's because we all know Dr. Briefs won't let her.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#39888: Jun 7th 2016 at 4:25:47 AM

She graduated from body care academy.

She physically cannot age anymore...acronym.

[up][up]Actually people were complaining that she looks younger.

edited 7th Jun '16 4:26:32 AM by randomness4

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Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#39889: Jun 7th 2016 at 4:30:54 AM

This post

The Makaioshin is a thing from the guidebooks. They're the opposites of the Kaioshin, born from fruits just as they are.

Everyone thought and hoped that Whis was a makaioshin, but that seems highly unlikely at this point. Seemed to also be popular fan theory that Demigra, who was described as a majin (not demon man, but demon god), is a Makaioshin.

But at this point it's better to just forget the concept existed. The various Japanese companies seem to.

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#39890: Jun 7th 2016 at 4:37:07 AM

Bulma's mom is a monster of aging, but at least she isn't getting YOUNGER.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#39891: Jun 7th 2016 at 4:45:45 AM

-gasp-

Mai must have found the ⎾Stone Mask⏌.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#39892: Jun 7th 2016 at 5:19:38 AM

Oh, so it's just from the guidebooks? No wonder I haven't heard about it.

That's a cool idea...I guess. I just don't get what the purpose of them would be. Especially with the God of Destruction/Gods of Creation dichotomy they introduced.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#39893: Jun 7th 2016 at 5:23:25 AM

This was way before Battle of Gods.

They were the destruction to the Kais' creation. They were the gods of demon world like how the Kais are the gods of... regular world.

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#39895: Jun 7th 2016 at 6:02:23 AM

There's plenty of room for the Maikai if you don't focus on the ever increasing power scale all of the time, if you don't reduce Dragon Ball to just Goku and rival.

Really, there is no reason for the makai not to exist even if you do that. It's just that, seeing how there were three main characters stronger than East Kaioshin, it's safe to say Dabura was stronger than all the makai, barring Dai Makaioshin, who is probably as strong as the Fat Maijin Buu...

Hey, there's an idea. Dai Makaioshin gets involved in Fat Majin Buu hijinks. Or maybe Gotenks hijinks. Or maybe Saiyaman hijinks. Piccolo hijinks? The regular makaioshin, well they could still be plenty of threatening to Android 18 and the humans, to a lone Goten or Trunks. Maybe the makaioshin mess with East Kaoishin and Elder Kaioshin?

But if Goku and Vegeta must be the focus at all times, you know what? Minions. The kaioshin have abilities like telepathy and creation. Knowledge about things the mortals don't have. They could be valuable allies to a powerhouse who can fight Goku/Vegeta for them.

edited 7th Jun '16 6:04:04 AM by IndirectActiveTransport

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#39896: Jun 7th 2016 at 6:44:54 AM

Current Piccolo could possibly kick the ass of every single form of Buu, as a team, at the same time. The Makaioshin would have to be relegated to fighting the Humans to keep from being curbstomped.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#39897: Jun 7th 2016 at 7:21:29 AM

Considering Goku said he wouldn't stand a chance against Frost, I highly doubt Piccolo is stronger than Buu now.

Also, its kind of annoying me how Super has been going for a year and we still don't have another opening. I mean come on.

edited 7th Jun '16 7:22:16 AM by BlackYakuzu94

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#39898: Jun 7th 2016 at 7:30:20 AM

If you re call, we had Cha la head cha la for three arcs before switching to We Gotta Power.

Dragonball tends to stay consistent with it's opening themes.

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#39899: Jun 7th 2016 at 7:41:17 AM

The Makaioshin were basically a plot hook that never got picked up from when the Kaioshin were the top gods of the setting. They were planted in the guidebook so that someone could maybe do something with them but no one ever did. By the time Toriyama came back, he had this whole God of Destruction idea going that he wanted to do that was way above the Kaioshin pay-grade, which rendered the Kaioshin Evil Counterpart concept So Last Season before it ever even got a chance to premiere.

People want Black Goku to be a Makaioshin because between the elfy ears and the obvious Potara, he looks like there's a bit of Kaioshin lore to him and the So Last Season issue can be easily resolved by the fact that, holy shit, this asshole fused with Goku. Like an evil Vegetto.

edited 7th Jun '16 7:43:10 AM by TobiasDrake

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#39900: Jun 7th 2016 at 7:46:28 AM

wild mass guessBlack Goku is actually West Kaioshin, who survived Buu's rampage, forcibly fused with Future Goku from the afterlife, creating a storyline cribbed directly from AF, made by the same guy who made AF.wild mass guess


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