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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#41801: Jul 17th 2016 at 1:16:38 AM

What? No, everything about Yamcha in the games is average at worst.

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MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#41802: Jul 17th 2016 at 1:38:50 AM

Okay, who thought it was a good idea to give Trunks Bradford's sweater? :)

But yeah, this episode was a bit sad, as far as Trunks is concerned. Guy seriously needs a hug, especially after seeing Gohan's family, and THEN imagining what his life could have been like had it been peaceful.

edited 17th Jul '16 1:41:20 AM by MyssaRei

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#41803: Jul 17th 2016 at 7:39:19 AM

Majin isn't a "title" in the way "king" or such are. Those things describe jobs, or positions.

Ma is evil and jin is man/person...which is why I hate "SSJ", it's just SS. Every last confirmed whatsit from the Namekjin to Yadratjin to Shinjin has that as part of their name...but I digress. I thought, given the prevalence of puns in Dragon Ball, that Majin was a pun on dijinn but it's not. Had Bob Sapp blown up before the manga had finished I might have caught on sooner because he was called majin for his over the top "beast" promos. Besides people more perceptive to these Japanese isms than myself, Dijinn Buu has always been hated for grammatically incorrectness. It should be Dijinni Buu.

But Majin isn't a title like king that implies a job or position. It's descriptive of being. Majin Vegeta isn't just an "M" on his head. It's also Babadi drawing out the evil in Vegeta's heart. As we later learned, Majin Buu became what he was by absorbing the evils of humanity. It's not a pun, it's not an honorific, it's not what he does, it's what Buu is. A majin...or possessing the ma of jin, you get the point. You can just as easily say super saiyan/saiyajin isn't part of Goku's or perfect isn't part of Cell's name but it is part of who they are.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#41804: Jul 17th 2016 at 7:50:30 AM

No, it's a title.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41805: Jul 17th 2016 at 8:15:16 AM

Just caught the ep.

Once again, give Future Trunks a hug. Still, watching this episode, I'm reminded that while there are a lot of things I take issue with in Dragonball, these slice of life eps are always great. Seeing how far some of these characters have come, becoming fathers, uncles, grandfathers....it's not something you see very often in Shonen. I suppose that's why I enjoy the show, even if I started watching for the fights.

Next week, we head to universe 10 to meet Zamasu. From what little we see of the preview, he's very impressive, actually tripping up Super Saiyan Goku a bit. He's called a fighting prodigy, so he may be atypical in terms of Kai strength, but he's clearly stronger than East Supreme Kai / East Kaioshin at the very least.

Interesting that he seems to exist in both Universes as well, even if only in the alternate future of Universe...which one was Goku and company from again? I just can't ever remember.

There's actually still a lot Trunks doesn't know. He remembers Satan, but he doesn't know his younger self is already a Super Saiyan, or that Goku has a second son either. And he's still hasn't found out that Krillin married 18. That's gonna be a little weird.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#41806: Jul 17th 2016 at 8:32:38 AM

Ya know, watching this episode, its pretty easy to see how Pan ended up like she did in GT

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#41807: Jul 17th 2016 at 8:40:03 AM

Yeah, but when you're shit tier, and you fuse, and the people you were shit tier to fuse, your fusion is still shit tier.

Come to think of it now... Project Fusion is violating that little tidbit Goku mentioned about fusees needing to be of "equal power" isn't it? Is there some kind of story explanation for that?

edited 17th Jul '16 8:40:23 AM by Soble

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41808: Jul 17th 2016 at 8:55:39 AM

Trunks was able to lower his power to the same level as Goten during the training.

Plus, aren't they using some special earrings as well as the dance? I think that rule doesn't apply in this game.

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#41809: Jul 17th 2016 at 8:56:32 AM

[up][up]I think Toriyama later retconned that by stating that any two people can potentially fuse.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#41810: Jul 17th 2016 at 8:58:11 AM

Well Goten and Trunks sure, but Android 18 and... Krillin? 18 would need to do some serious underclocking to make that work.

True, didn't think about the potara earrings.

[up] Ah, did he now? Easy come, easy go.

edited 17th Jul '16 8:59:11 AM by Soble

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41811: Jul 17th 2016 at 9:00:36 AM

That's typical.

This is why you plan shit out!

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#41812: Jul 17th 2016 at 9:05:38 AM

Its an almost three decade old series, you really think he's gonna plan that much in advance.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#41813: Jul 17th 2016 at 9:08:16 AM

If I haven't done so before, please, anybody that loves shounen, go and watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, it's delightfully wacky.

Also, I think Case Closed is still going on, though I've no idea if the story's kept for all this time.

But to be less obtuse, yes, it baffles me to this day why Toriyama can reference Arale in Super but can't show Launch or Boss Rabbit/Monster Carrot.

edited 17th Jul '16 9:13:07 AM by Soble

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41814: Jul 17th 2016 at 9:45:45 AM

[up][up]

Because I'm a jerk, I'm gonna say yes.tongue

[up]

Because I'm still a jerk, I'm gonna say it's because he LIKES Arale, and cares enough about her to bother referencing her (she was his first real success).

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#41815: Jul 17th 2016 at 9:49:27 AM

Also Arale is a cameo from another, popular being important, series, of his, and people like and remember Arale way more than Launch/Lunch and Boss Rabbit.

Because people here keep assuming every fan of Dragon Ball cares about characters as irrelevant as Launch and Boss Rabbit.

edited 17th Jul '16 9:50:02 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41816: Jul 17th 2016 at 10:44:25 AM

Well, yeah, they are irrelevant, but so are Oolong and Puar, and they still show up.

Boss Rabbit, I agree isn't important enough to return at all, but I see no reason why Launch isn't part of all the get-togthers the group tends to have beyond she's just not.

I fully acknowledge there's no reason for her to show up, but I feel like there's little reason she shouldn't either, since she was hanging out with the group, living at Roshi's house with him and Krillin, and all that shit up until she just disappeared in the Saiyan Saga.

I guess if she's not brought up in Japan, then it's not a shock Toriyama thinks no one cares (even though I think what it really is is that he doesn't care), but again, who really cares about Oolong. He's done one thing of note (and in the most perverted way possible), or Puar, who just Oolong with better shape changing abilities and no perversion.

But we've had this conversation a million times, and I'm sure we're all sick of it, so I'll stop for now and drop it until I feel like bringing it up again and derailing the thread again FOREVER.

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#41817: Jul 17th 2016 at 10:47:26 AM

Future Trunks is suffering from PTSD. That guy life sucks so much.

What's with this weird love triangle between Trunks, Mai and Future Trunks? It's silly and makes Future Trunks look even more like a lolicon. [lol]

Well, this episode wanted to hammer in that Gohan won't be doing anything of note this arc. They didn't even told him what's going on.

Mr Satan seems to have bought in his own hype, which makes him even more annoying.

Road trip to Universe 10. The Zamasu guy seems strong - Universe 7 Kai's just suck in comparison, I guess.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#41818: Jul 17th 2016 at 10:49:51 AM

Yeah, given that most of the other supporting characters who mainly stood around for flavor setting up gags and being quirky are still around doing that with less plot-relevance, the conspicuous absence of Launch who was practically built for that sort of thing is a little weird.

Boss Rabbit, on the other hand, is almost certainly dead.

[up] Trunks is pretty messed up at this point. They should probably keep him and #18 as far away from each other as possible.

Maybe the balance between Gods of Destruction and Kais varies depending on the universe. In some, the Gods of Destruction are the most powerful, on others the Kais are.

I don't think Trunks/Mai/Future Trunks is a love triangle, per se. It's more like a kid having a crush on someone who has a crush on their older sibling. Though Future Trunks definitely didn't help matters last episode.

edited 17th Jul '16 10:53:52 AM by KnownUnknown

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#41819: Jul 17th 2016 at 10:52:51 AM

[up][up]Wait, someone else who actually finds Mr. Satan annoying and not hilarious or awesome? I'm shocked.

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#41820: Jul 17th 2016 at 10:58:20 AM

Trunks and 188 meeting would be hilarious.

Kai's being the stronger one's in some universes is an interesting idea.

Well, of course it's not an actual love triangle, since Future Trunks is not really a lolicon. But they spend a lot of time on Mai gushing over him and Trunks being jealous.

[up]It was funny when his bravado smashed into reality and put him in his place. Now that he gets away with everything and lives of other people accomplishments it's just annoying. And that he apparently started believe his own hype makes it even worse.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41821: Jul 17th 2016 at 11:03:25 AM

Though Satan works best when, for all his bluster, he really proves in the end that he has the heart of a hero. I can see why him buying into his own hype would annoy people, but after he gave Goku all that money right at the beginning of the series, I can't hate him.

Plus, he gave us that hilarious fake knockout with Goku. Things like that easily earn Rob's forgiveness.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#41823: Jul 17th 2016 at 11:06:59 AM

I think Mr. Satan is a fine character so as long as he's not at the center of the spotlight.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#41824: Jul 17th 2016 at 11:10:46 AM

I liked him when he beat up the guys who shot Buu's dog. Although he got shot for that right?

Almost every other moment with him has been really obnoxious and I'm not even watching Super, nor have I played any DB games.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#41825: Jul 17th 2016 at 11:11:30 AM

And since he isn't he's pretty cool. That being said, there's nothing wrong with disliking him.

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