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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#48001: Dec 12th 2016 at 7:17:25 AM

The Anime is making everybody SSJB tier, the Manga seems to be keeping God power as special (and Goku still uses SSJG from time to time, as something weaker than Blue).

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#48002: Dec 12th 2016 at 7:22:31 AM

I liked Trunks' powers. I'm sure they could have explained and foreshadowed both abilities pretty easily if they'd tried.

As it is, despite saying he's not one, I kinda get why people think Trunks is a Gary Stu.

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#48003: Dec 12th 2016 at 7:48:36 AM

I've people point out that while Trunk did/does have some Sue traits, he avoids the pitfalls that plague those characters.

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#48004: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:11:05 AM

Now that I think about it, Trunks is a child from the future, born from a Crack Pairing, with a cool sword and a transformation that occurs once a millennium. If that doesn't sound like a fan character...

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#48005: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:15:00 AM

And he's introduced by having him curbstomp an enemy that everyone was terrified of, killing a similarly powerful enemy, and knowing everything about Goku. He was introduced in the most Mary Sue way possible and the only reason why so many people love him is because is because he proceeds to be more or less useless after that.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#48006: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:22:32 AM

Trunks made it work; he felt like part of the cast, yet not the chosen one everything would revolve around (and Gohan being the key member of the team was a nice touch in that arc).

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#48007: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:25:40 AM

Gohan being the key was kinda weird, since in Trunks timeline he's the one guy who survives years into the future and accomplishes nothing.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#48008: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:38:22 AM

Future Gohan had no one to properly train him after Goku died.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#48009: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:46:30 AM

The fact that Gohan was not only able to survive for so long but also become strong enough to go Super Saiyan (though everyone dying probably helped with that) only serves to foreshadow his role.

edited 12th Dec '16 8:47:16 AM by LordVatek

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#48010: Dec 12th 2016 at 8:47:31 AM

Meanwhile, present Gohan had 3 years of training with Goku and Piccolo, and then a year of intensive Super Saiyan training.

And now I'm kinda curious about those 3 years as a slice of life. Because, the last time Chi Chi had seen the 2 meter tall green slug man who doubles as her husband's right hand man and as her son's surrogate parent, said slug man was mutilating her husband and proclaiming his reign of terror over the world.

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#48013: Dec 12th 2016 at 9:02:14 AM

As Masako X says, Yes And No.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#48014: Dec 12th 2016 at 9:06:55 AM

I thought people hated Dragon Ball Minus because it was a blatant Superman rip-off? I mean, that's why I hate it.

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#48015: Dec 12th 2016 at 9:09:46 AM

Just because Goku & Vegeta are the ones with too much focus doesn't make it right to just suddenly give Trunks poorly explained power-ups to keep him relevant with them. That's bad writing no matter how you slice it.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#48016: Dec 12th 2016 at 9:11:57 AM

I disagree with Masako X in that Goku being sent off to survive and making him special and important is good. That was what made Goku great, he isn't special. He was just a lucky kid who was in the right place at the right time and he made himself into what he is instead of being a chosen one.

edited 12th Dec '16 9:12:54 AM by LordVatek

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#48018: Dec 12th 2016 at 9:25:20 AM

[up]Hopefully, Toei can work out a deal with Podravka.

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#48019: Dec 12th 2016 at 9:39:01 AM

I don't hate Dragon Ball Minus.

Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
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#48020: Dec 12th 2016 at 10:40:19 AM

DB minus is good, but "The Father of Goku" is plain better and much more epic.

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#48021: Dec 12th 2016 at 1:28:14 PM

[up][up][up]Is he holding some napa cabbage in that picture?

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#48022: Dec 12th 2016 at 1:35:30 PM

Finally 100%'d Legacy of Goku II again. That took forever.

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#48023: Dec 12th 2016 at 2:45:43 PM

I'll bet...

If only speed could get upgraded too...

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#48024: Dec 12th 2016 at 3:05:07 PM

The game speed is fine, the problem is that the enemies don't give a lot of EXP and all levels after 40 take an absurd amount of EXP to get (I think going from Level 49 to 50 requires somewhere around five million EXP). Even at the best grinding spot I could find, it took ages to get even one level.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#48025: Dec 12th 2016 at 3:45:23 PM

You're punching triceratops to death, right? Three screens have 350,000 EXP worth of dinosaurs, which is... adequate.

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