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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#48051: Dec 13th 2016 at 12:55:31 PM

Gomasssssss...

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#48052: Dec 13th 2016 at 1:05:12 PM

I heard that the fusion of Goku and Gohan is called Kuhan. Personally, I would've gone with Kakahan.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#48053: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:11:50 PM

And speaking about things we've heard, so that Yamcha manga thing is apparently gaining popularity.

And some of you people scoffed when we tried to keep the Yamcha hype on check. Do you realize now, that we were trying to hold the gates shut, because we knew what was coming!? We're like Yamcha, we went first because otherwise the Saibaman woulda killed Krillin instead!

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#48054: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:20:08 PM

It's also only 3 issues long.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48055: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:21:55 PM

[up][up]

Heh. You guys were ahead of your time, but not even you can stop this hype train.

The power of Yamcha will overwhelm us all.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#48056: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:22:48 PM

This Yamcha thing sounds like it's going to get more and more retarded as it goes on.

This Dragon Room thing also sounds like it's going to release more and more retarded things as it goes on.

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Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#48057: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:22:56 PM

You know, I'm having trouble being worried about Goku in the upcoming episode. Even if Hit does kill him, the dragon balls are still a thing, so he'll be right back.

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#48058: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:23:35 PM

Hasn't he already been brought back to life by them once before?

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#48059: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:25:23 PM

[up]At least once. But pretty much every character has died once or twice. They're still around. Even if Earth's balls can't do it, just go find New Namek and ask for a favor.

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#48060: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:39:19 PM

Hit can just kill the Dragon as an ext....

...or Hit actually does kill Goku knowing full well he can be brought back to life. The employer didn't say anything about making sure Goku was dead for good.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48061: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:47:13 PM

[up]X5

Eh. Maybe, maybe not.

Not sure if I care that much for the plot (why the random high school student becomes random character plot), but there's potential for some interesting stories about other characters.

I know some of you will think No. This is dumb. I don't care about these people, and you might not be wrong, but I'm curious to see what these guys put out.

Goku isn't the only one having adventures in the world. The other characters are having their own lives while he's training to fight more strong guys, and maybe there's some fun stories to be told in that.

[up]Edit: Hit kills Goku, and Old Kai gives his life to revive him again, and then is once again revived by the Namekian Dragonballs.

Or the Earth Dragonballs, since I don't think those have been used on him.

edited 13th Dec '16 3:49:30 PM by HandsomeRob

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#48062: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:06:55 PM

That Yamcha manga sounds like a parody of the Isekai series that are popular these days.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#48064: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:10:58 PM

Goku wouldn't even mind being killed by Hit so long as it's in a fight, and he knows he can be brought back, and Hit technically completed his job so he doesn't have a realistic reason to keep trying to kill Goku afterwards. The Dragon can even make a new body for him outright, so Hit can even take Goku's corpse back to his employer as proof.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48065: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:22:22 PM

Well then I guess there's nothing to worry about unless the guy hiring Hit continued paying him to kill Goku every time he comes back to life because he hates him that much.

Though we should also consider that Hit at his full Assassin best might not actually give Goku a chance to get a good fight, because unlike Saiyans Combat Pragmatism is a thing.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#48066: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:29:09 PM

So I finally red Toyble's Dragon Ball AF, and it's actually somewhat decent. Just wish it didn't go completely nowhere in the end because he never finished it, apparently. I kind of liked how they stressed how much Broly was behind compared to the rest of the Saiyans, felt like a good subversion of the usual cliche'd "BROLY IS STRONGEST THERE IS". I'm about to read Young Jijii's Dragon Ball AF next.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48067: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:33:50 PM

What does the AF stand for anyway?

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#48068: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:35:21 PM

Re: The whole Yamcha spinoff thing.

See, the trick here is, this manga makes Yamcha even more of a loser than ever. Because the guy we are following is not Yamcha, it's someone else in Yamcha's body. Meaning the 'real' Yamcha, his soul or spirit or whatever, is currently either non-existing or in some sort of limbo, probably being forced to see how much better than him this guy does in his place so he can suffer more than ever.

So, this is the best proof Yamcha himself sucks and his decision taking sucks even more, it's just his body doesn't suck as much, which we always knew because he'd be a dominating beast in pretty much any other manga.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48069: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:37:22 PM

[up]

Preach it brother. Preach it.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#48070: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:41:08 PM

[up][up][up]

AF stands for April Fool's, because it started as a joke. Some people try to say it stands for After Future because it's after GT.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#48071: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:44:54 PM

It actually stands for 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFUUUUUUUCK!' because that's what people shouted when they learned it was fake after getting their hopes up, back in the 90s and early 2000s.

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#48072: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:47:57 PM

So basically any random teenager would be a better Yamcha than Yamcha?

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#48073: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:49:26 PM

Well, it'd have to be a manga nerd.

Because in the rock-paper-scissors of manganime, the only thing trumping Super Martial Artist is Average Looking Geeky Japanese High School Self Insert With Perverted Streak.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48074: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:51:40 PM

Because in the rock-paper-scissors of manganime, the only thing trumping Super Martial Artist is Average Looking Geeky Japanese High School Self Insert With Perverted Streak and intimate knowledge of the entire life of said Super Martial Artist that lets him know ahead of time what to do to avoid dying, and then just coasting on said Super Martial Artists actual skills.

Did some repair work on that for you.tongue

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#48075: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:55:23 PM

Well, the most important part is the Self Insert thing. As long as you get that one, you mostly can coast around everything else some way or another.


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