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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
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#59551: Jun 25th 2017 at 1:27:16 AM

I thought the thing with Gin was that he didn't want to fight the others because he knew the Daishinkan would make them clean up their mess afterwards.

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#59552: Jun 25th 2017 at 2:09:37 AM

So I was looking through old pages and get to after Super was announced and it's so surreal/almost heartbreaking. Everyone was so optimistic/excited...except Saiga. Compare now and the tone has changed so much...except from Saiga.

I was one of them but I changed a lot and I had become incredibly existienial as a Dragon Ball fan because of it. sad

"Mai waifu."
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59553: Jun 25th 2017 at 4:36:23 AM

I'm kind of surprised that in the end the tournament really did have a mad-scientist-style character in it, standing with all the cyborgs and machines from Universe 3. If it wasn't for all the subplots already flying criss cross around the ring during this tournament, I'd almost expect 17 and 18 to have some kind of plot connected to them and Universe 3 in general.

[up] Well I'm still optimistic and excited, at least, if perhaps less so than when I started. Warts and all, and all that.

Though I've definitely found the way the show progresses and the fandom's reaction fascinating.

edited 25th Jun '17 5:11:40 AM by KnownUnknown

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#59554: Jun 25th 2017 at 6:00:00 AM

[up][up][up]

That's the impression I got as well. Either that, or he's just really cocky.

Also, I get this feeling that Caulifla might get completely owned by one of those "U11 wimps."

TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#59555: Jun 25th 2017 at 7:38:57 AM

So... I get that DBS is going out of their way to introduce female fighters with body types that deviate from the Boobs Of Steel look most of them had before, and I respect that.

Even so, I can't say I expected to see Violet Beauregarde repping Universe 4.

edited 25th Jun '17 7:39:29 AM by TyeDyeWildebeest

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#59556: Jun 25th 2017 at 8:00:09 AM

[up]

Even as someone who likes Boobs Of Steel and Most Common Superpower, I also appreciate the variety in the appearance of the ladies...and that there are a large number of them as well.

It only took twenty years and all for there to be more than one or two female fighters existing at one time and all. Hopefully, all of them will have some good fights too.

One Strip! One Strip!
TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#59557: Jun 25th 2017 at 8:01:16 AM

[up] I'm pretty hyped for Ribrianne vs. Vegeta, personally.

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#59558: Jun 25th 2017 at 8:03:30 AM

Yup. He kinda comes off as a villain (and used to be one) so she might single him out as someone who needs to be defeated...or be surprised to discover he's a loving father who'd fight a god of destruction to defend his wife's honour.

Either way, some interesting stuff on the horizon. Now it's just a matter of execution.

One Strip! One Strip!
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#59559: Jun 25th 2017 at 8:27:41 AM

There are 12(13 if you count Yurin) new identifiably female fighters introduced in this arc alone. Four in U2, three in U4, two in U6, one in U9, one in U10, and one in U11. Who knows how many of the aliens without Secondary Sexual Characteristics or Tertiary Sexual Characteristics are female (though my money's on none of them).

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59560: Jun 25th 2017 at 10:16:53 AM

Ribrianne didn't really strike me as the heroic, "for justice" type.

Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Now a lurker. See you at the forums.
#59561: Jun 25th 2017 at 10:18:13 AM

Thoughts:

  • I didn't expect Foxy god to sound like a teenager, but he is still Best boy to me.
  • The Pride Troopers have a really tiny member that looks like Bat-mite and that little dude stole my heart.
  • Universe 3 is the best team, and if you say otherwise YOU ARE WRONG

Also, out of all universes, U4 seems the least interesting. I'm only sorta-interested now because of the wolf guy that 4chan likes, "Smug Pup".

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#59562: Jun 25th 2017 at 10:26:25 AM

Also, I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but does anyone see a hint of Dr. Tenma in that alien scientist from Universe 3?

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#59563: Jun 25th 2017 at 10:41:48 AM

More than just a hint.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#59564: Jun 25th 2017 at 12:54:11 PM

"We need to stop Babidi now before Majin Buu awakens! There's no time to waste!"

-stands there doing nothing for ten minutes-

"Oh no, we're too late!"

I knew Buu was going to awaken given how the rest of the series went, but I forgot the build-up was so incredibly stupid.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#59565: Jun 25th 2017 at 1:37:03 PM

So in the super dub, they said they were going to use the Namekian dragon balls to wish Piccolo back, rather than Earth's dragon balls.

That surprised me since they actually can use earth balls to wish him back. Did they not know that?

One Strip! One Strip!
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#59566: Jun 25th 2017 at 1:45:59 PM

Apparently the earth dragon balls cannot revive someone who's been revived already, even if that revival was by a different method. It's a really weird condition.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#59567: Jun 25th 2017 at 1:48:39 PM

Someone on 4chan raised an interesting idea. Teamwork is needed to survive in the tournament of power. Does that necessarily have to be teamwork exclusively between teammates? Maybe temporary team alliances could be formed to beat stronger teams.

U6 and U7 team-up? I imagine U9 will definitely go that route with U4 assuming the mouse isn't​ up to something.

edited 25th Jun '17 1:49:16 PM by Hobgoblin

Epilogue Since: Jul, 2016
#59568: Jun 25th 2017 at 1:54:24 PM

"one in U10"

U10 has a second female. Look at the red-skinned Woman on the right side of the Front here.

https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/a/ae/TEAMU10TOP2.png/revision/latest?cb=20170625152131

EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#59569: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:02:28 PM

honestly speaking i wonder what kinda shenanigans are gonna go down so that none of the universes actually end up getting destroyed, since there's no way they're going to have something that dark happen in the "main" timeline of the series..

my guess is a new transforrmation

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#59570: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:07:10 PM

They all get destroyed and recombined into a single universe.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#59571: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:10:29 PM

I wondered if they'd end up somehow moving all the inhabitants of the losing universes into the winner, but this tournament seems to actually be more about erasing the inhabitants of the universes than the universes themselves, so that probably wouldn't work as a loophole.

edited 25th Jun '17 3:11:02 PM by LSBK

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#59572: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:13:23 PM

Was it ever explained how there are only 28 planets when Vegeta went to Planet Frieza 79 in the Namek Arc?

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#59573: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:26:10 PM

Freeza planet 79 seemed just to be an outpost, 28 planets is probably referring to fully inhabited and populated planets.

Not even Namek or New Namek would be counted in that really.

edited 25th Jun '17 3:27:22 PM by Memers

XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#59574: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:27:45 PM

[up]x5 Some people have been throwing around the idea of a universal merger of some form. However, that idea would probably create some logistic problems that I doubt either Zen'o would be in the mood to think over. Oh, and something about the Grand Priest being secretly evil... Edit: Slightly [nja]'d!

Speaking of WMGs, I wondering if Yamcha's JPN voice actor stating he was worn out from his ludicrous amount of script reading will still play a part in this arc.

edited 25th Jun '17 3:29:05 PM by XMenMutant22

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#59575: Jun 25th 2017 at 3:28:08 PM

Or Toriyama's just stupid.

My various fanfics.

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