How could I forget Boo?
As much as I'm actually curious about how this thing with Frieza will go, I won't lie that Boo failing asleep and bowing out again was really frustrating. This is literally the third time they wrote him out (first in Resurrection F, then in the Universe 6 Tourney, and now this) and they used the same fuckign trick all three times (he's asleep and won't wake up).
At least he got to beat Basil's ass rather thoroughly though. That was something.
edited 3rd Jul '17 7:46:39 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!It was also the first fusion between Goku and Vegeta that actually had to try against their opponent; Super Vegito was leagues beyond anything Super Buuhan could accomplish, same for Super Gogeta and Janemba, and Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta was so far beyond Omega Shenron that he might have been Beerus-level at that point. Fused Zamas has literally been the only opponent any fusion of those two have ever struggled against (at least anime-wise anyways.)
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!![]()
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I don't doubt this considering how Toei love to hype something up but never actually has any payoff. Whether that's because of Toriyama or whomever doesn't change that.
It's why nobody really expects much from all of the non-Goku, Vegeta, and maybe Gohan fights, because all of the buildup in the world doesn't mean much if it's just tossed aside.
That's been Super's problem since the beginning, but I'm really starting to get worn out from it. I love the Chaos from the opening of this tournament, but I'm watching with full knowledge that over half of these characters will likely be unceremoniously chucked to make way for the heavy hitters.
Same thing happened with the last major tournament after all, so I don't expect much to change here.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.What did he show? Even if he was cheated, he still lost a fight against an opponent he was outclassed against. He doesn't even get to redeem that loss because he quickly moves aside for Vegeta to take over.
So I ask once more, what did Piccolo actually accomplish in that fight?
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Yea, that's basically what it is, superficial. A moment that looks cool and flashy, but doesn't actually have anything substantial backing it. That's a lot of Super's moments (not all of them though)
Which is why I just roll my eyes whenever people hype moments like that and I see them listed on the Awesome Moments page. But hey, most Dragon Ball fans are generally superficial so maybe it fits...
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That would sound more impressive if the writing pretended like Piccolo wasn't already outclassed from the getgo. And the fact that he still lost despite that.
I'm not saying you can't like the moment, but I'm just reading it for what it is. Yes, the result does matter even if you think it doesn't.
edited 3rd Jul '17 8:15:54 PM by BlackYakuzu94
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.You could easily take the poison angle out and nothing of consequence is lost. Goku gets put back in the tournament but for some reason Piccolo isn't, and the entire thing was probably only done to get Vegeta to beat on a Frieza look alike.
I suppose it does establish Frost's character, but they also could have just as easily not put in the pretensions of him being a decent guy, and again, nothing of consequence is lost.
Piccolo, like Buu and Monaka, served no real purpose there.
edited 3rd Jul '17 8:16:42 PM by LSBK
The poison angle was only there to establish Frost as bad person, which is fine I guess but it doesn't have any meaning because Frost doesn't get disqualified and Piccolo still loses his spot...so the only thing that's established is that Frost is...exactly like Freeza?
Piccolo was put back in but forfeited because Vegeta told him to.
Which makes me sad cause I like Piccolo & having him win a fight would have been awesome since his last battle with an opponent on equal footing was fucking 17.
As well as wasting making Frost a good member of Frieza's race.
I like Goku & Vegeta but fuck that everyone else gets screwed over just to prop them up.
Well I don't like Frost' current characterization after the reveal.
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Fuck Vegeta then.
edited 3rd Jul '17 8:21:17 PM by slimcoder
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."No, it really doesn't. They've basically gone full Frieza clone with him anyway, the pretensions were just to go "Oh, you thought this guy was exactly like Frieza but he's not...psyche!" It's basically meaningless padding meant to try and fool people into thinking something clever is actually happening.
Every scene has a purpose if you want to get really technical about it, but if that purpose is going to get tossed aside and made totally irrelevant, it has no real meaning. That's what Frost pretending to be a nice guy is, and that's what his and Piccolo's fight is.
edited 3rd Jul '17 8:22:53 PM by LSBK

Majin Boo.
They knew well in advance that he wouldn't be on the final team.
Though the episodes building up his return could have been a Toei addition.