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XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#60376: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:10:24 PM

[up]x2 That Heroes game really likes using Hit as a training dummy. HIT'S BEEN JOBBED CONFIRMED!

Also, Jiren with the Akuma finisher. First Darkstalkers....

edited 5th Jul '17 8:11:38 PM by XMenMutant22

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#60377: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:12:18 PM

They do have a reason: they have similar, maybe even greater potential than Gohan and they've sparred with each other from a young age using the method Goku and Gohan did to get absurdly strong.

Most of Gohan's development came from the months (not even a full year) he spent training with Goku as Super Saiyans.

If anything, the boys are rather modest for taking longer to reach a weaker point.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#60378: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:17:17 PM

Man, Koyama is going to be pissed that they made Broly canon, just to genderbend him and make her to lose the new tough guy on the block.

In regards to Goten and Trunks, I can't remember Super doing anything with anything introduced during the Buu Arc beyond Ultimate Gohan and the Kais.

edited 5th Jul '17 8:18:35 PM by Hobgoblin

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#60379: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:24:39 PM

[up][up] It's likely their personalities, they're more blatant Kid Appeal Characters than Gohan was, with brattier and more obnoxious personalities. So that, plus they're stronger than a lot of fan favorites barring Goku, Vegeta and Gohan probably just turned fans off from them.

That's certainly the perception I get. I didn't really mind them, so I never got why they were so disliked beyond living up the levels "badass" and "cool" that most Dragon Ball fans have,

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#60380: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:24:51 PM

Well Ultimate Gohan is back (whether he'll factor into anything is the question), and the entire thing with the Kais is a damn mess.

Maybe they'll surprise us and give Goten and Trunks a real arc as opposed to that Fake Vegeta garbage.

Yeah, I know. Hope is dumb. I can't help it. Sometimes, you gotta believe things will be better.

...Unless it's Fairy Tail or Naruto. Those are both shit.

One Strip! One Strip!
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#60381: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:27:30 PM

Goten and Trunks will unlock Super Saiyan Blue while fighting poachers.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#60382: Jul 5th 2017 at 8:27:34 PM

And the new opening for Super DBH Mission 5:

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#60383: Jul 5th 2017 at 9:35:54 PM

YO SUPER HELL JANEMBA LOOKS FUCKING SICK.

EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#60384: Jul 5th 2017 at 9:48:39 PM

super hell janemba is so dope, and that trailer is incredibly reminiscent of the janemba movie (definitely on purpose), which incidentally is one of my favorite dragon ball movies period.

what's with goku's outfit though? I totally dig it, but it seems out of place on goku.

edited 5th Jul '17 9:48:56 PM by EpicBleye

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#60385: Jul 5th 2017 at 9:51:20 PM

Its always hilarious how the OC character that's a stand-in for the player gets their ass kicked by the supped-up canon villain & are then rescued by a supped-up canon hero in nearly all these openings.

Again funny as shit. [lol]

edited 5th Jul '17 10:09:15 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#60386: Jul 5th 2017 at 10:07:09 PM

Which is weird, since all the OC Saiyans have Super Saiyan God at this point, yet the farthest we've seen Goku or any of the other Time Patrol Saiyans transform is Super Saiyan 3.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#60387: Jul 5th 2017 at 10:08:47 PM

Now I'm wondering does Toriyama come up with all the character designs? The most important ones I'm sure, but did he also design all these fodder characters from the various universes?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#60388: Jul 5th 2017 at 11:05:29 PM

Well, Toyble did some of the God designs, and they noted which ones

I expect some Toyble designs in the fighters, likely Toei as well - but we've heard nothing so far. Maybe once the arc concludes we'll get some similar concepts to what we saw with the Black arc

zsmg Since: Jul, 2011
#60389: Jul 6th 2017 at 1:19:51 AM

preview image for episode 99 from Shounen Jump.

Krillin abandons Team Nerd to be with his wife.

MonsieurThenardier Searching from Murika Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
Searching
#60390: Jul 6th 2017 at 2:14:16 AM

Yeah Goku & Vegeta don't even feel like dads most of the time. They are just so disconnected from their families.
Probably because Vegeta was never meant to be a dad and Toriyama made him one to introduce another Super Saiyan in his signature "make stuff up as I go along" style. The character was created as an expy of General Zod and everything else after that was kinda tacked on.

"It is very easy to be kind; the difficulty lies in being just."
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#60391: Jul 6th 2017 at 2:37:34 AM

Vegeta become a dad well after his introduction, after he had been fleshed out a lot more from his original design - and he has never been compared to General Zod by Toriyama, who hasn't shown that much of an understanding of Superman.

Besides, we've already seen from the manga that he can be more of a dad after he's chilled out and undergone character development. Super even tries to highlight this.

They just don't have him train kid Trunks because they don't seem to want him to be stronger.

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.
#60392: Jul 6th 2017 at 4:36:57 AM

Jiren is doing the five minutes to "get lost" on the video. evil grin

The gods have some nice moves from what I see, I guess. Pennywise seem to have a trollish attack (Or maybe I simply don't understand japanese and i'm imagining things)

I hope we at least get some names for the U9 fighters before their demise.

Seriously, what is the name of that rabbit? She looks out of place with the rest of the fighters there (Everyone looks like a Darkstalkers reject, she looks odd)

edited 6th Jul '17 4:42:44 AM by Tomodachi

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#60393: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:09:23 AM

Krillin abandons Team Nerd to be with his wife.

Thereby proving how appropriate the Team Nerd name is. tongue

edited 6th Jul '17 9:09:40 AM by Lionheart0

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#60394: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:24:24 AM

"Man, fuck you guys, I have a hot wife I could be protecting"

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#60395: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:28:35 AM

[up] Correction. It should be:

"I have a hot wife who could be protecting me."

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#60396: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:42:29 AM

It's just:

I have a hot wife.

Krillin's strategy is to draw fire away from her, thereby protecting dat ass, and then get her to beat up everyone else, thereby saving his own ass.

Truly, a genius move.tongue

One Strip! One Strip!
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
#60397: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:45:50 AM

Truly the greatest things in life come from the pursuit of dat ass.

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
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.
#60398: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:47:21 AM

18 and 17 is already stronger than half of Team Nerd.

Outside of Gohan and Piccolo, Team Nerd are Cannon Fodder.

edited 6th Jul '17 9:49:23 AM by Tomodachi

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#60399: Jul 6th 2017 at 9:55:03 AM

Yeah.

As much as I love that they are getting some time to fight, Toriyama himself spent the entire series establishing that these guys are way too far behind to ever be much good in battle (for Roshi, it happened as far back as the 22nd Budokia, where he willingly stepped aside to let the younger guys rise up).

Now, not only are they trying to fit round pegs into square holes via pretending Roshi, Krillin and Tenshihan matter, but they are also doing bad job of explaining it (they just trained and grew powerful all of a sudden, as though that would matter in any way, shape or form at this point).

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.
#60400: Jul 6th 2017 at 10:01:00 AM

Well, regardless of the plausibility of such, Krillin right now is almost as strong as 18. Him being able to watch her back, and vice-versa, is a good strategy at the moment. Better now than in the Cell Saga, when she was hundreds of times stronger than him.


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