I'm already missing the Trio De Dangers and the rest of the U9 team. They seemed like good people who went through hardship and came out of it strong. They didn't deserve their fate.
Why not? He's just evil Goku in terms of strength. Unless you're referring to the manga, which is a clusterfuck.
edited 9th Jul '17 1:39:06 PM by PushoverMediaCritic
That was a crazy episode! That barrier form is pretty neat, though I wonder how Goku and Vegeta can breath with that on. The fights were pretty neat too, and despite how shitty Universe 9 is, I still felt bad when they were erased.
Now to wait for next week, Krillin and 18 vs Jium the Bird and Smug Shousa!
The manga is less of a clusterfuck than the anime, which has Goku Black seemingly unable to use any of the interim SS forms (while Goku can no trouble), not really matching Goku's strength in any way and having really inconsistent showings (especially against characters like Trunks).
It's more like anime Black doesn't stand out because everyone's strength is confusing, inconsistent and unexplained in the anime.
What do you mean? Black only used two forms the entire time: Saiyan Beyond God, which was slightly stronger than Super Saiyan 3, and Super Saiyan Rose, which is just Super Saiyan 1 combined with Saiyan Beyond God, same as Super Saiyan Blue, except it looked different because of Zamasu's soul.
If anything, the manga's approach of having Black be as strong as he is, then having Super Saiyan 1 and Super Saiyan Rose on top of that as separate forms and tiers of power is just utter nonsense.
edited 9th Jul '17 1:59:42 PM by PushoverMediaCritic
That was a few pages back, but ok.
I was mostly joking, but if Raditz had never come to Earth looking for Goku in the first place, then There never would have been a situation where Vegeta and Nappa learned about the Dragonballs and came looking for them.
One Strip! One Strip!You know, Rob occasionally likes to beat the dead horse of "Bulma should make powered armor", but I just remembered that she's actually created something just as powerful as he hopes powered armor would be. Remember the force field from the beginning of the Future Trunks arc that was able to contain SS2 Goku and SS2 Trunks' battle?
Let me put that into perspective: if Super Perfect Cell came back during the tournament, Bulma would be able to contain him within that force field effortlessly, and he wouldn't be able to break out. Bulma has access to technology that can defeat and imprison any villain in the series up to Buu. That's assuming she didn't make any improvements to it since the Future Trunks arc, and this is Bulma, so of course she would've.
edited 9th Jul '17 3:41:46 PM by PushoverMediaCritic
So wait, the dub explained Super Saiyan Blue as both using Super Saiyan God without needing the ritual, and as a Saiyan who achieved Super Saiyan God, is now at that same level of power on their own, and that this is the Super Saiyan level of that. Did anyone catch that?
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!It was a very powerful and well-directed moment. Assuming the next six times are just as powerful, this might be the most tragic and heartbreaking arc of the series, especially since they're probably going to be spaced out at regular intervals throughout the arc. Hell, just U9's erasure by itself was fuckin' horrifying and sad.
Because, it ultimately leads to the problem of why you would design all of these characters, if you're just going to kill 90% of them off in the same arc they're introduced in.
x5 Except you also had Roshi and King Kai say that Goku just found a way to use Super Saiyan God on his own, before having Goku himself explain it as basically having the power of Super Saiyan God in your base state and then going Super Saiyan on top of that; basically going Super Saiyan as a Super Saiyan God. Which in and of itself doesn't really flow with how it was originally described in the original dub, as simply "a Saiyan with the power of a Super Saiyan God as a Super Saiyan;" this makes it sound like it could be either a Saiyan with the power of a Super Saiyan God going Super Saiyan, or as a Saiyan who has the power of a Super Saiyan God as a Super Saiyan, basically making Super Saiyan a conduit for the godly power.
edited 9th Jul '17 5:05:41 PM by Ssj3Gojira
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!Did they scream?
If they don't scream, it won't be worth it.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.

But who would create a rule like that in the first place? Seriously, more than half of the things introduced in this series need an actual explanation of some kind.
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!