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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#66251: Oct 14th 2017 at 9:17:45 PM

[up][up][up][up]Cabba would have solo'd everyone in the Buu saga, so I'm fine with the Namekians being real strong. Just more serial escalation at work lol.

edited 14th Oct '17 9:17:56 PM by Moth13

Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#66252: Oct 14th 2017 at 9:20:57 PM

I mean he can still be exceptional. Two more beings is not that much from an entire race across 2 universes.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#66253: Oct 14th 2017 at 9:28:27 PM

[up][up] I really doubt that. I don't believe that Cabba was intended to be stronger than a Boo arc base Saiyan.

Like, the U 6 Saiyans roughly keeping up with their U 7 counterparts (pre-God) is questionable but I'm willing to let it slide. Piccolo should be different from the Namekians, though, since he was unique (unlike the Saiyans) and pretty much the only thing he had going for him.

[up] He was the only one out of the entire Namekian race. Tripling the number of prodigies is a LOT comparatively.

edited 14th Oct '17 9:28:38 PM by Saiga

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#66254: Oct 14th 2017 at 9:33:37 PM

Jiren Can fight an Ultra Instinct Goku without even truly powering up, and then Punches through TIME ITSELF......

But can he see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#66255: Oct 14th 2017 at 9:50:55 PM

With those simplistic eyes he has? Probably not.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#66256: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:02:50 PM

Well, she was losing the will to fight and she wasn't Super Ribrianne.Remember that in 109, she was overwhelming Goku in Saiyan Beyond God without even going Super. She was probably just having a bad moment but she'll get back in there now that Rozie's helped her get her drive back.

Bruh, no she wasn't. Even without transforming, Goku was countering and dodging all of her attacks.

I know you want to upsell her, but so far in everyone of her fights none of her opponents have actually taken her seriously. It was only Vegeta who finally broke the trend and he proceeded to Curbstomp her.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#66257: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:07:56 PM

I don't really think it even matters how strong Ribrianne is or isn't at this point. She's not contributing to anything, and at this point she most likely won't. She's a joke character, and her joke has worn thin.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:09:37 PM by LSBK

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#66258: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:13:08 PM

Goku was on the ropes and capable of nothing but dodge. Meanwhile, he's complementing her strength and the gods are talking like U2 might win just based on her performance there. They were saying stuff like "that Goku guy can't even fight back". and "her power and resolve are such that she could win the whole thing on her own". Even the narration asked if Goku could beat her! It seems pretty obvious that was supposed to be a serious fight where she had an overwhelming advantage up until Goku went Blue.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:14:25 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#66259: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:14:40 PM

They've been saying that about anyone doing anything even mildly impressive. At this point it just seems more like empty words from the writers because they want to try and convince people that important things are going on even when they're showing obvious padding.

Which is basically everything with Ribrianne outside of the Universe 2 focus episode.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:17:07 PM by LSBK

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#66260: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:16:19 PM

Does anyone actually just shrug off a fighter's average display of skill?

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#66261: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:17:48 PM

That was a fight that went on for two whole episodes and the first quarter of the much hyped special. It wasn't a throwaway fight.

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#66262: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:20:39 PM

That seems amazing, but it probably didn't need to be that length...

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#66263: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:24:39 PM

There is such a thing called padding.

Just cause something is long doesn't necessarily mean its a big deal.

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#66264: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:30:43 PM

Yeah, but it was also part of the special. Ribrianne is one of the most powerful and serious competitors in the tournament, and her love shtick isn't just for show. She even got a scene of actual character development in the latest episode, where she feels like she's disappointing her team and leading them to lose, only for Rozie to slap some sense into her. She is just as much of a magical girl as Toppo is a superhero.

Given how the promotional material's been treating her, she's probably going to be sticking around until the end of the tournament, too, so some of you could stop acting surprised when she's not eliminated every single episode.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#66265: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:32:35 PM

I'm not surprised, I'm annoyed. Barely annoyed, but still annoyed.

It being in the special doesn't actually say anything. It was the prelude, with her being unceremoniously kicked aside by Goku when he was done with her, and then being completely ignored by Jiren because she wasn't worth his time.

And, yes, she had a real moment this episode. Joke characters are allowed to have those while still primarily being joke characters.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:34:22 PM by LSBK

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#66266: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:32:45 PM

I'm with LSBK. I wouldn't read too deeply into the dialogue when it comes to generic comments about how strong or skilled fighters are, because it's very likely that the writers are just tossing out whatever sounds exciting or impressive.

Like my example with Hit and Jiren - both Toppo and Hit's lines make it sound like he's taking full force hits from Jiren, but we know he shouldn't be powerful enough to actually take those.

[up][up] That's not really character development.

Also, I'm not surprised either. Her usage is way too repetitive to be surprising.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:33:42 PM by Saiga

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#66267: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:37:21 PM

I'm honestly laughing at how hard Pushover is trying shill Ribrainne, it's downright hilarious.

"Oh man guys, she's putting Goku on the ropes despite him not even using his full power. HOLY SHIT SHE'S AWESOME, TOP CONTENDER FOR SURE."

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#66268: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:37:35 PM

I would read into the dialogue when two people are fighting and all of the dialogue is hyping up one of them. It was the same thing with Goku vs Jiren, nobody was talking about how strong Goku is because everyone was shitting themselves over Jiren. If Goku was supposed to be stronger than Ribrianne, than there would've been even one person saying that, up to and including Goku, who joins the chorus of "she's really strong".

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#66269: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:38:53 PM

Ribrianne has not had an impressive showing so far, but the "oh no we can't do anything." "No, we gotta have resolve!" moment makes me think they're going somewhere with this.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:39:16 PM by Moth13

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#66270: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:39:40 PM

Yes and then Goku makes quick of her as soon as he uses Blue. Such a strong and capable fighter. And then she has trouble against Vegeta in base form.

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#66271: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:43:56 PM

Well, Blue's not that far off from Saiyan Beyond God, and she was utterly unharmed by Goku's Blue kick.

And before you start about Saiyan Beyond God, or whatever it's called, give me an alternative satisfactory explanation for 4th Form Freeza beating Jimmies and Frost effortlessly when we know that Jimmies is stronger than base Gohan and Frost is close to Super Saiyan 1 Vegeta.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#66272: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:45:52 PM

I think the issue is you assuming these things have satisfactory answers in the first place instead of just being wildly inconsistent.

Larfleeze Agent Orange Since: May, 2009
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#66273: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:46:37 PM

What’s the deal with the U6 Namekians? They don’t get introduced properly, they just kind of show up after the tournament is half over, no one mentions them (including their own teammates), and I’m pretty sure in the show itself it’s never even said that they’re from U6.

It’s really odd.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:46:54 PM by Larfleeze

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#66274: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:50:54 PM

They showed up in a group shot of U6 a couple episodes ago, but yeah they have gotten surprisingly little fanfare.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#66275: Oct 14th 2017 at 10:51:32 PM

So fucking weird.

They should kinda be a bigger deal.

edited 14th Oct '17 10:51:44 PM by slimcoder

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