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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#69226: Nov 22nd 2017 at 2:17:38 AM

Nah, but future Trunks is pedo for kid Mai if that helps

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#69227: Nov 22nd 2017 at 2:19:16 AM

Not gonna be honest, that's a little disgusting.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#69228: Nov 22nd 2017 at 3:53:26 AM

You know it just occurred to me. The Tournament of Power needed strong people.

Shame Goku iced this guy. Maybe Beerus could have scared Copy-Vegeta into submission, I mean, real-Vegeta was scared sh'tless of him.

Two Vegeta's couldn't have hurt.

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
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.
#69229: Nov 22nd 2017 at 4:01:46 AM

Nah, Copy Vegeta was only as strong as real Vegeta and could only exist while real Vegeta was on the verge of dying, completely devoid of energy. Watagash might've been good, he couldn't have been worse than Freeza.

Fedetropes Call me Blast, not Fedetropes from Doomed universe Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Call me Blast, not Fedetropes
#69230: Nov 22nd 2017 at 5:15:05 AM

I don't know what's better, the fusion or the story behind it.

¡PONLE QUE DIGA!:"¡HUMONGOSAURIO HASTA LA MUERTE!"
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.
#69231: Nov 22nd 2017 at 5:37:33 AM

That was amazing.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#69232: Nov 22nd 2017 at 6:29:28 AM

So reading Arha's comments, I gotta admit I'll be surprised if he sticks with the series.

It seems like he's enjoying it even less than most people who criticize Super.

I've tried to find some other way to look at the Krillin / 18 thing, but there's no real explanation rather than we want these characters there because plot and they likely just didn't care about any potential sexism.

One Strip! One Strip!
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#69233: Nov 22nd 2017 at 6:56:26 AM

Not everyone in the world cares as much about those things as Americans do, so I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't even cross their mind that someone could take it such way.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#69234: Nov 22nd 2017 at 7:16:37 AM

That sounds more like their problems.

Let's see how far Arha gets before he rage quits. I'm quite curious to find out.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
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
#69235: Nov 22nd 2017 at 7:46:56 AM

Regarding Krillin and 18; my headcanon is that 18 knew that Krillin was insecure about his strength, so she was like, "Okay, I'll let you have this one."

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
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.
#69236: Nov 22nd 2017 at 7:54:31 AM

She's a very supportive wife, and Krillin's self-esteem needs her.

118 spoilers: "Accelerating Tragedy: A Universe Vanishes..!" Gohan and Piccolo's tough fight! Gohan and Piccolo struggle against the desperate attacks of Universe 6's final warriors, Saonel and Pirina! Piccolo therefore thinks up a method of attack their opponents won't expect. Freeza this week: Freeza tries to attack the paralyzed Zarbuto (yellow old man superhero Tuffle) and co., but is infuriated when Goku's energy blast knocks Zarbuto and co. out of bounds?!

So they're very deliberately keeping the identity of the eliminated universe a mystery between 2 and 6 at this point.

edited 22nd Nov '17 7:56:56 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#69237: Nov 22nd 2017 at 7:56:58 AM

It definitely looks like the last two apart from 7 and 11 will be 3 and 4, who I'd have pegged as the most expendable mere days ago.

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.
#69238: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:02:46 AM

Hell, considering how U4's bugs are springing into action in 119, Universe 3 might actually be among the last three universes in the whole tournament! People were complaining that the universe of robots was 'wasted' when we very well might have a Toriyama pulled on us and they could be the winners!

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#69239: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:20:11 AM

Thing is, I don't feel like they are any less wasted by being kept on the stage longer.

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.
#69240: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:30:08 AM

What if they win? Toriyama does like his subverted expectations, after all... Assuming the best fighter doesn't necessarily have to come from the winning universe, they'll keep that fighter alive for them to make their wish to Zalama.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#69241: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:36:17 AM

That's... I don't see how that would do anything for U3, honestly. Like yeah, Toriyama does his "subverting expectations" thing, and it's basically a gag with all the top contestants knocking each other out so some random guy wins... but it's not going to make U3 any more interesting, just part of a punchline for a joke that would be this entire arc.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#69242: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:41:13 AM

"Subverting expectations" is not automatically a good thing, and like Shulgo said, just having random robots we've basically had no focus on winning doesn't suddenly make them interesting.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#69243: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:52:51 AM

[up]

No it is not.

In fact,I've honestly started to think that Toriyama cares more about subverting expectations than doing what makes the most sense for the story at times.

One Strip! One Strip!
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#69244: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:54:43 AM

How often does he actually subvert expectations? I think people greatly overstate that aspect of his writing.

This song needs more love.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#69245: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:56:25 AM

Gohan beat Cell.

Aside from that, I got nothing.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#69246: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:57:28 AM

Universes 2, 4, 6, and 11 were advertised a while back on that calendar with their respective fighters (Ribrianne, Damon, Kale, Caulifla and Jiren). This means that at the moment, those are the main story-related universes. Universe 3, despite having the most fighters aside from Universe 7, seems mostly there for fodder/filler fights. Whether Universe 2 or 6 goes down next, Universe 3 will still be insignificant to the story in the long run.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#69247: Nov 22nd 2017 at 8:58:19 AM

[up][up]And that was foreshadowed to hell and back.

This song needs more love.
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.
#69248: Nov 22nd 2017 at 9:06:08 AM

[up][up] Universe 3 is more important to the future of this tournament than either Kale of Caulifla.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#69249: Nov 22nd 2017 at 10:50:26 AM

Does that really mean anything.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#69250: Nov 22nd 2017 at 11:48:59 AM

That's an incredibly skewed way of measuring importance.


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