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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
#70401: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:14:38 PM

In case anyone wanted it, here's Champa's goodbye in gif form.

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#70402: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:15:37 PM

I was expecting a side head turn.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#70403: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:17:11 PM

I did like how 18 joined in on the fun with pretending to be bad guys. It's so unlike her that I got a chuckle out of it.

One Strip! One Strip!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#70404: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:21:28 PM

Know what else isn't inspired? Saiyans getting more transformations. At least this is something interesting.

I don't really see how. I mean, interesting is subjective but this served the exact same purpose of transformation, except they didn't even change appearance. And I don't think we've known these guys nearly long enough for it to carry emotional weight. Same thing about how we don't know anyone they fused with.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#70405: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:24:38 PM

I don't really care that it didn't change appearance.

The implications behind it are interesting, is all. It's not just the Saiyans changing their hairstyle.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#70406: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:26:22 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]Vados even does a little bow as he goes. I guess for all her joking she does care.

[up][up]I thought there was plenty emotional weight from the inherent darkness of so many people giving their lives to try stop the destruction of their universe. Piccolo's mind flashes made me feel it, personally.

lmao.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:26:29 PM by Moth13

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#70408: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:29:07 PM

Honestly for Champa that was downright Facing Death with Dignity.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:29:45 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#70409: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:30:37 PM

What I'm hearing now really doesn't make me want to continue watching this.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#70410: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:34:27 PM

Well its just drama, I don't see why it would make you not want to watch it.

Though it depends on your feelings on the U6 characters.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:38:37 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#70412: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:38:33 PM

This opening was so misleading.

  • Kale actually looks intimidating in her base form here, but she's actually a shrinking violet type character.
  • The fight between Goku and Jiren seems evenly matched in the opening. When we actually see them fight, they are not evenly-matched.
    • All of the Pride troopers are positioned together, giving the implication that Kale is involved with them.
  • Ribrianne wasn't Vegeta's primary foe or even all that important really.
    • Jiren is shown as Goku's "main enemy," but Jiren barely gave a hoot about Goku until his GOD told him to go after Goku.
  • Ultra Instinct Goku hasn't smiled once, and the aura is completely different.
  • Goku hasn't demonstrated any advanced ki techniques in this arc. I guess he did the Spirit Ball thing against Kale,
  • Buu... damn it.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:39:48 PM by Soble

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#70413: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:39:14 PM

I thought there was plenty emotional weight from the inherent darkness of so many people giving their lives to try stop the destruction of their universe. Piccolo's mind flashes made me feel it, personally.

Huh, different strokes I guess. It the same reason caring about any of these universes getting erased is hard. Although, I suppose this is different because those people are gone no matter what happens.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#70414: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:40:11 PM

[up] Hey its a darkly cool thing even if it was for one episode.

I thought it was a pretty great concept.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:41:26 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#70415: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:40:58 PM

Not that I care that they were erased, mind you. Just thought the idea of them merging all of their race into one warrior was cool.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#70416: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:45:55 PM

I find it odd that they merged their whole race into two warriors rather than one, though.

Fusions are more powerful than the sum of their parts, especially Namekian fusion. If Saonel and Pirina had fused together the resulting Omega Namekian would be, like, Jiren-tier.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#70417: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:46:56 PM

I don't think it was supposed to be every Namekian. Did they say that and I just didn't notice?

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#70418: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:48:30 PM

I liked 18 calling herself the goddess of Universe 7 when she and 17 were doing the villain roleplaying. And Piccolo seeing Nail and Kami was a nice emotional moment.

I cracked up at her and 17 looking to Goku to also join in on the villainous monologue.

Gehayadren Bad Movie Binge Collector from A Garbage Fire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#70419: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:48:37 PM

Drinking game:

Take a drink every time someone in the To P gets eliminated.

Ha ha ha. What a story, Mark.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#70420: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:54:01 PM

Wouldn't that be low stakes...?

Thanks to Gif formatting...seeing Champ's gesture doesn't seem rude.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:54:50 PM by randomness4

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bobg Since: Nov, 2012
#70421: Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:56:16 PM

As much as I hate to admit it, the reveal that Ribrianne did NOT kill those two, coupled with her facing death with dignity, made me feel a teensy weensy bit sorry for her when she was erased. Don't get me wrong, she's still a huge jerk, and I don't like her, but for me, it invoked Alas, Poor Scrappy. Not that it really matters though, since all the universes will probably be brought back in the end.

Also, yeah Pushover Movie Critic, you were right and I was wrong. It was still disproportionate of her to blast and injure them like that over something so trivial, but Vegeta did the same thing to Nok at the end of DBZ, so it's not like she did anything worse than him. Actually, he's worse since he has a history as a space pirate. So i'd be invoking Protagonist-Centered Morality to still hold that against her while giving him a free pass.

Does anyone wanna take any guesses as to how long it will take for Universe 3 to be eliminated? They have twice as many members left as 4 or 11, second only to 7.

edited 2nd Dec '17 7:57:41 PM by bobg

jjj
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#70422: Dec 2nd 2017 at 8:06:00 PM

I like this tournament but it stretches the willing suspension of disbelief that Universe 7 would be the sole focus of the fight, even accounting for Bergamo's speech.

Like, what are the rest of the universes doing whenever Universe 7 has no available reps to fight? Just standing around waiting for their turn?

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#70423: Dec 2nd 2017 at 8:13:08 PM

That double Kamehameha at the end was pretty cool.

Pretty great episode overall, and the erasures had enough weight to them,

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#70424: Dec 2nd 2017 at 8:19:16 PM

Gohan and Piccolo got to be awesome, and the U6 Namekians got to be awesome too. That one's going up there on the "best fights in the Tournament" list.

As for the Androids + Goku vs the U2 dregs... I really didn't expect them to do Magical Girl transformations. Kind of funny. But the humor wore off when they were literally the same transformations and powers the Kamikaze Fireballs had.

Still, I will say that U2 managed to go out with grace. Not just the warriors but the whole damn universe, by the looks of it. I didn't like them much, but credit where it's due. Also, Androids + Goku getting into the whole routine was pretty funny.

So, next time U4 unveils their trump card. And U3 is still... there. I really hope U3 actually does something other than fill out the numbers and exist.

And U11 continues to just stand around looking like they should be surrounded by Jojo's menacing sound effects.

edited 2nd Dec '17 8:23:32 PM by DarkHunter

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#70425: Dec 2nd 2017 at 8:29:53 PM

Like, what are the rest of the universes doing whenever Universe 7 has no available reps to fight? Just standing around waiting for their turn?

You basically don't exist when you're not on screen.


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