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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
#70626: Dec 4th 2017 at 12:48:46 PM

[up] He's a Christina Aguilera fan?

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#70627: Dec 4th 2017 at 1:10:45 PM

My guess is he's talking to himself, saying that he *should* have said something to his brother before Champa vanished.

Either that or he's adressing Champa, saying he wished Champa would have said something to him.

Or that he's sad Champa isn't around and he already misses their arguments.

Could be a lot of things, really. But the specifics don't really matter much. The common thread is his begrudging sadness over the death of his brother.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#70628: Dec 4th 2017 at 1:17:59 PM

Awwww skinny old Beerus does have a heart. tongue

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#70629: Dec 4th 2017 at 1:27:38 PM

I think Beerus is the best character super introduced.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Fedetropes Call me Blast, not Fedetropes from Doomed universe Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Call me Blast, not Fedetropes
#70630: Dec 4th 2017 at 1:39:52 PM

[up]technically it wasn't super that introduced him, it was battle of gods

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hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#70631: Dec 4th 2017 at 2:49:37 PM

I thought he was asking Champa (to himself) after he was erased to say something. Instead of just making a face at him.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#70632: Dec 4th 2017 at 3:17:23 PM

[up]

I could buy that.

Aside from the moments everyone's already mentioned, I'd also add Roshi beefing up and firing off the first on-screen Kamehameha Wave.

Oh yeah. That is a good one.

One Strip! One Strip!
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#70633: Dec 4th 2017 at 4:40:08 PM

I like the first appearance of Super Saiyan Goku, but not the one you'd think. I'm talking about when Frieza goes to shoot Gohan and then Goku just pops up in front of him and smashes his hand with this ungodly pissed-off look on his face.

The legend has returned.
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#70634: Dec 4th 2017 at 4:53:48 PM

The Ultra Instinct transformation could have been great and it had a fantastic start but it fell on its face hard. As it stands, I'm waiting for Goku to master it before delivering a final judgement but the initial transformation was disappointing.

This song needs more love.
DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#70635: Dec 4th 2017 at 4:55:40 PM

I actually like that it isn't something Goku just has control over the instant he gets it. This is supposed to be something that is incredibly difficult to do, and Goku is having a hard time even activating it, let alone using it effectively.

No doubt by the end of the Tournament he'll have mastered it enough to have defeated Jiren, but...

edited 4th Dec '17 4:55:47 PM by DarkHunter

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#70636: Dec 4th 2017 at 5:17:22 PM

I suppose the moments of the series I always associate with it are villain related ones. The shot of Freeza leering down at everyone after transforming into his final form, basking in their horror. The panel of Cell dragging the old man, just before absorbing him. The beam battle between Goku and Vegeta, particularly the lead up as Vegeta stops playing around...

The moment that sticks with me the most, though, is Piccolo blasting through Goku's shoulder, and the subsequent torture. It's one of the first moments I think of when I think Dragonball. It's (and Piccolo and his father in general) always represented to me Dragonball's flow from its early days to its later days.

TwistedGear Don't know how to pilot this thing Since: Jun, 2014
Don't know how to pilot this thing
#70637: Dec 4th 2017 at 5:29:47 PM

[up][up][up] Wait, this is the first I heard of someone having problems with Ultra Instinct, what didn't you like about it?

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#70638: Dec 4th 2017 at 5:34:06 PM

[up]The form itself? Nothing, it's awesome. Goku losing it and getting curb stomped once again was really anti-climactic, though. Like, it was barely better than Blue's first fight.

edited 4th Dec '17 5:34:30 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#70639: Dec 4th 2017 at 5:35:10 PM

How else will Toriyama drag this arc out til March though?

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#70640: Dec 4th 2017 at 5:46:25 PM

It's not like Jiren curbstomped Ultra Instinct Goku though. It konked out and then Jiren tossed him aside because he was no threat to him without it. It's not really the same thing as Golden Frieza just being stronger than Blue Goku.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#70641: Dec 4th 2017 at 5:49:00 PM

I don't mind that, and I like them having the form take some time to master to keep it from immediately worfing. It didn't lose in its first use, beat an opponent in its second use, and will probably be stronger once mastered.

It does feel a lot weaker in its second appearance though.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#70642: Dec 4th 2017 at 6:02:17 PM

I'd be far more okay with it if it didn't feel like obvious padding.

This song needs more love.
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#70643: Dec 4th 2017 at 6:06:33 PM

The stuff with UI isn't padding. That's building it up more, with the first transformation being the first build up instead of the cultimation (as previous transformations were).

The stuff around it is padding as fuck but that's been the whole tournament.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#70644: Dec 4th 2017 at 6:11:49 PM

Well yeah, that's kind of what I mean. Goku should have gotten UI and then spent the rest of the arc trying to master it while fighting Jiren instead of losing it, Jiren screwing off, and then spending who knows how many episodes on unrelated stuff.

edited 4th Dec '17 6:14:41 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#70645: Dec 4th 2017 at 6:19:18 PM

UI isn't the only thing that matters.

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#70646: Dec 4th 2017 at 6:34:57 PM

As far as single images go, Gohan and Buu staring down was one of my favorite scenes in the Buu saga.

Also, damn Buu. You tall.

TwistedGear Don't know how to pilot this thing Since: Jun, 2014
Don't know how to pilot this thing
#70647: Dec 4th 2017 at 7:08:40 PM

[up] I thought it was cool too, but I feel like I'm also alone in thinking there was something seriously wrong with Gohan during his ultimate transformation. Like, he wasn't thinking straight, he was trying to kill buu using only physical blows, which he really should have known wouldn't work. Ki blasts were the only thing that ever seemed to do any significant damage to Buu and here the supposed scholar of the group is punching him and then taunting him while he's regenerating that damage.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#70648: Dec 4th 2017 at 7:12:56 PM

Buu was regenerating from damn near everything.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#70649: Dec 4th 2017 at 7:22:15 PM

Boo can be taken down by physical blows...

If worn down enough...

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#70650: Dec 4th 2017 at 7:22:20 PM

Somebody mentioned that shot of Goku and Vegeta facing off in the wasteland. I can't find it, but Gohan and Buu recreate that exact shot during their fight, too. It's a neat little nod.

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