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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#71501: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:29:43 PM

Mentally adult, physically a child

There is no relationship she can have that isnt gross

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#71502: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:30:10 PM

I need an adult.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#71503: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:30:55 PM

[up][up]

What about with Emperor Pilaf....

...You win this round Saiga.

One Strip! One Strip!
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#71504: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:34:31 PM

Would it be more weird for her to date kid Trunks, or Future Trunks to hit on her?

Or are they both just gross situations....think I'm gonna go with this option.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#71505: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:35:53 PM

Thank shonen chastity that their relationship never really gets explicit.

I just fanon them as very close friends & thats it.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#71506: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:45:11 PM

^^ Little difference since either way it's pedophilia.

Why does the richest woman on earth only have an elementary school student, a dog and an imp for assistants?

edited 10th Dec '17 8:45:34 PM by Arha

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#71507: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:48:25 PM

@Arha: No one else could bear to work for someone with her kind of personality.

De Romanīs, lingua Latina gloriosa non fuī.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#71508: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:49:48 PM

Slightly annoying and selfish but otherwise really generous?

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#71509: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:51:11 PM

I'm gonna assume she's either really cheap or wants someone she can really boss around with no way of fighting back.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#71510: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:51:12 PM

[up][up]It's entirely possible I'm just having Namek saga flashbacks.

edited 10th Dec '17 8:51:42 PM by MightyMatilda

De Romanīs, lingua Latina gloriosa non fuī.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#71511: Dec 10th 2017 at 8:53:46 PM

^^ Oh, like an intern.

Man, if it only it had been raining when Black blasted Mai. It would have cleaned that terribly dangerous dirt off of her.

edited 10th Dec '17 8:56:55 PM by Arha

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#71512: Dec 10th 2017 at 9:06:37 PM

My take on it as that Trunks insisted they stick around, and they just started insinuating themselves into Capsule Corp. IIRC there's at least one point where she's irritated that Pilaf is meddling with her inventions, but allows it to happen because he's good at it.

As for Mai, my only problem with her relationship with Trunks is that they don't do anything with it. Fluff if nice, but just having her around to have cute moment with Trunks (or Future Trunks) makes the elephant in the room more awkward, especially when every once in a while they run a "Pilaf Gang pathetically tries to take over the world" episode. If they're going to have them keep their real identities a secret, maybe have someone find out. If they're going to have them still scheme to take over the world, then I dunno, have that make the jump to an actual (comedic) plot point of one of Super's actually-rather-decent slice of life / comedy episodes. If she and Trunks are going to be an Official Couple, fine - just do something. If they're going to use them as recurrers, then they should actually write them that way. If not, then they shouldn't bother.

I mentioned a few pages back that while I like the current Pilaf Gang, a main problem I feel they have is that they're just... there, and the series doesn't seem to know whether they want to weave them back in fully as supporting characters or not, so they're trying to make some odd place between supporting characters with running gags attached and straight up walking gags, and it's... off. Mai and her relationship with Trunks are the biggest sufferers from that sort of thing, because the fact that it's a really awkward situation is never really addressed at the same time them being adults in kids' bodies gets jokes attached to it. I assumed they were going to do something in the Future Trunks arc (in particular, I got the idea that Bulma knew but wasn't saying anything, which would've been fun), but then it never happened.

edited 10th Dec '17 9:14:40 PM by KnownUnknown

Larfleeze Agent Orange Since: May, 2009
Agent Orange
#71513: Dec 10th 2017 at 9:06:51 PM

Bulma remembers that Pilaf and co tried to have her executed so she’s getting revenge.

Do you know what people want the most? Something somebody else has.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#71514: Dec 10th 2017 at 9:11:18 PM

Huh. Did Spopovich give Videl brain damaged when he beat the crap out of her? Her personality is totally different so I was wondering if her head took a few too many blows.

edited 10th Dec '17 9:11:26 PM by Arha

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#71515: Dec 10th 2017 at 9:14:50 PM

The general excuse is motherhood caused her to become more calmer & such.

Then again 18 still has her generally snarky & uncaring self so that reasoning may be a bit bunk.

Has she become a more traditional yamato nadeshiko?

edited 10th Dec '17 9:15:33 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#71516: Dec 10th 2017 at 9:21:52 PM

The best thing you can say about Mom Videl is that, unlike Bulma, she can tell that her significant other isn't cheating on her.

Also:

@Arha: No one else could bear to work for someone with her kind of personality.

One Strip! One Strip!
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#71517: Dec 10th 2017 at 10:19:38 PM

Japan's s ideas on what it means to be pure always comes across as a little... odd... to me. Not in a bad way since it makes sense, but still odd. Though Gowasu holding up Zamasu's purity as an indication of good character is also a little odd and this time in a bad way.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#71518: Dec 11th 2017 at 12:53:10 AM

Damon and Gamisaras were hinted at at least 3 times before 119, even if they didn't ring-out anyone til then.

  • Tien sensing them before the tourney began
  • Faint footsteps when Hit took an unconsious Kale away from Jiren
  • Faint footsteps when the various fighters stepped up against Jiren after Goku exploded

Still though, it could've been more fun if they were actually fighting others instead of just running all over the arena undetected. And if they wanted to play it safe they should've stayed undetected, that way U4 could've lasted til the end. Poor Shantsa too, his illusions combined with Dercori's magic could've been unstoppable.

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#71519: Dec 11th 2017 at 4:16:57 AM

@Arha: Just because something's from a Japanese franchise doesn't mean the rest of the country agrees with it.

De Romanīs, lingua Latina gloriosa non fuī.
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#71520: Dec 11th 2017 at 4:18:18 AM

Huh. Did Spopovich give Videl brain damaged when he beat the crap out of her? Her personality is totally different so I was wondering if her head took a few too many blows.

She caught the wuss virus from Gohan. tongue

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#71521: Dec 11th 2017 at 4:41:26 AM

[up][up]Anime is a collective...

It's just too common a thing...

[up]Is that why she stopped fighting helicopters?

edited 11th Dec '17 4:42:03 AM by randomness4

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
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.
#71522: Dec 11th 2017 at 6:18:18 AM

Episode 123 leaked title (it doesn't really spoil much, due to vagueness): "Full Body, Full Spirit, Full Power Released!"

Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#71523: Dec 11th 2017 at 9:03:22 AM

@Saiga

Are we sure about that? Because kid Mai doesn't act mature or adult like, especially compared to Future Mai.

Then again, the Pilaf Gang were never all that mature, even before they were de-aged. They all think hang holding is "too forward" after all.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#71524: Dec 11th 2017 at 9:04:50 AM

I remember a line that goes something like "Huh Pilaf, it's really weird that you talk like an old man even though you're a kid".

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#71525: Dec 11th 2017 at 9:05:41 AM

Mai was basically a (wo)Manchild long before she got deaged. That's the only reason I can see for her to stick around two morons like Shu and Pilaf.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

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