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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72351: Dec 18th 2017 at 6:36:07 PM

But they pronounce it Kefla with an E.

Not "Kafla".

edited 18th Dec '17 6:36:24 PM by slimcoder

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#72352: Dec 18th 2017 at 6:36:08 PM

Yes, sounds dumbboat. It's too awkward to take seriously.

[up]Doesn't make sense or make it better.

edited 18th Dec '17 6:37:00 PM by randomness4

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#72353: Dec 18th 2017 at 6:39:57 PM

I always preferred Gogeta as a name. If I had my way, that would be the name of Goku and Vegeta's fusion. None of this "Potara fusions have different names than Metamoran fusions, even when they contain the same people" nonsense.

edited 18th Dec '17 6:40:53 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#72354: Dec 18th 2017 at 6:41:46 PM

[up][up][up]Kale's Japanese name is "Keru" which makes the fusion's Japanese name "Kefura" so of course they pronounce it like that.

edited 18th Dec '17 6:43:33 PM by LordVatek

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72355: Dec 18th 2017 at 6:42:06 PM

[up][up][up] I'm curious how the dub will pronounce it.

[up] Ah.

Vegerot sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon villain with a rotting vegetable theme.

edited 18th Dec '17 6:42:30 PM by slimcoder

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#72356: Dec 18th 2017 at 6:43:27 PM

[up]I hope it's KAY-fluh.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#72357: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:15:21 PM

So Babidi should be "Bobbidi" and Bibidi should be ""Bibbidi." It doesn't connect as well to Uub, unelss you call him, "Oob."

Boo is how they said it in Cinderella, but Buu is still more common.

I suppose these are fine and you'd get the same point across with either spelling. But Vegerot is an awful name. The ultimate warrior in Dragonball the Manga and he sounds like he was named after rotting vegetables.

edited 18th Dec '17 7:25:13 PM by Soble

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#72358: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:18:12 PM

I understand that "Boo" and "Freeza" are more correct, but nonetheless my personal preference is still for "Buu" and "Frieza". I don't usually go against how the author writes their own characters' names but the latter both look better to me as names, and are more entrenched in my mind as the spellings.

edited 18th Dec '17 7:18:44 PM by LSBK

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#72359: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:19:45 PM

Of course "Uu" is more commonly used...that's why I decided to stop using it.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#72360: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:23:50 PM

I DO use Oob.

And I don't like Vegerot either... but how much worse is rotting vegetables compared vegetables or a damn fridge? I think I dislike it purely for being too different.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#72361: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:23:51 PM

I've only grown comfortable with "Freeza" because TFS made the joke with Trunks saying "Fry-za," and making a mental note to correct the spelling error when he got back to his time.

[up] Fair.

edited 18th Dec '17 7:24:32 PM by Soble

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72362: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:26:04 PM

Everyone learning the Kaioken would have just required adjusting the power scale so that it didn't matter. It might have been enough for maybe Piccolo to keep up, but he probably could have anyway if Toriyama had really wanted him to. And that's ignoring that it wouldn't have been enough for pretty much anyone but him and maybe 18 or something.

I'm used to Frieza but I think I've been trying to use Freeza more lately. I don't care much either way.

edited 18th Dec '17 7:27:06 PM by Arha

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#72363: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:27:34 PM

I'd argue anyone could have if Toriyama had wanted them to.

But as you said, he had no intention of that.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#72364: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:28:43 PM

As I said, when you stress the second syllable of Vegerot, it sounds much better.

Besides, I like names that don't require knowledge of the Japanese version.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72365: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:30:02 PM

I'm wondering if Kelfa might be a sooner arriving DLC character for Fighter Z so we can hear her dub voice before the anime shows it.

If Arc Sys can make Black a very new character playable while incorporating all the shit he did on the anime & then some I believe that once the game is out she'll be one of the first DLC characters they'll work on.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#72366: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:30:10 PM

Kaio-ken is better off gone. Like Arha said, it wouldn't made anyone relevant again because Toriyama didn't want that. So it's just bloat at that point and the same visual on everyone would be boring.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#72367: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:54:17 PM

Then what was the point of it?

Why was it introduced just to be thrown away? As it is, you could have just had Goku power up give him the Spirit Bomb!

What good was it to give him that technique and then replace it with something even better one arc later? Goku didn't need both (and since he got rid of Kaioken afterwards, you could say double on that).

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hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#72368: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:58:45 PM

What if Toriyama, all of a sudden, decided to make all of the humans god-tier? Through whatever random bullshit.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#72369: Dec 18th 2017 at 7:58:47 PM

It had a point when only goku had it. It was the first thing to give him multiple, clear levels of power so he can fight villains with visibly more power than their henchmen. The visual is also unique when only Goku has it

Thatd be dumb, give us too many god characters to handle and he'd probably get bored of it later

edited 18th Dec '17 8:00:10 PM by Saiga

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#72370: Dec 18th 2017 at 8:00:53 PM

It's not like Kaioken would make the Humans any less unique, since they all use the same generic white aura everyone else already uses anyway. That argument never really held weight with me.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72371: Dec 18th 2017 at 8:01:55 PM

I'd rather just get a good cast shake-up.

Yeah its too much work to make the old guard relevant again.

Just let them retire in peace & fill in the vacant spots with new interesting characters.

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#72372: Dec 18th 2017 at 8:05:34 PM

[up] That would be good except those old school characters are popular.

edited 18th Dec '17 8:06:14 PM by GAP

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#72373: Dec 18th 2017 at 8:07:45 PM

Viz translation also goes with Lord of Lords for Supreme Kai. What do you think of that one?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#72374: Dec 18th 2017 at 8:09:51 PM

[up][up] the white is neutral but the red has a tint over their whole body and washes out colour differences in what they were wearing

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#72375: Dec 18th 2017 at 8:14:01 PM

And Kaioken is meant to be used in short bursts. If the Humans had it, they wouldn't use it non-stop all throughout a fight, they would use it in quick bursts to accentuate individual attacks, and adding a flash of color to a fight every now and then wouldn't be a bad thing.

edited 18th Dec '17 8:15:40 PM by PushoverMediaCritic


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