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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#73476: Dec 29th 2017 at 12:01:24 PM

If you have or discount the characters who have had longer and more established character arcs, saying Kale had a decent one is kind of meaningless because you're comparing her to characters who literally don't matter :V

And yea, making Kale a Broly reference was a really bad move. Especially since, unlike Broly, she has no stated reason to actually be this strong. So she can toss around SSB because that's what Broly did and Broly is cool I guess. But then she struggles against Goku at SS 2 in a supposedly more powerful state while teaming with Caulifa. Consistency, what is that.

She's definitely the more problematic of the two between her and Caulifa.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
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.
#73477: Dec 29th 2017 at 12:03:31 PM

As will be shown later, Goku was definitely holding back while in Blue against Kale.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#73478: Dec 29th 2017 at 12:41:47 PM

Yea man, he was just pretending to get his ass kicked. But he had that fight under control the whole time. Just trying to put her in a false sense of security.

edited 29th Dec '17 12:42:11 PM by BlackYakuzu94

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#73479: Dec 29th 2017 at 12:54:04 PM

Doesn't that make Kakarrot seem sooo evil?

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#73480: Dec 29th 2017 at 12:54:39 PM

It probably would have been better if she just didn't fight Goku until the bit that happens later. That way, they wouldn't have had to mess up Blue like that.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#73481: Dec 29th 2017 at 1:07:04 PM

Goku goes from getting ragdolled by Kale, to fighting both Caulifla and Kale at the same time...while exhausted.....in a weaker form than SSB.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#73482: Dec 29th 2017 at 1:37:32 PM

Caulifla is just Goku in the body of a teenage girl.

There's a dirty joke here, but I can't quite get it right.

Goku may be in the body of a teenage girl, but Captain Ginyu and Zamasu have both been in Goku's, for what it's worth.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#73484: Dec 29th 2017 at 2:17:54 PM

What's with villains wanting to steal Goku's body all the time?

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#73486: Dec 29th 2017 at 2:19:52 PM

Goku has the kind of body you just want.

Even Mr. Perfect Cell wants to get in there. tongue

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#73487: Dec 29th 2017 at 2:38:19 PM

But Imperfect Cell wants the opposite.

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agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#73488: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:29:49 PM

Hmmm, absorb by tail or a wad of gum.

Decisions, decisions.

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.
#73489: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:31:15 PM

I can't believe how long it took me until now to figure out how Magetta's fingers slot into his hands. His fingers have two distinct sections to them, with a hard corner marking the point where they meet. The part of his fingers that is visible when they're retracted is only the end section, which curves inward. For the longest time, I thought the part visible when they're retracted was his whole finger, and I was trying to figure out how his finger corners line up with his spherical hands.

edited 29th Dec '17 4:32:53 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#73490: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:32:11 PM

Oh ffs they're seriously starting the transformation sequence from the beginning again? Skiiiip.

Okay so universe two is a walking joke that I don't find funny. Lovely.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#73491: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:33:11 PM

You know, I normally don't have much to say on Super basically changing Videl's entire personality, but it just occurred to me they had a joke/fact about Saiyans enjoying strong-willed/intense women to explain how Vegeta and Bulma, Goku and Chichi can work. So now I find it kind of weird they do that, but then change Videl from that as well.

edited 29th Dec '17 4:39:28 PM by LSBK

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.
#73492: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:34:07 PM

[up][up]Constantly repeating transformation sequences to save on animation is a staple of the Magical Girl genre. That part's not even a parody, that's just accurate.

edited 29th Dec '17 4:34:23 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#73493: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:35:08 PM

I mean, but they way they did it was clearly a joke that didn't land for a lot of people.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#73494: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:35:13 PM

[up][up][up] Well Gohan is a half-breed so.......

[up][up][up][up] I felt so bad for 17 there.

Yeah well being a parody doesn't excuse it if the joke doesn't land. Even then its not a universal rule.

edited 29th Dec '17 4:37:00 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#73495: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:36:36 PM

And it's a joke that just so happens to waste my time and save Toei or whoever money. No thanks.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#73496: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:36:49 PM

It's hypocritical to parody that when genuinely using that to save on animation. Which is definitely what they're doing, because they recycle/loop animation in various other places of the TOP.

Also, don't worry Arha - Kale and U 2 will be getting plenty of screentime!

[up]x5 Huh, that's a good point. I guess hybrids don't count lol

edited 29th Dec '17 4:37:15 PM by Saiga

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#73497: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:37:03 PM

Magetta is a character I low-key adore.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#73498: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:40:35 PM

Oh, so Librianne is going to be subject to loads of low key 'ha ha she's fat' jokes? Classy as I would expect from Super. This time it was 'ha ha looks we gave her a panty shot except, get this, she's fat so it's not fanservicey!' And then she's too gross for Vegeta to hit.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#73499: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:41:34 PM

The funny thing about TOP is that they will sometimes have this random explosions littering the arena to make it seem like there's some serious fighting going on that we don't get to see. [lol]

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#73500: Dec 29th 2017 at 4:41:58 PM

Speaking of parody's that's why I like the manga Pride Troopers better than the anime.

Because their not Sentai parody's. They feel like genuine superheroes not retreads of an already done joke.

Jiren is Goddamn Superman & that's awesome. [awesome]

[up] Yeah that was funny. tongue

edited 29th Dec '17 4:42:53 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

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