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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15576: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:06:45 PM

I don't think a power level of 10 is what made Goku immune to bullets.

I mean. It probably helped, but.

Master Roshi advised against going up against the Red Ribbon Army. And General Blue was pretty strong and seemed to think that bullets tend to kill things.

I think a human with a high power level can deflect bullets when they know they're coming, but it seems like what happened with Goku is just Saiyans having stupidly dense bones, skin, and muscle.

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#15577: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:06:46 PM

  • SUPER BUU: I want to fight them now!
  • PICCOLO: Just give them a little more time.
  • SUPER BUU: You will bring them before me NOOOOWWWW!!!
  • PICCOLO: Fine, I'll take you to them, I just—
  • ANDROID 18: And, done. *throws energy ball*
  • SUPER BUU: RAAAARGH! *vaporized completely*
  • PICCOLO: O.O
  • KRILLIN: What the hell was that?!
  • ANDROID 18: What? I've been working on that since I got here. It's like the Genki-Dama, but better. Because it's infinite.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:06:53 PM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15578: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:07:21 PM

Also, bullets went right through Buu and his power level was a lot higher than ten.

[up] Chargin my attack.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:07:54 PM by unnoun

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#15579: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:07:42 PM

That's because Buu was made of goop. He's practically a liquid.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:08:00 PM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15580: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:08:11 PM

How do you know Saiyans aren't made of diamonds?

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#15581: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:08:26 PM

[up][up][up]Buu is also some kind of magic bubblegum man.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:08:57 PM by Raven666

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#15582: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:08:49 PM

That would explain why Bulma married one.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15584: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:13:22 PM

What if Babidi used his mind control magic on Buu?

Which would have resulted in Majin Majin Buu.

...I just had a thought that it might not have worked on Fat Buu because of those two Supreme Kais.

Might have been how Bibidi wasn't destroyed by Kid Buu.

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#15585: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:15:23 PM

Vegeta shirked the mind control, and he's far weaker than Buu. There's no reason to assume any form of Majin Buu would be susceptible unless it voluntarily surrendered its will even more than Vegeta did, which it wouldn't.

The power-up might not work either. That part is a potential unlock, but I'm not sure Majin Buu has any untapped potential to unlock.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15586: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:16:53 PM

...Is the mind control based on power levels? Because that seems stupid.

Maybe Vegeta is just really strong willed?

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#15587: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:18:08 PM

This is Dragonball, though. Where you can unlock your potential, And then keep going.

Unlocking potential is a fancy term for "here's enough power to survive the next plot point."

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#15588: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:19:43 PM

Vegeta is particularly strong willed, owing to his massive ego, but I doubt Babidi could take over Majin Buu's mind.

Otherwise, Babidi wouldn't have needed to threaten Buu.

And more importantly, I don't think that Majin Buu has a mind to take over. Fat Buu does, because Fat Buu's absorbed people with minds, but Kid Buu? Kid Buu acts like an animal, except instead of eating it makes things explode.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15589: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:19:51 PM

Also, I'm not sure it actually is a potential unlock, what with them not being able to sense the added power, and also Spopovich surviving his neck being broken.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:20:01 PM by unnoun

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#15590: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:24:05 PM

So did Dabura consent to becoming Babidi's minion, or something? Or is he just really weak-willed for a demon king?

Re: Android 18 vaporizing Buu: But now she has to start her Ki collection all over again. It took her seven years to make that energy ball!

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#15591: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:33:03 PM

It doesn't mean he has a weak will. Just that his will is weaker than Vegeta's. And Vegeta's will is based upon his massive ego, which has a size that is comparable to Seto Kaiba's.

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#15592: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:41:49 PM

I like to think that somewhere inside Vegeta's mind, this conversation happened.

  • BABIDI: With the power I grant you, you must swear an oath of fealty, that you will show me loyalty greater than you've ever known!
  • VEGETA: *remembers disregarding the fate of his people upon learning of it*
  • VEGETA: *remembers murdering Nappa in cold blood*
  • VEGETA: *remembers plotting to betray and kill Krillin and Gohan once Shenron was summoned*
  • VEGETA: *remembers killing Frieza's men and attempting to kill him*
  • VEGETA: *remembers punching his own son in the gut*
  • VEGETA: *remembers that he's betraying his own wife by even making this deal*
  • VEGETA: I swear as much respect and loyalty as I've ever given in my life.
  • BABIDI: Deal! I can't wait to see their faces when you declare yourself my new slave!
  • VEGETA: Quite. Someone's about to learn the value of Vegeta's allegiance.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:42:37 PM by TobiasDrake

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#15593: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:44:57 PM

[up]Don't you mean Porunga or however it's spelled?

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#15594: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:46:10 PM

[up]They told him Shenron because they didn't know Porunga's name/thought it would be the same dragon.

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#15595: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:46:37 PM

I did mean Porunga. My bad.

edited 29th Apr '15 2:46:52 PM by TobiasDrake

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#15596: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:48:41 PM

[up][up]That's racist! Dragons aren't like those slug faced Namekians, they don't all look the same!

edited 29th Apr '15 2:49:00 PM by Raven666

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#15597: Apr 29th 2015 at 2:55:41 PM

About the tone of DBS: See, from what I can tell, Toriyama doesn't do romance in the same reason why he likes to avoid crazy melodrama - he doesn't think he can do it well, so he just skips over it. How did Bulma and Vegeta get together? Who knows, just make a time skip! Is Gohan going to be permanently screwed up after the stuff he had to go through as a child? Who cares, skip 7 years ahead when he's grown up!

But...I mean...if Toriyama can't do it, other people can help. He mentioned he really enjoyed the Bardock special (even if DB- contradicts it). There might be people at Toei who can do things Toriyama isn't willing to do.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#15598: Apr 29th 2015 at 3:00:20 PM

Yeah, I don't think they are going to deviate from the formula that made Dragon Ball such an amazing success in the first place.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15599: Apr 29th 2015 at 3:03:05 PM

I think it's kinda fucked up that the abridged series has more emotional depth and sincerity most of the time.

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#15600: Apr 29th 2015 at 3:14:01 PM

It helps that its become less of a parody series and more of an Alternate Character Interpretation satire.

Hell, I almost get the feeling they modelled Kai after it with the new VA's and whatnot.

edited 29th Apr '15 3:14:48 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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