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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#15676: Apr 30th 2015 at 8:26:41 PM

Just because it was mostly the power of boners doesn't mean Krillin wasn't also powered by a tiny bit of altruism. It was only mostly boners.

Boners.

What a funny word.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#15677: Apr 30th 2015 at 8:27:02 PM

And never reflects on it because his dick cares not for 17.

[up] I think he's basically being a "nice guy" and all the altruism like removing the bomb just comes from boners.

edited 30th Apr '15 8:28:48 PM by Saiga

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15678: Apr 30th 2015 at 8:28:10 PM

He did wish away his bomb too.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#15679: Apr 30th 2015 at 8:29:43 PM

Of course, because he's being all "noble" and trying to make 18 happy. Because boners.

I mean, his reason to remove 17's bomb is for 18's benefit.

edited 30th Apr '15 8:30:22 PM by Saiga

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15680: Apr 30th 2015 at 8:36:09 PM

I guess we'll just have to disagree then.

Also, the Cell Saga contained a pretty good Tien moment.

It didn't really do anything, but I'll give him a B- for effort at least.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#15681: Apr 30th 2015 at 9:38:58 PM

The power of Boners shafted Tien's efforts.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15682: Apr 30th 2015 at 9:45:35 PM

Wasn't their a line about him wishing away 17's because he wanted 18 to be happy because he thought they were a couple? Or was that just a dub line?

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15683: Apr 30th 2015 at 9:46:47 PM

One question, though: when Gohan delivers the final Kamehameha to Cell, an image of his dad appears over him. Was Goku actually lending him power there, or was it just symbolic?

[up] That line was in the translation I read.

edited 30th Apr '15 9:47:11 PM by HamburgerTime

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Love is Love is Love
#15684: Apr 30th 2015 at 9:49:28 PM

I think it was symbolic.

My various fanfics.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15685: Apr 30th 2015 at 9:51:53 PM

In that case it was at least somewhat altruistic, yeah he wasn't doing it for 17, but he also wasn't doing it because he thought he would get anything out of it.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15686: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:16:45 PM

Also, am I the only one who sees King Cold's existence as kind of a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment? He's some kind of big player on the cosmic scene but he's around for like, three chapters, and basically exists to show how much stronger Trunks is and by extension how strong the upcoming threats are.

It's a shame, as his design's pretty cool. *shot*

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#15687: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:18:26 PM

He rules from the shadows and lets Frieza be the public face.

Basically, Frieza's just the mascot.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#15688: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:19:17 PM

[up][up] Come on, man. Such a pun is simply way too cold. Show the man some respect. He lost his son, ya know.

edited 30th Apr '15 10:19:24 PM by Zelenal

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15689: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:20:55 PM

[up] But how warm was their relationship, anyway? When you're in the genocide business, personal relationships are bound to get rather frosty.

edited 30th Apr '15 10:21:05 PM by HamburgerTime

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#15690: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:24:42 PM

King Kold was the King before Freeza turned out to be so much more powerful than him that he made him look like a joke.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15691: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:25:58 PM

Also, Cell's regeneration thingy making him come back even stronger was stupid, especially since Cell himself didn't even know how it worked.

Apart from that though, solid arc.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#15692: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:31:23 PM

Cell's regeneration was stupid and his zenkai not only giving him his Perfect form back but making it even stronger was even more stupid.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15693: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:32:49 PM

All it did was move the climax ahead by like, two chapters so I'm not even sure what the point was.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#15694: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:47:35 PM

It gave us the first instance of Vegeta fighting for someone other than himself.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#15695: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:48:16 PM

Yes.

It's very stupid.

But then again, I'm not looking for Shakesperean writing here, so I'm okay with it being stupid.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#15696: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:53:13 PM

I just feel like Cell could've died when he exploded and virtually nothing about the plot would've changed. Cell comes back stronger... and he's dead in two chapters. He kills Trunks! ...who comes back in four chapters.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#15697: Apr 30th 2015 at 10:59:28 PM

Well, at the very least, we got what's possibly the best beam struggle in the entire series out of it so it wasn't a total waste.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#15698: Apr 30th 2015 at 11:04:07 PM

Hm...

What If?...

What If? Goku decided that Gohan doesn't want to fight, and so restarts the fight with Cell. Of course, he loses and is promptly killed. So Goku's death is the SSJ 2 trigger instead of 16's, and Gohan has an even more poignant reason to blame himself for Goku's death.

Yay or Nay?

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#15699: Apr 30th 2015 at 11:08:36 PM

Yea.

Just a note: "Yea" is an affirmation while "yay" is an interjection communicating triumph, joy, or enthusiasm.

edited 30th Apr '15 11:10:09 PM by Zelenal

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#15700: Apr 30th 2015 at 11:17:04 PM

I fail to see how that has any relevance. The joke is that "Yay" is an expression of enthusiastic agreement with something. Like how you see jubilant people scream "Yay!" at the top of their lugs in parody of something and I don't remember where this joke was going so I'm gonna keep going with the longest run on sentence I can possible write and the air in my lungs is running out 'cause I'm holding it in to see how long I can go and I'm done.

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