Eh, I've always liked stories where the new generation surpasses the old.
The new surpassing the old is overrated. Sometimes it happens, other times it doesn't, but in itself I don't think it means much. How it's done is what's important.
It was handled terribly in Naruto, for example.
And then there are situations where Older Is Better like in the Nasuverse.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Goku did a poor job siring a new generation to surpass the old.
Goten and Trunks were way too young to reasonably take Goku's mantle at the time Buu happened, while Gohan doesn't want the mantle and never has.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Correction correction
: you die when a hollow eats you. Your reishi still exists, but the consciousness that was you is gone. Dead.
No, Pluses reincarnate.
Shinigami become the reishi that makes up Soul Society. Kaien explained as much to Rukia.
By the way, it it weird that I think Buu's Genocide Beam was a missed opportunity for a really, really dark cameo-fest? We only see some random nobodies dying, but presumably, the beams also got people like Bulma's parents, Pilaf, Crane Hermit and Tao, the Jingle villagers, Bora's tribe, assorted Tournament weirdoes... there was some serious potential for a good tumbling town tumbling down tumbling dooooooooown scene there.
This was from a while ago, but "Why people bought into Mr. Satan's lies":
The tournament was NEVER such a big deal. It was more of a thing for really, really dedicated martial arts buffs. I mean, sure, you got prize money for it, but it wasn't like everyone in the world cared.
The people who knew the truth were in the minority. And it wasn't like there was proof. Except the footage of the Cell Games, but Mr. Satan easily said that was faked.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!I disagree with that; each tournament seemed like a huge deal to me. Passing it off as time works better than simply going "no one really cared" and even that doesn't work for me.
Edit: And didn't Mr. Satan become really famous for winning one in the first place? That goes against it not being a big deal write there.
edited 7th May '15 11:23:13 PM by LSBK
I'm mostly just basing this on the comparison between the 21st-23rd (when Goku participated), to the 25th (in the Buu Saga). The 25th is a LOT bigger and more popular, but Piccolo mentions its soul has gone because of that popularity.
It makes the other ones seem like more modest affairs.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!When Goku and the gang competed, the World Martial Arts Tournament was something that Martial Artists from all over the world knew about, but which wasn't big otherwise.
Basically, it's the kind of thing that is big with Martial Arts buffs, but the layman wouldn't know of it.
When Mr. Satan won, he had basically become the recognized 'strongest under the heavens', with certification of it. What followed next was a PR campaign painting him as the strongest man in the world. Then the Cell Games happened, and sent his fame from "the strongest guy in the world" to "the biggest most badass hero in the world".
Then all he had to do was use said fame to turn the WMAT into a massive spectacle. Hell, his mere participating in it would already make it much bigger than it ever was, because he is now a global celebrity. Ultimately, the WMAT itself isn't that big a deal, what made it that big was Mr. Satan and his PR Genius.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariI dunno why but Mr. Satan and Mr. Torgue sound kinda the same to me. Do they have the same voice actor or something?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13329057350A22620100&page=647#16158
As for why I didn't like Abridged, it's because it just didn't catch my interest. Sure some jokes made me laugh but most of it was just 'whatever' to me. As I said, I can see why people enjoy it but it just wasn't for me.
Anyone else think it would've been hilarious if the Saiyan and Namek sagas took place last? Like the characters reached their end series power levels somehow but then everything from Raditz to Frieza happened. It'd be like a bunch of episodes of the heroes kicking everyone's ass like it was nothing. I'd like watching Krillin kicking Nappa's ass.
edited 8th May '15 5:36:19 AM by Raven666
What started out as a pleasant afternoon of drugs and surgery has not gone as planned.Right. The old Tenkaichi Budokai didn't even have seats for the audience; people just sort of gaggled around the walls to see the fighters, while the Announcer narrated what was happening. Half the people attending probably never even saw the awesome super-attacks the Narrator was telling them were going on.
One might think Kame-sennin destroying the goddamn Moon would have made an awful lot of people take notice, but the fact that the Moon got better lends credibility to the idea that it was just an over-the-top special effect that they forgot to turn off for a few years.
We know that God put the Moon back, but they don't.
edited 8th May '15 7:10:48 AM by TobiasDrake
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