Buu arrives 10 full years after Future Trunks? Dang, time flies.
Seeing as I watched Dragon Ball in the late nineties, the timeline for the Freeza&Cell sagas makes sense to me. Buu arriving in 2008 is when it gets weird (since that's the arc I most associate with the late 90s).
GT always felt more millennial, but it probably would take place in the 2020s... Oh boy!
Put me down for also saying Beerus has a fantastic visual design.
Quite. If Toriyama was overly concerned about rewarding characters for being super badass, Vegeta wouldn't be a punching bag.
There's a space of three years between tournaments, up until a murderous demon hijacked the tournament and blew up the stadium, endangering participants and spectators alike. That kind of thing makes it very difficult to attract investors.
edited 26th May '15 8:10:25 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Vegeta's victims were already revived by Bulma.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Hmm, I'm trying to remember the modifications Dende made.
I'm pretty sure he did not give Shenron's Balls the ability to revive people multiple times. He retained their mass revival potential and added a second wish to them, but Shenron's Balls still only had the ability to pour life back into a body the one time. That was a factor in Goku's refusal of his resurrection; Shenron couldn't do it anyway and while they could go get Porunga, Goku was just like, "Nah, not worth it."
Which means that, unless there's something I'm forgetting, anyone killed by Cell's rampage who had the misfortune of also being in that section of the Tenkaichi Budokai stadium that Vegeta blasted isn't coming back. That probably isn't much of an overlap. Like, maybe 10 people, tops.
Nobody else overlaps either, because Cell was the first time they actually did the "Revive everyone who died this arc" thing on Earth. Frieza was the first time they ever did it, and all of his victims were on Namek.
EDIT: Wait, no, that's wrong, victims of Piccolo Daimao and his sons overlap. I forgot they did it there. That's still not a lot of folks, though. They weren't nearly as indiscriminate as later villains. Most of their victims were deliberately targeted individuals.
edited 26th May '15 10:33:36 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Then that makes Uub's power a touch on the absurd side depending upon how much stronger Goku's Base form is now. Of course, if Goku's Base form isn't that much stronger than Uub is still worthless. Even if it is, Uub is still worthless so long as Goku and/or Vegeta are in fighting condition.
Also, the fuck is up with the name Bills? I saw some people use it before we got an official name for him but why use it now? It makes absolutely no sense given Toriyama's naming convention.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Uub was always obsolete on arrival. This doesn't change anything.
Being able to injure Base Goku is a meaningless gesture because that just means he's roughly 1/400th of Goku's maximum power. Even after Toriyama declared no more Super Saiyan forms beyond 1, that still put Uub equal to a mere 2% of Goku's strength. Power-wise, Uub was to Goku what Vegeta was to Frieza.
If anything, putting more emphasis on powering up Goku's base form only makes Uub's feat more impressive. If all of Goku's power is in his Base form now, then being able to injure his Base actually means something.
edited 26th May '15 12:20:29 PM by TobiasDrake
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answers your question in detail.
edited 26th May '15 12:29:48 PM by Cruherrx
"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."Right.
Majin Buu was so powerful that 400 Gokus were insufficient to overcome him. By comparison, we should be pleased at the implication that Uub is NOT, in fact, weaker than Frieza.
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So, Dr. Slump takes place in 1980, and DB takes place 4 years after that. I know DB uses "Ages" in place of normal years, but if we were to convert everything into a normal timeline, then that means:
Things feel weird with real world years...
edited 26th May '15 2:00:28 AM by Rinsankajugin