Monster Carrot was the most filler-like chapter you could get in a manga. You really could take that part out and nothing would change. And it removes the whole problem of the fact that the Rabbit Mob died when Roshi blew up the moon in the 21st Budokai.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!And the power of turning things you touch into carrots becomes a lot less useful when people can vaporize you just by glaring at you too hard.
Yes, Piccolo can do it. Literal eye beams!
You know something that just hit me?
Of all the characters... the one who has left the most impact on all of us is Yamcha.
edited 2nd Jun '15 9:24:52 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariThat's why you need time freeze.
Just make sure you can hold your breath long enough, and run up and turn them to a carrot / Devilmite beam / Kienzan.
A winner is you.
Time freeze is the Guren no Yumiya / Guile's theme of fighting techniques. It works with everything.
One Strip! One Strip!You mean like creating a Bomb vest that goes off two seconds after being put on?
One Strip! One Strip!Find a planet with clothes that eat people.
Learn to summon said clothes with Clothes beam.
Piccolo is now top of the food chain......if he can hit you with it.
One Strip! One Strip!You may have to kill yourself.
It's the only way to burn away the.....
Shit. Now you Got Me Doing It.
I hope your happy now. It's spreading.
One Strip! One Strip!![]()
Damn you porn people!
Why did you have to go there? Why?!!!
Those better be exploding cannibal clothes, otherwise, Rob don't see it.
It's pretty much the Natsu and Erza show.
The villains always get easily stomped despite getting hyped up, and there are so many ass-pulls that it's painful.
One Strip! One Strip!I'm watching Dragon Ball, and there's something Bulma says that's Hilarious in Hindsight.
edited 2nd Jun '15 10:18:19 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseI've never seen anyone say it was a beacon of representation, but I've definitely seen it listed as a shonen that handles women well in a few separate instances.
But... that could have just been because they liked the skeevy bits and thought that was positive. Cause I have seen that as well.
edited 3rd Jun '15 3:59:24 AM by Saiga
And that's why I'm worried about what happens if they introduce a female character in Super.
It's honestly not that hard to make a good female character. You just don't make the plot treat her differently because of her gender. And to just NOT make gratuitous Fanservice shots.
But whatever, different cultures, female characters might not sell, people are just going to sexualise them anyway...I don't think they're good excuses, but I'm not going to start demanding change. I'm not the target audience here.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!What I don't understand is why going on about power levels and how certain characters are useless and "I could totally have done the Android Saga better you guys" is perfectly acceptable, but daring to mention that just maybe the way a female character was treated is a little fucked up is "bashing" or "bitching".
Especially since.
...Oh god, here we go.
Okay, so. One thing I've been reading lately is a few fanfictions and character analysis thingies about Goku being developmentally disabled and/or genderqueer. A fanfiction series in particular by an author on the autistic spectrum, who identifies as genderqueer, and is the primary caretaker for a developmentally disabled sibling.
And they argued, I thought compellingly, that Goku demonstrates traits in the series that are not dissimilar to some of their actual experiences, and experiences of people they know. Of course, in the series it's usually played off as a joke at Goku's expense.
But I think the attempt on their part to sort of "reclaim" Goku is. Interesting. And it's the sort of thing I personally like about stories. Being able to look at them and interpret them and analyze them and discuss them. To think about them.
And I think this series in particular is fascinating to do that with because it is so many things. I mean, the reason Bulma exists is that in play adaptations of Journey To The West, the character of Xuanzang was usually played by a woman.
This series started as an extremely perverted parody of a chinese legend, then eventually it became Superman, with General Zod; then Terminator. Then for the climax it became itself, and pulled itself out of its own hat.
There's interesting stuff here about stories and how they can be repurposed and change over time.
And I'm stuck on the basics of feminist theory and the concept or representation with you people. I can't even get into the ground floor of this stuff here.
Instead I have to keep bashing my head against power levels and authorial intent.

The first arc was utterly bizarre. DB really came into vogue with the Tournament arc.