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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#18276: Jun 5th 2015 at 7:47:29 AM

[up][up] I'm not entirely sure why she'd share the naming pun scheme.

Seems kinda incestuous.

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#18277: Jun 5th 2015 at 7:49:51 AM

Maybe Dr. Briefs married her because she was named after undergarments. It's a fetish.

edited 5th Jun '15 7:50:13 AM by TobiasDrake

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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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#18278: Jun 5th 2015 at 9:44:03 AM

Yeah, I agree on the Satan insisting it's all tricks thing. It's most likely a self motivation mechanism to give himself courage. Guy knows that everyone's looking at him for hope and that he can't just break because people will panic otherwise.

Am I the only one who would've liked to see Goku's family becoming sort of a dynasty and having the main character status go down it?

Like, after Z it's Gohan's time to shine, while Goku takes the role of the cavalry until Cell, at which point Gohan becomes stronger than him and able to stand on his own, at which point Goku is totally retired and decides to stay dead forever, while Gohan then assumes Goku's role while Goten takes over Gohan's come the Buu saga, serving as the cavalry when nothing else works, and then when Gohan has a kid, Goten assumes Gohan's role while Pan would take over Goten's, and so on and so forth.

I know it's sort of a repetitive cycle, but if you can spice it up and add enough variety, I think it can be pulled off.

edited 5th Jun '15 9:45:08 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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#18279: Jun 5th 2015 at 10:36:25 AM

[up]x4 Not necessarily. Gohan could easily be a Flashy Invincible Hero with the draw of the series being the character interaction and development, the romance between Gohan and Videl, the surprisingly satisfying high school scenes, and the comedy. Gohan being the shit out of everyone maybe once an episode (if that) would just be fan service.

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#18280: Jun 5th 2015 at 10:46:32 AM

So instead of Boring Invincible Hero, it's one part Boring Invincible Hero and one part Romantic Plot Tumor.

It was a wise decision on Toriyama's part to keep the actual romantic development offscreen, because a) he's awful at writing female characters, and b) by his own admission, he sucks at writing romantic stories. That's why Goku and Chi-Chi got married offscreen, Vegeta and Bulma fell in love offscreen, Krillin and 18 fell in love offscreen, the entirety of Gohan and Videl's romantic relationship between courtship and marriage happened offscreen, etc.

That's not to say that a Slice of Life starring the Dragon Ball cast wouldn't be hilarious and fantastic, but "Gohan kicking it with his school chums, falling in love, and wasting time on the occasional effortless curbstomp of muggles" isn't really the best focus for it.

edited 5th Jun '15 10:46:54 AM by TobiasDrake

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JonnasN from Porto, Portugal Since: Jul, 2012
#18281: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:02:36 AM

I could see it being a parody of Superhero stories in general, it would definitely work as a comedy (see: Goku shattering bullet-proof glass by gently poking it). Problem is, much of the manga (and much of filler) already plays with the main characters' tremendous strength, so it wouldn't be that different from usual.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#18283: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:28:08 AM

I mean, if Toriyama could collaborate with a writer better at certain things than he himself is.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#18284: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:36:55 AM

When the two kids take fighting stances, I can't remove the image of them beating the shit out of each other with their 3DS consoles from my mind.

Is the 3DS made of Nintendium or is it fragile? One would be hilarious, the other doubly so.

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#18285: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:50:29 AM

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I'm pretty sure the 3ds is quite durable, like all Nintendo systems. Though since I've never dropped or mishandled it, I don't know for sure.

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#18286: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:58:30 AM

My Game Boy Advance survived being in the glove compartment when my car exploded.

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#18287: Jun 5th 2015 at 1:49:01 PM

It was already beaten back in the Gulf War though.

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#18288: Jun 5th 2015 at 3:39:49 PM

So we just collect a ton of gameboys, turn them into full body armor, and become fucking invincible.

Then, we take over the world.

For the Greater Good!

edited 5th Jun '15 3:40:45 PM by TheAirman

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#18289: Jun 5th 2015 at 4:06:54 PM

You know, if Puar's voice gets any higher pitched, I think it'll no longer be within my hearing range.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#18290: Jun 5th 2015 at 5:02:45 PM

On Toriyama's handling of romance... I actually don't think it was bad. I liked what I saw of Gohan/Videl, Bulma/Vegeta, and Krillin/18. At the very least he's significantly better at it than Kishimoto.

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#18291: Jun 5th 2015 at 5:06:47 PM

So we just collect a ton of gameboys, turn them into full body armor, and become fucking invincible.

Then, we take over the world.

For the Greater Good!

But which is tougher? Nintendium, or Nokihalcum?

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#18292: Jun 5th 2015 at 5:44:26 PM

Or Tonkatanium?

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#18293: Jun 5th 2015 at 5:51:37 PM

Trick question. They're all different names for the same material.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#18294: Jun 5th 2015 at 6:10:21 PM

[up](x4)

The only person worse than Kishimoto (and I'm glad we all know who that is) at romance is the author behind Death Note. But then, I suppose Light isn't supposed to be a good person, and Misa's the Japanese Harley Quinn.

edited 5th Jun '15 8:50:34 PM by Soble

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#18295: Jun 5th 2015 at 6:19:07 PM

[up]So your example is no good then.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#18296: Jun 5th 2015 at 8:51:34 PM

[up]Light and Kiyomi, and Misora and Raye, though, those four were just bad.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#18297: Jun 5th 2015 at 8:53:42 PM

Light's a sociopath, though; surely his relationships are supposed to be messed up?

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#18298: Jun 5th 2015 at 9:13:48 PM

Yes, bu that doesn't excuse the fact that the women in his life throw themselves at him like love sick puppies.

If you are will to stretch it, and are feeling extremely generous, Misa kinda works because the death of her parents clearly unhinged her, and made her extremely grateful to Light for avenging their deaths, but even that's a huge stretch.

And it doesn't explain Koyomi at all.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#18299: Jun 5th 2015 at 9:20:50 PM

I suppose the Jealous and Misa thing was rather touching... in a way, but that relationship clearly wasn't going to work.

I always thought it was funny how Misa fell in love with Light instantly the moment she knew he was Kira, and even afterward, without any knowledge, was still obsessed with him, in spite of his rebuffing.

And didn't Matsuda try to hook up with Light's sister, like 10 years his junior, if not more... while in the same room as her entire family?

That aside, I liked the way Dragonball handled romance too. At least it never got sappy.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#18300: Jun 5th 2015 at 9:23:48 PM

That's honestly part of the reason I wish Toriyama had stuck with the high school drama longer - Gohan and Videl was a well written relationship and I'd like to have seen it developed more.

Plus you just know there were ideas for the other two students, Sharpener and Erasa, that never saw print.


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