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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#19076: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:40:22 AM

Just love how barely you can make out Gohan on that poster.

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#19077: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:47:36 AM

[up][up] What about Android 16 who takes a little scratch to the noggin and shoulder and suddenly can't fly by himself?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19078: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:58:37 AM

And Metallic couldn't fly with his damage either.tongue But in all seriousness, 16 could survive with just his head, so he's probably just constructed differently and has the head as his most important part while Metallic has his "core" or whatever elsewhere.

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#19079: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:07:32 AM

I'm still curious as to how a scratch to the noggin suddenly prevents him from moving by himself. I'm trying to imagine how that would work from a mechanical standpoint and can't arrive at an answer.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19080: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:10:25 AM

Because it's not a scratch, chunks of his head are missing. Any damage to his electronics could potentially do it.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#19081: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:13:02 AM

Maybe it gave him a sort of lobotomy and he forgot how.

Or lost the part that he needed to do the calculations for trajectory and stuff.

edited 15th Jun '15 5:13:21 AM by unnoun

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#19082: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:15:30 AM

He's shown flying so that first one is obviously wrong. The second one doesn't make any sense but a lot of things in Dragon Ball don't make any sense so....

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19083: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:22:31 AM

The only reason he can do anything is because of robotics inside him.

Damage to his robotics impairs his ability to do things. What at all doesn't make sense in that?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#19084: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:25:20 AM

Maybe it upset his balance so he needed more help.

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#19085: Jun 15th 2015 at 6:03:03 AM

Because it doesn't seem like a lot of damage was done to his electronics and one would think that Gero would have built in redundancies. I also just can't see how something in his head other than his eyes could affect his ability to fly in such a manner. Unless Cell took out one of his CPUs and now he doesn't have the processing power for stable flight? I dunno.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#19086: Jun 15th 2015 at 8:09:39 AM

Dragonball Super is going to star a main character who is a married man somewhere in his 40's-50's, not beyond his physical prime (unless you discount Super Saiyan God as being Goku's "natural" potential). The rest of the cast consists of similarly-aged friends and allies of said man, along with his children and grandchildren.

Considering Dragonball is an iconic shounen, this is rather unique, isn't it?

edited 15th Jun '15 8:55:11 AM by Soble

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#19087: Jun 15th 2015 at 8:18:02 AM

Well, it's technically a continuation but yea, Dragon Ball is the only Shounen that could do that.

Closest we got were guys like Kenshiro, Toriko and Kenshin. More Shonen need older protagonists.

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#19088: Jun 15th 2015 at 8:25:32 AM

Joseph Joestar, too.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#19089: Jun 15th 2015 at 9:02:16 AM

DB really is "the story of a life" in that respect.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#19090: Jun 15th 2015 at 9:11:07 AM

This show really is going to end with Grandpa Goku, then.

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...do Gods age?

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#19091: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:11:30 AM

Beerus and Whis are 75,000,000 plus years old. So... if they do, they age very, very slowly. But the Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan form can be toggled on and off, and Goku probably ages like normal when not using it.

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#19092: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:22:59 AM

I don't like Android 8. He was fine right up until the end where it seemed like he existed solely to drag out the plot. Also, we have our first instance of Goku using superior strategy to defeat an opponent he otherwise couldn't.

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JonnasN from Porto, Portugal Since: Jul, 2012
#19093: Jun 15th 2015 at 12:25:54 PM

The whole damage to 16's head thing makes sense to me. If you hit a normal human in the head, he might be hurt bad enough that he can't move his arms or legs properly.

Assuming that 16 lost a similar part of his "brain" (which is electronic, and far less complex than a human brain), then sure, he can't move properly, either.

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#19094: Jun 15th 2015 at 12:33:54 PM

I'm no doctor but if you hit someone on the head hard enough to partially paralyze their limbs, they're probably dying. Also, given the quality of the Androids, their brain is probably equally if not more complex.

edited 15th Jun '15 12:34:43 PM by Zelenal

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#19095: Jun 15th 2015 at 12:39:45 PM

So I just had an idea. The only way Hercule makes sense is if he's supposed to be a "Big Dumb American". If he's literally from the other side of the world and doesn't give a fuck about this side of the world and their mysticism and kung fu horse shit, that makes a little bit more sense.

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#19096: Jun 15th 2015 at 12:42:51 PM

Even in the Eastern side of the continent, most people are unaware of ki and its effects. The only ones who do know are the ultra serious martial artists who pushed their bodies to go further beyond the limits of a normal human than even Mr. Satan went.

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#19097: Jun 15th 2015 at 12:58:48 PM

So I figure this should be posted. Specifically for what's in the back of the poster

I figure it should be posted for Chi-Chi's intentful stare at Goku's crotch. I think she wants another baby.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#19098: Jun 15th 2015 at 1:09:20 PM

I'm just happy Krillin's there, and in a fighting pose to boot.

That said I hope he stays weaker than his wife.

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#19099: Jun 15th 2015 at 1:13:45 PM

Super Android God Super Android Lazuli.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#19100: Jun 15th 2015 at 1:17:33 PM

I could see Bulma cannibalizing some Gero tech to power up Lazuli.

Can't be lamer than her brother's Super Mode. tongue

edited 15th Jun '15 1:17:51 PM by HamburgerTime


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