TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Dragon Ball

Go To

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#19451: Jun 20th 2015 at 3:44:14 PM

[up][up] Well, he was an Android made by the Red Ribbon Army and Dr. Gero made Androids for the Red Ribbon Army. Sure, he doesn't follow Gero's naming scheme but....

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#19452: Jun 20th 2015 at 3:48:42 PM

Here's another funny tidbit I learned recently. The reason DB has so few female characters? Toriyama thought he was bad at drawing women. Like the "I suck at romance" thing I think he's seriously underselling himself here but oh well.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#19453: Jun 20th 2015 at 3:51:27 PM

Well there's a novel reason for ya.

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
I say things.
#19454: Jun 20th 2015 at 3:59:40 PM

First chapter of the dragonball super manga is up on the 'stream.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#19455: Jun 20th 2015 at 4:08:54 PM

The stream?

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#19456: Jun 20th 2015 at 4:09:47 PM

He means Mangastream. Anyway, not bad but they're retelling the whole Super Saiyan God thing? I don't get. And Mr. Satan does something to make me like him a bit more? Impossible!

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#19457: Jun 20th 2015 at 4:09:52 PM

Goku sucks at being a normal guy.

Ox King being broke saddens me for some reason.

Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
I say things.
#19458: Jun 20th 2015 at 4:24:51 PM

Goku ate him out of house and home.

Anyway, Beerus was asleep for 39 years at the start of Battle of Gods, so this is a bit weird.

And there's a 9-star ball on the cover.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#19459: Jun 20th 2015 at 4:27:09 PM

Well, money doesn't last forever and Goku trying to be normal is great.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#19460: Jun 20th 2015 at 4:30:47 PM

[up][up] Nice catch. Error or plot point, you think?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19461: Jun 20th 2015 at 5:36:42 PM

In-universe, the answer would be: He didn't. That's just how long he decided to train.

No, that doesn't work. He says four months is enough to bring out ALL his dormant power and become that strong. So it's clearly more than just decided on that time. It wouldn't make much sense for him to just pick a length of time out of thin air either, because he'd need some expectation of what that would achieve.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#19462: Jun 20th 2015 at 5:43:07 PM

....

Well then, either he over-estimated how much time he needed, or it's my first decision and it's just stupid.

Take note, I don't think there is a good in-universe explanation. I just felt like trying to find one before I just said it's stupid shit, and they should be ashamed of themselves.

Now that you've proved me wrong (and for once, I don't really care, cause I did think Four months of training was the biggest chunk of bullshit ever), I'm not gonna bother anymore. Wasn't really worth it anyway.

One Strip! One Strip!
IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#19463: Jun 20th 2015 at 6:39:40 PM

Remember the fact that Freeza consistently overestimates himself and makes decisions based purely on his arbitrary opinions which he also assumes are infallible.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19464: Jun 20th 2015 at 6:46:30 PM

He wasn't wrong about his strength, though.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#19465: Jun 20th 2015 at 6:47:29 PM

[up][up]

I did, but now I'm just going to say it's dumb.

Don't care enough to defend it. Just playing Devil's Advocate and seeing if it stuck.

Blame Saiga for always being right.

I always knew the Pope would betray us.tongue

~Ducks a brick~

edited 20th Jun '15 6:47:46 PM by HandsomeRob

One Strip! One Strip!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#19466: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:10:21 PM

Vegeta's pose on the cover is awkward.

Wait, has Battle of Gods happened yet? This is after Buu's defeat.

And what's with this running gag about Goku and radishes? They did this in Yo!Son Goku and his friends return! also.

edited 20th Jun '15 7:14:51 PM by Soble

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#19467: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:14:13 PM

They're apparently changing how the whole thing with Beerus went down.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#19468: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:16:48 PM

...yeah, because Goku should be a god at this point and training with Beerus, or so I thought.

Nitpick: Goku and Krillin plowed a field with their bare hands when they were 12, and yet here Goku is doing it the most mundane way possible.

B'tching aside, I'm liking... these first 3-4 pages so far.

edited 20th Jun '15 7:17:53 PM by Soble

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#19469: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:18:13 PM

It's very clear that he hasn't even meet Beerus or done any of that yet. Beerus still says he had a dream about Super Saiyan God.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#19470: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:19:29 PM

I wonder why they decided to retcon Battle of Gods. That movie was perfect.

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19472: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:27:21 PM

It's too early to say that they have.

All that has been announced is that Super will begin before Battle of Gods, and tie into both movies.

Some are speculating that the series will adapt BoG and RF into anime episodes with some changes to make the series flow better.

Beerus being awake right now does seem to contradict the start of the movie (it could still fit between Beerus getting dressed and seering the Oracle, but it likely won't) but that doesn't mean BoG is retconned, just a contradiction.

[up] No. People are jumping to conclusions so far.

Hell, we don't even know if Online or GT were retconned because we still haven't made it that far yet. And inconsistencies haven't slowed them down before.

edited 20th Jun '15 7:28:58 PM by Saiga

Raven666 I'd totally hug you if that was something I did from Everywhere and Nowhere. I'm watching you. Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
I'd totally hug you if that was something I did
#19473: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:27:35 PM

What a mess.

What started out as a pleasant afternoon of drugs and surgery has not gone as planned.
Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#19474: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:28:04 PM

[up][up][up] Umm... GT didn't retcon Z and Z didn't retcon Dragon Ball. Online was possibly even more dubiously canon than GT.

edited 20th Jun '15 7:28:48 PM by Zelenal

Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#19475: Jun 20th 2015 at 7:29:26 PM

I thought it did.

GT had villains retaining their bodies and Androids fusing for no apparent reason. Z gave Goku his Saiyan origins which I somehow doubt was part of the original blueprint, and Piccolo his Namek origins.

I'm not saying Online wasn't dubious, but there were those who vehemently proclaimed it was "canon" because they disliked GT and it had "more" artistic input from Toriyama than GT did.

Doesn't really count, but it lengthens the joke.

edited 20th Jun '15 7:31:17 PM by Soble

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!

Total posts: 130,800
Top