Yeah exactly. We've all been having so much fun mocking him (somewhat deservedly) that now we're trying to twist all aspects of his character to make him awful every second.
Yamcha is not the strongest guy around. He realized that in the Cell Saga (and maybe started thinking of it as early as the Saibaman incident), and he'll never be important, but there's no need to actively try and portray him as the lowest of the low all the time.
He sucks, but he knows that, and he accepts that.
One Strip! One Strip!Lots of people have made that mistake.
It's like, an anime staple to assume they were killed in the smoke.
One day, I want it to actually happen, just to fuck with us.
One Strip! One Strip!The spectators are basically just there to shill the fighters because we no longer have a measure by which to gauge how fast or powerful a character is other than how fast and powerful they are by comparison to the other fast and powerful characters present. To the naked eye, there's functionally no difference between Yamcha vanishing in the blink of an eye and Super Saiyan 2 Gohan doing it. Goku could Flash Step as early as the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai.
But if Super Namekian Piccolo is going, "I can't see their movements!" then we know they're vanishing in the blink of an eye even by Super Namekian Piccolo's standards.
Likewise, if we didn't have someone to call out, "That beam attack would destroy the entire world!" then we wouldn't know that it's powerful enough to destroy the entire world.
edited 28th Oct '15 7:49:10 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Well, we could know by having it destroy the entire world but that's usually a bad thing.
Oh! That reminds me! Another problem I had with Resurrection "F" was that Goku fired a Godly Kamehameha directly at the Earth. There was a big moment in the Cell Games where it looked like Goku would do that and Cell tried to call his bluff since the Earth would be destroyed if he dodged it.
edited 28th Oct '15 8:02:59 AM by Zelenal
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!So many of these problems could be resolved if Goku used his teleport Kamehameha more often.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.How was he even able to do that anyway?
He needs one hand on his forehead to do the Instant Transmission doesn't he?
One Strip! One Strip!Nope. He often does't do that. That gesture is just a concentration thing for when he's teleporting over a long distance.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!I'd imagine SSJ 3 Goku's strategy for killing Buu would've been to gather as much power as possible then unleash it in an Instant Kamehameha. It's pretty much impossible to dodge unless you're in a completely different weight class than Goku, and we know that Goku believes he has enough power to kill Buu.
But I'd like to remind you that it'd be totally pointless because Buu considers dodging to be totally pointless. He could throw it from half the world away and Buu would just sit there and take it, because he knows he'll regenerate so what the hell, why bother putting in the effort to move out of the way?
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariWell, it would have worked if the very process of gathering the energy didn't end up tiring him out. But another reason Goku uses the fingers to forehead is for the benefit of the audience. Sky dancing, super speed and instant transmission are all drawn in the same manner(excepting when after image is used). Either some character has to remark they couldn't detect Goku's movement, or he has to use his fingers to show it was the latter.
Buldogue's lawyerThat wasn't the case for the Instant Kamehameha, though. Maybe it was due to the video games but it seemed clear that Goku was using Instant Transmission due to the way Cell reacted. Likewise, a similar thing happens in Battle of Gods. We know Goku was using Instant Transmission to warp about the place because Beerus kinda started freaking out a little.
I think the reason for it is the same as why only the single handed variant of the Special Beam Cannon is used: It looks cool and is iconic.
edited 28th Oct '15 4:34:25 PM by Zelenal
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Yeah, but Goku's instant transmission not being a part of Cell's LEGO Genetics was running theme of their encounters, including that battle, so yes, in concurrence with Cell's reaction it was clear instant transmission was used rather than some variant of Fight Unseen.
In Battle Of Gods, Goku did put his fingers to his forehead after his godly aura ran out and he started to make his comeback. And yes, it did freak out Beerus. The fact that he didn't actually realize god had ran out and was just looking for some way to turn what was already a mismatch in his favor made that moment even better on the re watch because it meant Beerus was caught off guard by two unexpected developments at once. Yeah, the next movie made it clear Goku wasn't in Beerus's league then and having reached a whole new level was still vastly inferior to Beerus but that just highlights why pushing him to 70%. was so important Beerus may have misinterpreted his vision when he expected super saiyan god to be a fearsome opponent but he did experience fear of the unknown on some level. And because of that, Beerus willingly sharing some secrets of the Universe(s) also makes sense.(as I said before, I think Super's changes to battle miss the point. It may not have had the best choreography or been the best technical display of what fighters in Dragon Ball can do but it told a satisfying story. It's like how pro wrestlers don't alway need to have put on a technical clinic or do a bunch of impressive physical feats to have a "good" match)
edited 28th Oct '15 5:45:01 PM by IndirectActiveTransport
Buldogue's lawyerPic shows SSJ4 GT Gohan, SSJ2 Time Patrol Trunks, SSJB Goku, SSJB Vegeta, Dark Towa and Golden Frieza.
This pic confirms a boss battle with Base Janemba.
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Man, Super 17 (18 Absorbed) is very androgynous looking.
Another way we knew he was teleporting was established history. Goku's never been able to just fly around while charging his Kamehameha. Once he fires it, he can do all sorts of things with it, but the act of charging it always roots him in place.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Didn't Lanfan try to defeat Nam by stripping naked? At the very least Bulma did that with General Blue and Towa is like Bulma's evil counterpart(or maybe Dr. Gero's Distaff Counterpart. There's a frightening image. Do it DBH!)
Seeing Time Breakers in the Dragon Ball GT setting is just weird, considering Online went so far as to remove the fifth finger of the Nameks because it was an anime invention. On the other hand, I'd love to see a Cell-X(Super Seventeen Absorbed) just to cement which of the two is the superior Dragon Ball Sequel.
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I don't think the peanut gallery is a very good defense of Yamcha letting his guard down. They're terrible. How many times have we seen this scene from the spectators?
This happens about six times in every fight for both the protagonist and antagonist.
edited 28th Oct '15 7:44:02 AM by TobiasDrake
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