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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27051: Oct 30th 2015 at 7:31:46 PM

Oh god someone is bringing back the speed of light, now it'll take thousands of years to reach Namek.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27052: Oct 30th 2015 at 7:52:59 PM

Not with Instant Transmission.

It's faster than Whis's form of travel.

There's also Kibito Kai and as of the Super Manga, plain old Kibito again version, which doesn't need a Ki signature.

.......Do you guys think there are Kais and Supreme Kais in the other universes as well?

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#27053: Oct 30th 2015 at 8:49:40 PM

Saiga. Not every victory needs to have great narrative importance. Sometimes it's better to just have a cool fight that's only justified by how cool of a fight it is. Most of the CP 9 fights in One Piece didn't end up mattering in the long run but they are some of the most liked fights in the franchise because of how cool they were.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#27054: Oct 31st 2015 at 2:25:23 AM

[up] But if a fight looks cool AND has narrative importance, it's even MORE awesome!

And, no, we are not getting a new movie already. For a very obvious reason. Super has to do something new that's not based on a movie. Otherwise, what's the point of the series even existing?

Even One Piece doesn't have a movie every year anymore, so I doubt Super will be having twice-a-year movies like Z had.

edited 31st Oct '15 4:05:13 AM by LOLypop1224

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#27055: Oct 31st 2015 at 6:12:58 AM

The into franchise Toei does movies for Twice a year now is Pretty Cure.

Watch Symphogear
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27056: Oct 31st 2015 at 1:15:52 PM

So I never got an answer to my question about Kais and Supreme Kais in other worlds.

It should be possible.

Come to think of it, even though Humanity is extinct in Universe 6, and badly out shadowed in Universe 7 (the core universe), there's no proof that either of the same scenarios would be at play in the other 11 universe.

......

wild mass guessDragon Ball GT takes place in one of the universes besides Universe 6 or 7wild mass guess

In fact wild mass guessAll the movies take place in other universes, but their timelines don't match up to Universe 7wild mass guess

So at one point, there was a Son Goku and other characters in these worlds, but then there time came to an end. This allows the events of the movies to take place in other places, while letting those worlds still be fundamentally different from the main universe by the time of Super.

It's like that one episode of Sliders where they arrived on a world that was ten years or so in the past (letting Quinn meet a younger version of himself). If things continue as they are, events similar to the core world can take place, but there are still ways for them to diverge.

[down]Fixed.Thanks. I keep getting those confused.

edited 31st Oct '15 2:33:40 PM by HandsomeRob

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#27057: Oct 31st 2015 at 1:51:08 PM

Um...you have Universe 6 and 7 flipped Rob.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#27058: Oct 31st 2015 at 5:38:49 PM

The wait is over - Champa and Vados are making their debut in the anime in next week's episode of Super. Unless the preview is lying to us.

Which REALLY interests me. I heard a theory once that Champa was going to help Freeza train in this version of Resurrection 'F', and...that theory is suddenly sounding plausible. Why else would he show up now?

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#27059: Oct 31st 2015 at 6:12:06 PM

I thought Super was skipping Resurrection F.

edited 31st Oct '15 6:12:33 PM by Soble

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27060: Oct 31st 2015 at 6:15:59 PM

The manga is, but the anime doesn't appear to be.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27061: Oct 31st 2015 at 7:16:45 PM

Well that's unexpected.

Guess I really got to start watching this again now.

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MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#27062: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:13:34 PM

I dunno guys, watching Goku trying to figure out how to work a smartphone was one of the funniest things I've seen this week. Well, that, and him dragging around a watering can that was as large as a five-storie building with him to water his crops.

Oh, and apparently both Gohan and Goten honestly believe that Chichi can kill Goku if she's angry enough. Her getting Goku in an armlock was... impressive too.

edited 31st Oct '15 10:18:20 PM by MyssaRei

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#27063: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:34:59 PM

...They know their father is a God, right? They know he is the third-most powerful being in all of creation. And that Chi-Chi, for all her slapstick, is a human.

My various fanfics.
MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#27064: Oct 31st 2015 at 10:43:15 PM

[up]

I think everyone sort of understands that SSG is just a temporary state.

For all our insistence here at TV Tropes that Goku really crossed over into deific territory, the assumption in Japanese fansites is that SSG was just a borrowed power, and the moment it fizzled out, Goku was back to being Goku. It's not even in an arahito sense either — while Goku is still incredibly powerful mortal, he's still a mortal nontheless.

edited 31st Oct '15 10:45:26 PM by MyssaRei

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#27065: Oct 31st 2015 at 11:29:52 PM

Clearly, Chi-Chi is the God-slayer.

edited 31st Oct '15 11:30:06 PM by BlackYakuzu94

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27066: Nov 1st 2015 at 12:03:44 AM

He doesn't even need to be a God. Ever since he and Chichi were introduced he was so far above him that her killing him can only come up in incredibly stupid, shallow jokes that flanderize the fuck out of Chichi.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#27067: Nov 1st 2015 at 12:06:52 AM

And this is Toei, so of course it's going to happen.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#27068: Nov 1st 2015 at 12:41:40 AM

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Which is all good and well, but while both Gohan and Goten have always been shown to be in awe of their father, they've been terrified of Chichi.

It doesn't really matter if Goku can flatten planets with a punch, the menfolk of the Son family run away in horror at even a hint of Chichi's anger. It's a conditioning thing. :P

edited 1st Nov '15 12:42:24 AM by MyssaRei

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#27069: Nov 1st 2015 at 12:45:53 AM

I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt, but you do realize the entire basis of that is indeed a joke right? Because there's not logical reason for Goku to be afraid of his wife aside from being played for comedy.

Gohan and Goten is another thing entirely because that's their mother, saiyan or not, an angry mother is terrifying no matter who it is.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#27070: Nov 1st 2015 at 3:41:12 AM

Yanno, the whole 'Chichi's terrifying!' schtick would work better if she could actually do anything to hurt any of family... but she can't. Nothing she does could possibly cause them pain, because she simply is not strong enough.

I do have to admit, the scene where she tries to pull the schtick on Super Buu and gets killed for it is extremely cathartic after reading so many shitty fanfics in which she has the 'frying pan of doom'. I want to strangle the guy who came up with it and everyone who thought it was the funniest thing in the world, since it's pretty much ever present in the Dragon Ball fandom.

And it doesn't help that Chichi is hardly the only 'powerless female who's portrayed as utterly terrifying to superpowered beings'. Because fuck forbid you make a female strong enough to actually back up how the story treats her, right?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27071: Nov 1st 2015 at 3:43:16 AM

Which is all good and well, but while both Gohan and Goten have always been shown to be in awe of their father, they've been terrified of Chichi.

Because it's a shitty, overplayed joke, what of it? Yakuzu and IANCE have already pointed out why it means nothing above me.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#27072: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:13:01 AM

In the end, I blame Toei.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27073: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:50:42 AM

Totally agree.

It's bad enough that they won't even let her be significant in any way (and not just cause she's a human, because females in DBZ are never important), but they they perpetuate a bullshit joke because they want to make it clear that Chi-Chi could never be a real threat accept as a joke.

It's dumb, and I stand with the group that says Kill It with Fire.

edited 1st Nov '15 6:50:55 AM by HandsomeRob

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#27074: Nov 1st 2015 at 7:14:57 AM

I Ts they're determined to make Chi-Chi as shit as possible, which inadvertently makes Bulma look so much by comparison.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014

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