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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.
#27351: Nov 6th 2015 at 7:44:14 PM

EXCUSE YOU: Roshi is the most stylin and suave character in this series!

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27352: Nov 6th 2015 at 7:55:19 PM

He's a pervert who could blow up the moon before Piccolo made it cool, probably killed an anthropormorphic Rabbit and his goons, fought to save the world from a alien slug demon, then sacrificed his life to stop that same Alien Slug demon.

He was once the worlds strongest man, and now just reads porn.

He can fight soldiers and isn't afraid of anything.

He's master Roshi. And he's more interesting than you.

.......That's being said, FUCK HIM.tongue

One Strip! One Strip!
TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Brightness
#27353: Nov 6th 2015 at 7:56:09 PM

I'd rather not.

edited 6th Nov '15 7:56:20 PM by TheAirman

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#27354: Nov 6th 2015 at 7:57:07 PM

I will say that DB is a series that knew how to place its filler. The manga has a lot of Time Skips, usually involving the characters training for something, and most of the Filler Arcs are slotted into those.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27355: Nov 6th 2015 at 7:57:59 PM

Fair enough.

I wish they'd stop making his perversion the only thing about him.

As much I think it makes no sense for him to be at the Frieza battle, it was the first time in years he'd done something beyond stare at women, so I suppose it was good for the old fart.

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Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
18's Glomp OF DOOM
#27356: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:00:04 PM

I still wonder how he thought it was cool to motorboat the strongest woman who killed 2/3 of the planet in an Alternate Timeline.

I love you, Krillin!! -struggling to breathe- I love you as well, honey..
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.
#27357: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:01:16 PM

I didn't have a problem with him being at the Freeza battle. I did have a problem with characters stronger than him being left out. Is Chioutzu crushing Freeza Soldiers into a ball then bowling with them telekinetically too much to ask?

edited 6th Nov '15 8:01:49 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#27358: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:02:40 PM

[up][up] While said woman was holding her four-year-old daughter.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27359: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:06:09 PM

To be fair, I think that one was an accident.

Though he stayed in that position way too long for his own good, so he still deserved an ass-kicking.

As for Chiaou-tzu, I don't think he's that strong.

He's won less fights then Yamcha if you go by pure manga. The only reason we don't mock him half as much is because he's such a non-issue.

Trunks and Goten might not have taken the battle seriously enough, but cutting out Buu and 18 was bullshit.

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Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
18's Glomp OF DOOM
#27360: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:07:30 PM

No matter, Roshi didn't even do the stupidest thing in the saga. It was Babidi not taking Dabura's advice. Sad for me, as Dabura was one of my favorites

I love you, Krillin!! -struggling to breathe- I love you as well, honey..
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27361: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:08:52 PM

I generally forget that he even exists. To the extent that, in this case, I read his name and thought of Tien instead. It took another fifteen seconds to realize we were talking about someone else.

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.
#27362: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:10:00 PM

Freeza Soldiers are mooks. Their job is to lose to the stronger heroes. Can't Chioutzu and Yamcha get their fair share to show off? Petition to include Chioutzu and Yamcha (and maybe Goten and Trunks) in the Super version of Resurrection 'F'.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#27363: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:10:04 PM

[up][up][up] Dabura is quite the missing puzzle piece. He always seemed to me like a character who should've been the Big Bad of his own arc, but got lost on the way there and ended up in a later arc where he was already outclassed.

King Cold gives me the same impression.

edited 6th Nov '15 8:10:15 PM by HamburgerTime

Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
18's Glomp OF DOOM
#27364: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:11:11 PM

Yeah, Dabura seemed a little more compelling than "BUU EAT YOU UP".

[down] Yeah, due to most of them relying on Frieza to use his Death Ball when a planet seemed unruly instead of training, like most of how the Z fighters count on Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, and to a lesser extent Future Trunks and Gotenks to get them out of a pinch.

edited 6th Nov '15 8:16:14 PM by Piando

I love you, Krillin!! -struggling to breathe- I love you as well, honey..
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#27365: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:13:29 PM

To be fair, weren't most of Frieza's soldiers only in the quadruple digits when it came to power levels? Like, weren't most of them around the strength of the Saibamen?

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
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.
#27366: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:14:46 PM

Dabura existed to have someone of Cell-caliber to be murked by Buu to show how much stronger he was. King Cold served a similar purpose.

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.
#27367: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:17:29 PM

[up][up]Remember that only the ones on Namek were in the quadruple digits. Namek is well-known for its powerful fighters. I'm guessing the Freeza Soldiers on Namek were not the worst Freeza employed. Earth's average Power Level is 5.

Piando 18's Glomp OF DOOM Since: Jun, 2015
18's Glomp OF DOOM
#27368: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:17:51 PM

Well, Dabura, and to a lesser extent the Ginyu Force, or should I call it the Jeice Force as Ginyu was alive as a frog, provided some hilarious scenes in the anime when Chi-Chi, Bulma, and Videl were scampering around the Otherworld.

I love you, Krillin!! -struggling to breathe- I love you as well, honey..
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#27369: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:17:54 PM

[up][up][up][up] The two Gohan and Krillin beat up were at 1200, or equal to a Saibaman. Even Raditz was above-average.

edited 6th Nov '15 8:18:17 PM by HamburgerTime

Nihlus1 Since: Jul, 2015
#27370: Nov 6th 2015 at 9:33:54 PM

Toriyama gave those measurements in centimeters, not feet and inches. Someone just converted them.

And Goku and Gohan are not 7 feet tall (Bulma is 5'5 and the average male's head is 9.5 inches) oh my god. Yamcha, Satan, and Ten tower over them, and Goku is barely half a head taller than Chi Chi. Unless you go by recent anime material, where he is 1 head taller. The given heights are actually sensible; Goku and Gohan are average, Bulma 18 and Chi Chi are average (for women), Yamcha, Ten, and Satan are tall, Krillin is one head shorter than Goku (read the first chapter where Raditz appears), Vegeta is very short (slightly shorter than his wife), Piccolo's fuck huge.

Look at the cover of the chapter "The Gathering of the Warriors" for a good comparison.

Pre-retcon Vegeta comes up to Nappa's stomach/lower chest. Pre-retcon Vegeta was also below Goku's shoulder. Nappa is "only" about 6'11. Sometimes he's drawn way bigger, and sometimes he's drawn smaller, especially in combat, but the same is true for literally every other character. Goku's head came up to Raditz's nose, so Raditz is 6'3. If he seemed taller than Piccolo at the time, that's because Piccolo was still growing.

In the Buu arc Piccolo is only a few inches shorter than Super Buu, who is MASSIVE. He's definitely 7'5 there.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27371: Nov 6th 2015 at 9:38:11 PM

Come to think of it, I just realized that Piccolo is only a few years older than Gohan.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27372: Nov 6th 2015 at 9:48:02 PM

Yeah. That's been brought up actually.

It actually explains a lot about why they bonded so easily when you think about it.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#27373: Nov 7th 2015 at 12:12:14 AM

Ya know, I'm surprised Cellin, Tiencha, Skinny Tiencha, Buuencha, Buugeta, Buuza, Buucell, Majin Frieza and Majin Cell haven't appeared in DBH yet.

I'm pretty sure Dimps has those old Budokai models floating around somewhere.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#27374: Nov 7th 2015 at 1:18:24 AM

I like how Buu's reaction to absorbing Tiencha is disappointment.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#27375: Nov 7th 2015 at 2:22:41 AM

Dabura was cool. I wish he stuck around. He had more personality than some of the other villains. His concept is really cool, being the king of a demon world. And he can summon swords! That's awesome!

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!

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