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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#29076: Nov 22nd 2015 at 3:03:44 PM

Translations, people, they can be wrong.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
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#29077: Nov 22nd 2015 at 3:42:16 PM

But I think it says a lot that the Super manga literally skipped out RF and we didn't miss much. (I know they did a manga for it beforehand, but that didn't cover the entire movie)
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#29078: Nov 22nd 2015 at 6:39:42 PM

That's because Goku's gi IS golden in the manga. Well, a golden-y orange most of the time. Sometimes it would be closer to orange/red (limited colours) other times it would be outright gold.

The anime's influence has kind of just lead to it being orange everywhere now.

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#29079: Nov 22nd 2015 at 6:47:10 PM

Well, even going by the odd colored chapter cover in the tankabon versions, Goku's gi has always been orange, it's just a lot lighter than the anime makes it.

For reference, this is golden yellow.

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#29080: Nov 22nd 2015 at 6:51:14 PM

Toriyama doesn't normally work in colour, so he might not know what any of them are.

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#29081: Nov 22nd 2015 at 6:56:30 PM

I would gladly pull up the original Japanese and see what kanji is used but I have no idea where to even begin to find those since my Google Fu failed me.

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#29082: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:16:47 AM

[up][up][up] That is from the full colour release, which is digitally coloured and not done by Toriyama (the regular tankobon don't have the original colours).

The Kanzenban has all of Toriyama's original colouring. Here are two chapter pages taken from there: 1, 2.

Two colour pages from the Kanzenban: 1 2.

Art specifically made for the Kanzenban: 1, 2, 3, 4.

The Kanzenban specific art is one of the best examples because that was where Toriyama had a larger colour palette to use. In limited palettes he uses darker colours, and often makes Goku's gi outright red with his most limited palette.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#29083: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:22:01 AM

...I didn't know Kibito was supposed to be blue.

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#29084: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:31:33 AM

Toriyama had never actually coloured him until Kanzenban 30, which was released in 2004.

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#29085: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:48:19 AM

If you remember, the anime has gotten coloring so wrong it was bloody hilarious. Vegeta's first appearance, anyone?

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#29086: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:24:24 AM

Oh, Kuririn telling 18 to get dinner ready while he goes fight is real.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#29087: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:46:22 AM

...Wait, what.

Oh for fuck's sake.

Piccolo and Gohan are stronger than her

But weaker than someone on Zarbon's level.

EDIT: Fanfic about Goku coming back from the dead after Cell, but also an author's note about Son family names and japanese.

...Does Gohan's name actually mean "Understanding Cooked Rice"?

edited 23rd Nov '15 5:34:34 AM by unnoun

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#29088: Nov 23rd 2015 at 6:33:56 AM

Yes and no. 孫 (Son) means "grandchild; descendant" while ご飯 (Gohan) does mean "cooked rice" or "meal".

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#29089: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:38:45 AM

I bet the Japanese have an easier time remembering Dragon Ball's gag-series nature when watching Cooked Rice and Chestnut fleeing for their lives from an enraged Durian Fruit, after having successfully rescued Snail of the Slug people.

Like, if they actually translated the character names during localization, there would probably be fewer Westerners complaining that things like Majin Buu are a contradiction of how SERIOUS and HARDCORE the series is supposed to be.

edited 23rd Nov '15 7:42:04 AM by TobiasDrake

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#29090: Nov 23rd 2015 at 8:09:42 AM

[up][up]Shisami (and Tagoma in super) trained with Freeza during the 4 months which is how they became actually impressive fighters. Piccolo also got hit like once by Shisami in the movie and totally could have handled him. Gohan only went Super Saiyan to quickly end the fight he probably could have crushed Shisami in base.

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#29091: Nov 23rd 2015 at 8:10:43 AM

Well, I've finished reading the Boo Saga. Say what you will about Gohan being shafted but the Genki Dama finisher was great. The Earthlings, Namekians, and everyone in the Otherworld coming together to deal the finishing blow to the ultimate incarnation of evil was awesome. Meanwhile, Gohan curb stomping Pure Boo simply wouldn't have been. Although that Genki Dama was nowhere near as large as the one Goku hit Freeza with.

Also, I think I have to agree with Saiga regarding it. The Boo Saga is amazing up until Vegetto enters Super Boo. From there, it gets kinda meh until the end. I also really don't like Goku abandoning his family to train Oob.

edited 23rd Nov '15 8:12:35 AM by Zelenal

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#29092: Nov 23rd 2015 at 8:19:03 AM

I though Saiga said he didn't think the Buu Saga went down until Potara was introduced.

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#29093: Nov 23rd 2015 at 8:31:27 AM

Yeah, how Buu got finished off was great. Even Team Four Star, who doesn't have a high opinion of the Buu saga, put it in their list of the top moments in the series; in the top 15, no less.

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#29094: Nov 23rd 2015 at 8:53:23 AM

[up][up] He did. And it technically did since the manga version of Vegetto VS Boohan isn't as good as the anime version. I just like Vegetto too much to say that.

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#29095: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:23:15 AM

I don't know, some people still take the series seriously in English despite names like Cui, Raditz, Freeza, Cooler, Cold, Trunks, and Piccolo. Also Bibidi Bobidi Boo.

edited 23rd Nov '15 10:23:58 AM by Nihlus1

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#29096: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:24:37 AM

To be fair to Gohan v. Super Buu, it probably wouldn't have been as much of a curbstomp if it was still intended to be the finale when it went down.

The pieces already in place could have been used to set up a final confrontation of Ultimate Gohan v. Buutenks.

edited 23rd Nov '15 10:37:30 AM by TobiasDrake

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#29097: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:38:39 AM

I do wonder when Toriyama changed his finale plans.

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#29098: Nov 23rd 2015 at 11:11:32 AM

Probably sometime waaay before the Gohan vs. Buutenks fight happened, I doubt he changed his mind on the fly.

But yea, as much as I would have preferred Gohan, I do admit to loving how Buu was defeated with the Spirit Bomb and not with a new power up. Made things come full circle.

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#29100: Nov 23rd 2015 at 11:34:46 AM

Is there a single member of the main cast who hasn't been on the receiving end of a beatdown?

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