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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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#39351: May 28th 2016 at 12:09:16 PM

Or the worst way to find out she's not as innocent as you thought.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#39352: May 28th 2016 at 12:41:11 PM

This is true. [lol]

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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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#39353: May 28th 2016 at 1:04:52 PM

Awesome prank tho.

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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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#39355: May 28th 2016 at 1:15:32 PM

Kinda reminds me of Mugen Souls, superficially.

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Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#39356: May 28th 2016 at 1:16:30 PM

I'm a bit concerned that I won't like this. Guess I'll wait for a demo or a gameplay video on You Tube.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#39357: May 28th 2016 at 10:38:30 PM

Dragon Ball logic: The Oozaru form, which is about 30 times as tall and several thousand times as massive as base form gives a x10 boost to power output.

How does that even work?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39358: May 28th 2016 at 10:44:46 PM

Because ki allows it to violate Square-Cube Law and prevent the user from becoming weak as shit.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39359: May 28th 2016 at 10:46:45 PM

I never understood why people try to apply real world physics and such to it. Unlike some manga, I don't think Dragon Ball even pretended to abide by real world laws.

edited 28th May '16 10:47:11 PM by LSBK

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#39360: May 28th 2016 at 10:47:21 PM

[up][up] You say that, but that doesn't work because Japan has natural Kaiju that violate that law every single second of existence.

[up] Ki itself is at best a metaphysical form of energy; it should be defying the laws of physics just by existing at that point.

edited 28th May '16 10:48:26 PM by Ssj3Gojira

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39361: May 28th 2016 at 10:52:14 PM

That has literally nothing to do with what I just said.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#39362: May 28th 2016 at 10:53:07 PM

Because, Japan already gives zero fucks about that law, why even try to use ki for an explanation?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39363: May 28th 2016 at 10:54:24 PM

Because Japan is not a singular entity and other works have no bearing on Dragon Ball.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#39364: May 28th 2016 at 11:00:29 PM

The thing I was trying to point out is that it's a lot weaker than it should be.

Like, thousands of times more massive, but can only lift 10x as much?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39365: May 28th 2016 at 11:07:56 PM

And what I was pointing out is that you're wrong because being bigger doesn't mean it's going to be stronger due to Square-Cube Law.

They get most of their strength from ki to begin with so it doesn't matter how much bigger their muscles get.

edited 28th May '16 11:08:28 PM by Saiga

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#39366: May 28th 2016 at 11:23:06 PM

Again, you say that as if anyone in comic books or manga at all, cares about that law.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39367: May 28th 2016 at 11:25:00 PM

That has nothing to do with this.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#39368: May 28th 2016 at 11:27:30 PM

It actually does, because you saying ki is an answer to the Square Cube Law, implies that the law actually exists in Dragon Ball, when it really doesn't.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#39370: May 28th 2016 at 11:34:45 PM

They can apparently learn how to ride on top of balls, so maybe?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39371: May 28th 2016 at 11:41:15 PM

[up][up][up] It's impossible to say that it doesn't when ki is an explicit thing which divorces size and muscle from strength.

It doesn't exist in Dragon Ball because of ki. That's not to say there wouldn't be some other reason it wouldn't exist if not for ki (yay triple negative), but as it stands there needs to be no other reason, no out of universe handwave or comparison to other series, because we have an explicit reason it does not apply.

The square cube law is also just a reason not to ask "why doesn't becoming bigger make you X times stronger?" because the square cube law defies that kind of thinking.

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#39372: May 28th 2016 at 11:48:03 PM

Ki pretty clearly doesn't divorce strength from size and muscle when Future Trunks buffing himself up made him stronger but slower.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#39373: May 28th 2016 at 11:49:01 PM

To be fair, lifting strength is a different thing than striking strength.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39374: May 28th 2016 at 11:51:37 PM

Which is at odds with more muscular characters having no issue with their speed.

It's a trait inherent to the form.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#39375: May 28th 2016 at 11:53:20 PM

That or it's just muscle tension or something; the muscles are too out of proportion compared to the size of the body.

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