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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40101: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:28:40 PM

The drama is dry, but effective regardless...on some people anyway.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40102: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:30:33 PM

Also, I learned recently that the reason King Kai has his planet again is because he used the Namekian Dragon Balls to wish it back; he was going to wish for a bigger planet with less gravity and a race track, but before he could Goku showed up and wished for King Kai's planet to be the exact same, because it's good for training.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#40103: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:30:40 PM

...Can Shenron revive someone from a different timeline?

I mean, is that something that's even within his capabilities? I ask because I'm sure you remembered that since the Piccolo of that timeline is dead, Shenron isn't an option in Future Trunks' world.

And if you didn't, your joke is ruined. I'm disappointed in you Arha. You wasted that joke. We can never do it again now.

[up]Edit: God Dammit Goku!

Wait. That would have still left him with two wishes. Why didn't he revive himself?

edited 11th Jun '16 6:31:33 PM by HandsomeRob

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#40104: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:36:23 PM

Well, then I guess it's a good thing there's a set of omnipotent dragon balls now that can do absolutely anything, huh?

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40105: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:37:04 PM

Don't know, Super has been all over the place lately with this.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40106: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:37:38 PM

We'll probably see more of Present day Mai now though.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#40107: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:38:34 PM

Those...ain't exactly easy to collect.

Or do you think they can just ask Beerus to help them? I mean, he's only so nice. I'm sure he'd want something in return.

Or I may be underselling him. I'm not sure. Eh, suppose we'll see.

Still disappointed in you.tongue

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40108: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:41:07 PM

Eh, just bribe Beerus and Whis with food and they'll help; hell, bribe Beerus with ramen if you need to. The guy eats as much ramen as Naruto by this point.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
FrozenWolf2 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40109: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:42:32 PM

... Don't Worry Trunks you still have that whole... get loop holed into being the GKT's assistant as she waits for you to develop a bodyguard crush.

Its not so bad...

okay yeah thats kinda a bummer... I mean its not even Androids this time its a completely out of context problem.

[up]

Threaten Beerus with the german Dub of Naruto!

edited 11th Jun '16 6:43:30 PM by FrozenWolf2

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40110: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:44:37 PM

No, I mean, the guy has eaten at least a few dozen to a few hundred cup of instant ramen in the anime; anyone who gives those two actually good ramen, is gonna be getting several favors from them.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#40111: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:45:47 PM

They have instant ramen in Naruto?

I thought it took place in some throwback type world with no modern tech or something? I barely know anything about it.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40112: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:48:51 PM

Yes, they have instant ramen; Naruto talks about it during his team introduction. There's also real, freshly made ramen, which would be absolutely delicious to these guys.

Case in point:

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#40113: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:50:28 PM

By "instant" I mean the kind you microwave, hence my question of the technology of Naruto.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40114: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:53:22 PM

Naruto was kind of feudal Japanish but there were always a few elements that didn't mesh with that. And then at the end of the series we have a time skip of like 15 years and technology is on our modern world's level.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40115: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:54:25 PM

Well he didn't so much as microwave the instant ramen, so much as use the hot water method of cooking it. So he probably had an electric tea kettle or something to boil water, or just a normal one.

edited 11th Jun '16 6:55:55 PM by Ssj3Gojira

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40116: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:54:43 PM

You "could" microwave it, but it's easier to just stove top it.

[up]Or just the ol' fire wood fire method.

edited 11th Jun '16 6:55:41 PM by randomness4

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#40117: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:55:17 PM

No joke, the epilogue of the manga features Naruto using a laptop.

So yeah, They Just Didn't Care when it comes to the technology level of that world.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#40118: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:55:49 PM

So they use electricity in Naruto and yet everyone wears sandals and lives in the woods like fucking hippies.

Why did people like Naruto again?

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wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#40119: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:57:12 PM

Marketing, and it was a lot of people's gateway anime with Naruto (however obnoxious he is) apparently connected with a lot of kids who felt disenfranchised from their peers.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#40120: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:57:28 PM

Because it only started getting really bad when it became the Uchiha Show. Also because it filled the void Dragon Ball left.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#40121: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:57:50 PM

Do recall that they also had radio transmitters that fit in their ears, television monitors as far back as the Chunin Exam, and the one shopkeeper in the manga during the Land of Waves Arc who had the shotgun; this series was always weird when it came to technology.

Also, the fact that they had surveillance cameras, and the randomizer used during the Preliminaries during the Third Part of the Chunin Exam showed they had computers even then.

edited 11th Jun '16 7:00:11 PM by Ssj3Gojira

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#40122: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:58:13 PM

Early Naruto showed some decent tech on occasion, as I recall. And then they ignored all that.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#40123: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:58:23 PM

So they use electricity in Naruto and yet everyone wears sandals and lives in the woods like fucking hippies. Why did people like Naruto again?

Land of Waves Arc.

edited 11th Jun '16 7:00:04 PM by Cross

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40124: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:59:07 PM

Seeing how talks about Naruto never lead to anything good, maybe you could just ask the question in the Naruto thread. I'm sure it's something they've gone over only a few thousand times so it should be relatively fresh there.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#40125: Jun 11th 2016 at 6:59:24 PM

Why did people like Naruto again?

Well...

~Is beaten, tied up and dragged off before he can get a word out~

Shit! A simple brick to the face would have sufficed! That's how this gag usually goes!

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