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CaptainKatsura Decoy from    Poland    Since: Jul, 2011
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#4026: Dec 17th 2013 at 4:16:00 AM

Every fundamental force of universe owns Yamcha, not only gravity.

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#4027: Dec 17th 2013 at 4:31:08 AM

Even Hercule could own yamcha, really.

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#4029: Dec 17th 2013 at 8:29:59 AM

I still have Legendary Super Warriors.

Never did beat Frieza. Dude's tough as sh-t.

edited 17th Dec '13 8:30:40 AM by FOFD

CaptainKatsura Decoy from    Poland    Since: Jul, 2011
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#4030: Dec 17th 2013 at 10:13:17 AM

I beat the Spanish version because it was the only available to me when I was kid.

edited 17th Dec '13 4:08:02 PM by CaptainKatsura

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#4031: Dec 18th 2013 at 2:32:54 AM

I'm not sure which is more hilarious, the observation of how much Yamcha ultimately sucked or those who are so invested in & seriously upset over him being the threads's Butt-Monkey.

edited 18th Dec '13 2:33:31 AM by Prime_of_Perfection

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#4033: Dec 18th 2013 at 6:09:13 AM

Good idea.

……So, what if there were more female fighters in the series?

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4034: Dec 18th 2013 at 6:19:56 AM

It'd be slightly better than Naruto, that's for sure.

Would that pretty much requre at least one living, female, full blooded Saiyan? Or do you just mean more female fighters in general, but not necessarily super strong?

edited 18th Dec '13 6:20:31 AM by ScorpioRat

MsCC93 Since: May, 2012
#4035: Dec 18th 2013 at 8:11:53 AM

[up][up] It would be better. The only female fighters who were prominent in the series were Chi-Chi, Videl, and Android 18 (personally, Android 18 is my favorite). They all got quickly demoted to extra, unfortunately.

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#4036: Dec 18th 2013 at 8:14:07 AM

We wouldn't necessarily need the living female Saiyan to be full-blooded. Gohan handled himself just fine.

More female characters definitely would have been nice. GT, non-canon though it was, tried giving us two female Saiyans in Pan and Bra, which was a step forward but still felt like a step backward when they went on to be the only Saiyan protagonists who don't become Super Saiyans and, in Bra's case, the only Saiyan character who doesn't want to fight at all and just wants to shop all day and spend Daddy's money.

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4037: Dec 18th 2013 at 8:19:06 AM

I was saying Full Saiyan because it seemed like Pan (1/4th saiyan) and Bra(1/2 Saiyan) were somewhat nerfed compared to the main fighters in the long run. Which seems odd because shouldn't Bra get a ridiculous boost in power like Gohan for being a half and half hybrid? Yet she shows absolutely none of that...

[up]I agree with this, pretty much.

edited 18th Dec '13 8:19:23 AM by ScorpioRat

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#4038: Dec 18th 2013 at 8:28:18 AM

Because Bra had absolutely no interest in fighting, and just wanted to mooch off Daddy Vegeta. Who was surprisingly ok with it....seriously, I know Vegeta Took a Level in Kindness and all, but I don't think he would just let his daughter walk all over him with no resistance.

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#4039: Dec 18th 2013 at 8:30:31 AM

It must be the moustache.

Yeah, GT would have been better if Pan were actually useful and could become a Super Saiyan. Gohan was doing it by her age. Goten and Trunks were doing it even earlier.

edited 18th Dec '13 8:30:46 AM by Anomalocaris20

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4040: Dec 18th 2013 at 9:13:10 AM

[up][up]

That was a bit out of character for Vegeta. You'd think he'd push her to fight more after seeing what Trunks/ every other half-saiyan could do.

[up]It's even harder to be useful when you're stuck with freaking Goku on a spaceship.

edited 18th Dec '13 9:14:04 AM by ScorpioRat

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#4041: Dec 18th 2013 at 9:14:26 AM

Seriously, comparing Trunks's upbringing to Bra's, Vegeta seems like a completely different character. Probably because that's what he was. Maybe GT Vegeta is just a misogynist who thinks girls are too fragile and delicate to bother training.

edited 18th Dec '13 9:15:27 AM by TobiasDrake

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4042: Dec 18th 2013 at 9:16:06 AM

Um, this man lives with Bulma, who is far from delicate when it comes to getting shit done (after arguing and complaining). I have no idea where he got that thought process from if that was his reasoning.

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#4043: Dec 18th 2013 at 9:49:23 AM

Maybe it was different just because she was his daughter. You could find the biggest, angriest, manly-man who's ever been manly. Tell him he's got a daughter, put the baby in his hands, he turns into a big sobbing pile of feels.

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#4044: Dec 18th 2013 at 10:06:11 AM

That's a bit hypocritical for a Saiyan who's used to dumping babies in space pods to take over planets, but I guess Earth made him softer than usual. Wow, I bet Trunks feels loved. [lol]

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#4045: Dec 18th 2013 at 10:08:28 AM

Ya have to remember, also, that DBZ ended with Vegeta realizing that he'd been a douchebag, and promising to be better.

And hey, VEGETA never put anyone in a space pod.

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#4046: Dec 18th 2013 at 2:27:47 PM

He never got the chance.

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#4047: Dec 18th 2013 at 3:01:16 PM

……So, what if there were more female fighters in the series?

Wouldn't make any difference, unless of course it served to make the human fighters even more useless.

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#4048: Dec 18th 2013 at 3:01:54 PM

If there were more females in the series, it'd have to be written by someone OTHER than Toriyama. Dude can't write women.

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#4049: Dec 18th 2013 at 3:05:46 PM

……So, what if there were more female fighters in the series?

Yamcha's losing streak would be even higher as a bunch of new fighters show up for him to job to.

Nah but seriously, probably nothing. If you're talking about changing existing characters into females, well... I think people may actually accuse Toriyama of sexism given some of these characterizations. Especially Vegeta. More women from the get go definitely would have been a good thing, but of course they;d have to be saiyans less they fade into irrelevance.

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#4050: Dec 18th 2013 at 3:06:54 PM

[up][up] I disagree. He SAYS he can't write them, but Chi-Chi's the only one I really have a problem with, and her personality actually makes sense - she's just as naive as Goku, and is trying to uphold a stereotype. She mellows out later, anyway.

Sorta like how he said he can't write romance but building up Gohan/Videl worked better than any of the 'skipped' romances he did.


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