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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.
#47051: Nov 22nd 2016 at 7:02:55 PM

Being in a position of authority doesn't give you the right to decide who lives and who dies based on your own prejudices. Fairly topical aesop, actually.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#47052: Nov 22nd 2016 at 7:05:52 PM

Don't forget the tag.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Now a lurker. See you at the forums.
#47053: Nov 22nd 2016 at 7:09:37 PM

Trying to change the world is meaningless, since you could probably end up like the monster you hate?

Just goofing around here. [up] Indeed, but is a good moral nonetheless.

edited 22nd Nov '16 7:13:38 PM by Tomodachi

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#47054: Nov 22nd 2016 at 7:21:58 PM

GodIsEvil

edited 22nd Nov '16 7:22:13 PM by SonOfSharknado

My various fanfics.
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#47055: Nov 22nd 2016 at 7:59:36 PM

Even though you try to prove to a god that mortals are strong, you'll still have to rely on a stronger god to win.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#47056: Nov 22nd 2016 at 8:03:19 PM

When in doubt, it helps to know God personally.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#47057: Nov 22nd 2016 at 8:17:55 PM

Don't forget to bring a seal to an evil-sealing pot.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#47058: Nov 22nd 2016 at 9:18:04 PM

Don't be an idiot.

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
#47059: Nov 22nd 2016 at 9:57:24 PM

No matter what you do, even if you flat out asspull powers you never had before, and even if you fight with everything you have, call on friends, and give it everything you got, you'll still not only lose, but fail everyone you fought for as some asshole who tries to blame you for his genocidal madness destroys all but a few people important to you.

That's the lesson of this arc.

One Strip! One Strip!
LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#47060: Nov 22nd 2016 at 11:02:38 PM

The universe of Dragon Ball is unbelievably broken. To the point that if you gather up a few plot devices, the only way to kill you for good is to literally erase the entire universe you're in.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#47061: Nov 22nd 2016 at 11:18:24 PM

After watching DB for years and it's resurgence with DBS, it gave me some inspiration to do a comic series of my own in a similar fashion. The big difference is instead of there being a true main character, it's a city of protagonists that go through the same events.

I've already been doing it for 3 months now, but I wanted to see how y'all think of it?

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#47063: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:24:46 AM

The lesson of the day is that if the Dragon Ball universe were a person, it'd be Bojack Horseman.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#47064: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:07:55 AM

And of course, the everpresent moral that being Future Trunks is suffering.

Well it's less of a moral and more of a statement, but it's totally true.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#47065: Nov 23rd 2016 at 1:42:51 AM

I wonder if manga Black will be as absurdly invulnerable as anime Black.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#47066: Nov 23rd 2016 at 3:16:26 AM

Well, somebody said a few pages back that it was a shame that the manga didn't use Cell's time machine. But, wouldn't that time machine send the users to CELL'S timeline, rather than Future Trunks'?

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#47067: Nov 23rd 2016 at 3:58:12 AM

That's actually a really good point that we have been and will continue to gloss over.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#47068: Nov 23rd 2016 at 4:33:47 AM

TBH, if in the manga Trunks' story ends with him going to live to Cell's timeline I'll laugh.

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#47069: Nov 23rd 2016 at 6:31:52 AM

the lesson of this arc was that toriyama's on some hot shot

BigBlackBangBro Time Stranger Since: Sep, 2016
Time Stranger
#47070: Nov 23rd 2016 at 7:54:42 AM

The real lesson: Dragon Ball can get really dark but everything is fine. Also Goku is stupid but since everything is fine don't blame him for anything. [lol]

35 year old white man.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47071: Nov 23rd 2016 at 8:33:16 AM

[up]

That....will never be a lesson.

I refuse to let it.

Goku: bigger villain then Zamasu.tongue

One Strip! One Strip!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#47073: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:34:29 PM

Yamcha was a bodyguard in the Z filler, wasn't he?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47074: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:37:50 PM

Not in filler, but Toriyama says that's what he's currently doing with his time.

One Strip! One Strip!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#47075: Nov 23rd 2016 at 12:39:46 PM

Did he recommend Goku for the position as a bodyguard, then?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

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