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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.
#47876: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:03:32 AM

So, I just saw the latest episode of Dragon Ball Super.

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YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

I AM LITERALLY TEARING UP FROM JOY RIGHT NOW. YAMCHA WAS SO AWESOME HERE. THIS EPISODE WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND IT SHOULD BE PUT IN A MUSEUM FOR THE WORK OF ART IT IS.

Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#47877: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:10:44 AM

[up]This is PMC.

Edit: Most awkward page-topper ever.

edited 11th Dec '16 12:11:25 AM by Ikedatakeshi

superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#47878: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:11:33 AM

[up]Oh, I see.

One of my favorite parts was Champa being a whiny bitch.

Again, does it remind anyone of the Steven Universe episode Hit the Diamond?

edited 11th Dec '16 12:11:53 AM by superboy313

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.
#47879: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:16:21 AM

I love how well-timed my entrance was; perfect for the punch-line! And yeah, it was a little reminiscent of Hit the Diamond.

edited 11th Dec '16 1:36:38 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

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.
#47880: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:22:30 AM

Also, can I point out just how thoroughly I TOTALLY CALLED IT?!

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#47882: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:27:10 AM

Positives for Yamucha...

Excited?

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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.
#47883: Dec 11th 2016 at 12:29:06 AM

[up][up]AND IT IS THUNDEROUS!

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47885: Dec 11th 2016 at 8:36:50 AM

[up]

I like it. It would be nice if they gave Chi-chi a new look.

One Strip! One Strip!
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#47886: Dec 11th 2016 at 9:48:59 AM

This episode was just 20 minutes of Yamcha abuse, and I love it.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#47887: Dec 11th 2016 at 9:59:19 AM

It's interesting how it can appeal to both people who want Yamcha to succeed, and people who want Yamcha to fail.

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#47888: Dec 11th 2016 at 10:31:36 AM

Yamcha was actually relevant in this episode, and he won the game for U7. Every dog has his day.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47889: Dec 11th 2016 at 10:49:08 AM

Well, he is a wolf.

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I don't think people want Yamcha to fail. They don't need to want it to happen, because they already know it will. They just enjoy sitting back and watching the show.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#47890: Dec 11th 2016 at 11:15:36 AM

I do find it rather funny how, assuming this is the last time Yamcha is relevant (which is likely), then he would have ended his greatest comeback in the same pose as his descent into irrelevancy.

This song needs more love.
Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#47891: Dec 11th 2016 at 11:56:38 AM

So watching the baseball episode, I think Champa may actually be my favorite character in Super.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#47892: Dec 11th 2016 at 11:59:11 AM

Yamcha's death pose arguably made him infinitely more relevant than he would've ever otherwise been. Have you seen just how many times it's been parodied?

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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.
#47893: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:05:57 PM

I can't get over Yamcha striking out Botamo and Cabba. Or Yamcha taking shots at Tenshinhan, saying he left him and Chiaotzu behind because he thought they couldn't keep up in this fight. Or Yamcha thinking at Vegeta that he's going to be the protagonist this time. OR YAMCHA CRAWLING HIS WAY TO A VICTORIOUS HOME RUN WHILE A BATTLE BETWEEN GODS RAVAGES THE ARENA, AND ARRRGGGGHHHBLARGHBLORGHBLERGH *foams from the mouth while fainting from the awesomeness*

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47894: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:09:20 PM

I think PMC is happy folks.

I do like how this episode both throws a bone to his fans, while still giving those who love mocking him ample ammunition.

Sure he got his ass kicked badly, but this is a legitimate win for him.

It actually occurs to me....this would have been Champa's win if he'd recruited Yamcha instead of Vegeta or Goten.

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#47895: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:11:50 PM

[up][up] To be honest I never understood that meme even after learning more about Dragon ball from other users as well as a few excerpts of the manga. I am baffled at how people can take something as horrifying as Yamcha's death and turn into something memetic but hen again the over 9000 mistranslation error.

"Mai waifu."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47896: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:14:55 PM

He'd never been particularly successful before hand.

Plus, the fandom of any series can be pretty cool. You should have seen how the Bleach Fandom treated Momo Hinamori when the main villain tricked her best friend into stabbing her.

Moms already had a bit of a scrappydom, so people ran with it pretty hard.

Yamcha is just an easy target (plus I suspect a bit of backlash over how hard some people try to defend him).

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#47897: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:17:03 PM

I assume part of it is because most people in the west started with DBZ so literally all he was known for was dying super quickly to a mook and being the only one who died to a Saibamen when with everyone else it at least took Nappa.

edited 11th Dec '16 1:18:31 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.
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.
#47898: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:18:11 PM

I also like that Yamcha's Death Pose isn't an in-universe joke. None of our heroes in-universe found Yamcha dying to a Saibaman funny, so the call-back to that moment just resulted in confusion for some and bitter memories for others.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#47899: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:20:18 PM

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This is true. There was the brief airing of Dragonball by....I think it was Dic way back when (just before the full airing of Dragonball in fact), but yeah, for many, that was how things started with Yamcha.

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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
#47900: Dec 11th 2016 at 1:35:19 PM

"Most people in the West" seems to be the USA.

From Mexico down south Dragon Ball came first dood, and IIRC, it was the same at least in Spain.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari

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