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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48201: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:27:14 PM

I wonder if Toriyama is still struggling to think of an explanation for why Gero gave himself a shittier body, or if he just doesn't care enough to try, and is dealing with more important things?

I mean, he did explain why 16 was in a pod instead of killing Gokus, but not the thing with Gero's choice of body.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#48202: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:27:35 PM

Actually, if memory serves, after Vegeta defeats 19, Piccolo states that Vegeta didn't have enough energy/strength left to defeat 20 and all of his posturing to 20 was just a clever bluff.

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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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#48203: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:28:10 PM

And then you realize that the only reason Vegeta had to bluff is because he is an idiot and got overconfident instead of just killing 19 ASAP. Had he done that, he would've had more than enough power remaining to kill Gero too. 19's energy absorption was only problematic for Vegeta because he let it be.

Vegeta is the architect of his own defeat most of the time, it just so happened to be that this one time it didn't bite him in the ass.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#48204: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:30:22 PM

I mean, if Cell could absorb ki blasts. Like. Seriously, how would you kill him? Besides tricking him into absorbing a sick Goku and hoping he can catch the heart virus.

Chop off his hands or tail or whatever absorbed energy like 16 did then finish him off before regening or do what Goku did and Kamehameha him from point blank range via IT.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#48205: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:32:39 PM

...Is it weird to anyone else that they mentioned the heart virus was a virus and then had nobody else catch it?

Like. Vegeta or Gohan probably could have been able to catch it.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48206: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:36:02 PM

Hell, anyone of them should have caught it.

Like you said, it's a Virus. It should be able to infect others.

My guess is that even though it's called a virus, it's not really a virus, and Toriyama used that term because it sounded right.

I will admit, I never thought of it myself until you brought it up.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#48207: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:46:30 PM

I mean.

Viruses that can cross species are.

They exist? But they aren't common.

The fact that Goku caught it in space where there's no Saiyans is weird, but. Maybe it was dormant or whatever until it infected him.

Vegeta as a fellow pure Saiyan, and Gohan as Goku's offspring are. Considerably more susceptible, I would say. Than any other member of the cast.

...Except Cell, actually. What with literally having Goku's cells.

edited 14th Dec '16 6:47:51 PM by unnoun

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#48208: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:47:32 PM

There is many ways to transmit a virus, he might have gotten it in any number of ways and it was not transmitted from person to person. If it was Iatrogenic Goku could have gotten it while in the hospital after the fight with Vegeta.

Since they have a cure in Future Trunks's timeline it makes sense to be a homegrown thing.

edited 14th Dec '16 6:49:15 PM by Memers

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#48211: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:52:21 PM

...I wish they would make up their minds what colour her armour is.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#48212: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:55:30 PM

It's the same colored armor she had in Fusions, so they're probably sticking with dark emerald.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#48213: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:55:40 PM

Wait you mean she wasn't already? I thought that every non-fusion character that was in Fusions was already in Heroes.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#48214: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:58:49 PM

Up until this point, Arale (who's already a support), Bra and Gine haven't been playable.

Gine is now getting her chance...

Also, "3D" transforming cards!

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#48215: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:02:34 PM

Bra... the most forgotten character in the franchise.

Even Super seems to have forgotten that Bulma should be pregnant with her right now or already been born....

edited 14th Dec '16 7:06:21 PM by Memers

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#48217: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:24:48 PM

This feels like it's gonna be a whodunnit type filler arc.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#48218: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:30:29 PM

[up][up][up]Well what can you do when your born at the very end of the series?

Though Pan seemed to get around it, probably due to actually being an important character in GT.

edited 14th Dec '16 7:30:49 PM by HandsomeRob

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#48219: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:42:06 PM

I don't really know what counts as filler in Dragonball at this point.

I mean if you want to split hairs all of Super is technically filler. Assuming they ever remember that Uub is supposed to come into the picture.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#48220: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:44:08 PM

Anything not in Toriyama's outline for Super is the closet things we can call Filler.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
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#48221: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:47:44 PM

GT seemed to have Bra as older than Pan, no? So Bra should be born already if we take the GT timeline as "canon," (which it should be, if Goku's discovery of Uub and Pan's first World Martial Arts competition is canon, although that's probably badly rewritten now as an alternate future where Beerus never showed up).

Does the series ever really keep track of characters' ages? How old is everybody now, anyway?

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#48222: Dec 14th 2016 at 7:55:34 PM

[up] Nah she is one year younger than Pan and should be born in the year Super is in right now.

With the way Vegeta has been changing personality wise his GT doting dad persona would be perfectly in character for him now.

edited 14th Dec '16 7:58:46 PM by Memers

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#48223: Dec 14th 2016 at 8:01:58 PM

A Slice of Life episode dedicated to the birth of Bra that focuses on Vegeta and his relationship with his family could be really sweet if done right.

This song needs more love.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#48225: Dec 14th 2016 at 8:37:51 PM

Oh, Krillin's shaved again. And lol at Roshi and Tenshinhan being included.


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