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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#49251: Jan 7th 2017 at 9:43:09 PM

Rewatching all of Dragon Ball Z is something I never see myself doing. The Dragon Ball Manga would be better for me than that.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#49252: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:01:38 PM

[up][up] You would have to rewatch the entirety of abridged so many times to match the runtime of watching the Z anime once.tongue

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#49253: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:08:47 PM

I tried getting through the Namek arc and just couldn't do it.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#49254: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:09:46 PM

We aren't kids wasting time after school anymore. Plus the padding and filler would kill me.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#49255: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:11:30 PM

I watched the entire Z anime a couple of years back. it was a long and arduous journey

But then again I'm binge watching Critical Role right now so... imagine DBZ but the episodes are 3 - 4.5 hours long.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#49256: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:12:22 PM

So in other news....Gohan is trending on Twitter...for some reason. I guess people really did like the early parts of the Buu saga.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#49257: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:13:43 PM

I've seen bulk copies of the manga (like three volumes in one book) at the library and book store. Unfortunately, they're pretty disjointed. Still, for what I did read, I was surprised by how fast it went by. If the original anime had unbearable padding it almost felt like Toriyama went too fast with everything.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#49258: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:17:48 PM

I marathonned the entire manga series with the help of Barnes and Noble; kinda surreal how streamlined it was. The video games also reference it mostly more than the Anime, which mad things seem a lot more sense.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#49259: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:19:02 PM

[up][up]Well, he had only fourteen pages to work with, fourteen being the traditional amount a humor manga gets.

edited 7th Jan '17 10:19:43 PM by MightyMatilda

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#49260: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:29:36 PM

I own all of Z in manga form. I might try and get all of OG Dragon Ball someday just to have the whole collection

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.
#49261: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:31:01 PM

I've only read the manga. The most I've seen of the anime is some of the full fights, some clips here and there, and a couple random clusters of episodes. I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about some of the time in regards to 'Bulma on Namek' or 'Dragon Ball's demon realm' or 'all of the Great Saiyaman and High School Gohan filler'.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#49262: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:31:21 PM

So in other news....Gohan is trending on Twitter...for some reason. I guess people really did like the early parts of the Buu saga.

Might also have something today with him being focused on in Super today as well.

Kinda funny that the Kai version of the Buu Saga starts at the same time as not only a short filler that focuses on Gohan in Super, but also the dub of Super...well more the former than the latter, but still.

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#49263: Jan 7th 2017 at 10:44:00 PM

I guess time has changed especially as the whole high school thing in Dragon Ball was great character exploration for Gohan. It could also be that fans are pissed that Gohan isn't badass but what I do know....

edited 7th Jan '17 10:44:17 PM by GAP

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#49264: Jan 7th 2017 at 11:33:03 PM

I wasn't an enormous fan of the original Saiyaman stuff, but only because I didn't think it was balanced all that well. I liked stuff in it, but not the whole thing.

On the other hand, I've really liked this Saiyaman mini-arc in Super. It hits all the things I've loved about Super's Slice of Life episodes. And it really is nice to have an episode that honestly, totally focuses on someone who's not Goku and Vegeta, with neither of them even having a supporting role. I was a little concerned they were overdoing the first half, until it turned out to be a two-parter.

I'd love it if at some point in the future someone mentions the movie is getting a sequel: Saiyaman vs Supercop (Krillin). Lol.

edited 7th Jan '17 11:36:52 PM by KnownUnknown

DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#49265: Jan 7th 2017 at 11:43:08 PM

Gohan still has trouble with keeping his identity a secret from people.

You know, it's actually a pretty decent deduction on Jaco's part that "Great Saiyaman" is Watagash's host. I mean, I'm pretty sure he doesn't know that Gohan is the dorky superhero, so seeing what one would guess is an ordinary human flying around points to the empowering parasite creature.

Kinda disturbing that his first course of action is to vaporize the host though. Is this thing dangerous enough to warrant murdering the host as well?

Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#49266: Jan 8th 2017 at 1:16:26 AM

I don't know, he did threaten to use an extinction bomb on earth once.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#49267: Jan 8th 2017 at 1:29:59 AM

And his modus operandi for dealing with the Saiyan threat is to bash baby's heads in with a rock.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#49268: Jan 8th 2017 at 1:38:04 AM

You say that like it's a bad thing

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#49269: Jan 8th 2017 at 1:41:19 AM

What are you stupid?

A rock wouldn't be an effective tool anyways. Goku survived a bullet, he landed on his head on a rock as a baby. Frankly, you'd need a sword to slay Saiyan babies.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49270: Jan 8th 2017 at 3:31:07 AM

Binging archives is a powerful job...

You'll never need to do it more than once...

Once done, you'll know which parts to skip...

Good setting...

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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
#49271: Jan 8th 2017 at 4:21:25 AM

But what if it was a big rock?

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#49272: Jan 8th 2017 at 5:15:51 AM

What if that rock was actually a planet?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49273: Jan 8th 2017 at 6:16:53 AM

All rocks are planets.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#49274: Jan 8th 2017 at 7:38:01 AM

He'd need to use that rock quite a bit.

So it occurs to me: with his naturally high base strength and speed (along with his superior eyesight) Jaco'd be a terrifying beast (not as much as a Super Saiyan, but still) if he were trained to use Ki.

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#49275: Jan 8th 2017 at 7:49:30 AM

Jaco is literally the worst space cop.

Not really feeling this arc. I hope it'll end next week.


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