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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#49351: Jan 9th 2017 at 9:00:25 PM

I love how the Jaco manga stated that Saiyans have long childhoods, then instantly grow to adulthood. It felt like Toriyama making fun of his prior inability to gradually age up the main character.

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Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#49352: Jan 9th 2017 at 9:02:26 PM

So that's why Goku grew like a weed in between his appearances in the Dragon Ball anime. surprisedidea

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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
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#49353: Jan 9th 2017 at 9:04:55 PM

And probably why Goten and Trunks are still smol.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#49354: Jan 9th 2017 at 9:06:05 PM

Well, no. The reasons is because he was bad at drawing Goku as actually aging.

Jaco just gave an in-universe reason for it.

Which, in light of how long they stay young, makes sense.

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#49355: Jan 9th 2017 at 10:47:26 PM

[up] That and Toriyama is not always reliable. [nja]

"Mai waifu."
alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#49357: Jan 9th 2017 at 11:23:19 PM

Time Patrol Bardock (Blue Tint) when?

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#49358: Jan 9th 2017 at 11:34:52 PM

I dunno if or when Bardock will go SSJB, though with his primal rage he seems more like a SSJ4 type of Saiyan.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#49359: Jan 10th 2017 at 12:32:10 AM

Oh man, I cannot wait for how these guys are going to react to how Super annihilates Goku's character and destroys everything they remembered about their childhood

But it'll be nice for Funi dub fans and manga fans to have something in common that way :^ )

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#49360: Jan 10th 2017 at 12:53:37 AM

Collective disdain for Super?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49361: Jan 10th 2017 at 12:56:38 AM

That already exist, so it'll just double up.

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#49362: Jan 10th 2017 at 1:10:45 AM

Indeed. It will quadruple when the infamous Arale episode comes out when Vegeta gets his ass handed to him again by cartoon character loli. [lol]

Super seems to treated with disdain by manga, sub and dub fans alike but most fans are just glad to have Dragon Ball again.

"Mai waifu."
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49363: Jan 10th 2017 at 1:13:03 AM

I don't think that term applies to Arale, she's got no male gaze appeal.

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#49364: Jan 10th 2017 at 1:17:13 AM

[up] I guess not but it will be a glorious day when that happens.

Vegeta fans: WHAT VEGETA GOT ASS HANDED TO HIM BY A LITTLE GIRL?! DRAGON BALL OFFICIALLY SUCKS NOW! [lol]

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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
#49365: Jan 10th 2017 at 2:13:06 AM

The argument of 'Goku's getting old' to explain his stupidity in Super is completely nonsensical because, to start with, he's, at this point, somewhere around 30 in biological age, because his body didn't age in the afterlife. Vegeta is at least ten years older than him.

Furthermore, while we all like to make fun of the 'he's got brain damage' thing, that was likely cleared up a long time ago when he ate his first senzu.

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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
#49366: Jan 10th 2017 at 3:12:54 AM

Yeah, Goku is like 36 physically speaking. Bulma is 10 years older than him by now.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49367: Jan 10th 2017 at 3:13:30 AM

Why would that be healed by the senzu? The narrative didn't reveal the brain damage yet.

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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
#49368: Jan 10th 2017 at 3:14:38 AM

Do you even know what 'Retcon' means?

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#49369: Jan 10th 2017 at 3:28:39 AM

You keep mentioning "brain damage", while getting hit in the head and forgetting stuff is something that is played for comedic issues.

You are trying to read too deep.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49370: Jan 10th 2017 at 3:32:14 AM

[up][up]Yes. (*_*)

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#49371: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:30:35 AM

Super seems to treated with disdain by manga, sub and dub fans alike

The question for me is, do people hate it as much as GT and Evolution?

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#49372: Jan 10th 2017 at 8:07:38 AM

Reminds me of those who remain adamant about there only being 150 Pokemon, and Mew, Togepi and the like being "Pokegods".

People stuck in 1999 headcanons, despite people born that year being legally adults nowadays...

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#49373: Jan 10th 2017 at 8:19:46 AM

[up]x8

Regarding senzu beans, if they can heal brain damage, why couldn't they cure Goku's heart disease? I mean, to keep it simple, heart disease consists of damaged heart muscle and tissue, just like brain damage consists of damaged neurons. It's all physical, it's not like Goku's disease was supernatural...

So senzu beans can heal your brain but not your heart?

edited 10th Jan '17 8:20:27 AM by hardcorefakes

DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#49374: Jan 10th 2017 at 8:24:09 AM

I was about to say that the heart disease was caused by a virus, but even if the senzu didn't affect the virus itself, it should have healed the heart and provided temporary relief.

Just another case of Toriyama not thinking things through.

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love

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