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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80476: Mar 6th 2018 at 5:41:43 PM

[up][up][up] Oooh that's good. tongue

[up][up] Yeah I miss it too. I love it when Saiyan's act all monkey like hanging off trees or floating cross legged with their tails hanging behind them.

[up] We still don't know the name of Frieza's race...... or well anyone else's aside from Saiyan's, Namekian's, Kai's, & Angel's.

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EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#80477: Mar 6th 2018 at 5:44:25 PM

[up][up]I have fully rejected that tidbit of information because it makes no goddamn sense

like

it's actively nonsensical with everything we know about Chi-Chi in Dragon Ball and her relationship with Goku. You mean to tell me that they got married without kissing at the "I do"?? That Chi-Chi never tried to kiss Goku?? That they banged but never once kissed???

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#80478: Mar 6th 2018 at 5:45:23 PM

But...Karrot is shown putting pants on multiple times in da series...

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#80479: Mar 6th 2018 at 5:49:51 PM

Well, you and I ain't making the manga.

It apparently just became a Single-Issue Wonk with him, and combined with his laziness meant the idea was just tossed out.

Hell, he's still keeping tails out of the story even when he's not drawing the series anymore (as shown with the U6 saiyans).

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#80480: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:03:07 PM

If a tail does nothing but get in the way, wouldn't you wanna get some?

I thought Tori-boto got rid of tails for a legit reason, maybe the pants is just humor.

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vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#80481: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:06:19 PM

So I’m getting back into Dragonball

And I blame Jaco the Galactic Patrolman

I hadn’t read or watched Dragon Ball in years so reading Jaco made me realize I really liked it, the humour and characters.

So been checking out Super and up to U6 tournament. Frost a shit and Vegeta against Metalman

Also checked out the Super manga to volume 2 and it’s very condensed yet adds some extraneous details that are appreciated. I like its depiction of fights better for the most part.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80482: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:07:50 PM

Beerus has a tail & it does nothing.

Besides the monkey tails add visual distinctiveness to Saiyan's since their no different from humans visually.

[up] Oh wow two people getting into the show, what are the odds? tongue

edited 6th Mar '18 6:08:37 PM by slimcoder

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#80483: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:08:30 PM

@Bocaj what people call a victory, loss or draw can be totally arbitrary or counterintuitive. Sometimes fights have unclear/inconclusive outcomes, other times people just have really weird standards.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#80484: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:12:27 PM

The fact that they had to actively spare Vegeta shows that that fight was in no way a draw.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#80485: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:15:41 PM

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#80486: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:29:15 PM

I mean, they had Vegeta dead to rights. He was as good as lost.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#80487: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:34:41 PM

If Kriller was knocked out like the rest of them, I don't think they'd need to spare him.

It's not like that had an impact on the character at all besides show him how soft Karrot was.

edited 6th Mar '18 6:35:12 PM by randomness4

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EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#80488: Mar 6th 2018 at 6:37:46 PM

so what i'm hearing is

because Krillin spared Vegeta...

Krillin was the first character to beat Vegeta in a fight

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#80489: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:03:53 PM

Everyone else was either unconcious (Gohan) or immobile (Goku and Yajirobe).

So yes, Krillin is technically the first person to beat Vegeta and everyone else was an assist.

[up][up] Well, it would beg the question why Vegeta would scarper from a group of unconcious people. He would probably grab Yajirobe's sword and try to slit all their throats, then retreat.

edited 6th Mar '18 7:04:56 PM by Sigilbreaker26

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#80490: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:20:25 PM

I don't know...being barely able to move might've had something to do with Vegetarian running away without his tail round his waist.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#80491: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:42:33 PM

No, Kuririn did not beat Vegeta. That's silly. If anything, Gohan landed the blow that actually took the fight out of Vegeta and made him retreat.

Even if Kuririn killed Vegeta, he wouldn't have 'beaten' him. That's not a fight.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#80492: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:43:32 PM

It was a group effort, which I appreciated. A lot of shonen fights seem to be allergic to the concept.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#80493: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:47:39 PM

Dragonball in particular doesn't care for such things.

Looking back, the fact that it took the efforts of everyone still alive to finally put Vegeta down makes it pretty unique among dragon ball.

Even in situations where other characters help out, it's usual not to that extent (providing a brief distraction at best).

Then again, the Buu saga kinda topped it by literally having everyone on earth provide an assist, so I guess it's not completely unique.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#80494: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:50:14 PM

I don't like to count the spirit bomb

It doesn't feel genuinely like a tangible group effort.

Although that fight still was since you had Goku, Vegeta, and fat Buu in the mix.

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EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#80495: Mar 6th 2018 at 7:50:32 PM

i mean, dragon ball was too in the end.[nja]

...actually, was it? The Frieza saga was a group effort to survive, even if Goku won the fight on his own. The Cell Saga had Gohan in a solo fight, but required Goku (and the whole team) in order to survive Cell's gambits. The Buu Saga had people grasping at straws in order to struggle for victory against Buu, with Hercule being required to power the Spirit Bomb.

Huh. Despite inspiring all the the shonen manga that came after it, it still subverted the typical '1 v 1' type of writing style.

edited 6th Mar '18 7:50:53 PM by EpicBleye

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Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#80496: Mar 6th 2018 at 8:48:13 PM

Personally I always look at who accomplished what when assigning win, loss, draw. Goku and company won by sucessfully stopping Vegeta from getting the dragon balls and killing everyone. Killing Vegeta wouldn't have had an effect on who won imo.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80497: Mar 6th 2018 at 8:51:49 PM

Killing Vegeta would qualify as finishing him off signifying defeat as their only hope for life is the mercy of the victor.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#80498: Mar 6th 2018 at 8:52:33 PM

[up][up][up]I don't see why not. Goku may have gathered the energy, but he never would have been able to use it on his own.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#80499: Mar 6th 2018 at 9:01:20 PM

Um...Kakarrot didn't prevent him from getting the Dragon Balls, Nappa did.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#80500: Mar 6th 2018 at 9:05:39 PM

And out of the entire group that assembled against the saiyans, Goku saved... two?

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