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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#80601: Mar 8th 2018 at 11:23:27 AM

So more of the same from Super then.

Hit keeps improving. Goku Black keeps getting Zenkais. Jiren keeps getting more serious.

edited 8th Mar '18 11:27:06 AM by VeryMelon

Fedetropes Call me Blast, not Fedetropes from Doomed universe Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#80602: Mar 8th 2018 at 11:26:44 AM

You know? In a way this is like the Pokemon XYZ anime.

We spent an entire arc developing a transformation (Ash Greninja/Ultra Instinct) only for it to fail at the last moment.

Bonus points: they're both during tournaments.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#80603: Mar 8th 2018 at 11:42:42 AM

[up][up][up]And after 17 did the exact same thing.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#80604: Mar 8th 2018 at 11:54:14 AM

Should've called this show Dragon Ball Jobber.

Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#80605: Mar 8th 2018 at 11:58:56 AM

…Okay, so Ultra Instinct's only purpose was to have a DLC for Xenoverse 2?

(And damn, I saw that they even added that DBAF Super Saiyen 5 fanart in the roster…)

edited 8th Mar '18 12:00:43 PM by Lyendith

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#80606: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:02:05 PM

Its not the first..or second..or third...or fourth time Goku having a new transformation failed to beat the bad guy.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#80607: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:06:50 PM

True. In fact I'm quite okay with Goku losing.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#80608: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:10:48 PM

I'm ambivalent. I just don't get why Goku has gotten three new forms in Super just to immediately lose with each.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#80609: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:12:54 PM

Always Someone Better?

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#80610: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:19:38 PM

I'm ok with this.

In fact, the Idea that Jiren Will probably always find the power within himself to be stronger then Goku is actually something I really like.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#80611: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:24:11 PM

I mean, this just makes Jiren seem even stupider than he already did for not ending all of this.

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#80612: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:25:01 PM

Eh, i don't mind. He wanted to see if anyone could challenge him at all.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#80613: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:26:25 PM

Everyone conserved their strength. The real reason for all of this is plot, nothing specific to Jiren.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#80614: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:26:51 PM

[up][up]Except he didn't. Like, at all. There's never a point here where it seems like he's actually enjoying any of this or is interested in a challenge.

[up]They handled "conserving strength" very badly here. From what we've seen of Jiren he had absolutely no reason to do such.

edited 8th Mar '18 12:27:50 PM by LSBK

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#80615: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:27:25 PM

Plus, no one was allowed to outright kill the other people.

If they did, Jiren would have probably obliterated the whole damn arena in one blow ages ago.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#80616: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:28:44 PM

You say that as if he can't eliminate everyone immediately without killing them. There's no real reason to assume that either.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#80618: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:35:01 PM

But anyway, assuming this is all accurate is no one going to question how Frieza is able to do anything to Jiren at all, even if it's a sneak attack? Or are we just going with "Goku going down to a ring laser" reasoning here as well?

edited 8th Mar '18 12:38:25 PM by LSBK

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#80619: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:37:17 PM

It'd be more believable if the fight ended with Jiren standing on a small rock or something and Freeza shot the rock out from under him.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#80620: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:39:33 PM

I'm ambivalent. I just don't get why Goku has gotten three new forms in Super just to immediately lose with each.

Subversive! Even when it's totally obvious and not subversive at all!

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#80621: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:40:09 PM

[up][up][up]I want this to happen just for the sheer levels of salt it would generate.

edited 8th Mar '18 12:40:26 PM by Hobgoblin

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#80622: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:44:48 PM

[up][up][up][up]I just assume they're going with the "weakened from his fight Goku" explanation.

edited 8th Mar '18 12:44:54 PM by LordVatek

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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
#80623: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:53:16 PM

Interestingly, Masako has been speculating for a while that Jiren is weak to surprise attacks. Which seems like it would be a gimme but there you go

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#80624: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:54:42 PM

Which is dumb but fits Super.

vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
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#80625: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:56:50 PM

so these Freiza jokes aren’t jokes at all??


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