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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#80976: Mar 12th 2018 at 6:54:16 AM

Because Vegetto is more iconic, most likely. Besides, I very much doubt you were supposed to think that Vegetto was "weaker", that wouldn't make any sense, they just did a shit job of showing how strong he was actually supposed to be.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80977: Mar 12th 2018 at 6:57:45 AM

They prolly figuered Potarra Fusion should fight Potarra Fusion.

[up][up] Eh their only good for a quick gag. Anything more would be tiring.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#80978: Mar 12th 2018 at 6:59:01 AM

[up][up][up] No. What's even the point?

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#80979: Mar 12th 2018 at 7:00:04 AM

Canonically Vegeta doesn't even know the dance and teaching it to him would take time.

This song needs more love.
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.
#80981: Mar 12th 2018 at 7:24:00 AM

I'm just curious where they're going with them. Future Mai said something super cryptic about Pilaf and Shu's future in the manga, so I want to know if that'll lead anywhere.

On an unrelated topic, when Goten, Trunks, and Marron were being left on 17's island to guard it, there were a lot of comments made about Marron being left alone and unprotected on an island with two older boys with superpowers. Those comments made me very uncomfortable with what they were implying. Not least of which is the frankly offensive assumptions about Goten and Trunks' character.

Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#80982: Mar 12th 2018 at 7:30:03 AM

Youtube, 4chan, Twitter or Tumblr?

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80983: Mar 12th 2018 at 7:34:07 AM

This before or after all the threesome jokes involving Goku, Cauli, & Kale?

[up][up][up] I want that cake for my wedding. [tup] [awesome]

edited 12th Mar '18 7:46:26 AM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#80985: Mar 12th 2018 at 9:36:19 AM

…I demand that this be added to the soundtrack of the next series. [lol]

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#80986: Mar 12th 2018 at 11:57:49 AM

Does anyone else kind of want an arc focusing on Pilaf, Mai, and Shu?

I wouldn't mind a side-arc focusing on Goten and Trunks, featuring the Pilaf trio as semi-major supporting characters. With Marron, the two basically have a small cast of characters around them.

If Dragonball was the kind of franchise to have side series or character miniseries or the like, a Goten & Trunks would probably carry one pretty well.

edited 12th Mar '18 11:57:59 AM by KnownUnknown

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#80987: Mar 12th 2018 at 12:02:06 PM

Could side stories for the series work?

There's a lot of un-mined history and story for the other characters I suppose.

How did the Yamcha side story do in Japan? I never really heard what the home audience thought of it. That might be a measure of how those kind of things would fly.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#80988: Mar 12th 2018 at 12:03:55 PM

Probably. A lot of manga series do it: a short, temporary miniseries featuring a single character's adventures. Kind of like the Trunks special.

All you would have to do is pick focus characters who have either distinct personalities/themes or could otherwise have interesting adventures that are noticeably different than what we would get of them alongside the rest of the cast. I'm not sure Yamcha counts as particularly interesting, through, unless they really did a good job creating a new setting for him to go through.

edited 12th Mar '18 12:06:14 PM by KnownUnknown

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#80989: Mar 12th 2018 at 12:13:49 PM

Well, they didn't use the actual Yamcha. Just some dude who bodyjacked him.

Most of the Z Warriors had lives before they met Goku (and there were many times when Goku was off doing shit on his own, and we didn't see what the rest of them were doing).

Not only that, the multiple time skips make for some great potential in between stories (at least before Goku started punching his way through every single warrior on earth with both hands tied behind his back and narrowed the field of powerful warriors entirely to his own little group of friends).

One Strip! One Strip!
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#80990: Mar 12th 2018 at 12:26:47 PM

Side stories don't have to be specifically about a character's past. In fact, many aren't.

edited 12th Mar '18 12:27:35 PM by KnownUnknown

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#80991: Mar 12th 2018 at 1:04:39 PM

About Vegetto and potaras and the like: Remember, Toriyama was planning to fuse those two, but Toei jumped ship and did Fusion Reborn before Vegetto debuted. So, Toriyama went and asspulled a different kind of fusion.

However, I somewhat like lesser beings being permanently absorbed into a Kaioshin if a Kaioshin is part of the fusion, but if no Kaioshin is involved, the process is faulty, the fusees are on equal grounding, and is, for all intents and purposes, the Fusion Dance but slighty better (just like Instantaneous Movement is like Instant Transmission but slighty better). Then again, I can understand why people WOULDN'T like it.

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Funny but not helpful
#80992: Mar 12th 2018 at 1:10:06 PM

Fairy Tail got a bunch of short side story stuff and Fairy Tail is Fairy Tail

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#80993: Mar 12th 2018 at 1:42:52 PM

They aren't going anywhere with Shu/Pilaf/Mai. Mai's comment is clearly a gag, and otherwise they're just used in gags and have really overstayed their welcome.

I don't think side stories would really work for this cast. It would be simple enough to actually use Gotten and Trunks in the main plot, which I'd rather see.

Canonically Vegeta doesn't even know the dance and teaching it to him would take time.

Well, in the Boo arc he definitely knows of the dance and they act like he and Goku could have successfully fused. It didn't take long at all for Gotten and Trunks to learn it.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#80994: Mar 12th 2018 at 1:50:20 PM

Vegeta seemed to have learned about it when he and Goku were fused, which makes sense since they'd basically be sharing minds.

they're just used in gags and have really overstayed their welcome.

That last part applies to many characters in the series.

Though in some cases, it felt like they overstayed their welcome almost as soon as their arc was done...or even earlier than that.

edited 12th Mar '18 1:51:43 PM by HandsomeRob

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#80995: Mar 12th 2018 at 2:21:16 PM

Info about the upcoming film has been revealed:

http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/03/12/dragon-ball-20th-movie-reveals-first-poster/

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80996: Mar 12th 2018 at 2:25:28 PM

Whoa if that cover isn't just for looks it appears the power pole is coming back.

Also its premiering in December, awwww. sad

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#80997: Mar 12th 2018 at 2:34:40 PM

I don't expect the Power Pole be really be a thing in the film but I will say that seeing Goku hold it again brings back some nice feels.

One Strip! One Strip!
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#80998: Mar 12th 2018 at 2:41:48 PM

I don't care enough for the Pilaf trio to want to see them headline an arc.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#80999: Mar 12th 2018 at 2:46:06 PM

I'd really like to have a whole movie or series focused just on Beerus and Whis. Seriously, these two are a treat to watch. [lol]

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#81000: Mar 12th 2018 at 3:29:32 PM

[up]

I think that would be more interesting than what we're currently getting.


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