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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#81226: Mar 16th 2018 at 1:09:04 AM

@ Shaoken: Good point-17 was in one piece before he died, Dr Gero was already decapitated but still alive given he was speaking in the few seconds before 17 stepped on him. So Dr Gero would've come back as a head, only to die shortly a few hours later when whatever batteries and oxygen supplies his robot skull had ran out

Actually, that's kind of horrible. Asshole Victim he may be, but being stuck as a disembodied head for a few hours must've been horrific. And confusing, given he would've been in Hell for a fortnight

edited 16th Mar '18 1:09:45 AM by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93

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.
#81227: Mar 16th 2018 at 1:10:26 AM

[up]Nervermind, you said "came back", and you're right.

edited 16th Mar '18 1:11:05 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#81228: Mar 16th 2018 at 2:09:14 AM

I went with the idea that Shenron only counted the biological components of Gero as being Gero and ran with that, but the fact that Shenron brings people's clothes back throws that in doubt. So I'll go with the idea that because he was just a head at the time of his death and he doesn't need the rest of his body to live that Shenron only brought him back as a head.

Which raises all sort of Fridge Horror implications, since I always assumed that the Dragon only does a best effort to make sure you come back to life and don't immediately die (so anyone on the top floor of a skyscraper that Cell blew up doesn't come back to life and immediately fall to the ground).

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.
#81229: Mar 16th 2018 at 2:21:20 AM

There is an urban legend in the mountains, spoken of by hikers. They say that the ghost of an old man haunts those mountains, and they say that if you hike in the right place and listen closely, you can hear an eerie voice echoing over the mountaintops, shouting expletives and cursing all teenagers who come his way.

edited 16th Mar '18 2:21:49 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#81230: Mar 16th 2018 at 3:44:18 AM

Ghost stories on a internet?

Wow.

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Palkia62 Since: Feb, 2018
#81231: Mar 16th 2018 at 5:57:53 AM

[up]x3 If the body's split up into several pieces before it's destroyed, I think the dragonballs would bring it back as if it was separated into those pieces. That was the case with Frieza anyway.

Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#81232: Mar 16th 2018 at 6:51:36 AM

I assume Gero was not brought back, because Toriyama did not think of that side effect.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#81233: Mar 16th 2018 at 7:15:26 AM

[up]

That's my assumption as well.

It's pretty much the same reason 16 didn't come back (though an in universe explanation is that because he's entirely mechanical, 16 is not considered alive).

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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
#81234: Mar 16th 2018 at 8:05:56 AM

I choose to believe that Gero was brought back but given that his two most powerful projects had been destroyed and the other two most powerful had broke good he decided to quietly retire to Florida instead of tryjg for revenge again

Plus Goku was dead. Uh, mission accomplished?

And so Gero devoted his life to being vaguely neutral and let's say building prosthetics for people who have lost a limb. Advanced but not so advanced he'd show up on anyone's radar

And then Buu blew up the planet and Gero did not get wished back because as soon as he learned Goku was back he had started to build another fucking android and also his unrepentant time spent experimenting on children

And that's what happened

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#81235: Mar 16th 2018 at 8:18:49 AM

Uh, they only wished to revive those killed by Cell, not the Androids.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#81236: Mar 16th 2018 at 8:20:49 AM

Well that was a waste of effort on my part

And I guess fuck that half of a city that Gero blew up

Edit: although the wiki said the wish was for those killed by Cell and the other androids

edited 16th Mar '18 8:23:03 AM by Bocaj

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#81237: Mar 16th 2018 at 8:27:13 AM

The wiki is notoriously inaccurate, though that might have been an anime/adaptation addition. Manga line is just Cell.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#81238: Mar 16th 2018 at 8:31:42 AM

Well then they should have wished to revive the people killed by Cell and the Androids. I mean, c'mon. Did they forget the city Gero and 19 wiped out at the start?

And if it was only Cell's victims, that still doesn't explain 16 not coming back except for what was already theorized (that he didn't matter because he's not organic).

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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
#81239: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:25:06 AM

Dammit the heroes

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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
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#81240: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:47:11 AM

The semifinal episode of Dragon Ball Super is tomorrow.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#81241: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:49:50 AM

[up] Oh thank God.

I thought it was gonna be a two week break.

Man this is gonna be a tense wait. In only a day are we gonna see if Ultra Instinct fails or not.

Its do or die, is it gonna prove its hype & be an awesome transformation or is it gonna crash & burn as just another useless Super transformation?

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#81242: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:50:42 AM

[up]Do you even have to ask?

This song needs more love.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#81243: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:54:11 AM

[up] True but I'm an optimist.

I try to hope even if its against all odds.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#81244: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:54:24 AM

well toriyama is all about subverting expectations right? at this point the biggest subversion is to play the new super form straight and have it win

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#81245: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:54:44 AM

Even if Jiren wins, I wouldn't consider that in and of itself to be showing Ultra Instinct to be "useless". Getting hung up on a transformation's win/loss record seems utterly pointless and nonsensical, and I hate that people are still doing it.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#81246: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:57:04 AM

Helping them win is the point of the forms though. If every time there's a new transformation and it ends up failing when it matters the most, why should anyone care?

"it looks cool, and they beat some fodder with it" can only carry something for so long.

edited 16th Mar '18 9:57:46 AM by LSBK

XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#81247: Mar 16th 2018 at 9:57:43 AM

And like clockwork, another month of new Super manga pages before the Viz translation:

     Spoilers! 

  • Pages: Preview 1, Preview 2, Preview 3, Preview 4

  • Eliminations (so far known for this chapter):
    • Krillin and Tenshinhan (Universe 7);
    • Frost and Dr. Rota (Universe 6);
    • Monna (Universe 4);
    • All of Universe 9, introducing the first erasure of the tournament. Their angel Mojito, contrasting to his Anime counterpart's feeling of relief, is saddened by these events.
    • Allegedly, 6-7 members of the Pride Troopers have been eliminated, but there aren't any additional pages leaked to confirm.

  • Beerus threatens to erase Universe 7's fighters if they fall like U9, only for Goku to flatly point out "but we'll be erased anyway".

A very odd, spoiler-y preview image for Episode 131 (the final episode). Place your bets because Heroes called it back in June.

[down]Which one are you referring to? Because if it's the Episode 131 one, it's not. Straight from the hidden code of Fuji TV's website like the previous ones, because these are episode thumbnails.

edited 16th Mar '18 10:17:45 AM by XMenMutant22

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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#81248: Mar 16th 2018 at 10:00:34 AM

I'm pretty sure that last preview image is fake.

edited 16th Mar '18 10:01:40 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#81249: Mar 16th 2018 at 10:02:25 AM

[up][up][up][up] It is not a nonsensical or pointless thing to get hung up about.

The point of a transformation is to give you more power to win the fight.

If it doesn't result in anything different then the transformation itself is pointless.

[up][up] Oh wow he does look sad.

edited 16th Mar '18 10:04:39 AM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#81250: Mar 16th 2018 at 10:06:40 AM

Kaioken. Goku still lost his fight versus Vegeta. And that was the very first transformation.


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