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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#81551: Mar 19th 2018 at 4:40:26 PM

From the sound of it, Epic is talking about his critical analysis as a whole.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#81552: Mar 19th 2018 at 4:43:29 PM

Oh. What about it do you disagree with?

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#81553: Mar 19th 2018 at 4:49:26 PM

it's mostly how he talks about how a story "should" be written, and talking as if some aspects of Dragon Ball are objectively bad writing and/or placing an emphasis on things that are oddly irrelevant in regards to the narrative.

I'm not going to deny that he makes some good points or say that his analysis is bad, I just think that he ends up analyzing things condescendingly rather than constructively a lot of the time.

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#81554: Mar 19th 2018 at 5:21:59 PM

I like him, but I kinda agree with a lot of what he says so naturally I'm biased.

I think there have been maybe one or two times where I thought what he was complaining about didn't matter, but I can't recall them off the top of my head.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#81555: Mar 19th 2018 at 5:47:42 PM

@Bleye: "Fantastic" is subjective.

I honestly have no idea why you stated something so obvious.

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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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#81556: Mar 19th 2018 at 5:55:39 PM

"Obvious" is subjective.

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#81557: Mar 19th 2018 at 6:07:25 PM

Everything is subjective.

Except what I just said. That's pure undisputed fact.

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Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#81558: Mar 19th 2018 at 7:20:26 PM

I'm really sorry. I enjoyed the series in the long run, but I'm saddened that a lot of cool people in the community of a franchise I love are being so negative over the series. Feels dissapointing and sad.

Then again, I already deal with people telling me everyday anything I like is crap, so I'm used to this. Maybe is karma.

I really pity Toyotaro right now...

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#81559: Mar 19th 2018 at 7:38:37 PM

i actually think it makes sense. it's totally in-character for Goku to hesitate to kill his opponents, or to take pity upon them before delivering the final blow.

Problem with that though is Goku previously expressed having a lot of fun actually fighting Kale and Caulifla. Didn't stop him from eliminating them.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#81560: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:32:46 PM

Goku is probably planning on using the Super Dragon Balls to wish every one back anyway (assuming he gets the wish of course). It's not like Jiren would stay dead forever.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#81561: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:37:48 PM

Since they've taken pains to point out how infinitesimally few inhabited planets U7 has...

...why not wish the people of the other universes back... in U7?

edited 19th Mar '18 8:38:05 PM by HamburgerTime

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#81562: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:40:46 PM

People really want that cop-out don't they?

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#81563: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:42:14 PM

Hmm... a cop-out, or the only ending that's close to comparable with the Goku Black arc.

I'll take a cop-out, one to go, and two number 9s.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#81564: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:43:07 PM

Not so much "cop-out" as "not literally the worst Esoteric Happy Ending I'd have ever seen."

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#81565: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:43:55 PM

The only bad thing about the Black arc was Trunks getting a near identical timeline...

I guess two in a row isn't really necessary, but fine.

edited 19th Mar '18 8:44:57 PM by randomness4

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#81566: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:48:32 PM

I'll take the cop-out ending too.

Everyone being erased is just too fucking depressing for me.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#81567: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:49:17 PM

i hope the series ends with android 17 getting his boat and with the z fighters (super fighters?) going back home being the last universe left alive besides those handful of other universes that aren't relevant

"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
#81568: Mar 19th 2018 at 8:51:00 PM

Getting a Boat leads to the good future.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#81569: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:11:10 PM

I will only accept that if 17 lets his new BFF Frieza ride on the boat.

This song needs more love.
MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#81570: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:12:22 PM

Goku: "I wish all the universes merged together like in that one DC comics crossover from the 80s!"

Yes, with those exact words.

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Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#81571: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:32:21 PM

Goku: I wish for King Kai to be revived!

Everyone else: Goooku.

Goku laughs awkwardly. Roll credits.

EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#81572: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:45:49 PM

i want them to wish for GT to be canon

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#81573: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:48:37 PM

Goku: "I wish GT was canon!"
17: "The hell does that-" -explodes-

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Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#81574: Mar 19th 2018 at 10:44:44 PM

I seriously want the erased universes to return.

I didn't end up with character development from Kale, Vegeta's ongoing promise to the cute asian boy of reviving him, and Toppo's drama at the beginning, or the Trio de Danger resolution to survive just to end with all of them fucking dead.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#81575: Mar 19th 2018 at 10:46:15 PM

I honestly don't understand talking as if the universes staying gone is even a possibility.

Whether it makes sense for them to come back and not just be erased again is another matter, but it's obviously going to happen.

edited 19th Mar '18 10:46:43 PM by LSBK


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