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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82251: Mar 26th 2018 at 9:50:51 AM

I don't even think Gohan got particularly shafted this time.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#82252: Mar 26th 2018 at 9:51:20 AM

I don't recall Gohan standing out too much, but he didn't get worfed, and that's nice.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#82253: Mar 26th 2018 at 9:53:29 AM

Gohan got some pretty good fights in there.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#82254: Mar 26th 2018 at 9:53:55 AM

The Gohan and Piccolo V Namek Brothers was a pretty decent fight for both of them.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#82255: Mar 26th 2018 at 9:55:57 AM

[up]Yeah that whole episode was one of the highlights of the tournament.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#82256: Mar 26th 2018 at 11:33:46 AM

Personally, I wished they'd actually stop trying to connect Gohan to Piccolo or Goku so much. Not that isn't good and all, but I feel like moments like that would connect better if it didn't seem like they kept trying to jam them in.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#82257: Mar 26th 2018 at 11:35:20 AM

Well what does he bring to the table by himself?

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#82258: Mar 26th 2018 at 11:37:51 AM

I mean, basically the sort of thing Goku does, but from a different angle.

Honestly, if you're going there, a better question is what does Piccolo bring to things now? Because he is much more defined by Gohan than the other way around, which is also something I think they went too hard with.

You can give character's new things, and still have it work.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#82260: Mar 26th 2018 at 12:52:03 PM

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He's a scholar and stuff. I guess.

vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#82261: Mar 26th 2018 at 1:15:45 PM

I always liked the Piccolo and Gohan relationship

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#82262: Mar 26th 2018 at 3:28:52 PM

[up][up][up] That's a very important thing mind you.

Would have been fun to see Gohan bond with the Pride Troopers over their poses.

edited 26th Mar '18 3:29:06 PM by BlackYakuzu94

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#82263: Mar 26th 2018 at 3:30:20 PM

[up] Now that is a missed opportunity right there.

Gohan & Piccolo were too together in this tournament, like they were attached at the hip. They should have been taken out of their comfort zones.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
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.
#82264: Mar 26th 2018 at 3:31:43 PM

Little disappointing that Piccolo and 17 didn't team up, since they kind of foreshadowed that they would.

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#82265: Mar 26th 2018 at 4:11:48 PM

17 teamed up with just about everyone else. well not the humans either I guess

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#82266: Mar 26th 2018 at 4:30:51 PM

Indeed. No Gohan Blanco, No Piccolo and 17, No Goku vs Hit rematch. etc. The entire tournament is just a huge waste of time on an emotional level for me. I really wish that they never came up with the tournament......I just fell Draogn Ball'd out right now. sad

"Mai waifu."
Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#82267: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:43:08 PM

Does "Great Saiyaman" count as Inherently Funny Words? There's just something about it that makes me want to laugh every time I read or hear it. XD ^_^;;

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#82268: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:46:57 PM

That bit of characterization never appealed to me but then I never had much of a background in tokusutsu

With the benefit of hindsight the idea of Gohan fighting crime is such ludicrous overkill that I like it in abstract

Bullet proofing power level was hit in the earliest dragonball arc. I'd love for some supervillain type to chain Saiyaman to a bomb or something and have him no sell it

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#82269: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:50:48 PM

I have been imaging fun what-ifs that involve Cell & Gohan or Super Buu & Vegito having epic team-ups like Frieza & Goku did.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#82270: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:51:10 PM

The high school/Saiyaman "arc" is one of the oddest sequences in the series to me. It seems set up to be the status quo from now on, or at least a significant period, then just kind of... concludes once Goku returns and the Buu-related stuff begins.

It's one of the few place a casual observer can tell how written on the fly the series was.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#82271: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:52:40 PM

Pretty much. Toriyama got bored of it lightning quick.

One Strip! One Strip!
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#82272: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:53:10 PM

His attention span is the fastest in the universe

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EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#82273: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:55:47 PM

No that's Burter

wait, I mean Goku

er, Frieza?

wait no Goku again

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#82274: Mar 26th 2018 at 8:57:45 PM

I wonder what the Buu Saga would have been like if Toriyama wasn't allowed to do whatever he wanted.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#82275: Mar 26th 2018 at 9:00:43 PM

By the way, has anyone edited the full Tournament of Power into real time yet?

This song needs more love.

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