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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#83176: Apr 18th 2018 at 1:30:23 PM

@Erior Doesn't it usually drop around the 21st-22nd? It's odd that I haven't seen any spoilers though.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#83177: Apr 18th 2018 at 1:42:47 PM

[up][up][up] The early videos are quite interesting as well since you get a good feel for what he thinks about the early parts. Some good juicy stuff there as well as a lot of interesting factoids.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#83178: Apr 18th 2018 at 2:08:17 PM

[up]x2: Yeah, the 20-22nd is usually the day the English translation of the Super Manga hits the Viz Manga. However, it doesn't seem like anyone from the Eastern part of the fanbase has gotten an early copy of V-Jump (that hosts the manga).

I'm a little interested to see what this month's chapter will cover. We've been teased with Ribrianne showing interest in 18, and the seeds for Roshi's mini-arc.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#83179: Apr 18th 2018 at 6:17:00 PM

Look Saiyans = popularity in this franchise

All Saiyans are destined to job.

RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#83180: Apr 18th 2018 at 6:41:09 PM

Was Cell ever aware he was screwing over his counterparts or did he not want to think about the Timey-Wimey Ball. Cell screwed Present Cell over by telling Piccolo where he is, and screwed Future Cell over since Future Trunks wouldn't know he existed if it weren't for Cell Prime.

I've always wondered if Cell, like Trunks, noticed how the timeline is different from what he knows. My headcanon was that he liked the present timeline more than his own because there were more people to terrorize, and there were people to fight. Had he become perfect in his own timeline, Cell would probably get pretty bored

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#83181: Apr 18th 2018 at 6:42:41 PM

Honestly, I suspect once he ended up there, he just didn't care. He might have figured out that nothing he did in the past would prevent him from existing in the future...though don't ask me how.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#83182: Apr 18th 2018 at 6:58:46 PM

Manga leaks are usually the third weekend of the month, so expect them around Friday or Saturday.

Oh, Saiga's alive. how nice.

And Broly completely averts the "strongman is weak" trope because he's hella strong despite his size...and hella fast too.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#83183: Apr 18th 2018 at 7:01:33 PM

Also because he's only ever defeated by a group effort...

As in, not being weakened...by that group...

edited 18th Apr '18 7:02:09 PM by randomness4

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#83184: Apr 18th 2018 at 7:03:47 PM

Now that I think about it, Super does it both ways, Bergamo getting huge from absorbing Goku's energy just makes him easier to maneuver around, and then later Anilaza is both huge and legitimately a powerful threat.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#83185: Apr 18th 2018 at 9:59:17 PM

... Huh.

I never realized that Toriyama completely dropped the balls on the year having to pass before the dragon balls became active again. ON THE FIRST TRY.

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vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#83186: Apr 18th 2018 at 10:56:48 PM

So watching the Hit vs Goku rematch and trying to get this straight:

So Hit can release invisible ki beams which can be released from inside his dimensional pocket world from multiple directions and can initial one shot SSB Goku, create fake energy clones to throw off people’s radar, said dimensional pocket world is a result from Time Skip literally stealing time and converting that into a different space dimension and ajsjskska what is this

Because Jesus H Christ

Not even mad, just impressed.

DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#83187: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:03:38 PM

Dude's not the strongest mortal in his universe for nothing.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#83188: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:04:51 PM

My favorite bit is that his Ki beams go through any object that isn't a person. That's such a cool assassin ability.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#83189: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:16:27 PM

Hit is essentially King Crimson as a DB character.

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.
#83190: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:22:30 PM

Hit probably has one of the most interesting movesets in all of Dragon Ball. It'd be easy to just give him the ability to stop time, but they go WAY further than that. Hit can:

Stop time for a centisecond, he can train it to last longer for him.

Target pressure points, in fact this is his whole fighting style.

Shoot invisible phasing ki blasts that phase through everything but their target and hit like a sniper bullet.

Phase himself into a pocket dimension, which he accumulates from all the time he's stopped. While in there, he projects a visual, audible, and ki sense hallucination of himself from where he was and he can attack from hidden locations. Hit can be attacked while in the pocket dimension, you just need to know where he is and hit hard enough, Goku and Jiren both figured this out.

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.
#83191: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:31:54 PM

By the way, you know how people have said that Goku ripped off Superman's backstory? Well, DC Comics has their own Freeza now. Some alien dude came to Earth to try and kill Superman and Supergirl, ranting about how Kryptonians are a scourge upon the galaxy and must be wiped out. The comic ends with the alien guy saying that he promised Jor-El that he would render the Krytonians extinct, then says that he destroyed Krypton.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#83192: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:36:00 PM

I don't like the anime additions to Hit's fighting style. They don't really seem time related at all and the explanations for how they tie in seem like a massive stretch.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#83193: Apr 18th 2018 at 11:56:55 PM

The pocket dimension seems the most out of place to me. Everything else is alright. Thought, I'm probably forgetting some techniques of his.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#83194: Apr 19th 2018 at 12:42:49 AM

Well, most of his extra powers relate to that pocket dimension, like the phasing and clones

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#83195: Apr 19th 2018 at 1:36:15 AM

His powers are also unexplained like King Crimson too.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#83197: Apr 19th 2018 at 6:23:40 AM

... Huh. I never realized that Toriyama completely dropped the balls on the year having to pass before the dragon balls became active again. ON THE FIRST TRY.

Heh. I believe there's even been a discussion about that right here.

Edit: Masako shares his thoughts.

Well, we've already discussed how the human characters were never really relevant (in fighting terms that is; Krillin got lots to do on Namek, even if it was just not dying), but I admit there's a lot to mine here if Toriyama and Toei were willing.

edited 19th Apr '18 7:41:15 AM by HandsomeRob

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Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#83198: Apr 19th 2018 at 9:37:20 AM

Why would Cell care about his other selves? His goal is to steal the Androids meant for a specific version of himself.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#83199: Apr 19th 2018 at 9:41:23 AM

Cell was going to blow up Earth. He didn't give a shit about fetus Cell.

Although it would be funny to see Imperfect and Mr. Perfect Cell interact although I feel that Mr. Perfect Cell would kill Imperfect before too long.

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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.
#83200: Apr 19th 2018 at 9:45:23 AM

Didn't Xenoverse do a bit with Perfect Cell and Imperfect Cell from different timelines teaming up?


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