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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#84476: Jun 16th 2018 at 8:45:31 PM

Its funny how Freeza is only half right.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#84477: Jun 16th 2018 at 11:27:12 PM

Well, if you aren't aware of time travel, it's the logical assumption to make.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#84478: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:11:15 AM

Well, watching 67.

Gotta say, Mai's dub actress really sold her rage and heart break.

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#84479: Jun 17th 2018 at 4:06:57 PM

Given the Resurrection F and Future Trunks arc both happened in the same year of 779, it's funny to think that Frieza just missed seeing Future Trunks. And in general the fact he still has no idea just who it was that killed him the first time

Why do you think it is that Merged Zamasu's Body Horror has his flesh become purple, the color inversion of green? From a meta standpoint, I mean

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#84480: Jun 17th 2018 at 4:08:43 PM

Because purple is gross?

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#84481: Jun 17th 2018 at 8:26:25 PM

You know what's one thing DBS should've touched upon? The Demon Realm.

Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#84482: Jun 17th 2018 at 8:57:50 PM

[up]That's pretty much what Dragon Ball Heroes and Xenoverse does. The Main villains there are all from the Demon Realm.

edited 17th Jun '18 8:58:25 PM by Envyus

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#84483: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:13:27 PM

A thought I've been having but I'd think it be fun for say another multiverse tournament if Goku takes the role of Hero Antagonist or the Heavy as Jiren did in the TOP.

Like have the focus be strewn around various new multiverse competitors in their struggle towards each other & Goku who is not the underdog but the overdog.

Like he doesn't have to be the strongest out of all them but strong enough that everyone fears him.

edited 17th Jun '18 9:13:44 PM by slimcoder

"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
#84484: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:14:07 PM

Toriyama seems completely uninterested in doing much with the Demon realm himself.

He's expanded on it (via his cosmology explanation some time back), but he seems uninterested in actually exploring the world beyond that.

So it's basically been the game makers who've picked up that thread.

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DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#84485: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:23:30 PM

And the games haven't really done anything with it, to be honest.

The antagonists are from the Demon Realm, but we've never seen what the Demon Realm looks like, how it fits into the overall world, nor what the average demon is like... it's just a place where the villains are from.

Might as well say they're from Planet Mendo for all the difference it makes.

edited 17th Jun '18 9:24:12 PM by DarkHunter

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#84486: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:27:26 PM

Kinda like how we know nothing of Frieza's race, name included. Their only apparent importance is that Frieza is one of them (and is a mutant who's more powerful and evil than most of them).

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#84487: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:28:22 PM

I mean, if most of the things about Frieza and his father are unique to them and not indicative of the rest of their species then, yes, the species really isn't important.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#84488: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:34:42 PM

Well they are explicitly confirmed to be mutants or general freaks of nature among their race.

They are two in a trillion.

edited 17th Jun '18 9:35:01 PM by slimcoder

"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
#84489: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:37:37 PM

Lets be honest: the reason they are unique mutants is so that Toriyama has an excuse to neither name Frieza's race or even talk about them.

He's just not interested in doing so, so he makes Frieza and his dad special snowflakes as an excuse to not bring it up. Since they aren't typical members of their race, he can just ignore them.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#84491: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:43:00 PM

...I'm just kinda curious about them?

We know so much about the Saiyans, but we know nothing of Frieza's race. We know nothing of the Demon Realm.

The only other races we know that much about are the Namekians and humanity.

Oh, and the Kaios / Kaioshins...and the GO Ds...and the Angels....though not that much in that case.

Huh, maybe I'm exaggerating.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#84492: Jun 17th 2018 at 9:57:32 PM

He doesn't need an excuse. Every other alien race without a member in the main cast is in the same situation.

To me, it appears like Toriyama always considered the individual as more important than the race. Despite fans complaining about how race is the most important thing in DB, it's clearly the opposite - most of the powerful individuals are who they are with no regards to their race, like Freeza, Ginyu, Hit, Jiren...

Even Magetta, who had that explanation that Metalmen are particularly strong, appears to be the only one of his race worthy of being included in the tournaments, rather than being a case of any Metalman being that strong.

Saiyans are only as important as they are because Goku is one. Not the other way around.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#84493: Jun 18th 2018 at 1:33:38 AM

So what about Vegeta

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#84494: Jun 18th 2018 at 1:42:00 AM

He's a member of the main cast and therefore special.

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.
#84495: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:26:37 AM

I still like my headcanon that "Freeza's Race" is called "Freeza's Race" (or Freeza Clan, or Freeza's Species, etc.) because Freeza is exactly the kind of person who would change the name of his own species to name them after himself.

UdtheImp from Stamford, CT (Series 2) Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#84496: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:49:45 AM

Personally, I'd go with the fanon name of Arcosian, but [up] makes a shocking amount of sense.

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#84497: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:36:26 AM

Eh, I'm more of a Changeling guy myself, though I've been using Fridges more recently.

Also, some V-Jump leaks are coming out, including Frieza's henchmen in the new movie, plus Super Baby 2 confirmed for Xenoverse 2. More stuff should be revealed later today.

Fedetropes Call me Blast, not Fedetropes from Doomed universe Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Call me Blast, not Fedetropes
#84498: Jun 18th 2018 at 5:04:31 AM

I mostly go with frost demons, like cell called them in xenoverse

Also they really want to keep xenoverse 2 alive don't they?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#84499: Jun 18th 2018 at 5:07:40 AM

Resuming my rewatch of the Black arc.

Man, they've dedicated half an episode to explaining that Future Trunks' timeline is split from the present one in the most banal way possible. And it wouldn't be necessary if they hadn't introduced the concept of gods killing gods supposedly having separate, nonsensical rules for time travel.

I also find it very questionable to present that idea and then have Future Trunks explain why the idea is rock-fucking-stupid before the dramatic reveal that the idea was wrong.

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#84500: Jun 18th 2018 at 6:14:40 AM

A new Mistare Fusion video is out. He talks about the editing process in the manga and how it may not be as simple as we thought.

"Mai waifu."

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