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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.
#85901: Aug 8th 2018 at 7:15:51 PM

Goku, not Gohan. Clearly, Gohan inherited normal Human aging while Goten and Trunks inherited delayed Saiyan aging.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#85902: Aug 8th 2018 at 7:19:01 PM

Ah Goku, misread that.

Eh still not justified, espaiclly since the Future Trunks special actually had a Trunks who looked his age.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#85903: Aug 8th 2018 at 7:20:00 PM

When will Gohan return from the war?

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#85904: Aug 8th 2018 at 7:35:54 PM

Piccolo has his own poster? Does that mean he'll actually get to do something!? Please!

Bulma's outfit is stylin' too it must be said.

You are not alone.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#85905: Aug 8th 2018 at 7:47:22 PM

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Aw yeah! Return of the stretchy arms!

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#85906: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:14:26 PM

I'm pretty sure Kakarrot was taller than Kriller even when they first met...but they mentioned he got taller a whole 3 years later.

A whoppin' 3 years later dood..he was certainly taller.

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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
#85907: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:20:18 PM

Is

is he in training to be a clown

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#85908: Aug 8th 2018 at 9:24:28 PM

Eww, his gums are visible around his lip area...blood red.

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
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.
#85909: Aug 9th 2018 at 3:19:43 AM

You know, I kind of wish that True Golden Freeza was an actual further transformation over Golden, looking more like the Heroes Freeza race Avatars' second Golden form. While the Heroes art is a bit iffy, the general design elements are solid for a progression of Golden: blue eyes, silver bio-gems, and splitting the bio-gems in the arms and legs into two on either side (which only applies to 2/3 of the Avatars for some reason, but I like it).

EDIT: Wikia's image sharing system is some illogical and random bullshit. Sometimes the image is full-sized, sometimes it's a fucking thumbnail, and there doesn't seem to be any reason why since it's the same image link.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Aug 9th 2018 at 3:24:57 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#85910: Aug 9th 2018 at 4:30:05 AM

Is this better?

Super Saiya-jin, right?

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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.
#85911: Aug 9th 2018 at 4:31:51 AM

Yeah, that's much more consistent. Didn't know "scale to width" was an option in the URL.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#85912: Aug 9th 2018 at 10:16:11 AM

Masako sounds off on the potential future use of Goku's iconic weapon:

Yeah, I think the day of the Power Pole is long gone. Hell, I think someone here mentioned that Toriyama may just prefer hand to hand fights (which may not be off. Literally every time someone pulled out a weapon, Goku would use the Pole to break it, or if it was a hero—such as Trunks—the villain would break it).

T'is a shame, as weapon fights could add some interesting variety to the battles, but the scale makes them pretty useless.

One Strip! One Strip!
ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#85913: Aug 9th 2018 at 10:23:55 AM

I really hope the Power Pole and the Nimbus come back into vogue.

There's still a ton you can do with them. A magically extending staff and a flying cloud are cool things to have in a fight, and a lot of manga characters could have just that as their gimmick and be very effective with them.

Goku might not be the one to do it though. Maybe Uub can learn to use the Nimbus in new and interesting ways, learning to feed his Ki into it so it goes super fast or using it to run interference while he charges an attack. Pan can get the Power Pole and use it as a legitimate weapon every once in awhile.

People that go "Oh they're useless now" have no imagination and/or are using video game equipment logic.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#85914: Aug 9th 2018 at 10:29:02 AM

That's true.

I mean, the Spirit Sword / Sword of Hope is damned controversial, but you gotta admit, it was something very different for how Z goes. A technique like that had never been tried before, and I thought it was pretty cool at the time, even while acknowledging how much of an Ass Pull it is. All it really needed was some build up and it might have worked far better.

Anyway, I also wanted to post this video—it's not 100% Dragonball, but it does reference an issue that's been brought up about Dragonball—and will be posting it in other relevant threads as well.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#85915: Aug 9th 2018 at 10:33:13 AM

Are you really going to spam this one video in every shonen thread?

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#85916: Aug 9th 2018 at 10:39:12 AM

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I guess it might be too much.

Not everyone who frequents other threads come to this thread, so I thought that for reaching the most number of people, putting it in all the relevant threads made sense.

Of course, I am Handsome Rob, so being wrong is 90% of my natural state. Maybe I should have just kept it to one...

...but being that I've already put it in nearly every thread I planned to, might as well finish.

I'll let history judge me...hopefull as a well meaning dude.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#85917: Aug 9th 2018 at 10:43:58 AM

Yeah I avoid other Shonen threads because of spoilers.

Hell, I think someone here mentioned that Toriyama may just prefer hand to hand fights

Toriyama isn't doing the fight scenes in the Broly movie though, just the storyline.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#85918: Aug 10th 2018 at 6:14:14 AM

Look at this visual from the Broly movie website: Seems like Planet Vegeta 2.0 might be coming back.

Edited by Moth13 on Aug 10th 2018 at 9:14:15 AM

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.
#85919: Aug 10th 2018 at 6:18:38 AM

Seems like Dragon Ball Super: Broly is actually going to be a re-imagining of Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan.

RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#85920: Aug 10th 2018 at 5:56:36 PM

I wonder what kind of personality Cell would exhibit if the personality attributes and morals of his components was equal. Like if he still had Frieza, King Cold and Vegeta's evil, but Goku's goodness and Piccolo's aloof goodness as well. I got the impression the reason he didn't inherit any positive qualities from Goku or Piccolo was because Dr Gero wanted him to be The Sociopath

Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#85921: Aug 10th 2018 at 6:53:13 PM

Goku and Piccolo didn't become good from their genes though. Goku had head damage and grandpa Gohan, while Piccolo was literally the reincarnated self of the evil half of an alien.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#85922: Aug 10th 2018 at 7:43:36 PM

Techniques don't come from the genes either yet here we are.

Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#85923: Aug 10th 2018 at 7:51:23 PM

One can assume the technique can be observed by the robots that collected their DNA, but why would you bother recording personalities?

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#85924: Aug 10th 2018 at 7:59:31 PM

Your personality canonically can give you power in dragon ball.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#85925: Aug 10th 2018 at 8:11:53 PM

Genetics can also play a role in personality formation.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Aug 10th 2018 at 11:11:32 AM

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

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