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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#86601: Sep 3rd 2018 at 6:23:58 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=warMFl6QAJE

Mistare Fusion does a list of the top ten DBZ edits.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Sailor11sedna Since: Aug, 2011
#86602: Sep 3rd 2018 at 9:44:27 AM

"He's eleven!" "I'm six!!!" DBZA, I wish you had written the real show.

Watching the Gohan vs Cell fight way back when, I simply found it refreshing that someone other than Goku was the hero of the story. Watching it as an adult and understanding how Gohan and the others were feeling, I can finally understand what a moving story it was. I should have watched this as an adult a long time ago. tongue

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#86603: Sep 3rd 2018 at 10:18:47 AM

What's weird about people saying Gohan is 11 is that one of those people is Jimmy Firecracker who has absolutely no knowledge of the HTC and thus should think that Gohan is 10.

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DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#86604: Sep 3rd 2018 at 11:11:48 AM

How would Jimmy even know how old Gohan is anyway? You can't just look at a kid and know "he's exactly 10" or "he's exactly 8" or whatever.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#86605: Sep 3rd 2018 at 12:31:11 PM

He's 9...by years past.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#86606: Sep 3rd 2018 at 1:00:34 PM

The Unmei no Hi (Tamashi no Tamashi) cover, Day of Fate (Spirit vs Spirit):

Now after listening to this cover and remembering the old version, I never realized how similar it sounded to the theme of Blue Swat. More action shows should use rock ballads in their soundtrack.

Sailor11sedna Since: Aug, 2011
#86607: Sep 3rd 2018 at 1:48:12 PM

Wait, did Team Four Star produce that cover themselves?! Thank you for finding it! I wouldn't have known the name of the song from just the one bit in the show, although I guess it was in the Japanese version all along... and I just never saw that... heh.

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#86608: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:00:24 PM

Why does Unmei no Hi have so much gibberish in it?

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#86609: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:27:06 PM

I thought that was Japanese.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#86610: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:36:19 PM

Most of it is Japanese. Some of it is just a bunch of random sounds.

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#86611: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:42:53 PM

I really didn't like the "Perfect Cell is a pervert" thing. At least when he started directing it at Gohan. It just felt super creepy, like when Dende started perving on Gohan. Like, Dende's dialog didn't feel like a boy trying to flirt with a boy his age. It was a tiny grown man perving on a child. It was gross.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#86612: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:45:58 PM

I don't know what the intention with Dende is, but I'm pretty sure that's exactly the feeling they're going for with Cell. I mean, they've been equating him with a rapist for a long time now.

Edited by LSBK on Sep 3rd 2018 at 6:45:55 AM

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#86613: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:53:59 PM

Yeah, but, again, it's different and not funny anymore and creepy when Gohan is a child.

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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
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#86614: Sep 3rd 2018 at 4:58:45 PM

Yeah, Cell's creepy. Krillin even points out how Cell's creeping is worse because Gohan is 11.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#86615: Sep 3rd 2018 at 5:21:22 PM

It's not different.

It's just as creepy as before...

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#86616: Sep 3rd 2018 at 7:19:16 PM

There was an episode running gag out of people telling Cell to "stop it" because the creeping was creeping them out.

I mean, Cell is creepy. And DBZA is a humor thing so its going to play that for humor by playing that up and having people react to it. And the original material's hands aren't exactly clean in the regard of Cell's absorption of 18.

But when the punchline is 'boy this sure is uncomfortable' you're not wrong to be uncomfortable with it.

Edited by Bocaj on Sep 3rd 2018 at 10:24:02 AM

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#86617: Sep 4th 2018 at 12:13:43 PM

They've stated on multiple occasions that there's a good chance DBZA will not be able to continue beyond this point. Toei simply will not let it happen.

They were saying it last year, yeah. Recently, however (just over a month ago), Kaiser Neko has come out and clarified the state of the project, paraphrased essentially as “the hiatus, while awful, allowed us to reapproach our resolve and vision to the project, and we now intend to finish the entire series, however long that it takes to do so.”

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 4th 2018 at 5:13:03 AM

DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#86618: Sep 4th 2018 at 2:31:34 PM

If that is true I'm happy to hear it.

Though at the current rate of DBZA releases they probably wouldn't finish Buu before 2038. tongue

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#86619: Sep 4th 2018 at 5:23:36 PM

Well, the Saiyan Saga was 10 episodes, the Freeza Saga was 20 episodes, and the Cell Saga has been 30 episodes. If this pattern continues, the Buu Saga will clock in at 40 episodes. To compare, here's the number of episodes in Abridged vs Kai (note that the finales are all a single "episode" broken up into three parts, so add two onto the end of the Abridged counts for the actual total):

Saiyan Saga: 16 in Kai, 10 in DBZA

Freeza Saga: 38 in Kai, 20 in DBZA

Cell Saga: 44 in Kai, 30 in DBZA

Buu Saga: 61 in Kai, presumably 40 in DBZA

They do have a clear pattern of about 1 DBZA episode for every 1 and a half Kai episodes.

Gonna repost this to the DBZA thread since it's much more appropriate for there.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#86620: Sep 4th 2018 at 7:58:53 PM

A'ight, apparently the beginning and chorus of Day of Fate isn't gibberish. The first bit is Latin (Venit ævus ille. O Messiah, O Messiah!) and the chorus is Hebrew (Yuduliya-Vele. Yuduliya Iyaliya.) The Latin part roughly translates to "The time has come. Oh Savior, Oh Savior." and the Hebrew part translates to "They will confess God is with me - or else. Like an eagle I soar with God".

Pretty much sorta relates to how Gohan is feeling at that moment.

Edited by Rinsankajugin on Sep 4th 2018 at 10:03:23 AM

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#86621: Sep 5th 2018 at 1:23:10 AM

Let's talk about underrated fights. Fights in the series that were really good but people don't really talk about much. I'd like to mention Super Saiyan 3 Goku vs Fat Buu. People love the Super Saiyan 3 transformation sequence, but they don't really talk about the actual fight that followed it all that much, especially compared to Majin Vegeta vs Fat Buu and Goku vs Kid Buu, both of which I actually like less in terms of fight choreography.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#86622: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:07:08 AM

I admit, I don't have much to say about that fight.

It is just a time waster in universe. The only stakes are buying Trunks the time to get the Dragon-Radar.

...come to think of it, why didn't they just have Goku Instant Transmission there again? That would have been much faster. Or was it just that he decided to fight Buu before anyone could think of that.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#86623: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:29:00 AM

Boo was literally right over West City by the time Goku IT'd to him. He wouldn't have had time to IT to one of Bulma's parents (especially since it takes Goku a hot second to lock on to people with low ki), locate the Dragon Radar, and then IT away.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#86624: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:49:11 AM

And also because Goku wanted to do that thing he do where he insisted that he could totally beat Buu but tells Buu that his real fight will be him sending his son to fight and die for him again.

Its a proven tactic.

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#86625: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:50:32 AM

I think Goku VS Nappa is my favorite part of the Saiyan Saga. It's just so satisfying to see him beat up this huge dude that made the other heroes look like weaklings.

The legend has returned.

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