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Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#87276: Sep 22nd 2018 at 7:59:55 AM

[up][up][up] Is it that much different then things that happened back in Dragon Ball especially with young Goku who was probably not that much older than Pan?

Edited by Darthwyn on Sep 22nd 2018 at 10:59:40 AM

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#87277: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:19:01 AM

Goku was twelve in original dragon ball, and it still doesn't make it right.

Even though I didn't check the link, unnoun has brought up that particular incident before, so I know what she's talking about.

Super is flawed. That's a good way (the only way) to look at it really.

Both the manga and the anime have some things that are interesting, and though I prefer the anime more, I do wish it could be more consistent with what happened.

I'm getting more curious about what exactly is in the outline, and what is Toyotarou adding stuff in because the anime did it.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#87278: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:23:42 AM

I mean, we know for a fact that Toriyama didn't just scribble the outline on a napkin, hand it over for them to make sense of, and say "good luck!". There was some back and forth.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#87279: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:24:51 AM

Still though, it sounds like there are a lot of things he didn't go into detail with.

More to the point, the fact that he didn't characterize Jiren until Toei tried to come up with something on their own shows he may not have figured out everything even when he gave them the outline.

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#87280: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:33:19 AM

The only bad part of the Resurrection 'F' anime is the Goku/Freeza fight. Granted, that's a gigantic fucking part, but there's a lot of great stuff aside from that. Goku and Vegeta training under Whis is expanded for the better, it's fantastic. All the hijinks with Tagoma and Ginyu and Gotenks are good, could've been handled better, but good. Vegeta's beatdown of Freeza is 10,000 times better, and it wasn't bad in the movie. Vegeta beating the shit out of Freeza in the anime is legit one of the best-looking action scenes from the first three arcs. Freeza destroying Earth is actually kind of heartbreaking in the anime since you see everyone else as the wave of destruction engulfs them.

Sure, the main fight looks like ass, but almost everything around it is a straight-up improvement.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#87281: Sep 22nd 2018 at 9:25:06 AM

Half the time in Dragon Ball Goku was the one doing pervy things to people, without their consent.

It was because he was ignorant and innocent and naive and whatever, but. There's still a difference between being the actor and being acted upon. Just for starters.

Also, I mean. He was fourteen or fifteen when the series started I'm pretty sure. Looked more like eight.

Edited by unnoun on Sep 22nd 2018 at 12:25:37 PM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#87282: Sep 22nd 2018 at 11:17:17 AM

He was 12...

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#87283: Sep 22nd 2018 at 12:15:16 PM

Goku was born in Age 736 and Dragon Ball starts in Age 749, my math gives 13.

Dont know when in the year his birthday is I guess. Or when in the year Dragon Ball starts exactly, I wanna say Fall maybe?

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#87284: Sep 22nd 2018 at 12:23:10 PM

He thought he was 13 at the beginning but Roshi taught him how to count, and it turned out he was 12.

Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#87285: Sep 22nd 2018 at 12:55:14 PM

His canon age seems to be 11 - 12.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#87286: Sep 22nd 2018 at 1:02:23 PM

It's too late for seems to be...

Edited by randomness4 on Sep 22nd 2018 at 1:02:03 AM

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Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#87287: Sep 22nd 2018 at 2:54:08 PM

I have no idea what your saying.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#87288: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:01:07 PM

I got it..... lawyering.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#87289: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:19:24 PM

12-13. 11 seems pretty impossible.

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#87290: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:36:05 PM

How old is Goku in the present? Considering that his age doesn't factor the days he has been dead.

At the same time, how old are 17 and 18 supposed to be?

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#87291: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:40:54 PM

We dont know for 17 and 18, but they apparently dont age after Gero got them.

Goku spent a year dead after Raditz and then 7 years after Cell. So subtract 8 I guess from how many years after Age 736 it is?

Edited by unnoun on Sep 22nd 2018 at 6:46:01 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#87292: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:44:48 PM

He also spent several full in the hypertonic lion tamer so add a couple years there.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#87293: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:47:01 PM

Fair.

Wait, how many full years? I thought he only spent like about 9 months with Gohan in the Cell Saga. They came out 3 months/6 hours early. I think. It's been a while, but that's how I remember it.

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#87294: Sep 22nd 2018 at 3:51:08 PM

he spent like 3 training with vegeta for ssb.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#87295: Sep 22nd 2018 at 6:44:02 PM

For the record, "Sherry" is an anglified version of "Jerez". The wine is called Jerez or variants of said word in every language.

(And for the record, Jerez is a pretty town but economically the Spanish Detroit; blame Andalusian oligarchs)

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#87296: Sep 22nd 2018 at 7:01:54 PM

Regarding Goku's age: As of End of Z and factoring in Super, Goku is chronologically 47 but biologically 43.

Vegeta is chronologically 52 but biologically at least 57. I think I might be missing another year or two in the HTC.

Edited by Zelenal on Sep 22nd 2018 at 9:07:00 AM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#87297: Sep 22nd 2018 at 7:03:58 PM

It’s funny how Goku is younger than his wife. tongue

Also funny how Vegeta is rapidly aging due to his constant use of the hypothermic mic room. tonguetongue

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 22nd 2018 at 7:06:09 AM

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#87298: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:19:15 PM

Vegeta spent one year in the HTC training for Semiperfect Cell, then another year training for the Cell Games, then another three years with Goku in preparation for the U6 tournament. I can't remember exactly how long it was, but I know Vegeta spent two trips in the HTC training for Goku Black and the Tournament of Power, I just can't remember whether those trips were half a year or a full year each.

Either way, Vegeta's spent more time in that blank white void than anyone else, which can't be good for his mental health.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:19:50 AM

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#87299: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:25:13 PM

If the ghostly apparitions of Nappa start showing up, then we may be in trouble.

Insane Vegeta, the new way to make him an antagonist again.

Uni cat
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#87300: Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:28:07 PM

Ya know Lavender really should have just made a giant smog of poison & tried to infect as many people as he could with it.

Even if he didn’t knock anyone out directly, poisoning everyone would have given them a great advantage.

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 22nd 2018 at 8:27:31 AM

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