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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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#89251: Nov 4th 2018 at 9:19:04 AM

Well, you could argue that Vegetto softened Zamasu up for Trunks.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#89252: Nov 4th 2018 at 9:21:33 AM

Not really? He wasn't any less immortal before or after Vegito.

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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#89253: Nov 4th 2018 at 9:25:39 AM

No, I mean like literally soften him up. Tenderize the gooey god.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#89254: Nov 4th 2018 at 6:46:03 PM

Yeah he definitely got more gooey and messed up because of Vegito bashing him around.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#89255: Nov 4th 2018 at 7:16:01 PM

I remember that being the result of Goku blasting him.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#89256: Nov 4th 2018 at 7:18:49 PM

It was but then he later got all bulky and weird as a result of taking even more damage.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#89257: Nov 5th 2018 at 12:13:54 PM

So, looking at Gine and Bardock's house and some of the other character sheets and promo art.

I'm struck by the fact that Gine and Bardock seem to have a house made of dried mud, while Vegeta has that fucking palace.

What the fuck is up with Vegeta's housing market.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#89258: Nov 5th 2018 at 12:20:25 PM

Well, Vegeta is a Prince. Not a shock he gets the good stuff, including building materials.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89259: Nov 5th 2018 at 12:26:16 PM

The Vegeta family royal family of Planet Vegeta.

While Bardock is just some low-class warrior living with a runt of the litter.

Of course the Vegeta’s have better housing.

Edited by slimcoder on Nov 5th 2018 at 12:26:35 PM

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#89260: Nov 5th 2018 at 1:06:50 PM

I'm more concerned with how Bardock's house doesn't seem to have beds.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#89261: Nov 5th 2018 at 1:08:13 PM

There seem to be two doors to rooms we dont see.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#89262: Nov 5th 2018 at 1:13:35 PM

Bardock and Gine are Minecraft players and just built a square house out of dirt.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89263: Nov 5th 2018 at 9:06:45 PM

Huh so the Yamcha isekai manga has been localized.

Is it worth a read?

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#89264: Nov 5th 2018 at 9:07:39 PM
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89265: Nov 5th 2018 at 9:09:29 PM

That could mean anything.

In the old country Yamcha means “Taste like chicken”. tongue

Edited by slimcoder on Nov 5th 2018 at 9:09:48 AM

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#89267: Nov 5th 2018 at 11:03:25 PM

Are we going to pull out the same old jokes with him?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#89268: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:37:41 AM

Maybe I'm just a crazy, wacky, mean, no-fun feminist, but dying because you were tripped down stairs trying to look up a girl's skirt doesnt quite make for a compelling or sympathetic character to me.

Like, it's fundamentally my problem with Roshi's worse elements, or why I want Oolong to be barbecued and eaten. Possibly while alive and screaming because he deserves it because holy shit he drugged Bulma and Goku to rape Bulma while she was naked in bed.

That's.

Anyway, I'm reading it now, I do appreciate the art style and how much like Toriyama's it is?

Like, say what you like about Toriyama and whatever you say is probably true. He can only draw 6 or three or one and a half faces max, he's a lazy hack, whatever.

But his artstyle is still damned compelling and visually appealing. In Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest you name it.

...And, despite everything.

Like, I have feminist issues and political and philosophical things because I'm me and I cant turn it off.

But even I think some of the sex jokes in Dragon Ball are damned funny. Like. The thing where Bulma flashes Roshi without panties. Like, it's exploitative and I can say a bunch of other words about how it's bad and wrong, but it does still manage to make me laugh, so. Take that how you will. I'm a hypocrite.

...It definitely does go too far, and I think in places in filler or the anime they take Roshi and some of the other pervertedness way way further than it ever goes otherwise, and I just can't find it funny.

But as a comedic beat, dying as a pervert and then becoming Yamcha does honestly work for me.

...The problem for me is when it then becomes a reward, and pervert-Yamcha becomes awesome.

Life as Yamcha as an Ironic Hell I sorta like as a concept, weirdly.

EDIT: Like, for the Oolong thing. Oolong seems to get the idea to use the sleeping powder while Bulma's yelling at him, and Dragon Ball was still a gag manga, is the "joke" that she was so much of a bitch that she deserved it? Is that what's happening there?

...I do find the eventual final punchline of Yamcha trying to find the Dragon Balls in bed and eventually accidentally seeing Bulma naked funny, but like. Every part of Oolong's role before that gets worse and worse.

Edited by unnoun on Nov 6th 2018 at 10:51:05 AM

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#89269: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:48:14 AM

Yeah I'm really disliking how many isekai protagonists are also unrepentant perverts.

It's a weird and awful direction to take.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#89270: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:51:25 AM

Its because as self inserts, they are meant to represent the reader :V

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#89271: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:53:30 AM

I like how That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime handles that. Rimuru greatly enjoys that kind of thing an apparently had a lot of hentai on his computer but he doesn't act like a pervert beyond enjoying the fact that he gets to come into contact with breasts a lot more as a slime.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#89272: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:53:48 AM

Like, I sorta think it could be interesting, potentially, if they become a character that gets perved on a lot in-series. Having to deal with that.

Making it a character arc or a point of growth, of redemption. Even if it's cliche.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#89273: Nov 6th 2018 at 11:17:20 AM

I'm doing a sort of study on how the fandom precieves gods, so vote for your favorite!

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#89274: Nov 6th 2018 at 2:18:19 PM

Do you mean "best" as in "best at their job" or do you mean we should pick our favorite character?

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89275: Nov 6th 2018 at 2:59:01 PM

Huh the rat is pretty high up there.

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