Abridged should have its own thread, yeah. This is for discussing the actual, original manga/anime. Abridged thread is both the Abridged show and the general community around it (Their other videos, for example).
Super can stick here, though, since it's not like there's anything else new to talk about here.
edited 30th Jun '15 4:10:25 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Cutey Honey Is also a classic Shonen and one that Kill La Kill borrows heavily from.
Watch SymphogearIf a character
is no longer relevant, I see no reason to keep them around.
If I was Toriyama I'd just have them stay dead through some bullshit plot reasons.
"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."Bulma, Piccolo, Krillin, Popo and Dende are entirely relevant. You can be relevant without having a high power level, as that bunch shows.
The thing is, Ten completed his character arc before Z came around, and has nothing but strength to contribute (which isn't needed since he's outclassed). He could've just flown off into the sunset and never be seen again. Literally nothing about the story would change.
Let's not even pretend Chaozu is a character.
17 and 18 only wanted to have fun, so there's no reason more couldn't be done with those 2, but there's also no reason something had to be done with those 2.
edited 30th Jun '15 8:26:05 PM by Cruherrx
"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."@Cru: At the very fucking least give them a satisfying send off or something. I don't mind characters being written out, but don't just get rid of them because you can't be assed to come up with something.
And honestly, you can have such a large cast contribute something, even if its minor just by changing the focus of the narrative a tad. The reason why so many characters are superfluous to Dragon Ball is because its so constrained by fighting. Like, what's the point of having someone like Tien around when Goku is like a million times stronger. Its just the lack of Character Speciation that really irks the hell out of me.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Characters have been superfluous even before the focus of Dragon Ball became around fighting. Remember Puar? Now, did Puar do one thing of note that only he could do? He cut off Oozaru Goku's tail. And that's about it.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!Dragon Ball actually sidesteps the issue by having Goku get taken out of the action by circumstances he can't overcome, like being late to Namek because he was bedridden or being, y'know, dead.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariGoku gets quite a bit of development in Dragon Ball, though, so that's something. Krillin also get a lot in his first appearance.
Really, the only characters that develop in Z are Gohan, Piccolo and Vegeta.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!You know what they should have done? Let Bulma do something on Namek. Seriously, hearing her constantly whining about being left behind made me wonder why DIDN'T she do anything?
Like, for example, what if Raditz's scouter hadn't been broken by trying to read Goku's power level during the fight with Vegeta, and she brought it to Namek with them? That way, she'd be the only one with a scouter once all the others were destroyed.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!Man.
It says a lot about how much Yamcha sucks that they decided Master Roshi would be more useful in that final battle.
One Strip! One Strip!I still don't understand why they brought back Roshi. Is he really popular, or something?
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She fixed Raditz's scouter, and her father managed to reverse-engineer Goku's spaceship. I doubt there would be much that was too beyond her league.
edited 30th Jun '15 9:50:08 PM by LOLypop1224
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!

For the exact same reason that we shouldn't have a thread for the abridged series.
Because this isn't a super huge, super massive thread that goes at a thousand pages a minute in which we couldn't possibly carry a conversation.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari