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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20727: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:16:49 PM

Would you rather we continue the sexism discussion?

We'll talk about Bojack and you'll like it!!!!!!!

I just find it funny that he's one of the few movie characters who could actually exist in canon.

Also Zangya. Female villains aren't too common in DBZ.......not that I know why, and we have no need to discuss that either.

I've given my wacky use the other universes in Dragon Ball Super to re-introduce movie characters idea, though I admit it's kinda lame.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20728: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:18:46 PM

Chichi knows the Dragon Balls exist.

She had to sow one of them onto a hat once.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20729: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:23:52 PM

She sure does.....

Where did that come from?

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#20730: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:25:04 PM

Zangya is very popular among the fandom for a minor villain, I've noticed.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#20731: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:25:30 PM

[up][up]Goku went out and found it. He said he also found two others looking for it.

edited 12th Jul '15 5:25:45 PM by LSBK

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20732: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:26:15 PM

[up][up]She's like, one of the few female villains in the whole series.

It's a shallow reason, but people can be shallow.

They probably want her to have a Cat Fight with 18, Power Levels be damned.cool

edited 12th Jul '15 5:26:27 PM by HandsomeRob

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#20733: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:27:11 PM

[up] Who's stronger between the two of them, again?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#20734: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:29:56 PM

I'd say Zangya is stronger by virtue of the fact that she was fighting evenly with post-Android Saga Future Trunks.

edited 12th Jul '15 5:31:09 PM by VeryMelon

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20735: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:31:50 PM

Pretty much.

18 likely wouldn't last very long.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#20736: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:39:42 PM

One of the things I enjoyed about the Bojack movie was how the villains all worked as a team. They all seemed to work well together - like they had spent a lot of time with each other. Until the end, where Bojack kills Zangya so Gohan doesn't have to kill a girl.

That movie could have been great if they gave us a legitimate reason as to why Gohan didn't go SSJ 2 until the end. My headcanon/rewrite is because of PTSD.

edited 12th Jul '15 5:40:38 PM by LOLypop1224

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#20737: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:47:50 PM

[up][up] I yet again forgot how much stronger everyone got over the course of the Android Saga. Dat Hyperbolic Time Chamber...

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#20738: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:52:26 PM

You know what's weird about the Bojack movie? That the only other member of Bojack's crew who could transform was also by far the weakest.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20739: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:59:04 PM

Probably why he transformed.tongue

As for Gohan not going Super Saiyan 2, maybe he still hadn't fully gotten the hang of it. He'd only used it once before (and got his dad killed).

There might have been both a psychological and physical reason.

Hell, I wouldn't mind seeing that group again (even if they are lame) and maybe seeing more of them transform.

edited 12th Jul '15 5:59:16 PM by HandsomeRob

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#20740: Jul 12th 2015 at 6:02:12 PM

I don't think Chi-Chi ever really registered the fate of the world.

Like, on a logical level, she knew that things like Vegeta and Piccolo existed, but she is so far outside the loop of the plot that it never really registered with her on an emotional level. She doesn't really understand Super Saiyans and planet-bursting attacks and infinite ki. It's not her world, so it doesn't really mean anything to her. It's so far beyond the scope of her worldview that it's all just nonsense words and empty statistics.

Her crowning moment of ignorance is starting shit with Super Buu and I think that scene shouldn't be overlooked. She thought that was a good idea because she doesn't understand what Super Buu is. Until Goku stayed gone, it was never real to her; even death was just her husband and his shitty friends being shitty role models to her son. And even after Goku's "permanent" death in the Cell Games caused her to finally mellow out and start taking what he and Gohan did seriously, her behavior towards Super Buu aptly demonstrates that she still didn't truly understand what a battle power of 80 bajillion means.

edited 12th Jul '15 6:03:22 PM by TobiasDrake

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#20742: Jul 12th 2015 at 6:53:31 PM

Considering she's ridiculously sheltered, I can buy her being just flat out unable to comprehend those things. You have to also remember that she never witnessed any of that. The strongest she's ever seen personally is Piccolo. I'm 100% sure that she has never truly seen how absurdly powerful her husband and children are.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#20743: Jul 12th 2015 at 7:03:24 PM

Is it just me, or do the characters in Dragon Ball Super feel a lot more...realistic? Like, the comedy and the slapstick has been a bit subdued compared to what I expected, but that almost makes the characters feel more authentic. Vegeta would more likely bail out of the family trip when he got annoyed than break something. It makes his character seem a lot more believable.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#20744: Jul 12th 2015 at 7:18:19 PM

I'd say there's more focus on the Z-Fighters being normal, as opposed to Gohan chopping off a dinosaur's tail for lunch. To be honest, it's making Super kind of dull. While I think they have great storytelling potential, I'm not enjoying Goten and Trunks' antics as much I'd of thought.

And I'm still baffled that Goku chooses to do manual labor with a machine versus doing it by hand. That's exactly how Roshi trained him even.

Bojack was terrible

I don't know, the plot wasn't great, but it had one of the greatest finishers I think. Especially with Gohan punching through Bojack.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20745: Jul 12th 2015 at 7:31:19 PM

......

Why did the squid still have ink?

I really like Bojack for some reason. I don't know why.

.....Why did the squid still have ink? Seriously. I mean, shouldn't it's ink sack be removed before it's cooked?

edited 12th Jul '15 8:06:15 PM by HandsomeRob

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#20746: Jul 12th 2015 at 8:01:18 PM

Bojack's a space pirate, so it's hard not to like him.

And yeah, the ink sac has no business still being in a cooked squid.

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MsCC93 Since: May, 2012
#20747: Jul 12th 2015 at 8:52:49 PM

I was on Tumblr the other day and I saw a lot of dubs for the Super Show. I may or may not watch it, due to how cheesy it looks.

Chi-Chi hate just seems like plain old sexism though.

Why must people always pull the sexism card out when it comes to the hate towards female characters? It's getting annoying (no offense to the OP of this entry). I've seen some female fans of the show have the same type of attitude towards Chi-Chi, so it's not just male fans.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#20748: Jul 12th 2015 at 9:00:20 PM

[up]Women are perfectly capable of being sexist towards other women. That being said, I agree with your point.

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#20749: Jul 12th 2015 at 9:03:10 PM

Because clearly there's no other reason to hate Chi-Chi than because she's a woman. And we're all eeeeeeeevil penis demons for not understanding her poor, reasonable, not-at-all-annoying plight.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#20750: Jul 12th 2015 at 9:04:46 PM

Some Chi-Chi hate veers into sexism, but it's not always the case. And it's not like I hate Chi-Chi. I just hate how Toriyama and Toei made her so unlikable. They could have given her some redeeming qualities, but they almost never did.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!

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