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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
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#21802: Jul 27th 2015 at 1:45:47 PM

I'm not Catholic, does the Pope usually try to claim to know more than God?

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#21803: Jul 27th 2015 at 1:50:33 PM

[up][up][up] so very tempted to take that out of context.

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#21804: Jul 27th 2015 at 1:51:17 PM

Yeah, I think he's cracking jokes at his own inconsistency.

According to comments written by Toriyama Akira in a not-for-sale booklet, he expresses that “[Kame Senin] is only ‘originally that strong’ if he feels like it”

Or in other words, Kame-sennin is as strong as the plot needs him to be.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#21805: Jul 27th 2015 at 2:06:20 PM

Pretty sure Toriyama realized a long time ago how absurd his Power Creep got at Namek, which is why he forgoes Power Levels altogether after that arc.

At this point, the entire cast is probably as Strong as They Need to Be.

edited 27th Jul '15 2:06:42 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#21806: Jul 27th 2015 at 3:25:49 PM

This series is a gag manga, comedy leads to action, and that's why Roshi defies logic.

What would be really interesting is if this joke info actually goes somewhere in DBS, like Roshi perfecting his Max Power form and tapping into becoming the first "Super Human."

I mean, he's an old man, he's got years to figure something out and I'm sure he's been training between the lounging and perverseness.

edited 27th Jul '15 3:54:44 PM by Rinsankajugin

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#21807: Jul 27th 2015 at 5:45:27 PM

Who knows? Maybe his Max Power form is the theoretical Super Human form, and the other humans just didn't realize.

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#21808: Jul 27th 2015 at 6:18:44 PM

That'd be hilarious if he actually did do some offscreen training to master it.

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#21809: Jul 27th 2015 at 6:46:53 PM

There are four HUGE gaps in Power Levels that inflate them beyond reason: Raditz being 3 times stronger than Goku or Piccolo, Saiyan Saga Goku being 2 times as strong as Nappa, Namek Saga Goku being approximately 2 times as strong as Recoome, Burter, and Jeice, and the worst one of all; Freeza's 1st Form being over 4 times stronger than Captain Ginyu.

The worst part is that none of these gaps needed to be this large: Raditz could've easily been one and a half times as strong as Goku or Piccolo and still have had a huge advantage, Nappa was implied to be only a little weaker than Goku without the Kaio-Ken anyway so he could've actually been only a little weaker, Recoome, Burter, and Jeice could've been really close to Goku's power and still gotten wrecked as badly as they did from Goku using the Kaio-Ken in bursts, and Freeza's 1st Form, at maximum, should've been around 2 times as strong as Captain Ginyu to still keep his threat level intact.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#21810: Jul 27th 2015 at 6:58:02 PM

A shame that Thief Bakura's Ka was never made into a card. That thing looked cool.

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#21811: Jul 27th 2015 at 7:06:42 PM

[up]You sure you're in the right place?

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#21812: Jul 27th 2015 at 7:12:33 PM

....I get confused sometimes.

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#21813: Jul 27th 2015 at 7:14:40 PM

Can we get a scene like Goku's Super Saiyan 3 transformation, but instead it's Master Roshi showing off Super Human 3 and screaming for like 10 minutes as his beard lengthens?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21814: Jul 27th 2015 at 7:19:35 PM

I actually wouldn't mind that.tongue

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#21815: Jul 27th 2015 at 7:38:26 PM

He also becomes Gandalf. tongue

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21816: Jul 27th 2015 at 7:43:32 PM

.....

He does have the staff.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#21819: Jul 27th 2015 at 9:12:40 PM

But consider this, yes.

Also, Dragon Ball Spinemblem, AKA Dragon Ball + Beyblade.

edited 28th Jul '15 2:09:35 AM by Rinsankajugin

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#21820: Jul 28th 2015 at 4:10:51 AM

Embedding is still fucking broken.

what the fuck where they fucking thinking

edited 28th Jul '15 4:11:14 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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#21821: Jul 28th 2015 at 4:15:28 AM

They were thinking "Kids love shit like that, it will sell, we'll get money!"

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#21822: Jul 28th 2015 at 4:32:42 AM

God, I LIKE Beyblade and those look awful!

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#21823: Jul 28th 2015 at 4:37:51 AM

The launcher looks neat but it seems like a step down from the Beyblade launchers. Especially since, in the competitions, I do believe that there is some technique involved in launching Beyblades.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#21824: Jul 28th 2015 at 5:05:50 AM

WOW that Roshi stuff was completely misinterpreted. For starters, Toriyama's comment is really poorly translated there. The English equivalent would be "Roshi could have been this strong if he put his mind to it" meaning that Roshi was that strong in Resurrection F because he had been training.

Secondly, Toriyama doesn't compare Roshi to Kuririn at all. Only talking about Roshi being strong enough to fight Freeza's soldiers. It is the writer of the article that makes that comparison, and is nothing more than another outsider's opinion.

So no, nothing about Roshi being Kuririn-level this entire time. Just that he's always had the potential to reach the level he had in RF, which he did in RF.

A shame that Thief Bakura's Ka was never made into a card. That thing looked cool.

I know, right? The same goes for Duos, one of Priest Set's Ka that had a unique design but was completely forgotten. That whole arc feels really neglected in the card game, though.

edited 28th Jul '15 5:07:31 AM by Saiga

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#21825: Jul 28th 2015 at 5:40:45 AM

Also, I think we're overlooking something: the only thing indicating the Power Level of the average Freeza Soldier is some lines from a couple of them chuckling at Power Levels of 1,000. This scene can be interpreted many ways but mine is that those were not actually mooks and were more around mid-tier Freeza Soldier level and the reason I think that is because they were invading NAMEK, a planet where the smallest child can fly and the inhabitants are known throughout the galaxy as mystics and powerful fighters. I'm thinking that the real low-tier Freeza Soldiers, the ones Freeza would use to invade a crappy planet like ours with an average Power Level of 5, never break the triple digits.

edited 28th Jul '15 5:41:36 AM by PushoverMediaCritic


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