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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#22151: Aug 3rd 2015 at 2:47:45 PM

Gohan didn't just lose the arm. It's not like Cell came over and broke his arm. He tanked a massive ki blast; he's badly damaged all across his body, and not being able to move his arm is part of that damage.

The arm is an effect of the damage he's suffered. Being at less than 50% power is another effect. This is why he describes his condition as, "I've lost an arm and I'm at less than 50% power," not "I've lost an arm, so I'm at less than 50% power."

edited 3rd Aug '15 2:49:38 PM by TobiasDrake

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#22152: Aug 3rd 2015 at 2:51:50 PM

Except that arm is the only thing on his body that even looks damaged. At least to that extent.

edited 3rd Aug '15 2:52:43 PM by Ssj3Gojira

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#22153: Aug 3rd 2015 at 2:58:08 PM

Do you have any idea how much a broken arm hurts?

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Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#22154: Aug 3rd 2015 at 2:58:48 PM

[up]A LOT. tongue

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
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#22155: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:01:59 PM

You're joking, right? The damage extends from his arm to his chest to his face. He is visibly bleeding from his right pectoral and his forehead. Also from his mouth, which implies some internal hemorrhaging.

Gohan is badly injured and the damage he's suffered has caused him to lose both the use of his right arm and over half his power. This is indisputably canon.

edited 3rd Aug '15 3:05:27 PM by TobiasDrake

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#22156: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:03:42 PM

[up][up][up]If it's anything like a broken wrist, not enough to stop me from taking a two hour nap before getting it checked out.

edited 3rd Aug '15 3:04:18 PM by TheAirman

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#22157: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:05:11 PM

Look out, we have a badass over here! tongue

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#22158: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:06:07 PM

[up][up] I think that's one of the funniest things I've ever read.

edited 3rd Aug '15 3:06:13 PM by Zelenal

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#22159: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:13:24 PM

How strong would Gohan be if he were denied pudding?

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#22160: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:14:15 PM

I think Beerus just peed himself a little.

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#22161: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:17:49 PM

While laughing?

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#22162: Aug 3rd 2015 at 3:23:37 PM

About how tragic it all is.

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#22163: Aug 3rd 2015 at 4:06:36 PM

[[youtube:y35-Y-lukv4]]

Embedding still doesn't work.

Not the best Metal Gear Rising songvid thing I've seen.

In other news, this type of joke still brings me unusual amounts of joy.

I mean, frankly a song that's basically about the scars left by emotional repression fits Gohan way too well in my opinion.

edited 3rd Aug '15 4:14:46 PM by unnoun

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#22164: Aug 3rd 2015 at 6:58:48 PM

Ooh, are we linking AM Vs now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkCsDNS8ATc

the guy who makes these needs all of the attention; his AM Vs are the best I've seen.

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#22165: Aug 3rd 2015 at 8:47:00 PM

A bit late to the discussion, but about SSJ 2 Gohan vs Cell:

Just think about it from a story perspective. SSJ 2 wasn't really a new form. It was 'Gohan's hidden power' unleashed. For real this time. But having him beat the villain easily after a new transformation would have been a complete repeat of Freeza.

They had to make Cell a threat in some way. And they needed to kill off Goku for Gohan to take the lead for real. Hence, self-destruct->zenkai. It was killing two birds with one stone.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#22166: Aug 3rd 2015 at 8:48:14 PM

Ressurrection F has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, belive it or not.

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#22167: Aug 3rd 2015 at 8:50:31 PM

I forget how that site works, 100 percent typically means "Job well done!" but on RT, 100 percent rotten means... good, or bad?

I mean, 100 percent rotten implies the latter.

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#22168: Aug 3rd 2015 at 8:51:38 PM

100% Fresh. Universal acclaim.

It just may not have many reviews yet, though.

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#22170: Aug 4th 2015 at 4:32:52 AM

Just to the debate about Gohan and Cell, it was heavily implied if not outright stated that Cell was winning because Gohan was afraid of going all out.

Also, @Tobias, his chest was damaged, but his head was bleeding from Cell throwing him into a mountain during their first fight.

edited 4th Aug '15 4:43:06 AM by OmniGoat

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#22171: Aug 4th 2015 at 5:50:55 AM

[up][up]

They could be... highly knowledgeable and well-respected Dragonball enthusiasts... whose individual opinions would offer a great deal of scholarly insight as to the overall structure of the film.

We should listen to them, and their freshness.

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#22172: Aug 4th 2015 at 7:11:17 AM

A bit late to the discussion, but about SSJ 2 Gohan vs Cell:

Just think about it from a story perspective. SSJ 2 wasn't really a new form. It was 'Gohan's hidden power' unleashed. For real this time. But having him beat the villain easily after a new transformation would have been a complete repeat of Freeza.

They had to make Cell a threat in some way. And they needed to kill off Goku for Gohan to take the lead for real. Hence, self-destruct->zenkai. It was killing two birds with one stone.

Right. The criticism is that they didn't make Cell enough of a threat. Even after his zenkai, he's still equal to less than half of Gohan's power.

100% Frieza was equal to 4/5 of Super Saiyan Goku's power. Super Perfect Cell is less than 1/2 of Super Saiyan 2 Gohan. Even after his zenkai, Frieza was more of a threat to Goku than Cell was to Gohan.

edited 4th Aug '15 7:11:50 AM by TobiasDrake

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#22174: Aug 4th 2015 at 12:22:10 PM

Completely unrelated to previous discussion but I finally realized why there seems to be so many dry wastelands on dragonball earth. The landmass is one super-continent that seems to take almost entire hemisphere, so it's actually scientifically consistent that the entire middle of it would be a desert.

Sasuga Toriyama-san. waii

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#22175: Aug 4th 2015 at 12:26:56 PM

[up] I don't think "sasuga" means what you think it means.

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