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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#39176: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:23:26 PM

Yup!

It's so sweet how Gohan goes to check on his ladies. [awesome]

Do not obey in advance.
GreatT HOT DOG Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
HOT DOG
#39177: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:23:46 PM

Oh if only Trunks knew exactly what he said...

When you wish upon a side of beef, soon will come an end to all your grief
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#39178: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:23:50 PM

This arc aside from some funny moments was pretty bad.

Thank God were finally done remaking the movies.

[up] Heh yeah. tongue

[up][up] Also yeah. [tup]

edited 29th Jul '17 8:24:41 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#39179: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:24:06 PM

Sad reminder that Trunks will never be as cool as his future counterpart.

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
The Last Nineties Anti-Hero
#39180: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:25:12 PM

His body weight in barbecue? That's barely an appetizer for Goku!

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#39181: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:25:50 PM

That line from Trunks was hilarious. [lol]

This was a good episode.

Do not obey in advance.
GreatT HOT DOG Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
HOT DOG
#39182: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:26:33 PM

MEANWHILE IN HELL...

Good... gooooooood...

Let the butthurt flow through you, Freiza...

When you wish upon a side of beef, soon will come an end to all your grief
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#39183: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:26:44 PM

The attendant to the God of Destruction says you should let go of your Saiyan pride and fight together, but you know what, screw that noise!

Frieza's screams of torture. Ah, music to my ears. waii

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
MrMaestro Absent-Minded Professor from Kingdom Come Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#39184: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:27:29 PM

A just and fitting fate for one such as him.

I guess the next episode is where we start getting into new territory, then?

I'd like to be the first man on the moon.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#39185: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:28:02 PM

I'll say it again:

Damn does Gohan look fucking terrible.

He's a looks like Goddamn nerd & is a twig-boy on top of it.

[up] Thankfully yes were starting new shit.

I pity Frieza though. A deserving fate though a pretty awful one indeed.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:28:57 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#39186: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:29:50 PM

I still say his personal hell should be more infernal. Or something like his dad telling him he never loved him and liked Cooler better.

Or something. tongue

Do not obey in advance.
Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
The Last Nineties Anti-Hero
#39187: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:30:13 PM

Well now that the remakes are over, I'm actually excited to find out what's next from here on out.

X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#39188: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:33:02 PM

@ slim: Yeah, yeah, so I've heard. tongue

You'll be glad to know he gets back into fighting shape later on. (Even though that would have always been the case after this arc unless Super somehow ends up overwriting the Grand Finale of Z.)

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
MrMaestro Absent-Minded Professor from Kingdom Come Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#39189: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:34:49 PM

I feel like a weirdo. Am I the only person who likes nerd-Gohan? Like, the idea that he got to actually grow up like a regular human and pursue his own path, instead of becoming a Generation Xerox of Goku?

I'd like to be the first man on the moon.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39190: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:36:58 PM

I'm not really sure why you're saying that because no one brought "Nerd Gohan" up, but I have no issue with Gohan living his own life. I just don't like it that they have him relearning and then forgetting the same lesson over and over again.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:39:32 PM by LSBK

Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#39191: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:37:04 PM

I don't think it's so much as Gohan becoming a nerd as much as it is him becoming weaker and not the Genius Bruiser that would've been expected.

X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#39192: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:38:01 PM

@ Maestro: I didn't mind it either. He was never a career martial artist like his dad and the entire point of the Cell Games was pushing Gohan past his Rage Breaking Point so he could utilize his full potential. Sure, when the chips are down, Gohan will give it his all, but he doesn't have the same kind of warrior spirit as his dad. And that's ok. Personally, Gohan wouldn't be half as interesting if he was a carbon copy of Goku, though I do agree he shouldn't be suffering from Aesop Amnesia when it comes to his training.

[down] Well, a "weakling" in relation to everyone not named Goku, Vegeta, and Frieza. He was still the strongest person there outside of those three (and Whis and Beerus, but they were a mostly neutral party).

edited 29th Jul '17 8:40:10 PM by X2X

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#39193: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:38:38 PM

No excuse for him becoming a weakling.

What he can't lift weights on occasion to stay in shape?

edited 29th Jul '17 8:38:48 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
The Last Nineties Anti-Hero
#39194: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:42:55 PM

In a series as fight-centered as Dragonball, the weaker you are relative to the other fighters, the more useless and irrelevant you are as a character. I liked Gohan back when he actually mattered. In fact, I liked Dragonball a lot more when everyone not named Goku and Vegeta mattered.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39195: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:45:37 PM

[up]People really exaggerate how prominent that time was. If it existed at all.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:46:18 PM by LSBK

X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#39196: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:45:45 PM

[up][up] Which is, unfortunately, a recurring problem with the series as a whole.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:46:34 PM by X2X

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#39197: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:50:48 PM

As I've said before, I think the Can't Catch Up problem would have been less pervasive if Toriyama hadn't relied so heavily on Serial Escalation. There was no need to have every new villain be more powerful than Frieza and the Super Saiyans. Hell, there was no need to make Frieza as brokenly powerful as he was. Give the new villains some kind of special powers. Give the Super Saiyans some handicaps or drawbacks to the transformation so they aren't relying on it constantly. There were a million ways to prevent everyone else becoming so useless.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:51:30 PM by Lennik

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#39198: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:53:33 PM

That said, I do like how Cell was actually cerebral in his dealings with the Z Fighters, as well as a skilled combatant who didn't simply rely on brute force the same way Frieza did.

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
MrMaestro Absent-Minded Professor from Kingdom Come Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#39199: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:53:34 PM

[up][up] I agree with every word of that.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:53:42 PM by MrMaestro

I'd like to be the first man on the moon.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39200: Jul 29th 2017 at 8:54:09 PM

That started before Frieza. Really, Goku always had one major fight with someone, and then by the next time they meet he far outclassed them. Piccolo and Vegeta are the only ones for that to not immediately hold true, and Piccolo, too, is now firmly in that corner.

Goku leaving everyone in the dust by no means started with the "Z" portion of the series.

edited 29th Jul '17 8:55:14 PM by LSBK


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