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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#26176: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:51:39 AM

That's actually not true at all. The manga fights are incredibly short, most one or two chapters even in the Boo arc.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#26177: Apr 10th 2017 at 6:49:32 AM

Which is something that took me way off guard. The problem seemed to go from too much padding being bare-bones. Or rather, the reverse, but I saw the anime first.

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#26178: Apr 10th 2017 at 8:03:55 AM

Yeah, I was surprised the final volume covered everything from Vegeto to the end of the Kid Buu fight.

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#26179: Apr 10th 2017 at 9:16:47 AM

Yeah, the pacing of the manga is actually pretty fast.

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#26180: Apr 10th 2017 at 9:46:32 AM

That is probably why the padding in the anime is often so bad during the fights. There is not much original material to go on from, so either they make shit up (with mixed results) or stretch every little thing they can. Hence the extended power-up scenes or stare downs.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#26181: Apr 11th 2017 at 1:38:18 AM

So I haven't cared about DBZ or anything related to it in, judging from where I was taken to when I opened this thread, two years. Last thing I remember happening in DBZA was...maybe Super Vegeta showing up to fight Semi-Perfect Cell?

So where is the series now? Did they dub any more movies? (Bardock Father of Goku is still one of my favorites things from DBZA. Shame it never happened)

Are they still aiming to do everything in Z?

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edited 11th Apr '17 1:39:09 AM by Nikkolas

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#26182: Apr 11th 2017 at 2:47:04 AM

The Cell games just started...that's where they are now.

Also you're thinking of "Episode of Bardock"...based on that "shame it never happened" comment.

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Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#26183: Apr 11th 2017 at 2:56:52 AM

Shit you're right. Thanks for that and thanks for the update on the series. I need to catch up.

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#26184: Apr 11th 2017 at 6:56:48 AM

Also, the movies are now through Broly.

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#26185: Apr 11th 2017 at 10:30:16 AM

The question of wen broly was finally answered.

Pretty funny all in all.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#26186: Apr 11th 2017 at 10:57:12 AM

I never got "When Broly?!" anyway. Yeah, it was mostly a meme but all memes start somewhere. Who care enough about Broly to constantly ask about him?

edited 11th Apr '17 10:57:38 AM by LSBK

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#26187: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:01:39 AM

Broly fans I assume. Isn't he absurdly popular?

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#26188: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:03:05 AM

His popularity seemed mostly tongue-in-cheek to me.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#26189: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:03:21 AM

Broly is extremely popular, just not with the kind of people who browse forums like this.

edited 11th Apr '17 11:03:54 AM by Nikkolas

Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#26190: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:07:26 AM

Yeah, a lot of people love Broly, usually the same people that only care about power levels.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#26191: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:09:35 AM

Power Levels are the best thing about DBZ.

I legitimately love reading Fanmade PL Charts. Blame DBZ and Yugioh. The shows basically live on more numbers = MORE INTENSE. "Freeza's Power Level is over 1,000,000? NO WAY!!"

edited 11th Apr '17 11:10:37 AM by Nikkolas

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#26192: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:18:27 AM

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Who care enough about Broly to constantly ask about him?

The joke is that everybody kept asking for Broly abridged because no one had any idea how they were going to characterize him, or keep his storyline in line with the Abridged characterizations - having Vegeta be terrified of Broly wouldn't have worked, so they rewrote it in a manner that was both in-character and provided some hilarious Meta Text (Vegeta being a stand-in for Broly fans who can't get over how awesome the Legendary Super Saiyan is, fitting with Vegeta's primary motivation in the film). All they did was capitalize on the fact that everyone kept asking about it and that Broly had Wolverine-levels of popularity.

I genuinely thought you were asking this question sarcastically.

I legitimately love reading Fanmade PL Charts. Blame DBZ and Yugioh. The shows basically live on more numbers = MORE INTENSE. "Freeza's Power Level is over 1,000,000? NO WAY!!"

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edited 11th Apr '17 11:35:39 AM by Soble

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#26193: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:25:14 AM

I still love that they actually managed to have him say, "NOW BROLY!!!" and make it work within the context of the scene.

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#26194: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:29:47 AM

I like Broly's design.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#26195: Apr 11th 2017 at 11:33:48 AM

I like how Broly just clotheslines Gohan and Trunks during the third act. That's always been one of my favorite scenes in any Dragonball media.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#26196: Apr 11th 2017 at 12:03:08 PM

Even in an "only power levels matter" context Broly is still ridiculous though. But, eh, different strokes I guess.

edited 11th Apr '17 12:03:47 PM by LSBK

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#26197: Apr 11th 2017 at 12:14:34 PM

Broly is basically if Yujiro Hanma had access to Ki Attacks, but with more mindlessness.

Yujiro Hanma is far better as an overwhelming antagonist, though.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#26198: Apr 11th 2017 at 12:15:33 PM

I've never watched Baki the Grappler.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#26199: Apr 11th 2017 at 12:18:28 PM

Well with Super Saiyan transformations getting handed out like a bargain basement sale, there's a certain appeal in The Legendary Super Saiyan. Plus everyone loves a good curbstomp.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#26200: Apr 11th 2017 at 12:23:07 PM

That always sounded weird weird to me. Like, ignoring that Broly is apparently just the result of trying to fix a plothole that wasn't even a plothole, why should being a Super Saiyan only be something that happens every thousand years or something? Plus, there were only like six.

Super Saiyan isn't a set power, it's just a multiplier. Make Goku a Super Saiyan when we first meet him and he's still shit compared to basically everything off Earth.

edited 11th Apr '17 12:29:20 PM by LSBK


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