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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27051: May 16th 2017 at 2:41:33 PM

That wasn't just an episode. Those were all examples from the manga. I actually left a few things out too like assaulting an unconscious Ranfan.

edited 16th May '17 2:41:55 PM by Arha

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#27052: May 16th 2017 at 7:29:06 PM

All these burns.

edited 16th May '17 7:29:21 PM by Anomalocaris20

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#27053: May 16th 2017 at 8:50:32 PM

I mean, you have a point on the shrinking part, but he only asked Bulma to show him her panties, not made. And she did it with very little hesitation, with no concrete reward in mind for either of them. Once she noticed the Dragon Ball around his neck she flashed him many more times, of her own volition, until he was flashed into submission.

I think it's more Goku and Krillin's fault that the two dumb-dumbs misinterpreted "find me a woman" as "kidnap me a woman".

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27054: May 16th 2017 at 9:04:59 PM

You're right, it's only sexual harassment of a minor, not sexual assault. That makes it totally better. And, like, she was asking for it, man.

Also, what makes you think Roshi cared how they got a woman to his island? The only correction he made after they kidnapped the first woman was to say she wasn't attractive enough.

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#27055: May 16th 2017 at 9:11:09 PM

She didn't have to do it. No-one forced her, and she barely had any incentive to. 16 clearly does not count as underage on Dragon Ball, and it's way older than the official age of consent for Japan. Also, Bulma resorting to her feminine wiles to try to get what she wants is a constant Running Gag in Dragon Ball, from her offering a panty shot to Goku in exchange for help, to trying to seduce Zamasu.

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#27056: May 16th 2017 at 9:19:19 PM

Oh man, that is Doylian problematic.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27057: May 16th 2017 at 9:19:46 PM

I'm pretty sure an adult asking a child to show them their underwear is creepy no matter how low the age of consent is. The fact that she's willing to do is kind of telling in regards to her maturity and whether it's at all appropriate.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#27058: May 16th 2017 at 9:20:12 PM

[up][up][up]Give it a rest. Even if there could potentially be rational explanations for Roshi's behavior, they're clearly not what Toriyama nor Toei intended.

I know it's considered bad form here to say the Abridged version is better, but I definitely like Abridged Roshi better than real Roshi.

edited 16th May '17 9:20:26 PM by Anomalocaris20

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#27059: May 16th 2017 at 9:26:36 PM

I don't know if it's bad form, especially not with something like this.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#27060: May 16th 2017 at 9:31:30 PM

They haven't played up his perverted-ness at all.

Just a few quick lines to remind you it's there.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#27061: May 16th 2017 at 9:37:00 PM

...That's oddly coherent coming from you.

edited 16th May '17 9:37:28 PM by LSBK

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#27062: May 16th 2017 at 9:42:24 PM

I'd say Abridged Roshi is just as bad.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#27063: May 16th 2017 at 9:56:32 PM

The moral here is, everyone in this series is a horrible person, except for Gohan and Videl.

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#27064: May 16th 2017 at 10:16:11 PM

Yes, it's still there, they just don't flaunt it outside quick gags here or there.

  • Oolong: Turns out Master Roshi's banned from over 500 Victoria's Secret locations. I don't get it. How are you not on some kind of a list?
  • Roshi: You think Master Roshi is my real name?!

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#27065: May 16th 2017 at 10:32:41 PM

If I recall correctly, some stuff with Roshi in the latest episodes of Super made Lani (and I think Kirran and Hbi2k? It was in the latest Kingdom Hearts stream) pretty uncomfortable. So yeah, I doubt they're huge fans of that aspect of his character. In any case, they're rarely so...overt with the "Master Roshi's a perv" jokes.

edited 16th May '17 10:33:09 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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#27066: May 16th 2017 at 10:35:35 PM

Toriyama wrote Kame-sennin as a dangerous sex offender. Toei found this hilarious and turned it Up To Eleven. Team Four Star, meanwhile, gave him chlamydia.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#27067: May 16th 2017 at 10:38:33 PM

I wonder just what Roshi did to get kicked out of Victoria's Secret but not arrested. It's a weird line to straddle.

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#27068: May 16th 2017 at 10:39:29 PM

Being able to flee faster than squad cars helps.

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#27069: May 16th 2017 at 10:41:14 PM

He always changed into his Jackie Chun costume to escape.

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#27070: May 16th 2017 at 10:44:33 PM

Manga and anime have this weird fascination with making characters who would by all right be sex offenders IRL into the perpetrator of so-called "light-hearted" humour. I have never ever found them funny. At all.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#27071: May 16th 2017 at 10:55:08 PM

Cultural differences at work here.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27072: May 16th 2017 at 10:55:52 PM

Comparing TFS Roshi to entire-manga Roshi isn't entirely fair because TFS are covering a period where Roshi is much less overt to begin with. I'm sure that if they covered DB they'd still tone him waaaay down, though.

I used to find that kind of stuff funny when I was younger. Well, not all of it - it wasn't funny by itself, but could be part of a funny joke because I didn't think about how bad it was.

A lot of the time the pervert humour is the entire joke and punchline and it's just not funny even when you don't think about the implications.

But some of the early DB stuff I used to find funny in a Black Comedy kind of way, but I can't look past the bigger picture or how the narrative treats it now.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#27073: May 16th 2017 at 10:56:35 PM

It doesn't ever seem like the viewer is suppose to find them funny...

More that them getting beat up for being a creep is the humorous part...

Or maybe both, who knows?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27074: May 16th 2017 at 11:01:00 PM

It seems to come in varieties of "love them despite their flaws" "love them because of their flaws" and the ever confusing "hate them because what they do is bad and unacceptable but also find it funny and like the series because of it"

I feel like Roshi flip flops between the first two intents.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#27075: May 16th 2017 at 11:05:49 PM

I wasn't aware that Turtle hermit even had flaws...

He may not even be an actual character...

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