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#28001: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:15:50 PM

Yeah, the most accurate way to translate Goku's speech patterns would probably be to give him a southern drawl. It would make him sound less generically heroic, but given the character, that's a feature, not a bug.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:16:00 PM by TobiasDrake

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#28002: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:16:10 PM

Also, I think the Tournament takes a day at most

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#28003: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:20:02 PM

Don't think we've ever seen one extend over more than a day. And the only one to go to night time was the first, where Roshi blew up the moon. That was mostly dusk.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:21:24 PM by Ghilz

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#28004: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:21:00 PM

I mean, he rarely seems to stay overnight, and I don't think he's stayed overnight when he's been to Capsule Corp. either.

So like. A week is 168 hours, and I don't think he's spent that much of his lifetime in a city.

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#28005: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:23:06 PM

Well he did in his hospital stay at the end of the Saiyan arc,

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#28006: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:23:38 PM

...Fuck.

Okay, fine, two weeks.

Point is, I wouldn't call that a "city boy".

edited 27th Jun '17 7:23:57 PM by unnoun

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#28007: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:24:17 PM

That was two months :-P

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#28009: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:28:52 PM

The anime actually extended the tournaments into a few days for filler. It led to some weird stuff, like Goku and Giren having a confrontation in a bar the night before their match, and the Crane hermit attempting to assassinate Goku in his sleep.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:31:09 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#28010: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:31:40 PM

Actually, how far out of Town does Goku live? Coz Gohan went to school in Satan City (Best city name), and while yeah you can argue nothing's far for a Super Saiyan, I doubt Chi-Chi would send her son anywhere she can't herself easily get to.

Gohan admittedly uses Nimbus to go there.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:33:31 PM by Ghilz

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#28011: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:33:13 PM

All this talk about Goku being a mountain man reminds me of Attack of the Saiyans.

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#28012: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:36:00 PM

[up][up] Eraza mentions that Gohan's house is five hours away by jet but Gohan gets there in a matter of minutes thanks to the Nimbus.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:38:01 PM by Zelenal

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#28014: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:38:01 PM

Do you mean Erasa?

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#28015: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:38:29 PM

Why does he need Nimbus when he can fly on his own power?

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#28016: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:38:55 PM

[up][up] Yeah, Erasa. I couldn't remember her name and just remember that it was a pun off of "eraser". Turns out Gohan's house is about five hours away from Satan City by way of "jetflier".

[up] Something something people seeing him. At least, he says as much when he gets the Great Saiyaman outfit and ditched the Nimbus.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:39:37 PM by Zelenal

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#28017: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:41:21 PM

If I'm not mistaken, Goku lives on Mt. Paozu.

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#28018: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:41:31 PM

I'm reminded of Justice League

Flash: You can fly, why do you want a jet?

Wonder Woman: Why do you own a car?

Flash: ...Shut up.

Plus Nimbus is self steering, so Gohan can read and study on the way home.

edited 27th Jun '17 7:43:05 PM by Ghilz

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#28019: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:47:07 PM

That's a stupid easy question to answer. The Flash owns a car so he can get around in his civilian identity without any problems. Wonder Woman, meanwhile, owns an invisible jet because... reasons.

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#28020: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:53:24 PM

Technically the Flash can get around in his civilian identity all he wants - it's not like people can percieve him running :-P

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#28021: Jun 27th 2017 at 7:55:49 PM

True but, if he's meeting up with some civilian friends, it makes things a lot easier if he shows up and leaves like a normal person.

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#28022: Jun 27th 2017 at 8:03:56 PM

Convenience, probably. Flying can't take no energy to perform. So having a vehicle is a nice thing.

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#28023: Jun 27th 2017 at 8:07:44 PM

True but, if he's meeting up with some civilian friends, it makes things a lot easier if he shows up and leaves like a normal person.

I manage to do all that without owning a car. And I ain't got the benefits of super speed.

"Hey guys, gonna go home, taking the bus" *turn corner and speed off*

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#28025: Jun 27th 2017 at 8:17:19 PM

The fact that Android 13 calls Goku a city boy in the English dub is just. One of the most wrong things.

My assumption is that Dub 13 just considers everybody a city boy compared to himself.

And lets face it, that guy is such a red neck, that he does make Goku and Chi-chi look like a haughty rich english couple by comparison.

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