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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#28326: Jul 12th 2017 at 5:55:53 PM

I hate the fact that it cut the Great Saiyaman filler.

Partly because the Great Saiyaman filler actually changed the plot points from the manga, and in Kai Videl finding out Gohan's identity doesn't quite make sense.

The US release actually left in some Great Saiyaman filler that the Japanese version of Kai had cut out, so that's nice.

And then he got a happy ending.

Nappa and Raditz, on the other hand, are still in Hell with all the other assholes not named Vegeta.

Dabura reforms in heaven, while Nappa breaks out of hell and is immediately killed again. Shame.

edited 12th Jul '17 5:56:04 PM by Moth13

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#28327: Jul 12th 2017 at 6:11:25 PM

[up][up]The Candy Beam, yeah, but typically he used ki like everyone else. The only powers I recall him using to win fights were Regeneration, Absorption, and he tried using Candy Beam on Vegetto only for it to not work as he hoped.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28328: Jul 12th 2017 at 6:14:44 PM

Basically everything about Boo is magic, he is a magical being. Absorption and regeneration come from that.

Vegetto ignores all that because Vegetto is a walking plot device.

Beyond that, magic would need to be waaaaay better defined to serve as a major influence in an arc. The DB version of magic is better kept in the background because I don't think Toriyama would adequetly balance it.

edited 12th Jul '17 6:17:23 PM by Saiga

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#28329: Jul 12th 2017 at 8:15:54 PM

I suppose that's fair. I'm probably being harsher on it since I always just saw absorption and regeneration as carry overs from Cell and associated those more with him than magical influence.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#28330: Jul 13th 2017 at 4:12:12 PM

Magic from a 300PL can restore planets. tongue

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#28331: Jul 13th 2017 at 5:54:12 PM

And Kefka would be the God of Magic. tongue

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#28332: Jul 13th 2017 at 8:11:06 PM

For a moment there I thought I posted something Dragon Ball related in the Final Fantasy thread again.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#28333: Jul 14th 2017 at 2:20:37 PM

I mean, if it was Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest, I could see how you'd make that mistake.

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#28334: Jul 14th 2017 at 2:33:42 PM

Super Saiyan Rose Goku Black is basically Pegasus from Yu-Gi-Oh.

I don't know if I hate it or love it.

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#28335: Jul 14th 2017 at 2:35:28 PM

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#28336: Jul 14th 2017 at 4:00:56 PM

Think of the bloodline, boy.

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#28339: Jul 15th 2017 at 7:47:04 AM

The phrase you're searching for is "Amuse-bouche", Mister Goku Pink Black.

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#28340: Jul 15th 2017 at 12:16:29 PM

I think Pegasus fits more for normal Zamasu.

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#28341: Jul 16th 2017 at 4:10:30 PM

I'm thinking of doing a review of Dragon Ball Super's "Goku Black" Arc.

I haven't been interested in Dragon Ball since the last two years of high school.

I'm still not really all that interested. I'm just doing it because this "Goku Black" is...something.

edited 16th Jul '17 4:18:55 PM by fredhot16

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#28343: Jul 16th 2017 at 8:06:24 PM

[up]Alright, you've convinced me. Four-part review of Goku Black Arc, coming whenever!

I mean, surely that smile means good things, right?

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#28344: Jul 18th 2017 at 7:57:21 AM

Random Thought: Does anyone else remember if there were characters in DBZA, be it the main series or movies, that sounded like Scratch and Grounder from the old Sonic cartoon?

I really get the feeling I heard characters with those voices in some abridged series but DBZA is the only one I watch anymore. It might have been in some old YGOTAS though.

edited 18th Jul '17 7:57:59 AM by Nikkolas

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#28345: Jul 18th 2017 at 9:08:07 AM

I don't think there were Scratch and Grounder sound alikes in either of those shows. Although BOTH shows did have comic duos from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. DBZ had the Plutonians while Yu-gio-oh had the Mooninites.

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#28346: Jul 18th 2017 at 9:56:55 AM

Oh right, the fake Namekians.

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#28347: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:10:50 PM

If memory serves, one of the Naruto Abridged shows had Scratch and Grounder as voices for two random evil ninja.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#28348: Jul 19th 2017 at 2:25:40 AM

Sonic F uses the Scratch and Grounder voices for Robotnik's robot sidekicks, though that's probably a little too on the nose.

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#28349: Jul 20th 2017 at 7:33:33 PM

I was just binging the first season of DBZA and noticed that a Jimmy is mentioned when the news crew first shows up to the Saiyan fight. If it's an intentional reference to Jimmy Firecracker, that's pretty clever.

Also, is Yajirobe ever mentioned in DBZA before he appears and cuts off Vegeta's tail? That comes across as a huge Deus ex Machina in hindsight.

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#28350: Jul 20th 2017 at 7:35:06 PM

I think that was just a happy coincidence. The two reporters on the scene for the Abridged Saiyan battle are Clark and Jimmy; a reference to Superman's alter ego Clark Kent and his best friend Jimmy Olson.

edited 20th Jul '17 7:35:27 PM by TobiasDrake

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