Piccolo is easily my favorite in DBZA, and the Piccolo/Nail conversations are among Piccolo's best scenes.
So... yeah. Those.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.It's kinda weird how Nail just disappeared from the series after Frieza started beating up Piccolo.
I know he was going to get assimilated eventually, but it's still pretty strange that he was talking through Piccolo for a bit and then just is suddenly gone.
edited 5th Sep '17 9:20:02 AM by Hobgoblin
What. I have never heard of this before, and though I never watched the original anime, I feel like that would've been the first thing mentioned when people were praising Abridged for having Nail stick around in Piccolo's head as a hilarious writing choice.
Toei made so many bad choices.
The American dub team made so many more bad choices.
It's understandable that some wind up overlooked.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Yeah. I remember the old Ocean Group dub having Piccolo sometimes speak in Nail's voice to Dende, and also while fighting Frieza as well.
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Honestly, bringing up exceptions to the inexplicable universal language just makes it worse.
Ignoring the language barrier is by and large a Necessary Weasel for any story dealing with multiple cultures, especially alien cultures. Unless you actually intend to address it, whether by way of a Hand Wave such as a universal translator or by actually making the struggle to understand one another a major plot point, it - like most Weasels - is best ignored.
Shining a spotlight on a Necessary Weasel for a gag introduces a conversation into the audience's Suspension of Disbelief that your story should be trying to avoid. It's actually easier to suspend disbelief for a universal language just happening to exist than it is when one or two characters conspicuously fail to abide it.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: do not lampshade your Necessary Weasels. Calling attention to things that deeply undermine your premise but that your audience is absolutely willing to give you a pass on otherwise will always do your story more harm than good.
edited 6th Sep '17 9:58:00 AM by TobiasDrake
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Vegeta/Tien and Vegeta/Yamcha are my favorite interactions.
The legend has returned.