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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#28551: Sep 6th 2017 at 11:08:24 AM

Except Dragon Ball already called attention to the barrier when it decided to give the Namekians a native language, and made it so said language is required to use their Dragon Balls. It brings up the question of both why they're even using the universal language in the first place, and how they came to learn of it in the first place, when it's implied that the Namekians had little to no interaction with any other race before Frieza and his army arrived.

Granted, the fact that Vegeta and Nappa knew what a Namekian was in the first place kind of ruins that, though it also brings up the question of why Frieza never went after Namek until that specific point, despite the fact that the army is both aware of the race's existence and knew where Namek was to begin with; did Frieza just never bother to acquire the planet to sell it off on the black market or to keep it for his army's use?

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#28552: Sep 6th 2017 at 11:14:49 AM

Because Namek was viewed as a backwater dump, and they didn't believe in the Dragon Balls until Vegeta confirmed that they brought a dead person back to life.

But, yes, why they seem to use the common language over their native one most of the time is probably a question we're better off not thinking about.

edited 6th Sep '17 11:17:20 AM by LSBK

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#28553: Sep 6th 2017 at 3:26:52 PM

There's also the God language in Super, which you can't make a wish on Zarama without knowing.

Also that species in the second or third episode that spoke in grunts that Whis could translate.

edited 6th Sep '17 3:27:54 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#28554: Sep 28th 2017 at 3:11:46 PM

Alright so a bit more news about the hiatus. They're going to make Episode 60 a full on hour and a half episode (split into sections) that'll take a bit to make, it might not even come out this year.

edited 28th Sep '17 3:12:52 PM by AdricDePsycho

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#28555: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:16:16 PM

So episode 60 won't be out until next year, but there's a new special out in December... What could it possibly be? They can't do Bojack until they finish the Cell saga.

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#28556: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:17:41 PM

[up]Dragonball evolution abridged?

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#28557: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:19:21 PM

Maybe something from OG Dragon Ball? Or GT?

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#28558: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:25:56 PM

I'm excited by the fact that the season, possibly series finale is going to be an hour and a half long. That's never happened.

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#28560: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:36:28 PM

He did say that was the worst case scenario, but I'm glad he's giving the heads up on that being a possibility.

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#28561: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:40:21 PM

I just hope the worst case scenario doesn't happen. I've been looking forward to seeing how they'd interpret the Buu Saga.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#28562: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:43:35 PM

I mean, I still dunno the odds of Toei killing them.

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#28563: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:44:53 PM

I'd love to see them finish the Buu Saga just because it would be the biggest CMOA ever in the history of abridged anime and they would deserve endless props for managing such a feat.

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#28564: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:57:41 PM

Me too. The Buu Saga is huge. It's an entire third of the manga. A lot of stuff happens in that arc, and I was deeply looking forward to seeing how Team Four Star manages it. I really hope they manage to come back and finish.

But it is a major commitment to ask of them. Trying to do the Buu Saga would mean at least as many episodes as already exist in DBZ Abridged. I can understand if they find that proposition a bit daunting on top of whatever is going on that's causing this.

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#28565: Sep 28th 2017 at 4:58:55 PM

They could always pull what Kai did and go back to the Buu Saga a few years after the fact or something.

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#28566: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:01:10 PM

I'll confess, just from what I've heard about the Buu Saga, I never really got the impression that it was that long. How does it take so long, anyway?

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#28567: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:05:41 PM

Things get even worse if they decide to do the Otherworld tournament too.

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#28568: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:20:35 PM

Well, if the Garlic Jr. arc is anything to go by, they'll probably shorten it to a single episode, spend that episode on something completely different, and then just refer back to it as a cutaway gag or something.

Kaiser cares as much for filler as I do.

EDIT: But yes, I really do hope they come back to Buu. There's so many great moments in that arc. Like, I would love to see the TFS versions of the characters play that scene where Vegeta switches sides and is like, "FIGHT ME KAKAROT" and Goku's all "THIS IS HAPPENING WHEEE" and Kaioshin's all "WHAT?! WHY?! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?! THIS IS DUMB!!!"

Five seconds away from stopping Buu from being released and then Goku and Vegeta just have to go shove their dicks in it because of course they do.

edited 28th Sep '17 5:23:11 PM by TobiasDrake

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#28569: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:28:19 PM

[up]Hey, VEGETA initiated the dick shoving!

Plus, I wonder what kind of personality Abridged Fat Buu and Abridged Super Buu will have.

edited 28th Sep '17 5:30:47 PM by fredhot16

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#28570: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:37:35 PM

@Tobias: The Boo Saga covers Chapters 421 to 519 (counting the epilogue). That's 98 chapters. Ninety-eight is not one-third of 519. The Boo Saga only covers about 19% of the manga's run. It's only slightly longer than the Android Saga's 90 chapters and the Namek Saga's 86.

edited 28th Sep '17 5:41:03 PM by Zelenal

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#28571: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:45:27 PM

Personally I want to see Fusion Reborn Abridged, to see what they do about Hitler.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#28572: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:46:43 PM

It's a third of the Dragonball Z portion.

edited 28th Sep '17 5:47:32 PM by Moth13

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#28573: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:50:43 PM

[up] If you wanna move the goalposts then, sure, it's about 30% of the run which is about a third. However, the same holds true for the Androids and Freeza. That argument is pointless.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#28574: Sep 28th 2017 at 5:53:23 PM

Exaggerations asides, approximately a fifth of the manga is still pretty major.

Hopefully they don't have to stop but if they do, they had a good run.


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