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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#12026: May 31st 2015 at 11:34:20 PM

[up] Yep.

I remember that because of Kaiser spamming it so much during that Super Buu fight in their playthrough.

Did anyone watch the entire thing of that? Near the end, they were going crazy. It was hilarious.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#12027: Jun 1st 2015 at 12:02:40 AM

Great, now I'm thinking of them repeatedly firing "BLAST CANNON" in Tien vs. Super Buu.

[nja]'d due to multi-tabbing. But I'm pretty sure BLAST CANNON was Dodon Ray, not Advanced Geometry.

edited 1st Jun '15 12:03:50 AM by wanderlustwarrior

Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#12028: Jun 1st 2015 at 12:52:06 AM

Weird that people found Ten's moment "cool". It was pretty funny to me in how ineffectual it was and how anyone could've done what Ten did. The only reason Cell got pushed back was because he ha no solid ground and couldn't get out of the hole in time before the next shockwave hit him. So basically, anyone that could spam ki blasts would've been enough to hold Cell off there. Compare that to Krillin on Namek,where only Krillin could've fulfilled that role and you get something way cooler. Ten's just a loner, idiot ("You know what hasn't ever done anything for me? mountain training! You know what I'm gonna keep doing? Mountain training!) crybaby.

Anyway, Ten's supposedly a descendent of three-eyed aliens, but they're so far back in his lineage that he's considered fully human.

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#12029: Jun 1st 2015 at 1:01:23 AM

[up]That's a lot of hate, Kaname.tongue I don't think anyone could have done it. Isn't there supposed to be something special about the Kikoho? I remember them building it up like crazy the first time he used it, but it's been years since I've watched or read Dragon Ball.

People consider Tien a badass for standing up to Cell, because he knew he was out of his league, but put his life on the line to slow him down anyways. He bought time for Android 18 to get away so he was successful. Krillin has his moments, but he also has a lot more humiliating moments. Part of it is that Krillin has more oppurtunities to fail, because he gets more screen time. Tien also carries himself like a badass. Krillin is an amiable short and noseless guy that likes to tell jokes. Tien is a tall, muscular, stoic, loner.

edited 1st Jun '15 4:28:24 AM by 940131

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#12030: Jun 1st 2015 at 1:02:16 AM

Oh, another thing: Is Tenshinhan supposed to be a Death Seeker?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#12031: Jun 1st 2015 at 2:06:39 AM

[up][up]It uses up his own life's energy which makes it dangerous to use...that would be the only thing special about it.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12032: Jun 1st 2015 at 4:40:49 AM

[up][up] No.

[up][up][up] It is introduced as being special due to the life-drain factor, but Ten uses it for some fairly mundane things like making holes in the ground to hide in. You'd think he could do that without shaving off his life span, but the Kikoho is his signature. Also, the Kikoho is a "kiai" technique, which are good at pushing people much stronger than you. Base Trunks was able to throw Cell out of a city and into the open plains with a generic one.

And saying Ten accomplished nothing isn't hatred.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#12033: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:16:15 AM

Tien accomplished something.

But then Vegeta accomplished less than nothing.

If Trunks had gone alone, after Tien did his thing, Cell wouldn't have become perfect.

edited 1st Jun '15 5:17:03 AM by Enlong

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12034: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:27:06 AM

He achieved something that was made completely meaningless by someone else's action, bravo.

If things had been completely different, he would have been the tiny difference that made things work. You can throw around any number of "but if this happened, he'd matter" and it doesn't change that he ultimately did not matter.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12035: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:28:31 AM

You shouldn't blame him because someone else fumbled the play.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12036: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:30:33 AM

I'm not blaming him - I'm not saying he made things worse. But what he did was just insignificant, so much so that it was easily undone.

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#12037: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:30:36 AM

Okay. But that doesn't change the fact that Vegeta's actions were much less useless than Tien's in this situation, to the point that things would've been better for everyone if he'd not shown up at all.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12038: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:31:08 AM

Okay, but that isn't really relevant.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#12039: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:32:32 AM

I'd say it is. And I get the feeling neither of us are gonna budge on that. Are we?

edited 1st Jun '15 5:33:10 AM by Enlong

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12040: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:33:49 AM

I seriously don't get how it's relevant. Vegeta screwed up for sure, but that simply has nothing to do with Ten.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12041: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:36:27 AM

Tien managed to get the unsenseable androids out of Cell's line of sight.

Someone with a brain could have taken advantage of that.

Krillin could have blown 18 up. 18 could have blown herself up. Vegeta or Trunks could have killed Cell. Goku could have teleported 18 somewhere safe.

It's not Tien's fault that his friends suck.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#12042: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:38:12 AM

Well, with Piccolo and 16 down, and Goku taking his sweet time, there was really nothing else that could've prevented Cell from taking 18 before Vegeta and Trunks exited the chamber.

Vegeta massively screwed up an opportunity that wouldn't have existed if Tien had stayed at Kame house.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12043: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:40:08 AM

If Cell becoming perfect was actually a problem, that might mean something (well, no it wouldn't). But that was what made Cell start coming up with better ways to defeat him than the heroes could.

edited 1st Jun '15 5:40:19 AM by Saiga

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#12044: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:42:27 AM

Okay...

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12045: Jun 1st 2015 at 5:46:28 AM

I mean, Vegeta and Trunks weren't out of the Time Chamber yet. It took until after Goku had rescued Tien and Piccolo and healed them.

Maybe if he'd become Perfect right away, if Tien hadn't intervened, Cell would have become a bit impatient? I mean, he can sense energy. He could go right to the lookout. Kill Goku. Kill Gohan.

Vegeta and Trunks come out, Cell decides to hold a tournament, there's nobody to teleport to New Namek, and nobody to defeat Cell. Oops.

Maybe Piccolo would finally have died because Goku didn't have to save Tien, and even if they had somehow managed to beat Cell there'd have been nobody to teach Goten and Trunks fusion. Majin Buu would have gotten bored, and without their ace in the hole to be excited and wait for he'd have destroyed the world.

So anyway. Less than 20 days between episode 47 and episode 48. I sorta like this update schedule, not sure how long they can keep it up. I mean, it just has to be absolute hell on poor Kaiser. Hellsing Abridged is coming up soonish. They've probably been working on that all year, but. Still.

I sorta want another abridged movie or special. I like those. As long as they don't take too long. Maybe they could work on them sorta concurrently with the episodes. I'd be into either World's Strongest Abridged or Android 13 abridged. Or both, actually.

edited 1st Jun '15 6:05:29 AM by unnoun

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#12046: Jun 1st 2015 at 6:24:16 AM

World's 13 Strongest?

...that sounds like a magazine.

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#12047: Jun 1st 2015 at 7:01:27 AM

Has TFS ever expressed an interest in doing GT or the Original series? Or is that to far ahead.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#12048: Jun 1st 2015 at 7:16:58 AM

They hate GT so probably not. I can't see them abridging the original Dragonball anime either.

940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#12049: Jun 1st 2015 at 7:42:16 AM

Yeah, but there's so much stuff to make fun of in GT.[lol]

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#12050: Jun 1st 2015 at 7:59:24 AM

They are probably going to take a break after doing Buu and the canon movies and then maybe doing Super later depending on how good the series is.


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