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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#16252: Dec 8th 2015 at 6:40:52 PM

One Piece's manga being fine is probably the best joke I've heard all year

To whoever wondered whether they should watch YYH or Bleach: neither are really rip-offs. There is obvious inspiration, but they're very different approaches. Hell YYH was published alongside Dragon Ball so they probably influenced each other.

I'd say give YYH's anime a watch - it is much better than the manga, and also has Superlative Dubbing. Bleach's anime has good moments but it's way too long for me to reccommend, so I'd say give the manga a read if you're interested.

Both start off with pretty short story arcs that should give you a good idea if you'd want to keep reading.


On Murata / the YYH psychics - I think you're missing the point of that fight. It wasn't about muscle memory or reflex because Yusuke did exactly what he said he would. Pulling his punch was probably the only part that was a reflex.

The point of the fight was that mind reading won't make you invincible. That would be undermined if Murata just wasn't mind reading hard enough.

Murata's mind reading is flawless, but just because he knows what Yusuke will do doesn't mean he's capable of handling it. He doesn't have the necessary skill to avoid that punch, or the strength to take it.

The psychics send the message "strength isn't everything" while Yusule returns with "it's still something". Those that were aware of Yusuke's strength were able to get the best of him. Anyone too obsessed with their special skill to acknowledge the usefulness of brute force got their stupid asses handed to them.

That's refreshingly balanced for a fictional piece. Y'know, until Sensui ruined everything by revealing he was way stronger than anyone else and could only be met with equal brute force.

Also while I think Sensui's Seven was where the series Jumped the Shark, I don't think it jumped from a very high ramp if you catch my drift.

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#16253: Dec 8th 2015 at 7:10:46 PM

They are. You Tube's copywrite system isn't run by people though; it's run by a notoriously buggy machine.

The only solution at this point is to just improve the bot. No way humans could moderate all of the copyright reports that You Tube must get every day.

edited 8th Dec '15 7:11:17 PM by hardcorefakes

BaleFire Since: Dec, 2009
#16254: Dec 8th 2015 at 9:35:47 PM

Update on the Take-Downs

edited 8th Dec '15 9:36:03 PM by BaleFire

Dreamkeepers Prelude, check it out!
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#16255: Dec 8th 2015 at 9:38:19 PM

At least they're having fun with it.

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#16256: Dec 8th 2015 at 9:43:05 PM

If I can't watch DBZA, at least I can watch Attack On Titan Abridged episode tw—
Oh, crapbaskets.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16257: Dec 9th 2015 at 2:59:31 AM

There's still the website.

Their new production office looks neat.

...Wow this is a shitty thing to happen at Christmas.

Episode 29 review.

edited 9th Dec '15 5:03:07 AM by unnoun

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#16258: Dec 9th 2015 at 6:49:43 AM

Pretty sure that building in the video is not all their office.

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#16259: Dec 9th 2015 at 7:51:26 AM

And Gohan in Broly had long hair, which means it likely took place at least before Goku and Gohan went in, and possibly before Trunks and Vegeta did, too.

Gohan can become a Super Saiyan in the first Broly film. He does so during the battle with Broly. This prohibits it from happening before the RoSaT, and it would also be poor pacing on TFS's side to show Gohan being a Super Saiyan in the movie before having him become one in the show.

At least they're having fun with it.

@.@ I was surprised by how dark that got. "EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE!" was hilarious and had me rolling in my chair, but then it took a horrific turn when Lani implied that Taka had died in the fire. It was still funny, just darkly so.

edited 9th Dec '15 7:51:43 AM by TobiasDrake

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#16260: Dec 9th 2015 at 7:54:16 AM

[up][up]It totally should be.

edited 9th Dec '15 7:54:33 AM by Superjohn

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16261: Dec 9th 2015 at 7:58:26 AM

They said they got a good deal on a place there in Texas. That the place was pretty big and have them room to expand.

Gohan and Goku weren't Super Saiyans all the time in Broly one.

...Is it wrong that I want Kaiser to edit that in though?

In Defense of Broly.

Linking for the lulz.

I enjoy complex analysis of dumb things.

edited 9th Dec '15 8:09:19 AM by unnoun

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#16262: Dec 9th 2015 at 8:18:20 AM

Gohan and Goku weren't Super Saiyans all the time in Broly one.

Not all the time, no. That's one of the usual movie inconsistencies that makes it impossible for any of the movies to actually happen in the timeline. TFS just does the best they can with what they have to work with.

But the fact that Gohan can transform and does so during the fight with Broly makes it impossible to place it anywhere prior to Goku and Gohan exiting the RoSaT.

edited 9th Dec '15 8:18:33 AM by TobiasDrake

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16263: Dec 9th 2015 at 8:26:40 AM

I think Broly would be liked by us a lot more if his "Legendary Super Saiyan Form" was just his mutation of Super Saiyan 2, and not the original dubs insistence on being "The True Legendary Super Saiyan". Also, he shouldn't have gotten more than 1 movie.

I don't even have that much of a problem with him existing, it's just that weird insistence on being the "The True Legendary Super Saiyan" that really hurts Broly.

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#16264: Dec 9th 2015 at 8:29:53 AM

Super Saiyan Grade 4, perhaps. Broly going one step beyond Super Trunks, but still not quite hitting Super Saiyan 2.

edited 9th Dec '15 8:30:33 AM by TobiasDrake

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#16266: Dec 9th 2015 at 8:34:06 AM

Everyone and their mum becoming Super Saiyan ain't doing him any favors either.

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#16267: Dec 9th 2015 at 8:36:33 AM

But I thought Toriyama didn't know how to draw female Super Saiyans?

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#16269: Dec 9th 2015 at 8:46:14 AM

Even then, that doesn't explain why Pan didn't go Super Saiyan in GT. Toriyama contributed a few designs, but he wasn't the guy controlling everything.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#16270: Dec 9th 2015 at 9:21:35 AM

[up] Because Toei is generally sexist as all hell and can't have good sidegirl be strong in a guy's show unless they are someone's GF. And a guy can't be strong in a girl's show as well.

Pretty standard for Shonen and Shojo though as well outside of very few exceptions.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#16271: Dec 9th 2015 at 9:55:39 AM

Japan still has a quite sexist society, even by our standards...

Also, Broly now got a LSSJ 2 form, in the shape of a Heroes card or something, in addition to his Raging Blast LSSJ 3 form, and the also from Heroes bulky as fuck SSJ 4.

So, that theory I really liked was shot down.

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#16272: Dec 9th 2015 at 9:57:37 AM

Ironic: Japan is more advanced than most countries when it comes to technology, and yet they are more sexist than the nation that gave us Donald Trump.

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stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#16273: Dec 9th 2015 at 10:08:58 AM

It's almost as though culture does not develop or change on a set trajectory, but is more akin to a big ball of wibbly-wobbley culturally-wulturey stuff.

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#16274: Dec 9th 2015 at 10:09:52 AM

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#16275: Dec 9th 2015 at 10:55:24 AM

Even then, that doesn't explain why Pan didn't go Super Saiyan in GT.

Everyone gets upset about this, the fact that there are no female Super Saiyans, that Pan hasn't done it yet, that this is some sort of imbalance. Does it matter?

Pan is one of the main characters, and does quite a bit of fighting on her own. Super Saiyans are basically chumps in GT, you turn Super Saiyan, you'll be in the ground five minutes later. Even Goku succumbs to this.

If it's some twisted, Dragonball version of the Bechdel test we're getting at here, all of the males who turn Super Saiyan in GT typically get their ass kicked moments after, seriously, turning Super Saiyan means you were losing the fight beforehand. Pan wins more fights in base form than Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, or Trunks do in GT.

Super Saiyan is not a driver's license. It is a gender-neutral license to have your ass kicked royally, it is a Mauve Shirt delivery truck.

edited 9th Dec '15 11:02:19 AM by Soble

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