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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#16451: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:20:11 PM

[up][up]We didn't see Vegeta has a Super Saiyan until awhile after he learned how to control it. Saying he didn't act any different doesn't really mean anything. The same goes for Future Trunks.

As for present Goten and Trunks, they stand out in other ways besides that.

edited 11th Dec '15 12:21:09 PM by LSBK

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16452: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:21:07 PM

Season 2 review.

I mean, one of the things Goku says to Gohan about mastering the Super Saiyan is that part of the point is to "work on getting rid of that instability... that restless feeling"

Super Saiyans are normally always drawn with angry eyes and eyebrows until Goku and Gohan figure out mastering it and making it like their normal state. Then they can have normal expressions and aren't just really intense and glaring and pissed off at the world all the time.

...And, like.

When Gohan becomes a Super Saiyan 2 the first time.

Seriously, I think Gohan might legitimately be the scariest thing in the series during that moment. The way he toys around with Cell, when even Goku gets frustrated because Gohan isn't finishing Cell off, but still too scared of his own son to do anything about it.

... and come on. Vegeta's behavior is no different from his normal behavior. Not to mention Trunks has displayed pretty much no berserker or arrogance like the others.

I mean, yeah, Vegeta's always kind of a dick.

But Trunks seems to tend to be more reckless a lot of the time. He beats up Vegeta and hits him and blasts him away in an attempt to stop Cell from absorbing 18, he charged headlong at 18 to save Vegeta earlier and only ended up getting Tapion's sword broken in the process.

As for present Goten and Trunks, they stand out in other ways besides that.

Pretty sure Goten and Trunks have mastered Super Saiyan themselves. At least. I think they have.

edited 11th Dec '15 12:26:28 PM by unnoun

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#16454: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:26:17 PM

That would be the best.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16455: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:27:33 PM

...I mean, part of me thinks Super Saiyan 2 Gohan should be the point where Abridged Mr. Popo gets surpassed.

And another part of me is worried about how Masako is going to pull it off.

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#16456: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:30:30 PM

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16457: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:32:57 PM

...Also, I think Abridged!Goku should basically do the Super Saiyan 3 transformation like it's an informercial.

"But wait! There's more!"

And then I would title the episode Super Saiyan Bargain Sale.

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#16458: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:35:16 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up] So then our sample pool is comically small. Because if we're discounting Vegeta, Goten, and Young Trunks, we've just got already pissed off Goku and Gohan. And yes, they've got angry eyes because the only time we see them they are right pissed off. Like I said, cause and effect. They're not angry because they're Super Saiyans, they're Super Saiyans because they're angry.

I don't think Goku's ever used the Kaioken with a smile, but no one considers that a Superpowered Evil Side. Because he uses it when he's serious.

And Trunks' actions very much run contrary to "Super Saiyans are blood knights and angry." He's being very pragmatic because he knows Vegeta is... Vegeta.

edited 11th Dec '15 12:35:54 PM by Larkmarn

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#16459: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:38:06 PM

There's also the whole thing about how Goku can't make the Spirit Bomb as a Super Saiyan because his heart is too corrupted with anger in that state or something. Is that a thing, I'm pretty sure that's a thing. Saiga or Tobias could probably clear that up.

edited 11th Dec '15 12:39:12 PM by LSBK

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16460: Dec 11th 2015 at 12:39:03 PM

I mean, every character that's a Super Saiyan but hasn't mastered it has the angry eyes all the time.

Compare this to this.

Like, yeah, the former is from when Goku is going to fight 19, so yeah he's powering up, but he's not really that mad about it per se. "Hey, this weird doll clown wants to kill me and I don't want him to".

...And, again, Goku specifically mentions the emotional instability and "restlessness" of being a Super Saiyan when he and Gohan start trying to master it. In addition to the energy drain. Like, it's specifically mentioned in the manga and all dubs I know of the anime.

Like, Super Saiyan is caused by anger but it also reinforces it.

Like. Almost like starting a car. It takes bit to get the ignition going but once it starts going it can keep on going until you run out of gas.

...Which also applies to the energy drain, to an extent.

edited 11th Dec '15 12:56:15 PM by unnoun

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#16461: Dec 11th 2015 at 1:53:42 PM

You know, Kaiser's weeaboo tendencies are really starting to grate on my nerves.
Japanese attack names, understandable though I personally disagree.
The Take That, Audience! at people who use the English spelling for Frieza, bit of a dick move.
GoKOO and "Hija Dragon" (seriously, Icarus is a character they don't even like! Why is he insisting on the "proper" name for him?) just makes me want to go "Alright, we get it, you're from Space Japan!"

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#16462: Dec 11th 2015 at 1:54:25 PM

I really don't care, to be honest.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#16463: Dec 11th 2015 at 1:55:09 PM

[up][up]Where is the last bit from?

edited 11th Dec '15 1:55:30 PM by LSBK

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#16464: Dec 11th 2015 at 1:56:52 PM

[up]Kaiser says GoKOO during episode breakdowns, let's plays, and anything that's not the show itself. He insists on Hija Dragon instead of Icarus in the DBCember videos for the past two days.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16465: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:00:32 PM

No one's a weeabo just because they prefer Japanese terms for things.

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#16466: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:11:22 PM

I thought I was the only one irritated by that.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16467: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:13:15 PM

I'm pretty sure he still says "Krillin".

Which.

I mean, I dunno how you say the other one in English.

It looks like vomiting letters.

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#16468: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:14:55 PM

Kuririn.

I mean, yeah, it looks like garbage. But I imagine you say it like it looks.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16469: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:17:51 PM

I don't think my tongue can do that.

Maybe if I could roll my rs better.

If only I was more spanish or scottish.

edited 11th Dec '15 2:18:41 PM by unnoun

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16470: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:20:11 PM

Kuririn just doesn't really work as a word in English.

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#16471: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:23:18 PM

The difference between the pronunciation of "Kuririn" and "Krillin" is actually rather small. And yes, I can say it but I'm actually learning Japanese.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16472: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:24:56 PM

Like, from what I've heard, Japanese does the rolling r thing too sometimes, so.

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#16473: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:26:31 PM

Well, from what little I know of Panty and Stocking, there are two demons who like saying "ruru", and it rolls off their tongue so much that it's a meme.

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#16474: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:27:15 PM

The Japanese "r" sound is rather similar to the Spanish one, yes.

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#16475: Dec 11th 2015 at 2:46:03 PM

I can never take the word "weeaboo" seriously.

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