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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#17876: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:46:05 PM

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#17877: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:48:34 PM

I don't like 16 being stronger than 17 and 18. Besides the power levels shrinking as the production line went on just being silly at that point, I liked him vs Cell a lot better when I thought it was another Tien vs Cell situation.

edited 3rd Feb '16 7:51:40 PM by Moth13

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#17878: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:50:24 PM

I like 16 being stronger than 17 and 18.

Partly due to my dislike of the trope Muscles Are Meaningless.

edited 3rd Feb '16 7:50:33 PM by BaconManiac5000

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#17879: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:51:45 PM

And again, that was a filler sequence not in the manga, so it doesn't count.

You keep saying that, but if it's consistent with how he acts in the source material shouldn't it might as well count?

edited 3rd Feb '16 7:52:24 PM by Moth13

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17880: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:55:07 PM

And again, that was a filler sequence not in the manga, so it doesn't count.

Nothing counts except Dragon Ball Evolution.

Canon is bad, and Dragon Ball Evolution is bad, therefore Dragon Ball Evolution is canon. QED.

edited 3rd Feb '16 7:55:20 PM by unnoun

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#17881: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:57:55 PM

I've always been interested to see what an arc where 17 and 18 were the Big Bads might have looked like. And I don't mean like History of Trunks, where the damage is already done and the story is mostly personal as Trunks comes to terms with the fact that he can't change things, but like a developed story arc in which they are the major narrative force driving everything to the finish.

The same with Gero, actually. Not that I don't mind what we got at all.

edited 3rd Feb '16 8:06:36 PM by KnownUnknown

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#17882: Feb 3rd 2016 at 7:58:23 PM

It's not really consistent, to be honest. My point is that yes, Roshi is a disgusting pervert, but he's not to the point of groping Krillin's wife in front of her kid.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#17883: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:04:50 PM

Inappropriate teasing should've been the limit.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#17884: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:05:22 PM

Manga Roshi would look and ask to see, but never ever touch.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#17886: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:08:06 PM

Not great, but better.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#17888: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:19:24 PM

-cough Still better than Naruto's filler cough-

Hey now, Naruto filler gave us the mighty Ninja Ostrich!

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#17889: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:31:57 PM

I meant in the anime too...

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#17890: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:32:05 PM

@Adric: we get it, and there's no need to harp on how many times you've said it. If it's consistent with his character, or in the version of the media that most people were exposed to, we can still consider it. Not everyone's working off of your standards and preferences.

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#17891: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:38:42 PM

Can we not talk condescendingly and not sink into an argument, please?

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#17892: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:43:17 PM

Manga Roshi's pervertedness is basically less crass, not crazy Brook.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#17893: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:46:07 PM

[up][up]Check yourself, then.

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#17894: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:47:47 PM

I mean you no feelings of condescension, I just wanted to make a point that Roshi in the manga is different than in the anime, that's it. If I was coming off as condescending, I apologize, but that's no excuse for you to tell me to "check myself" (whatever that means, because I literally have no clue what it means).

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#17895: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:49:37 PM

Wow. Even Chi-chi and Old-han are going ''Did he seriously just do that?''

I don't even remember that part. Turning down food is so... Un-Goku like. I mean, I remember that he was there to put out the second fire on Fire Mountain (this was another anime filler arc just before the time skip to the Saiyan arc), so maybe he was a little more stressed than usual, but still.

Crazy man. Crazy.

edited 3rd Feb '16 8:49:49 PM by HandsomeRob

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#17896: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:53:26 PM

It means exactly what it says. Check your own words before calling someone else condescending or otherwise being critical.

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#17897: Feb 3rd 2016 at 8:55:30 PM

Point taken, but I'm not sinking into an argument over this. Can we please move on?

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
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#17899: Feb 3rd 2016 at 9:02:23 PM

GT already did that.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#17900: Feb 3rd 2016 at 9:03:16 PM

Master Roshi is a point of contention among fans.

Like.

Yeah, objectively, I accept that Master Roshi's behavior is unacceptable in real life. But, I have always placed a border between reality and fiction. I never went to school thinking I could fly, or thinking I could perform a Kamehameha. I never get offended by what Master Roshi does, even as an adult, it's funny at best and excusable at worst. This series is consistently absurd, I never take it that seriously.

But others find the character's morally obscene nature a sign of immature writing, stupid, offensive, or some combination of the three.

We all grow up differently I suppose.

But I kind of miss Pervert Roshi.

This new, take-charge Roshi, the guy who reports on power levels, lets the audience know that Vegeta is stronger than Goku despite never seeing the fight between Goku and Beerus, tells the other Z-Fighters to rush mid the God of Destruction, and calculates the number of Frieza fighters he and the rest of the group would have to face individually, within seconds...

I mean, yeah, he's amusing, but I kind of miss pervert Roshi.

edited 3rd Feb '16 9:08:58 PM by Soble

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