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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#17976: Feb 6th 2016 at 3:45:00 PM

That seat of his pants writing has helped him before. It's what endeared him to us.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#17977: Feb 6th 2016 at 4:40:01 PM

True. He made it work pretty damned well.

This makes me wonder just how far he does plan.

I mean, I hear he started his chapters pretty late and all. So what did he decide?

Did he know what he'd be doing for the next chapter after finishing the last one?

Did he just let inspiration come to him as he was drawing?

Did he think at least five chapters ahead?

What?

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#17978: Feb 6th 2016 at 5:22:17 PM

I think he mentioned planning out Piccolo being an alien from the beginning. I could be wrong.

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#17979: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:27:29 PM

If memory serves, he knew that Piccolo was an alien around the time God was introduced.

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#17980: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:31:57 PM

Instead of actually moving forward at the speed of light, what those ships do is teleport forward a millimeter at a time at an extremely rapid pace that allows them to cover distance faster than the speed of light without actually having any velocity, yet to an internal observer appears to be simply moving that fast. tongue

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#17981: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:37:49 PM

They probably should've had Freeza get wished back in between the Cell and Buu Sagas or something, and then have been training ever since.

I think it'd be a little out of character for Frieza to be that patient.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#17982: Feb 7th 2016 at 12:41:27 AM

Not if he thought he had no chance of winning. In both Resurrection F and Super he rushes off the moment he reaches a level of power he believes Goku couldn't match - too soon to really get used to having that power, yes, but not a moment before he actually knew he had it.

On the other hand, Goku only reached the level such that that power was necessary recently, and entails such a significant and unpredictable jump in power that I would believe Freeza trying for revenge sooner.

edited 7th Feb '16 12:43:48 AM by KnownUnknown

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#17983: Feb 7th 2016 at 6:46:48 AM

Actually, there's a much better way to use your idea:

Just have Frieza decide not to head to Earth right away after being rebuilt.

He knows he's actually boned due to the existence of the Super Saiyan, so instead of heading straight to Earth, he decides to hide out and train a bit in his new Cyborg body, just like he did in Resurrection F.

Of course this won't work either, because Frieza seems patently incapable of this kind of patience.

He wouldn't even take Goku's two offers to just run (which he could have used to come back stronger later on). He just can't accept losing, due to being on top with out challenge for so long.

So I think this could work anyway.

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#17984: Feb 7th 2016 at 3:32:56 PM

Goddamn it, I just saw the Episode 51 breakdown. And now I really really want to know what they're doing for Gohan's Super Saiyan transformation. It's really going to decide how much more 'Goku is a bad father' jokes they'll keep doing.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#17985: Feb 7th 2016 at 3:41:30 PM

Considering Buu Gohan seems happy about his dad coming back.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#17987: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:28:19 AM

Typically Doctors go by their last names, right?

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#17988: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:30:34 AM

Yes but the only people in the Dragon Ball universe with last names is the Son family. Videl even mentions that Gohan having a last name was really odd and that's how she connected him to Son Goku so easily.

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#17990: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:40:03 AM

There is no such thing as "the Briefs". Bulma's father is Dr. Briefs and people have inferred that to be a last name for the family.

Fans did the same thing with "Mr. Satan", assuming that Videl's full name was Videl Satan. But it's not. Bulma is just Bulma and not "Bulma Briefs", and Videl's just Videl.

edited 8th Feb '16 10:41:33 AM by TobiasDrake

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#17991: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:42:10 AM

Briefs could be his only name. Like Gero.

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#17992: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:42:30 AM

Which is just... I don't know why, it just makes me... NNNNRHGHFHHHHHFFFFFFFF

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#17993: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:42:43 AM

And Bulma's mom isn't Mrs. Briefs, either. That's an invention of the English dub. In the Japanese and the manga, she's only referred to as Bulma's mom.

[up][up] It is. Gero is just Gero. Briefs is just Briefs. Bulma is just Bulma. Trunks is just Trunks.

edited 8th Feb '16 10:43:18 AM by Zelenal

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#17994: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:43:11 AM

The near-complete absence of surnames is just another way in which the Dragon Ball Earth is not even remotely similar to our Earth.

They have dinosaurs, they have a united-world nation ruled by a dog, they have fantastic capsule tech, they don't have surnames, etc. Even the continents bear no resemblance to us.

edited 8th Feb '16 10:44:27 AM by TobiasDrake

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#17995: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:44:37 AM

You'd think the living dinosaurs everywhere and a talking dog as President of the whole world would be enough. Oh, and the magic.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#17996: Feb 8th 2016 at 10:55:21 AM

Fans did the same thing with "Mr. Satan", assuming that Videl's full name was Videl Satan. But it's not.

Well isn't that because Mr. Satan is his stage name?

Anyway, some people definitely have last names so there's no reason to assume that Briefs being one is definitely wrong just because it wasn't pointed out explicitly.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#17997: Feb 8th 2016 at 11:23:47 AM

His true name being Mark, JUST Mark, is hilarious.

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#17998: Feb 8th 2016 at 11:41:43 AM

It's technically Maaku, which is an anagram of Akuma, a Japanese word for demon or devil. Mark is the closest Romanization.

Toriyama wouldn't be Toriyama without his naming themes.

edited 8th Feb '16 11:42:31 AM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17999: Feb 8th 2016 at 1:07:27 PM

I still am going to call them the Briefs.

Mark legally changing his and his daughter's surnames to "Satan" wouldn't be out of character.

I like to think his stage names became his real name.

edited 8th Feb '16 1:11:05 PM by unnoun

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#18000: Feb 8th 2016 at 3:30:41 PM

[up]I know that, for the most part, Kaiser is anti-Bruce Faulconer score, but I'm hoping Mr. Satan still gets to keep his glorious theme from the dub.


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