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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21076: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:13:40 AM

Indeed.

I love Gurren Lagann myself, but it's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea.

Some seem to think that not caring for a genre means it must be bad.

But that's not really a Dragonball topic.

How do y'all figure Dende will fair as the guardian in this version?

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#21077: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:27:06 AM

Lots of snippy and/or sarcastic quips that go right over the other characters' heads.

edited 10th Nov '16 10:27:35 AM by TobiasDrake

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21078: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:28:25 AM

And trying to kill Krillin as much as possible.

Though I'm hoping that's another joke that gets ditched. We get it. Krillin is annoying. That's some good appreciation for the guy who saved your life how many times Dende?

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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#21079: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:39:16 AM

I'm mainly curious about how he'll get along with Popo. I don't expect he'll like Dende replacing Kami.

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#21080: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:40:48 AM

[up]Which is why he might decide to take an indefinite vacation in HIFL?

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#21081: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:45:24 AM

Maybe Popo will take a liking to Dende because he'll see a kindred spirit.

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#21082: Nov 10th 2016 at 11:05:11 AM

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Popo and Dende have a bro moment over some snide jab at Krillin that Dende makes.

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#21083: Nov 10th 2016 at 11:49:57 AM

I wouldn't be surprised actually if Popo starts referring to him as Little Green. As a callback to "Big Green."

Or alternatively Krillin would actually start calling him Dende much to his shock.

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#21084: Nov 10th 2016 at 12:33:03 PM

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Popo's the one who seeks out Dende for the position, to fill the void that Kami left behind in his life.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21085: Nov 10th 2016 at 1:21:30 PM

Or alternatively Krillin would actually start calling him Dende much to his shock.

I'd like that. It would determine if the entirety of Dende's grudge came from Krillin not knowing his name, or if he's just a dick (though when you hang around with Guru, growing a little bitter is somewhat expected).

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#21086: Nov 10th 2016 at 1:29:07 PM

He said it was about his name, he was only a sack to Krill and Veggie and Freeza.

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#21087: Nov 10th 2016 at 1:51:33 PM

He had more reason to be a sack to Veggie and Frieza, though. Veggie wiped out one of his people's villages for no reason and Frieza did the same to all the other villages for even less reason.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#21088: Nov 10th 2016 at 3:25:20 PM

Pretty sure the in-character L Ps are "canon" to the series, so.

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#21090: Nov 10th 2016 at 10:00:37 PM

They were asked if they are canon at a con a while back and they said no. Their in-character Let's Plays are just them playing a game in-character, not a recording of the character from the series playing a video game although, admittedly, that might have changed.

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#21091: Nov 11th 2016 at 5:16:53 PM

Whoever came up with the "Skot" nickname for Supreme Kai of Time, they also coined it in the newest Xenoverse episode.

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#21092: Nov 11th 2016 at 6:09:44 PM

Tobias Drake: When a buttmonkey like Krillin couldn't remember your name you know your existence is a joke.

Thankfully for Krillin he stopped being the butt of all jokes so Vegeta, Cell, and Yamcha can get their share.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#21093: Nov 11th 2016 at 8:17:55 PM

[up][up]No they didn't, they were talking about someone else...Kaiser?

They kept caller her different names.

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#21094: Nov 11th 2016 at 8:44:59 PM

[up][up] I get the feeling that Gohan is going to be the butt of every joke come the Buu Saga.

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#21095: Nov 11th 2016 at 10:36:25 PM

[up][up] No, they called her SKoT exactly once. It was right after Trunks called her by her full title. Also, out of all the names they bothered to use for her, not once did they call her by her actual name.

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#21096: Nov 13th 2016 at 9:39:57 AM

To be fair, I don't know if Chronoa is mentioned as her name in the english version. I don't even know if that's her real name.

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#21097: Nov 13th 2016 at 10:25:55 AM

Which is not an observation one way or the other of it's quality. Frankly, a lot of people need to learn the distinction between "This is a bad film/book/game/show" and "Not my genre."

On the other hand, I feel some people need to also learn that genres are not monolithically. There is no such thing as disliking everything in a genre, so it might be worth to give a chance to stuff you usually wouldn't watch sometimes. For a giant robot example, Evangelion is such a non standard entry in the genre that I believe many people enjoy it despite not liking any other mecha show.

(that said, yeah, Tengen Toppa is probably not your cup of tea, you are probably right in not wanting to watch it)

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#21098: Nov 13th 2016 at 10:55:07 AM

[up] uhh Eva is hardly a unique Super Robot show, they have been doing that kind of thing for a long time just look at Space Runaway Ideon, something Hideaki Anno based Eva on. And post Eva era of super robot was very umm Follow the Leader. Super Robot really has two types, depressing and Hot-Blooded / Rated M for Manly, there are very few series that do not follow that.

But anyway there are a bunch of unique tropes to Super Robot that all of them follow and if you don't like them then it's very likely you won't like any of them.

edited 13th Nov '16 10:59:29 AM by Memers

supermerlin100 Since: Sep, 2011
#21099: Nov 13th 2016 at 12:24:48 PM

I had a thought. Could you imagine if the old dub had been a gag dub, similar in humor to season 2 or the abridge series onward?


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