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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#2151: Sep 15th 2012 at 10:35:15 AM

[up]That sounds like a guarantee of explosions. Are you sure you want to commit to that promise?

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#2152: Sep 15th 2012 at 11:12:05 AM

Bleach must have took a note from it.

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#2153: Sep 15th 2012 at 11:33:37 AM

  • Nappa: Bleach! It's like us with swords, Vegeta!
  • Vegeta: Meh. I liked that show better when it was called Yu Yu Hakusho, and I liked that show better when it was called Dragon Ball Z!

edited 15th Sep '12 11:34:23 AM by TheWanderer

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#2154: Sep 15th 2012 at 11:35:43 AM

Ah, I remember that line. I can't remember exactly where, though.

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nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#2155: Sep 15th 2012 at 11:37:31 AM

It was the Team Four Star Daizenshuu EX video.

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#2156: Sep 15th 2012 at 12:02:47 PM

Kai is like "DBZ: things actually happen edition". The fights don't actually drag too much once all the filler is excised.

Like, the Recoome fight takes all of one, maybe two episodes in Kai.

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nairoxev Since: Nov, 2011
#2157: Sep 15th 2012 at 2:46:57 PM

I prefer Abridged over original Z and Kai mainly because it is so short.

The jokes, alternate character interpretations and references are just a very nice bonus.

edited 15th Sep '12 2:48:30 PM by nairoxev

Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2158: Sep 15th 2012 at 3:53:26 PM

DBZA is the Most Triumphant Example of Better Than Canon.

edited 15th Sep '12 3:53:51 PM by Filby

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2159: Sep 15th 2012 at 5:25:24 PM

The reason things happen before Z is because at that point they had more room to put filler episodes in. There weren't many opportunities like that in Z so they resorted to padding. Lots and lots of padding.

The light speed thing is bullshit not only because of the talking but also because the Z fighters were never said to be close to light speed in anything but the early english dub, which isn't accurate to the original.

If the anime's pacing bothers you, there is always the manga. Of course I understand that a lot of people don't like reading manga.

edited 15th Sep '12 5:28:23 PM by Saiga

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#2160: Sep 15th 2012 at 5:28:19 PM

I doubt that anyone takes the lightspeed combat theory seriously.

edited 15th Sep '12 5:28:33 PM by dRoy

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#2161: Sep 15th 2012 at 5:46:38 PM

It's much easier to believe Frieza failed math class.

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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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#2163: Sep 15th 2012 at 5:55:57 PM

Namekian minutes.

edited 15th Sep '12 5:56:23 PM by wanderlustwarrior

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#2164: Sep 15th 2012 at 5:58:37 PM

Namekian years are shorter than human years, wouldn't there minutes be the same?

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#2165: Sep 15th 2012 at 6:00:59 PM

Nope. Their minutes are roughly equivalent to our hours.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#2166: Sep 15th 2012 at 6:06:19 PM

I've always noticed how totally arbitrary some of our time numbering is.

And for the record, minutes aren't actually based the same way as years. Everything days on down is based on the planet's rotation, but months on up is based on its revolution, IIRC.

I'm also part of the crowd who finds abridged to be a marked improvement on certain incarnations of the original series. Though certain character depictions and gags grow thin when I want the seriousness of the original series.

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#2167: Sep 15th 2012 at 6:23:46 PM

As funny as Abridged is, I think it's worse in every other aspect.

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#2168: Sep 15th 2012 at 10:20:40 PM

I disagree. My whole life in fandom I've never gotten what the hell the other girls see in Vegeta; in the manga he's an eminently punchable idiot, and in the anime he's at best an amusing prima donna.

In the Abridged? Shit, I'd nail that 'til Nappa ran out of stupid jokes to interrupt with.

Hence, improved viewing experience.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2169: Sep 15th 2012 at 10:24:37 PM

He's only really ever done one-two stupid things though.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#2170: Sep 15th 2012 at 10:27:09 PM

Going Majin was hella stupid.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2171: Sep 15th 2012 at 10:28:28 PM

It was less stupid and more selfish. It would have been stupid if he actually gave a shit about Majin Boo, but he didn't.

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#2172: Sep 15th 2012 at 11:30:58 PM

And hey when it was pointed out just how dangerous Buu was he went and used his Majin power up against it.

edited 15th Sep '12 11:31:09 PM by Spirit

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#2173: Sep 16th 2012 at 10:03:02 PM

Weren't they there to stop that shit from happening? It still just screams stupid to me.

So if a Saiyan dies, I wonder if they get a Zenkai in other world...

I just thought I'd mention how incredibly unsettling Krillin's family situation was during the last saga. Naming your daughter after your ex is kind of awkward, recycled theme naming or no, Toriyama. I guess maybe 18 might've been fine with it, or even suggested it. We don't know. But what's worse...
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Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2174: Sep 17th 2012 at 12:36:22 AM

[up]While it does set up some unfortunate implications, I'd bet Toriyama named Krillin's daughter Marron without thinking about Maron, who was an anime-only filler character.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2175: Sep 17th 2012 at 12:40:47 AM

[up][up] Vegeta was there purely because he wanted to make sure Goku didn't weasel out of his promise to fight him. He gave zero fucks about Majin Boo.

And Maron is an anime only filler character. Since Toriyama didn't watch the anime and didn't do her design, he probably didn't even know she existed. Marron's name is the french word for chestnuts, following her father's name pun.


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