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Namco Bandai needs help naming their new DragonBall video game. Go here to give suggestions: http://blog.funimation.com/2011/06/dragon-ball-game-survey/
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Is there a "None of the above." option? Because personally I think all of those titles suck.
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Has anyone seen my arm… You can't miss it, it's GREEN!
Just you wait till it grows back
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@Cheesy:
Has anyone seen my arm… You can't miss it, it's GREEN!
Just you wait till it grows back
Sadly the bottom line was by Tienshinhan…and yeah, it's not growing back.
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@Tokoro:
Sadly the bottom line was by Tienshinhan…and yeah, it's not growing back.
What were they thinking when they added this? Did they think his multi arm form actually regrew lost limbs?
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They were thinking that the children wouldn't think about it too much if they do this when Tenshinhan lost his arm.
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They were thinking that the children wouldn't think about it too much if they do this when Tenshinhan lost his arm.
I personally was on pins and needles waiting for that arm to pop out.
I'll never understand why he didn't do the multi-arm technique in that situation though. It would've helped him out a lot….
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He didn't have much ki left after having his arm chopped off, hence why his last Kikô-Hô…was his last.
Not to mention Toriyama had probably forgotten about it.
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Ten Shin Han did a SHITLOAD of techniques during his first appearance. . .only to never do them again. Only the Kiko-Ho was worth some hardcore spamming, and the solar flare for everyone else to steal.
I'd say it's a shame; his 4 arms technique was very cool, he had a kamehame-ha return technique, a kamehame ha of his own, the fucking VOLLEY BALL FIST. . .
The guy had enough moves to fill an entire fighting game by himself.
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http://www.narutoforums.com/showpost.php?p=38907535&postcount=7915
I'd say something but I think I'll let it speak for itself.
(heh, the first part of DB really gets no respect these days; I'd rather have the RRA arc over a major chunk of the Z-era)
And Tien…yeah, pretty much he was relegated to an occasional bad-ass moment from the moment the Saiyans arrived to the end. Such a shame Toriyama had a problem with human characters by then...
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RRA is one of the best shonen arcs ever. Though I have a soft spot for the King Piccolo arc, the Red Ribbon is where the good stuff is at. Going all the way from Silver to the Baba Tournament arc and the fight with the Pilaf robots. Awesome stuff.
Ten Shin Han was incredibly badass strength and technique wise, and while I always preferred Yamcha over him, I always thought he could make it to the top with Piccolo and the Saiyans. Too bad I was wrong.
At least Toriyama gave Krillin a relative important position in all the arcs, even while not fighting, and that was probably his best handling of a secondary character during the whole series.
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While it's true that there some parts of part 1 of Dragon Ball that are better than the Z-parts of the series (a lot of people think that the 1st part is better, actually), RRA arc was not one of them IMO.
And it's true that the 1st part of DB is underrated, today.
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I wouldn't say so in the eyes of the general public. Hell, I'm sure there are people unaware of the pre-Z era of Dragon Ball. I never remember seeing Dragon Ball on television, I know it was there, but I never remember seeing it. I was a huge fan of Dragon Ball Z. Huge. To a ten year old (Toonami was the best thing ever by the way), the big muscly fights of Z are better than that "boring stuff" of Dragon Ball.
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I think the biggest problem is the most exposed part of DB began when Raditz arrived on Earth, due to it becoming all action all the time…or because that was the part of the tale much more widely available sooner. (yeah DB had parts available here but usually it was early in the morning and didn't have a full, proper dub until Toonami.) It made people think Toriyama was this "god of action"...when he was actually a god of comedy who wrote action too.
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Tenshinhan was one of the dumbest fighters in the series. Completely overrated character.
At least Yamcha is hilariously terrible at what he does. Ten… is just there making up retarded techniques and committing suicide.
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And making out with his "guy-love-friend".
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Can't blame the guy for that. Any person would fall head over heels for the Chaozu.
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And making out with his "guy-love-friend".
I'd pray he was making out with Lunch.
What was with Toriyama and food?! I can't imagine the Japanese people taking this series seriously in the slightest.
A carrot and piccolo team up to fight a radish, who have stolen the carrot's son, cooked rice.
After the piccolo killed the carrot and radish, he took the cooked rice to train to fight against the vegetables. A powerful alien race who eradicated their rivals the fruits under the lordship of a freezer.
The piccolo and cooked rice are aided by a monk chestnut , jiioza, a bandit that dates bloomers, and a guy that dates Lunch.
The cooked rice and chestnut travel to namek, where they fight dairy products.
THE END.
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That sounds like the best Food Pyramid advertisement ever.
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I'm up to about chapter 70 now and as I said before the manga version of Dragon Ball is a far, far more enjoyable experience than any of the anime adaptations. The series is just overflowing with imagination.
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I'd pray he was making out with Lunch.
What was with Toriyama and food?! I can't imagine the Japanese people taking this series seriously in the slightest.
A carrot and piccolo team up to fight a radish, who have stolen the carrot's son, cooked rice.
After the piccolo killed the carrot and radish, he took the cooked rice to train to fight against the vegetables. A powerful alien race who eradicated their rivals the fruits under the lordship of a freezer.
The piccolo and cooked rice are aided by a monk chestnut , jiioza, a bandit that dates bloomers, and a guy that dates Lunch.
The cooked rice and chestnut travel to namek, where they fight dairy products.
THE END.
Thank you for that. Now I'll be able to read through even the driest parts of Dragonball with a smile on my face.
@Kareem:
I'm up to about chapter 70 now and as I said before the manga version of Dragon Ball is a far, far more enjoyable experience than any of the anime adaptations. The series is just overflowing with imagination.
Really good to hear. I had started with the anime too but the manga was what made me totally fall for this series.
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What was with Toriyama and food?! I can't imagine the Japanese people taking this series seriously in the slightest.
Actually, the food puns would be more noticeable to the English-speaking countries. I imagine the intended Japanese audience wouldn't understand them.
And Yamucha is a pun of either Chinese for "drinking tea" or the Chinese dining experience called Yum Cha.
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Actually, the food puns would be more noticeable to the English-speaking countries. I imagine the intended Japanese audience wouldn't understand them.
And Yamucha is a pun of either Chinese for "drinking tea" or the Chinese dining experience called Yum Cha.
wow… I just read that even Tenshinhan's name is based off food tenshindon.
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Tien_ShinhanThis series is making me hungry. :wassat:
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Tenshinhan was one of the dumbest fighters in the series. Completely overrated character.
At least Yamcha is hilariously terrible at what he does. Ten… is just there making up retarded techniques and committing suicide.
He won the Tenkaichi, held off Cell, and saved Dende from Buu. He deserves some respect.
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@Dr.:
He won the Tenkaichi, held off Cell, and saved Dende from Buu. He deserves some respect.
He won because a truck hit Goku.
But he did deflect a blast from Buu that even Gohan couldn't stop. Still don't know how he did that.
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Plot convenience ?
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He won because a truck hit Goku.
It was still damn near a tie, and he DID win. They were perfectly even in strength and skill at that competition.
Of course, 3 years later, Goku stomped him pretty completely and easily. Didn't break a sweat, did a chunk of the fight in weighted clothes, found multiple flaws in Tien's techniques, and was just a whole different level.
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@RobbyBevard:
It was still damn near a tie, and he DID win. They were perfectly even in strength and skill at that competition.
Of course, 3 years later, Goku stomped him pretty completely and easily. Didn't break a sweat, did a chunk of the fight in weighted clothes, found multiple flaws in Tien's techniques, and was just a whole different level.
Goku went through potential rivals like tissue paper. I feel sorry for all of them. Even Vegeta was out classed in the end greatly by SS3.
They're so lucky Goku's a nice guy, he could be the worst neighbor ever, with no one to stop him.
I wonder if they all secretly fear the day he figures that all out…
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Gokû is such a simple-minded guy I don't think he'd really care.
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@RobbyBevard:
It was still damn near a tie, and he DID win. They were perfectly even in strength and skill at that competition.
Once Goku started using his real strength he was able to easily counter all of Ten's techniques and let's not forget the fact that Chaozu and Crane Hermit were interfering throughout the match.
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Once Goku started using his real strength he was able to easily counter all of Ten's techniques and let's not forget the fact that Chaozu and Crane Hermit were interfering throughout the match.
Didn't Tien let Goku beat him up for a while to make up for Chiaotzu's interference? Crane Hermit did nothing to interfere with the match, other than give Chiaotzu the orders.
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and then he got kamehamehaed by Roshi.
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Dragon Ball Heroes has given us Super Saiyan 3 Trunks…and now it has given us...Super Saiyan Bardock!
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Which is nothing new at all because Bardock's looks are almost 100% a complete carbon copy of Goku's.
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I like Bardock and all, but what's the point of making him go super?
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To see more cards and eventually other merchandise.
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To make him more awesome?
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If only Bardock could've turned Super Saiyan before getting killed by Freeza.
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Sooner or later, there's going to wind up being a Super Saiyan 3 Raditz, just to take it to absurd extremes.
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I always dreamed of a super sayan Nappa, just to see how the mustache will be drawn.
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And yet there are no super sayian women?
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And yet there are no super sayian women?
You know Toriyama sticking it to people with his lack of Saiyan/half-Saiyan females. Then again…there is always Bra...
(imagines her going SSJ due to Vegeta and Trunks turning off American Idol for some MMA tournament)
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And yet there are no super sayian women?
Toriyama said that only male Saiya-jin can turn into Super Saiya-jin.
IIRC of his reasons (or his only) was that he doesn't know what a female Super Saiya-jin would look like.
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If only Bardock could've turned Super Saiyan before getting killed by Freeza.
If we give him the 50x multiplier he is still weaker than Frieza's first form.
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Sooner or later, there's going to wind up being a Super Saiyan 3 Raditz, just to take it to absurd extremes.
The first time Gohan went Super is a pretty good indicator of what that would have looked like, since he had ass length hair at the time.
@Dr.:
If we give him the 50x multiplier he is still weaker than Frieza's first form.
Well obviously if he could have reached Super, he would have been a stronger base power to begin with.
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@RobbyBevard:
The first time Gohan went Super is a pretty good indicator of what that would have looked like, since he had ass length hair at the time.
That's more like regular ssj Raditz. Ssj3 would erase his eyebrows and grow his hair.
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@Dr.:
If we give him the 50x multiplier he is still weaker than Frieza's first form.
Is that multiplier a constant, or do you think it varies from saiyan to saiyan?