Dragon Ball Super |OT| 28 Episodes Later

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Finally caught up. I think Gohan just needs to realize his precious baby girl is gonna be in danger if he doesn't shape up. Grandpa can cover her butt only so long. In the opening of Super, we can see Mystic Gohan so maybe something triggers the reaction from Gohan to get his butt back into shape. Anyways strongest Z fighter atm is down, how will the Z fighters come back from this? Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Super!

I think he's plenty strong enough to beat up kidnappers, pedos, and stuff already.
 
True, but I imagine that studying is taking up a ridiculous amount of his free time alone. Then he has his wife, daughter and regular responsibilities to deal with. He definitely needs to train some more but at the same time, he is pretty much juggling a lot more than Goku ever was at one time. Eh, we'll see what happens. Can't wait to see more of the upcoming arcs, anything could happen at this point.

Pretty sure Gohan is done with University and is a regular lecturer for students as mentioned in one of the episodes. Also it wouldn't take much to train once a week at the very least for like 1 hour. He might not get stronger, but at least he wouldn't have to wonder if he can go Super Saiyan or not.

I think he's plenty strong enough to beat up kidnappers, pedos, and stuff already.

? How is that relevant to what I said? No one on Earth is a threat to Pan with Gohan there until Frieza came in with his army and now Gohan is down due to Frieza's sidekick, not even Frieza himself.
 
Pretty sure Gohan is done with University and is a regular lecturer for students as mentioned in one of the episodes. Also it wouldn't take much to train once a week at the very least for like 1 hour. He might not get stronger, but at least he wouldn't have to wonder if he can go Super Saiyan or not.



? How is that relevant to what I said? No one on Earth is a threat to Pan with Gohan there until Frieza came in with his army and now Gohan is down due to Frieza's sidekick, not even Frieza himself.
Gohans time will come they are just making him into Yamcha for the ultimate twist you watch
Right guys? Right? They can have made him this useless.
 
Cause we're talking about protecting Pan specifically.

..... I'm sorry you lost me completely in that train of logic. How are planet destroying Gods and Tyrants that Gohan doesn't stand a chance against, comparable to kidnappers and pedos that Gohan can just look at and Kiai blast away? Like this is Dragon Ball, the biggest worry they have is Beerus coming back and not finding his food ready in time and forcing Goku and Vegeta to fight him over something trivial like that. Freiza coming back so strong is a surprise and Gohan is paying for not training by being knocked out by the sidekick. If it wasn't for plot, Frieza could just blow up the planet, meaning Pan is dead and Goku would have to get the Namek Dragon Balls to revive everyone.

Gohan should be training to make sure Pan has a planet to live on. He doesn't have to be the strongest but good enough to where he can handle the sidekicks and leave the big bad to Grandpa Goku and Uncle Vegeta. Those kidnappers and pedos are people even Hercule can take care of and nothing dark like that would happen in this show anyways.

What a Kiai blast is for those that don't know.
 
..... I'm sorry you lost me completely in that train of logic. How are planet destroying Gods and Tyrants that Gohan doesn't stand a chance against, comparable to kidnappers and pedos that Gohan can just look at and Kiai blast away? Like this is Dragon Ball, the biggest worry they have is Beerus coming back and not finding his food ready in time and forcing Goku and Vegeta to fight him over something trivial like that. Freiza coming back so strong is a surprise and Gohan is paying for not training by being knocked out by the sidekick. If it wasn't for plot, Frieza could just blow up the planet, meaning Pan is dead and Goku would have to get the Namek Dragon Balls to revive everyone.

Gohan should be training to make sure Pan has a planet to live on. He doesn't have to be the strongest but good enough to where he can handle the sidekicks and leave the big bad to Grandpa Goku and Uncle Vegeta. Those kidnappers and pedos are people even Hercule can take care of and nothing dark like that would happen in this show anyways.

What a Kiai blast is for those that don't know.

Bad guys basically follow Goku and Pan lives at home aith her mommy. You were talking about like protecting Pan and stuff lmao.
 
That explanation actually would work well if Tagoma was a Saiyan.

If it was the Zenkai he'd end up as strong as Freiza, wouldn't he? This is just being able to train literally to near death every day, then be revived for the next day, for four months. Not the near death Zenkai boost.
 
PTSD is one hell of a force. I mean seriously, he hasn't had a shining moment or victory in ages and him being paralyzed by fear is something that has happened before (because of 17 and 18) and has long been retired from martial arts, I don't see what's wrong with him having a mini freakout.
As I said before, crazy power boost are the norm for the franchise, and Tagoma just underwent 4 months of training that was unlike anything any of the main cast has done. Maybe he was also a bit of a prodigy and didn't even know it, or maybe he race has great potential. I don't really see why the power boost is so weird.



Everyone grows stronger from being beaten, and how do you know Tagoma's race doesn't have a similar boost to saiyans? We don't know anything about his race.

We all know why Sayains get powerful fast and we know how Namekians can get power boosts through Piccolo, but not even a hint on why Tagoma can increase power by so much. They haven't even mentioned inherent skill within him.
What makes you think Tagoma is stronger than Kid Buu?
Not stronger than Kid buu but at least around his power. Piccolo and Gohan are basically cell power , so two cell power levels within Krillin helping as well means that Tagoma definitely more powerful than fat buu, weaker than Buuhan, so that leaves Super buu or Kid buu which were relatively close in power.
 
Everyone complaining about Gohan ... Lol
Goku went up against Beerus, and Gohan doubts himself. Of corse he's going to stall for his dad instead of getting his ass kicked and the planet destroyed. "He should protect his daughter" the dude is smart enough to know that Goku always fucking wins so why bother training when he could be a dad
 
Future Trunks doesn't like fighting either but he's a fan favorite and his arc was awesome. There's no reason Gohan couldn't be better written and still fit into "what Dragon Ball has always been about".

Future Trunks requires everyone else being dead tho.

Gohan can be that kind of hero, but he has to be cornered into it. Not going to happen with Goku and Vegeta around. Could happen if the tournament arc ends up taking away Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Buu tho.

I think he's plenty strong enough to beat up kidnappers, pedos, and stuff already.

Pan herself will be strong enough for that soon enough.
 
Whis sort of seemed annoyed and tired of goku and vegeta's presence this episode. He was enjoying it up until that point and his tutoring seemed to be having an impact on their development, but now he is like, "you don't need me, do this shit in your own backyard" then zaps them into the neatherealm. That was odd to me.
 
Everyone complaining about Gohan ... Lol
Goku went up against Beerus, and Gohan doubts himself. Of corse he's going to stall for his dad instead of getting his ass kicked and the planet destroyed. "He should protect his daughter" the dude is smart enough to know that Goku always fucking wins so why bother training when he could be a dad
Because Goku doesn't always win... That was the whole point of BoG, the Android Saga, Cell Saga and most of the Buu saga.
 
Whis sort of seemed annoyed and tired of goku and vegeta's presence this episode. He was enjoying it up until that point and his tutoring seemed to be having an impact on their development, but now he is like, "you don't need me, do this shit in your own backyard" then zaps them into the neatherealm. That was odd to me.

I'm eager to learn who the person Beerus mentioned is, I hope its a female. That'd be a cool change to the Dragon Ball cannon and would drive Vegeta and Goku to become stronger.
 
so is this the first time piccolo used the healing ability?

Oh yeah, what was with that? I thought Nameks had different types, Piccilo was the warrior type, and only Dende among our group was a healer. They made a plot point of that difference in the original Freiza saga actually. Or did that change after the merge with Kami?

Gohan I understand that you have a child but use your fucking brain man! If you know that there are threats in the galaxy that can threaten your daughter's peace and well being, why don't you start taking your training seriously and get out the books so when there is an impending threat looming, something more powerful than Frieza, then you can combat it and not have to wait for Goku or Vegeta!? What happens when they're not around? Toriyama get your writing together! You would think Gohan would've learned for the Buu and his overly laxed behavior then... Nope.


It's the same logic as "Leave 18 behind to take care of daughter, in case the earth daughter is on blows up"...Err, how about throwing everything they have at having the earth not blow up.
 
Oh yeah, what was with that? I thought Nameks had different types, Piccilo was the warrior type, and only Dende among our group was a healer. They made a plot point of that difference in the original Freiza saga actually. Or did that change after the merge with Kami?

I only think Piccolo restarted his heart. The senzu bean filled in the wound, I think. If Piccolo can straight up heal now that's new to me.
 
Oh yeah, what was with that? I thought Nameks had different types, Piccilo was the warrior type, and only Dende among our group was a healer. They made a plot point of that difference in the original Freiza saga actually. Or did that change after the merge with Kami?
He just started his heart again. The senzu bean did the healing.
 
Oh yeah, what was with that? I thought Nameks had different types, Piccilo was the warrior type, and only Dende among our group was a healer. They made a plot point of that difference in the original Freiza saga actually. Or did that change after the merge with Kami?




It's the same logic as "Leave 18 behind to take care of daughter, in case the earth daughter is on blows up"...Err, how about throwing everything they have at having the earth not blow up.
With Krillin at least if someone came for his daughter or he lost, he knows 18 is stronger than him and has a better chance and defending their daughter than he does it he stayed home
 
In RoF I am pretty sure Frieza just hit him so hard it stopped his heart and Piccolo acted as a defibrillator and restarted it.
 
what are the best subs for Super?

god damn fucking toei has to make this so difficult. I feel like I'm walking around a shady anime shop in chinatown circa 1999 looking for fansubs, minus the magic and excitement. it's 2015.
 
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Not stronger than Kid buu but at least around his power. Piccolo and Gohan are basically cell power , so two cell power levels within Krillin helping as well means that Tagoma definitely more powerful than fat buu, weaker than Buuhan, so that leaves Super buu or Kid buu which were relatively close in power.

No way is Gohan as strong as he was when he fought Cell. He was weaker when fighting Dabura and that was after a few months of training in preparation for the tournament. He's lapsed even more since then. Tagoma is Imperfect Cell level at best.
 
what are the best subs for Super?

god damn fucking toei has to make this so difficult. I feel like I'm walking around a shady anime shop in chinatown circa 1999 looking for fansubs. it's 2015.
DragonTeam for 1-15, Over8000 for 16-19, DragonTeam for 20 and onwards.

DragonTeam got to 20 fast, so I expect 21 to be fairly quick this time around too.
 
so Ginyu is coming back in next episode? Lol. surely not with his original body so I guess at least he is spared from the vomit that is this new art.

Gohan such a weakling in 2015...lol..
Gohan has no hope at this point, even in last chapter of the manga they confirmed (again) his Yamcha-tier status
 
With all the differences between this and the movie I'm expecting Future Trunks to pop out and say someone screwed with the timeline somehow.
 
With all the differences between this and the movie I'm expecting Future Trunks to pop out and say someone screwed with the timeline somehow.

Future Trunks should come back under the justification that he found out his younger self is a really shitty annoying character
 
Man, Ginyu will be so elated when he gets Tagoma's body. He's always been hardcore about that Frieza Force life, so I bet he can't wait to pledge his alligience again in a more powerful body.
 
That whole Future Trunks is kinda weird (tho I loved the movie). Why didn't King Kai just contact the Nameks? I'm sure after their death, Goku/Gohan/Vegeta all went to his planet to train. Couldn't the Nameks just wish them back?
 
That whole Future Trunks is kinda weird (tho I loved the movie). Why didn't King Kai just contact the Nameks? I'm sure after their death, Goku/Gohan/Vegeta all went to his planet to train. Couldn't the Nameks just wish them back?

Yeah, that's kind of the one back-of-my-mind thought that always kind of soured the Android/Cell saga for me. Trunks and Bulma figure out how to fucking time travel but nobody thinks about building a ship to head to New Namek to use the other dragon balls.
 
Now to be fair the only way they got there last time was using the original namekian's space ship (which was destroyed), and Goku got there after Dr. Briefs reverse engineered a ship from his baby pod, so who knows if they had the knowledge or time to build a spaceship unnoticed.

Also did the namekian dragon balls have the same limitations like "can't wish someone back if they died from natural causes" or "died more than a year ago?" Because if that was the case then none of the Z-warriors could be revived.

And no, Vegeta would not have gone to king kai's since he was still pretty evil and would not be allowed to keep his body.
 
That whole Future Trunks is kinda weird (tho I loved the movie). Why didn't King Kai just contact the Nameks? I'm sure after their death, Goku/Gohan/Vegeta all went to his planet to train. Couldn't the Nameks just wish them back?

Isn't there some arbitrary rule about not being able to wish back people who died of natural causes? Not sure if I made that up or not.

Wouldn't excuse Gohan/Vegeta having to stay dead, though.

EDIT: Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks that!

Now to be fair the only way they got there last time was using the original namekian's space ship (which was destroyed), and Goku got there after Dr. Briefs reverse engineered a ship from his baby pod, so who knows if they had the knowledge or time to build a spaceship unnoticed.

Also did the namekian dragon balls have the same limitations like "can't wish someone back if they died from natural causes" or "died more than a year ago?" Because if that was the case then none of the Z-warriors could be revived.

And no, Vegeta would not have gone to king kai's since he was still pretty evil and would not be allowed to keep his body.

The bolded, though, if true, has been retconned. Because Freiza. O:
 
correct me if im wrong. roshi's power level has always stayed at 139 throughout the entirety of the dragonball/z series. the fact that he supposed held his own further supports how shit tier gohan has become/ been portrayed (the biggest nerf of all the nerfing, even bigger than the early buu saga nerf). tagoma who was noted to be even stronger than ginyu whose power level maxed at roughly 110,000. unless tagoma got at least 10-100x stronger, he shouldnt be able to give normal gohan a rough time let alone one shotting him with a weak ass looking tennis ball size of a energy ball. the theme don't let your guard down is absolute bs. in addition, not even piccolo should have a rough time, if you want to make a villain look tough, at least give them some goddamn credentials like, oh shit!!! this guy is almost as rough as cell etc. not some bs ginyu tier whom tien or krillin would be on par with.
this mini arc only get redeemed if vegeta gets the killing blow on frieza otherwise this series aint gonna redeem shit

tfs got it right ages ago

https://youtu.be/tRaGcdIOARo?t=15

maybe after this current arc there may be a chance for redemption
 
To be fair, it's Freiza's army comparing him to Ginyu force, not the Z warriors. They don't have Cell or Buu or anyone post-Freiza as a real reference point.
 
You guys really got to get it through your heads that power levels mean nothing, only the moment to moment plot stuff. Toriyama said as much years ago, so don't get hung up if you think the reason one character is stronger or weaker than another is flimsy.
 
I actually don't know how Roshi is taking on Frieza's men, both in Super and RoF. Either he got much stronger, or Frieza's fodder got even weaker over the years. Don't think Roshi could have taken any of the scrubs with hand blasters back on Namek.
 
judging on the next episode's preview

a 139 power level roshi getting murdered evenly with the z warriors by an even stronger than ginyu tagoma may as well suggest that you could insert an outta nowhere plot device (roshi's power level increased by a thousand fold after finding the rare turtle temple). if you go by some dbz logic, roshi could have exploded to death after receiving a body shot/gut punch. reason why im putting out this argument is if you remember ssj2 gohan one shotting cell jrs as well as teen gohan one shotting perfect form frieza (from one of the dbz movies)
 
yes they do

Well Freiza is familiar with Future Trunks, I suppose. But who else...? EDIT: Oh, right, Buu, I guess. But they don't really know his power level or whatever.

Advice for the future: don't just shit out three words in response to someone when you disagree with them. Kinda rude to not even explain why you disagree. :3

You guys really got to get it through your heads that power levels mean nothing, only the moment to moment plot stuff. Toriyama said as much years ago, so don't get hung up if you think the reason one character is stronger or weaker than another is flimsy.

It is a bit absurd how much power levels get discussed in this thread.

Like I enjoy a good "who's stronger" conversation as much as the next guy but seems like people here are taking it way too seriously.
 
It opened up the Pandora's Box for sure lol. I myself just can't let them go, even tho Toriyama has long stated that they were never the end all be all.

it shouldn't have, but it set a precedent. there only a couple of exceptions to the strongest dont always win but they were not from the result of "dont let your guard down"
 
so Ginyu is coming back in next episode? Lol. surely not with his original body so I guess at least he is spared from the vomit that is this new art.


Gohan has no hope at this point, even in last chapter of the manga they confirmed (again) his Yamcha-tier status
Didn't we already see Ginyu in a flashback? Or was that in the movie.
 
The only reason they moved away from power levels was because they didn't want to be held accountable for bullshit. Vegeta getting mad and damaging Beerus when SSJ3 Goku couldn't do shit wouldn't fly in the power level era.

Anyway is this show good yet?
 
The only reason they moved away from power levels was because they didn't want to be held accountable for bullshit. Vegeta getting mad and damaging Beerus when SSJ3 Goku couldn't do shit wouldn't fly in the power level era.

Anyway is this show good yet?
Yes but I have enjoyed it from the beginning
 
The only reason they moved away from power levels was because they didn't want to be held accountable for bullshit. Vegeta getting mad and damaging Beerus when SSJ3 Goku couldn't do shit wouldn't fly in the power level era.

Anyway is this show good yet?
No, I think it has more to do with Toriyama being lazy and 7+ digit numbers.
 
correct me if im wrong. roshi's power level has always stayed at 139 throughout the entirety of the dragonball/z series.
The official power level chart claims that, but in the manga itself he has a line about training and improving for the 22nd Budokai (which is also easily noticeable considering how he was barely stronger than Goku in the 21st Budokai, but wasn't much behind Tenshinhan in the 22nd, even though between those two Goku goes from easily losing to easily beating Tao Pai Pai).

Still Roshi here fights in Max Power mode all the time, something he never did previously, only using it to power up the Kamehameha, suggesting that he has improved again. And we never had a PL for Max Power Roshi in the first place, only base Roshi.


he shouldnt be able to give normal gohan a rough time let alone one shotting him with a weak ass looking tennis ball size of a energy ball. the theme don't let your guard down is absolute bs.

Gohan was specifically noted as holding back in order to not kill his opponents. At that point, he probably had his power just strong enough to tank Shisami, while Tagoma was way above that.

in addition, not even piccolo should have a rough time, if you want to make a villain look tough, at least give them some goddamn credentials like, oh shit!!! this guy is almost as rough as cell etc. not some bs ginyu tier whom tien or krillin would be on par with.

The Ginyu comparison is meant to be stupid though, which is why Tagoma talks almost like he hadn't heard about them before. He's way beyond their level now.
 
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