JadedWriter
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17 and Piccolo are already bros. Dat handshake.
Dragon Ball Super |OT6| Put your back into it.
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MetalFearSolid
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I still find it concerning he thinks he'll be fighting Goku
JadedWriter
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It doesn't pay to play a round of 20 questions with Frieza.
At this point I'd think that would only benefit the team because all the universes are targeting the idiot.
That's the thing, Jiren has only been on scene for about ten seconds. Not comparable to Tien or any other main rival of Goku. Unlike with Hit, they're building him up in a different way, especially since we see him fighting Goku as an equal in the intro every week.
Mister Wolf
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With the addition of Freeza this tournament will feature the smuggest fighters in all the Multiverse. I'm interested in seeing who goes next level with their smug during the fighting.
Right.
And to me, this doesn't work. I have 0 interest in this character. I didn't like Hit but I was certainly interested and curious.
I wasn't saying they handled both the same way, that was my point, they didn't even though they fit the same role, for the story. And to me it didn't work as well.
There's nothing compelling about Jiren because, as you said, we haven't seen him enough. Yet he's hammered every week in the intro. It's not like we can ignore the intro, they know what they're doing.
JadedWriter
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I guess next week is "F gon gib it to yah" as Frieza owns house on some fucking mooks.
That's just Vegeta talking shit. At the end of the day, he'll make sure he'll do his best to win the thing. He'll eventually come around to it like he did in Boo arc and the Future Trunks arc. Though in this situation it might be too late.
I would agree except he's barely had any development while characters like Gohan, Krillin and Roshi have had quite a bit.
NeonZ
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They can show Jiren facing some other team before getting to the U7 team and Goku during the tournament itself.
To be fair, Vegeta was literally the second main character for 70 episodes.
They probably felt like he had enough development. Which he did.
Think of Vegeta in Z and how he is now. He didn't need more screentime.
It's too late though. We've known about him for months and there has been complete apathy for him for months. I know some people like him but we can't say he's having a lot of fans compared to Gohan 17 and the new saiyans. Based off what I see on tumblr an other forums.
And it's also a far cry from the hype Hit generated. Or Black.
So basically he's the absolute worst main antagonist this show has gotten, so far. At least in how they handled the anticipation.
Solid Sora
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Both the opening and the ending make it clear that Vegeta is still the second main character... They were just giving him a break for the recruitment arc.
I think they are trying to blur the lines of "main characters", outside of Goku.
Which is great. It's been a long time since DBZ has had a true ensemble cast.
3 more episodes.
NeonZ
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The tournament can be long enough he can be introduced and receive build up during the tournament itself though. At least, that's what I'm expecting to happen at this point, unless he (and the tournament itself) turns out to be a red herring.
Oddest bit about him is that so far we haven't seen Toriyama artwork for him, which seems odd for the main rival. Considering the Gods of Destruction at least, the ones designed by Toriyama seem to be the most active.
ArchedThunder
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Vegeta's is pretty much the only character who has had constant development, it makes sense that they didn't focus on him much while focusing on all these other characters.
I have feeling/hope that once they allow Trunks and Goten's characters to physically age the show will time skip and Marron, Pan, and Bulla/Bra will be the "kids" of the show and they'll all be fighting to one degree or another. Assuming Super keeps going and they blast past and retcon the end of Z.
My dream of Vegeta getting stomped by a team of magical girls lives on!
JadedWriter
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"Earth, I have returned. Tremble in fear as I Jojo pose!!!"
Fixed the GIF.
Such a wonderful transformation scene.
Otherspacing
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Will Goten and Trunks finally get God Ki by fighting poachers?
I hope so.
ArchedThunder
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My GIF making program isn't wanting to play nice today. Whatever, here's a GIF someone requested, sorry about the artifacts.
And I felt like GIFing this little action scene.
And I felt like GIFing this little action scene.
He's rather quick to change his mind though, that was shown during the Future Trunks Saga.
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Chaotic-Strike
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I agree thus far.
I mean they've given Toppo way more development and other than him; I find the Pride Troopers the least interesting out of all the new characters.
Hopefully they can give him some decent characterization during the actual tournament.
RareFantasy64
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I loved this moment. Goku's personality in Super is so fun. His hunger for battle, his willingness to lie to reach an end, the oblivious side to him, his cunning when it comes to battle, the innocence he often displays. I love all of it. I always felt Goku was such a boring main character but Super has really turned me into a fan of him
That's fine, but it gets boring if they just repeat the same thing so I don't mind that they're not just repeating Jiren with Hit and they don't have to. Since we will see Jiren fight more than a few times, unlike Hit who only got Frost and then stomped Vegeta before fighting Goku.
Gohan is an old character and the new Saiyans are liked for being Saiyans. As for 17....there is no nice way to put this, 17 doesn't have a lot of fans. And Black was the central villain who drove the story of the Future Trunks Saga, something that Hit didn't do.
The entire arc has stepped up the production quality so I don't know what you're talking about.
On average we're far above what the show used to be.
Exactly. You only need to go back to the Trunks arc to see how sterile things used to look.
ArchedThunder
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Tried REALLY hard to keep this short, didn't want to fill it with shots of Freeza's transformation scene and tried to stay away from shots that were in the NEP last week.
After F every arc looks better than the last. I'm excited to see how the next arc looks, this arc has been transformative for the show.
What a beautiful episode.
After F every arc looks better than the last. I'm excited to see how the next arc looks, this arc has been transformative for the show.
Oh my god are they in FnF ?
Jesus..... Welp time for the show to die in the US.
Europe did it the smart way and aired all the FnF episodes within the same week.
How can it be when best Super character Tagoma's best moment
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21 just aired in the US, they are about to hit the lowest point in the entire franchise and we're about to hit the tournament that has even been hyped up by animators. I feel like there is going to be some huge quality whiplash for people who watch the Dub and the simulcast, episode 24 of the dub airs on the same day as the start of the Tournament of Power.
I said the same thing to someone earlier. It sounds like it was recorded in a tin can.
Well, Buu Kai follows right after it, so that may lighten or worsen the blow, depending on the person.
It should be fine though, Dragon Ball is unstoppable in the US.
I agree that this arc was a step up and I've been satisfied with that, but in my opinion this episode was yet another step up.
Chaotic-Strike
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We're heading into the Majin Vegeta stuff in Kai right after Super ends on Toonami, so we'll be fine.
It also helps that Chris Ayres is kind of salvaging the arc for me so far.
Hellwarden
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Yeah, it's kinda shocking how much better Super looks compared to when it started.
The background art in particular looks so much better than it used to.
The background art in particular looks so much better than it used to.
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