Post AasGF1cImIMSwl7SL2 by boloros@bae.st
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(DIR) Post #AasCHtTH7Uksjg0eG0 by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:10:28.646936Z
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Can we talk about how OG Dragon Ball is straight up better than Z?
(DIR) Post #AasCigLE2oFlpi1Aoa by RMIV@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:15:21.415757Z
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@ArdainianRight sure. tell me about it. thank you friend.
(DIR) Post #AasDMg8uCbyGnfKLvE by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:22:32.616387Z
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@RMIV OG Dragon Ball actually has coherent worldbuilding to provide weight and significance to its battles and story. It's incredibly retarded how in Z basically nobody outside of the established cast knows about Goku and pals after all the places he went and people he's helped, but everyone knows who fucking Mr. Satan is.
(DIR) Post #AasDMqlCj4Y3jLK50S by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:22:32.846354Z
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@ArdainianRight I've been saying this for a long time - hell, even the fights are better, or at least more consistently good, with more interesting and creative martial art choreography rather than Ki blast spam. It helps that I'm a sucker for tournament arcs, and OG Dragon Ball has 3 of them!The Filler problem is also not nearly as bad, the characterization is miles better (most of the old cast gets treated like trash by Z, and Kid Goku is way better a character than Adult Goku), and there are way less Turbo Retarded moments than in Z. To be fair, many of the issues that end up becoming major problems in Z *do* crop up during the final DB tournament, but on the whole, DB is easily the superior anime, despite Z introducing some awesome new characters like Vegeta (of course) and Future Trunks, as well as most of the best DB villains.
(DIR) Post #AasDdl2TFf3yuNSfQ0 by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:25:39.057456Z
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@ArdainianRight @RMIV To be fair, even in DB someone like King Chappa was considered this legendary, unbeatable warrior at one point, so Earth's strongest fighters do apparently take some years off from time to time. Not saying that Mr. Satan is as strong as King Chappa, just that even Yamcha would wipe the floor with both of them by the 2nd tournament.
(DIR) Post #AasDwcd4k5wWKQZuGu by RMIV@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:29:04.806906Z
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@ArdainianRight nobody outside of the established cast knows about Gokui hadn’t thought of that friend but it is true. perhaps the coherent world-building you detect in OG DragonBall comes from its foundation upon the classic folk tale Journey to the West from which many an anime has drawn from as inspiration, some with more subtlety than others. thank you friend.
(DIR) Post #AasEZHuJigzRM251Qu by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:35:16.396152Z
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@ArdainianRight Yes, definitely. I really love the martial art aspect of Dragon Ball, something that Z seems to abandon for generic fighting with no style involved and tons of laser beams (I still love Z though as it was one of my first anime). Maybe I'm being a bit biased since even in Dragon Ball the martial arts are heavily 'fantastical', exaggerated version of their real life counterpart but even so, the vibe is very reminiscent of kung-fu movies of that era, and those were definitely fun no contest. That, coupled with the adventurous aspect of the anime, along with the humorously fun, vibrant, and very likeable characters, makes it a top 10 for me.
(DIR) Post #AasEieX0yOZQ80e7H6 by Turdicus@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:37:45.947920Z
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@sweetcreme @ArdainianRight Original dragon ball is kino
(DIR) Post #AasEmI46RbjFbmrDaS by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:38:24.318866Z
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@ChristiJunior Yeah, Z has great villains. I think the King Piccolo arc is really where things ramp up and Dragon Ball is at its best. You've got Tambourine running around killing off the top tournament contenders, which provides some nice callbacks while emphasizing that this threat is different and dwarfs previous ones. They actually start killing off major members of the cast, and this is before the netherworld becomes a total revolving door. And you actually see Piccolo unleashing anarcho-tyranny while threatening to wipe out even more. Goku gets his ass kicked repeatedly, while Piccolo only grows in power. It combines the high stakes found in Z with an actual connected world that feels like it matters.
(DIR) Post #AasEpIMdmz4jP8xeIy by Turdicus@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:38:57.750671Z
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@cowanon @ArdainianRight Based
(DIR) Post #AasF2Pk9fFxG3VDPKS by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:41:18.996737Z
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@ArdainianRight It's interesting how Shonen series will sometimes have these overall minor villains suddenly go on a pure killing spree and really make the heroes feel outmatched. Nappa in Z and Rigardo in Claymore are some other good examples.
(DIR) Post #AasF99rN7M60ovo4bw by RMIV@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:42:33.214643Z
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@sweetcreme @ArdainianRight i like that Roshi was way more important in DragonBall Master Roshi is so cool.i have to gush some about the final tournament in Super for that very reason, they give Roshi a lot of love in a contest where he should be fantastically outmatched by everyone even Krillin. i think Roshi smokes 5 or 6 contenders in that one too.but in Z Roshi is rarely even seen. thank you friends.
(DIR) Post #AasFKj3Yb8s7AM1QeG by boloros@bae.st
2023-10-17T21:44:38.794688Z
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@ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior and even at those heights it kept up some gagsnotsobad.jpg
(DIR) Post #AasFRxWnBwS24l96Po by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:44:29.683708Z
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@ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @RMIV It makes me wonder...what happened to the inhumanely strong characters during the 24th world martial arts tournament (the one that Mr. Satan won)? In dragon ball, there would always be some character who had super strength or some strange powers/technique at the very least. I'm not saying Mr. Satan isn't stronger than most humans, but it seems like the fighters in the tournament were pretty low-tier. Obviously, Goku and his friends weren't able to compete because of all the things that were happening.
(DIR) Post #AasFbdPmpHMAamTynQ by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:47:40.518753Z
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@sweetcreme @ArdainianRight @RMIV Yeah, it makes no sense, Mr. Satan was hinted to be, what, twice as strong as a regular strong human? Someone like Nam or Bacterian should easily stomp him.Hell, his own TEENAGE DAUGHTER is already stronger than him!
(DIR) Post #AasFhojtdS0xS3pwoa by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:48:47.650248Z
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@ChristiJunior King Piccolo arc also lets the bad guy "win" by collecting all the Dragon Balls while making his wish for youth as opposed to true immortality make sense, because he reasonably believes that at his full power he's unkillable anyways, while his quality of life is much higher than it would be as an elderly immortal. Vegeta and Freeza you know can't actually get all the Dragon Balls and wish for immortality because that means they're unbeatable and that kills the tension.
(DIR) Post #AasFj8saExgcCkX2jw by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:49:02.044891Z
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@boloros @ArdainianRight That's just good character writing - OF COURSE Evil Launch would think King Piccolo's dystopia sounded kinda cool!
(DIR) Post #AasFjffyIsCpvBswAC by Granwalder@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:49:08.607317Z
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@ArdainianRight pure sex
(DIR) Post #AasFpz2rCbpzjObEcS by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:48:33.120909Z
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@RMIV @ArdainianRight I have my problems with Super, but bringing some of the spotlight back onto the human characters and including more light-hearted funny moments again was definitely a plus.
(DIR) Post #AasFq00PdBTai6SnRo by RMIV@poa.st
2023-10-17T21:50:17.352491Z
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@sweetcreme @ArdainianRight i enjoy Beerus plus they brought back my favorite villain of all time so i certainly have a sweet spot for Super. thank you friend.
(DIR) Post #AasFv6Zmd5X0XJRVS4 by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:51:09.249827Z
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@ChristiJunior @sweetcreme @RMIV Granted a lot of those guys got killed off in the King Piccolo arc, but I don't think they got all of them. Either way that kind of superpower shouldn't be totally unknown to the general public.
(DIR) Post #AasG00VibmuZAjsYK0 by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:52:05.617622Z
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@RMIV @ArdainianRight @sweetcreme I mean, it's cool in the sense that Roshi as a character deserves the love, but realistically, he should be FAR weaker than Yamcha by the beginning of DBZ, let alone the beginning of Super. Toriyama was definitely playing favorites and giving the character a great showing because he liked him, not because it actually made sense for Roshi to be able to hang with the strongest fighters of the multiverse.
(DIR) Post #AasG9EmqtmUO3WIJRQ by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:53:44.139417Z
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@RMIV @ArdainianRight @sweetcreme Beerus is great, though Super kinda overuses him and Whis. The Hakai on Zamasu made it all worth it tho.
(DIR) Post #AasGDAga5YSAUjEkXg by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:54:28.379381Z
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@ArdainianRight @RMIV @sweetcreme They also got revived, right? King Chappa even has a rematch with Adult Goku, and gets completely clowned on.
(DIR) Post #AasGDZDMtIwMZMlGym by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:54:06.061223Z
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@boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior Toriyama forgetting Launch was the worst. She was my favorite Dragon Ball girl.
(DIR) Post #AasGEuoo3PCjrVuqMC by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:54:47.480673Z
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@ChristiJunior @RMIV @sweetcreme Sexual harassment increases your power level even faster than the Hyperbolic Time Chamber or training in 400x gravity. Few know this.
(DIR) Post #AasGF1cImIMSwl7SL2 by boloros@bae.st
2023-10-17T21:54:49.245200Z
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@Granwalder @ArdainianRighte_Lunch.png
(DIR) Post #AasGHGYuBPEfsTbCqG by Senator_Armstrong@seal.cafe
2023-10-17T21:55:12.002480Z
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@Granwalder @ArdainianRight he sent a rabbit to the moon
(DIR) Post #AasGMx8XJotDMuydFY by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T21:56:14.303361Z
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@ChristiJunior @RMIV @sweetcreme Maybe. I just finished the King Piccolo arc, so I wouldn't know all the details.
(DIR) Post #AasGWfYDYb87itcdrE by boloros@bae.st
2023-10-17T21:58:00.495572Z
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@sweetcreme @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior Lunch was outstanding, even her black hair form was the best (and improbable) tsukkomi for kame senshin / master roshi.Looking at some covers though, og DB really underlines how Toriyama in a more realistic style (than Dr. Slump) could make stuff look good.Real good.e_v11_Bulma.jpg
(DIR) Post #AasGlg8Xf2m9srlmam by Granwalder@poa.st
2023-10-17T22:00:43.294776Z
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@RMIV @ArdainianRight but people know sunwukong far and wide by the end of "journey", him interacting with the buddha and jade emperor gets him notoriety. Goku intern meets Nazi high command, God and the devil and nobody cares
(DIR) Post #AasGmXfgcXmPv0gV72 by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:00:33.307720Z
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@ChristiJunior @RMIV @ArdainianRight Talking about playing favorites, I'm still waiting for Vegeta to get his main protagonist arc. Even Piccolo got his protag arc before Vegeta did if you want to count movie canons (I know he got help from Gohan, but still).
(DIR) Post #AasHFHYXcEtiKt2xNY by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:05:25.632296Z
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@boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior People claim that he has same face syndrome (which really is a non-argument since most manga artists do) but he really is a wonderful artist. His mech and automobile work is especially detailed and beautiful to look at.
(DIR) Post #AasIJetOtRdzpDSDhI by RMIV@poa.st
2023-10-17T22:18:04.026981Z
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@sweetcreme @ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight oh right. Orange Piccolo i forgot about that.
(DIR) Post #AasJFBZY3yDHgabETg by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:28:26.548721Z
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@sweetcreme @boloros @ChristiJunior Toriyama especially does the whimsical aesthetic well.
(DIR) Post #AasJRQZo6UP9hBYeky by EdBoatConnoisseur@bae.st
2023-10-17T22:30:40.608557Z
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@sweetcreme @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior deutsche doritoimage.png
(DIR) Post #AasJUEyzfJwIbggEAi by luithe@varishangout.net
2023-10-17T22:30:58.020558Z
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@sweetcreme @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior the funniest shit is when he removed the tank in sandland because he got sick of how detailed it had to be and then straight up never is seen again :guraKekw:
(DIR) Post #AasJwCLF4wSEWXPxx2 by EdBoatConnoisseur@bae.st
2023-10-17T22:36:14.305977Z
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@sweetcreme @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @boloros if you ever think you are too retarded to drive, remember goku canonically has a comercial driving permit, he drives just as bad as a real trucker.image.png
(DIR) Post #AasJyMV8HDzCc14kyG by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:32:26.725731Z
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@luithe @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior You watched sandland? If you did, did you enjoy it? I was planning to watch it but I got busy with some other anime.
(DIR) Post #AasJyNKtAnO1CXI5dw by luithe@varishangout.net
2023-10-17T22:36:36.272678Z
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@sweetcreme @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior I would've if I had money and time to travel to Japan which I don'tAnd I don't think there's fan sub torrents yet
(DIR) Post #AasKMtZIz84k7Pj48u by luithe@varishangout.net
2023-10-17T22:40:49.703379Z
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@EdBoatConnoisseur @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @sweetcreme i forgot they made it canon he can drive commercial vehicles for delivery :guraKekw:
(DIR) Post #AasKbrkk18cmpcDIo4 by EdBoatConnoisseur@bae.st
2023-10-17T22:43:46.023658Z
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@ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @boloros @sweetcreme toriyama may only be able to draw 5 faces but his character design is always on pointimage.png
(DIR) Post #AasKwgILoS0LNPrMI4 by Whitewall_Blasphemy@poa.st
2023-10-17T22:47:31.845352Z
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@EdBoatConnoisseur @sweetcreme @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior Horten 229?
(DIR) Post #AasLA4QXOxizzA4cHg by Soma@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:49:56.828798Z
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@ArdainianRight Reminder: Toriyama wanted to practically do a retelling of Sun Wukong's story but the suits saw the popularity of capeslop and wanted him to make something more like that. The OG series is much truer to his original vision than the capeshit-lite that came later.
(DIR) Post #AasLMA48GNRIwrMJUG by sweetcreme@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:47:12.427458Z
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@EdBoatConnoisseur @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior True that. I especially love how he handles gothic lolita. He should do more of it
(DIR) Post #AasLpVlGg5lIdOWwlM by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:57:25.688510Z
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@Soma @ArdainianRight I liked it better when Goku and Piccolo weren't aliens.
(DIR) Post #AasLuOSHGnbnQEyYjI by ArdainianRight@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T22:58:18.526666Z
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@ChristiJunior @Soma TFS Piccolo: "I liked it better when I was a demon."
(DIR) Post #AasMCAZpbiRLamz9V2 by freddie_the_fed@poa.st
2023-10-17T23:01:32.027017Z
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@Soma @ArdainianRight editors had a lot of pull but I doubt the popularity of capshit in 1985, in Japan had that much pull to make them do it.
(DIR) Post #AasMqHVvEe2qgrHeBk by c@shitpost.cloud
2023-10-17T23:08:46.324903Z
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It feels like the introduction of alien plotlines was just an excuse to make Tien irrelevant forever. They went to like 1 planet besides Earth and then pretty much everything after that is back on Earth.
(DIR) Post #AasMwiNCHn91jLGoU4 by ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com
2023-10-17T23:09:56.064133Z
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@c @ArdainianRight @Soma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSK6NOF2jT4
(DIR) Post #AasN2TTaaLNfGY0SVk by c@shitpost.cloud
2023-10-17T23:10:58.838892Z
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I take it back. Tien has the goofy third eye, Krillin has no nose, and Yamcha is the one who actually got shafted by all of this Z nonsense. RIP wolf fang fist.
(DIR) Post #AasN4aqU9oX8hUj5t2 by Tsuki@amami.paradigm-x.tokyo
2023-10-17T23:11:20.659381Z
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people that skip it are not bullied nearly enough
(DIR) Post #AasNFEosODPHZd380e by Curvin@poa.st
2023-10-17T23:13:15.795067Z
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@c @ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @Soma It actually went all the way from og DB, it all started when he got rekt by a mummyyoutu.be/SQtCpUh0XD4
(DIR) Post #AasNKJ9HimIyRr0rPk by Wolffkran@poa.st
2023-10-17T23:14:12.706489Z
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@c @ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @Soma If I remember right Yamcha was supposed to be a parody of a typical protagonist
(DIR) Post #AasNQnqQVXfxO4HzTE by c@shitpost.cloud
2023-10-17T23:15:22.994972Z
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Tien breaking his leg was pretty brutal at the time but Tien was also like the peak antagonist. Yamcha could have been redeemed all the way up until that Saibamen boom.
(DIR) Post #AasNnQtS0QjUrjUiTA by Curvin@poa.st
2023-10-17T23:19:28.369775Z
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@c @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @Soma That poor bandit turned good guy doesn't catch a break though, two arcs later he is pratically owned by Dr. Gero BY MISTAKE
(DIR) Post #AasOC4e1raJ96O1yZU by c@shitpost.cloud
2023-10-17T23:23:54.707229Z
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I don't understand why he wasn't written into a role where he knows he can't stand up to the real villains of that world but instead becomes a superhero for the common man. That's kind of what Krillin does but he's a good goy cop in Super instead of just being based. It's like a half step from being cringey anti-gun propaganda. Yamcha should be punching holes in gangbangers and dating hotties again.
(DIR) Post #AasOZp0beH0JYfun7w by Curvin@poa.st
2023-10-17T23:28:13.068204Z
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@c @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @Soma He could do so much more than just playing baseball, like maybe taking his martial arts training far more seriously, with his current skillset he could make his own martial arts school no problem
(DIR) Post #AasP2myEJ2FrdOcFlp by Curvin@poa.st
2023-10-17T23:33:26.002012Z
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@c @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @Soma Could you imagine if he trained hard enough to make a beam like the kamehameha easy to control like his spirit ball move?
(DIR) Post #AasQjH5eoNJJALueie by rher@mugicha.club
2023-10-17T23:52:19.784678Z
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Dr. Slump chads where we at?
(DIR) Post #AasRR30AYNX2DGDaxk by boloros@bae.st
2023-10-18T00:00:14.927560Z
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@rher @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @sweetcremeaudience-.png
(DIR) Post #AasUXEo7sAB2QaEEXw by EdBoatConnoisseur@bae.st
2023-10-18T00:34:58.947123Z
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@sweetcreme @boloros @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior even his evil women are top notchimage.png
(DIR) Post #AbInIq2YL0vSF55WNc by Balrog@poa.st
2023-10-30T10:00:47.990609Z
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@sweetcreme @ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @RMIV Canonically, he was just strong enough to win legitimately while getting lucky with the match ups and who didn't show up or had to leave the tournament for whatever reason.
(DIR) Post #AbInL38ebqD1RfzpPU by Balrog@poa.st
2023-10-30T09:57:02.289317Z
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@Curvin @c @ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @Soma It started right from his introduction, he get scared off by Bulma and the next time he fight a non-starving Goku, he get stomped.