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Daima all but screamed "NEW FUSION" in the latest episode. I assume it'll be Goku and Vegeta again, but what would their name even be?
 
Trollblade69 said:
You don't need a new name. Just recycle Gogeta again, nerds love GT nostalgia.
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Fusions did have EX Gogeta, so that would work. Just call them Demon Gogeta.
 

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Goku beating up guys with the power pole has kind of won me over. I mean, weren't the two biggest criticisms of Super the wacked out power scaling and shittily animated and choreographed fights? Diama kinda fixes both.
 
I'm liking Daima a lot. It's not perfect and isn't the direction I wanted to see since I'm more of a Z > DB guy, but the sentiment that it's refreshing is true. The dynamics between the characters is pretty good, and the art and music is way better than DBS, so there's not much to complain about. I do hope we get a good fight soon, but I'm in no rush.

I'm a little disappointed in certain things if I'm nitpicking though, like the bug varieties just being plot convenient ways to recycle old ideas like Senzu Beans & Potara Earrings instead of new ones, and Panzy apparently not being able to fight and probably being relegated to damsel-in-distress/comedy relief (basically Bulma), plus the pacing could be better.

Rick The Stick said:
Vic's broly was great back in the day, obviously, but he sounded like a shell of himself for Super Broly.
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I imagine part of that is age, the other part direction. Whoever directs the actors ever since Kai fucked everyone up, pretty sure it's the voice of Vegeta, or was anyway. He ruined his own acting worst of all, he sounds absolutely terrible after Z.

Aquinas 2 said:
nah fuck off, i love hercule "punching" goku out of the ring almost as much as them trying to learn to drive
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That was one good scene in a bad episode. The driver's license episode was actually pretty good.

Gravemind said:
There was the Dr. Slump crossover episode.
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That was one of the better ones in DBS. Baseball was overrated, but I kinda liked the Yurine episodes (I'm assuming that counts as filler), I think they were underrated.

Festivus said:
If you go back and watch Dragonball it's not like Demon King Piccolo had Namekians fighting for him, he was summoning the same kinds of demons you'd see in other Dragonball episodes.
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The way Piccolo was handled is inconsistent. Supposedly Namekians reproduce by spitting up eggs, but King Piccolo specifically for some reason was able to create fully grown minions who don't look like Namekians (obviously because the concept of Namekians wasn't there yet). I think I heard this explained away retroactively by saying King Piccolo was corrupted so that's why his henchmen didn't look like Namekians, but then that doesn't explain how he was able to birth Piccolo.

starborn427614 said:
Daima all but screamed "NEW FUSION" in the latest episode. I assume it'll be Goku and Vegeta again, but what would their name even be?
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Mix their names differently maybe, like they did with Veku, maybe Gota this time.

Wasn't it also implied that this form of fusion can incorporate at least 3 people into a fusion? And maybe it only works on demon realm people, we may see Glorio, Supreme Kai, and Piccolo fuse together (Pikairio?).
 
@SSj_Ness
I think that image was meant to imply that two people merge into one (with the buff guy being what they turn into). There's no rule that says it can't be more than two people, though Goku only took two of the bugs with him.
 
SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
I imagine part of that is age, the other part direction. Whoever directs the actors ever since Kai fucked everyone up, pretty sure it's the voice of Vegeta, or was anyway. He ruined his own acting worst of all, he sounds absolutely terrible after Z.
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Yeah I don't think Chris Sabat is a particularly good director either, and Vic is definitely just a case of age catching him. Understandable but was still a hit to the nostalgia.

Also agree that the general performances got worse after Z. Most of the time everyone just sounds like they're phoning it in. Think the only truly great scenes post Z were in Kai (Goku's X20 Kamehameha and the "I am Son Goku" speech) and I'd chalk that up to Sean actually caring about those scenes in particular.
 
SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
I think I heard this explained away retroactively by saying King Piccolo was corrupted so that's why his henchmen didn't look like Namekians, but then that doesn't explain how he was able to birth Piccolo.
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Corruption or just being real fucking old until Shenron granted him his youth and powers back. Though I don't recall him spitting up more eggs after his wish until Goku mortally wounded him.
 
It's basically to justify the retconned thing where the two halves of the Namekuseijin who landed on Earth must be alive at the same time or else they both die.

The original Piccolo essentially put the rest of his life energy and soul into the last egg, or at least what amounted to one to match the bond, while also spawning a warrior intended to be stronger than the guy who defeated him. Considering how he got that strong at like age 4...
 
I've completely detached from DBZ despite following Super for quite a while, but man if the "slow-living saiyan" trope ain't cool. Wish there were more simple adventures of the kind. Maybe one of the kids as a young adult.
 
Is Daima good? I didn't really like Super too much because of how stagnant/static it felt, but from what I've heard, Daima sounds like it's more adventure focused in comparison, and since I've been getting more into OG Dragon Ball recently I thought I'd give it a shot.
 
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