Or this could be a very quick road to tipping the scales in Trunks' favor. Goku said it took him extensive training to get a divine super saiyan form to work with Kaioken without utterly wrecking his body instantly. Rosé is spanking-new to Zamasu, so if he doesn't go POP for attempting to combine the two techniques off the cuff, I'm definitely calling hax.

"However, it had no impact on my body, proving that I am an exceptional being."
"It took me some time to fully master it without any impact on my body."

You gotta pick one or the other there, buddy. You were awesome because it didn't affect you, or you had to put in work like everyone else so it didn't affect you

Gast's cover pages are getting the full Toriyama-Jump treatment.

It doesn't need to, because there wasn't one. As I said, Kid Buu was a playful idiot. He could understand most of what was said to him, but couldn't speak (outside of the one broken sentence in the anime), and acted like a wild animal. If anything, Fat Buu was actually smarter, being able to speak and basic problem-solving that was rational rather than instinctual. If you recall, Super Buu was terrified of losing what little intelligence he had when Vegeta threatened to tear Fat Buu free.

Gast: Oh no, tickles incoming.

He'd freeze the dragon along with everyone else. 1 Replie(s)

All that's missing is the irony of One Arm Gohan appearing over his shoulder and telling him to "do it now" and "release your power".

Nothing helps you fall asleep fast like a good ol' hole through the spine.

Definitely read Nappa's line in Takahata101's voice for him.

Why would they need to change the title of the webcomic? It's just "DB Multiverse". The tournament is the central plot vehicle, but nowhere is it in the name or URL of the site.

I sincerely doubt he knows it. If he kicked the bucket with Raditz, he's so weak compared to the other renowned fighters in heaven that I doubt he would have been able to earn the clout to meet the Metamorans. 2 Replie(s)

I was gonna say.
The casual exchange between life and death in Toriyama's world was nuts.

It's unnecessary and excessive. Kid Buu was a playful idiot, just mean to the core. Dai Kaio was exceedingly kind. It was fine to say Fat Buu picked up that trait and was pushed towards neutral. He still did terrible things, but not because of a mean streak, just he didn't know better and hated being made fun of. 1 Replie(s)

I'm guessing it has to do with the vaguely-adhered-to rule that dragon balls can't grant wishes that exceed the creator's power or ability (because Kami really has that whole granting-immortality thing, and restoring entire planets and populations going for him, right?), meaning only the U1 Dragon Balls can grant the ability to travel between universes.

The most deadly attack of all:

POPO'S FACE.

Yeah, I forgot about the second-round revive. It's been awhile.
But someone else DID die. So I wasn't completely off. Cell, in his fight with Vegeta!
Oh, wait, no, right. He was specifically requested to be brought back after Buu. Damn. Welp, glad Sal's got everything in line.

Uhh...wasn't EVERYONE that died in their match supposed to be revived? Why is Goku getting individual treatment? Even if this is a version of Porunga that can only revive one person at a time, I don't see them making or even discussing any attempt to bring back the other dead before the final reward ceremony. 2 Replie(s)

How many times now has Goku had that happen to him?
According to DBM, he can have an entire round of fighting in the blink of an eye, yet he still decides to stand there and be chatty at audience speed when he knows he's dealing with a trickster.
Frankly, that could legit be the outcome of the fight, and it would be on brand for him. 1 Replie(s)

Can't say looking in a mirror would be one of my core memories, but him do him.

Yamcha straight up saves Bulma's ass, and without skipping a beat she shouts in his face for daring to question her choices.
Yep. That's canon Bulma, all right. No notes.

None of that had to do with the point. Vegeta didn't learn good parenting until long after becoming a super saiyan, and I wasn't making any commentary on whether a pureblood could learn new tricks. As for Goku, he was always quite selfish to a fault, like any other saiyan; he just expressed it in a mostly inoffensive way because his desires were good-natured. Being selfish doesn't specifically mean taking from someone else, it just means thinking of your own wants over anyone else's. It was on full display when Goku sent Gohan to fight Cell, completely ignoring a decade of writing on the wall that his son hated fighting, because it was something Goku loved. Wanting to protect his friends and family isn't generosity, it's safeguarding what he loves by doing what he loves. In any real instance where he's faced with getting what he wants or letting someone else have it—be it the first punch or a sushi roll on someone else's plate—Goku always takes it, and complains if he meets resistance.

Art's really on point.

My reasoning was always that human-saiyan hybrids are more empathetic—they CARE about more than themselves. It's the human component; saiyan nature is far more selfish. But mixed with a saiyan's contempt for loss, it's a volatile combination. With the "pain of loss" being a critical component of becoming a super saiyan, that's why the transformation was so extraordinary among purebloods: it was rare for them to have a situation where something they deeply cared about was lost. The only thing they would ever feel was taken from them was a victory in a fight, and typically by the time that set in, they'd be on the brink of death. Even Goku was resistant; despite his good nature, he had trouble looking beyond his personal desires, and his optimism smothered any fears of failure.

Meanwhile, the hybrids remain keenly aware of family, friends, responsibility, and dedication to ideals. Being more in tune with their emotions from their human side, they have far more opportunity to experience an emotional break. If they feel they can take control of the situation, you just get a power spike; but if they feel helpless in the face of something they cherish being irrevocably taken away—be it a friend's life or a core ideal—the tide rises with no outlet until the dam breaks, and you get a super saiyan. 1 Replie(s)

This makes far more sense (don't forget missing the container, too!). The hand-wave dismissal of the author was far too off-center from audience interpretation to sound so convicted. PLENTY in canon contradicts the idea that power levels have any significant impact.

He's awful confident the backstabbers won't backstab.

That's a really well-drawn Beerus. Great use of bold lines for fine detail without looking heavy.

Indeed. Time and time again, DBZ has established that it's the QUALITY of the training that matters, not the time spent or the location. Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks all noticed a plateau after a certain amount of time in the HBTC, after which they felt returning for another day inside would be pointless. Yet, as we all know, their strength continued to rise again by magnitudes with the right opponents 1 Replie(s)

Unless Nappa intends to grab Krillin, he's swinging up his stump arm.

Oh, my mistake. It's the Midget Misdirect. Monkey In the Middle of Midgets?

Combo technique: Midget Miracle!

"That was my favorite jacket! It was my mom's jacket! I only had the ONE!"

There's got to be something else going on here. I'm having a bit of trouble believing the logic of:
"This guy intends to destroy every universe, we must kill him!" —Kais: "No, it's not our business to pass that kind of judgement."
"These two combatants are plotting against an alleged universal threat." —Kais: "THEY MUST DIE!"

Keying frames can be tricky sometimes with how you want your layout to look.
This one looks gorgeous but needed a little more workshopping so Black isn't firing the Kamehameha BEFORE saying "ha".

They never look up.

That view down Nappa's throat is a little...explicit. Where's his teeth?

"It's been a long time since I've had such a powerful opponent."
"Don't be so sure!"
What?

Eyebeams are really underrated. Practically speaking, it's the most accurate attack you can pull off if your opponent doesn't dodge, and typically it's a lot of power packed in a pinpoint package for penetration. 1 Replie(s)

"Is that me?! Is that me stronger than me?! I'LL F*CKING KILL ME!"

Sidenote:
This is how Videl should have grown up. Toriyama essentially killed her character when Spopovich beat her within an inch of her life. The Videl that came back was a finger-fussing, small-stepping housewife that lost all of the fire that made her such an awesome character. The idea that she only pursued martial arts because she needed to eventually live up to her father as "the best" takes away any value in her ideals. Sure, she was Saiyaman 2 in some non-canon works, but DBS dismisses any notion of that sticking. 1 Replie(s)

You got Tien Shinhan'd, son.

Bent his arm? Trust me, if you make a kienzan, you want that thing as FAR away from your head as you can manifest it before the throw. 1 Replie(s)

It's weird to think how many other languages struggle with the difference between "this" and "that", until you try to define the two.

The best rough-and-dirty distinction I can come up with is "this" is used for anything you have the ability to touch for emphasis, "that" is for everything else.
(Emphasized but the interesting note that while you may say "this glass on the table" under most circumstances, if I tie your hands behind your back, it becomes "that glass on the table.") 2 Replie(s)

I'll give Frieza the benefit of the doubt with him being a lazy prodigy, but yeah, 17 never made ANY f*cking sense. He gained literally "godly" power by chasing off guys with shotguns? Yeah. Sure. OKAY. 1 Replie(s)

Riiiiight... A wish was made.
Fair enough. It's not like Goku is known for his mental fortitude.

The idea of Goku giving up at the start is insane. Yeah, sure, I agree with all the perspectives on why he fights, but as far as what conclusion can be drawn from those reasons, immediately forfeiting is way off the mark. Goku fights for two reasons:
— To win fairly.
— To enjoy a good fight.
He may not care about the prize reward, but he's absolutely out to win, regardless of whether or not his opponent is "a nice guy". He's in it to prove to himself that he can rise to any challenge, and discover what surprises his opponent has in store. To that end, he'd never pass up a good fight; since he was a little kid, it's been his greatest joy in life. The only time he'd forfeit is if he believes someone else could present a more meaningful victory than he himself could provide, or if the fight just isn't fun anymore.

Something folks keep forgetting is Gero's spy bug watching the Raditz vs Goku and Piccolo fight means Gero knows Goku died. Taking vengeance off the table with Goku never coming back from the dead could have had Gero abandon the whole android scheme entirely. Likely he would have gone back to selling his talents to the highest bidder and it not have been android-related.

"Beat/take" the "big oaf" is what you're looking for.

Now that's a great design. Easily the best What-if Cell I've ever seen; even better than the old Budokai game side quest where he absorbs Krillin instead of 18.
"...And arthropods." That got a chuckle out of me.

Cute name drop anticipating fan pattern recognition to avoid having Yamcha use awkward exposition.

Genuinely enjoying the twists and turns in this particular strip.

Well, YEAH it's going to be bloody. Either the saiyans are going to get their faces rearranged or the humans will. This isn't going to be settled with a children's card game.

I'd say it's a safe bet the androids didn't happen because Gero's spy bug recorded Goku's death, and the old man took up quilting instead.

It didn't need to be. They were being returned to their timeline before Zamasu unleashed his attacks as Goku Black, so there would be a pre-attack, post-android Trunks and Mai already there. It was pretty straightforward.

I am paying attention. Comic etiquette dictates announcing a drastic change in story chronology; it's not to be left to the audience guessing. If this is years before the previous set of panels, you narrate the time difference. 3 Replie(s)

Erm...everything is relative. The artist still needs to learn one-point perspective. The house isn't angled on the same plane as the island, and actually gets larger farther away from the camera, rather than smaller.

So, what, is this a flashback? Are they having a postmortem conversation years later like it just happened?
These secondary stories... 3 Replie(s)

That was a...peculiar choice from the thesaurus.

No one seems to be recalling the rule that if a contender disappears from sight for 30 seconds, they lose. It's how XXI beat Vegito, after all.
If Gast can't be seen or heard because he's inside XXI's form, that should count.
They might even misunderstand the black smoke to not be a part of XXI, and rule it as a mutual disqualification. 1 Replie(s)

— Bulma maintains a kind and sweet personality until the moment she's contradicted. Then she instantly pivots into a screaming, insulting, responsibility-deflecting ass to protect her own image.
— She collects the dragon balls initially for her own petty desires that even the SLIGHTEST amount of social effort could have accomplished. She wants to wish for a boyfriend, because being LIKEABLE is too hard for her or she refuses to accept flaws in others for a loving relationship; the problem is with everyone else in her mind, and she doesn't need to change.
— By the time of Super, Bulma is collecting the dragon balls—which were created for the good of ALL PEOPLES of the planet—for her own vanity, hoarding them until she wants to shrink her ass or lose a wrinkle, as though they were now her private possession because she developed a technology to cheat the system. The balls are ultimately used by Goku and friends for their proper purpose, but either over the objection of Bulma or her acquiescence.

Gag character traits or not, her traits are that of a BAD PERSON that can be convinced to do the right thing.

Bulma honestly ISN'T a good person. Her degree of selfishness pushes her right up to the edge of being a villain, and her goals have just never directly clashed with the well-being of the world. Capsule Corp brings her inventions to the people, but her motivation is wealth rather than altruism. Time and again, when she's had the opportunity to help herself OR society, she chooses herself, every time. Trunks' dark future has shown that when the chips are down, she can be broken to show a good person inside, but the same could be said for Vegeta's character development. 2 Replie(s)

Imagine getting an email from Batman.

Its name is "BOOM".

Gast's Dende is showing through.

The fact that that guy just looks like a bad father that was on his way to get a beer and a carton of cigarettes really drives home the idea that Gero just grabbed off the street people that he figured no one would miss.

You either wish for immortality or take the humble route and train your replacement. Doing neither is just naivete.

"Amazing! Such kakarography!"

And this is why I try to scroll through comments before adding my two cents. Essentially this. Pretty sure your familiar/proxy giving up doesn't count towards you giving up.

My presumption was this idea was based on Trunks's comment that the new-timeline, newly awakened Androids were stronger than the two in the future he came from.
In canon, the most likely reason was because after Future Trunks's warning, the Z Fighters continued to train in preparation rather than take it easy, giving the spy bots that were still following them more data to make #17 and #18 stronger than they were otherwise.

Buu losing his cool would mean they beat him. He likes maintaining his aura of playful invincibility.

Hot tip! You can be immortal and reside in 20 separate boxes at the bottom of the ocean. 1 Replie(s)

The name is a romanization from Japanese, so spellings can take different forms in translation. The name was originally taken from the Cinderella song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", and many prefer that spelling.

"I like my playthings...EXTRA durable."

Noting that his tongue is actually drawn as coming out from between his teeth and lip.

Just wish to transport the guy into a star or black hole and leave him there to cook or rot in the gravity well. Dude's immortal, but the power levels of these characters seem a far cry from anything stellar-level.

Speaking as someone with a Mary Sue character, there's a cosmic gulf between treating empathy as "yeah, me too, but more" and offering the wisdom of how to persevere.

Considering Yamcha is an android, I wouldn't be surprised if he just tried to wifi download the record of events to everyone before realizing.
(Yes, I know he's not that type of android, shush, let me have this.)

Most of the saiyans are distinguished by their hair style and expression, otherwise all having the same facial structure. Straight hairline + soft expression = Adult Gohan.

They really need to start making their armor out of the same thing as their underwear. 1 Replie(s)

It's a little off-putting when a character is drawn in high definition while the stage they're standing on looks like it was sketched on a Denny's napkin.

No one ever thinks to counter-wish immortality. 1 Replie(s)

"Answer me so I can murder you proper with a clear conscience!"

Wants to rule the world, didn't do his homework on the extraterrestrial line living there.
Had a kid with his wife without ever knowing her kinks before killing her.

Shitty ruler, shitty husband. 1 Replie(s)

1990 Konami boss girl "WOOOOOW!" meme sound effect.

Blocking and escaping are practically opposites.

Reminds me of that episode of BLGT when Snowflake crushes Screw's head and comments "Good, he's UNCONSCIOUS."

Tien really shacked up, didn't he? Rather strange considering that he was a monk.
Oh, wait, right, Tambo's a different strip. 1 Replie(s)

They're demons; what friggin' mercy would there be? 1 Replie(s)

It's like 2005 Google Translate. I can't even tell who she's talking to. 1 Replie(s)

Yamcha casually hovering like a boss.

"I have been deconcentrated for a second, without wanting to find an excuse!"

HOLY MOTHER OF MOLY, THAT is a sentence of all time!

Universe has really gone downhill when its fate is being decided by "Dragon Ball"-level characters. 1 Replie(s)

Wow, wrong answer, Yamcha. That one was spoon-fed to you. XXI not threatening anyone is called "biding his time", not "wrestling with morality". 1 Replie(s)

Why would he use Katchin? Unless the anime translation was wrong back in the DBZ days, Katchin is hard, but light. Which...makes no sense why it broke the Z Sword, but the Laws of Motion were hardly adhered to when it came to getting to the point. 2 Replie(s)

I can't even with this dialogue XD

Kibitoshin is no more. At different points in the anime and manga of Super—but still in both—he used the dragon balls to defuse. 2 Replie(s)

Uh...Moro, Granolah, Gas...the HELL is Vegeta talking about?

No one's talking about how mom is completely herp-a-derp cross-eyed.

Why is "8 eyes 2 sockets" a representation of glee? 1 Replie(s)

"Ooh, peace, we must digest your brother and daughter at the same time!"
Uhh... Google Translate strikes again? 2 Replie(s)

This dialogue XD

Gotta keep the mixed theme going, Salagir. Full moon should've turned turned Goku into a giant raccoon dog! 2 Replie(s)

I don't remember where I saw it, but there was some idea that the spell to contain Buu worked primarily because the "egg" was composed of Buu's own body turned against him. Always thought that felt appropriate, and explained why it was both the same color and seemingly biotic in origin. 1 Replie(s)

I have the feeling the author was a fan of Buttlord GT and plans to keep it in mind.