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longwuzhere · 9 months

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Some cool Easter eggs I caught watching My Adventures with Superman that I want to show to people so they can be in on it with comic book readers

My episode 1 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 2 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 3 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 4 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 5 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 6 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My second half of Episode 7 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 8 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 9 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 10 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

(SPOILERS if you haven't seen the show yet):

We start things off with the title of the episode, "Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal" a fun nod to the lyrics of Ouran High School Host club's OP, Sakura Kiss by Chieko Kawabe. Very apt since Clark wanted to show the cherry blossoms to Lois on their date.

Next Jimmy razzing Clark for his extremely scheduled date plans for Lois and razzing Lois for her gift to Clark. Each of them reference what happened in previous episodes. With the first thing Clark and Lois I talked about it here and the second thing Clark mentioned I talked about it here.

After we cut back from Lois and Jimmy picking up Lois's dry cleaning, we meet the villain of the episode, Mr. Mxyztplk. In the comics, Mxy makes his first appearance in Superman #30 (1944) by Joe Shuster, Jerry Seigel, and Ira Yarbrough as you can see in the page above this text. Mxy is a 5th dimension imp who plays jokes and pranks on Superman and can only be rid of if Mxy says his name backwards. Yeah Mxy is a MAJORLY annoying thorn at Clarks side. MAwS Mxy, as you can tell has a DRASTIC overhaul in design kinda shares color and design choices with Whis from the Dragon Ball Super anime. Also in the show Mxy is a chaos god compared to the annoying imp in the comics.

Classic way to describe Clark Kent. That's a given in any Superman media.

Next we see Mxy mess with Clark by snapping him into his various Superman animation incarnations from the Max Fleischer cartoons, the Superfriends cartoons, and the cartoon that introduced Superman to me, Superman the Animated Series. Shout out to the MAwS team for remembering to give StAS Superman the darker trunks. People often forget that. Same with the red belt on the Fleisher Superman and the cape circling behind the neck of Superfriends Superman when usually the cape exposes the next a lot more too. Very good attention to detail.

With Lois and Jimmy they meet alternate versions of themselves. We meet two different Loises and one Louis Lane. There actually is a Louis Lane in the comics who has connections to Mxyzptlk.

In Superman #349 (1980) (W: Martin Pasko, P: Curt Swan, I: Frank Chiaramonte, C: Adrienne Roy, L: Ben Oda), Clark is forced into a genderbent world thanks to Mxyzptlk where he meets, as you can see on the page, gender flipped versions of his Daily Planet colleagues. Clark is eventually able to escape the world and defeat Mxy where he actually meet Louis Lane, Lois Lane's legit cousin. Bonus fun fact Osric Chau who voices Louis Lane, was the Atom/Ryan Choi on the CW DC shows

The League of Loises have a ship that's kinda similar to one of the ships designed by Rian Hughes and Grant Morrison on the Multiverse Map. I talked more about that map and the multiverse here

Lois Prime here shares similar designs to Fleischer Studios' Lois Lane. Very good homage to the look.

Next scene is EASTER EGGS GALORE and the section that took the longest for me to do. When Mxy and Clark break into the Science and Superhero Museum that Lois Prime created, we see a mace and an elaborately designed box of some sort. If you know your DC universe, these two things are a Thanagarian (alien hawk people) Nth Metal (strongest metal in the DC universe) Maces that is usually wielded by Hawkman and Hawkwoman/girl (as you can see both of them wielding their own respective maces on the comic covers here. The first one is from Justice League #15 (2019) done by Jim Cheung Tomey Moreu and the second cover is from Hawkman #1 (2018) done by Stjepan Šejić) and the box is a Mother Box from the New Gods. The Nth Metal mace makes its first debut in the Brave and the Bold #34 (1961) though it resembles more like flails and even then the Nth metal mace is a morningstar, but its alien technology maybe Thanagarians call these weapons maces where here we call it a morningstar.

Mother Boxes are basically supercomputers that the New Gods use. Created by Jack Kirby and debuted in the Forever People #1 (1971), Mother Boxes have a wide range of uses from energy and molecule manipulation, energy transferring, Boom Tube summoning to travel inter-dimensionally or inter-/intra- galactically, machine manipulation. The page from Who's Who-The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #16 (1986) explains what a Mother Box is in full detail.

The camera then shifts and we see a Green Lantern Power Battery, a T-Sphere, and a book on display. The farthest item is an obvious one, a Power Battery that Green Lantern uses to recharge the Power Ring. This version of the Power Battery and Green Lantern make their debut in Showcase 22 (1959). The final two panels from the comic (W: Jon Broome, P: Gil Kane, I: Joe Giella, L: Gaspar Saladino) shows Hal Jordan recharging the ring with the Power Battery.

T-Spheres are floating spheres used by Mr. Terrific aka Michael Holt. These spheres can form laser grids, act as sensor arrays, bombs, record video and audio, hack into computers, display holograms, and discharge electricity to shock things or people. They make their debut in JSA #11 (2000) as seen there in the middle two panels (W: Geoff Johns, David Goyer, P: Buzz, I: Michael Bair, C: John Kalisz, L: Ken Lopez).

The book is a little harder to pinpoint, but my guess is this is the Book of Souls/the Cosmic Log/The Book of Destiny. If Lois Prime is able to find all this stuff and is able to preserve it in a museum, I wouldn't be surprised if Destiny of the Endless gave her an inert copy of the book for the museum. The book makes its debut in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972) (Page art by Michael Kaluta). The book records everything that is, was, and will be. If you haven't read the comics, you might have seen it be used on the CW DC shows rewriting the histories of their characters.

Ok so at the moment I am near the end of my 30 images limit so I will be making another post to hopefully finish the rest, but in the meantime, now that you are down here, feel free to check out the other easter eggs and references posts -

My episode 1 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 2 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 3 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 4 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My episode 5 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 6 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My second half of Episode 7 easter egs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 8 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 9 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Episode 10 easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

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duhragonball · 9 months

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Dragon Ball Super Movie 2: Super Hero (2/5)

This line might just encapsulate the entire movie. "Yeah, sorry, folks. They made me the star of the movie this time, so it probably won't be as good. Why are you all cheering? Did Goku walk by or something?"

Last time, we set up the main villains of the story. Now, it's six months later, and we find Piccolo sparring with Pan near his house. Yeah, Piccolo has a house now. I remember when they revealed the house in an early promotion for the movie, and everyone was nuts about it. Piccolo has a house! What's inside? Look, he has a mailbox! What kind of mail does he get? What a time to be alive.

So Pan is three years old, according to this movie, so I think the idea here is that this is set just before the 25th Budokai and the finale of Dragon Ball Z. So Super Hero represents a turning point for the franchise. Up to now, every story told under the Dragon Ball Super brand has been set during the ten-year-gap between DBZ Episodes 288 and 289. But now we're at the end, which means the next movie, anime, or manga arc has to make a big decision:

A) Set the story after the 25th Budokai, and work around Goku's decision to train Uub at his home village.

B) Ignore the "End of Z" continuity altogether and just keep trucking along like it doesn't matter.

C) Just keep telling stories in the small time interval between Super Hero and the 25th Budokai and hope no one calls attention to it.

D) Jump back to the beginning of the ten-year-gap and tell stories out of chronological order.

I think A or B is the most likely option, since they wouldn't have jumped this far forward in time for Super Hero if they were worried about staying inside the ten-year-gap. I also suspect that they'll try to respect the "End of Z" lore, if only because they've mentioned Uub a few times in the DBS anime, and Uub actually had a cameo appearance in the manga.

But no matter what happens, Things Are Going To Be Very Different. In theory, Toei/Shueisha can do just about anything with the franchise now. They could kill Bulma, or give Majin Buu a whole new transformation. I guess they could try to steer the storyline towards the events depicted in Dragon Ball GT, but I'm pretty sure that ship sailed when they turned the Pilaf Gang into children. The point is that anything is on the table.

But back to the matter at hand. Pan's whole deal now is that she trains with Piccolo at his house every morning, then runs off to attend preschool until 1pm. Piccolo thinks she's showing great promise as a martial artist, even more than Gohan did when Piccolo first trained him, and Gohan was a year older back then. Pan thinks that qualifies her to learn how to shoot energy blasts like Goten and Trunks, but Piccolo says she has to master the fundamentals first, which means Pan has to learn how to fly, among other things.

This is Pan's character arc for the movie. She's not a major player in this story, but she still has an obstacle to overcome, and by the end of the movie, she succeeds. This is a big leap forward from the Pan we saw in GT, who remained static through the entire series. I guess she sort of learned a life lesson in the TV Special, but she was 110 in that story, so I think the implication is that GT Pan was a bossy twerp for a full century, which isn't exactly satisfying.

The weird thing is that we saw Pan fly all the time when she was a baby. In the DBS anime Baby Pan flew out into space, and she'd float around the house and such. I guess she forgot how to do it, or it got harder as she grew up and gained some weight.

Pan asks if it's true that her dad (Gohan) could be even stronger than her grandfather (Goku) if he tried. Piccolo says that used to be true but he isn't so sure anymore. Pan says she's never seen Gohan in action, and Piccolo explains that he hasn't had to fight, but if the need arises, Gohan will fight when necessary. Then he sends her off to preschool. A short time later, he gets a phone call from Pan's mom, Videl.

Okay, so let's unpack all of this. Piccolo has a cell phone, but he just leaves it in his house while he's training outside, because his Namekian hearing can pick up the ringtone from hundreds of yards away. Also, he holds it like a weirdo, dangling it from his fingers like he found it at a crime scene. Also, the case looks like a cartoon character. This is Penenko, an in-world fictional character that seems to be very popular. Its like a cross between a penguin and a cat, and it has a green tie like Yogi Bear, which I think is a classy touch.

As for Videl, she needs Piccolo to swing by the preschool this afternoon to pick up Pan. This is because Videl teaches a combat sports class, and they're having a tournament today, so she can't make it. As for Gohan, he's too busy working on a scientific presentation, and he hasn't come out of his study in days. Piccolo is annoyed with this, but he agrees to pick Pan up. Videl offers to buy him lunch, but he reminds her he doesn't eat food, so Videl considers buying him a Penenko plushie instead. Piccolo doesn't want one, though, because he already has a pile of them in his house. Presumably those plushies represent a whole bunch of past favors he's done for Gohan and Videl.

Okay, more importantly, let's talk about Videl. This is her only appearance in the movie, save for a still image in the closing credits where she comes home to find the house has been damaged. Still, this conversation tells us a lot about what Videl's been doing ever since she and Gohan got out of school. She's teaching a "combat sports class". This makes sense to me, as she must have given up the vigilante work around the time she was pregnant with Pan. But teaching students how to fight would be easier for her, since she could set her own schedule and arrange for the students to train independently when she's not available. It's the perfect career for the new mom with a talent for whippin' ass.

The thing is, Videl's not just any martial artist. She knows basic ki techniques, but besides that, she's the daughter of a world famous celebrity buttkicker, and she earned a reputation of her own as a crimefighter. So this can't just be any old "combat sports" class. I mean, they're participating in a tournament for goodness sakes.

So this is my Videl headcanon: She's teaching people to fight crime. And not just any crime, but the rocket-launcher-weilding maniacs she used to fight when she was in high school. Videl stepped away from that life to focus on her family, but she's still got one foot in that world. It started as a self-defense class for women, and then she decided she could show them more advanced techniques, until eventually she had a cool stable of badasses.

The tournament she's talking about isn't some fun little romp, although to her it would be, and it's barely beneath Piccolo's notice. But to everyone else, it's some kind of hardcore mixed-martial-arts event. Videl brings her students in and they're all wearing kick-ass uniforms to represent their school. What kind of uniforms? Here's a hint:

GTH. That's the name of Videl's dojo. The Go To Hell Combat Club, so-named because you have to go to hell to learn the combat style of Mr. Satan's daughter. Imagine going to some indy wrestling show and instead of wrestlers out comes a bunch of MMA guys all dressed like Pan from this movie. It probably looks cooler on grown adults, which is why Pan likes to wear it.

So what's Videl wearing when she leads her squad to the competition? Oh, we already know the answer to that question, because we saw her return home from the tournament.

I mean, it makes so much sense when you think about it. remember, we saw Videl wearing regular clothes when she called Piccolo. She must have changed into her Battle of Gods red-devil dress specifically for the tournament. She might have a different outfit for fighting, but this is what she wears when she's in the corner for her students. She's like a sexy ECW manager, which explains the red leather dress, black tights and white go-go boots. She's so over-the-top with this thing that it makes the Great Saiyawoman outfit look dull by comparison, because she's trying to get over this image of smash-mouth combat supremacy. It's the same reason Mr. Satan wears the cape.

This is a weird tangent, I know, but for so many years I've heard fans lament the way Videl was depicted in Dragon Ball Super, and they're absolutely right, but I'm a "yes and" kind of guy when it comes to this stuff. There's nothing wrong with having Videl be a housewife as long as it doesn't preclude some other, cooler lore from happening off-screen. And Super Hero seems to be holding out an olive branch to the fans. Yes, Videl has a life outside the home. She teaches martial arts, so she clearly hasn't given up fighting altogether. How and how much she fights is left to the viewers imagination, and I can imagine a lot.

Anyway, I need to commission some art of the GTH school looking cool. Videl's in the center of the group with a riding crop or something. Gohan's in the background with a snack tray. He made Chex Mix for the whole class because he's a sweetie.

Back to business, Piccolo decides to head for Gohan's house and confront him over this. He knows Gohan won't answer the door, so he just flies to the window of his study and scrapes the glass with his fingernail to get his attention. This fucking rules.

Gohan's working on a study of a newly discovered ant species that glows yellow when threatened, like a Super Saiyan. Piccolo isn't even a little impressed, but he agrees to pick Pan up from preschool anyway. He asks why Gohan never trains anymore, and Gohan gives the stock answer about how nothing bad will happen, and even if it does, Goku and Vegeta will surely deal with it. I mean, that is what happened in the last movie, but they cut it pretty close in Resurrection F. Piccolo uses his clothes-altering powers to make Gohan wear his old training outfit, but that's about all he does.

I don't really understand this constant back-and-forth about whether or not Gohan trains enough in DBS. Obviously, Gohan let himself go in Res F, and then Gohan asked Piccolo to train him again to get him back in fighting shape. Then they made it look like he'd slacked off again leading up to the Tournament of Power, except he did really, really well in that arc. And now it's like he's slacking off a third time.

I mean, there's time for that. We're talking about a five or six year period here. It just seems odd to me that no one mentions we've been through this cycle before. I think the disconnect is that Gohan trains, just not often enough to satisfy the likes of Piccolo or Vegeta. He'll stop training for months or years at a time, so that he can concentrate on his biology career, and then he whips himself into shape when he has the time. This movie pretty much confirms that pattern, but each time it comes up, the characters always act like we haven't been here before.

Gohan offers him another Penenko plushie as thanks for picking up Pan, and Piccolo insists that he never liked them. I think it is very likely that Gohan and Videl do this to him on purpose. I mean, Videl knew this tournament was coming up, and she could have made other arrangements, but this way Piccolo feels obligated to be involved with their family. If they just invited him over to things, he'd probably decline, but this way he feels like they need him and he can act all put-upon, but he still gets to spend more time with Pan and such. Also they might be trying to fix Piccolo up with Pan's teacher, but we'll get to that later.

So now Piccolo just has to get in as much training as he can until 1pm, right? Wrong, because as soon as he sits down to meditate, some new guy shows up and attacks him. He refuses to identify himself, but the Red Ribbon pack on his uniform pretty much gives it away. Plus, this guy has no ki signature, so he must be an android or cyborg like Gero's creations.

So they fight, and it doesn't go well for Piccolo. At one point he asks why he can see words appear whenever he gets his. I thought this was a cute fourth-wall-breaking joke, but in fact this new guy has a holographic projector that makes the comic book sound effects appear behind him.

The mysterious attacker only refers to himself as a super hero, and after he blows up the butte Piccolo is on, he flies back to his base, thinking Piccolo is vaporized. But Piccolo escaped unseen, and he decides to trail this guy and find out who he's working for.

This leads Piccolo to a secret base inside what I believe is a crater. It looks like the crater is full of lakewater, but it's actually a holographic illusion. Piccolo finds a goon in his size and swipes his uniform.

Inside, he finds the bad guy command center, where the new android reports to Magenta and Hedo. Piccolo learns that his name is Gamma, and there's actually two of them. Hedo already watched Gamma 2's attack on Piccolo via a remote feed from 2's eyes, and his only feedback is that 2 should have done a cool pose after killing Piccolo. Gamma 1 is more concerned that Piccolo might have survived because 2 was too sloppy to check for a body.

Sure enough, 1 reviews the footage and discovers evidence that Piccolo escaped. And since Magenta insisted that the Gamma's wear RR patches on their costumes, there's a real risk that Gamma 2 tipped their hand to the enemy. Gamma 2 isn't worried, though, because he still overpowered Piccolo, and the end goal is to defeat Dragon Team, so if this escalates the conflict, then so much the better.

And that pretty much sums up the Gammas' characters. They both play the superhero role they were designed to resemble, but 1 is more cautious and responsible, while 2 is more carefree and funloving. Earlier in the film, we see pictures of Hedo at some sort of autograph signing, and there's a character who looks almost exactly like the Gammas there, so I assume he designed his androids to look just like that character. Hedo doesn't seem too concerned with originality.

Carmine agrees with Gamma 1's concern. Their enemies have the combined power of Goku, Vegeta and Majin Buu, not to mention Mr. Satan. Apparently, the Red Ribbon Army still isn't clear on how powerful he is. If they find out about the Red Ribbon too soon, it could jeopardize everything, no matter how powerful the Gammas might be.

Hedo disagrees. Once he collects enough combat data from 1 and 2, he can simply upgrade them and create even more Gammas until they have enough power to tip the scales.

Apparently, Hedo doesn't think it would take very long to get more Gamma's manufactured, which is why they have these two booths already set up. This makes me wonder if Gamma 3 and 4 are already in there, just waiting for Hedo to activate them.

As for Magenta, all he wants to talk about is Hedo's other project-- Cell Max. This leads to a heated discussion over the value of the project.

Basically, Magenta considers Cell to be Gero's greatest creation, and while the RPC has Gero's notes on how to make Cell, they were too complex for anyone to reproduce the experiement. This isn't much of a surprise, since Gero never finished Cell the first time. When Gero learned that it would take decades to complete the work, he turned it over to his computer and moved on to working on his other plans. That computer never finished, because Krillin and Trunks destroyed it and the embryonic Cell back in DBZ Episode 145. However Magenta got the data on Cell, it must have been sent to him before then, but it would have only represented the earliest stages of the project. No wonder his own scientists couldn't get very far with it.

The only reason Magenta even considers it worth pursuing is because a completed Cell showed up to menace the world. Magenta thinks that Gero must have pulled it off somehow. What he doesn't know is that this Cell came from an alternate future where Gero's computer had time to complete the project. So Magenta knows what the finished Cell is capable of, but he doesn't have a complete recipe to make a new one.

But Dr. Hedo is even smarter than Gero, which is why Magneta hired him. The Gammas are fine machines and all, but what Magenta was really hoping for was that Hedo could take the notes on Cell and figure out how to build a new and improved model. And to his credit, Hedo was able to do that, but not completely. He created Cell Max's body and made him far more powerful than the original Cell, but he's still not done because his brain takes a long time to develop. I don't know if this is like a programming thing or Cell Max needs time for his brain matter to grow complex enough to support his mission.

At any rate, Magenta just wants to turn Cell Max loose right now, because he's so high on the prospect of unleashing such a powerful weapon. But Hedo warns him that they won't be able to control Cell Max the way he is now. If they activate him now, Cell Max might easily run wild and destroy the world, which defeats the purpose of using him in the first place.

Hedo's argument is that they don't even need Cell Max, so instead of wasting time on him, they should focus on the Gammas, who are more than powerful enough to carry out Magenta's plans. They can defeat Dragon Team, then the rest of the world will fall to the Red Ribbon Army, and then Magenta can reveal Cell Max to show off his power to the world. Magneta seems to buy into that idea, at least for now.

The thing is, we really don't know how long it would take for Hedo to finish Cell Max. It took Gero's computer decades to finish the original Cell, so maybe most of that time was spent developing his brain, and yet that Cell never did follow his programming completely. So maybe Cell Max would be uncontrollable too, no matter how much Hedo tinkered with him.

Then again, Hedo built the Gammas in just six months, so he's demonstrably smarter than Gero ever was. It's possible that he could finish Cell Max's brain in a matter of weeks and make him fully obedient. He just doesn't want to spend the time because it's busy work and Max doesn't look like a super hero, so he's not very motivated to complete the project. It kind of makes you wonder what Hedo could have accomplished if he'd given it his full attention.

Needless to say, all of this freaks Piccolo out, so he excuses himself and finds a quiet spot to make a phone call to Bulma. She tells him Vegeta has been away for three weeks now, training on Beerus' planet. And Goku went along with him, so they're both unavailable. Piccolo asks her if she can use that device Whis gave her to call him, and she says she'll see if she can reach them that way.

I just want to pause here to admire Bulma's yellow jumpsuit. This is definitely one of her hottest looks, perhaps because it's so workmanlike and unsexy. She just makes it look cool because she's Bulma. She just got done welding a quantum computer to a ham radio or something.

In the meantime, Piccolo leaves the RR base to go to Korin's Tower and get some senzu beans. He's still in the mindset that Goku and Vegeta will be the ones to take care of things, but he has to do as much as he can in the meantime to improve their chances.

As he flies through the holographic lake, we get a nice exterior shot of the base. So yeah, it does look like a couple of craters, although I'm not sure what the use was in disguising the inside when you can see all this stuff built up around the outside. I guess they have some sort of phony mining operation set up if anyone snoops around.

And that'll about do it for now. I've still got a couple of image spots for this post, so let's show off the photos on Gohan's desk. Pretty cool.

And here's a cool shot of Cell, since he came up in conversation.

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How Toriyama/Toyotaro salvaged "End of Z"

Let me start this post with a personal confession that may or may not be unpopular: I have very little interest in Dragon Ball DAIMA. I have slightly more than I used to after Akira Toriyama's death since I am naturally curious to see what the last Dragon Ball related material he ever produced is like, but otherwise it still looks like just a different take on Dragon Ball GT, my least favorite Dragon Ball series, except that more characters than just Goku turn young and it's the Demon Realm that's being explored instead of space. It also doesn't help that the head writer, Yuko Kakihara, makes me nervous - she's done fine work as an episodic script writer on anime such as Fresh Pretty Cure, My Bride is a Mermaid, and Pokémon Journeys, and she was fantastic as the head writer of IRODUKU: The World in Color. But in terms of shows closer to what Dragon Ball DAIMA seems like, she was head writer on that god-awful Stitch anime that Disney stupidly allowed to be made. Worse still, she was the writer of Digimon Adventure Tri. So you can understand why I have reservations.

Point is, I consider Dragon Ball DAIMA to be a sideshow, regardless of what its merits may end up being. For me personally, it's the manga/anime trilogy of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super that really counts the most. And as tragic as the circumstances behind the end of Toriyama's involvement on the latter are, I am highly impressed what he and his mangaka protégée Toyotaro were able to accomplish. With three major steps, they have substantially retconned the notoriously underwhelming ending of the original manga series and DBZ anime, known as "End of Z" among fans, in a way that makes a satisfying closure.

The first step was way back in Dragon Ball Online. Toriyama was involved back then in canonically mapping out the future of the Dragon Ball world, long after Goku, his friends and his family have passed away. And a major part of that was how Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Pan affected that world for the better in their adult lives. Gohan in particular has a masterful end to his long struggle between being a fighter and being a scholar by becoming a scholar on ki fighting techniques, publishing a study that makes it widely possible for humans around the world to master ki control and gain flight and energy blasts. It's a perfect outcome for him.

The second step was through Toriyama's involvement in the new movies and Super series. End of Z now cannot happen the way it was presented in the original manga and anime. There are way too many discrepancies, from character appearances, the lack of certain characters who it would make little sense not to be there, and details like "none of Goku's friends saw him for 5 years before then" which have now been completely contradicted. Obviously the 28th Budokai where Goku meets Uub and takes him under his wing for training is still canon, but that event is now free to transpire in a far more plausible and satisfactory way than the famously rushed, haphazard and OOC way in which it was depicted before.

The third and final step was the last collaboration between Toriyama and Toyotaro in the Super manga. The final three chapters they worked on together were an epilogue to the story of the Super Hero film, actually tying its plot together with the side plot featuring Goku and Vegeta on Beerus' planet. Perhaps responding to prevalent criticisms, the movie had already made a major point of showing how the world can still be successfully defended by the Z Fighters even without Goku and Vegeta being there. And in these three chapters, the point is carried even further by having Goku test what the new generation is capable of, a theme that's even reflected in the final chapter's title, "Passing On To The Future". This completely recontextualizes End of Z. Originally made as a laughable attempt to salvage the "Goku passing the torch" direction with Uub in place of Gohan after Toriyama botched it so badly with him, now it makes Uub only the latest in a large field of fighters that includes Gohan. Now it's Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Pan, even Broly of all people, who are being gathered as Earth's next line of defense once Goku and Vegeta finally expire. Uub will join that group. (Oh, and being Namekian, both Piccolo and Dende will still be around to assist, of course.)

So while the narrative of Dragon Ball may have peaked with the Cell Saga, now the Majin Buu Saga -> Battle of Gods Saga -> Resurrection F Saga -> Universe 6 Saga -> Future Trunks / Goku Black Saga -> Universe Survival Saga -> Broly Saga -> Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga -> Granolah the Survivor Saga -> Super Hero Saga -> End of Z together create a worthier follow-up than just the Majin Buu Saga -> End of Z was back in the day. Certainly not perfect, even when leaving the loose ends out of it (so Freeza's just gonna stay loose out there with a new ultimate form?), but feeling much closer to a fully realized ending.

Thank you, Toriyama. You made it up as you went along right to the very end, but as usual, your remarkable creative talent managed to make it all fit together. You are deeply missed.

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tobiasdrake · 24 days

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I realized I was getting older when I first heard about super Saiyan blue in Super, and instead of being stoked I thought, "Well that seems a little excessive."

And because of that I've hesitated to catch up on Super, or even rewatch DBZ because I don't want to spoil my memories by being underwhelmed by the constant power escalation. Do you think the later arcs hold up for a rewatch? Obviously it's subjective, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the franchise's infamous descent from fun adventures to episode long beam wars and new transformations

I might not be the right person to answer that because I don't think a lot of the episodes hold up in general. <.< I tend to favor the manga over the anime.

My main grievance with the anime is that it has too much extra fighting. I know that sounds weird but let me explain. The anime suffers not just from having to find space to fill out material or pad events but also from having to scrawl it into the margins between individual panels.

Dragon Ball is so tightly written and so heavily serialized that it doesn't leave a lot of room to inject filler episodes and go on wacky side adventures. The anime does do those things - which can be hit or miss, and I honestly don't think Toei has a good grasp on the characters or concepts at play here - but it just as often has to find twenty minutes of screentime to insert into a chapter that began with two characters fighting and ended with those same characters fighting harder.

So, in addition to the "Screaming and powering up for twenty minutes" kind of thing that turned Dragon Ball into such a popular joke in the anime community, we get extra fighting. But here's the problem with extra fighting.

The characters will suddenly deviate from the manga for 5-40 minutes of punch-throwing. But once it's done? They have to return to the fight from the manga. They have to still be in the same physical condition they'll be in for the next panel to be adapted. That means that, until the extra fighting ends and the manga adaptation picks back up, both characters are effectively locked in an invulnerable stasis.

This is where a lot of the bullshit came from. Characters throw their ultimate attack and the other wades out of the smoke unharmed because this is filler; He cannot take damage in filler. Or a character gets beaten within an inch of his life and then his HP bar miraculously refills and he gets right up and he's fine, because this is filler; He cannot take damage in filler. Nobody can take damage in filler.

And there is so much of it, so much of the characters suddenly turning on their Invincibility Shields for extended periods of time, that it completely destroys the pacing of a lot of the fights.

Also a lot of Playing the Hits because Toei tends to be overly referential to popular things from the manga when they take their turn in the driver's seat. Their fighting often foregoes innovating new cool things in favor of a lot of "Remember the Makankosappo?" and "Hey we haven't done Afterimages in a long time (because they don't make sense when everyone can sense ki but we'll just pretend no one can anymore)" and "Piccolo jumps in front of the blast to shield Gohan. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME!? DO YOU REMEMBER!?"

All of this stuff adds up and bothers me tremendously, which is why I really don't like the anime in general. But that's just me. Other people love it. I've heard Kai is pretty good for trimming a lot of the fat from the Z anime, but I can't say for myself.

#dragon ball #dragon ball z

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ok. ok. i have only seen DB/DBZ/DBS and have not reached GT yet (working on it ......) so mmy understanding of adult goten is from the perspective of somebody who has watched broly second coming on loop and replays the first episode of super like a healthy individual & has seen like 3 screencaps of gt goten. also that one goten side mission from Kakarot for the Play Station Five(5). anywayz. about the threeway you propose in your post. now assuming we live in a beautiful world where akira toriyama is introduced to the concept of polyamory and 1) thinks its banging and 2) accepts homosexuality into his heart of hearts (aka we are no longer operating by feasible canon standards) i do think it is PLAUSIBLE. ebcause. here is da thing. in PREMISE 7 you state Trunks is competition BUT (and again.......maybe GT would contradict this....all i know is my beautiful world where trunks pisses on broly) i think he only views trunks in competition for like...normie things. in Kakarot there's this exchange between the two of them, where Trunks (speaking for the both of them) says smth like, "we're not RIVALS that's LAME. We like competing but we're FRIENDS." (<- he then goes on to dunk on his father because "you're friends with goten's dad, right?? you're not RIVALS are you? that's TOTALLY uncool... you lamer.") and while i acknowledge this is New Canon (DBS-era where trunks's "13yr old on xbox live saying slurs" personality got nerfed a tiny bit) i think it says a lot about how they view competition/rivalry between them. It's like, all fun and games and a drive to be better but it's nothing they're losing sleep over unlike whatever da faq vegeta has going on with goku. this is all to say i don't think goten sees trunks as romantic competition. if anything he probably trusts trunks wouldnt like cheat on his girlfriend or whatever. now idk if goten would have hangups abt a 3-way being bizarre to him or smth but knowing how cra-zay and adventurous that little man is i assume it's something he would TRY at least, like, posing it as a joke like "haha could u imagine..." but its obvious he's like, trying to present it as a valid concept to trunks. the unspoken conclusion of "it could be kinda epic doe" is loud and clear 2 trunks. i think the better question is would palace be cool with this. would she do this. it's trunks briefs of capsule corp so like, if you were a worser person you could be like, hell yeah im fuckin that man if my bf gives me the green light i want tobe able to say that i know mr. trunks briefs biblically. but at the same time thats like, mean. i dont know much abt her but she seems like a sweet gal i think she wouldnt do something just for #bragging rights u kno....but u would know more on that methinks.

by the way you should watch the solar entertainment dub of broly 2 & 3 if you haven't they are life changing.

FASCINATING AND POWERFUL ARGUMENT.

I Didnt Fucking Know That TRunks Said That Shit & I Went and Found it on DA YOUTUBE!!! Timestamped video below but below that I will also attach screenshots of the whole scene but TBH I WATCHED THE WHOLE VIDEO AND IT'S PROFOUNDLY ADORABLE & PERFECT

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Trunks said that he wanted to be friendas eith Goten for FOREVER .. He didnt stop at merely commenting on the present, but he had the confidence to project his feelings into the future: He's friends with Goten, he wants to continue being friends with Goten, and he wants it to be for forever.

I mean piece and signerture done right there. Signed sealed & delivered. Closed case. I'm willing to accept this as a total refutation for Premise 7 and what i was getting at in that post in general. Trunks looks at Goten with genuine appreciation when he said that they were friends

Ohhhgm my god and this video is so adorable .. I've said this before but as much as i love madness I also LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE So Much how on dragon ball everyone is depicted as truly happy healthy open free and LOVING EACH OTHER. Trunks and Goten just wanted to spend time with their fathers whom they love so much. They both assumed that their fathers loved each other as much as goten and trunks themselves love each other. They thought that the world was just that beautiful and lively. Also Gotenks in this video is 101% perfect and he is exactly swag and epic as i hoped he would be and it's really remarkable stuff. Great video. Great footage. Great writing

It is true that this is, as you put it: "New Canon (DBS-era where trunks's '13yr old on xbox live saying slurs' personality got nerfed a tiny bit)." But I dont honestly trhink that that's THAT relevant becasue what we mostly saw of Goten & Trunks in DBZ was friendly fun anyway, just with a bit of teeth, and then in DBGT Trunks is totallllyyyy chilled tf OUT and we don't see any acidity from him ever I think. So the fact that he's not saying slurs in DBS is I think okay. (I am actually greatly intrigued by his personality in DBS becasue I believe that it offers a great transition into the eventual DBGT and becasue it offers A LOT of insight on his Nature and his Nurture. Now is not the time.)

OK back to the aspect of the post that is about the throuple with Palace. This here ask offers the perspective that if Trunks sort of entered the relationship, then Goten wouldn't take it as striaght up competeition, but instead it would be sort of like "Ok well you know what You're a good man. I trust you'll treat her well." And in fact perhaps Goten & Trunks AREN'T Sick to Bastard Death ofn each other by now and ARE in fcat FRIENDS FOREVER like Trunks wishes for in this Kakarot for the ps5 footage.

This ask also offers the third propositon that Goten & Trunks may consider the prospect of a threeway involving them and one nice woman to be "kinda epic." No comments on that one

Palace definitely is not a bragging-rights kind of person so her motivations would literally be becasue she loves love and she loves Goten and she loves that he has a best friend and that they love each other and maybe she thinks that trunks is cute becasue hes so polite around her. Or maybe she thinks he looks sad and she wants to do something about it. But she has also been shown to enjoy badboys against her better judgement. Just remembered that. Wonder if we could work that in somehow

I don't member what movies I've seen or haven't seen but I'll keep that in mind chief. It's a beauotufl world ...

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#dballz posting #dballz asks #goten & palace & trunkz

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datcloudboi · 1 year

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List of video games turning 20 years old in 2023:

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Alien Versus Predator: Extinction

Amplitude (an early rhythm game from Harmonix, the creators of Rock Band)

Ape Escape 2

Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (the Superman 64 for Aquaman)

Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits

Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge

Batman: Dark Tomorrow (the Superman 64 for Batman)

Beyond Good and Evil

Bloody Roar 4 (the last game in the series to release)

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand (a very unique action RPG from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima)

Brute Force

Call of Duty (the very first one)

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

Dark Cloud 2

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Devil May Cry 2

Dino Crisis 3 (C'mon, Capcom, do another one)

Disaster Report

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II

Drake of the 99 Dragons

Dynasty Warriors 4

Enter the Matrix

Eve Online

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (my personal favorite TRPG)

Final Fantasy X-2

Final Fantasy XI Online (in the States. Also the first MMO in the series)

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (the first Fire Emblem game to release in the States)

Freedom Fighters

Freelancer

F-Zero GX

The Getaway

Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Grabbed by the Ghoulies (the first game developed by Rare after being acquired by Xbox)

.hack//Infection

.hack//Mutation

.hack//Outbreak (yep, three .hack games were released in a single year)

Homeworld 2

Ikaruga (the most video game-ass video game that ever video game'd)

Jak II

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Kirby: Air Ride

Legacy of Kain: Defiance (the last game in the series to release)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Lost Kingdoms II

Manhunt

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario Party 5

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Mega Man & Bass (was originally a Sega Saturn exclusive that only released in Japan. It released over in the States on the GBA.)

Mega Man Battle Network 3

Mega Man X7

Mega Man Zero 2

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System

Midnight Club II

Need for Speed: Underground

Otogi: Myth of Demons (an early SoulsBorne-like game from From Software)

Panzer Dragoon Orta

P.N.03

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire (in the States)

Postal 2

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Rise of Nations

Robocop (the Superman 64 for Robocop)

Silent Hill 3

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Sonic Advance 2

SoulCalibur II (the console versions)

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

Star Wars: Galaxies

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the GBA)

Tak and the Power of Juju

1080° Avalanche

Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Tony Hawk’s Underground

Toontown Online

True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision's attempt at a GTA clone)

Unlimited SaGa

Unreal II: The Awakening

Viewtiful Joe

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (the last Warcraft game before WoW)

Wario World

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega MicroGame$!

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (The Will to Power)

XIII

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner

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9 and 10?

9. worst part of canon

Ok so Guilty Gear spent 23 years building up the fact that Sol got turned into a Gear against his will and that every day for the last ~150 years of his life have been a living hell because of the Flame of Corruption nagging him to destroy everything and to give up what remains of his humanity, and then in Strive in a scene that took like 5 minutes they were just like "btw Asuka could've taken the FoC out whenever and the process is actually super easy" and then they just haven't gone back to that since lol Can you imagine if Dragon Ball Z was like "Goku can't go super saiyan anymore" in an episode detail that was barely more than a footnote in the greater lore?? Strive did that with Sol

Also Dizzy. She's just been Ky's Wife™️ since Overture. Free her!!!!!!!!!!!!! ASW you have the budget to animate her now DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. worst part of fanon

uuuuuuuuuuuh This one is so hard.... Hm....... Not enough Goldlewis posting. Man's left out in the cold

#ask memes

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hi-there-buddies · 3 months

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I don’t understand people who say “Vegeta should’ve gotten ssj2 after Cell killed Trunks”

Like legitimately

Do you know how fucking lame that would’ve made ssj2 look? We have years and years of hindsight to see just how cool and how much of an upgrade ssj2 was, but that’s ONLY because Gohan was the only one to unlock it in the Cell saga. If Vegeta got ssj2 like, 5 episodes after Gohan, it would’ve thrown literally ALL of Gohan’s development and Goku’s foreshadowing in the trash. Ssj2 is supposed to be unique to Gohan, in the same way ssj was unique to Goku. Sure, other people achieved it in later arcs, but the arc that had the first transformation and the person involved in said transformation will always be the one associated with the form.

To have two characters achieve the same fabled form in the same arc would be wildly anticlimactic. It’s like saying Gohan should’ve gone SSJ on Namek after Piccolo got shot and after Krillin died. Like ya, that could’ve been something that happened, and it makes sense since Piccolo and Krillin protected and helped raise him, but that would literally destroy all the buildup Toriyama had for SSJ.

And then there are the people that say Vegeta “deserved” ssj2

NO HE DID NOT.

He was an asshole who nearly got everyone killed for his own pride up until the cell games😭. He doesn’t just randomly deserve to get a power up because he decided to finally care about his son as he dies. Now, did he deserve to do some damage to Cell? Absolutely, especially because he acknowledged the fact that he had been ignoring Trunks until he died, and apologized to Gohan for getting his arm hurt. And that’s why his final blow to Cell giving Gohan an opening to kill him is a perfectly fine conclusion. But Vegeta did not deserve to get ssj2. This isn’t buu saga or super Vegeta we’re talking about. He was a complete and utter jerk until Goku and Trunks died.

(I also saw ppl get mad at Krillin for yelling at Vegeta for attacking cell. Which is odd because that’s a huge trope subversion for dragon ball. Usually the characters cheer another character on after a rage boost and expect them to win. But Krillin knew exactly how strong Cell was and he knew whatever Vegeta tried to do would only make it worse for everyone else. WHICH IT DID BTW. IT WAS VEGETA’S FAULT GOHAN’S ARM GOT FUCKED)

Ok rant over bye

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shinigami-striker · 2 months

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Here Are 5 Things For Today | Friday, 04.05.24

Here are 5 things that are happening for today:

The original Japanese broadcast of Metal Fight Beyblade (Beyblade: Metal Fusion outside Japan) premiered exactly on this day 15 years ago

Dragon Ball Kai (Dragon Ball Z Kai outside Japan) premiered on Fuji TV 15 years ago in Japan

The Super Mario Bros. Movie premiered on this day exactly a year ago in North America

Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop is available now worldwide for Apple Arcade subscribers

I watched EVERY episode of Generator Rex (including that crossover special, "Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United")

And that's pretty much it. Enjoy the rest of your Friday, everybody!

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ellzilla · 3 months

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Finally finished watched Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Good god this is the most mixed feelings I've felt after watching something. Spoiler warning ig if you care about the almost 10 hour long show that has 5 minutes of total godzilla but If you don't want spoilers, I rate the 60's segments an 8/10 and the 2015 plot a 3/10 I really REALLY wish the whole show was about the trio in the 60s, that or they were the main focus and not the 2015 group. Cate was good at first bc I liked the angle of "G-Day PTSD and survivor's guilt" because it was cool! And then I found the plot of the Dual Families super interesting but then. It felt like nothing happened. And also she went from enjoyable to annoying because she started acting like a teenager and not the almost 30's she's supposed to be Kentaro was just kinda there but yknow what, I relate to being a tired sad artist who's dragged into family tragedy so whatever. His mom was also super sweet and I felt so, so, SO bad for her. May uh. Yeah she's there. I guess. It feels like she's just there to be [maybe?] Cate's slow burn love interest and is there so someone can betray the mcs. In the last few episodes it feels like she's only there for Apex to be connected to the show in some way and it's like? Okay? I guess this is happening. Pretty cool that she's Bi tho. Bill, Kei and Shaw on the other hand? Oh my GOD I LOVE THEM. I love Bill and Kei's relationship so much. I love how sweet Shaw and Kei were and made me actually care about a LOVE SUBPLOT!!! Which I always find boring or forced!! But they were sweet!! I love how the writers were a little too accurate with how the uh.. social climate? was back in the 60's. I think it was also smart to have Kei's kid be neither Bill or Shaw's, but instead her husband who died in the bombings, although I do NOT like the man he grew into. Really wish they didn't 'sacrifice' Shaw in the way they did because it was really stupid imo. Like bro, how aren't you being dragged towards the portal? The GIANT METAL BALL was, how are you not? I would have preferred he simply sacrificed himself while trying to plug the machines again. The way I would of written it is that prior to getting out the Orb, he and Kei have their sweet n' sad final moment together while in the safety of the metal coffin. He jumps out and has his struggle with the cables, only to be eaten by the Ion Dragon the very moment he succeeds. The machines get tossed around by Ion flying with the cables in his mouth, only for Godzilla to legitimately save the day and knock Ion tf out the way he does regularly and The Gang gets thrown into the portal that way. Also I'd make the fight scene last longer than like. 1 minute. It was over before I realized it and I was so bwomp :( Also I liked the ice dog thing earlier in the show. uh yeah that's it from me.

#monarch: legacy of monsters #ramble #yeah

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menofcolorswitchbodiestoo · 2 years

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Episode:

-Shanghai Swap Meat - Part 2

Read Shanghai Swap Meat- Part 1 here: https://menofcolorswitchbodiestoo.tumblr.com/post/643859326213259264/episode-shanghai-swap-meat-part-1-whats

- Samual Kang’s penthouse in the Gubei area Shanghai -

*PHONE RINGS*

‘’Uhm, Come on cousin just a few more minutes. I… I just had the weirdest dream ever. That green stuff… ugh you gave me was strong or was that also a part of the dream. I…I just need a little bit more sleep’’…

...'' I’m, uh, I think I’m in the wrong body, your body’’...

''Wait what the hell are you talking about, cousin? Ugh, my head... I feel... I feel like having the worst hangover ever. What happened? Did I pass out? Damn this sucks.''

Waking up, I immediately notice something's wrong. I haven't even opened my eyes, but I can feel it. I feel so weird so .... heavy. I opened my eyes, and blink several times. There were hands on my chest, petite, delicate hands. There was a girl asleep in bed next to you. She was like 25 years or so and HOT, like ''supermodel-hot''. As nice as the scene is, I'm still very confused when I went to sleep, the girl certainly wasn't there. You've never even seen her in your life. Wait how did I even end up in bed I... I sleep on my cousin's couch. I'm slowly coming to my senses and I push myself up

''Man why do I feel so bulky?! Wait what happened to my voice?'' I said in a low baritone voice.

I realize that this isn't my room either. And looking down... this certainly isn't my body! I'm in Samual Kang's body! Now I remember, the meat, the green juice, the toilets, we fought for control over his muscular body. Did I win? I guess? I've taken complete control of his body. I put a hand on my enormous bicep.

''Woah this awesome!''

''Wait are you still in here Kang? Somewhere deep inside?'' It remained silent, only my own thoughts going through this head. Guess I'm the only inhabitant of this body, sweet!

I looked down at my gigantic body and spread my thick legs. Giving me a good view of my heavy balls scratching the surface of my pants. slowly take off these pants. As a black jockstrap emerges and I then let it slide off my muscular butt. I began massaging my nipple, while with the other hand I slowly stroke Samual Kang's flaccid cock, bringing it to attention. It did so quickly, waking up like a mighty dragon, lifting its head, and stretching out. I took this dragon in both hands, one hand working the base, the other just below the head. Pre-cum was dribbling out the top of my cock now.

''This thing is super sensitive.'' I was still getting used to it. I made my pecs bounce BOOM BOOM. ''‘‘OH YEAH! BRING IT! HOLY CRAP!’‘

''Need any help with that Sam?'' Seemed like I had woken up Samuel's wife with my loud enthusiasm about this little switcheroo.

''God, you are just such a stunning-looking man'', She said.

''I know right.'' I gripped with my strong hands my juicy pecs. Feeling the soft muscles between my fingers.

''So do you accept my offer?'' She asked as she came closer, laying against me.

...

- 5 minutes later -

''Did you like that?'' I said to my wife as we cuddled in bed.''

''Oh my God Sam I don't know what's gotten into you, but you went for it.I am exhausted. It was really good and as a thank you, I will make us a nice breakfast'' My lovely new wife got out of our sex sweaty bed and left the bedroom.

''Oh man, I can get used to this: Divine body, beautiful house, happy wife, happy life.'' I look once again at the body I now possess. ''Damn cousin, you outdid yourself this time''. I pick up my clothes from the floor and struggle to squeeze into them. My T-shirt immediately clings to my massive chest muscles and broad back and it takes time to get it done.

''Seems that being so big also has its drawbacks.''

Allen walked over to the large mirror hanging in the hall of ‘‘his penthouse’‘ so he could examine his reflection. Allen loved himself in the mirror. I was never a bodybuilder, but those years Kang spent in the gym really paid off and it showed, and now it was all mine to enjoy. And enjoying it I did. I couldn't help but feel up my meatier form and appreciate your better looks. For some reason it turned me on seeing myself as Kang and enjoying it.

‘’You looking at me? There ain't nobody else here, you must be lookin' at me. You want a piece of this?’’ Allen grabbed his crotch. ‘’I bet you would I would even like to suck myself’’... wait maybe I could! Dude that would be next level selflove!

Allen made some spins to look at his new buff body from all angles. ‘’You're a damn good looking man Kang... damn good looking man.’’

I can walk the walk now it’s time to talk the talk. ‘’Hey I’m’’... ‘’no that’s not it.’’... ‘’Hello my name is Samual Kang’’. Allen tried to lower his voice, ‘’Kang, Kang, Kang’’ Oh yeah that’s it I’m strong, I’m powerfull, I’m fucking Samual Kang!

Hearing himself using his new masculine voice made Allen’s cock or Kang’s large cock hard again.

‘‘Looks like somebody is ready for round 4. Now let’s release the beast again!’‘

*PHONE RINGS*

‘’Fuck who can that be?! Fucking cockblocker?!’’

Allen walked to the ringing smartphone and unlocked it with his new fingerprint.

‘‘Hello you spreak with Al...Samual Kang. Who is calling’’.

‘‘Fuck that’s really my voice you are in my body. You speak with Samual Kang... the real one. I’m in your body’’... ’‘

''Finally, you took up the phone! I'm trying to contact you for hours. Listen, kid, Allen is your name right? Your cousin told me. I don't know how this happened the only thing I can remember is that I was taking a piss when you stormed through the door and somehow merged into me! After that, it went all black and the next thing I know I'm inside your body with my or your face in a urinal. I know it sounds crazy but we both can see it ourselves that it's reality. Listen you've to come back to the shop so we can think of a way to get back into our bodies.'' ...

''Yeah about that ... I am NOT giving this body back.''

''What do you mean you don't want to get back to your body?! That's my body your walking around with, it's not some fucking toy! You have no idea how to run my business and life!''

''Forget it there's just so much I can do with this body. I will manage it, can't be that hard, I'm Samual Kang remember.''

''No, you're not I am Samual Kang you're just some kid playing dress-up. Now get here and find a way to reverse this!''

''Noway man, have you seen my life? Have you seen how much it sucks? I mean, I sleep on my cousin's couch in the back of his butchery, the story tells itself. I'm glad I choose you to swap bodies with. You're perfect well this body and life are, why would I give that up? I'm not an idiot hahaha! And for your interest and my pleasure, I already toyed a little bit with your body. I have to say you're a real tiger between the sheets. At least with me in the driver's seat or maybe it's muscle memory. Never mind the lady was very satisfied.''

''YOU DID WHAT?! I SWEAR IF YOU PUT ONE FINGER ON MY GIRLFRIEND LISA...''

''Ah yeah, Lisa that was her name. Don't worry it were your fingers and your hands that touched her...''

''You... body thief!''

''Your lips that kissed hers. Your tongue that ate out that whole clean-shaven pussy of hers. Your cock... I used to puss into her begging me to go harder and harder, harder.''

''YOU'RE A DEAD MAN YOU HEAR ME A DEAD MAN! I'm coming to the penthouse right now!''

''And then what are you going to do? Don't forget who I am, I am Samual Kang a strong successful businessman, and don't forget who you are. You are just weak little Allen a nobody in this world. If you dare to come to ''my door'' I will just grab you by your throat. Using these strong arms. Don't forget I can lift you up, little man. And then I will just dumb you with the other trash!''

...

''I’m the muscle dude around here now! Mmm... I love this body! Man, I’ve never felt better in my whole life. I love to make my pecs bounce BOOM BOOM.

I know you're still listening ''Allen'' I have taken my shirt off exposing my beefed-up torso, Loving your image in the mirror. I'm feeling my nipples and they are a little hard. God this body makes me horny! I know it makes you too hahaha. I feel myself with my big hands, I'm squeezing your meaty pecs. I'm pulling out of these jeans wait a sec...

''Allen you perverted little...!''

''Oh man, I'm looking good in these boxers. But maybe something kinkier would do these thick bums more justice hahaha! Oh man so juicy''

''Sam where are you, who are you talking to? I made something for us to eat big guy'' Said Lisa from the living room.''

''Well seems I have more important things to do ... bye ''Allen''.''

''Wait...''

*Ending the phone call*

''Who were you talking to?''

''Oh nothing important something about work''

''Well Sam you should have your priorities sharp'' Lisa said while seductively feeling up Allen's pecs with her finger.

''You're my number one priority babe.''

''That's so sweet Sam''. Lisa's phone began to ring, she answered it while continuing the inspection of her boyfriend's tits.

''Hello?''

''Lisa?''

''Who's this?''

''It's me bǎobèi (*babe), Sam. I know this sounds crazy but you gotta listen to me. The man in our house is not me. I’m in the wrong body, he somehow switched our...''

''What's going on?''

''I don't know some weirdo claiming to be you.''

''Seriously? Funny that he says to be Samual Kang while I'm standing right here don't ya think? Don't worry babe I will handle it.''

''Who is this?''

''Allen, you son of a bitch! Switch us back! I want my body back, I want my wife back, I want my whole life back!''

''You need to stop calling this number, or I'm gonna contact the police.''

''Allen! You son of a bitch! Lisa don't listen to him! Don't list...''

''Don't try calling this house again. I will change the number.''

*Ending the phone call*

''What a loon. Don't worry babe. I'll have the number changed. It's all good.'' Said Allen as he hugged his wife with is large arms squeezing her head softly between his big tits. Damn these big boys feel gooooood!

- Meanwhile at the butchery downtown Shanghai -

''THAT FUCKING RUNT JUST HANGED UP! AGAIN!! Who the hell does he think he is?!''

''Well, Allen is now Samual Kang'', cousin Kang you should realize that most of both of us right?'' Said cousin with a slightly sarcastic tone.

''I'm not your fucking cousin, butcher!'' Samual Kang yelled as he slammed the phone. ''Damn I think I pulled my muscle, didn't know this body had even muscles to be pulled. Pathetic body! I really need a drink.''

''Tell me butcher... how does somebody end up being such a loser? Being a frustrated virgin, working for little money in some nasty butcher shop of his cousin in downtown Shanghai? No offense. Sleeping on his cousin's fucking couch! Why did your huge loser of a cousin have to steal my body? Couldn't he have stolen somebody else's? That kid is walking around in my body like a meat suit. Acting like he owns the damn thing. He is going to ruin everything I worked so hard for. My business, my money, my life, my wife, my reputation, and my body! ...I’m ruined.''

''I always said Allen was a late bloomer'', said cousin while still cutting his meat.

Kang looked at his reflection in the display cabinet in the shop. Still weirded out to see Allen's face. His face was slightly mature, but a bit feminine. Lack of a strong jawline or any sign of any stubble, Kang touched his face. ''So soft almost like a girl''. ''You fucking witch crafting son of a bitch'', Kang said to himself quietly. I get why you hijacked my body. He looked lower at the rest of his body.

I'm so tiny, instead of towering above everyone else like he used to be he was now below average. Even women would now be taller and probably stronger than him.

''Look at these arms and legs. So scrawny couldn't you at least have taken some care of yourself kid? With this messy hair'' Quess you never really had much luck with the ladies, being considered too skinny, gawky, and awkward to be their partner. They want a real man, not a wallflower.

''This kid's life sucks ass''.

Even his bad habits rub off on me I'm eating cheap Pineapple in a can. I hope he doesn’t turn my body into a dumpster like this body.

''You could get your life back you know''.

''What did you say butcher?!''

''That you could get your life back. Now move aside cousin still needs to clean the floors, I'm closing soon.

''You know how we can switch back?! But how? Never mind tell me how, right now!''

Cousin walks to the counter and takes a plastic bottle filled with red juice from under the counter and gives it to Samual Kang.

‘’Drink this cousin!’’

''Last time I'm not your fucking cousin, butcher! I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude this whole situation just got the hang of me hahaha.'' Kang opened the bottle. ''Ughhh gross, what is this?! How long did you keep this? It smells like a rotten corpse!''

‘’Just drink it, cousin Kang''.

Kang looked at the label on the bottle and read: ''附身'' (''Possession juice'')? What does this do?''

''This is ''Possession juice'' it allows the one who drinks it to enter another person's body and take over.''

So is this what you gave Allen to take my body?! You're the fucking reason I'm in this fucking mess?! Kang became furious inside his little weakling body. As he grabbed cousin. ''I swear if I had my own body right now I would break you into pieces!''

''Oh, no cousin didn't give Allen ''Possession juice'' I gave Allen ''交换体'' (''Body transference juice'') big difference. The Body transference juice lets two living beings transfer their souls into each other's bodies. The Possession juice lets you possess another body.''

''So that means when I drink this and repossess my body that runt will be in my head for the rest of my life?! Sharing my body? You've to be kidding me!''

''It works a little bit different the Possession juice lets you possess only one body not more, merging your body and soul into another destroying the original soul in the process. Choose the wrong body and you will be stuck permanently''

''Do you really want me to destroy your cousin's soul?! Why didn't give him this potion it would have made this all less messy?''

''No, but I gave Allen a chance of living a good life, but he has to protect and maintain it himself to keep it. This is just a test of life, he will either win or lose (the body and life). Oh, and why I gave Allen the green bottle instead of the red one? I wanted to give him the red bottle but I'm colorblind so I mixed them up I make mistakes too you know'', said, cousin.

''Thank you! I have to go to my house to make things right''. Samual Kang opened the red bottle again and knocked back the disgusting red juice all at once down his throat. ''Ugh gross! I feel strange... like so dull. The world slows down. I’m part of it but also apart from it.''

‘‘That means the potion is taking effect’‘.

‘’I’ve to go!’’ Samual Kang ran out of the shop into the crowded streets of Shanghai at night.

‘‘Don’t bump into anyone on your way home you don’t want to be!’‘ Cousin yelled from the corner.

‘‘OUT OF MY WAY! OUT OF MY WAY!!!’‘

Damn this body is already tired?! Come on noodle legs I need to get to my penthouse.

‘‘COME ON! GET OUT OF MY WAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!’‘

...

-Later in Kang’s penthouse in the Gubei area Shanghai-

*Knock Knock*

''Babe! I think the food is here!''

Heavy steps can be heard walking to the door. As Allen open's it

''Huh, what are you doing h...''

''Suprise asshole.''

Kang jumped onto Allen as he locked his arms en legs around Allen's big strong body. ‘’Woah never knew I was so big!’’

''What the hell are you doing get the hell of me, you lowlife! This is my body now! And I’m not into ‘’Niang paos*’’ (*Chinese term for effeminate men) I told you what would happen if you would show your face here, time to show you your place!''

''Oh I already know my place ... it's inside '', said Kang devilishly.

Allen’s old body was rapidly swallowed up by his beefcake body. Kang´s legs and feet had already slipped into Allen´s thick thighs.

What Kang wasn’t aware of was that the almost empty bottle with the Possession juice had fallen out of his jacket on the floor during the jump.

''WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING FUCK!''

Dammit! Kang had found a way to merge himself with me. I can't give this body up! Damn, I should have taken care of Kang. How could I have been so stupid? But how did Kang manage to pull this off? Then I saw the bottle that had fallen out of Kang's jacket still containing a little bit of red liquid on the floor. The bottle was identical to the one containing the green liquid. Could it have been cousin? Why am I not surprised.

''附身'' (''Possession juice'') huh? So you want to possess me? How original.’‘

Allen felt a strange sensation through his muscular frame as Kang absorbed into him. Fighting against Kang in a vain attempt to get away. I could feel losing control of this body. I could feel this flesh growing……heavy. It felt like I was stuck inside a massive hunk of dead flesh.

''I can't move!''

''That's right just stay still this will be over in a sec.''

Kang was still visibly moving inside his original taller body, his lankier frame, still squeezing himself into the larger proportions of the torso. Kang’s hands and arms had disappeared into Allen´s large arms.

''UUUUGGHH let go of me you parasite!'''Allen muttered against Kang as he felt immobilized in his own beefcake body.

''Says the one who is living of my bank account and body! But don't worry, I'm almost there Allen it's only a little bit tight in here''.

Kang pushed himself further. Finally, Kang’s dick touched his former cock. Merging his small penis all the way into Allen’s massive cock, growing larger and fatter in the process. Their fused cock became erect. ''Oh yeah, that's the feeling''. Kang took control of the hands, opening their pants Their cock sprung out, and released their first shared load was blown right after that, long, sticky strings of white cum.

Kang was by this point almost fully absorbed into the large body which left Allen only in control of his head.

With his back sticking out between Allen’s pecs. Allen looked down to where Kang’ peeked up at him. Kang gave Allen a devilish smirk then took control of the pecs to bounce himself into his old head, submerging ''Allen's head'' into ''Kang's handsome manly face'' till nothing was left.

Kang's body began shaking uncontrollably and then it just stood still. Hanging down as if somebody had just turned the brain. Their eyes opened staring at his own hands.

''Oh yeah, it's good to be back! You thought you could replace me, kid? You’re wrong. Haha, there is only one Samual Kang in this world. I always win.''.

Kang took his shirt off and began flexing his lost muscles in the mirror.

‘’Oh man I missed you boys so much did you miss daddy too? I hope that lowlife has taken good care of you?’’ Kang pulled his arm up and began sniffing his armpit.

''Uggghhh I guess he didn't take care of my pits damn they stink damn! So sweaty.''

''Uuuugggh sorry Kang but I don't do roommates''

''What?! Impossible you should be gone! What are you still doing in here uuughghh!''

''Haha, you fought you could exorcist me! No way I'm not gonna lose so easily''. Said Allen as he struggled to take control of Kang's body again. He pushed his remaining essence into the legs.

''Come on big guy let's take a walk.''

''Stop that, you twerp! Those are my legs! Get lost already!''

Kang's body stumbled to the door where the almost empty red bottle was still lying in front. ''Ah, there it is are you also thirsty Kang? Now get down!''

''What kind of messed-up plan do you have now Allen uughhh!'' Kang was still struggling to get full control of his legs back.

I said to get down! Kang's body fell to the ground as Allen fastly took control of Kang's right arm. ''Hope this works''. Allen drank the last bit of the red liquid. ''UUUGGHHH this is even worse than the last time''

Come on work I could already feel my essence shrink every second that passed. Kang had taken back control over his legs and almost the whole body. ''Well, what did you think that would help you little bitch!'' Said Kang.

Then a small smirk on Kang's face appeared. ''Why am I smirking you're doing this aren't you?! What's so funny?!'' Said an annoyed Kang as he tried to remove the smirk from his face.

''THIS!'' Allen yelled as he took with his last bit of power again full control over Kang's strong arms and pushed them into his as they disappeared into the flesh.

''WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!''

''Just using your little trick against you Kang now where are you hiding in here. Aaaahhh there you are now time to come out little Kang!'' Allen pulled with all his strength till his old body with Kang in it finally came out of his chest. ‘’Told you I’m the muscle dude around here now!''

''No this can't be happening!'''Kang cried as he was held up above the ground by Allen now again fully controlling his bodybuilder body.

''Sam who is that? What's happening?'' Sam's girlfriend Lisa had come to see what all the noise was about.

...

''Hey, I have an idea. Didn't you say that the possession juice was a one-way ticket with no returns?'' Allen said with a smile as he moved his eyes from Kang in his body to Lisa.

No, you can't you bastard Lisa run!!!!!

''No you won't!'' Allen slammed Kang into Lisa as he sank into her body.

''What happening with me?'' Lisa cried while lying on the floor. ''I'm so sorry babe I need to get out.'' Kang tried desperately to separate himself from Lisa's back.

''No, you won't Kang this time I make sure you won't surprise me again by keeping an eye on you.''

Allen dropped his pants as he began to stroke his cock. He pushed Kang/Lisa against the floor. As he lay with his whole massive heavy body on top of them and pushed his cock into their ass. ''Oh yeah oh yeah'', Allen moaned as he felt Lisa's body squirming under his sweaty muscles. Kang was already fully absorbed into Lisa's body as they were fighting for the survival of their souls. ''No, I don't want to do this Allen!'' Kang begged from below him. But Allen put his large hand on her mouth. ''Don't worry babe it's almost over'', I said as I licked their ear and finally cummed inside their hole at the moment the possession became full circle.

I pulled myself from Lisa's sweaty body as I lay on my back on the floor.

''Oh man, that was out of this world!''

‘’Lisa’’ began to wake up. Oh god what happended? Looking down over his new body, Kang screamed in a feminine voice. He had now boobs, pale white skin, painted fingernails, and a very obvious vagina. He was a woman he was now trapped inside the body of his girlfriend Lisa!

‘’Kang is that really you in there?’’

‘’Allen why the hell did you do this to me?!’’

‘’Oh come on it’s not so bad you’re fucking hot you know. And besides I know how much you love this strong body, as much as I do. So this way we can both get what we want.’’

‘’You’re a sick twisted man Allen... but I have to admit that looking at my body from the outside really makes me horny. Look at those strong arms, big pecs and handsome face. You're a damn good looking man Allen... damn good looking man.’’

‘’Yes we are Kang yes we are,’’ Allen responded.

‘’Now let’s make this self-obsessed relationship official’’

‘’Fine by me.’’

...

Four months passed and Kang/Lisa and I were quite settled into our new life together. After Kang's failed attempt to possess me, it left me with some beneficial aftereffects. I now didn't only have Kang's amazing body but also his memories, behaviors, knowledge, and skills making living his life and running his company easier than ever before.

Kang on the other hand was still getting used to his new body and life as a woman. But being the gorgeous wife and business partner of the Samual Kang gave her more chances than she ever had with flexing her muscles, that was now my job. In bed we're amazing too Kang just knows what my body desires and provides for its needs. Kang still wants to dominate me from time to time but I firmly remember him I'm the man in this relationship and decide what happens. This little power struggle really turns me on! Who would have thought that Allen and Kang were becoming the next big power couple in Shanghai and the whole Chinese mainland!

Last four months were crazy with work, sex, training, interviews, meetings with investors, and more sex. Right now we are walking to cousin's butchery to thank him without him none of this would have happened.

When we arrived the whole butchery was empty, cleaned, and sealed off with police tape.

''What happened here?'' I said to Kang/Lisa.

Then a detective from the Shanghai police unit came to us. ‘’Do you know the owner of this butchery?’’

‘’Uhm yeah, he is my cous... I mean I always bought my meat here but I haven't been here in a while. ''What happened here detective?''

''A few days ago there was here a police raid because we suspected the owner of this shop of illegal drug production and possession of illegal liquids. We didn't find any proof of the drugs but we did find larges amounts of cash hidden in the walls, millions of Renminbi. But from the owner, the shop which they call ''cousin'' misses every trail. If you have any information about his location please contact us. Somebody with your status and network Mr. and Ms. Kang could make the difference.''

The detective handed over his card and left.

''Cousin you're full of surprises'', said Kang/Allen.

‘’I'm sure cousin is fine, he is a smart man. If we will ever see him he knows how to find us. Now babe let's go to find some nice restaurant to eat, something fancy and you pay of course. Said Kang/Lisa as she pulled me along down the street’’.

''Yeah, Yeah fine never knew making you a woman made you more expensive!''

As they walked down the street they unbeknownst walked passed an empty bottle still leaking a few ''blue'' drops. What would this potion do? And what happened to cousin?

...

From the shadows, a woman appeared with golden hair and cherry red lips. Matching her sunglasses and wearing a yellow coat complimenting her feminine form.

''I always said you were a late bloomer Allen, but now you've finally bloomed. I'm proud of the man you've become. You don't need me anymore. It's time for me to move on because many people in this world still need... ‘’

‘‘a helping cousin ''

THE END

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Some games on the PSN New Year Sale. Ends February 1st.

13 Sentinels

Actraiser: Renaissance

Afterimage

AI: The Somnuim Files

ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos

Anima: Gate of Memories

ANONYMOUS;CODE

Arcade Spirits

Ary and the Secret of Seasons

A Space for the Unbound

Assault Suit Lynos

Bayonetta and Vanquish

Buried Stars

Castlevania Anniversary Collection

Chaos;Child

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk 2

Control

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Cris Tales

Cross Code

Cult of the Lamb

Cyber Citizen Shockman

Cyberdimension Neptunia

Danganronpa 1-2 Reload

Danganronpa V3

Darkwood

Death end reQuest

Death end reQuest 2

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Digimon Survive

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

DJ Max Respect

Double Dragon Gaiden

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Dragon Ball Xenoverse

Dragon Ball Xenoverse/Xenoverse 2 Bundle

Dusk Diver

Earth Defense Force 5

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain

Exoprimal

Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire

Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition

Final Fantasy XV: Comrades

Freedom Planet

Ghost n Goblins Resurection

Ghost Trick

Giga Wrecker Alt.

Ginga Force

Goat Simulator

Goat Simulator 3

God Eater Resurection

God Eater 3

Gravity Rush Remastered

Grim Fandango Remastered

Gungrave G.O.R.E.

Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X

Horizon: Zero Dawn

I Am Setsuna

In Nightmare

Jak and Daxter

Jak II

Jak 3

Jak x: Combat Racing

Kaze and the Wild Masks

Kerbal Space Program

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix

Kingdom Hearts 2.8

Labyrinth of Zangetsu

Laika: Aged Through Blood

Legend of Mana

Light Fairytale Episode 1

Light Fairytale Episode 2

Like a Dragon: Ishin

Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares 2

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of TIme

Lock's Quest

Lost in Random

Lost Judgment

Made in Abyss; Binary Star Falling Into Darkness

Maglam Lord

Mary Skelter Finale

MediEvil

Metal Gear Solid 5

Metal Max Zeno Reborn

Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Monster Hunter Rise

Mr. Driller DrillLand

My Aunt is a Witch

My Hero: One's Justice

Several Naruto games

Neverending Nightmares

Ni no Kuni 2

Obliteracers

Omega Quintet

Several One Piece games

Oninaki

Our World is Ended.

Owlboy

Persona 4 Ultimax

Persona 5 Royal

Potion Permit

Praey for the Gods

Pumpkin Jack

Raging Loop

Relayer

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne

Several Resident Evil games

River City: Rival Showdown

Romancing SaGa 2

Romancing SaGa 3

Root Film

Root Letter

SaGa Fronter Remastered

SaGa Scarlet Grace

Sakura Wars(PS4)

Samurai Shodown

Scribblenauts Mega Pack

Secret of Mana

Sega Gensis Classics

Simulacra

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Slender: The Arrival

Song of Memories

Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Superstars

Steins; Gate

Steins; Gate 0

Steins; Gate: My Darling's Embrace

Super Bobmerman R

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD

Super Night Riders

Sword of the Vagrant

Taiko no Tetsujin: Drum Session

Tales of Zestiria

Tembo the Badass Elephant

The Evil Within

Several King of Fighters games

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2

Various Daylife

Warborn

When the Past was Around

Yakuza 3 Remastered

Yakuza 4 Remastered

Yakuza 5 Remastered

Zanki Zero

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Dragon Ball Super Movie 2: Super Hero (4/5)

BIG

ORANGE!

The whole movie has been building to this. The Red Ribbon Army wants to take out Gohan, but they don't want to ambush him at home like they did with Piccolo, because Gohan lives in the city and there would be too many witnesses. So instead Commander Magenta has Gohan's daughter kidnapped from preschool, in order to lure him to the RR base. That way Dr. Hedo's new androids, the Gammas, can fight him on their home turf.

What the Red Ribbon doesn't know is that their kidnapping only got this far because Piccolo has infiltrated their ranks, and he managed to convince Pan to play along. His plan is to use Magenta's plan as a way to motivate Gohan so that he'll fight to his fullest potential and defeat the Red Ribbon Army.

Complicating matters even further is the fact that the Gammas are programmed to think of themselves as superheroes, i.e. the "good guys". When Gohan asks why they're doing this, Gamma 1 insists that it's all for the sake of bringing down Gohan's "evil secret organization". Naturally, Gohan has no idea what he's talking about, and it all sounds pretty stupid when Gamma's side is the one doing the kidnapping.

One thing that bugs me about Hedo and the Gammas is that this movie doesn't really spend a lot of time providing any context to the "super heroes" that Hedo loves so much. Everyone says the Gammas look like old fashioned superheroes, but I sure don't see it. Maybe they're meant to evoke the Sentai genre, but does that exist in the Dragon World? I mean, this fictional Earth has actual superheroes in it, like Mr. Satan and the Great Saiyaman. Shouldn't Dr. Hedo be idolizing those guys, and designing the Gammas to look like them instead?

I guess I should use an example. So in Batman: The Animated Series, there's an episode about "The Grey Ghost", a fictional hero within the world of the show. Bruce Wayne watched Grey Ghost episodes as a kid, and the character partially inspired a lot of the gadgets and tactics he later used as Batman. The episode was about the actor who played the Grey Ghost, Simon Trent, who was voiced by the late, great Adam West, just to hammer home the analogy.

Anyway, the way they made that work was by showing clips from the Grey Ghost's TV show, and flashbacks to when Bruce used to watch it as a kid, and all the merchandise made for the franchise. Grey Ghost was a pretty standard Golden Age pulp hero, like the Shadow or Green Hornet. The BTAS writers didn't just assume you already knew what kind of hero Grey Ghost was. They showed you.

Now, in Super Hero, they sort of take that concept for granted, and all we see of Hedo's "super heroes" are a few actors in costumes, or just the costumes as Dr. Hedo imagines them. We're never given a sense of just what the Gammas are supposed to be imitating. They're supposed to be very flamboyant and over-the-top, but they don't look that much flashier than Piccolo. I mean, he wears a cape too? He broods, he flies, he shoots lasers out of his eyes. Oh, and he has a kid sidekick who grew up to become even flashier:

Fuck yeah! This movie doesn't do much with Super Saiyan, but it looks damn good when it happens. See, Great Saiyaman got the super hero pastiche right because Gohan was using it as a disguise. He had to dress differently to protect his secret, and then he started getting into the act, talking all high and mighty, and doing Sentai poses. Then he'd take the costume off and act like his ordinary self. So the superhero tropes were obvious. Arguably, Gohan was already a superhero anyway, but as Great Saiyaman he turned that up to eleven by having a secret identity, a transformation watch, and a pesky love interest determined to expose him. The trouble with the Gammas is that they're only six months old, and the costumes is all they are. We never see the tropes that they're meant to resemble. The movie either assumes we already recognize the reference, or there is no reference. That's a tough tightrope to walk.

Anyway, Gohan and Gamma 1 fight for a bit, and Pan's excited to see this because at the beginning of the movie she told Piccolo that she never saw her daddy fight before. Earlier, she wondered if he would really leave his work to come rescue her, and Piccolo said he'd beat him up if he didn't. So Gohan had a lot to prove here, even if he didn't know it

But Piccolo is still concerned, because Gamma 1 seems to be learning Gohan's moves as they fight, which means Gohan will have trouble defeating him. He needs to fight at a higher level, and Piccolo has an idea to motivate him further...

Up close, this looks kind of silly, like you can obviously see he's not even holding Pan by her collar, and he's got his other hand holding her up. I guess Piccolo was afraid of damaging her preschool uniform while he toyed with Gohan's emotions, which is pretty much the most Piccolo thing ever.

But from a distance, it just looks like he's hurting Pan, and she cries out, which upsets Gohan... and the Gammas. Gamma 2's like "What are you doing!? We don't hurt kids!" And that surprises Piccolo and Pan.

But it still works. Gohan flips his shit and transforms to his Mystic/Ultimate/Elder Kai Unlock form. You know the one, he used it to fight Super Buu, and then he used it in the Tournament of Power. Piccolo is thrilled by this development and Pan wants to celebrate with double fistbumps. Pan is adorable in this movie.

The fight is a long way from finished, but Gohan does a lot better in this form. Also he blew away the rainclouds over the Red Ribbon Base, so we can see the fight better. Now, Gamma 1 is on the defensive, although with his powers, that's not a bad place to be.

Let's talk about Gohan a bit. One common critique about this movie is that it's all about super heroes, but Gohan never whips out his Great Saiyaman outfit. And I agree, it does feel like a missed opportunity, but I also think there's a very good reason for not having Great Saiyaman in this movie.

For one thing, Great Saiyaman would probably steal the Gamma's thunder. It's their only gimmick, and if Gohan's vamping it up in his own hero suit, then it dilutes the concept. Like I was saying before, Piccolo and Gohan are pretty much superhero characters already, so things are already strained enough.

More importantly, though, one of the major themes of this movie is "I wish Gohan would do (x) like he used to." Pan wants to see her daddy fight. Piccolo wants to see Gohan train. Magenta wants him to be the kid who defeated Cell, because otherwise he wasted two billion zenni on a pair of androids. If Gohan's just a mild-mannered biologist, then this battle was pointless.

The audience wants Gohan to be the Great Saiyaman, because Great Saiyaman is fun and cool, and it fits the tone of the movie. Only it doesn't fit the tone of the movie, because it never happens in the movie.

Well, some of the audience wanted Gohan to be Great Saiyaman. Then you have others who wanted Gohan to become this edgy badass, like when he slaughtered all the Cell Juniors, but to the nth degree. I remember after the movie came out, some fanartist was bitter because they should have done what he did in his fancomic, where Cell comes back and murders Videl and Pan right in front of Gohan, which makes him go berserk. Twitter dunked on that guy for a few weeks, and rightly so. Here's the thing: The Gammas desperately need Gohan to be that edgy fancomic version. Their programming only makes sense if Gohan's the villain in this story, and that would be easier to believe if Gohan would flip out and decapitate someone.

But that's not how Gohan works. He's not a machine like the Gammas who can be switched from one mode to the next. The Gammas have to be superheroes, but Gohan can be all sorts of things: father, husband, Saiyan, Earthling, warrior, scientist, superhero, etc. Piccolo can kind of steer Gohan in the direction he wants him to go, but he had to stage a phony kidnapping for this. And Piccolo is Gohan's best friend and mentor. If he has this much trouble putting Gohan in a box, then how can anyone else?

Gohan is a complex character, with many different aspects to him, and this is what makes all of his different facets work. The whole point of Kid Gohan flipping out and crushing the bad guys was that he was usually so meek and unassuming. If he was a badass all the time, it wouldn't matter. If he was Great Saiyaman all the time, no one would care. If he truly sat in his house studying bugs all the time, it wouldn't mean anything. What makes Gohan cool is that he can be all of these things and more. But he'll never be evil, and that's what's got the Gammas so flustered.

So Dr. Hedo gets worried about Gamma 1 and sends 2 in to back him up when...

OH YOU DIDN'T KNOW?

YOUR ASS BETTER CALLLLLLLL SOMEBODYYYYYYY!

Speaking of professional wrestling, check this shit out.

A brainbuster DDT? In my Dragon Ball? It's more likely than you think!

So while Gohan works over Gamma 1, Piccolo shows off his new power-up to Gamma 2. Unfortunately, it's still not enough. Gohan can fight evenly with 1, but it's the classic DBZ android problem, where the androids can fight at full strength without getting tired, and Gamma 1's battery is still at 82%. As for Piccolo, he soon discovers that his power up doesn't quite tip the scales against Gamma 2. Here we see him do a cool Special Beam Cannon, but 2 just throws up a force field to deflect it.

More importantly, Piccolo taunts 2 about how he seems like an okay dude, except he's following bad orders. 2 insists that he was created to follow orders, but Piccolo knows that on some level the Gammas must realize that this is wrong. And that dilemma is probably what's keeping Piccolo competitive in this fight. Gamma 2 is too distracted to deal with him properly.

So Gamma 2 gets so frustrated that he batters Piccolo and throws him down into the depths of this crater the Red Ribbon Base is in. I'm not sure how this place works. It looks like there's catacombs at the bottom or something. How ancient is this thing? Anyway, Piccolo does the anime thing where the hero seems to plummet to their depth, and then they have this big epiphany about friendship or believing in yourself or something. Except instead, he just flashes back to when Shenron boosted his power... and gave him "a little extra".

Awwww yeah!

Yeahhhhh!

Well now you fucked up, Gammas, because Piccolo's orange. What does this mean? Well, for one thing, Piccolo's antennae float instead of dangling over his brow. For another thing, he's got red eyes, which is always cool. Also his bara titties are even more bara than ever.

And I think you can work out the rest for yourself. One punch and Gamma 2 is down.

At this point, Magenta gets nervous and orders his troops to shoot Orange Piccolo, and that doesn't work at all, so everyone starts to run away. Carmine tries to cover Magenta's escape, but Pan chases after them, so Carmine starts shooting at Pan, but then...

Gamma 2 disarms Carmine with his pistol, and says he now understands who the real villains are. Kind of impressive he got his wits together so soon after taking that punch.

Then Pan wrecks Carmine's shit, which I just noticed is kind of like how Gohan took down Cell with two hits. I'm pretty sure it was a punch to the gut followed by a kick to the head, but Pan's only three, so it's okay if she gets the order wrong. The important thing is Pan gets to beat up a bad guy all by herself. If this were GT, they'd have Giru save her or something.

So Piccolo tells Gohan the fight is over, because it seems like Gamma 2 has finally seen the light. I guess Gamma 1 doesn't need much convincing, since he was having a similar crisis in his own fight.

So the fight is over, right? Not quite. Magenta runs, but he doesn't run away. Instead he goes deeper into the base and tries to activate his ultimate weapon, Cell Max. Dr. Hedo follows him and warns him that it's too dangerous. Hedo completed Cell Max's body, but his brain is still in development, and he'd be uncontrollable if brought online.

But Magenta doesn't care. As he sees it, things went wrong today because he trusted Hedo. The Gammas lost because they weren't powerful enough to defeat the enemy as quickly as Hedo boasted. Hedo says that they were only having trouble because they couldn't sense any malice in their opponents, but Magenta says that's the problem. Hedo insisted on programming them with all that superhero nonsense. Magenta wanted weapons, not cartoon characters, and so he's going to end things by unleashing Cell Max.

So Magenta shoots Hedo to stop him from interfering, but it doesn't work, because Hedo has bulletproof skin, thanks to some enhancement he made to his own body. So Magenta reveals that he has his own enhancements and takes off his shirt to reveal he's a cyborg. He admits that his body modifications might not be as sophisticated as Hedo's, but he's confident that he's strong enough to win in a fight.

You know, I was wondering why Magenta didn't make himself taller while he was having himself converted into a cyborg, but then it occurred to me that maybe he did make himself taller. He's still pretty short, but he's taller than his dad, Commander Red, so maybe he used to be the same height as Red, and made himself the height he is now. Maybe this is tall enough for him, or this was the practical limit of his cybernetics.

None of that matters, though, because Magenta forgot Hedo's other trick, that cyborg bee he used to spy on him at the beginning of the movie. It carries a powerful venom that can kill any living organism with one sting. Even cyborgs can't withstand it, because the venom disables their biological components. It seemed kind of weird when Hedo spelled that out in the limo scene, but now that we know Magenta is a cyborg, it makes sense. This is what they call Checkov's Cyborg Bee Sting.

So now the fight is definitely over, right? No, because Magenta presses the button to activate Cell Max right before he dies. Seriously, Hedo really fucked up here. Sure the bee sting was fatal, but it took a while for Magenta to actually keel over, and Hedo kept gloating about stealing Magenta's money instead of watching him.

Meanwhile, Bulma has arrived with reinforcements: Krillin, Android 18, Goten, and Trunks. I'm not sure why she did this, or how she even knew where to go, but it's Bulma, so she might have traced Piccolo's cell phone or something. Anyway, the big story here is that Goten and Trunks actually look like teenagers, and pretty close to their designs in the final three episodes of Dragon Ball Z. Fans have been asking about this ever since Battle of Gods premiered in 2013, because Goten and Trunks were supposed to be like 10 and 11, but they still looked like they did at ages 6 and 7. This kind of made sense, because Goku looked pretty teeny at 15, and Gohan was kind of small for 11, but the premise really felt strained beyond belief as Dragon Ball Super wore on, and the boys got older and older with each new story arc.

This movie tries to rationalize it by having Piccolo be all surprised to see this growth spurt, and Gohan tells him that this is how it is with Saiyan children. They stay small for a long time and just suddenly grow in their late teens. Okay, but Mai's not a Saiyan and she wasn't growing up either... Oh well.

Meanwhile, Hedo desperately tries to cancel Cell Max's activation, but it's too late. Different flavors of Kool-Aid are being pumped into his incubation chamber. Purplesauraus Rex, Pink Swimmingo, Great Blue-dini, Kickin' Kiwi Lime, and Black Cherry, the most powerful flavor of all.

I guess I have to give Hedo credit for trying, but the guy's busting out of the chamber right now. Cell Max is already active, my guy. It's just a matter of how strong you built the chamber. Meanwhile, the good guys are unaware of any of this. They're too busy asking Piccolo what he's gonna call his new orange transformation. "I guess I'll just call it 'Orange Piccolo'" he says. Thank you, Piccolo. Just for being you.

"Never mind that shit! Here comes Cell Max!"

Everyone's like, what the fuck are you talking about, Dr. Hedo, but then... yeah, you'll see. We'll all see, won't we?

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