(L) Dragonball Kai: Dragonball Z's 20th Anniversary Recut!!

[Michsi]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Might as well say it and get it over and done with..

The amount of jokes from other the years that i've heard regarding Piccolo being a shotacon. D:

What? WHAT?! And here I hoped that at least HE would be spared. The Pedobear syndrome that is applied to characters who are shown to be emotionally attached to a child a.k.a. Sesshoumaru, Kenpachi, started after the DB craze was over. Student-teacher/Subsitute father/mentor relationship between these two characters is sacred to me

The only jokes I've heard regarding him are about inert balls.....


Piccolo is my all time favorite character too, so I'll make sure I enjoy these episodes until he'll be cast aside on the count of not being a saiyan.

[ultramojones]

Noes, not Piccolo! His sexy MAKANKOSAPPO is way too sexy for him to be a shotacon

"No Gohan, the f@#!ing balls are f@#!ing inert"

See, he isn't shotacon

its too bad he's near useless to the point of Yamcha after a certain point in the series

[GDB]

Originally Posted by ultramojones

its too bad he's near useless to the point of Yamcha after a certain point in the series

Now that's just not possible. No one's more useless than Yamcha, except maybe Chiaotzu.

Also, I've never heard Yajirobe in japanese before. My ears are bleeding.

[rpgman1]

Piccolo is no shotacon I tell you. Have you seen all of the Namek people? They look male, but they are somewhat asexual race. They have traits more in common with plants (photosynthesis, sunlight, water, being what appears to be vegetarian judging from Piccolo eating a Senzu bean, etc.).

[GDB]

What are you basing these plant-like characteristics on? I can't recall seeing anything that even slightly connects Nameks with photosynthesis, "sunlight", "water", or being vegetarians. Just because we don't see Piccolo eating doesn't mean he only eats vegetables or absorbs light.

[Justin Kim]

Originally Posted by rpgman1

Piccolo is no shotacon I tell you. Have you seen all of the Namek people? They look male, but they are somewhat asexual race. They have traits more in common with plants (photosynthesis, sunlight, water, being what appears to be vegetarian judging from Piccolo eating a Senzu bean, etc.).

Just eating a bean really doesn't mean anything dude.

[Emerald Emblem]

What about his regeneration?

[Blaat]

Actually it's been stated by Dende that Nameks don't need to eat anything, they only need to drink water and they are an asexual race they reproduce by spitting out eggs which can even carry the 'father's' soul (based on Demon Piccolo spitting out Piccolo without Kami dying).

[GDB]

That'd make him more like a reptile or starfish.

Ah yeah, forgot about the "only drink water" part. I guess that could kind of link them with plants, but it's a REALLY big stretch.

[Emerald Emblem]

Could you say they are reptiles with plant characteristics?

[Blaat]

Originally Posted by GDB

That'd make him more like a reptile or starfish.

Actually that is one of the abilities that looks most like a plant. You can compare Piccolo's head with a bulb, several flowers such as tulips will simply regenerate in spring as long as the bulb remains intact, which is somewhat similar with Piccolo on the other hand if you cut off a newt's head it will die.

[GDB]

Interesting. But then again, we've never seen a Namekian regenerate anything but an arm. Cell has, but he's an android so who knows what sort of modifications were done to him.

[Michsi]

Originally Posted by GDB

Interesting. But then again, we've never seen a Namekian regenerate anything but an arm. Cell has, but he's an android so who knows what sort of modifications were done to him.

He did, albeit off screen. During the Buu saga when Trunks knocked down his statue and we see it shattering pretty badly. When they turned back to normal and Trunks asked him how come he was in one piece he said that as long as his head is unharmed he can regenerate.

[Blackbeard D. Kuma]

Originally Posted by GDB

Interesting. But then again, we've never seen a Namekian regenerate anything but an arm. Cell has, but he's an android so who knows what sort of modifications were done to him.

Spoiler for Piccolo's Regeneration:

Piccolo has regenerated more than an arm, even though we didn't actually see him do it. Remember when Trunks knocked over Piccolo when he was a stone statue? He broke apart into several pieces when he fell on the floor. However, once Dabura was killed by Fat Buu, Piccolo reverted back to normal and regenerated his whole body below his head.

Edit: Michsi beat me to it.

Spoiler for Piccolo's Usefulness in the Buu Arc:

Even though Piccolo didn't fight in the Buu arc, he was still very useful in the long run. After Goku's time on Earth had run out, Goku entrusted Piccolo with the task of teaching Goten and Trunks the Fusion technique since he was the best candidate to do so (i.e. highly intelligent, applying a strict regimen in training, and an excellent teacher).

Afterward, when Super Buu came up to the lookout, he stalled for time by taking the long route to the entrance of the hyperbolic time chamber so that the boys could have a few more hours to train, rest, and fully prepare themselves by the time they (Piccolo and Super Buu) would arrive. Piccolo was also the one who discovered how Buu was able to use his breath to break a hole between both dimensions. From that point on, SSJ3 Gotenks had used the same method that Piccolo described to get themselves out of the hyperbolic time chamber. If it wasn't for Piccolo being astute, Gotenks may have been stuck there forever.

In conclusion, Piccolo still played a very important role during the Buu arc. He was practically a sage by that point in the story, and because of that he proved to be very useful despite the fact that he wasn't one of the powerhouses (i.e. Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Gotenks) anymore.

[Blaat]

Seen the episode, same pace as last week although the fillers didn't annoy me as much as last week. They've changed the eye catch featuring Bulma, Kuririn and Kaio-sama.
Next week, as correctly predicted by Blackbeard D. Kuma, Goku will reach the end of snake way.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Blaat

Next week, as correctly predicted by Blackbeard D. Kuma, Goku will reach the end of snake way.

From now on, if anyone asks what the difference is between the original series and Kai, we can just tell them how many episodes Goku spent on snake way.

[Ottocycle]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

From now on, if anyone asks what the difference is between the original series and Kai, we can just tell them how many episodes Goku spent on snake way.

I'd like to know, how many were there in the original, them snake way episodes?

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by humbug23

I'd like to know, how many were there in the original, them snake way episodes?

If i remember correctly, Goku reached the end of snake way at episode 18. Quite the difference.

[Ottocycle]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Quite the difference.

This be Understatement of the Year.

[Vegard Aune]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

From now on, if anyone asks what the difference is between the original series and Kai, we can just tell them how many episodes Goku spent on snake way.

Oh, I wouldn't speak too soon here... We've still got the "five minutes" on Namek, which I believe is pretty much THE example people use when complaining about Dragonball Z's pacing.