Recent content by Turtle

  1. The Timelessness Of Dragon Ball

    The length of the anime can play a part in this. Just like with other television series, longer running shows can leave more of a lasting impact, and DB and DBZ had hundreds of episodes. I don't watch enough anime or am familiar with Japanese society/culture enough to notice the changes, but in...
  2. Tien Deserves Better

    Wasn't Roshi already obviously outclassed already in Dragonball by the 2nd or 3rd martial arts tournament? I am going off of memory from the anime, so I am not sure how it went in the manga. King Piccolo was also too big a threat for direct combat from both Roshi and Mutaito, leading to the need...
  3. Tien Deserves Better

    So this is like a two part thing now: 1 is whether humans can reach beyond SSJ; 2 is whether Tien should. If we look at Roshi, he trained probably most of his natural life, and is hundreds of years old now with a power level IIRC somewhere between 100-300. Yet the DB gang including humans...
  4. Favorite Dragon Ball Saga

    When I was younger I disliked what they did to Gohan. Nowadays I'm thinking it might have been the right decision. DB is Goku's story, so Gohan should never entirely take over the spotlight for very long. Gohan also never had the instincts or craving for battle like Goku/Vegeta did; he was...
  5. Tien Deserves Better

    I remember some videos on YouTube stating that Krillin was the strongest Human in DBZ, but that role is reserved for Tien. The reason I don't believe Tien should get super powerful is because he's a human. The natural hierarchy for ceilings seems to be Human<Namekian<Half-Saiyan<Saiyan. What...
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