The different time period or whatever doesn't mean anything, sekuhara jokes are not exclusive to any time period (or culture for that matter).
I thought the Roshi jokes were fine; a bit repetitive after a certain point, though there's a lot worse out there in that regard (see above)
There were no such talks about Gohan being in a different league than Goku after his powerup either (I'll argue that he is in fact in a different league below). He is called amazing and such, and at a couple of points called something like "the mightiest of warriors," but no direct comparison to...
Occam's razor tells me that if Gotenks fell tremendously short of Fat Boo's power -- which he would, if SSJ3 Gotenks post-RoSaT has only a small edge over Goku -- then a demonstration would be pointless. You've argued that Piccolo asked for one anyway to see if Gotenks's confidence held any...
I don't really have anything to add to this that I haven't already said.
"relatively speaking" being the operative phrase there
Fusion is insane (in both forms that are presented to us in this arc) but a consistent theme is that the strength of the fusees still matters (this is reiterated...
I agree 100%, but I would argue that those were the main ones. They were the ones made explicit.
I agree that Goku is putting a lot of (relatively blind) faith in the kids, but a couple of things that are important to note are that Goku is familar with the kind of boost that fusion provides...
There are a number of reasons that the plan was considered a gamble, chiefly the following:
They're on a timer and Boo is destroying the planet while they wait.
Well, this goes past the early stage now. This is after Super Boo, the Boo who is greater than the previous incarnation in every...
I've had that gestating in my reply box for a bit. I was a tad unwell for a few days and stubbornly dragged myself to the gym in that state, and the last week of this sprint at work has been a motherfucker on top of that. I'll have some breathing room starting next week once I get all this shit...
I have no disagreement w.r.t what the narrative is saying about fusion here.
I'll talk about the gamble at some point, but I'll let you expand on it further from here, as it seems that you've got some points you want to make.
I don't really see how you can say that it does or doesn't...
Its impact wouldn't be all that different. Toriyama's comedic timing and eye for fantastic choreography, among other non-plot-related things, made Dragon Ball what it is today.
I'll argue that SSJ3 Gotenks is significantly stronger than SSJ3 Goku. Specifically, I'd argue that the form of Gotenks most likely to be in the same tier of power as SSJ3 Goku would be SSJ Gotenks prior to his RoSaT training, with SSJ Gotenks potentially having a small edge.
I don't mind the...