Goku VS Tao Pai Pai II Reaction

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[Captain Cadaver]

Pretty much all of them have enough skillful moves, originality and charm to be worth watching over the majority of DBZ fights, though some particular highlights would be...

Kuririn VS Bacterian - Nothing major, though it at least having a basic display of brute force not being everything in a battle makes it a lot more entertaining than most of the fights after the Freeza Arc.

Goku VS Roshi - The fight constantly have the two changing tactics and fighting styles to counter their opponents and, as far as tournament arcs in Shonen go, has a subversive ending.

Goku VS Murasaki - One of the best gag fights in the series, aided by both fighters making good use of the battlefield to their advantage.

Taopaipai VS General Blue - Most badass kill in the entire series.

Goku (post-Karin) VS Taopaipai - One of the best stomp matches in the series, mainly since the training gains here actually meant something from the effort and new skills Goku learnt, unlike most of the power ups from the Freeza Arc and onwards.

Yamcha VS Mummy - A stomp match in the Mummy's favour, but it was at least made interesting by Yamcha using the terrain to his advantage, something you don't see in most later matches outside of Budokai ringouts.

Roshi VS Tenshinhan - Adding a lot of filler movements really aided this fight's choreography in the anime, with the right directing to display it's story significance.

Goku VS Tenshinhan (22nd TB) - Much like the Goku VS Roshi fight in how it was a constant case of matching each other's techniques, though on a far greater level.

Goku VS Young Piccolo Daimao - An even match filled with the right balance between hand to hand scuffles and over the top Ki blasts. What most of the later fights in DBZ should've been.

Goku VS Tenshinhan (23rd TB) - A very good demonstration of many of the philosophies Goku learnt in his training with Popo, such as not making unecessary movements, displaying his development as a fighter.

Goku VS Piccolo - Much like the match with Daimao. Whilst not as good overall due to how ridiculous both their durability became when withstanding each other's strongest amplified moves, it at least showed growth in that Piccolo had actually learnt from his mistakes, thereby making it a better rematch than most later ones in the series (*cough*FnF*cough*)

 

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I'll watch these matches after Super airs and will turn this thread something like ''Fearless Reaction''.

 

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I just watched Goku Vs Tao round II and that was absolutely a stomp! It's like a baby kicking a man's ass forever! Goku greatly powered up since the last time they fought.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Did you also watch the training with Karin? The training and philosophy behind it is what makes up the main meat of the fight and really allows for you to feel the difference between the two matches.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Did you also watch the training with Karin? The training and philosophy behind it is what makes up the main meat of the fight and really allows for you to feel the difference between the two matches.

I really like the music when Goku goes for his last attempt at taking the water from Karin and succeeds.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Also this whole section of the Red-Ribbon-Army Saga was so kewl, I even have the DragonBox singles of that.

 

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Did you also watch the training with Karin? The training and philosophy behind it is what makes up the main meat of the fight and really allows for you to feel the difference between the two matches.

You mean this?
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[Captain Cadaver]

That was a section of it, albeit a filler one. It does indeed encapture the main philosophy of the training though, being that Goku had to predict his opponent's movements.

 

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Maybe that training also allowed Goku to learn how strong his opponent without actual sensing it, genius!

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Maybe that training also allowed Goku to learn how strong his opponent without actual sensing it, genius!

That...actually makes a lot of sense. Goku was far more aware of Tenshinhan's true strength during the 22nd TB than Kuririn and Yamcha were, after all.

Also, for the fights I recommended, I'd also add the Goku VS Kuririn and Kuririn VS Piccolo fights. The former was a good match that showed Kuririn's tactical mindset that Super's now hyping up, along with being a fight in which the audience weren't forced to root for one character in particular to win like most that had preceded it, as well as showing just how much Kuririn had improved since his introduction. The last part is a major factor for the latter fight as well, moreso now due to Kuririn facing a more powerful version of the last arc's main villain very well, despite being no match.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Maybe that training also allowed Goku to learn how strong his opponent without actual sensing it, genius!

That...actually makes a lot of sense. Goku was far more aware of Tenshinhan's true strength during the 22nd TB than Kuririn and Yamcha were, after all.

Also, for the fights I recommended, I'd also add the Goku VS Kuririn and Kuririn VS Piccolo fights. The former was a good match that showed Kuririn's tactical mindset that Super's now hyping up, along with being a fight in which the audience weren't forced to root for one character in particular to win like most that had preceded it, as well as showing just how much Kuririn had improved since his introduction. The last part is a major factor for the latter fight as well, moreso now due to Kuririn facing a more powerful version of the last arc's main villain very well, despite being no match.

But Goku fought Tien before the Budokai 22nd, was just the anime version?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

That was filler, yeah.

 

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Coincidentally, I'm playing DB Advance right now and trying to catch Karin.