Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Keedounan]

What would be your analysis on Kale and Caulifla ?

Caulifla - Female Goku with a huge amount of Mary Sue qualities.
Kale - Slightly more tolerable than due to not screaming the same shit all the time, but far less interesting due to being just fanservice recycling.

Not even good as typical fanservice. Don't know why people keep saying skinny ass Caulifla is thicc.

0/10

I know right ? They probably only looked at Caulifla's boobs, which aren't even special compared to, say, Bulma or Towa.

Let's talk about someone more interesting such as...Bardock.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Sticking purely to the TV Special, Bardock is very interesting from a DB character perspective due to the way the narrative portrays his character as both unsympathetic in many of his actions, yet still highly respectable in his resolve. He's never cheapened to completely swapping his ideals from the one event of Freeza betraying him and whilst I prefer characters who gradually change their way of thinking, one who stays the same whilst making different personal decisions are far better than ones who change in a rushed or illogical manner due to the plot. Moreover, whilst I'm not keen on characters who are controlled by fatalism, Bardock is an exception due to his role hearkening back to Greek tragedies, being a protagonist fighting against a destiny he can't avoid to give him a sadder layer to him. This is further made appealing by him never being presented as being too special. Sure, he's Goku's father and is a low class with a battle power of 10k, but he was never treat as the pinnacle of his race or some legend. Freeza even considered him just some nuisance in his way compared to his memory of killing King Vegeta. This helps his characterisation as it shows both the futility and effort of his struggle in trying to overcome insurmountable odds. Not much more to say on him. He makes the top 10 of DB characters primarily for consistency and Toei trying a very different route in terms of his role as a protagonist and as Goku's dad.

6/10

DB Minus and other spinoffs completely ruin the appeal of his character though. The former makes him a Jor-El ripoff, whilst the spinoffs make the appeal of him not being that special is replaced by him becoming a Gary Stu, from becoming the original Super Saiyan via asspull time travel to overpowering SS4 Gogeta in DB Heroes, or being a challenge to BoG Arc Time Patroller and beating Mira with SS3.

 

[Keedounan]

Sticking purely to the TV Special, Bardock is very interesting from a DB character perspective due to the way the narrative portrays his character as both unsympathetic in many of his actions, yet still highly respectable in his resolve. He's never cheapened to completely swapping his ideals from the one event of Freeza betraying him and whilst I prefer characters who gradually change their way of thinking, one who stays the same whilst making different personal decisions are far better than ones who change in a rushed or illogical manner due to the plot. Moreover, whilst I'm not keen on characters who are controlled by fatalism, Bardock is an exception due to his role hearkening back to Greek tragedies, being a protagonist fighting against a destiny he can't avoid to give him a sadder layer to him. This is further made appealing by him never being presented as being too special. Sure, he's Goku's father and is a low class with a battle power of 10k, but he was never treat as the pinnacle of his race or some legend. Freeza even considered him just some nuisance in his way compared to his memory of killing King Vegeta. This helps his characterisation as it shows both the futility and effort of his struggle in trying to overcome insurmountable odds. Not much more to say on him. He makes the top 10 of DB characters primarily for consistency and Toei trying a very different route in terms of his role as a protagonist and as Goku's dad.

6/10

DB Minus and other spinoffs completely ruin the appeal of his character though. The former makes him a Jor-El ripoff, whilst the spinoffs make the appeal of him not being that special is replaced by him becoming a Gary Stu, from becoming the original Super Saiyan via asspull time travel to overpowering SS4 Gogeta in DB Heroes, or being a challenge to BoG Arc Time Patroller and beating Mira with SS3.

Agreed. Having Bardock weak was what made him appealing in the first place. Him getting ridiculously strong to play with his popularity is completely missing the point of his character.

Outside of the DBVerse, what would be your review on Berserk ?

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I once heard a review of Fist of the North-Star long ago and the person there said that the Fist of the North-Star universe is basically a rip-off of Mad-Max's (I think more specifically he said Road-Warrior) and that they could probably even exist in the same universe and he was surprised that Mad Max didn't sue them. Is that true?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Outside of the DBVerse, what would be your review on Berserk ?

Berserk is amongst the best manga out there. The character writing is very well done and has some great complexity with aspects such as the morality of Griffith's decision. The atmosphere of it being a deconstruction of the typical opinions of knights and kings in fantasy to their more realistic characteristic in much the same way A Song of Ice and Fire does helps it be a great dark fantasy series.
However, it did start to go downhill after the Golden Age. The plot devices of the series lead to Griffith and Casca becoming far less interesting after the Eclipse and the plot armour and benefits Guts has been granted has made the narrative play out more like a battle Shonen than a mature dark fantasy. The series is still an excellent one with good character development, plot twists and world building, but the drop in quality stops it from being a masterpiece, unless the constant hiatuses somehow payoff in some amazing finale.

8/10

I once heard a review of Fist of the North-Star long ago and the person there said that the Fist of the North-Star universe is basically a rip-off of Mad-Max's (I think more specifically he said Road-Warrior) and that they could probably even exist in the same universe and he was surprised that Mad Max didn't sue them. Is that true?

Hokuto no Ken takes heavy aesthetic inspiration from The Road Warrior with some character designs and the psot-apocalyptic setting. However, it's more a tribute than a ripoff, with Mad Max having very little influence on the plot beyond some of the first few chapters. This is made apparent by the series shifting to more medieval and Christian inspiration in it's art and plot after Rei is introduced, with Hara even stating he wanted to avoid presenting too much Mad Max influence after the first few volumes so he could allow his own creativity to blossom.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Toriko is trash and always has been trash. Do you agree?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

It was enjoyable as a tribute to 80s Shonen such as HnK, DB and Kinnikuman in it's first part, though even then took a bit too much inspiration in it's plot from One Piece. It was still somewhat decent as a way of hearkening back to the Shonen of old that once made the demographic good, so I'd say Part 1 was OK.
Part 2 on the other hand, asspulled every terrible power fantasy trope you can find, giving Toriko a special heritage and giving him familial ties to other characters that didn't need to be there to make their relationships interesting. Food Luck and getting stronger by eating food went from being dumb fun to being taken to the Nth degree to the point the Dragon Balls seem conservative in their plot armour. If it weren't for having manly men instead of dumb emos, it'd be almost as bad a Part 2 as Shippuden, though is still just marginally better.

Not complete as a whole, especially not compared to other modern Shonen like Bleach, Boku no Hero Academia, Shingeki no Kyojin or Black Clover, but was still another series ruined by a timeskip and can only hide behind it's excuse of being a fun tribute for so long.

4.5/10

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Most recent Shōnen Manga that you were impressed by?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Kongo Bancho. It's plot structure can be considered your typical Shonen story, but the other details and quirks to it, such as chapters with heavy themes of anti-escapism and criticism of modern Japanese society such as otaku pandering and creation of vapid, shameless products; in other words, a necessary crticism of the state of the modern anime/manga industry in general. The art and characters also show a good deal of influence from series such as Hokuto no Ken, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball, making it essentially Toriko done right. It really helps show how much better series used to be when they had assertive characters with proper goals, something that's become a rarity in Shonen, with Hunter X Hunter and to a lesser extent One Piece being the only ongoing ones still good in that regard. As said before, it's plot is very typical of a Shonen and some of the asspulls towards the end are pretty bad, such as very inconsistent powerscaling, though if you take the series as a rule of cool and a critique of modern manga, it's quite a fun ride.

7/10

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I'll check the Wikipedia page. Seems interesting.

You live in the UK right?! Is it 01:21 as of my post? I live in the UK right-now too.

Rank these plz:

Cherry
Strawberry
Pine-Apple (a good one)

 

[Captain Cadaver]

You live in the UK right?! Is it 01:21 as of my post? I live in the UK right-now too.

01:05. Must be in pretty different regions. I'm in the North of England.

Rank these plz:
Cherry
Strawberry
Pine-Apple (a good one)

Pineapple >>>> Strawberry. Don't eat enough cherries to really judge them properly.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

You live in the UK right?! Is it 01:21 as of my post? I live in the UK right-now too.

01:05. Must be in pretty different regions. I'm in the North of England.

Rank these plz:
Cherry
Strawberry
Pine-Apple (a good one)

Pineapple >>>> Strawberry. Don't eat enough cherries to really judge them properly.

I'm quite clueless geographically speaking. As in knowing where I am, but supposedly I'm in north-west of England.

How much of an estimated time would you give DB-Super to go-on? A few more years?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Unless they decide to have it run past the end of the manga, I'd say probably another year or two. As much as Toei and Bandai would want to milk it, there's very little they can do now it's gotten up to Bra's birth and Goku already touching Hakaishin tier with UI, if not surpassing it. Unless they asspull some greater part of the hierarchy than the Angels or even Zen-Oh, there isn't much more room to keep it going.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

BobSamurai is the best anime youtuber right?!

What do you think of that fack-head forneverworld?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

BobSamurai is the best anime youtuber right?!

Thatanimesnob > Bobsamurai >>>> The rest

What do you think of that fack-head forneverworld?

The nicest description I can give him is an oxygen thief and Shonentard, though there are far worse anime Youtubers then even he, as terrible as it may sound (eg. Double4anime and ChibiReviews).

 

[Papasmurf]

If you had to pull a gun on either Watsuki or ForeverManchild, which one would you choose?

 

[ahill1]

What do you think of prime Kenshi?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

If you had to pull a gun on either Watsuki or ForeverManchild, which one would you choose?

Forneverweeb since even with the recent info, Watsuki's done far more with his life than the walking potato.

What do you think of prime Kenshi?

Funniest forum member. You knew this was coming, bitch niggers.

If talking about his debating skills, I dunno, since I tend not to obsess on putting people into tiers, especially on such a niche focus as Dragon Ball (unless there's a huge difference such as with bottom tiers like Toshit). He's probably one of the best at recalling information, so that gives him a good reason to be considered top tier within that circle.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Do you celebrate Christmas?

What's your favourite Christmas memory?

Best Christmas you ever had?

Favourite Christmas movie?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Do you celebrate Christmas?

Don't actively celebrate it, but do go along with traditions such as Christmas dinner.

What's your favourite Christmas memory?

My uncle and auntie being so drunk they burnt the dinner due to the hilarity of it.

Best Christmas you ever had?

Probably the same one due to several other mishaps in that one which made it seem like some sort of comedy. Think it must've been around 2006.

Favourite Christmas movie?

Bad Santa