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tampire · 6 months

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Nappa and Recoome get beaten by Goku

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quantumleper · 1 month

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Vegeta Powers Up to Fight Recoome | Dragon Ball Z | Captain Ginyu Saga

My favorite Vegeta power up

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dbzscreencaps · 2 years

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#Vegeta #Captain Ginyu #Ginyu Force #Dragon Ball Z #DBZ #Season 2 #Captain Ginyu saga

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darius-1 · 2 months

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Thank you, Akira Toriyama. May you rest in peace.

#dragon ball z #dragon ball #dragon ball gt #garlic jr saga #captain ginyu saga #fusion saga #dbz movies #dbz #dbgt #Funimation #funimation singles and I will collect them all #dbz kai #toonami #rip Akira Toriyama #akira toriyama

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qwerty-between-the-lines · 8 months

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Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Captain Ginyu performs the 'Dance of Joy' for Frieza to celebrate their obtaining all seven Dragon Balls

#80s tv #90s tv #80s #90s #anime #manga #tv shows #dragon ball #dragonball z #dragon ball z kai #frieza #captain ginyu #funny #humor #Youtube #planet namek #namekians #namek saga #dragon balls

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#youtube #what if #dbz what if #krillin #anime #dbz #dragon ball z #tien #frieza #frieza saga #ginyu force #captain ginyu #super saiyan #dodoria #zarbon #namekian #planet namek

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paganminiskirt · 3 months

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I love how Raditz uses him and Goku’s familial relationship to trick him into letting go of his tail so he can start whaling on him again, all the while having Gohan hostage in his pod. And then later on, Vegeta’s transformation into a great ape causes Goku to realize that he killed his own Grandpa Gohan all those years ago, accidentally or otherwise. It’s like this one biological side effect of his Saiyan heritage both robbed him of a relationship and prevented him from properly mourning once he realized what had happened, with his empathy and willingness to forgive being leveraged against him by those same Saiyans to destroy other familial bonds. It’s such a brutal introduction to a previously unknown part of your identity.

But then on Namek, Vegeta applies him & his father’s own situation to Gohan and Goku when he’s explaining the danger that the Frieza Force represent, saying how “they don’t have to be stronger than you to beat you, they could take your son hostage.” Obviously he’s referencing his childhood removal from King Vegeta’s “care,” but a side effect of that arrangement is that the King himself isn’t a tangible presence in his son’s life, certainly not by the time he’s on Namek. Vegeta does have something vaguely resembling a father figure when he makes that comparison, but it’s not him, it’s Frieza.

Frieza & Vegeta’s relationship is certainly not parental on an emotional level, but the mechanisms of keeping people as indentured servants naturally tend towards paternalism, and it’s obvious that Frieza has a weird little fixation on him besides. The entire Namek saga lowkey constructs this wildly uncomfortable parallel between Goku’s care for & devotion to Gohan, (putting himself in harms way and crossing between entire worlds to keep him safe over and over again,) and Frieza’s similarly relentless but antithetically possessive & degrading relationship with Vegeta, (repeatedly demanding that he be brought back to him alive no matter how much of a nuisance he becomes, to the point of having him nursed back to health after Zarbon claps his ass just so he can torture him himself.)

It’s Gohan who first notices that Captain Ginyu stole his dad’s body, and Gohan who keeps fighting through exhaustion and extreme violence before Goku gets to Namek. Later on in the Buu Saga, Goku realizes the projection of Gohan inside Majin Buu isn’t really his son quicker than anyone else does - their emotional bond is sturdy enough to transcend the physical, even after it’s repeatedly acknowledged that a young child shouldn’t be involved in situations as gruesome as these.

Compare that to Vegeta, who’s only visible relationship with his father comes from sharing violence as a form of giddy self-aggrandizement, until he sells him to a more powerful stranger - which he can’t even say was especially wrong by their own standards, the transaction as much a moral injury as an emotional one. As Frieza pointed out during his fight with Goku, he literally just beat the Saiyans at their own game, picking up where King Vegeta left off by using his son for the benefit of himself & the empire instead of for the benefit of his father & homeworld.

The fact alone that his relationship with his biological dad can begin to amalgamate with his relationship to a person who calls him a pet speaks volumes about how emotionally warped Vegeta was from the beginning. It’s a small wonder he clings to the dynastic propaganda of the Saiyans so hard, using the title he gets from the King in spite of the fact that his reaction to the man himself’s demise is so muted & repressed that it’s depicted using the imagery of a child encased in a mountain of corpses. It's the only thing that can potentially delineate what happened to him as unjust & undeserved - if it’s the violence itself that’s wrong, then what does that make him, his values, his scattered family, their entire culture. What does that make everything he’s been told since the moment of his birth.

And even in that scene where Vegeta is shrugging off his dad’s death and the planet’s destruction, the messenger mentions how Frieza offers his sympathies: as if Frieza isn’t the same person who killed him, this sickly pretense of warmth intended only to cover it up. You might recall how Goku is always mussing Gohan’s hair, and everyone knows that infamous scene where Vegeta strokes his hair before knocking the wind out of him - which can be read as a precursor to that horribly intimate beatdown Frieza lays on Vegeta and the others later, the one he had been planning to give Vegeta this whole time which is only compounded in brutality since Vegeta thwarted him, the one where he licks blood from Vegeta’s mouth off his face as he holds him up by his neck like a dog with it’s pup. It re-contextualizes the head stroke/brutal attack combo Vegeta pulled on Gohan as him acting out the sadistic objectification Frieza raised him on using another Saiyan child.

And in the end it comes full circle, with Vegeta using his last moments to pass the vendetta of himself and his own father on to Goku and his line. And this happens willingly, as a productive challenge to the Saiyan’s culture of domination, unlike the grotesque re-appropriation of that same culture that we’re presented with when Frieza takes Vegeta from home: Goku assumes this mantle after Vegeta is dead and fully incapable of forcing him. He also contradicts the callous disregard Vegeta displayed during the aforementioned scene with the Saibamen by treating his corpse with so much care. He holds him, he buries him. And you could argue that it’s better than he deserves at that point, but like. I think the fact that the gesture is unwarranted is a part of the point.

#dbz #Vegeta #frieza #Gohan #Goku #king vegeta #I guess he’s here too #dragon ball z

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themattress · 9 days

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A look at Dragon Ball Z's sagas and the incarnation I prefer them in: manga, anime, or Kai.

The Vegeta Saga

Manga: 48 Chapters (Vol. 1 - 5) Anime: 35 Episodes (Season 1) Kai: 16 Episodes (Season 1)

This one is really difficult. The arc is a good one in all incarnations, of course, but I especially love both animated renditions. The original anime has strengths like filler episodes that flesh out the year between the major Saiyan battles quite well and provide more development to characters like Gohan and Piccolo, and even spotlight characters that were underutilized in the manga (in Launch's case, not utilized at all!), but weaknesses like filler episodes that are particularly bad and contradictory to canon material, plus the battle with Nappa and Vegeta having more padding stuffed in than is necessary. Kai loses those weaknesses, but it also loses those strengths. On the plus side, it feels perfectly paced, with 8 episodes before Nappa and Vegeta arrive followed by 8 after their arrival. So, which version gets the victory?

Well, the winner is....

The good filler in the original anime is very good, but the bad filler is literally story-breaking levels of bad (ex: the space pod Goku came to Earth in gets blown up, and then when it's canonically needed for the story no reference is made to the fact that it was ever destroyed), and more importantly than that, Kai has the only consistently good English dub of the saga.

The Freeza Saga

Manga: 87 Chapters (Vol. 5 - 12) Anime: 72 Episodes (Seasons 1 - 3) Kai: 38 Episodes (Seasons 1 - 3)

Let's rule out the anime right away, because its filler and padding was more often than not atrocious and dragged the whole thing down in spite of the arc's soaring highs. Kai retains those highs and trims the fat, with almost half the amount of episodes. However, a few things it couldn't quite work around such as Captain Ginyu's pointless return in Bulma's body and the fight between Goku and Freeza getting interrupted by a fight between Gohan and Freeza still ended up remaining. The pacing is still slightly better than the manga's and seeing the battles and transformations all fully animated is always a plus, but as a minus Toriyama's writing is more consistent as Toei's aforementioned retained additions are just that obvious.

So, when weighing them carefully, I've got to give the nod to....

The original manga arc was immediately iconic for a reason. Also, it's the only version where Vegeta says that Zarbon spilled Freeza's secret of being able to transform...and Zarbon actually did so! Yeah, in both anime versions they totally forget to have Zarbon say that to Vegeta, so it comes out of nowhere when Vegeta says the line to Freeza! When you make such a monumental narrative blunder, you just can't be the definitive version of the story.

The Cell Saga

Manga: 91 Chapters (Vol. 12 - 19) Anime: 77 Episodes (Seasons 4 - 6) Kai: 44 Episodes (Seasons 3 - 4)

It's a nigh-perfectly paced and utterly riveting story arc in all three versions, so each version's weaknesses being minor compared to their strengths. So this one is practically a coin toss!

But the coin lands on...

It's the best of both worlds. Truer to the manga with a lot of filler excised, while maintaining great animation and voice-acting that the anime made possible, plus keeping some of the better changes such as how the final epic beam struggle between Gohan and Cell plays out. Also, I much prefer the arrangement of the Kikuchi score here compared to the original.

The Buu Saga

Manga: 99 Chapters (Vol. 20 - 26) Anime: 92 Episodes (Seasons 7 - 9) Kai: 69 Episodes (The Final Chapters)

This arc was never gotten right in any version. The manga's goes further and further off the rails and gets rushed to a flat, underwhelming conclusion; the anime's drags on too long and the many battles against different incarnations of Buu grow tiresome; and Kai bafflingly keeps in a lot of the anime's worst additions which feels totally against the original point of Kai.

But the lesser of three evils is....

At the very least, when this arc starts to get really bad in the manga, it goes by fast. It's mostly in the last two volumes and you can read through it easily. That's way better than spending 22 minutes after 22 minutes after 22 minutes putting up with the decline in quality.

But that leads me to my big Hot Take: Dragon Ball Z is a legendary anime, important to and cherished by many, myself included. But nowadays there's....really not much of a good reason to watch it. Kai is far more in line with the original manga and actually goes at a reasonable pace. 167 episodes is still lengthy; longer than Dragon Ball's 153 and Dragon Ball Super's 131, but it still falls under that reasonable umbrella, whereas 291 episodes just feels way too daunting, especially when not being broadcast on a weekday-by-weekday basis.

So aside from checking out episodes here and there as a curiosity, I wouldn't recommend the original Dragon Ball Z to anyone anymore. Maybe I'm going to HFIL for that, but it's true!

#Dragon Ball #Dragon Ball Z #Opinion #Analysis #Comparison

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ultraericthered · 15 days

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1999 Dragon Ball Z VHS nostalgia post

Whoever it was who got the first two videos order wrong on that Frieza Saga box set needed to get fired from the job.

BONUS: The complete VHS series, featuring the Saiyan Saga, Namek Saga, Captain Ginyu Saga, Frieza Saga, Garlic Jr. Saga, Trunks Saga, Androids Saga, Imperfect Cell Saga, Perfect Cell Saga, Cell Games Saga, Great Saiyaman/World Tournament Saga, Babidi Saga, Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga, and Kid Buu Saga.

#Dragon Ball #Dragon Ball Z #90s #VHS #childhood #nostalgia

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Ok I have an important question, how good would the dbz villains be at among us? I’m asking for a friend, that is me

ive had this ask in my inbox for forever. time to answer.

Vegeta (saiyan saga) is surprisingly good. but Not as imposter. he outs himself so easily when hes imposter, he likes people know his prowess.

Nappa isnt too good at either, but tends to be pretty trusting. doesnt notice small tells that well and is murdered a lot

ginyu force collectively are literally unstoppable. Will work together to help either the captain or frieza win no matter what side all of them are on

frieza is insufferable. hes able to sweet talk quite well, but is very petty and ends up getting himself or his companions killed to prove himself right

17 and 18 are another force to be reckoned with, but only when theyre on the same side. if theyre not, its On Sight

Cell is good at Sneaking as an imposter, and talking his way out o getting ousted, but is often ejected as a crewmate bc hes so sus

Buu can be found running into a corner at the edgeof the starting room. does not know how to play.

#artstuff

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duhragonball · 1 year

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This is the one where Gotenks headbutts a guy in the dick.

Oh, this is also the one where Tagoma rips off Piccolo’s arm like he’s nothing. It’s weird how this is like the third wildest thing to happen in this episode. So I guess this is the high water mark for this saga.

So after the arm-ripping-off thing, Gotenks arrives with the headbutt to stop Tagoma, and then he immediately de-fuses into Goten and Trunks. Frieza recognizes Goten as Goku’s son, and he thinks Trunks is the son of the mysterious Super Saiyan who killed him eighteen years ago. Little does Frieza know that this was the future AU counterpart of Trunks, but no one has time to go over that now.

Then, while Tagoma tends to his wounded groin, Captain Ginyu shows up to steal his body. He can’t speak, which means he can’t say the magic words to do the bodyswap trick, but he does write some words in the dirt, and tricks Tagoma into reading them aloud, and somehow that works just as well.

Of course, Frieza has no idea what just happened, so Ginyu has to explain his entire backstory. He got turned into a frog while fighting Vegeta, then he got teleported to Earth when Porunga granted Dende’s wish to evacuate Namek, and he’s been stranded here ever since, putting up with various hardships and indignities while figuring out his next move. But now he’s back, in Tagoma’s body, which is more powerful than any other body Ginyu has ever had, so he’s rarin’ to get back to work as Frieza’s underling.

And he does really well, until Gohan turns Super Saiyan and kicks him in the dick. Kind of weird how this isn’t even the best groin injury in this episode.

Okay, so I have a question. If all Ginyu needed to do was to trick someone else into saying the words, then why didn’t he do that a long time ago? I mean, he’d have to learn Earth’s language and alphabet, and then find someone dumb enough to read it aloud, but he’s been stuck like this for almost twenty years, and what else was taking up his time?

I think it would have been a better gag if he revealed that he had been training for years to use his froggy body to produce the sounds needed to vocalize the words. Not true speech, but just enough to get the words “change now!” out of his throat.

Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta are stuck in some unknown dimension Whis sent them to. They can’t move at all, no matter how hard they try, until Vegeta recalls one of Whis’s lessons about ki control. According to Whis, their problem is that they “leak” ki energy all over the place while they fight, and this is inefficient. He wants them instead to focus on containing all their power as they use it. So when Vegeta tries to apply this concept, he finds he can move again.

However, that still doesn’t save them. Goku thinks this place is similar to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and if it’s an endless void with no exit, then they might starve to death. Goku figures that Beerus must train in this place, which means he must have a pantry somewhere, so they start looking for one.

Meanwhile, Gohan shows Ginyu mercy, which reminds Frieza a little too much of the time Goku showed him mercy back on Namek. This was a nice touch, since it shows that Frieza isn’t just mad about losing to Goku or getting killed. Those are the main beefs he has, but he’s also furious about the humiliation he suffered, and the torment he endured in hell, and the way Goku pitied him in the end. So Frieza starts shooting Gohan himself, and orders Ginyu to stand down.

Then, just before Frieza can finish him off, Piccolo jumps in to take the killing shot, and dies. This seemed kind of pointless to me on the first viewing, but now it seems more obvious. They needed something to add a story beat to this arc, since Gohan already got death-beamed in the last episode. The movie had Frieza nearly kill him, and then he ate a senzu bean and got better. Episodes 21 and 22 basically try to spread that out across two episodes, which doesn’t make sense. So it’s better to have Piccolo take a shot like this than to have Gohan do it twice.

Of course, it just demonstrates that stretching these movies out across ten or more episodes is a bad call. They would have been better off just not bothering, but no one consulted me on this.

#dragon ball #dragon ball super #2023dbapocryphaliveblog #gohan #piccolo #gotenks #goten #trunks #frieza #tagoma #captain ginyu #goku #vegeta #bulma

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lesvegas · 2 years

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What would dbz look like in the bugsnax universe. Or vice versa

if the saiyans pre-genocide discovered bugsnax theyd succumb to them long before freeza ever got around to dealing with them

beerus would also succumb to bugsnax and i dont know enough about gods of destruction to tell you what would happen after that

namekians, who only need water, would straight up outlast every other race if bugsnax started travelling to other planets

that being said i think gohan would refuse to eat them at all, even before he figures out what they really are (because hes a nerd)

other non-namekians that probably wouldnt eat bugsnax imo: krillin, android 17, android 16, future trunks, bulma, tenshinhan, chaotzu, cell

vegeta wouldnt eat bugsnax at first until goku goes ham and eats as many as possible because no one would/could stop him. vegeta would want in after that

if a saiyan with a tail ate a bugsnak that turned their tail into food then their tail would no longer be a weakness in a fight

the second theres a myth about bugsnax making you stronger literally everyone would be trying to devour as many as possible. freeza would eat the most

if calories of bugsnax = power levels (and if power levels werent bullshit) then the most powerful bugsnax would be cheddaboardle rex (2,132,000), daddy cakelegs (1,344,000), mothzasupreme (1,008,000), megamaki (952,000) and pielobite (402,400). Considering these are all bosses, I'm inclined to believe calories are kind of an indicator for power

this means that each of these boss bugs could possibly beat goku in a fight up until the freeza saga. when goku is fighting captain ginyu he uses the kaio-ken x2 and reaches a power level of 180,000. however, after he recovers from this fight, his power level increases immensely to 3,000,000, vastly outdoing even the cheddaboardle rex in terms of raw power

this wont make sense unless you know how bugsnax ends but any planet with bugsnax on em would start out being worth a lot until the truth about them is uncovered, driving the value of any planet with them into the ground. freeza could make bank on bugsnax-infested planets for a short period of time until finding a planet with them is like a human landlord buying a building already infested with rats and roaches and bedbugs all at once

a new super saiyan transformation drops called super saiyan snak. gokus hair is rainbow now

i literally cannot comprehend bugsnax in toriyama's style or dbz in the bugsnax style but i would still like to see it

#dbz #bugsnax #yes im tagging this #i didnt research gokus power levels for nothing

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dbzscreencaps · 2 years

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#Vegeta #Captain Ginyu #Ginyu Force #Dragon Ball Z #DBZ #Season 2 #Captain Ginyu saga

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FEATURE: To Filler Or Not To Filler - Your Guide To Dragon Ball Canon

Most anime fans are familiar with the term “filler,” but for those who don’t know what it means, it’s when an anime adaptation has nearly caught up to the manga and needs to stall for time before running out of material to adapt. It can also refer to any time when the story slows down a bit to focus on things outside the main plot. The entire Dragon Ball franchise is full of filler like this — but not all filler is bad, especially not Dragon Ball filler.

The Canon Of Dragon Ball

The quickest and easiest way to experience the canon timeline of the Dragon Ball franchise is to read the manga. This translates to anime by watching Dragon Ball, skipping a few chunks of episodes, and then watching almost all Dragon Ball Z Kai, with a few exceptions (minor filler is included in the Buu sagas). For watching Dragon Ball and classic Dragon Ball Z, here’s a more specific guide.

Dragon Ball Episodes 1-28 (and part of 29) cover both the Emperor Pilaf Saga and the Tournament Saga and are canon with the original manga — however everything after Goku flies away in Episode 29 is non-canon. In the Red Ribbon Group of sagas, Episodes 34-78 are considered canon, save for Episode 44, which is mixed canon/filler, and 45, which is non-canon. Skipping Episodes 79-83, 84-126 covers the Tien Shinhan and King Piccolo sagas, while 133 through 148 covers the Piccolo Jr. Saga, which brings the first series to a close.

The Canon Of Z And Super

Dragon Ball Z had a lot more filler content, a lot of it coming in the middle of sagas. For the canon watchthrough of the Saiyan Group of sagas, the first eight episodes and half of Episode 11 are considered canon, with 12-16 being filler. The Vegeta Saga picks back up in Episode 17, continuing through to Episode 35.

Next up is the Namek Saga. Episodes 36-38 are canon, 39-44 are filler, then 45-66 are canon. Entering the Captain Ginyu Saga, Episodes 67-74 are canon, as are the first episodes of the Frieza saga, going from 75-99. Episode 101 and Episodes 103-107 bring the canon of the Frieza Saga to a close. The Trunks saga starts after a filler saga, going from 118 and ending at 123. Next is the Androids group of sagas, which starts at 126 and continues to be canon through 169. Finishing up the Androids group is 172-192, save for Episode 174.

Episodes 200 and 201 begin the Great Saiyaman saga, 202 and 203 are non-canon, but everything from 204 to 291 (save for 274 and 288), which cover the World Tournament Saga, the Majin Buu, Babidi, Fusion, Kid Buu, and Peaceful World sagas are considered canon to the manga.

As for Dragon Ball Super, every episode is anime-original, so every episode is both sort of technically canon and sort of technically filler, the same going for the films. However, there might be parts you could consider filler based on how they slow the story down or focus on smaller plots. You might include the Copy Vegeta Saga in this, as well as episodes like when Universes 6 and 7 play baseball against each other, or when Arale of Dr. Slump made a crossover return to the franchise — that said, all of these are worth watching!

Filler That’s Worth Watching

“Canon” is really just meant to refer to the original manga’s storyline, but that doesn’t mean the filler isn’t worth watching, in fact, a lot of Dragon Ball filler is really dang good.

Episode 45, “Danger in the Air,” sees Goku in a theme park battle against a badass thief dressed in Mad Max-esque clothing named Hasky, who is employed by the Red Ribbon Army. Episode 129, “The Time Room,” is another interesting one, as it depicts Goku going back in time and meeting a young Master Roshi. Perhaps the most worth-watching filler of Dragon Ball are the final five episodes of the series, which depict Goku and Chi-Chi’s wedding and the fantastical adventure the two go on.

Dragon Ball Z is definitely known more for its filler, but amongst all the “stuck in hell (or Home For Infinite Losers for all you old-timers out there)” sagas and random side-stories are a quite a few filler eps that should be part of your DBZ watchthrough.

Episodes 100 and 102 from the Frieza Saga are technically not canon, but they also don’t break anything if included in the story, actually enriching some aspects of the final battle against Frieza a bit. Episode 124, “Z Warriors Prepare” is another that manages to add something rather than stall for time — building out Vegeta’s past and his desire to surpass Goku. The following episode, “Goku’s Ordeal” is, without a doubt, the single most important filler episode of Dragon Ball Z, since it's the famous “Goku and Piccolo learn to drive” episode. You should definitely not skip this episode, since it's just plain delightful.

Episode 174, “The Puzzle of General Tao'' is another great one since it brought back Mercenary Tao for a fun side-story. Last, but not least is Episode 288, “He’s Always Late,” an episode depicting a party celebrating the defeat of Buu. It's full of cute budding romance moments between Gohan and Videl, lots of fun Z-warriors-just-chilling scenes, and, of course, Goku being the nature-loving kind-hearted hero he is. It’s a great end cap to the Buu saga — in fact, parts of it are included in Dragon Ball Z Kai, which aimed to cut out as much filler as possible, which means it's absolutely worth your time.

As for the most infamous filler of Dragon Ball Z, the Garlic Saga — a sequel to the events of the film Deadzone — this one is sort of up to you. If you want to throw it in your watchthrough, go for it! Or if you feel it veers too much from the direction of Dragon Ball, it definitely doesn’t need to be included. The Otherworld Tournament saga is also worth similar consideration since it provides a slightly different take on the classic tournament-style saga of Dragon Ball.

Of course, at the end of the day, all of these are just suggestions. If you want to watch all of the Dragon Ball franchise without skipping anything, that’s also a fantastic way to watch the series — people worked hard on these filler episodes!

Sean Aitchison is a writer and researcher from LA who watches too much anime and knows too much about Sonic the Hedgehog. Follow him on Twitter @Sean8UrSon for his work, watch him stream on Twitch and listen to his podcast, Sonic Podcast Adventure (@SonicPod).

By: Sean Aitchison

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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Vegeta x (Saiyan) Tifa - Headcanons

// with @badassbarmaid + first rough draft that we can change/RP details later!

Saiyan Saga

Tifa (24) won the world martial arts tournament after Goku, followed by Hercule (held while they were training for the Androids)

Nappa blows up East City, where Tifa’s bar was, also her family/friends who were visiting.

Tifa arrives to save Gohan from the Saibaman that attacks him (or later) then fights Nappa, being around Piccolo in power.

She later teams up with Krillin, Gohan and Piccolo, who get to know her while they wait for Goku.

Vegeta (knowing she’s a Saiyan or not) offers to spare Tifa’s life if she joins them.

When Piccolo sacrifices himself for Gohan, he also looks at Tifa in his dying moments, eyes asking her to protect Gohan in his place.

When Vegeta dodges the Spirit Bomb thrown by Krillin and it heads towards Gohan, Tifa deflects it towards Vegeta to land a direct hit.

Tifa can (instead of/with) Gohan, transform into a Great Ape with her tail (regrown)

Namek Saga

Tifa joins Bulma, Gohan and Krillin to Planet Namek, they all become good friends during the journey.

Tifa’s potential gets unlocked by Guru (after Krillin and Gohan), though it takes some time, becoming around as strong as Nail by the time Goku arrives.

Meanwhile Gohan, Krillin and Vegeta fight and are defeated by the Ginyu Force,

Goku defeats Recoome and Burter, Vegeta kills them as Tifa arrives to help.

Jeice brings back Captain Ginyu, and the 3 Saiyans seem to team up, until Vegeta leaves for his own goals

Worried about Vegeta going after Gohan/Krillin, Goku asks Tifa to follow them.

Goku gets body swapped by Ginyu but struggles against Gohan/Krillin when they fight.

Tifa who even with Jeice, manages to defeat him though was close to death from a sneak attack, Vegeta who had been watching secretly, finishes Jeice off and then puts Tifa in a rejuvenation chamber for her to recover and save her life.

Frieza Fight

While Vegeta takes a nap, Tifa helps carry the dragon balls and witnesses the Namekian dragon being summoned and wishes granted before Frieza arrives.

She teams up with Krillin, Gohan and Vegete fighting against Frieza's second form until Piccolo arrives.

Vegeta almost kills Tifa so she can become stronger (from Saiyan zenkai) after being healed by Dende

About to die from Frieza’s 4th/true form, Vegeta begs Tifa to save their Saiyan race, and relay his last words to Goku, seeing him arrive in his final moments.

“Freiza, he made me who I am. Don’t let him do it, to anyone else! Whatever it takes, he must be stopped, by a Saiyan!”

Goku after becoming a Super Saiyan, tells Tifa with Gohan to take Piccolo back to his ship and find Bulma, they are later all teleported to Earth from a wish.

Android Saga

Future Gohan (instead of Future Trunks) arrives to kill Frieza and King Cold before warning everyone about the Androids, prompting them to train for the next 3 years

Trunks is instead Bulma and Yamcha’s (human) son

in the first year, Tifa transforms into a Super Saiyan from a movie villain (Frieza’s brother Cooler) while Vegeta is out in space training

Tifa is about to take over for Goku (defeated by Android 19) when Vegeta arrives

Vegeta is shocked (and secretly proud) when Tifa transforms into a Super Saiyan to catch up to him while they look for Android 20 / Dr Gero’s lab

Vegeta refuses any help even when he is being outclassed by Android 18, and when Tifa and the others rush in to help, Android 17 steps in to defeat them.

Cell Saga

Vegeta trains with Tifa in the HBTC, both attaining power beyond a Super Saiyan

Vegeta fights Tifa so Cell can absorb 18 and reach his perfect form

after Vegeta is defeated by Perfect Cell, Tifa fights him but cannot match his new power

Gohan/Goku show/teach Tifa their way of Super Saiyan training in the HBTC

Tifa fights her own Cell Junior during the Cell Games

A revived Cell kills Tifa (in place of Future Trunks), causing Vegeta to snap and attack Cell in a rage. It is then that he truly admits and accepts his feelings for her.

(cc) Cell: “Your Tifa? Don’t be ridiculous, Prince. There is no room for love with all that pride of yours, I should know. I’ll do you a favour though, and send you right to her in the afterlife!”

Buu Saga

Vegeta and Tifa have a daughter named Sela (pun on celery) around Goten’s age

turned into Majin Vegeta by Babidi and forced to fight Tifa, Vegeta is brought back to his senses after seeing his daughter’s tears.

Vegeta (putting his pride aside) fights alongside Tifa against Kid Buu, but their teamwork is still not enough to finish Buu off, leading to the plan to use the Spirit Bomb.

#ccShip : Vegeta x Tifa | badassbarmaid | Badass Saiyans #cw : long post

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