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Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury Pt. 3 [Just I-Majin It]

Shoutout to Yajirobe: The Bean Daddy!

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It's so stupid they're named after vegetables for gods sake—

THAT'S THE JOKE

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DragonballZ Kai The Final Chapters Episode 17: The Nefarious Wizard Babidi and Demon King Dabura’s Trap

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MY THOUGHTS ON DRAGON BALL DAIMA

(Wasn't going to post this old draft, but decided to post it anyway since @/puyohero was curious about my thoughts)

Awesome! Love that Toriyama is heavily involved! Love the art & animation and the idea is interesting too.

SIMILARITY TO DRAGON BALL GT

Yes, GT did something similar. However GT sidelined most of the cast. Even Pan & Trunks kinda got sidelined when they were part of the main cast of GT. In this, it seems the other characters will play some sort of role too. Or I assume so. And they will be traveling to another realm/world. So maybe the others will go with Goku.

DB DAIMA seems to be referencing a lot of DB properties & not only GT. As pointed out here...

CAST AS CHILDREN COULD MEAN...

I had hoped it would turn the entire cast into children and glad it happened. Now I hope we get more info about it. Because what I want is for the other cast members to get involved. Gohan & Piccolo are on a similar level to Goku & Vegeta, so then being excluded to only focus on Goku & Vegeta would be stupid. And since it is stated that this series won't be transformation heavy... what if Goku cannot transform into forms he didn't have as a child?? Or it's very taxing on the body if they can. Now everyone can get involved in the battles! Krillin has already returned to martial arts, but we can get my boy Yamcha fighting again! We might even get to see kid Ox King fight alongside kid Roshi. That would be neat!

Now what would be funny is to see a kid version of Buu. Would it be a short chubby Buu or Kid Buu/Pure Buu? Or maybe the magic won't affect him much since he can change his appearance at will. 🤔

Also, I bet there is a joke about Krillin not getting much smaller when turned into a kid again like how there was a joke in OG Dragon Ball that Krillin didn't get much taller & Krillin is upset about the statement.

Also, the chibi reminds me of the Dragon Ball SD manga.

TITLE POSSIBLY ELUDING TO...

Another interesting thing was the placeholder name "Magic" and the current name "DAIMA." Seems like Toriyama is possibly hinting at the Makaioshin. Evil beings with magical power, the Demon Realm being a place where magic rules over science, and the fact that THIS guy looks like a Kaioshin.

So the little guy could be a God of the Demon Realm. Or maybe a God of Destruction of the Demon Realm. Who knows? We'll have to wait and see.

JOURNEY TO THE WEST REFERENCES

I see some Journey To The West/Saiyuki influence in here too which is good cause this is Dragon Ball after all. Goku with a Sun Wukong role, East Kaioshin (Shin) with the monk role. And maybe other characters who are inspired by Saiyuki will play roles similar to their inspirations.

Vegeta having a Sun Wukong role while Bulma has the Tripitaka role

Piccolo having a Tripitaka/Wukong role while Gohan also has the Tripitaka/Wukong role

Krillin with a Tripitaka role (maybe some Wukong role too since he also takes some Wukong inspiration) & maybe 18 takes on the role of Tripitaka in certain aspects?

Yamcha with a role referencing Sha Wujing role

Tenshinhan with a role referencing Erlang Shen

And if the Demon Realm is involved then there is more Saiyuki references. Journey to a dangerous land and fighting demons. This could be pretty cool to see.

GOKU'S DESIGN

And another thing... Goku's gi in Daima. It's becoming closer and closer to his End of Z gi.

The untucked style of Goku's gi in Daima is similar to EoZ, but the colors are still like his iconic orange and blue gi.

MY THEORY FOR THE STORY

In the Demon Realm, the Makaioshin & some Demon God examine Goku & his friends. They speak about Babidi and how he recruited the King of the Demon Realm, Dabura, and still failed. As well as Bibidi summoning & Babidi reawakening the evil beings Majin Buu, then Buu becoming an ally of Goku. Where a sorcerer failed, a Demon God plans to succeed. The Demon God & Makaioshin notice that Goku & company are always victorious due to their strength, transformations, and friendship that encourages each other. So somehow, they are all turned into children to make them doubt their chances of victory. And their power is nerfed too. The Saiyans might have to struggle just to turn SSJ again. I believe it will be through a spell just to be different from GT and not use a wish granting Dragon. The part that shows that a wish was made to Shenron wish was likely after they were turned into kids and they needed help in some way, or they tried to reverse the spell and it was beyond the power of Shenron.

So they venture into this new realm to fix things. Perhaps splitting into groups. Goku & Kaioshin, Vegeta & Bulma, Gohan & Piccolo, Krillin & 18, ect. Some teaming up with other groups too. Get to see stuff like Goku & Tien team up. They learn about the depths of magic & Bulma is surprised because her technology she relies so much upon doesn't matter much in the Demon Realm where magic is their technology.

At some point, they find a way to return to their actual ages and adult bodies. In the end, they confront the Demon God & Makaioshin. Of course Goku would face the main bad guy (along with Vegeta & maybe with Gohan & Piccolo). Godly power vs godly magic. Or something like that.

Now let's wait & see how wrong I am 😂

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Introducing my Dragon Ball OC, Swooten! (Name derives from sweet and sour sauce.)

He is from the Demon Realm and is capable of magic and shapeshifting. He has repressed memories from childhood. He loves stealing and shapeshifts to not get caught, however slowly falls in love with Earth and it's nature and somewhat ends up more of a good guy. But still commits the occasional crime.

His main goal is was to usurp the King of the Demon Realm, Dabura, until things happened. Due to his magic weakening, Swooten wants to harness his ki and become a better martial artist, so he looks to....Yamcha, while in human disguise. Initially because he thought Yamcha was hot, but there's deeper feelings within. Yamcha doesn't notice this however, for quite some time. Poor Swooten.

(I hope you like him!)

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Top 10 Dragon Ball Villains

Number 1. Cell - Cell is a Perfect villain. He’s got the traits of 3 main villains (Piccolo, Vegeta, & Frieza), along with some Goku elements in the mix, and it makes sense when you remember that he’s an android with the cells of the universes strongest fighters. Also he’s got the ability to absorb people, can perfectly copy techniques that would take years to learn, has quite the suave and charming personality in his perfect form, is extremely funny and snarky sometimes, is terrifying a lot of the time, and overall Cell was designed to be the endgame villain of Z, before Toriyama was asked to write the Buu Saga. Also he’s the SECOND villain from Z to be brought into Super, excluding Buu, only that time he’s now this Shin Godzilla inspired monstrosity with the appearance of his second form. Even in THAT state he was frightening! He’s on the same level as Frieza, but is held back by the fact that he was basically an endgame type of villain put in a penultimate setting. Still, he was and is the PERFECT, Non-Frieza, Dragon Ball villain from the get so in terms of concept and execution.

Number 2. Frieza - What else is there to say about this douchebag that hasn’t been said already? Frieza is one of the most terrifying, entitled, ruthless, fake, genocidal, petty, vile, legitimately racist, and unapologetically evil villains to ever roam fiction, and yet he is still entertaining as all hell. Every word he utters is either filled with malice or sleezy, and when karma hits him in the face it’s all well deserved. God this bastard is a great hateable villain.

Number 3. Zamasu/Goku Black - Cheers to the first villain that ACTUALLY sees himself as the hero in this series. Zamasu is a pompous asshole of a Supreme Kai with a god complex that stole Goku’s body in the future, and is hellbent on eradicating all mortals with the help of an immortal alternate timeline version of himself. At first he was Universe 10′s North Kai, meaning that he was watching mortals from afar, before becoming the apprentice of the Supreme Kai, Gowasu. However he wholeheartedly believes that mortals will always be violent savages who only exist to destroy, and the only reason why he became Gowasu’s apprentice was to change that. However after finding out about the existence of Goku, it didn’t take long for the growing darkness in his heart to drive him to come up with the idea to steal Goku’s body and create the “Zero Mortal Plan.” Zamasu himself acts very formal and humble, but he’s self-righteous and is preachy as all hell, both in the main timeline and the alternate future. Then there’s Goku Black, a self righteous prick of a god, and utter lunatic who enjoys the thrill of the fight, and the bloodshed that comes with it, played by none other than Goku’s english and japanese voice actors. And finally there’s Merged Zamasu, the fusion between Goku Black and the alternate Zamasu, and Zamasu’s truest self. A genocidal, self righteous, mad deity willing to do anything to ensure that his twisted sense of justice prevails. So in spite having a diabolos ex-machina ending to his arc, Zamasu is on the same level as Frieza and Cell.

Number 4. Demigra (Xenoverse & Heroes) - I wasn’t big on him at first, but I realized that this guy was a good antagonist for Xenoverse & Heroes. Sure he only appears midway through the story, but he makes up for that by being quite the threat. Demigra was the former Supreme Kai of Time, before getting booted out of his position for some shady shit, and landing in the place that would soon become the Demon Realm. In short, he’s basically some kind of REAL Demon God, a true Satan figure, unlike Dabura and King Piccolo. So he continues to go on raiding the Time Nest, before being sealed away, but the more distortions in history happened, the closer he became to being free. Heck even while imprisoned, he could summon mirages of himself to alter history by corrupting allies like Piccolo, powering up foes like Buu, or straight up trying to piss off and control The God of Destruction! Oh and did I forget to mention that he revels in every bit of torment he causes, so he truly lives up to being a devil in that part. If you think he sounds like some Dragon Quest, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy, or Fire Emblem villain, I wouldn’t blame you, but I think that’s what makes him stand out compared to other villains in the series. In short, Demigra is offputting at first, but that nature makes him stand out in a pretty good way. It’s such a shame he’s not in the mainline series.

Number 5. Vegeta (Saiyan Saga) - Vegeta was at his best in Z, ESPECIALLY when he was the main villain of the Saiyan Saga. That arrogance, that persistence, that pride in being a living weapon, and the fear factor he brought to the table is truly unforgettable. God I miss having legit Saiyans as cruel as hell villains.

Number 6. Broly (DBS) - The Non-Canon Z Broly was a pyschotic jock, and an okay villain who was motivated by an infant crying and being stabbed by King Vegeta. The canonical version of the character however is a lot less of a kill happy sadist and more of a gentle soul with the body and power of 50 nukes that he has no control over. He’s not truly a bad guy, but he was still a main antagonist, mostly because his horrid ass father, Paragus ordered him to fight Goku and Vegeta, and Frieza cause him to snap twice in the same day. Plus when he snaps and rages, he SNAPS AND RAGES LIKE A WILD ANIMAL. Sure he was only a villain for like one movie, but his time as an out of control weapon is still great. Congrats Toriyama on making a weak ass non-canon villain into one of Super’s best antagonists.

Number 7. Piccolo (OG Dragon Ball) - Before Piccolo was the team dad and the braincell of the Z Fighters, he was the Demon King Piccolo, the evil half of the namekian, Kami, and Goku’s greatest foe. He was terrifying at times, but he also had this level of theatircality to him. Also, in terms of “Big Bad Satan” Archetypes, as King Piccolo, he was pretty good. After he’s offed by a kid Goku. However King Piccolo spat out an egg at the a few seconds before he died, and a few years later we get to King Piccolo’s reborn self, simply named Piccolo Jr, a younger and stronger copy of himself with his soul and memories intact, who’s out get revenge on Goku. And after being defeated for the second time, they became rivals, a few years later in Z they team up against Raditz, Piccolo takes in Gohan, and the rest of his well written redemption arc is histoy.

Number 8. Beerus - He’s a cat destroyer god with the personality of a cat, how was he NOT a good villain? He only eats, sleeps, blows up planets, and acts like an ass. Like this guy tried to blow up earth after his pudding got eaten by Majin Buu! Sure he’s not an active villain, and he’s currently on Goku and the Z-Fighers side, but let’s be glad it’s staying that way.

Number 9. Cooler - He’s basically Frieza’s pompus, envious, and slightly insecure older brother. Literally anything one could say about Frieza can qualify to Cooler, however there’s noticeable differences, outside of the more masculine appearance. He’s less got less of a faux politeness, actually inspires loyalty in his soldiers, and is a lot more pragmatic in general. However, just like his brother, he falls into similar traps.

Number 10. Android 21/Vomi - Ah yes, this bitch. Android 21 was the main villain of Fighterz, and a pretty damn good one. She’s kinda like a mix between Majin Buu and Launch from the OG series, with some scientist elements sprinkled inbetween. By that I mean she’s got two different personalities, a calm and collected scientist with some semblance of a heart, and a literal pyschotic power hungry monster that can absorb people by turning them into sweets. Out of all the modern DB villains, she’s one of the better ones. Oh, she also is designed after Dr Gero’s wife, Yomi.

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7 Worst Dragon Ball Characters (objective)

Honorable mention, Master Roshi. So here's the deal, I actually like Roshi. I actually like Roshi A LOT when he's being the offbeat martial arts master, but for the most part he's a serial sex offender, and the anime adds even more sexual assault for lulz.

Like a bad relationship, I try to remember the good times

Oolong

So y'know how I basically said there were aspects to Roshi's personality I really enjoyed, which is why he's not on the list proper? That's not the case with Oolong. There are definitely aspects to Oolong I like -- I like Piggy from Journey to the West and I think it's hilarious that Toriyama dressed him (and Mai, for some reason) like Chairman Mao. I also have to credit him with saving the world, although idk how Pilaf would have actually held onto his world empire with people like Goku around. Regardless, his character is another vehicle for sexual assault humor.

And yes, the English dub fucked up and made him sound like an adult. The joke is that he's a child that acts like a perverted adult, but because he's a child, he's just kidnapping girls to clean his house and be his mom, basically (Bulma pretty much even adopts him). Sexual assault humor is still sexual assault humor, though, so Oolong sucks

Bacterian

He's just gross. I really hate this dude

Garlic Jr.

Who stans a poser? In DBZ Abridged, they rip on Lord Slug for being EXACTLY King Piccolo, but the only difference between Slug and Garlic Jr. is that Lord Slug knew his place well enough to stay out of the anime.

Lemme start tho with the things I actually like about this guy. 1) he's a demon, I think. Toriyama introduced the concept with King Piccolo, backtracked, then reintroduced it with Dabura. Dragon Ball Xeno Heroes or w/e later realized this was free real estate and expanded on the idea to the point of nausea, but until then, Garlic and his henchmen and Dabura were your only demons, if that's something you found dope.

Other than this, Garlic Jr. steals Pilaf's design, but instead of remaining a lil' gremlin, he goes the filler route and beefs up like a Broly. He has a past connection with Kami like King Piccolo and successfully uses the Dragon Balls like King Piccolo. He then uses the Jr. like Piccolo. Get your own fucking thing. ALL YOU HAVE IS BEING THE SON OF KAMI'S RIVAL

And what really gets me is that he would be an okay filler villain if he wasn't just a chimera of better, actually canon characters, but as he is, the only things I like about his movie and arc have nothing to do with him.

Fwiw this is the only character on this list that's filler/not a part of Toriyama's original run. If this included GT, then there would be nothing but GT. As far as Super goes, I like the characters or at least their concepts (looking at you Zamasu), and the shit part is in the execution.

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He and Yamu serve to showcase Babidi's power of mind control, but in doing so we're forced to witness the most pointlessly brutal, one-sided beatdown in all of Dragon Ball. I think the anime even devoted an entire episode to this ffs

We later learn that you have to already be a prat to fall under Babidi's powers, so there's nothing even tragic about his brainwashing and ultimate demise. He sucked before, he sucks now, he's a bad character.

Idasam

First off, it really doesn't make sense that a kid's division was introduced, does it? Most of the top fighters in the World Martial Arts Tournament were underage

Second, look how cute that girl in the top right is

Ok ok. As I made this list I began to realize there weren't a lot of characters in Dragon Ball that I actually hated. Some I definitely liked less than others, but few were so bad that I would remove them if I could. This chick is definitely one of them tho.

The Anti-Chi-Chi, Idasam raised two little brats that ig she loves and supports, which is the only thing she has that going for her. Besides that, she's mean to Bulma and even tried to physically assault her until the Mother of our Saviour Chi-Chi stepped in

Pirate Robot

Admit it, you thought he was filler. He looks like Third Form Frieza fucked some Saiyan armor. I've seen people try to salvage pirate robot by saying he's Android 2, but no, he's not, General Blue had no idea about this underwater pirate cave, and it doesn't make sense for Dr. Gero to squirrel away a dragon ball down here. Sometimes the things you love just disappoint you

Super Buu

I'm not sure this if this is a controversial opinion, but Super Buu is trash, his arc is trash, and everything he does will be done better later by Janemba in a fucking filler movie.

Before his introduction, Gohan failed, Vegeta failed and failed and failed, Gotenks fucked around and found out, and Goku wasted his time on a useless transformation like Future Trunks did in the Cell Saga (if he had been alive, Gohan would be trained and he would have realized SSJ3 wasn't a real transformation). Then Hercule came along and WON. The champ did it, he beat Majin Buu (with kindness). And that's great. If the Buu arc ended there, it would've still had several loose ends, but Z has loose ends as it is (imo another saga was needed to complete Gohan's character arc).

But then Toriyama (I'd rather blame his editors, but I've never seen anyone credit Super and Kid Buu to editorial interference) Ctrl-Z's Hercule's victory and we get Super Buu, a Perfect Cell wannabe that does nothing but crack his neck and murder Marin and everyone else too ig with his admittedly dope human extinction wave.

I have nothing but issues with this guy. His arc is way too long, his design is generically cool like a filler character, he steals Cell's powerset, he steals everybody's clothes, and he murders most of the cast while having little to no personality, so I can't even hate him for it

Go crack your neck more, you're the worst character in Dragon Ball

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Super Dragon Ball Heroes 30-32

The real stars of this arc are Mira and Towa’s awesome outfits.

All right, so we’re back from a brief interruption to wrap up the Universe Creation arc.   As you may recall, Fu was trying to make his own universe with the Universe Tree or whatever it’s called.  It’s been sucking the energy out of the twelve already-existing universes, which is bad, but Fu doesn’t care.  And just when it seems like his plan is about to come to fruition...

...The tree suddenly withers and dies.  This is because Beerus used the Super Dragon Balls to wish for the roots of the tree to be erased, leaving the main body of the tree with no sustenance.

So Fu’s lost, right?  Not quite, because while his plan seems doomed, Towa had her own plan, which involved the Dark Factor.   When Mechikabura was defeated, he released his evil essence or whatever, and it hid inside the Saiyan Time Patrollers who fought against him.  Towa has since retrieved that energy and reassembled it.  Now, at this critical juncture, she sends it into Fu, which empowers him to become the new Dark King of the Demon Realm.

This powers up Fu, and changes his costume, and it reveals to him that Towa and Mira are his parents.  Apparently Towa’s kept him in the dark about that, even though they’ve been working together during this arc.  Fu now understands his true identity and purpose.  He had been this science dork, collecting “data” and plotting dumb shit just to see what would happen, but Towa birthed him for the sole purpose of succeeding Mechikabura as King of the Dark Empire.  I don’t think Towa disapproved of what Fu was doing before, but for her, it’s all been leading up to this moment.

This is kind of important.  Well, I think it is, because I’m kind of a fan of Towa, and this gives some insight into her character.  Remember, Towa’s brother was Dabura, the King of the Demon World.  After his death in the Buu Saga, Towa probably could have assumed the throne for herself.  But instead, she came up with the plan to revive the original Demon King, Mechikabura, and support his rule instead.  Now, with Mechikabura dead, she’s setting up Fu to rule in his place.

So she’s rather be Queen Mother than Queen, is that it?   Apparently not, because she tells Fu not to call her “mother”, because he’s the new Demon King.  She kneels before him and declares that she and Mira are his servants.  That might not be entirely genuine, or maybe she’s just trying to impress upon Fu that he’s the one in charge now.  But the pattern here is that Towa doesn’t seek to rule.  Instead, she seems to prefer to be a kingmaker. 

As for Mira, well, Towa created him to be her faithful warrior, so he wants whatever she wants.  But I think it’s interesting how he’s had this proud smirk on his face through this entire arc.  He’s clearly very satisfied to see Fu fulfilling his destiny like this.  He looks more like a father appreciating his son, which seems kind of out of character for the usually stoic Mira, but I guess everyone has a soft spot.

So from here, Fu tries to use his own power to revive the Universe Tree and complete his plan.  Beerus may have destroyed the Tree’s roots, but they may no longer be necessary.  Of course, Vegito Blue is still around to stop him, but Fu seems to be able to handle him.

Then Xeno Vegito suddenly appears to help.  We last saw the Time Patrollers getting sent off to some unknown location after Towa retrieved the Dark Factor from them.  Somehow, Xeno Goku and Xeno Vegeta managed to return to this place.

The answer appears to be these two: Robelu and Demigra.  Sheesh, this thing keeps tossing in new characters.   Okay, so Demigra’s a demon big-shot, but he opposed the rule of Mechikabura, and I suppose he doesn’t like the idea of Fu becoming a new Mechikabura, which is why he’s stepped up to oppose Fu’s plan.  Robelu is like his top lieutenant, I guess. 

The thing with Demigra is that in the Xenoverse games, he was trapped in a time prison called the Crack of Time, and he only escaped at the end of a 75 million year captivity.  Then he got killed in a failed invasion of the Time Patrol HQ.  But Dragon Ball Heroes keeps using Demigra like he’s some sort of crafty power broker in the Demon Realm.  He’s evil like Towa, but he’ll help the good guys to stop her from messing with his own agenda.  Which would be all well and good, except he has to keep leaving the Crack of Time to do this, and he’s got all these demon sidekicks and all this other stuff he shouldn’t have if he’s trapped in a time prison. 

Also, he looks a lot younger here than he did in Xenoverse.  Maybe they’re going for a Kang thing, where a lot of Demigra’s appearances are his younger self operating without knowledge of his death later in the future.  Then again, Demigra shows up again in this series, so maybe I should wait until I’ve seen those episodes before drawing any conclusions.

Anyway, Broly shows up. 

I don’t know what the fuck this is about.  Towa and Demigra talk about Broly as though he was involved in some earlier battle, and they’re surprised to see him come back, but at least they know what he came back from.  I wish they’d clue in the audience.

He fights Vegito 4 for a bit, and then he powers up and turns into a Super Saiyan 4 himself.  Well that’s pretty cool.  I’ve never gotten to see SSJ4 Broly in action before.

He does really well against both Vegitos, which... seems kind of goofy.  I think it’s only a matter of time before SDBH has to give in and resort to fusing all four Gokus and Vegetas together into one super fused guy.  Gitogo.  Gogito. Vegigogetoita.  Gitoveg. 

Vegito Blue tries to hold off Broly alone so Vegito 4 can stop Fu, but it turns out to be too late.  The Universe Tree is revived, and there’s a bright light as...

Well, this glowy tater tot is produced, which I guess is the universe Fu was trying to create.  He doesn’t seem too pleased with it, but he’s still interested.

So Vegito 4 and Fu continue fighting, and then Demigra traps them both in a “Time Labyrinth.”  I’m not sure what this accomplishes.  Neither does Towa, as she taunts Demigra by asking how long she thinks he can contain Fu this way.

From Beerus’ planet, Whis and Vados sense the birth of a new universe, but they don’t have anything definitive to say about it.  I suspect that it’s not in their jurisdiction, since the angels are assigned to their own universes.  Vados asks about Goku and Vegeta and...

All we really see is Goku lying facedown in a world within Fu’s new universe. 

It looks just like West City on Earth, but how can that be? 

And that’s the Universe Creation Arc.  Like the Prison Planet Arc, this doesn’t feel like much of a complete story, since so many loose ends were left for the next arc to deal with.  Well, we’ll just have to press on and see what happens next...

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Well, it's about time I probably got to showing Asaroth.

Basically, he's Dabura's firstborn son (i included beelzebub in his timeline as his younger half-brother) who prides himself on being the best of the best. The true person meant to rule the Demon Realm. So......as you can see, he didn't take his cousin Fu being named as heir too well.

He quite literally lost his mind over it, and was pretty cruel to his cousin for it, though Fu surprisingly has been nothing but friendly with him. He refuses to accept Fu just telling him he can be king if he wants, because Asaroth is so far gone he's hellbent on some honor system where it can only be passed through a duel or death.

And well, he's more than willing to attempt to kill his cousin and destroy his entire livelihood. He wouldn't even mind just taking out his aunt's side entirely. Asaroth is just...basically obsessed with "proving" himself to be the best of the best in his bloodline.

For fun facts I suppose, yes he can pull his sword from his headgem. No, it's not something he was born with. He basically had cosmetic surgery to put it there to look more regal.

"Watson Kahn" is his human disguise on Earth. The original one did exist, but he killed him so he could steal his identity :(

Asaroth DOES become Dark King at some point but through a very miniscule amount of Dark Factor compared to others. He wanted to rival his cousin while his was still happening lol.

But yeah! Guy that got so bitter about not being heir that it literally broke him and pushed him to an irrational state.

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DABURA VS PICCOLO

Demon King VS Demon King

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Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury Pt. 2 [A Super Saiyan Bargain Bin Sale]

Cap’n Crunch: Oops All Super Saiyans

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The Dark Prince Returns [Vegeta & Tifa] @badassbarmaid

cc-vegeta “Stupid girl, there is no resisting Master Babidi’s plan. So you will fight me Tifa, right here and now! Or maybe after I destroy these people in the tournament stands, including your disposable Earthling family!” // Majin Vegeta, actually brainwashed by Babidi

badassbarmaid answered:

The way Prince Vegeta spoke sent shivers down her spine. There was no way he meant everything he said. It had to be because of whatever happened to him, right? She didn't know all the details, but she could smell the difference in the air.

Taking a defensive stance, her eyes narrowed and she frowned.

"I don't know what's going on, but I'm not going to let you hurt anyone else. The real you wouldn't want that to happen." Especially since Bulma was in the audience; didn't he care for her?

“I’m sorry Tifa, we followed the Supreme Kai to where those guys took my energy. My dad, Piccolo and Krillin got turned to stone by this Demon King Dabura’s spit, and his leader the wizard Babidi, took over Vegeta’s mind. See that M on his forehead? That’s Babidi’s branding, it’s on Dabura too. They’re making us fight so they can use that energy to revive Majin Buu,” Gohan explained to Tifa.

“It’s a monstrosity with unbelievable power, it will be the end of the universe if he gets revived. So we must prevent it at all costs, you must not fight him,” the Supreme Kai added. Unfortunately it was easier said than done, as the transformed Majin Vegeta was charging up an energy blast aimed at the audience to try and taunt Tifa to fight him.

“You won’t let me hurt anyone else? How disappointing. Those are the words of a cowardly weakling like the rest of these Earthlings. The real me wouldn’t want this? You’re wrong, girl, this is the real me! A true Saiyan warrior!” Vegeta declared, and in his anger he lost control and shot the ki blast into the crowd.

Gohan who was closest, swiftly got in between and deflected the ki blast away. Unfortunately, it still blew up the top corner of the stands along with the people that were there, near Bulma and the rest of their loved ones too. “That’s enough Vegeta! If you want to fight, fight me! Leave Tifa and the others out of this!”

“Do not interfere, Gohan! I only desire to fight the strongest one here, and that is not you. It’s Tifa!” Vegeta yell as he let out a blast of power. Babidi then ordered him to kill the Supreme Kai to stop his meddling. “Master Babidi, it will be a waste to kill the Supreme Kai. Would you not what the honour of doing that yourself? Even better, let him experience the terror of Majin Buu once again before he dies by your hand.”

With that reasoning, Vegeta was allowed to do as he pleased, he would still be gathering energy for Majin Buu regardless. “Give me a direct answer, Tifa. Will you fight me or not?” he demanded as he pointed a finger at Tifa in declaration.

[tsukai22]

After watching some DBZ BT3 CPU battles...

I figured I'd post the pre/post-battle dialogue I liked and/or found interesting (a lot of paraphrasing involved):

Captain Ginyu vs Great Saiyaman: Ginyu: "A new recruit! You'll be the 6th member of my squad." Saiyaman: "Sorry, I don't mingle well with evildoers."

Dabura vs Devilman is kind of amusing. Dabura: "I'm Dabura, ruler of the Demon Realm!" Devilman: "I'll rule the Demon Realm in your place!" And if Dabura wins he says that he's the king.

Majuub vs Hercule is a lot like their GT Tournament fight, with Majuub planning not to hold back while Hercule's worried. If Majuub wins he's over the moon at being able to beat the World Champ - somehow not noticing how Hercule's a regular human.

Lord Slug and Demon King Piccolo talk about how they're not going to hold back despite their opponent being a Namekian. I thought there might have been something about how they both wished to be in their prime but it wasn't to be.

Future Trunks and Tapion talk like they've met before, and then I remembered that somewhere it was stated (non-canonically) that Future Trunks got his sword from Tapion.

By far the most interesting one to me is GT Goku vs (kid) Chi-Chi. Goku is surprised that Chi-Chi has been turned into a kid as well and Chi-Chi calls Goku a troublemaker for causing it. The winner talks about how it's like the old days when they used to be kids. Basically, they've made this matchup a what-if situation where adult Chi-Chi was turned into a child too, which I think is really cool and definitely unexpected. I wonder if there's any other matchups like this.

[axolotlsauce]

In 2000 Toriyama made a short manga series called Sand Land a post-apocalyptic story where humans and demons co-exist. The humans are under subjugation by a greedy human king who hoards all the wealth and water. The demon prince Beelzebub decides to help the humans and long story short they overthrow the king and shares his wealth with the common people bringing peace between humans and demons. Beelzebub’s father is also Dabura but he’s called Lucifer in this manga.

Beelzebub communism arc

[duhragonball]

Super Dragon Ball Heroes 20

Meanwhile, in a completely different story...

This episode is a “special” that focuses on the Time Patrol.  It sets up some plot points in the next arc, and it also provides some context for Fu, although I’d say it raises more questions than answers. 

The problem is that this episode just jumps into the climax of a completely different story, one that took place some time ago, relative to the first 19 episodes.  The first time I saw it, there was a little infodump scene before the episode title, to fill you in on the Supreme Kai of Time and her conflict with Mechikabura and Demigra.  I can’t seem to find it now, so I’ll just explain what I know. 

So about 75 million years ago, there was a contest to appoint a Supreme Kai of Time. The job mainly involves caring for the Divine Tokitoki Bird, a cosmic animal who creates time.  The two candidates were Mechikabura, one of the oldest and most powerful of the Core People, and Chronoa, who I’m pretty sure got chosen because she’s good with animals.  Anyway, Mechikabura tried to cheat, and Chronoa got the job.  One of her first acts as Supreme Kai of Time was to banish Mechikabura to a hidden realm of the universe, which eventually became known as the Demon Realm.  Later, Demigra, a wizard who worked as Chronoa’s assistant, turned out to be a dirty dealer as well, and she banished him to a different realm, the Crack of Time.  

In the Demon Realm, Mechikabura founded the Dark Empire.  I don’t know where his subjects came from.  Maybe there were others in there with him, or they got banished there later for other crimes.  Anyway, everyone there became known as Demons, and after a long reign, Mechikabura died or got sealed away or something.  Dabura eventually became King of the Demon Realm, but then he got enslaved by Babidi, and killed by Majin Buu on Earth.

So Dabura’s sister, a scientist named Towa, came up with a plan to resurrect Mechikabura.  This involved a lot of time travel shenanigans, brainwashing various characters, and using a set of corrupted Dragon Balls.  Her machinations eventually got the attention of the Supreme Kai of Time, but she accused Trunks of causing the problems, since she had become aware of his time trips to defeat the androids on Earth.   When it became clear that Trunks was not responsible, she recruited him for the Time Patrol, and they investigated the Demon Realm plot together.

Now, this basic synopsis is taken from a few sources, including the Dragon Ball Heroes games, the Dragon Ball Heroes manga, and the opening exposition from this episode of the web anime.  It’s also kind of mentioned in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1, although Mechikabura isn’t brought up, since I’m pretty sure he wasn’t introduced yet.  But Towa is in XV1 and she’s depicted as an old enemy of the Time Patrol.  There’s a number of twists and turns, like Demigra showing up and joining forces with the Time Patrol, or the Supreme Kai of Time getting mind-controlled into being a bad guy.  But episode 20 of the SDBH anime is only concerned with the very end of the story, where the good guys have their final battle against Mechikabura at the height of his powers. 

In this version, like the manga, Chronoa and Trunks are joined by alternate versions of Gohan, Goten, Pan, Goku and Vegeta. We’ve already met Xeno Goku and Xeno Vegeta.  They were the Time Patroller guys who showed up in the Prison Planet arc and wrecked Fu’s lab.  As for Xeno Goten, he’s here to provide Xeno Trunks with a fusion partner.  Xeno Gohan and Xeno Pan?  I have no idea. I’m pretty sure they were just brought in so there’d be enough Saiyans handy to do the Super Saiyan God ritual with Trunks.

Mostly, the action is handled by Xeno Goku and Vegeta, who fuse together to become Xeno Vegito.  So where did these guys come from?  The only explanation I’ve been able to work out is that in the Heroes video games, these battles would feature the player avatars, characters like Beat, Note, and so on.  But in the manga, those characters weren’t available, so they had a scene where Chronoa drew allies from Trunks’ memories, or something.  I don’t understand that, because the implication is that she created these guys out of thin air, with nothing to go on but Trunks’ memory.  But he has no memory of Goten or Pan, or Super Saiyan 4, so it doesn’t make sense. 

Anyway, the basic idea here is that Vegito keeps Mechikabura busy, while Chronoa charges up Trunk’s Time Sword, which he then uses to strik the final blow. 

Mechikabura does the whole thing where he thinks the sword didn’t even hurt him, then he’s like “OH SHIT THIS ACTUALLY HURTS A LOT!  ESPECIALLY MY GENITALS, WHICH WERE ALSO CUT IN HALF!  OW MY GOBLIN DICK!”

Then Chronoa’s like “Sleep forever within the light” and he explodes or gets sucked into the prison dimension or whatever.  I just like how badass Chronoa’s delivery is here.  “Get wrecked, Mechikabura.  Time Patrol, motherfuckaaa.”

Then she tells her bird to destroy the whole palace.  “Every last brick, Tokitoki.  I want them all to know it was me.”

Normally Tokitoki looks like a goofy barn owl with a beard, but here he transforms into a giant golden firebird or something. 

“When you get to hell, tell ‘em Tokitoki sent ya!”

“ARRRRGH THIS HURTS A LOT!  NOT AS MUCH AS MY DEMON PENIS GETTING SLICED DOWN THE MIDDLE, THOUGH!  BUT BOTH OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO ME SO OWWWWW!”

Then the good guys return to Earth or wherever, and everyone gives Trunks and attaboy for being so reliable.  But he gives Goku and Vegeta the credit, since they did most of the work.  I’m pretty sure the original premise was for Trunks to carry the load in this battle, hence the Super Saiyan God form, but here we are.

Anyway, that’s how Mechikabura and his Dark Empire fell.  But wait...

Just before Tokitoki wrecked the whole place, Towa and Mira managed to evacuate their baby.  Okay, I probably should have explained Mira.  He’s an artificial life form Towa created to serve as her enforcer. He’s got Saiyan DNA and some other traits copied from powerful warriors, but she also married him, so it’s fair to say that Mira doubles as a sex toy. 

This scene makes it look like they tossed their baby into a dimensional portal, then died with the rest of the city, but Towa and Mira would return to cause trouble in other media, including the Xenoverse games, other DBH missions, and the MMO Dragon Ball Online, where she was first introduced.

As for the baby, we don’t actually see what happened to him as he grew up.  Instead, we flash forward to see him as an adult...

And he’s Fu, the mad scientist we’ve seen throughout the series so far.  He looks a lot more edgelord-y here, but he seems to have lightened up by the time this web anime got started. 

My gripe here is that none of this really tells us much about Fu as a character.  I mean, he’s descended from Towa and Mira, but anyone watching this web anime without playing any of the games would have no idea who Towa and Mira are.  Well, they’re demons, okay, but what does that mean to Fu?  Does Fu even know where he came from?

I mean, I know Towa and Mira fairly well.  I’ve written fanfiction about them, for crying out loud.  But I’ve yet to understand Fu’s whole deal, and this episode seems designed to help me understand him better, and it really doesn’t succeed. Knowing who his parents are doesn’t get me very far.  I guess he inherited his scientific genius from his mom, and his high power level came from his dad, and that’s about it. 

Now, this episode does reintroduce the Time Patrol, and it introduces Tokitoki and Xeno Trunks to the story, and we’ll be seeing more of them in the next arc, so it’s not a complete waste of time, but I’m still not clear on what this was meant to accomplish.

“OWWWWWWWWW, EVEN IN DEATH MY BISECTED DEVIL HOG STILL SMARTS LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS!  CAN THERE BE NO RELIEF!  OOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!”