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Super Saiyan 4 Goku is Brilliant | Defending Dragon Ball GT
Dragon Ball Z is one of the greatest action anime of all time. One of the elements that make it so great? Incredible action scenes and awesome transformations. Goku and Vegeta powering up and going Super Saiyan might be part of what makes the show so great.
But when Dragon Ball GT came around, it introduced its own super saiyan form: Super Saiyan 4. Why is Super Saiyan 4 one of the best transformations? Is SSJ4 better than Super Saiyan Blue or Super Saiyan God? And is Super Saiyan 3 the worst transformation in Dragon Ball? all that and more -- here.
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0:00 Super Saiyan Got Weird in Dragon Ball Z
2:31 Sponsorship
5:35 What Dragon Ball GT Contributed to Dragon Ball Culture
7:02 Why Super Saiyan 1 Matters
9:20 Continuing Super Saiyan After The Frieza Arc
14:57 Super Saiyan 3 is Stupid
17:14 Super Saiyan 3 in Dragon Ball Super
18:44 The Golden Great Ape in Dragon Ball GT
23:36 Super Saiyan 4 is Mastery of Saiyan Nature
29:42 Overcome Your Evil Nature By Returning to the Beginning of Dragon Ball
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HP Lovecraft Adaptations are a Mess (And Cthulhu is Worse)
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H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most beloved horror writers of all time despite the racism. Cthulhu and his Great Old Ones are some of the most iconic eldritch abominations to grace literature, but for some reason, his works have always struggled with adaptations. Here's why so many Lovecraft films seem to miss the mark so greatly. Special thanks to @friendlycatwife for guest staring and @SaiScrib...
Ranma 1/2 Makes You Bi and Trans
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Ranma 1/2 is back and more popular than ever before. A lot of older anime fans grew up with Ranma 1/2, which introduced them to the creative world of Rumiko Takahashi. But for many young fans, Ranma....maybe sort of introduced a few unusual feelings in them that it took them years to unpack. In this video essay, let's analyze how Ranma 1/2 deals with LGBTQIA ideas and thoughts. Is the anime bi?...
Lily Orchard is Falsely Accusing Me of Plagiarism
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Lily Orchard has gone a step too far. In order to distract from the recent video by Joon the King, Lily has enacted a campaign to distract from her crimes by attacking her critics. Starting with me. She has accused me of plagiarism and her fans have been trying to erode my potential relationship with other UA-camrs on the platform behind the scenes. But I'm not going to stay quiet about it. Spe...
Is Ash from Evil Dead the Best Horror Movie Hero
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Horror movies have many villains, but remarkably few heroes. The heroes of horror are among the most iconic in the genre, but who is the greatest? Before you say Ash Williams from The Evil Dead, just consider...there are other heroes of horror out there worth remembering. Special thanks to @VoicesFromtheMausoleum , Chrystal, and Ash 0:00 What is a Horror Hero? 6:21 Is Ash from Evil Dead Horror’...
Is The Rocky Horror Picture Show Problematic? | LGBTQIA Horror Video Essay
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show is often seen as a landmark in LGBTQIA movie history. It's one of the first major musicals to gain mainstream attention that featured tons of openly gay, bi, and gender nonconforming characters. But over time, people have asked if the film is transphobic or homophobic. From creator Richard O'Brien's controversial statements to discussions of trans identity that hav...
Right Wing Horror Movies | Conservative Fears on Screen
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All horror movies are political. They draw from the well of fears that inspire our political movements. So it's natural that some horror films reflect right wing fears and anxieties, even if unintentionally. What are right wing horror films? What conservative scary movies are out there? You might be surprised and even more surprised when I say some of them are actually pretty good. This is a le...
You Cannot Survive These Horror Movie Villains
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Most of us have watched a scary movie and said "Yeah, I could survive this horror movie villain." But have you ever seen one where you realize from the very start you have no chance at surviving? These twenty horror movie villains are the sorts of characters you cannot survive and stand no hope of enduring. So yeah, these twenty? They'll probably end you if you faced them. These are twenty horr...
Should Critical Drinker Write The Next Star Wars?
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It recently was announced that studios like Disney, Amazon, and Warner Bros were considering hiring fan focus groups to avoid online backlash in the future. This led to some people suggesting that UA-cam reactionary critics like Nerdrotic or The Critical Drinker should write studio films. So I'm gonna analyze this. And uh...I think you might be surprised the conclusion I come to on this one. Ch...
Werewolves: Halloween's Hair-Raising, Furry Monsters
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Werewolves: Halloween's Hair-Raising, Furry Monsters
Cozy Horror Movies To Watch Before Halloween
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Cozy Horror Movies To Watch Before Halloween
Spider-Man Legally Cannot Be Bi | Superheroes and Bi Erasure
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Spider-Man Legally Cannot Be Bi | Superheroes and Bi Erasure
Lily Orchard Doesn't Understand Writing | A Response to Lily Orchard's Writing Advice
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Lily Orchard Doesn't Understand Writing | A Response to Lily Orchard's Writing Advice
What Makes a Villain Great? | Villain Video Essay
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What Makes a Villain Great? | Villain Video Essay
Rewriting Pokémon the Anime | A Pokémon Video Essay
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Rewriting Pokémon the Anime | A Pokémon Video Essay
Disability Representation in Fantasy
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Disability Representation in Fantasy
Alien vs Predator: The Legacy, 20 Years Later | Alien and Predator Video Essay
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Alien vs Predator: The Legacy, 20 Years Later | Alien and Predator Video Essay
The Flattening of Disney | A Disney Video Essay
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The Flattening of Disney | A Disney Video Essay
Who is Spider-Man's Greatest Villain? | Spider-Man Video Essay
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Who is Spider-Man's Greatest Villain? | Spider-Man Video Essay
Lily Orchard Wants to End My Channel
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Lily Orchard Wants to End My Channel
I Watched Every Disney Horror Movie | Disney Video Essay
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I Watched Every Disney Horror Movie | Disney Video Essay
Venom vs Wolverine: The Rivalry That Changed Comics (Also Deadpool) | A Superhero Video Essay
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Venom vs Wolverine: The Rivalry That Changed Comics (Also Deadpool) | A Superhero Video Essay
Lily Orchard Doesn't Understand Pokémon | Responding to Lily Orchard's 6.5 Hour Pokémon Review
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Lily Orchard Doesn't Understand Pokémon | Responding to Lily Orchard's 6.5 Hour Pokémon Review
Nightcrawler, The X-Men, and The Catholic Church | An X-Men Video Essay
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Nightcrawler, The X-Men, and The Catholic Church | An X-Men Video Essay
Critics Don't Criticize Star Wars | Star Wars: The Acolyte Video Essay
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Critics Don't Criticize Star Wars | Star Wars: The Acolyte Video Essay
Is Anyone in Sailor Moon Straight? | A Sailor Moon Video Essay
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Is Anyone in Sailor Moon Straight? | A Sailor Moon Video Essay
Noralities: Was Anime YouTube's Most Controversial Critic Right? | Stream Highlight
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Noralities: Was Anime UA-cam's Most Controversial Critic Right? | Stream Highlight
Why Queer People Love Horror | A Horror Movie Video Essay
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Why Queer People Love Horror | A Horror Movie Video Essay
Comics Have Always Been Gay | LGBTQA+ Superhero and Comic Video Essay
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Comics Have Always Been Gay | LGBTQA Superhero and Comic Video Essay
We Need "Bad" LGBTQIA Representation | A Movie Video Essay
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We Need "Bad" LGBTQIA Representation | A Movie Video Essay

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  • @Replica_Rabbit
    @Replica_Rabbit 52 хвилини тому

    Want to know something funny, Goku have already master the great ape form in Dragon Ball, doing the King Piccolo Arc (That why we see the Great Ape before Goku finishing off King Piccolo) and he overcome his tail weakness in his fight with Krillin. I like Super Saiyan 4, but how he got it wasn't good. Lastly, Goku couldn't turn into a Super Saiyan God in the Broly movie because Vegeta wasn't righteous at the time and they didn't have the other two Super Saiyans need it

  • @DoctorLazers
    @DoctorLazers 52 хвилини тому

    Goku Transformations Ranked (Considering both the visual and narrative aspects) 1. SS1 2. Kaio-Ken 3. Great Ape 4. Ultra Instinct 5. SS4 6. SSG 7. SS2 8. SS3 9. SSB (Ass ugly, no narrative purpose and only creatiled to market a movie)

  • @rottencandystudios1857
    @rottencandystudios1857 Годину тому

    I also liked it!

  • @TrappyJenkins
    @TrappyJenkins Годину тому

    Im glad dragon ball super came out, so everyone could have nostalgia for a series they havent watched in decades. Because its literally painful to watch. Say what you will about super, but it had a plot, and it executed on those things. GT is a bunch of good ideas and a bunch of episodes that are difficult to watch. Tell me more about how much you love the deep and intricate character of super 17, or how baby feels like he wasnt spacled onto the end of the black star balls to give them an actual villain. Or how the shadow dragons werent boring and repetitive. People used to say GT stood for "Goku Time" but now that 20 years have passed, nostalgia glasses have kicked in.

  • @Replica_Rabbit
    @Replica_Rabbit Годину тому

    Underrated? Super Saiyan 4 is what Xeno Goku have and he the strongest Goku in the Dragon Ball series

    • @diegoantoniofrias9309
      @diegoantoniofrias9309 15 хвилин тому

      Universal Blue Goku is the strongest in the anime, the manga and even the arcade

  • @Animogx
    @Animogx Годину тому

    Haven't watched the video yet, just saw the thumbnail and title, and I will die on this hill with you. SSJ4 is just such a cool design and I loved it for Goku, Vegeta, and Gogeta

  • @farkasmactavish
    @farkasmactavish Годину тому

    Absolutely not. GT was written and designed not by Toriyama, but by an edgelord who wasn't capable of thinking beyond "wouldn't it be cool if...?" and Shadow the Hedgehog aesthetics with no regard to personality- and story-based character design. Super Saiyan 4 was designed--both visually and mechanically--on the basis of making Goku act like the person the writer thinks Vegeta is.

  • @sternritternovad
    @sternritternovad Годину тому

    The thing about Super Saiyan 3 is, it's a useless transformation it looks cool but it hemorrhages stamina more than any other form including Super Saiyan 4 and Blue, and though Super Saiyan 4 is cool as F the series it comes from drags it down, GT is the Goku show if he isn't your favorite than the show is beyond infuriating to engage with. Super Saiyan blue is a color swap but Dragon Ball Super gave characters other than Goku Spotlight so my opinion on it grew from positive interactions.

  • @dayoldbaguettes
    @dayoldbaguettes 2 години тому

    What a great video! I'm so glad UA-cam served me such a great revommendation. I was confused by the inclusion of Velma at first but you used it so well to illustrate your point

  • @Beerusmama
    @Beerusmama 2 години тому

    The last person I expected to cover Dragon Ball, but fuck it, we ball. Awesome. <3

  • @garbotoxin_enthusiast
    @garbotoxin_enthusiast 2 години тому

    “I would dare to say it’s not not great” ok I’ll give it a shot

  • @warehouselead
    @warehouselead 2 години тому

    Wow Edit: As I continue to watch, I am just more and more convinced Lily is just contrarian.

    • @warehouselead
      @warehouselead Годину тому

      Edit 2: Lily really does seem to just like walking huh? Maybe she should have named her video "A Pokemon Retrospective By a Person Who Hates Pokemon".

    • @warehouselead
      @warehouselead 51 хвилина тому

      Edit 3: Hacking in a raltz each generation she could seems disingenuous for a retrospective. Also, Lily seems to be carrying a lot of resentment towards something. She dislikes almost every mechanic in Pokemon, dislikes Poketubers, and relates to the rival that is an actual jerk.

  • @hedgems2104
    @hedgems2104 2 години тому

    How dare you say Dragon Ball GT is not great!

  • @venom66656
    @venom66656 2 години тому

    I really love SSJ3 and the niche it filled. I even feel like it was a hint at SSJ4 to come since SSJ3 seemed more wild and harder to control and a huge drain on the person using it.

  • @ObinnaIfeanacho-s7v
    @ObinnaIfeanacho-s7v 3 години тому

    Ui >mastered ui > super saiyan god > ssj4> ss blue

  • @CatsandDragons7
    @CatsandDragons7 3 години тому

    I don’t understand why sakura’s crush on yukito would be uncomfortable. It’s obviously unrequited, never a “will they/wont they” and clearly just puppy love. What kid on earth who’s had a crush hasn’t had a crush on someone older than them, like a band member or actor they are a fan of? It’s completely normal It’d only be uncomfortable if Yukito felt the same way about Sakura…

  • @denmark1226
    @denmark1226 3 години тому

    Some corrections. Plan to Eradicate the Sayians wasn't an OVA. It was a 90s video board game. It was remade for the Raging Blast video game. The tuffles didn't enhabit Planet Vegeta. They lived on Planet Tuffle. That's the one Baby brings back with the black star dragon balls. Another I noticed: Super Saiyan 4 isn't the only thing that can ignore the power of shenron. Nappa was doing that in the sayian saga. Red shenron was a more powerful shenron, but it's just another shearing, as easily dunked on as the previous one

  • @willlyon7129
    @willlyon7129 3 години тому

    I’ve been criticizing Disney not for political reasons but how monopolistic they are.

  • @borriswindeburgen7161
    @borriswindeburgen7161 3 години тому

    Super Saiyan 4 is cool as a concept. Calling back to the bestial nature of Great Ape and meshing it with Super Saiyan. If only it came from something other than GT. Wow I hate GT, and my god is Super Saiyan 4 ugly. Black hair's fine, Great Ape fur for the body is cool, but why is it red? A pinkish red? Why does he have blood-red eyeliner? Why would you stick him in piss-yellow pants if you're going to put in so much red?? (Also, you mention "Goku pulling it out of his ass" for Super Saiyan 3 and for the sake of the bit I wish to showcase the scene where GT Goku gets his tail back).

  • @willlyon7129
    @willlyon7129 3 години тому

    Fear came people do crazy.

  • @willlyon7129
    @willlyon7129 3 години тому

    My guess is that these Lovecraft stories are difficult to adapt into movies

  • @Emo_Killua
    @Emo_Killua 3 години тому

    No. We are not about to do revisionist history with "actually Noralities was right." She was a hypocrite who was rightfully called out for being stupid. Lolicon is not pedophilia. There is not a single psychological source that will tell you this is the case. There is not a single psychologist that would agree with this. Lolis do not resemble a real-world person in any way shape or form. To try and compare them to a real world child is asinine. Lolicon is also not illegal under federal law. The law clearly defines it as needing an "identifiable actual minor" in the creation of it. Cornell EDU defines "Identifable minor" as the following: (9) “identifiable minor”- (A) means a person- (i) (I) who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified; or (II) whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and (ii) who is recognizable as an actual person by the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature; and (B) shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the identifiable minor. Cited from Section 18 §2256. Definitions for chapter. In Japanese popular culture, lolicon (ロリコン, also romanized as rorikon or lolicom) is a genre of fictional media which focuses on young (or young-looking) girl characters, particularly in a sexually suggestive or erotic manner. The term, a portmanteau of the English words "Lolita" and "complex", also refers to desire and affection for such characters (ロリ, "loli"), and fans of such characters and works. Associated with unrealistic and stylized imagery within manga, animeand video games, lolicon in otaku (manga/anime fan) culture is generally understood as distinct from desires for realistic depictions of girls, or real girls as such, and is associated with the concept of moe or feelings of affection and love for fictional characters as such (often cute characters in manga and anime).

  • @flashtheshapeshafter
    @flashtheshapeshafter 3 години тому

    Great video , as for Vegeta I always got the impression one of the many reasons he needed the waves contradictions is because he and Bulma used a loophole out of desperation to force him into ss4 without super Saiyan 3, which is why we got that scene when he turns back where Goku's confused that he can't just transform again

  • @frostyfrenchtoast
    @frostyfrenchtoast 4 години тому

    Great video, SSJ4 is usually gassed due its unique design but it does have a lot of great thematic elements to it that tends to be overlooked. Mastering your innate demons makes SSJ4 a form of compassion despite its aggressive visuals, it’s really good. That said, the God transformations from Super are in NO WAY bad. If SSJ4’s symbolism is often overlooked, then the SSGs are completely overhated and misunderstood in what they actually accomplish for the story. I’m routinely impressed by how much good faith is given towards SSJ4 but is completely absent when people talk abt God or Blue. Super Saiyan God is pretty self explanatory, it’s just a regular Saiyan with god ki. The flame aesthetics are great, I love the slimmer build it has, it looks innocent and curious despite its strength, and I love it for that. God isn’t really controversial at all, I’d say it’s unanimously loved. Blue is the contentious form for which I do not understand its hate. Super Saiyan Blue is a mastery of god ki - keeping yourself calm and serene while in Super Saiyan. It recontextualizes SSJ as a form of martial arts mastery and the dichotomy between godhood and saiyan. It has a great color wheel, I love the lil front bang it has, and I think it aesthetically pleases me a lot. Visually it looks good, and is *meant* to be derivative as it’s simply SSJ with god ki instead of mortal ki. The real pluses of Blue comes in its actual utility though. It’s objectively the best written transformation in the franchise. Its calm nature means it can be mixed with techniques like Ultra Instinct as they don’t actually contradict each other, like we see in the Granolah saga. It is very light on the body and doesn’t have a lot of energy exertion, so it can be stacked with Kaioken and make that technique usable too. Blue allows for older techniques to see relevance again, and for newer techniques to see use alongside Blue for combined effects. I yearn for the day the God forms (specifically blue) aren’t just written off as color swaps. They have unique properties that allows for some of the coolest stuff we see in this franchise. NO OTHER transformation is like Blue, it is the potato of the forms lol. It brings obsolete techniques back, it works with new techniques too, and Blue has a gorgeous color wheel and design to boot. It represents calm strength and mastery of oneself, an important precursor to Ultra Instinct. Unlike bad forms like SSJ2 or SSJ3, Blue is not a mere power-up, and Blue can scale far wider as its not a simple raising of power level. Blue is doing way too much to just be written off the way it is. Just because Blue is not as thematically succinct as SSJ4 doesn’t mean it’s completely worthless. It’s objectively the best form as it does the most for other techniques around it, and has unique elements in its own right. SSJ4 without its thematic elements actually doesn’t have a lot going for it imo.

  • @christianthrasher8677
    @christianthrasher8677 4 години тому

    Thank you for giving super Saiyan 4 the love and respect it deserves

  • @zach123101
    @zach123101 4 години тому

    Did i already know all of this yeah, but this video of you explaining is great and well made as always

  • @serena77449
    @serena77449 4 години тому

    I’m so happy you’re covering thisssss!!!

  • @rubyknights5885
    @rubyknights5885 4 години тому

    1:30 there is no poof that Toriyama didn’t plan on continuing after the frieza arc

  • @SpedeVesku
    @SpedeVesku 4 години тому

    Never understood the love for Super Saiyan 4 personally. It just look goofy, which isn't inherently a problem, but GT clearly tried to present it as badass.

  • @TheJacobG
    @TheJacobG 4 години тому

    GT is for me the definition of good ideas with poor execution.

  • @genemelendez368
    @genemelendez368 4 години тому

    Oh yeah, the “we’re at the end of the game, so who cares about balance” transformation. So many good memories with those old PS2 era DBZ games

  • @DaiGato420
    @DaiGato420 4 години тому

    Great video

  • @meganpayette5996
    @meganpayette5996 4 години тому

    If you thought Lily Orchard's Pokemon retrospective was bad? Verlisfy's Pokemon Legends Arceus video is even worse! You'll need Aspirin afterwards!

    • @Direwolf181
      @Direwolf181 23 хвилини тому

      that fucker still makes videos?

  •  4 години тому

    I do agree with the points. Personally, this video probably explains better why SSJ3 is bad, even if I like it. ua-cam.com/video/9-t_onJm5iQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Carthu%27sDojo

  • @ChrisOdinson132
    @ChrisOdinson132 5 годин тому

    44:00 makes me so angry, As a person with disabilities if mega churches can't use us as a prolife prop, a source of free labor, or a source of money, they will gladly discard us as "demons".

  • @eatsomeoranges8936
    @eatsomeoranges8936 5 годин тому

    The anime adaptation of the SSJ3 kinda made me think that is was a attempt of unlocking the full power of a Great Ape/Super Saiyan and why he had no eyebrows. Like Goku is trying to reach SSJ4 but going about it the wrong way

  • @tonyshum5569
    @tonyshum5569 5 годин тому

    Going to Lily Orchard for writing advice is like going to Under the mayo for game reviews

  • @GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm
    @GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm 5 годин тому

    Should I take a shot whenever Ant says "Super Saiyan"? Or is that too lethal?

  • @jdellabeat6245
    @jdellabeat6245 5 годин тому

    You made me connect the dots in how the thematics of the Super Saiyan God (Red) connect to the whole culture of the Saiyans. And it's quite fitting too since the idea of a Saiyan Saiyan God was just prophecy of the Oracle Fish, nothing tangible like a myth or fable like in Super Saiyan 1. The Saiyans of Old couldn't have possibly come together in a moment of unification and togetherness with the exception of Bardock, who had the selfless decision to send his child away before their karmic end. Through, Goku, Vegeta, Broly and their respective friendships and connections. They get to redefine their cultural history through a new lens that isn't plagued by their bloody ancestry.

    • @denmark1226
      @denmark1226 3 години тому

      I really despise that rewriting of bardock. He's a selfish dick in the original Japanese version of his tv special, like Raditz, Nappa, Vegeta on his first appearance, and Goku when he first lands on earth. In TFS's words, he commits genocide and doesn't afraid of anything