#also i decided to watch the dub after finishing the out episodes and ive been pronouncing some names wrong

[organised-disaster]

You did WHAt

Netflix, what do you think the point of downloading the show was????

Me: I like this show, I'll just download it so I can rewatch it without service.

Netflix: mm no bestie so sorry girlypop can't let that happen queen really sorry pookie

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Dragon Ball Z 245

Last time, Goku teased a new form, one beyond the Super Saiyan 2 form Vegeta and Gohan used against Buu at the start of this arc.   But he’d prefer not to use it if possible.  

The idea here is just to keep Majin Buu busy long enough for Trunks to fly there first and get the Dragon Radar.   After that, it won’t matter (as much) if Buu destroys the place, because the Z-Figthers can use the Dragon Radar to collect the Dragon Balls and wish back all the casualties.   But Trunks is distracted by Goku’s abilties.   He can sense that Goku is about as strong as his father, and he’s apparently unfamiliar with Goku’s teleportation ability.    The reason he’s got his eyes closed here is because Babidi is psychically broadcasting Buu vs. Goku to the world, so Trunks can watch their confrontation simply by closing his eyes.

And Goku uses that trick to speak directly to Trunks, telling him to quit gawking and do his job. 

With that taken care of, Goku decides that he’s got no choice but to demonstrate his new form.   First, he powers down completely, presenting this as a review of the Super Saiyan forms.   Babidi doesn’t see the point, but Buu’s interested, and that’s the one Goku’s worried about.

So this is Goku in his base form.   

And then he turns Super Saiyan.   This is the form he used to beat Frieza.   No worries there.

Then he transforms again, into the form Gohan used to beat Cell, and the one Goku and Vegeta used when they fought each other about fifteen episodes ago.

Crucially, Goku dubs this form “Super Saiyan 2″, about sixty episodes after it was introduced.    So now we can finally stop calling it “beyond Super Saiyan”, “ascended Saiyan”, and whatever else this show has been throwing around.    The funny thing is, everyone kind of stops referring to this form altogether after this.  Goku and Vegeta continue to use it, but you almost never hear anyone spell out “Oh, he’s using Super Saiyan 2″.    I don’t think anyone mentions the form in GT at all, even though a lot of guys use it.   

The story I heard was that when Movie 14 happened, Akira Toriyama was so rusty with DBZ continuity that he forgot Super Saiyan 2 was ever a thing.   That seems kind of odd, considering that he must have remembered the higher levels, but it doesn’t surprise me a whole lot, because it looks so similar to Super Saiyan 1, and for a very long time the form didn’t have a true name.     I know that when I was watching this arc back in 2001-2002, I just considered this “Ascended” nonsense to be irrelevant.    To me, the forms were one and the same, and SSJ2 was merely a Super Saiyan fighting at full power.  But then I got to this episode, where Goku made it clear that Super Saiyan 1 and 2 were different things.   

And this is important, because we need to establish these things so that it means something when Goku decides to go... even... further beyond!    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Back in Otherworld, King Kai is freaking out, begging Goku not to do this.   It’s too much!  This form he’s going to use is so extreme that it’ll use up the rest of his 24 hours in the living world!

BUT THERE’S NO TURNING BACK NOW!    THE MUSIC IS ALREADY PLAYING, KING KAI!    Oh, shit, I forgot the music.

It’s called “Ssj3 Power Up” on Bruce Faulconer’s DBZ American Soundtrack volume IV.   

The Japanese version, sadly, does not have a theme song this badass for this moment.    I really don’t understand that, because they should have known one was called for here.    Let’s face it, not much happens during this scene, and they seemed to recognize that issue when Gohan turned Super Saiyan 2 for the first time.     Then again, Faulconer kind of whiffed it on Gohan turning Super Saiyan 2, so I can’t critique the Japanese score too harshly.    But if you’re a subs-only fan and you want to give the American dub a chance, this is one of the better episodes to sample.   

Meanwhile NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON THIS IS INSANE!    GOKU’S ENERGY IS SO HUGE RIGHT NOW U GAIS!

WHAT ARE THESE CLOUDS DOING THIS IS NUTS!

NO SAILING TODAY, THERE’S A SUPER SAIYAN 3 WEATHER ALERT!

I’M GOING TO YELL THE REST OF THIS LIVEBLOG BECAUSE IT’S SO EXTREEEEEEEEME!    GOKU’S GOTTA FIGHT THIS DUDE AND HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEX WITH HIS WIFE INSTEAD BUT THAT’S OUT OF THE QUESTION NOW!    SHE’S PASSED OUT BECAUSE SHE THINKS THEIR SON IS DEAD, WHICH IS QUITE THE MOOD-KILLER IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!    ALSO IMAGINE YOU’RE TRYING TO FOOL AROUND WITH YOUR WIFE AND SOME TALKING ANCHOVY STARTED TALKING IN YOUR MIND AND YOU CAN’T CLOSE YOUR EYES BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PUBES ON HIS SCALP.    AND HE’S ALL “TEE HEE HEE I’M GOING TO SEND MY BUBBLE GUM MONSTER TO BLOW UP SOME MORE SHIT!”    THAT WOULD ALSO BE QUITE THE MOOD-KILLER IN ADDITION TO THE DEAD SON THING.   

I MEAN MAYBE A COUPLE COULD WORK THROUGH ONE OR THE OTHER BUT NOT BOTH.   IF I WERE MARRIED TO CHI-CHI I’D LIKE TO THINK I COULD FULFILL MY MARITAL DUTIES IN SPITE OF THE TALKING ANCHOVY IN MY HEAD.   I WOULDN’T ENJOY IT AS MUCH, BUT CHI-CHI’S A FINE WOMAN WHO DESERVES THE BEST IN LIFE.   BUT IF OUR SON WAS DEAD THAT WOULD JUST BE TOO MUCH.    ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BONER POISON I’M SORRY CHI-CHI IN THE AU WHERE WE’RE MARRIED AND HAVING SEX.

THERE’S NO STOPPING THIS KING KAI.    E! C! W! E! C! W!  E! C! W! 

O-LAYYYYYYYYY, O-LAY!   OLE, OLE, OLE, O-LAYYYYYYYYYYYY!

CROSSWALK SIGNS EXPLODE FROM THE SHEER INTENSITY OF GOKU’S POWAAA

WINDOWS BREAK AND SPILL GLASS ALL OVER EVERYBODY!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART WHERE THIS NEWSCASTER IS COVERING THE HORROR OF THE BUU CRISIS--

WHEN SUDDENLY HE CAN FEEL IT!     THIS JUST IN THERE’S SOMEONE SCARIER THAN MAJIN BUU AND HE’S BROUGHT GOKUTOWN BACK TO EARTH!   ONE NIGHT ONLY!

THEN THE TV BREAKS BECAUSE IT KNOWS BETTER

GOKU’S KI IS SO POWERFUL IT EVEN BREAKS THE NO-TIEN RULE ON THIS WHOLE ARC.    PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS BUT CHIAOTZU SLEPT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF TOEI’S WIFE AND HE WAS SO MAD HE TOLD TORIYAMA “YOU KEEP THAT LITTLE HOMEWRECKER OUT OF YOUR STUPID KARATE COMIC, YOU GOT IT?”    AND TORIYAMA DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT BUT HE RESPECTED WHAT THE GUY WAS GOING THROUGH SO THAT’S WHY THEY DIDN’T SHOW UP IN THE TOURNAMENT BUT GOKU’S SCREAMING HAS SHATTERED THE TIMESPACE CONTINUUM AND NOW TORIYAMA HAD TO DRAW THESE TWO AGAIN BECAUSE REALITY BROKE DOWN THAT BAD. 

EVEN THE MIGHTY MISTER SATAN IS POWERLESS AGAINST THE SHEER METAL THAT IS COURSING THROUGH THIS DOOMED EARTH.  

MULLETS EVERYWHERE VIBRATE IN HARMONY WITH GOKU’S EXPANDING HAIR

THEN HE’S ALL TINY AND THE WHOLE WORLD GOES BLACK IT’S LIKE A METAPHOR OR SOMETHING THIS IS ART YOU PHILLISTINES

I DON’T KNOW WHAT OOZARUS HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS GOKU LOST HIS TAIL LIKE 20 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS SO UNIMPORTANT THEY DIDN’T EVEN SHOW IT.

IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE PLANET VEGETA?   IS GOKU JUST THINKING ABOUT PLANETS HE LIKES?

BABIDI DIDN’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS A MINUTE AGO, BUT GOKU’S GOT HIS ATTENTION NOW DOESN’T HE?

AND THEN HE’S ALL DONE!     WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE, GOKU, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD?

JUST IN CASE ANYONE’S NOT CLEAR ON THIS, HE EXPLAINS THAT THIS IS SUPER SAIYAN 3.     WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS EYEBROWS?   THEY GOT SUCKED INTO HIS HEAD, THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.

SO NOW HE JUST LOOKS AT BUU AND HE’S LIKE YOU COME GET THIS WORK.   

MEANWHILE ON THE SUPREME KAI PLANET THEY CAN FEEL GOKU’S POWER ALL THE WAY FROM THERE AND THEY’RE LIKE WHAA?

SO BUU SAW ALL OF THAT BUT HE’S NOT IMPRESSED.    GOKU’S LIKE FINE LET’S DO THIS ALREADY.

MEANWHILE TRUNKS MADE IT HOME BUT NO ONE KNOW WHERE DRAGON RADAR NO

BUU TRIES TO ATTACK BUT ALL HE DOES IS CATCH THESE HANDS.   GOKU BEATS THE CRAP OUT OF HIM....

... OR THAT’S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, EXCEPT BUU HARDLY TAKES ANY DAMAGE, AND HE RESPONDS WITH A RAPID FIRE ATTACK.    GOKU’S ALL “THAT’S VEGETA’S MOVE WTF” AND I’M LIKE “HOW IS THAT VEGETA’S TRADEMARK THING  IT’S JUST SHOOTING HAND ENERGY VERY FAST.   DON’T ACT LIKE BUU IS SOME SORT OF GENIUS FOR FIGURING THAT OUT.     I DON’T THING VEGETA EVEN USED THAT ON HIM, SO HOW DID HE LEARN IT?”

KING KAI’S STILL PLEADING WITH GOKU TO CALL IT A DAY.    IF HE RUNS OUT OF TIME, HE WON’T BE ABLE TO TEACH GOTEN AND TRUNKS HOW TO FUSE!   

BUT NO THESE TWO BIG OL’ BOYS ARE HAVING A WRESTLE.

BUU’S REALLY INTO THIS BUT BABIDI KEEPS YELLING AT HIM TO FINISH GOKU OFF.   HE’S LIKE SOME SHITTY ALIEN JIM CORNETTE WHINING ABOUT HOW BUU DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO WORK.   SO BUU TELLS HIM TO STFU.

BABIDI’S LIKE HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY I’LL HAVE YOU KNOW I’M A LEVEL 20 WARLOCK WITH ANCHOVY-BOOGER POWER SIR.

GOKU’S JUST FRUSTRATED THAT TRUNKS STILL HASN’T LEFT WEST CITY YET, SO HE JUST HAS TO KEEP DROPPING HURTIN’ BOMBS ON THIS PINK FOOL.  

MEANWHILE TRUNKS CAN’T FIND THE RADAR BECAUSE IT’S NOT ANYWHERE ASSSDFGHJKL;;

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Last Minute Toonami Night Review: A Black Clover for the Holidays.

It’s December, and you know what that means! It’s the Holiday season, full of cheer and good tidings. Unfortunately, it also means a busy work schedule for me, as well spending most of my time studying for finals as well! Hence why it’s taken me this long to getting around to doing this review for last week’s run of Toonami. But as much I would like to rant about how stressful this week has been, I want to get this done before tonight’s run of Toonami starts, so onto the review!

Last week was the premiere of Black Clover on Toonami, as well as the start of the new 5 and a half hour lineup! Before my first impressions of the new show, I want to talk about the new schedule, as well as another thing that may affect it soon. While it will take me a while to get use to the new start time of the lineup, I’m still surprised by how much it has constantly changed and grown this past year. A year ago the run was 3 and a half hours, and now it’s 2 hours longer. If this keeps up, by next year, we might go back to the old 6 hour challenge!

However, despite the new extended schedule, it might be get short soon. Why? Because Lupin the Third Part IV is nearing the end of its run, with only five episodes left. So unless there’s already another show soon to replace it, we might go back to being just 5 hours in the beginning of the new year. Kind of funny really. This year began with the lineup being extended 30 minutes, so to lose that same amount in the start of the next one would be pretty ironic.

Anyway, speaking of Lupin the Third, can’t believe it’s almost over already! I know it’s been half a year since the show began in June, but it feels like it was less than that. Then again, this whole year feels like it went by faster than usual, but I digress. While I’m saving my review for when it finishes its run, I will say that Lupin the Third has become one of my favorite shows on Toonami, so much so that I would argue that it’s one of the best shows to have aired on the block. But enough about that, time to go over the main topic of last week, Black Clover.

So my first impressions of Black Clover are kind of, well, meh. I mean, I can see where people are getting at in this show ripping off a lot from Naruto, and how they might be annoyed. But on the other hand, it makes me all the more interested to see where they take this. After all, some good anime often take a lot of ideas from others, but put a new spin to them.

In other words, if Black Clover doesn’t do something different from the other shows, then it’s boring and generic. But if the show does brings something unique and new to the table, then it will fill the requirements of a good show in my book. So with that said, I’ll be watching the coming episodes to see what they do with that formula, and if they do something creative with it. That’s about it for last week’s topics, now to end the review with the recap!

Dragon Ball Super: During the victory celebration, Beerus has to cover up his lie regarding Monaka from Goku. Fortunately for the destroyer, the upbeat Saiyan is pretty gullible. So after dressing up like Monaka and giving Goku quite a fight, Beerus was able to keep the truth hidden.

DBZ Kai: Buu becomes steaming mad when a mad gunman shoots his dog. Fortunately, Mr. Satan beats the crap out of the bastard, and finds out that the dog is still alive but barely. So with Buu’s reviving powers, the dog heals and is healthy and happy once more. Things seem to go back to normal, until the gunman comes back for revenge, and shoots Mr. Satan.

This once again enrages Buu once again, so much so that after healing Mr. Satan, tells him to take the dog and flee. As the two flee, the steam from Buu’s anger begins forming a cloud in the sky, which soon creates another Buu. Except only this time, this Buu is gray, skinny, and made of pure evil! But at least he does everyone a favor and blows up the gunman.

Black Clover: We’re introduced to Asta, an energetic young man incapable of using magic in a magic dominated land. We’re also introduced to his more composed friend Yuno, who has magic and is strong with it. So much so, that the day everyone got their grimoires, he got a special one with a four leaf clover on it. Asta, of course didn’t get one. But despite this setback, that still doesn’t stop him from wanting to become next wizard king.

Meanwhile, a two bullies try to take the four leaf clover grimoire from Yuno, but the latter easily deflects their attacks. Unfortunately he’s unable to deflect the more powerful spells casted by a rogue magic knight, that makes quick work of the bullies and chains up Yuno, in order to steal the special grimoire to make a profit on the black market. Fortunately Asta arrives to rescue Yuno, but is soon subdued easily by the former knight, who then breaks his spirit.

However, before the rogue knight can kill Asta, Yuno decides to motivate Asta by calling him his rival. Suddenly, Asta gets his fighting spirit again, as well something else. As Asta breaks free and ready to fight, a black grimoire with a five leaf clover appears before him, and he soon pulls a sword from it. Apparently Asta does have magic after all, black magic that is.

Stardust Crusaders: As the JoJo and the other continue their journey towards Egypt, with Enyaba as their prisoner, Old Joseph Joestar stops by a vendor to get some kebabs. Unfortunately, the vendor turns out to be Steely Dan (or Dan of Steel in the english dub), an agent of DIO that has been sent to silence Enyaba and eliminate the Joestars with his Stand, The Lovers!

Steely Dan succeeds in killing the old hag, despite being loyal to DIO in the end, and is now in the process of killing Old Joestar next! Fortunately, the old man has a plan and runs off with Polnareff and Kakyoin, while Jotaro stays behind to keep Steely Dan busy. Arriving at a TV shop, Old Joestar uses it as a way for Polnareff and Kakyoin to guide their now miniature Stands through his body, in order to fight the enemy Stand and the flesh bud within his head!

Meanwhile, with the old man held hostage, Steely Dan forces JoJo around like a slave. Unable to hurt the scumbag without hurting his grandpa in the process, JoJo bides his time until the others free Old Joestar. But with the clock ticking, can they make it in time to save the old man? And afterwards, will JoJo be able to beat the crap out of Steely Dan and his diabolical Stand?

Gundam IBO: The war between the S.A.U. and Arbrau finally comes to an end, but at a cost for our heroes. Thanks to the S.A.U., Orga and the others finally arrive on Earth, with Mika coming in with the Gundam Barbatos to break up the fight between McGillis, Takaki, and Aston. Unfortunately, Aston is killed in the process, devastating Takaki.

Meanwhile, Akihiro takes down Galan in his Gundam, but the latter self-destructs in order to erase the evidence linking him to Rustal. After the war, Tekkadan deals with the traitorous Radice, with Takaki being the one to gun him down. He then returns to his apartment, where his sister Fuka is waiting for him and Aston, and sadly tells her what’s happened to their friend.

Hunter x Hunter: Gon wins the game on Greed Island, and gets his reward of three cards that can be used outside the game from the other creators of Greed Island. He also learns that his dad, Ging, is still a jerk that’s trying to avoid him, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to find him. And using his reward after saying goodbye to Biscuit, he and Killua immediately teleport to Ging. But as soon as they arrive, is the person at the tree the one Gon has been searching for?

Lupin the Third: Lupin steals an old Fiat 500 "Topolino" from a vintage cars' dealer, and Zenigata cannot arrest him because the car is extremely precious and could be damaged. However, it turns out that the dealer is involved in the theft, as it’s all part of a plan to raise the value of the car. The Fiat in fact belongs to an aged Italian singer, Nora Anita, who is now at the brink of death, and her former manager/husband has decided to sell anything that could make him remember her love when she'll be dead to avoid further suffering. Add in it being stolen by the an infamous thief, and naturally the old car becomes even more valuable.

Unfortunately Zenigata caught onto their plan, and it seems Lupin is heading for a trap. However, the car seems to have some sort of independent will, manages to get the thief away from the police, as well as “convince” him to travel to a peaceful place on the banks of a lake, a place used by Nora and her husband as their private love refuge in their youth. Lupin happily obliges and drives there. As he does, Lupin leaves the radio on for Nora and her husband to hear, and the latter describes to his comatose wife the road the car is going through.

As the old man reminisce the memories he had with her and the car, he and Lupin begin to sing Nora’s most popular song as the sunsets, and their car arrives at their spot by the lake. As he weeps, the old man is about to get up and leave when suddenly his wife touches his hand, before dying happily. With Nora finally at peace, her husband sit by her side at peace as well, as the sun continues to set outside. As for Lupin, he leaves the car by the lake, much to Fujiko’s chagrin of wanting to make a fortune with it.

Naruto Shippuden: More flashbacks involving the early days of Team 7, this time involving Gaara and a lot of Sand ninjas.

Outlaw Star: Gene and Jim set up a business on Heifong, and the crew members take on various jobs around the city, which all come together in a confrontation with a mind-controlling cactus and its giant insect servants. Cowboy Bebop: The Bebop crew deal with a mutated alien that was once Spike’s lobster dinner from a year ago. In short, the greatest lesson learned is to not leave food in a fridge for a long time.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG: While Section 9 investigates the “Individual Eleven”, they also prevent the Prime Minister from being killed by an assassin.

Whew, finally got this done, and in time too! 15 minutes before tonight’s run of Toonami starts! Should give me enough time to warm up some instant ramen and get ready. See you guys there!