#goku death pose

[abyssforphantoms]

I think they landed a little too hard after being launched from the catapult.

@krillvern

Congratulations on catching me in a wildcard mood

All I could think about was the goku death pose 😭

[thedman0310]

[delicatefaedaydreams]

Bpd is crazy because one second i can get a rush of euphoria just from talking to a person and planning out our future later and then hours later im just sitting there realizing that im just so not used to people my age being kind to me that my brain just scrambles to LOVE??? LOVE. WE ARE IN LOVE NOW

Hate it here i would like to return my brain for another one or at least be put back on my mood stabilizer

[numbuh24insane]

It's Difficult Being A Yamcha Fan

I never actually watched that much anime growing up, my parents would rent VHS from the library. One of them was the Original Dragon Ball series or at least sections of it. That was one of the things I grew up watching and I latched onto Yamcha as a kid, I just thought he was the coolest and his fear of women at the time was the funniest thing to me. And the Tien vs Yamcha fight is still an all time favorite for me, I still get chills when watching it.

I watched Dragon Ball Z way later and Yamcha got sidelined hard, though a lot of characters got sidelined (sorry Launch), but even then he still tries. He beat the Saibaman and only died because he turned around and didn't think that the Saibaman had anything left in him.

It sucks that he died, but what sucks more is the larger effect that this had on the fanbase.

Turning him from an endearing character to just a joke.

Then the dub had the audacity to decry him as a cheater, despite that never being a thing in the actual series, but Toriyama would say it years later in an interview.

But that was never in Yamcha's character, but that got out there and the fanbase idea of him became worse.

And as time went on, Yamcha just became more and more and more of a joke, Super came out and they made it a goal to use Yamcha as a joke. To not even bring him along to fight the Frieza Force because it's too dangerous (But they brought Master Roshi!? The person at the time that they believed Yamcha far surpassed!?), they repeat Yamcha's death pose and then there's having Yamcha believing that he'll be chosen for the TOP but no one comes to get him.

It's sad to see what the Desert Bandit of Diablo has become, especially in the eyes of the people.

Funfact, in the original series Yamcha had two dreams.

The first was to become the Winner of Budokai.

The second was to get married and start a family.

And all these years later he hasn't accomplished either, only being used as a punching bag for both the audience and the show.

It's hard being a fan of Yamcha, remembering how he was in the original show, how no matter times he was beaten down, that he would always get up. That he had a kick ass fight with Tien, that he was the first human student of Roshi's to master the Kamehameha, that he was the one that had the best control of Ki, how he saved the group from Oozaru Goku, and even with a broken leg he was still prepared to fight Demon King Piccolo.

But people don't see that now.

They just see him as an adulterer, pathetic, something to laugh at, a joke through and through.

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Whenever Etho is sad, or mildly inconvenienced, he Assumes The Position (the Goku death pose)

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[instaquarius]

100 DBZ OC ART CHALLENGE

1.) Introduction.  2.) Flight.  3.) Hero.  4.) Full Moon.  5.) Transformation.  6.) Rage. 7.) Fusion (potara, Namekian, or finger fusion) 8.) Great Ape. 9.) Master and Student. 10.) Tournament. (Worlds Strongest Under the Heavens, the afterlife one from that one filler episode/arc, universes 6 v. 7 tournament, or the Tournament of Power) 11.) Fighting. 12.) Destruction. 13.) Ki control 14.) Aura. 15.) Blasts. 16.) Rivals. 17.) Quest. 18.) Family. 19.) Danger Zone. 20.) As a baby. 21.) With the Z sword (or training with the Z Sword) 22.) Victory. 23.) Death. 24.) Loss. 25.) Crisis. 26.) In other world. 27.) Snake way. 28.) Playing Baseball. 29.) At Kaio Samas' place. (In heaven?) 30.) In hell with HFIL ogres. 31.) Kaioshins' planet. 32.) Lovers. 33.) Doing Ginyu Force poses (or actually IN the Ginyu Force if you want XD) 34.) Saiyaman/Saiyagirl poses. 35.) 1st form, 2nd,3rd, 4th, (Golden or 5th form) 36.) Training in Gravity room 37.) Weighted Gi 38.) Wearing Earth clothes; casual 39.) in Dragonball art style (Like, before Z, Super etc.) 40.) Protection. 41.) Powering up. 42.) Fighting Frieza, Cell or Buu (or a movie villain) 43.) Universal Tournament. 44.) In the future. 45.) Immortality. 46.) Clones 47.) Finding the Dragonballs 48.) Meditating 49.) Fighting a God of Destruction 50.) Ritual 51.) Fighting the Legendary Super Saiyan 52.) Fighting in the Tuffle War 53.) Mind Control (by baby, Babidi, Towa/Mira etc.) 54.) As a Time Breaker 55.) As a Time Patroller 56.) Fighting the Z warriors.  57.) On Planet Vegeta. 58.) Getting absorbed (by a Majin?) 59.) False SSJ 60.) Getting turned into candy 61.) Inside the healing tank (like on Friezas spaceship) 62.) In the Hyperbolic Time Chamber (or Room of Spirit and Time) 63.) Eating. 64.) Revenge. 65.) Pride 66.) Sacrifice. 67.) Bloodied.  68.) Fear. 69.) Heart Virus. 70.) Meeting Arale (from Dr. Slump) 71.) Using the Kaioken. 72.) Climbing Korin Tower (like in original dragonball before flight was a thing) 73.) Wearing a Turtle Shell. 74.) Determined. 75.) Getting Married. 76.) Best Friends. 77.) Screams. 78.) Rescued. 79.) Mafuba. 80.) Killing. 81.) Defeat. 82.) Sadness. 83.) Happiness. 84.) In a Saiyan spacepod. 85.) Hatred. 86.) Crushed. 87.) Beam Struggle. 88.) Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb) 89.) Showering 90.) Wearing the pink Badman shirt 91.) Scheming. 92.) Fighting Merged Zamasu (or Regular Zamasu) 93.) Fighting a Black version of your OC (hint: Goku Black) 94.) Unlocked Potential.  95.) Confused. 96.) In highschool. 97.) Tears. 98.) Act of kindness 99.) Tag team 100.) With you (The creator of OC/artist) saying they survived the Challenge

Rules~~~~ 1.) Can go from any order you wish. It doesn't matter the order you do these in. 2.) Be creative. 3.) All writings/drawings must be related to DBZ in some way/the theme you choose to do. 4.) Link if you do do this? I'd love to see :3 5.) Also please leave a mention to this in your submissions~ 6.) You can use both OCs and cannon characters as long as its related to the series. 7.) Can be done whenever you feel like~ (No deadline or each theme has to be done once a day or anything) 8.) (Your also free to copy paste to a journal or something the themes to keep track of them as long as credits back to me)  9.) Have fun~

[galexibrain]

The Buu Saga gets a lot of shit, and while I do agree with some, I disagree with others, and overall I still love it bc it was the first arc I saw properly (started in the midlde of the Cell Games when DBZ first aired here).

But the one thing that find ... idk, unfortunate? sad? is that with all the drama and the various sudden shifts in direction the individual deaths lose their meaning.

I heavily disagree with the Dragon Balls taking away emotional depth from the story bc "everyone gets resurrected anyways", no matter if they're temporarily unavailable (like when Piccoli & Kami die).

From the first deaths up until the Buu Saga every death among the main cast does have meaning, and it has emotional weight and consequences for the tone of the story AND the characters themselves.

Starting with Bora's death back in the earlier days of the manga: for the first time we see what the Dragon Balls can actually be used for, instead of "haha world domination haha she wants a boyfriend lmao he wished for a pair of undies".

And the first death that really hit was Krillin's. It had a strong impact on Goku and on everyone else, King Piccolo was the first actual villain that really posed a threat - up to and including Tao Baibai it was mostly "Goku can do anything". Like when he solo'd the entire Red Ribbon Army.

And if y'all already forgot (I tend to lmao): Chao-zu and Roshi died too during the King Piccolo arc, and that was when King Piccolo killed Shenlong, so it appeared the Dragon Balls were gone for good.

The tone of the story at that point was, while getting more serious, still much more light-hearted than after the DB/Z break. And still every death was a significant part of what was going on.

The next death that happens is Goku's when Raditz arrives. And that WAS a fucking relevant thing! It's for good reason that they decided to make an entire new anime even though in the manga it's just another time skip.

The main character dies! The one who, by the end of the last arc, was considered absolutely invincible! And even though, as Goku was dying, they said "dw we're going to bring you back", it really hit. Especially knowing what was going to come a year later ...

Fast forward, Nappa and Vegeta arrive and Nappa essentially solos Yamcha, Chao-zu, Tenshinhan, and Piccolo. Never before in the story did we have so many deaths among the main cast at once! It was never this dark before! And now the Dragon Balls are gone forever because Kami is dead too! I only got to this part after watching the later arcs, so I knew what was going to happen (mostly) but that must have felt fucking dark!

Bulma has a full-on breakdown when she learns that Yamcha died and that the Dragon Balls are gone. The only other time we see her like that? That's right, when Vegeta dies 10+ years later which seemed to be pretty permanent too at the time.

I also love how the tone shifts again the moment Krillin drops the Namek bomb. Hooray, space adventure! That was a nice throwback actually to the good old times of "we're going to collect the Dragon Balls and travel the world universe!".

The next death is Krillin on Namek. And I don't think I have to explain how deep an impact that had on the narrative. Goku doesn't KNOW that Polunga can resurrect a person as often as you want. Goku doesn't KNOW Krillin isn't gone for good. And even if he knew - I think such a brutal, unexpected death would have caused his SSJ transformation aynways.

(Honorable mention Vegeta: when he died it wasn't as an enemy. His death seemed finite at the time and it was SAD. He died defeated and hopeless and far from the proud warrior he was before.)

The next thing related to death and Dragon Balls we see is Future Trunks and what he tells us about a world WITHOUT Dragon Balls. It's catastrophic! (And also simply realistic, which ouch).

The deaths during the Android/Cell Saga (I often count them as one lol): Sixteen, Future Trunks and Goku. And like, boi.

Sixteen was always going to be finite (which booo, why wasn't he resurrected alongside Seventeen? Boooo) and it mostly served one purpose: to get Gohan to snap. It's not that significant on a larger scale bc anyone else's death would have done the job too. For example one of the Baby Cells killing any of the Z fighters? I think that would have done it too.

For Future Trunks and Goku: Both of these had massive, longterm consequences. For Future Trunks bc I firmly believe that watching him die was the main catalyst for Vegeta to start caring and to realize that shit, yeah, he's a father, he has a son, that son means something to him.

And Goku's death did seem to be permanent. It was supposed to be. Gohan was supposed to be the main character now. Theoretically, like with the break between the DB anime and DBZ they could have made another anime.

What we get instead is a chaotic mess that I love very dearly but that I wish would have gone differently at a few points. (I am a fan of resurrecting both Vegeta and Goku though. This is Dragon Ball and I don't want death to be permanent here. :P)

But what I dislike the most is that literally everyone was turned into a background character whose death was just "meh yeah everyone's dead now, sucks".

Gohan's "death" was a clown show and actually the thing about the Buu Saga that annoyes me the most bc 1) why is anyone acting like he's gone for good? Dragon Balls much? and 2) when he "died" Bulma & Co. hadn't resurrected the people from Vegeta's Majin Oopsie yet. So, even if Gohan had died ... he would have already been resurrected alongside the people at the tournament and Kibito. C'mon.

And all that came after felt so ... insignificant. Up until Buu destreyed Earth it felt like no one even cared that literally everyone was dead. Krillin, Bulma, Yamcha, Eighteen, Chichi, etc. Goten had a tiny moment of anger when Buu killed Chichi but Trunks didn't even think about his mother. There were a few among the dead that can't be revived with Earth's Dragon Balls anymore.

It felt so brushed aside ... like "yeah those guys aren't important, no need to mourn them or even acknowledge their deaths much. The most reaction we get is when Goku tells Vegeta that Bulma is died to get him to fuse, which is basically a single panel of Geets going "grrr". Wow.

Idk. Even with the apocalyctic feeling during the Buu Saga that felt cheap.

[sonicjustbecause]

Two wrongs don't make one right.

I must admit i'm surprised about so many people siding with the villain (Nine) in Sonic Prime and wanting him to win while wanting see Sonic to lose, even wanting his death just because he is sometimes airheaded in this serie. Certainly it shows that Nine is a fine character who is relatable to many. But what he is doing in the third serie is messed up and not justifiable.

Nine getting drunk of power.

Nine wanting to take Sonic's life not for revenge but just for his goals.

What else? I'm sure there will be many we'll see in the third serie.

I compare Nine to another character who started with good intentions and descended into darkness. Zamasu.

Zamasu is a kaioh who decides to become a kaiohshin with the goal to keep the order of the universe he belongs. Unfortunately, despite working toward the goal to become a god of creation (Kaiohshin), he thinks like a god of destruction (Hakaishin). Hakaishin of Dragon ball aren't evil. they work toward keeping order in the universe alongshide the kaioshin. But Zamasu despise all intelligent lifeforms 8he calls them mortal, being them humans, humanoid lizards, charizards etc...). Unfortunately, Zamasu thinks all mortal are evil and deserve to die. And he considers evil even the gods who try to stop him.

Nine gest corrupted when he gains all the piece of the prism. He can do everything he wants and think his power is infinite.

This is the typical pose of a villain who is drunk of power.

Coming back to Zamasu, he gets corrupted once he understands he can take action to reach his goal.

In this Zamasu is different from Nine. Zamasu is a proactive villain. he takes decisions and makes havoc. Nine is a passive villain. If he never meet Sonic, He would still live peacefully in his lab, working at his invention, trying to make his life better while being an inoffensive citizien (ot at worst occasionally hacking Chaos Council servers for his personal goals). For this i don't agree about Nine being a protagonist (to me he lacks all characteristics a protagonist has). Apart for the title of the serie (is Sonic Prime, not Nine Prime), Nine, as much as aggressive and with a well defined personality, is a passive character who act after stuffs happened.

Protagonists like Sonic, have the power to change the people around them. He gave a boost to all the counterparts who were pure hearted and made them his allies. He involved Shadow in all of this and gained his support and Shadow is slowly opening up. He pushed Nine out from his den. And he is the real wielder of the prysm power, although he still doesn't know/doesn't understand that. Not all protagonists are talented of course but they all have the power and the determination to change the world through people around them.

Yes, there are protagonists that are passive (like Goku). But even passive protagonists have the powers I've mentioned above. Nine doesn't have anything like that. Nine is one of the many that needs the action and the influence of a protagonists to take decision and moving toward changes.

Nine is a great passive villain and a dangerous one.

Now, OK he was bullied and live in Pyongyang New Yolk with all related issues. But being bullied as a child or having lived in a ditactorship doesn't make you immune to mistakes, nor it makes you immune from taking the lesson you deserve. And Nine really need at least a metaphorical ass whooping right now. I'm prtetty sure he will learn the hard way. and probably in the end he will win. Just like Sonic and Shadow.

[humanoidtyphoons]

Interesting thing about the Yamcha's death pose meme from someone that's watched the full Dragon Ball series, there's actually several things about it are lost in the pop culture versions:

For one its actually a very serious and tragic scene, with Yamcha's friends breaking down as they watch him die after he's killed by one of the enemy soldiers doing a suicide attack.

Yamcha actually acts very heroic there as Krillin (main character) was going to fight the enemy forces, but Yamcha noted that the Dragonballs can only revive someone once and Krillin already died once, so it'd be safer if he went ahead first. (The only reason why this plan didn't work is the Dragon Balls were lost).

The mook that killed him, the Saibaman/Cultivar was actually really strong, like it was as strong as the villain Goku had just sacrificed himself to beat Raditz. Powerscaling is wack, yo!

Yamcha more or less wins the battle against the Saibaman & its only when it manages to get up one last time & self destruct Yamcha without warning that he dies. Do note, this would've killed any other character there outside of Piccolo and the self destruct ability was something everyone was unaware of!

If anything its impressive, Yamcha's corpse was not only in one piece, but unblemished, even his hair was still neat. The Saibaman was gibbed by the explosion.

But basically nuance can be lost in pop culture/memes. That reminds me, I think Yamcha gets a villain ship in Super Dragon Ball Heroes.

v. true. nuance is often lost for the meme, and often the context is entirely removed it’s fascinating to see what sticks and what doesn’t. i’m curious to know what villain ship yamcha gets! i’ve heard of frieza/yamcha, but idk if that was meant as pure crackiness tho.

i’ve watched dragon ball up to gt! i’m very charmed by its nonsense! haven’t seen kai, super or any additional shows, tho! but ty for the extra details on the events surrounding yamcha’s death. tbh i’ve always liked yamcha for deciding he’s reached his limit and becoming a baseball player instead, and is still part of the z warriors family. (it is insane that the saibaman were as powerful as raditz, but then again… this is dbz we’re talking about!) but you’re right, it was genuinely sad to watch, even knowing that he can return to life later on.

still… dragon ball’s true villain/hero ship… krillin/18!!! so cute and chaotic during the cell arc! they really did make me laugh from start to finish. i can’t really call the androids anti-villains for most of that saga, but they were a fun spinning wrench that remained unpredictable til the end.

[hermanunworthy]

23 with swiftli :]

I Act Like Dead Weight 'Cause I Love You

23. carrying the other one in their arms

from the touch prompts list!

another request for 23 whoa!! not a problem though, i was very happy to write some swiftli (sorry this took longer than i thought anon, i started kinda losing motivation halfway through bc i wasnt liking how it was turning out)

also on ao3!

Taylor Swift is not one to show any sign of weakness. He doesn't complain in the face of hardship, or experience fear in the face of danger. He’s all witty quips, flashy smirks, and cool poses. Nothing fazes him, because he’s the unstoppable hero of this story.

…Lincoln Li-Wilson knows that that’s all just bullshit, though.

He knows that the sweat breaking out on Taylor’s face right now, sticking his hair to his forehead, isn't just for dramatic effect. He isn't Goku in the middle of an intense battle, he’s just walking home from school beside him on the quiet sidewalk. Something’s wrong, but like every other time something is wrong with him, he just won't admit it.

“Tay, you good?” Lincoln knows it’s a futile question, but he can't just not say anything. He’s not just going to silently listen to Taylor’s strained, panting breaths the whole way home.

“Oh, yeah, I'm awesome!” the shorter teen replies in an instant, giving a big grin before jerking his head away sharply to hide a wince. His free hand shoots up to cup his jaw, while the other holds a death grip on his cane, leaning on it heavily with each step.

Lincoln’s brow furrows. He hates seeing his best friend suffering like this. “Tay, it’s okay, it’s just me. We're not at school now, you don't have to act tough.”

“No, Link, don't worry about me,” Taylor tries to reassure him, but his voice is shaky. “There’s nothing to worry about! How was that soccer game yesterday, by the way?”

He’s trying to change the subject, but Lincoln can't let this rest just yet, not until he can get his friend to rest. “I do worry about you, though. I don't like seeing you hurting. It's okay to ask for help, you know?”

Taylor shakes his head a bit too aggressively. “Link, stop. I don't… like making you worry.” His voice is getting whinier, a tell-tale sign for Lincoln that he is becoming deeply upset.

Okay, maybe I should stop pushing him, if it’s only agitating him more. Lincoln knows that Taylor doesn't like to talk about his personal problems, and he knows he should respect that. “Alright. I'm sorry. I'm not trying to make you uncomfortable. I just care about you, y’know? You're my best friend, of course I worry.”

But then he realizes that the shorter teen is no longer at his side. He whips around and finds him standing about a yard away, hunched over and winded. He looks like he’s barely able to stay standing.

“...Help,” he wheezes out in the tiniest voice.

In a whirlwind of protective energy, Lincoln is coming to his aid, whisking him off his feet and into his arms. He hangs the cane gently on Taylor’s wrist, and then guides his arms up to reach around the taller teen’s shoulders. He makes sure to have him hoisted up high enough to allow him to lean against his body without as much strain.

Despite his claims to be okay, Taylor already has his face smothered in the crook of Lincoln’s neck, whimpering pathetically. He holds him closely, his body pressed against his as much as possible.

Lincoln is happy to support him as much as he needs. “Comfy enough?” he asks with a gentle pat on the back.

Taylor answers with another whine, and then the slightest of nods, and then the words “Better. Tired. Hurts,” mumbled against his skin.

“I know, buddy,” the soccer player murmurs soothingly as he starts to walk forward again, careful not to disturb his friend. “I know. I got you.”

They originally planned to split off at the corner dividing the paths to their respective houses, but Lincoln isn't just going to make his friend walk the rest of the way. He has no problem delivering him directly to the Swift house.

He’s a bit heavy to carry, and the sweaty warmth of his body flush against his is making the trek a bit of a challenge, but there's nothing Lincoln wouldn't do to help his buddy out. Besides, just being able to feel Taylor’s chest moving with slightly steadier breaths now is enough motivation to keep him going.

Along the way, Lincoln hums the tune to some anime opening he’s heard Taylor play for him before. He can't remember what show it’s from, and he’s not great at replicating notes, but he knows that his friend must recognize it enough, because he can feel his lips slowly curling into a content smile against his neck. Or maybe he’s just amused by his failed attempt at humming a song he doesn't know. Or maybe he just appreciates the vibration of the taller teen’s chest as he hums. He knows Taylor finds the purring of cats to be soothing, so maybe it can help simulate that effect.

Taylor nuzzles his friend’s collarbone, fiddling with the back of the collar of his jersey. Much like a cat himself, Lincoln notes, feeling a bit tingly.

When they reach the Swift house, Taylor’s mom rushes to the door the moment she sees her son in Lincoln's arms in the Ring camera. “Oh goodness, oh, Taybie, baby…” She rubs Taylor’s back with her hand, and tries to peel him off of Lincoln. However, her son just groans, clinging to his best friend even tighter.

Cassandra looks up at Lincoln. “Is he alright? Normally he comes right into my arms as soon as he gets home.”

Instead of answering her question, Lincoln asks, “How about we set him on the couch or something?” He needs to make sure Taylor is comfortable before anything else.

They enter the house, but it becomes evident that even now, Taylor still doesn't want to let go of Lincoln. So to compromise, the soccer player sits down on the couch and allows the shorter teen to settle into his lap, positioning him so that he can lay down properly without further hurting himself.

Taylor makes a few strained noises, but Lincoln just strokes his fingers through his sweaty hair, practically petting him. “It’s okay, buddy. You're home.” He gazes down at his friend’s cringing expression, hoping the muscles in his face will loosen.

Cassandra stands across from them, a little amazed by this kid’s insistence on comforting her son. “...You really care about him, huh?”

Lincoln feels a warmth in his chest, and he finds it hard to meet her eye. “Yeah… Yeah, I do.”

She sighs. “I'm really glad he has a friend like you. I was worried about how he’d be at school today. His chronic pain has been getting worse lately, and it certainly doesn't help that he also had to get his braces tightened yesterday. My poor boy.” She watches Lincoln’s hand as it moves through Taylor’s hair, the way her son leans his head into his friend’s touch. “Y’know, I really appreciate your help, but are your parents expecting you to be home?”

Oh, yeah. Lincoln has been so caught up in helping Taylor that he’s completely forgotten about his dads wanting him to be home on time. He goes to reach for his phone in his pocket, but as soon as his hand draws away, Taylor peeks his eyes open and grabs his wrist. “Don't… go,” he whimpers, guiding the taller teen’s hand to hold his jaw.

With Taylor holding his hand against his face, Lincoln feels his own heating up. “It’s alright, Tay, I'm not leaving you,” he whispers. He looks back up at Cassandra, and asks in an even quieter voice, “Sorry, could you call my dad Marco for me?”

Taylor’s mom blinks down at her son in concern, and nods. “Of course, hon.”

While she leaves to go make her call in another room, Lincoln returns his full attention to Taylor, who is beginning to snuggle even closer to him, melting in his touch. “Mm… Comfy…"

Lincoln huffs a soft laugh. “You were waiting all day for this, huh?” He remembers the way he wore a brave face during school, even through the pain. So much more pain than he himself could probably ever tolerate, let alone on a daily basis. “You were so strong today... I'm proud of you, but you don't have to always be strong, y’know?”

Taylor makes a lighthearted, drawn-out groaning noise, which rumbles against Lincoln’s hand. “Yeah, I guess…” His voice is still slurred, but now it's hard to tell if it’s from his pain or his comfort. “You’re the strong one.” He plays with the fabric of the soccer player’s jersey. “Tall, strong man. Big hero guy.”

The compliments, coupled with his best friend’s touchiness, is making Lincoln feel light-headed even though he’s just sitting. “You're like a little cat,” he teases, almost wanting to pinch his cheek, but not wanting to hurt him.

Taylor giggles lightly. “I thought you didn't like cats.” He continues to nuzzle his best friend’s hand and knead his shirt.

“Well, I like you,” Lincoln says, as easily as breathing, even though the words make his heart race after they sink in. Like carrying his friend, it’s heavy, but easy.

And Taylor simply settles against his thumping chest, as though confirming for himself the true meaning behind his words. “Cool. I like you too.”

And the two just stay like this for a bit, Lincoln’s heavy heartbeat and Taylor’s strained breathing relaxing together. It's easy. It's comfortable.

By the time Cassandra gets back, she finds that her son has fallen asleep in his best friend’s lap. “Oh–” She lowers her voice. “Lincoln, your dad said you're free to stay as long as you like.”

“Mhm,” Lincoln responds. Good. He doesn't want to leave his boy for a second.

“Do you think– I’d do it myself, but clearly…” She gestures toward the boys’ position. “Do you think you could just carry him up to his bedroom?”

Lincoln’s eyelids feel heavy, but he is more than willing to help out. He slowly, carefully, shuffles to his feet, with Taylor still in his arms.

Cassandra gives him one last thanks, ruffles her son’s hair as gently as she can, and watches as the soccer player sleepily but determinedly climbs up the stairs.

Lincoln glances down at the boy in his arms, studies the peaceful expression on his face, the complete absence of pain or suffering. He feels proud of himself for helping him get there. Even Taylor Swift, the coolest and strongest of protagonists, needs protecting sometimes.

Even a hero needs a hero of their own. And he’s glad to be his.

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Super manga Ch.42-46

The 2023 Dragon Ball Apocrypha Liveblog continues!  This month, we look at the Dragon Ball Super manga as it continues beyond the anime series.  The Tournament of Power is over, and the Broly movie is behind us, so with no other material to adapt, the manga begins a totally new arc.  Is it any good?  Let’s find out.

All right, so the manga  version of the Tournament of Power ended in Chapter 42, but there was still some room left in the chapter, so Toyotaro just started in on the Moro Saga with the space that was left.  Not much gets done here.  Goku meets Vegeta for a training session in the Gravity Room, when Bulma calls them to tell them that Majin Buu is being kidnapped by aliens.  Turns out, they’re Galactic Patrolmen, and when Goku tries to stop them...

... their leader, Merus, defeats Goku with surprising ease.  Vegeta doesn’t do much better, and Merus decides to bring them along so he can explain the situation when they wake up. 

Turns out, Merus doesn’t need Majin Buu at all, but rather, he’s counting on the Grand Supreme Kai, whom Buu absorbed five million years ago to obtain his chubby, innocent form. 

Let’s turn back the clock to ten million years ago, when the Grand Supreme Kai and the South Supreme Kai were defending the universe from some other existential threat.  According to Merus, this was a powerful magic-user named Moro, who could absorb power from entire planets.  To win, the Grand Supreme Kai used a secret technique of his own invention to seal Moro’s magic powers at the cost of a great deal of his own.  The Galactic Patrol then incarcerated the defeated Moro, and though he was sentenced to death, no one could find a way to kill him, so they just imprisoned him indefinitely. 

But now Moro has escaped, and Merus thinks that only the Grand Supreme Kai can stop him, which means they need to get Buu to cough him up.  Now, I had heard about all this back when this story was being published, but it never made much sense to me that the Galactic Patrol should be so familiar with the Kaioshin.  I mean, King Kai once said that he had never had the honor of seeing the Kaioshin before Shin came to Earth to meet Goku.  But in the flashback, we find Galactic Patrollers observing the Kaioshin’s battle with Moro, so apparently they had some sort of relationship with the gods, and the GP has somehow existed for literal millions of years.  That sounds a little weird, but if you’re willing to buy this, then it isn’t hard to swallow that they were also involved in the Buu crisis 5 million years ago, and they were informed about the Grand Supreme Kai getting absorbed. 

But getting the Grand Kaioshin out of Buu will have to wait, because Buu’s still asleep from before the Tournament of Power started, and no one knows how to awaken him.  In the meantime, Merus deputizes Goku and Vegeta.  For the duration of the Moro Crisis, they’re part of the Galactic Patrol.  Goku tries to shake hands with the Galactic King again, and he fondles the king’s pee-pee again.  Well, why does the king keep holding up that appendage if he doesn’t want Goku to touch it? I don’t think Goku’s reaching down and grabbing that one by chance.

This is all presented as a chance to run through all the GP’s nonsense. They’re given rules about not using their Patroller status to flirt with girls or some nonsense, and Jaco offers them battle vests like his own, but the boys don’t want them, so they have to have the GP logo written on their clothes instead, because the regulations require the logo, but not the uniform.  Jaco wants to show them poses, and... you know, the Jaco manga was really, really good, and I’m glad I read it, because everything they’ve done with Jaco in Dragon Ball Super has just been this really weak, watered down version of the original presentation of the character. Without Professor Omori to ground any of this, it’s just another silly alien who only cares about goofy rules and silly poses. 

Anyway, Merus heads out to assist with a case, and Vegeta insists on joining him, because he wants to understand how Merus defeated him so easily on Earth.  So Goku tags along with Vegeta, and Jaco tags along with all of them, because he’s assigned to Earth, which means he has to keep an eye on Goku and Vegeta. 

Merus’s deal is that he’s this super-competent officer, the kind of guy Jaco only pretends to be.  He foils a space-train robbery, and it looks like Goku helped, but Vegeta realizes that Merus could have done the job even faster than he made it seem. 

Merus gets a report of Moro’s ship heading for an uninhabited region of space, but Goku realizes that he’s heading for New Namek, which not even the Galactic Patrol know about.  But Moro does know, because he heard about the Namekians and their Dragon Balls from a fellow prisoner, a dude named Cranberry who used to work for Frieza.

Goku tries to sense Moro’s energy, and he’s disturbed by the way it feels.  Also, he can tell that Moro could sense Goku sensing him, which is creepy. 

Since the GP can’t reach New Namek before Moro, Goku and Vegeta decided to teleport ahead and intercept him.  This turns out to be a bad move.

Vegeta does manage to save a Namekian child before Moro can consume his life force, but the battle doesn’t go well.

Vegeta seems to do okay, until Moro unleashes some of his restored power, which allows him to manipulate the energy of the planet itself against Vegeta.  Vegeta feigns defeat in order to get Moro to talk, but all he really finds out is that Moro wants to use the Dragon Balls to recover his full power, which isn’t exactly a shock. 

From there, Vegeta seems to have things well in hand by fighting Moro at Super Saiyan Blue, except Moro’s been playing him from the start.  He’s been absorbing power from the planet and everyone on it this whole time, including Goku and Vegeta. 

Oh, hey, let’s check in on Beerus.  Turns out he doesn’t give a shit about any of this, because the battle is happening on New Namek, and the Namekians only drink water, so there’s no tasty food at stake. 

So Moro drains Goku and Vegeta and leaves them for dead so he can track down all the Dragon Balls.  Meanwhile, Bulma calls Jaco to find out what happened to the boys.  Look at Mr. Satan and Tights, playin’ with Bulla.  That’s cute.

But Goku and Vegeta didn’t die.  The Namekians found them and healed them.  Unfortunately, their kid healer isn’t as efficient as Dende, so they’ve been out for three whole days.  During that time, Moro has... only found three of the Dragon Balls.  Uh... Frieza had already tracked four of them down in his first appearance. I mean, which is it?  Moro’s supposed to be insanely powerful, but it’s taking him a long time to collect the Dragon Balls. 

I mean, it’s not like the Namekians can do anything to slow him down.  They fuse a number of their best warriors into a single, powerful savior, and Moro kills him without even looking.  So why has it taken three days for him to get this far?  It can’t be because the Namekians are good at hiding, since Moro seems to have the same ki-sensing powers as everyone else in this franchise. 

I gotta say, I’m not very impressed with what I’m seeing here.  Moro just feels like a bunch of concepts from classic DBZ mashed together into some kind of DBZ-loaf.  His hunt for the Namekian Dragon Balls is so derivative that I’m not even going to bother explaining it.  Moro absorbs energy like Android 19 and Cell.  Moro also has a backstory very much like Majin Buu’s.  The Kaioshin defeating him, the being sealed away for millions of years, it’s all there.

I mean, this story acts like Moro is this next-level threat, so having him do all the same gimcracks as past villains seems like a waste.  And the power-scaling doesn’t really add up either.  He’s super-duper strong, fine, but apparently he was even stronger in the distant past, and the only one who could defeat him was the Grand Supreme Kai, who jobbed out to Majin Buu, who’s been jobbed out to pretty much every major character in Dragon Ball Super at this point.  I think the idea here is that the Grand Supreme Kai used to be a lot more powerful way back when, and it was because of Moro that the Grand Supreme Kai was so helpless against Majin Buu.  But... that feels kind of cheap to me. 

Well, we’ve still got a ways to go.  Maybe this will get better.

[star-pup01]

I need to commission myself in the goku death pose just to explain what college has done to me.

[softichill]

if dedede does beat goku can you like draw him t-posing over him doing the family guy death pose or something I think it'd be funny idk-

JGBSJGB yes absolutely

[animeking114]

Does David Corenswet's Movie Teaser Trailer a Sneaky Reference To Iconic Yamcha Pose?

Fans noticed the reference to Dragon Ball's iconic Yamcha pose in David Corenswet's new Superman movie's teaser trailer. It dropped on Thursday, December 19, 2024, on DC's official YouTube channel to mark the new beginning of the James Gunn DC universe. And as it broke on the internet, fans wasted no time taking over "X" (Formerly known as Twitter) to show their excitement for the new Superman movie.

(Credits: Yamcha from Dragon Ball Super) While many things in James Gunn's Superman movie are worth celebrating, fans left buffered after witnessing Yamcha's iconic pose reference in the trailer. The internet soon goes blared with viral memes after seeing the first good look of David Corenswet's Superman in action. The very opening scene of the official visual depicts the mighty character crashing down the icy expanse. His splashing fall leaves a cater-like void, while Superman himself seem curled up and wheezing in pain. Despite this emotional roller-coaster moment that leaves a sight-blooded vision of their beloved character, social media couldn't stop but chuckle in response to the deep-buried memories of the fan-favourite anime came rushing in. Also Read: Campfire Cooking In Another World Season 2 Got A Majestic Premiere Window

What Is Yamcha Pose? Viral Anime Discussion After David Corenswet's Movie Teaser Trailer

Fans hadn't wasted a second to remember Dragon Ball's iconic Yamcha pose, one of the late Mangaka Akira Toriyama's creations. Yamcha is a former dessert bandit and one of the key characters who lead action in several Dragon Ball iterations: Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. Introduced as Goku's enemy but later turned into an ally, Yamcha is one of the fighters in the series. https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1869762787091869963 Without a doubt, Dragon Ball is one of the best action adventure anime franchises, with almost every known character is good in martial arts. For example, Goku, Gohan, Master Roshi, and Tien are the few characters famous for their fighting will. But the franchise has one such character that was introduced as a pure force strength in the series but later turned into meme material. Yamcha was considered Goku's rival and perhaps the one who could match the protagonist in skills. However, he often bit the dust while going up against the foes. Therefore, his frequent death blow has shaped the infamous joke in the anime community. One of his death comes against the Saibaman during the Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Saga. They were the creatures planted by Nappa on Earth with a power level of 1,200 to 1,500. One of Saibaman landed a solid blow, crashing Yamcha into a fetal position. The death of Yamch became so famous that "How many times has Yamcha died in the Dragon Ball" is a common search term on Google. Meanwhile, his death pose after being killed by Saibama in the arc is an unfortunate moment in pop culture. https://twitter.com/xa_viax/status/1766540542156886467 This is one of the most overrated moments in the anime community.

James Gunn And His Love For Anime

James Gunn is the director of the 2025 Superman movie and serves as the co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios. He is among the most celebrated Hollywood directors, well-known for directing the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. His recent movie teaser trailer has sparked excitement among fans, not because it is good but because of the reference to the anime Dragon Ball. The anime culture is growing at a rapid pace, including athletes, entrepreneurs, singers, dancers, and even actors. Recently, whose name comes in the anime fans list is James Gunn. He openly discussed his love for Toei’s Tokusatsu hit Kamen Rider. In 2022, the co-CEO and co-chairman took to his "X" (Formerly known as Twitter) handle and tweeted, I love that #KamenRider is trending. -- James Gunn His tweet came after one of Kamen Rider's movies scored its English release as part of the special streaming in the US.

Yamcha Iconic Death Pose Lives On

Yamcha is one of the most talked-about Dragon Ball characters and perhaps the most underrated in the series. Introduced in the fifth episode of Dragon Ball, Yamcha is a dessert bandit at the time who wanted to steal from Goku and his friends. However, after spending time with them and helping on various occasions, Yamcha Goku's enemy turned an ally. As the story progresses, we see Yamcha as a potential rival of Goku who has everything needed to beat the protagonist. However, as time passes, we see nothing but Yamcha getting killed. He was first killed against Saibaman during the Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Saga. Yamcha's poses after death become a viral meme, which surpasses the protagonist's victory over the opponents in the arc. The legendary Yamcha's pose during the Saiyan Saga has become an immortal status speaks for itself.

What Is The Release Date Of Superman?

Superman is an upcoming DS film directed by James Gunn, scheduled to be released on Friday, July 11, 2025. The plot revolves around the titular character Superman and Clark Kent and explores his daily life.

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUht6vAsMY&ab_channel=DC On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the official YouTube channel of DC shared the teaser trailer of their upcoming movie. Directed by James Gunn, the 2025 Superman is the upcoming movie DC Universe, and it marks the superhero versus new beginning. The film stars David Corenswet as Superman/ Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and many others.

Animeking: Summary

In conclusion, Superman is an upcoming movie in the DC universe, which was directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Superman/ Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. The film revolves around the tutor character Superman, exploring his daily life as a Superhero. On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the official YouTube channel of DC shared the teaser trailer of Superman, revealing hidden details about the film and hyped for the viewers. Though the teaser trailer is somewhat beautiful, with many wow moments, the thing that captures the attention of viewers isn't Superman but the reference to the iconic Yamcha pose. Fans following Dragon Ball will understand the true meaning of Superman's opening scene, where the protagonist is on the ground, breathing out blood from his mouth. The scene is similar to Yamcha's defeat against Saibaman during Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Saga. Check the Animeking website for the latest news of anime and manga. Also Read: Dandadan Season 2 Release Date Revealed along with a Key Visual Read the full article

[justshitandanime]

Kimetsu no Yaiba/ Demon Slayer (Anime) Critic, opinion, whatever (no mayor spoilers)

I’m not a super nerd otaku who eat manga and who inject anime into their veins but I’m neither a noob, I saw a good amount of anime to be able to differentiate a crap of a good one. Besides that I’m OLD and I demand more than a basic plot and cute characters (I passed my Card Captor Sakura phase 300 years ago). So, with that in mind, I will now rant (because is my NEW blog and I can do the fuck I want here) about Demon Slayer and why I personally ADORE IT.

Let’s move of one basic aspect: music and design, both absolutely marvelous. The design, with that new mix between 3d and 2d without bother each other, that make the important scenes so fluid, dynamic and realistic that make your elbow tingle. The soundtracks that are sometimes catchy as fuck and sometimes a truly masterpiece (the Inosuke Theme, with the mix of oriental and orchestral, especially in THAT FIGHT, make you want to scream of how good it is).

The design of the characters is fantastic. Each character is UNIQUE to the point that you can recognize even a silhouette or a minor detail, even from secondary characters that have barely screen time.

The fights are one of the best things I see in a lot of time. Is not a “repeat the pose 4 times each 5 seconds to make the fight last longer”. They move, they change poses, they hold their swords different, they kick, they jump, elude, bend, fall, hide, get hit, block, stand up. Is a real fight (often than once make you think that the producers use some kind of IRL reference, pretty obvious in some specific cases).

Blood. Is gore but not absurd, the blood has a reason and it looks like blood, it stains, it behaves as blood, is sticky and give a level of darkness and seriousness. Is not a walk in the beach, being hurt have CONSECUENCES and humans are not immortal, they don’t show up suddenly cured and with re growing limbs. Is kinda realistic (when the plot needs it). Be serious hurt and no matter if you are a top master, you will die (cries because HIM) (also don’t cry because some bastard is flexible).  

Some backgrounds are so beautiful that can almost be watched as art. Wisteria flowers for the win, they are stunning and now I want one tree in my ceiling.

The characters have PERSONALITY. Even the most silent potato in a box have it. And their personalities GROW with the episodes. Specially Zenitsu and Inosuke.

Tanjiro is pretty much the Goku of the saga. A good soft boy who grows stronger with the power of the feelings and who is too kind to his own good.

Zenitsu is the coward, the Krilin, who can’t even fight in the beginner but who become a badass with the time.

Inosuke (my fav) is the Vegeta semi beast who shows that can behave when he wants, and who, somehow, pay more attention than Tanjiro. His growth is more evident because he passes from “Everyone is my enemy” to “I will die for you” very fast.

The secondary ones are more of the same. Great characters, even the evil ones. Some are on screen for 3 episodes and you love them to death and make you cry for days with PTSD. They have BACKGROUND. They all have motives, reason to why they are as they are, dreams, ideals, objectives, way to do the stuffs. Their personalities collide with other’s personalities, they interact, they have effect in each other, they are not in a bubble where nothing affect them. LIKE IN REAL LIFE.

The ladies are not useless bag of meat, they are not annoying lady in distress to save, they all give a fight and show they are capable, even the three cute childs of the butterflies. They also have opinions, they speak, they have point of views, with reasons, and others listen to them. Sorry, I’m just tired of the “girl who cry and is just pretty” of the animes lol.

Is drama, a lot of drama. The main characters are basically teenagers but they act in agreement with their historical surrounds (is first decade from 1900, so the culture is absolutely not similar to our) and situations (they are hunting demons, no time to make drama about bullshit).

It also has space to comedy. Perfect timing comedy, is a fun that make you smile as you cry of pain or laugh at random nonsense with almost perfect style.

It also has a space to not so Toxic Masculinity! See the main characters show high respect for the womans (and even full equality as Inosuke, who see womans just as the same as men), even when culturally can show the different. See secondary characters giving respect for the LIFE of the womans.

See the characters CRY. They are dudes and yet they cry more than me. And even when some of them are like “no, I don’t cry”, they don’t even stop. They accept they can be weak and vulnerable and not win all the time, and the only thing they see to do about it is BE BETTER.

So, no wonder why it has the success that it has. And unless they fuck it up BADLY in the next seasons, this anime will easily get a place as a Classic over time.

Score: 4.5/5 and 9/10 Welcome to the place of the Best Animes Ever

[dragon-ball-meta]

I do wanna push back on one thing here. The idea that no character has meditated in that pose isn't quite accurate.

That being said, this is nothing new when it comes to double standards for the manga. People insist the anime made Goku rock stupid because he forgot to grab Senzu before going to Trunks' time, and yet in the manga he shows poor tactical thinking, he's unfeeling toward the death of his family, he grabbed a coupon to a hostess club instead of a seal to use the Mafuba, and he saw Whis use magic to poof Bra out of Bulma and actually thought that's where all babies come from. But at least he didn't forget Senzu!

Also worth mentioning that manga Goku became exactly the stereotype people outside of the fandom (and sadly, some in as well) have kept trying to paint him as; a poor combatant with little technical skill who relies on brute force to try to win his battles. Against Jiren, we see Goku just keep throwing himself at him over and over, with Jiren even commenting that he's not even changing up his attack pattern. Goku didn't even think to lead with a different strike, or attack from a different angle, it was the same head-on rush with the same strike pattern each time. Contrast this with the anime, where Goku is seen using all sorts of tactics to try to face Jiren, seen using the technique Krillin used on him earlier to try to get a ring-out on Jiren, see him at least trying different tactics and approaches when trying to fight him. Then compare that to the manga, where he just sort of unlocks this new form as if it were some new Super Saiyan state after Roshi scolds him for fighting like an idiot and somehow NEVER learning the lessons he tried to impart to him. Compare it with Goku "admitting" he's a terrible student who never learned from or listened to his teachers.

But now that's invalidated and the manga is validated because "Goku recognized meditation". Toss the context of that scene in the movie out the window entirely, toss out that he's pouting that he has no one to spar with, toss out that Vegeta's not even normally one to meditate and that's his sulking pose as well. Ignore that Vegeta starts with a slight edge, yes, but Goku actually catches on quickly and adapts to it. The version where he overtly states that he still thinks he's just gotta train his body more (which is then deemed "useless" btw) is somehow better than the version where Goku just hasn't had quite figured something out yet, but then did as soon as he saw it in action and knew what he was looking for. Of course.

Some quick stuff imma say about the DBS manga since I was gonna review it but decided not to yet again...

The Saiyaman X stuff was dumb and a waste of time while also mischaracterizing the cast that was present.

Mai's involvement was stupid. Her being emotionless for most of it was also stupid. Present Mai is a goofball. Don't try to make her more serious like Future Mai. Toyo made sure to not make Present Trunks like Future Trunks. Just dumb.

Krillin knowing about the RR Army is effing stupid. Krillin getting defeated by an android bee is effing stupid. 18 getting jealous about Krillin talking to another woman is in character BUT... its dumb bevause 18 should've known for a while that she is his boss.

Marron was drawn too tall as if she was GT age. Toyo is a GT fan so it doesn't surprise me. But that little detail annoyed me for some reason.

Toyotaro changes the Goku & Vegeta meditation conversation & constantly gives Vegeta praise while insulting Goku (unlike in the film).

Toyotaro makes the Goku vs Vegeta fight more in Vegeta's favor because he is a "Goku fan" like he said he was. Toyo changes aspects of the fight and has Vegeta throw Goku into the giant tree instead of how the film had it the other way around. Vegeta is obviously his favorite character. But this battle is supposed to be evenly matched with Vegeta barley winning. Making Vegeta have the advantage for most of the fight is stupid. What part of evenly matched and barely winning does Toyo not understand? Why am I asking that...? Toyo doesn't even understand most if not all of the characters.

I didn't remember the chapter where Gohan & Piccolo fight the Gammas together. It was pretty boring so I had to re-read it 3 or 4 times just to remember it. And I still barely recall what happened.

The comic version of the movie is better than the manga adaptation of DBS Super Hero.