#panput

[everymangatenshinhan]

[tobiasdrake]

FUN FACT: Did you know that Vegeta wasn't blowing smoke on Namek when he claimed to have become a Super Saiyan?

Well. Not entirely, anyway.

And also the process of becoming a Super Saiyan is kind of complicated, and Goku is an enlightened martial arts master.

The process of becoming a Super Saiyan is complicated. The English dub got a bit confused on this point while they were frantically erasing as much spirituality and also martial arts and general power levels talk as they could from the series.

The dub was bad. I don't think that's a surprise to anyone. It was a 90's anime dub. It scrubbed the source material of a lot of stuff.

But specifically here, the dub confused matters when it said that to become a Super Saiyan, you have to be pure of heart. This confused matters, because being purehearted is a thing in Dragon Ball. You have to be purehearted to ride the Nimbus.

This concept of pureheartedness exists in Dragon Ball. But it has nothing to do with the Super Saiyan.

This isn't the same as that. To become a Super Saiyan, you need something else. Notably, the Viz manga also translates this idea as "pure of heart"....

But the idea being translated here is more along the lines of tranquility than innocent goodness.

Becoming a Super Saiyan is a bit of a process. To understand the Super Saiyan, we need to talk about limit-breaking. This is a concept that's expressed repeatedly throughout Dragon Ball. In order to become Dragon Ball Powerful, you have to break your limits. You hit a ceiling and that's as far as you can go, until you find some new way to push through and break that ceiling. The series is big on this idea.

As an example, Mr. Satan is an incredibly formidable martial artist. He is peak. Top-tier fighter. ...within human limits. But he doesn't hold a candle to Krillin because Krillin broke the human limit in childhood.

Mr. Satan is basically Panput from the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai.

Saiyans are in a different league from humans, and they have different set limits. Different norms, different standards, and different potentials. But, like humans, there's a ceiling. The first step to becoming a Super Saiyan is breaking the Saiyan limit.

Goku, as a low-class Saiyan trained on Earth in martial arts, was able to break through the Saiyan limit during his gravity training in space. This wasn't the goal of his training, mind; Goku had a particular goal in mind. He was subjecting himself to intense gravity so that he could acclimate his body to withstanding higher levels of Kaioken.

Not even realizing that was what he was doing, Goku was the first to shatter his Saiyan boundary and take the first step to becoming a Super Saiyan.

That Goku has transcended Saiyan abilities isn't lost on either Vegeta or Captain Ginyu, both of whom peg him as a Super Saiyan... before walking it back because Goku lacks the overwhelming bloodthirst and battle hunger that characterizes the legend.

Poor Goku has no idea what any of these people are on about. He might as well be listening to Game of Thrones fans infodump about the Lannisters.

But he wasn't alone. During his fight with Jeice following his third Zenkai of the arc, Vegeta finds himself trashing Jeice. Vegeta's as surprised as Jeice is, to be honest. Even with a Zenkai, he should not be doing this well.

Vegeta's last Zenkai wasn't just a Zenkai. It pushed him through the Saiyan limit.

You see, something happens to a Saiyan as they cross that boundary. Their ki begins to swell astronomically in preparation for becoming a Super Saiyan. Both Goku and Vegeta at this point have entered a sort of proto-Super Saiyan state. Their powers are passively being inflated.

Goku, too, eventually realizes that his power is growing at an astronomical rate that cannot be explained by his training or his Zenkai boosts or any phenomenon he's aware of. He's just. Swelling with power for reasons he can't fathom.

Neither of them are Super Saiyans yet. They still need the right spark to ignite it - and, despite knowing more about the Super Saiyan legend than Goku, Vegeta has no idea what that spark is. But they're both inflating like balloons in preparation for ignition.

Vegeta brings up the proto-Super Saiyan again in his first showdown with Frieza.

He recognizes that he is not yet the Super Saiyan. But he is a proto-Super Saiyan. He still feels it, still feels his power inflating within himself. He just. Needs. That. Spark.

But he won't find it. He said it himself: He doesn't think Goku and his "soft heart" can become the Super Saiyan. The Super Saiyan is supposed to be filled with rage and battle hunger.

But breaking the Saiyan limit isn't enough. You need the spark: A tranquil heart awakened by rage.

There are two pieces to that. The first is a tranquil heart. What does that mean? It means tranquility. Stillness. Peace. Becoming one with yourself and the cosmic universe.

During his training in space, with nothing to concern himself with and no distractions, Goku found tranquility. Alone in the void of space with only his beloved art, he achieved a measure of serenity and peace that he's never known before.

When Goku steps off that ship, he's different. He's entirely focused on the task at hand. He doesn't even want to fight the Ginyus, which is a stark departure for his character. He has no interest in the joy of battle; Only in doing what he came for and going home.

Goku asks the Ginyu Force multiple times to just go away. He does not care about this. He is thoroughly disinterested in fighting.

He's not even mad. They beat up his son and his best friend, and Goku does not care. Also, he can read minds now. Because he is the Heavenly Buddha, I guess.

This is a super weird moment, but its main purpose is to demonstrate that Goku has become... something else. He's not just "Goku but stronger"; he's changed on a fundamental level.

Goku is no longer a rash, impulsive student. He has become a master of his art. Do you see that kanji on his back? Kaio presented Goku with this new dogi after he got out of the hospital... uh... somehow.

You. Uh. You gonna elaborate on where the fuck that came from, Goku? No? Okay, man. You do you.

In any case, Goku's new dogi is distinctive because it erases the sigils of both the Kame school and Kaio. Originally, he would wear the Kame sigils on both front and back to reflect his status as a student of Kame-senryu.

Even if he did only technically study Kame-senryu for less than a year. It's fine; the Muten-Roshi filled him with a lot of philosophy that's guided him over the years so it still counts.

After he trained under Kaio, the sigil on his back was replaced with Kaio's sigil, to reflect that he is Kaio's student now as much as he is the Muten-Roshi's. Though he left the Kame-senryu sigil on Goku's front, because he is a student of both.

But from the moment Goku steps off that ship, both Kaio and the Kame sigils have been replaced by this new one.

This new sigil serves two purposes. First is that it's the first kanji of Goku's name. Both of his masters are now gone from Goku's expression, replaced by Goku himself; This symbolizes that Goku has, himself, become the master. His art is now fully his own.

Goku is at the peak of his journey. There is nothing more for him to learn. It falls to him now to cultivate, develop, and evolve his art for himself, using the knowledge and mastery he's acquired. And, as we'll see in the next arc, to ultimately pass it on to the next generation to come.

But, bringing this back to the tranquil heart thing: The kanji for 'Go' also represents enlightenment. Goku has found peace with himself and his place in the cosmic universe. That is why he, and not Vegeta, is ready to have his spark ignited.

He's broken the Saiyan limit. He has a tranquil heart. All he needs now is to snap, and have his tranquil heart awakened by rage.

But Vegeta still has a ways to go. Because his heart is far from tranquil.

The best he can come up with is "I Zenkai'd into this, I can Zenkai out of it!" Vegeta is very fettered, especially in conflict with Frieza. He is not one with the cosmic universe. He is a nervous wreck of emotions and wants and distractions. He was so close, but he could never have ignited here. Not under these circumstances.

No, Vegeta would only find his tranquility after becoming stranded on Earth. (No, anime, Vegeta did not have a spare spaceship on hand to leave immediately.)

Three years, living at Capsule Corp until he moved out and got his own place. Free from the yoke of Frieza and able to pursue nothing more than his own self-improvement. Driven by a desire to surpass Goku but in a low-stress environment...

...and apparently hanging out with Bulma in his downtime.

That's where Vegeta found his tranquility. And the spark of rage that ignited his tranquil heart? His own inadequacies, of course.

Never change, Vegeta. XD

[laladbzland]

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball 092

Panput!   It’s the Panput episode everybody!   Holy shit, this is awesome!   I’ve been looking forward to... nah, I can’t go through with it, Panput kinda sucks.

The deal here is that Panput is a successful martial artist, and he’s managed to parlay this into a career as a movie star.   He sort of looks like mid-1980′s Michael Jackson, but he doesn’t really sound like MJ, so I don’t know if there’s supposed to be a connection there. 

It’s kind of a weird thing when a story introduces a celebrity character, one who’s more famous in the fictional world than the main characters are.   Like, Bulma’s the only one in the Dragon Team who knows who this guy is, and she talks about him like he’s this super-amazing guy, but he’s not.   Goku’s like the coolest dude in Dragon Ball, and if he didn’t exist, Yamcha or Krillin would be.    Bulma’s way cooler than Panput because she invents cool stuff and goes on real adventures instead of being in movies about them.    But we’re supposed to buy into the idea that Panput is awesome, even though we’ve never seen him before.

The main plot here is that Panput has no idea what he’s getting himself into with this tournament.   He’s convinced himself that he can easily win, and he’s no slouch, to be sure.   He wouldn’t have survived the preliminaries if he wasn’t an excellent fighter.    But his manager has looked into this “Goku” guy he’s supposed to be fighting, and he’s learned enough to know that Panput hasn’t got a chance.  

I’m not really sure how his manager was able to research Goku.   He’s heard rumors of Goku destroying the Red Ribbon Army, which makes sense given all the ex-Red Ribbon soldiers who probably told stories of how their army fell.   Goku’s success in the last tournament would be a matter of public record, but that’s about it.   Maybe that’s enough.   I wondered how the manager even knew to scout Goku at all, since the brackets were only set up a couple of days ago, but he probably made a point of researching all the participants of the last tourney in case any of them came back.

I don’t know if Panput is just arrogant or what, but the manager believes that if he loses the tournament, his star power will decline, and that’ll cut into his own paycheck.   Since he can’t convince Panput of that, he tries to take matters into his own hands.

Meanwhile, Launch is buying ice cream.   Or frozen yogurt.   Maybe one of those sherbert things?   What is sherbert exactly?  Anyway, this is the highlight of this episode.

Ha ha!   Look at this guy’s hat!  He looks like ice cream!   Or frozen yogurt.   Launch demands as much soft serve as he can pile onto those cones.

And she gets it, but then she sees Goku riding away in a stranger’s car.

So the manager’s bright idea to save Panput’s career is to tell Goku that the tournament moved to a new venue for... some reason, and no one told Goku even though his fight is only a few minutes away.  Goku’s pretty friggin’ gullible, but I don’t think the manager knew that, so this was a pretty desperate plan.   Yeah, if he can keep Goku away from the ring long enough, Panput will win by forfeit, but then he’d just have to face Krillin in the next round, and the winner of Jackie Chun/Tien in the next.   Was he going to try to trick those guys the same way?

Luckily, Launch is just really determined to give Goku an ice cream cone, so she steals a motorcycle and chases after him.  

I fell behind on the manga, but I’m pretty sure this whole thing is filler, because in the comics the tournament was a single-day affair, while Toei stretched this one out across the better part of a week.   The thing I’ve noticed about Launch is that she gets most of her character development in the filler.   In particular, I’m thinking of the episode where she went Blonde and started asking Roshi what she was doing in his house, and he managed to convince her they were friends.

When the gang was going to head out for the 22nd Budokai, she planned to stay behind as Blue Launch, then she sneezed and insisted on going along.   That was filler too.   Then she had dinner and played cards with the others.  

Now, she’s joined the others at the tournament, and mostly she makes a ruckus, but in this episode, she’s trying to do something nice “for once”.   Why buy ice cream for Goku specifically?    I guess because Goku’s the one with a match today?  Maybe because she’s missed the little guy while he’s been away for the past three years?

Whatever her reasons, she’s determined to give Goku his cone.   I don’t think she’s pieced together what’s going on here yet.    She manages to get the car to stop and she whups all of the goons, and only then does she find out why Goku went with them.

She tells him to hurry back to the ring, and prepares to deal with Panput’s manager... with her fists.  

Or not.

Back at the tournament, Panput does a whole dramatic entrance, leaping down from the hut thing behind the tournament ring.  

Bulma’s in love.   If looks could kill, Puar would be arrested for murder.   But not convicted, because no jury in the world...

Goku is late enough that the announcer starts to worry about the future of this match.   Here, Panput makes note that this sort of thing happens to him “all the time.”   This makes me wonder if his manager has been fixing fights for him all along.  Panput’s supposed to have won two other world martial arts tournaments, and his goal here is to win this one to achieve a triple crown.   Tien remarks that this is the only tournament that matters, since it’s way beyond those other two, which would explain why Panput is so outclassed here.   But maybe it’s more than that.   Maybe Panput’s been pitted against other super-strong fighters, only for his manager to sabotage them somehow in order to protect his meal ticket.    That’d be kind of tragic...

When Goku finally arrives, Panput does a little demonstration to show Goku just what he’s up against.   This ends with him breaking part of the stage with an elbow strike.   So he’s definitely no chump.   This guy might have stood a chance against Goku or Yamcha back in the first Dragon Ball arc.

But the Goku in the current arc takes him down in a matter of seconds.     And that’s why this episode isn’t very good.   Everyone knew Panput was dead meat (except Panput) and most of the episode was just different characters dancing around the fact that this fight was just a formality.      It was cool watching Launch go out of her way to save Goku from being eliminated, but feels kind of anticlimactic, since the fight itself was so underwhelming.  

[tenshindon]

db advanced adventure good

[thomasewardlow]

[izzymcfeegles]

Random Tenkaichi Budokai Headcanons:

-In addition to the prize money, every winner receives their own championship belt. Tien and Goku are the only champions to not receive belts due to the tumultuous events following the 22nd and 23rd Budokais, respectively.

-Promotional photos of the champion are usually taken a few hours after the final match when the prize money is awarded. Goku is the only champion to not have promotional photos taken. Photos were taken of Tien but were never released due to Krillin's murder at the hands of Tambourine.

-The announcer's name is Ken. While he is on friendly terms with members of the Dragon Team and knows the truth about the Cell Games, he is often not invited to Capsule Corp functions because nobody can remember his name.

-While the majority of the modern Budokais have been filmed, the 24th Budokai is the first to be widely televised. Prior to this, official broadcasts were aired on syndicated television or radio. Many fans have also recorded their own footage.

-Bootleg tape trading of fan recordings of previous Budokais is a pastime among super fans who often manage to find different perspectives and angles of their favorite matches.

-While most casual Budokai fans consider Mr. Satan to be the GOAT, many diehard fans still prefer previous fighters like Goku, Jackie Chun, and Tien. There is also a growing number of younger fans who love to revisit the fights from the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Budokais.

-There is growing skepticism among super fans as to Mr. Satan's role in the Cell Games.

-There is a Budokai Network which airs the previous Tenkaichi Budokais along with original content like interviews, documentaries, pre/post shows for the new Budokais, and of course, a reality series featuring Mr. Satan. Whenever the network requests an interview or to use the likeness of any member of the Dragon Team, it must be vetted and approved by Capsule Corp's legal team.

-Yamcha sometimes appears in documentaries as a talking head due to his experience in previous Budokais and his historical knowledge of the sport.

-There is a convention that occurs the day before every Tenkaichi Budokai called Budokon. Fans can buy merchandise, trade tapes, and do meet and greets with previous competitors. Frequent guests usually include Bacterian, Giran, Ranfan, Man Wolf, Panput, Jewel, Mighty Mask, Killa, and King Chappa.

-Panput is notorious for overcharging fans for photos and autographs. Also, do not mention Goku or Mr. Satan in his presence.

-There is a Tenkaichi Budokai Hall of Fame where former champions, competitors, and other notable figures are inducted. Notable inductees include Mr. Satan, Goku, Tien, Jackie Chun, King Chappa, Krillin, Yamcha, and Namu. Goku, Jackie Chun, and Tien, did not attend their own respective ceremonies due to their whereabouts being unknown. Yamcha and Krillin are the only members of the Dragon Team to attend their own HOF inductions.

-Ranfan is the first female fighter to be inducted into the HOF, followed by Chi Chi and 18.

[keto]

Keto Cubano I was poking around YouTube yesterday and one of the recommended videos was a Cuban sandwich recipe. I'd heard of a Cubano before but had never had one. I watched the video and thought it looked delicious. I've been staying away from bread replacements so I decided to make my own bunless Cubano. It's really simple and straight forward but if you happen to be uninitiated to Cubanos like I was, you might find this interesting.I should mention that these are just the basic ingredients. There seems to be some passionate people out there who argue over the specifics of the Cuban sandwich. I'm sure I could make something way better if I took the time to find the right bread replacement or to marinate the pork it would be way better but I'm a white guy from Canada so I don't know what I'm missing.If (when, probably tonight) I make this again I'll take a picture and post it.Ingredients:slices of hamslices of Swiss cheesePorkDill PicklesMayonnaiseYellow MustardCayenneButter​InstructionsCook your pork and keep it warm. I just pan fried some pork chops and shredded them with a fork but you can use a fancier marinaded pork, carnitas, etc...Preheat your oven to 350 and put some parchment on a panPut down a layer of ham slices and make sure they overlap so you don't loose anything between the cracks.Mix equal parts yellow mustard and mayonnaise to make a mustard aioli. Add a little Cayenne. Spread this in a thin layer on the ham.Put down a layer of Swiss cheese. Make sure it doesn't go right to the edge. That way you don't lose any during the baking.Put down a layer of warm pork. Normally you make sure the pork is warm because you'll be grilling the sandwich and the bun would burn before the pork heated. Kind of the same idea here. If you're using a big pile of thick pork straight from the fridge, the ham would dry out and get tough and cheese would harden before the pork was warmed up.Put down a layer of dill pickles.Put down a layer of Swiss cheese. Again, make sure it doesn't go to the edge.Spread any remaining mustard aioli.Put down a layer of ham.Bake until the cheese has melted and the top layer of ham has cooked up a bit. Switch the broiler on high and give it a few minutes to cook the top a bit more.I cooked my pork in butter so I just poured it over the Cubano but if you didn't cook your pork in butter, you can just melt some and pour it on.Extras:The video I watched had the sandwich served with chips so I served mine with pork rinds which actually went together very well. I think I'll save a little mustard aioli next time for dipping. A nice salad would go good too. Some sort of slaw in the mustard aioli, maybe.

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HOMEMADE

PANCAKE buy maya pancake mix cost 20 pesos  add water and cook it in a fry panput some honey or maple syrup in it and add some butter on the top and you’re all done.

Bonchon style fried chicken

2 pcs chicken add more if you want

5 tbsp soy sauce

5 table spoon honey 

5 cloves of garlic minced

5 tbsp water

2 tbsp sugar 

6 tbsp flour 

6 tbsp of corn starch 

Procedure: cover the chicken with flour and corn starch and heat the pan and put some oil in it. If the oil is already hot put the marinated chicken in the pan and wait for it until it turns golden brown. Prepare the sauce, put the soy sauce, honey, garlic, water and sugar and wait until its caramelized. Cover the entire chicken with it and its done.  Enjoy eating! 🍗 🍗 🍗

[everymangatenshinhan]

[everymangatenshinhan]

[tobiasdrake]

What are your thoughts on Tenshinhan's change of morality? Most, if not all, of Dragon Ball's antagonists swap sides because there's a greater problem to deal with. But Ten goes from Heel to Face DURING his fight with Goku. Although Crane Hermit interfering with said match probably sped up the process.

An important thing to keep in mind is that, at this point in time, Tenshinhan hadn't really done much.

I'm not going to say he hadn't done anything wrong because. Y'know.

That wasn't exactly a firm handshake.

He also had Chiaotzu rig the drawing of lots.

That's it. That is his complete list of crimes. Unnecessary brutality during a match and rigging the tournament roster.

For comparison, Yamcha.

For the most part, Tenshinhan's wickedness is a vibe. He's a pissy kung fu brat, the same age as Bulma. He swaggers around drunk on his own self-importance and says mean things.

The sinister elements aren't in what he has done or is doing, but what he intends to do in the future. He's going to be an assassin. He's going to follow in Taopaipai's footsteps. He's going to kill Goku to avenge his fallen master.

But these are just the future ambitions of a teenage boy who hasn't had to cross those lines yet. He is not - yet - a killer.

Ten is similar to Zuko from Avatar in that he's not really a bad guy. He's trying to be a bad guy. He's a kid raised under a toxic belief system who hasn't had a chance to be exposed to other ideas, but who might find those ideas more closely aligned to his own beliefs if he had a chance to sit down and listen to them.

Someone who's been instructed that the sky is green, suddenly taking a walk in the park for the first time. Ten thinks his goal is to be a killer, but that's not actually why he's here.

This wasn't supposed to be about assassination and subterfuge. The mission statement from the start was to be a really good martial artist, humiliate the rival school, and win the title. That's it. That's what this was supposed to be about.

That is the only thing he was supposed to be doing here.

The mission didn't change until midway through Krillin and Chiaotzu's fight, when he happened to overhear that Goku was the guy who killed Taopaipai.

This was just a sports movie up until this point, and that's precisely the attitude Ten carries. He's the Cobra Kai kid from that original Karate Kid movie. All of his shitty attitude is the boastful swagger of a show-off trash-talking the competition.

He really just wants somebody to validate what a very good punchy boy he is. And he thinks he needs to become an assassin to do that because that's what he's been taught.

He's a show-off looking for validation.

There is no pragmatic reason for him to do this. Upon finding out that Jackie Chun is the Muten-Roshi, Tenshinhan throws a Kamehameha just to do it. Just so he can be seen doing it, so he can rub it in the Muten-Roshi's face that he can do it.

To prove to his rival what a great martial artist he is.

After they find out that Goku killed Taopaipai, Tsuru-sennin stops caring about the tournament. He just wants blood, ordering Chiaotzu to kill Krillin in the ring. But Tenshinhan? He watches Goku's match with Panput...

...and he's intrigued. Seeing what Goku's capable of gets his blood boiling with the spirit of competition.

He doesn't want to kill Goku. He wants to defeat Goku. Those are different things. They just don't seem different because he hasn't arrived at a point where he would have to make a choice between one or the other. Where he would have to decide whether to be a martial artist or an assassin. At this point in time, those roads are the same.

At this point in time, he still has the option to do both.

To kill Goku and be the assassin he's aiming for, and to defeat Goku fairly and properly as a true martial artist. He can walk both of those roads. For a time.

But the fork is coming, and it arrives at the moment when Tsuru-sennin violates the sanctity of his match.

Now he has to make a choice. Is he a killer who does whatever it takes to slay his opponent? Is he truly this guy?

Is that all his art will ever amount to? Is this who he is as a fighter?

Does he want to kill or does he want to win? And could he live with himself as a martial artist if this was how the greatest match of his life up to this point ended?

These aren't things he's supposed to care about, but they are things he cares about. It's important to note that he doesn't reject Tsuru-sennin. He's still trying to find a middle road, imploring his master to understand his feelings.

He's still trying to find a middle ground. A way he doesn't have to sacrifice his tutelage in order to be the man he wants to be. He has one foot out the door, but there are ways Tsuru-sennin could have played this that would have resulted in Ten and Chiaotzu going home with him to learn more bad ideology.

It's Tsuru-sennin who shoves him the rest of the way by escalating to immediate rejection and violence.

This is the Point of No Return. Can't really go home after this. Ten wasn't trying to make this a complete fracturing of his entire relationship with Tsuru-senryu; Literally all he was asking for was to be allowed to fight his rival fairly. But that's what it became because abusers are like that.

The full meaning of what he's just given up isn't lost on him, either.

After this, he doesn't really have a choice but to forge his own path and find a new way forward for himself and Chiaotzu. He literally cannot go back.

Some bridges can't be unburned. And sometimes that's for the best.

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