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Removing anime-exclusive content from manga Dragon Ball - Staff Only

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If anyone wants some examples of why this thread should've been kept staff-only:







7 nothingburger posts in an hour. If this keeps up, we'll have four entire pages of comments that don't add anything meaningful by the end of the day.

half of these "nothing-burger" posts are people who are agreeing with the thread, which is allowed under any CRT, such as this. You're discouraging regular members from voicing their agreement or disagreement with the OP, which I don't think is appropriate. The thread hasn't spiraled out of control to the point where it needs to be a staff thread. Simply just delete the irrelevant posts (Az's and those responding) and keep it pushing.
 
n. The Moon is engulfed in the blast, and the manga depiction completely lacks the same mass-ejection visual needed for that quantification.
Actually, I found the color page for this scene. It does show that the moon exploded into fragments. So a mass scattering end is valid for this scene. In the official translations, most of the debris got removed to redraw the SFX from what I can see.
 
Be specific.

Does Goku have an ability listed that's only in the anime? If so, what is it?

Currently cosmological aspects, among other things, are shared between Anime and Manga, for example
 
Be specific.

Does Goku have an ability listed that's only in the anime? If so, what is it?
CRT ain't aiming at abilities, the ki manipulation pages already separate continuities

It's only discussing about using the anime for feats that also happen in the manga, issue being that the anime feats are exagetated,not being similar at all to the manga, namek explosion in anime and manga being the biggest example

So this is indeed mostly about calcs, which therefore leads to a CRT

Maybe first talk about the calcs as a calc thread here, then a CRT?
 
Actually, I found the color page for this scene. It does show that the moon exploded into fragments. So a mass scattering end is valid for this scene. In the official translations, most of the debris got removed to redraw the SFX from what I can see.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what your seeing, but looking at the panel that should show the moon itself the only things I see I think could be interpreted as fragments seem to be part of the impact word used, can you be specific about where in the image you see fragments?
 
CRT ain't aiming at abilities, the ki manipulation pages already separate continuities

It's only discussing about using the anime for feats that also happen in the manga, issue being that the anime feats are exagetated,not being similar at all to the manga, namek explosion in anime and manga being the biggest example

So this is indeed mostly about calcs, which therefore leads to a CRT

Maybe first talk about the calcs as a calc thread here, then a CRT?

The methodology is being tackled from a canonicity perspective; not something under the scope of a CGM thread from my understanding.
 
It has been agreed that for Anime scenes quite faithful to the OG source material, cinematic timeframes are fine to use for reference purposes; especially when no specific time frames are given in the original source.
 
Absolutely not, not even close to what a mass scaterring feat should look like. And it's not like the scan was lost to be found, we all knew the feat was like that. It's just not mass scattering.
We see chunks blow up, the black particles matches what we see with Namek and Earth, though it lacks the follow-up explosion panels with both of those.

If your argument is that those chunks are then vaporized, or that they were destroyed before scattering. Well, I guess I can't really argue against that without pointing to secondary material. But the anime shows chunks leaving and the manga when shown properly, has the same debris style that Akira normally draws.
 
We see chunks blow up, the black particles matches what we see with Namek and Earth, though it lacks the follow-up explosion panels with both of those.

If your argument is that those chunks are then vaporized, or that they were destroyed before scattering. Well, I guess I can't really argue against that without pointing to secondary material. But the anime shows chunks leaving and the manga when shown properly, has the same debris style that Akira normally draws.
I get what you're saying but the KE methods are only if the majority of the debris is ejected outwards not if its mostly vaped or pulved or something but doesn't fly off. I don't think M3X is arguing that there isn't any debris rather just that while those are chunks of it but they aren't ejected in anyway where a KE methods would be valid and that they are still where the celestial body used to be rather than being dramatically ejected outwards
 
It has been agreed that for Anime scenes quite faithful to the OG source material, cinematic timeframes are fine to use for reference purposes; especially when no specific time frames are given in the original source.

As the OP pointed out, this doesn't apply here:
  • Entirely separate canons rather than just an straightforward adaptation
  • The anime version of (for example), the Roshi and Namek destruction feats include several additions not present in the original.
  • Toriyama specifically says he wasn't involved in the anime.
 
I get what you're saying but the KE methods are only if the majority of the debris is ejected outwards not if its mostly vaped or pulved or something but doesn't fly off.
Wouldn't that mean the majority of DB planet busting calcs are invalid then? They all share this exact same particle issue. I posted the Namek and Earth ones and they have similarly small amounts of material left after the blast strikes the celestial body.
 
Wouldn't that mean the majority of DB planet busting calcs are invalid then? They all share this exact same particle issue. I posted the Namek and Earth ones and they have similarly small amounts of material left after the blast strikes the celestial body.
Idk how they are done right now but if the manga shows it all the same way as these scans then yeah they should be revised properly
 
As the OP pointed out, this doesn't apply here:
  • Entirely separate canons rather than just an straightforward adaptation
  • The anime version of (for example), the Roshi and Namek destruction feats include several additions not present in the original.
  • Toriyama specifically says he wasn't involved in the anime.
Manga profiles use DBZ:Kai as opposed to Toei for things like Cinematic Time Frames; which is more faithful to the original source.
 
Wouldn't that mean the majority of DB planet busting calcs are invalid then? They all share this exact same particle issue. I posted the Namek and Earth ones and they have similarly small amounts of material left after the blast strikes the celestial body.

Strangely, Toei is actually really consistent in showing the majority of debris is ejected. The manga usually depicts vaporization iirc
 
I get what you're saying but the KE methods are only if the majority of the debris is ejected outwards not if its mostly vaped or pulved or something but doesn't fly off. I don't think M3X is arguing that there isn't any debris rather just that while those are chunks of it but they aren't ejected in anyway where a KE methods would be valid and that they are still where the celestial body used to be rather than being dramatically ejected outwards
I should note that the issue with this is that all that pulv./vaporized material still needs to be dispersed beyond the point of no return, else under its own gravity it would just reform back and thus cannot be considered truly destroyed.
 
Wouldn't that mean the majority of DB planet busting calcs are invalid then? They all share this exact same particle issue. I posted the Namek and Earth ones and they have similarly small amounts of material left after the blast strikes the celestial body.
I would've said yes if it wasn't for Kai
 
Not to derail, but I'm not exactly sure why we need a replacement calc for the Roshi moon feat? Like it just seems arbitrary to me in this case, it's not like the moon has parts of itself intact, we clearly see that it's gone. So why can't we just assume it's baseline Moon level?

Like genuinely I don't see why it matters if someone calcs it and arbitrarily get a slightly higher or lower value than baseline Moon level, the easiest solution is to just assume it's Moon level because the story shows us that. Anything else just seems like headcanon and unnecessary ("ehrm the feat is actually 3x ABOVE baseline moon level" OR "ehrm the feat is actually JUST below baseline moon level").
 
Not to derail, but I'm not exactly sure why we need a replacement calc for the Roshi moon feat? Like it just seems arbitrary to me in this case, it's not like the moon has parts of itself intact, we clearly see that it's gone. So why can't just assume it's baseline Moon level?

Like genuinely I don't see why it matters if someone calcs it and arbitrarily get a slightly higher or lower value than baseline Moon level, the easiest solution is to just assume it's Moon level because the story shows us that. Anything else just seems like headcanon and unnecessary ("ehrm the feat is actually 3x ABOVE baseline moon level" OR "ehrm the feat is actually JUST below baseline moon level".

You're right, the thread is just getting derailed from the main point at hand.
 
Not to derail, but I'm not exactly sure why we need a replacement calc for the Roshi moon feat? Like it just seems arbitrary to me in this case, it's not like the moon has parts of itself intact, we clearly see that it's gone. So why can't we just assume it's baseline Moon level?

Like genuinely I don't see why it matters if someone calcs it and arbitrarily get a slightly higher or lower value than baseline Moon level, the easiest solution is to just assume it's Moon level because the story shows us that. Anything else just seems like headcanon and unnecessary ("ehrm the feat is actually 3x ABOVE baseline moon level" OR "ehrm the feat is actually JUST below baseline moon level").
Why the feat has to forcibly fit our standards of what moon level feats are by forcing it at baseline moon level? The wiki itself says that tiers of destroying stuff doesn't have to be at their namesake tier:
https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/T...irements for these tiers are arbitrary values.

But for the derailling, yeah if this will be a CRT then the feat calcing should be discussed somewhere else, there's an already made calc that should just wait evaluation
 
Why the feat has to forcibly fit our standards of what moon level feats are by forcing it at baseline moon level? The wiki itself says that tiers of destroying stuff doesn't have to be at their namesake tier:
https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Tiering_System#:~:text=Keep in mind that certain tiers do not necessarily correspond to the destruction of their namesakes in any meaningful fashion. This is because the minimum requirements for these tiers are arbitrary values.

But for the derailling, yeah if this will be a CRT then the feat calcing should be discussed somewhere else, there's an already made calc that should just wait evaluation
The calc is alr accepted, it would likely just replace the current one
 
Why the feat has to forcibly fit our standards of what moon level feats are by forcing it at baseline moon level? The wiki itself says that tiers of destroying stuff doesn't have to be at their namesake tier:
https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Tiering_System#:~:text=Keep in mind that certain tiers do not necessarily correspond to the destruction of their namesakes in any meaningful fashion. This is because the minimum requirements for these tiers are arbitrary values.

But for the derailling, yeah if this will be a CRT then the feat calcing should be discussed somewhere else, there's an already made calc that should just wait evaluation
This doesn’t apply to a moon busting feat, though. We have the exact energy necessary to bust the moon. Everything in Dragon Ball, manga and guides, points out that they can bust the moon. Their moon is Earth-like, so is their planet.

I honestly don’t care if we use a calc, but pretending baseline 5-C doesn’t work is kinda wrong here.
 
half of these "nothing-burger" posts are people who are agreeing with the thread, which is allowed under any CRT, such as this. You're discouraging regular members from voicing their agreement or disagreement with the OP, which I don't think is appropriate. The thread hasn't spiraled out of control to the point where it needs to be a staff thread. Simply just delete the irrelevant posts (Az's and those responding) and keep it pushing.
Gonna continue on your wall, to not occupy more posts here.

Currently cosmological aspects, among other things, are shared between Anime and Manga, for example
Then such arguments for a shared cosmology, which would have absolutely been provided to get that in the first place, should be responded, to instead of M3X just referencing the Canon page and a few bits of WoG that support their view.
The methodology is being tackled from a canonicity perspective; not something under the scope of a CGM thread from my understanding.
If people were previously arguing that the anime is canon to the manga, then those arguments should be highlighted and directly responded to.

There is no ******* way that we have separate profiles for the adaptation, while believing that they're both canon to each other, without this having been discussed before.
Not to derail, but I'm not exactly sure why we need a replacement calc for the Roshi moon feat? Like it just seems arbitrary to me in this case, it's not like the moon has parts of itself intact, we clearly see that it's gone. So why can't we just assume it's baseline Moon level?

Like genuinely I don't see why it matters if someone calcs it and arbitrarily get a slightly higher or lower value than baseline Moon level, the easiest solution is to just assume it's Moon level because the story shows us that. Anything else just seems like headcanon and unnecessary ("ehrm the feat is actually 3x ABOVE baseline moon level" OR "ehrm the feat is actually JUST below baseline moon level").
If we can calculate it, we should.

If you want to argue against every tier-related destruction feat in fiction just going with the tier names, instead of actually being calculated, then lmao, but that's not how we opreate.
You're right, the thread is just getting derailed from the main point at hand.
"We should find a replacement, instead of just assuming a tier rating, when the feat is calculable" is absolutely NOT derailing. What the hell are you saying? You're such a long-time staff member!!!
But for the derailling, yeah if this will be a CRT then the feat calcing should be discussed somewhere else, there's an already made calc that should just wait evaluation
Why the **** would we accept this CRT, editing a bunch of profiles downgrading them to 5-C, only to have to revise them up to 5-B two weeks later once a calc is accepted?
 
I'm going to elaborate on it cause it seems like some people on both sides don't understand.

Toei is not canon to the main manga at all. It isn't a One Piece Naruto situation where it's secondary canon that can be used for timeframes and support but not added canon, it's a Yu Yu Hakusho Invincible situation where the anime adaptation (Toei specifically) cannot be used at all for anything regarding the canon manga, whether it's a timeframe or not. The same way that there are separate profiles for Invincible (Comics) and Invincible (TV Show), we have Goku manga and Goku toei anime. So using a timeframe for a split canon is not allowed.

We do the same for the Scott Pilgrim of the comics and movie even though there's 1 feat being showed in multiple canons.

If Kai had OG Dragon Ball we would use it, but it doesn't. It's earliest adaptation is Dragon Ball Z.

So the timeframe cannot be used because we chose to split the canons. We cannot adapt things from the anime because it increases feats if the anime was split off from the canon completely to the point of separate profiles.
 
I should note that the issue with this is that all that pulv./vaporized material still needs to be dispersed beyond the point of no return, else under its own gravity it would just reform back and thus cannot be considered truly destroyed.
Not necessarily. It's possible that a large percentage of the Moon's material was vaporized while the rest was violently pulverized. There are feats that use destruction percentages like this one from One-Punch Man. If there was only 5% of the moon's material remaining, it likely wouldn't reform.
 
If we can calculate it, we should.

If you want to argue against every tier-related destruction feat in fiction just going with the tier names, instead of actually being calculated, then lmao, but that's not how we opreate.

Why the **** would we accept this CRT, editing a bunch of profiles downgrading them to 5-C, only to have to revise them up to 5-B two weeks later once a calc is accepted?
I think you yourself said it best why giving it the baseline 5-C rating is better and causes less problems in the long run. Yes you can calculate it, that doesn't mean a calculation is the best solution.

Calcing just gives you unnecessary baggage to deal with, baggage that is nowhere in the manga to begin with. And don't misunderstand me here, I didn't say "everything should be downgraded because it's the tier name". This feat in the manga has no extensive implications of actually being notably higher or lower than what is shown. The anime is one thing with the ejected rock which leads to KE opportunities, the manga as M3X pointed out does not.

If you don't want to re-evaluate this because some arbitrary calc gets a 5-B value, then just don't do a calc. Simple. It's not like there is significant evidence to pull from to support it either unlike the anime.
 
Please calm down Agnaa, I ask that you take a breather and come back to this thread later or discuss this privately if you still feel heated.

If people were previously arguing that the anime is canon to the manga, then those arguments should be highlighted and directly responded to.

There is no ******* way that we have separate profiles for the adaptation, while believing that they're both canon to each other, without this having been discussed before.

My comment was clarifying that the thread is about the canonicity, not CGM matters, for information used in the calcs. I am not sure what you're talking about right now.

"We should find a replacement, instead of just assuming a tier rating, when the feat is calculable" is absolutely NOT derailing. What the hell are you saying? You're such a long-time staff member!!!
As stated above, the thread is about the canonicity aspect. A separate thread will handle the ratings. This is not a thread about speculating how we could tackle one calc that was affected by the OP.

Why the **** would we accept this CRT, editing a bunch of profiles downgrading them to 5-C, only to have to revise them up to 5-B two weeks later once a calc is accepted?

As said above, this is not the thread for determining the tiers.
 
I think you yourself said it best why giving it the baseline 5-C rating is better and causes less problems in the long run. Yes you can calculate it, that doesn't mean a calculation is the best solution.

Calcing just gives you unnecessary baggage to deal with, baggage that is nowhere in the manga to begin with. And don't misunderstand me here, I didn't say "everything should be downgraded because it's the tier name". This feat in the manga has no extensive implications of actually being notably higher or lower than what is shown. The anime is one thing with the ejected rock which leads to KE opportunities, the manga as M3X pointed out does not.

If you don't want to re-evaluate this because some arbitrary calc gets a 5-B value, then just don't do a calc. Simple. It's not like there is significant evidence to pull from to support it either unlike the anime.
Moon level is notorious due to how the vast majority of calculations involving moon-busting don't actually end up in 5-C. The simple fact that we're given a depiction in fact makes it likely that it will end up being notably higher or lower than baseline 5-C.

Those tier baselines are based on GBE, the absolute minimum for making it so that a celestial body doesn't reform. It involves successive shells being sent out at varying speeds. It will come apart over the course of tens of minutes.

The fact that they're not sitting around watching it slowly come apart means it will likely not be near baseline 5-C.
My comment was clarifying that the thread is about the canonicity, not CGM matters, for information used in the calcs. I am not sure what you're talking about right now.
It doesn't seem to be about canonicity. We already treat them as separate canons, this thread is arguing that, due to our standards, the calculations should not integrate certain values in that way. The way we select values for our calculations IS a CGM matter.
As stated above, the thread is about the canonicity aspect. A separate thread will handle the ratings. This is not a thread about speculating how we could tackle one calc that was affected by the OP.

As said above, this is not the thread for determining the tiers.
The OP literally ends by saying, as a consequence, it will change the tiers.
And Roshi gets downgraded to baseline 5-C for the most obvious Moon busting feat ever.
 
It doesn't seem to be about canonicity. We already treat them as separate canons, this thread is arguing that, due to our standards, the calculations should not integrate them in that way. The way we select values for our calculations IS a CGM matter.

The OP literally ends by saying, as a consequence, it will change the tiers.

That's the point of the thread. We treat them as different canons, yet use details from the non-canon anime adaptation in the calcs. While this does directly affect the calculations, this is only because the canon rules are being sidestepped specifically for the calcs. Tldr: canon rules, not calc rules, are the issue here.

The OP admittedly got ahead of themselves. The previous thread made it clear that a separate thread will be required for the final determination of how we'll scale the characters. This is to ensure that feats can be found and calced without delaying the CRTs.
 
Moon level is notorious due to how the vast majority of calculations involving moon-busting don't actually end up in 5-C. The simple fact that we're given a depiction in fact makes it likely that it will end up being notably higher or lower than baseline 5-C.

Those tier baselines are based on GBE, the absolute minimum for making it so that a celestial body doesn't reform. It involves successive shells being sent out at varying speeds. It will come apart over the course of tens of minutes.

The fact that they're not sitting around watching it slowly come apart means it will likely not be near baseline 5-C.
Was gonna respond but it would truly be derailing so I'll leave you to it. Just so you know a calc has already been posted here by @Saqphire

M3X looked at here
 
Wouldn't it be better to postpone any changes since new material is coming out later this year?
 
That's the point of the thread. We treat them as different canons, yet use details from the non-canon anime adaptation in the calcs. While this does directly affect the calculations, this is only because the canon rules are being sidestepped specifically for the calcs. Tldr: canon rules, not calc rules, are the issue here.
That's not sidestepping, that's how calculations of feats in low-info mediums generally work.

We can pull relevant values that are missing from the source material, from any adaptations, as long as the feat is sufficiently similar between the two.

If you wanna change that, it would require a staff thread to change the standards for the site as a whole, and lead to hundreds of recalculations.

But if you wanna argue that the feats are dissimilar enough that the adaptation shouldn't be used (as part of the OP does), that's fine as its own thing. I think it belongs more in the calc subforum, but I can see why you'd disagree.
 
Okay can we ******* chill now? Why do we gotta waste time and derail the thread because it should be a Calc Group thread or a CRT or whatever?

Agnaa if you think this is a CGM matter because it tackles the way Dragon Ball Z calcs should be done, then move it to the correct board and I’ll adjust the OP.

If you think it’s more akin to a CRT then leave it as it is. ****, why are we even wasting time with that? Why are we even discussing that? I’ll delete the part where I said Roshi is going back to baseline 5-C and then this matter is gonna be irrelevant, why are we even heated about that? SomebodyData was chill the whole time and he did not deserver the treatment he’s getting now.

Also no I’m not gonna reply to old arguments, they’re irrelevant to this and wrong “oh but you gotta prove they’re wrong” no tf I don’t, we have different profiles for each canon, different feats for each canon and different calcs for each canon, this thread is just making sure Roshi gets the same treatment as literally everything else besides cosmology, said cosmology that it’s not my responsibility whatsoever to “debunk” or “split” into manga and anime because I did not do that in the first place, we have split canons since God knows when, and it’s not my fault if they wanted to apply for everything.

So now can we ******* get back to the matter, please? And probably also chill?
 
Gonna continue on your wall, to not occupy more posts here.

Then such arguments for a shared cosmology, which would have absolutely been provided to get that in the first place, should be responded, to instead of M3X just referencing the Canon page and a few bits of WoG that support their view.

If people were previously arguing that the anime is canon to the manga, then those arguments should be highlighted and directly responded to.

There is no ******* way that we have separate profiles for the adaptation, while believing that they're both canon to each other, without this having been discussed before.

If we can calculate it, we should.

If you want to argue against every tier-related destruction feat in fiction just going with the tier names, instead of actually being calculated, then lmao, but that's not how we opreate.

"We should find a replacement, instead of just assuming a tier rating, when the feat is calculable" is absolutely NOT derailing. What the hell are you saying? You're such a long-time staff member!!!

Why the **** would we accept this CRT, editing a bunch of profiles downgrading them to 5-C, only to have to revise them up to 5-B two weeks later once a calc is accepted?
The feat I was talking about already got accepted by M3X, the one sapphire shared

And "revise them up to 5B two weeks later once a calc is accepted" would had been dependant if the calc got evaluated quickly or not, it got evaluated already, so no problem

Also, could you not say ***** when answering to people arguments? Could had said "we shouldn't accept the CRT and make changes just to having to redo them after a calc gets evaluated" I was just saying that CGM may take their time with evaluations, not saying we shouldnt wait
 
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