(con-fucking-tinued) ahuh. yep. yup. yuuuuup. Gotenks is stunned. Piccolo looks grim for a moment, but turns to Boo with a wry smile. There's no escape from this dimension now, he explains; that door was the only point of contact between the two worlds, and with it gone, they're all trapped here. Forever. fuckin' badass this is my new favorite exchange in all of dragon ball Gotenks doesn't enjoy it, however. i am firmly on piccolo's side here. damn kids and their lack of ability to make appropriate decisions because their brains haven't had a chance to fully develop Piccolo and Gotenks fight about who's to blame for this situation (Gotenks) and what to do about it, and Boo watches until he can't stand it anymore, and then he opens his mouth and roars. the snacks or what...? holy shit.
Ch 493 gonna be a late day in the lab so I'm taking a gel electrophoresis reading break (Escape from the Time Dimension/Escape from the Alternate Dimension) So that's some pretty impressive ki right there. Blew a connection between two different dimensions. Somehow. With just one angry shout. I do like that treats are a strong motivating factor for this form of Boo as well, despite being a creature of pure rage/etc. Although... that begs the question. Can he only turn living things into other things? Because, if I remember correctly, the food replenishes itself somehow? Or maybe I'm getting confused with what's canon and not. But if he could turn inanimate objects into treats, he'd be set. Admittedly no one really wants to spend the rest of their life in the HTC, I would imagine, so this might have come about anyway. Maybe with an angry shout about being bored. The hole's not stable, however. In fact, it's shrinking pretty quickly. Which isn't a problem for Boo, once he realizes what the deal, because he's a stretchy taffy creature of pure rage who can deform himself as he sees fit. Which he does, now, to snake through the hole just before it vanishes, the breach between dimensions healed again. That's probably bad, bad, bad news. Goku, who's presumably been on the alert something like this, notices that Boo is back in this (???) dimension, or at least a dimension he can sense ki from. However, he doesn't sense the kids, and is frustrated that he doesn't know what's going on. i wonder if you could make glasses out of crystal from a crystal ball and then get all-seeing glasses (oh wait didn't jade make something like that in homestuck? dangit) He tosses the newly minted crystal ball over in their direction. Peering into it, they can see what's happening with Boo. Wonder if it stays centered on him? Could they choose other targets, or is it being controlled by the elder kaioushin? The remaining people alive on (well, near) Earth have gathered in the "courtyard" area of the Lookout, drawn there by the noise of Boo's yell. I wonder how long all that took in realtime? Couldn't have been very long, Gotenks hasn't even defused yet, and considering 6 hours RT is a little over two weeks HTC-time... ugh, math. Easy math, but math nonetheless. They arrive in time to see a weird, stretched-out Boo splash headfirst onto the tiled surface of the Lookout, where he stays puddled briefly before beginning to reform. (Clothes, too.) something fulfilling and nutritious But no, he chooses chocolate, which seems to be his favorite. oh yeah? now he's a murderer? what was he before? y'know, when all those other people got killed? Gohan wonders what's up and Goku tells him not to worry about it, just focus on the task at hand. well let's hope that somehow dende is not dead because otherwise i guess you could probably go ask the other namekians for help again but it would be quicker with dende and besides... i don't want my sweet boy to be dead On a completely different note, Piccolo and Gotenks are screaming. god i would not want to be there. Unfortunately, their yelling doesn't have quite the same raw power as Boo's, and they can't even make the smallest puncture in the fabric of reality. Also, Piccolo says something that makes me worry he's been awake for way too long and isn't thinking clearly, namely that hours are passing outside while seconds pass in here, which. No. No, that's not how that works at all, and I think someone needs a nap. (That someone is me, but also probably Piccolo.) Gotenks is annoyed, but it looks like he has no choice but to finally go all-out. Too bad it couldn't be at a more dramatic moment, but, what can you do when your trapped in an alternate dimension? Gotenks yells again, but this time it's not a spacetime-fabric piercing yell, it's a powering-up yell. First he gets all lightning-y, and then... god FUCKING damnit not you too put your goddamn eyebrows back on Piccolo is... well. Surprised. Startled? Astounded? Shocked. Maybe shocked is best. OKAY no what exactly was in the original japanese to make them translate it as "btw"??????????! a) YOU LEAVE PICCOLO'S BEAUTIFUL FACE OUT OF THIS b) where that mirror come from tho This time, when Gotenks shouts, he makes a nice big hole right out to their home dimension. speaking of beautiful face... Gotenks, who's hopped through the hole, reminds Piccolo that he should probably get out of there before it closes, and that gets Piccolo moving. Gotenks catches sight of Boo, who has chocolate (RIP everyone ;.;) all over his face. Boo says that Gotenks looks different (ahuh) and Gotenks affirms: yep, different looks, more hair, way more powerful! Shin is impressed by the fusion, but Goku's more impressed by whole super saiyan level 3 thing. That took him three years and those brats managed it in a couple of weeks! (HETEROSIS. I'M TELLING YOU.) Back over on Earth, it doesn't take long for Piccolo and Gotenks to figure out that Boo's, well, eaten everyone. fuck him up gotenks! (although i feel you're gonna run out of stamina here in like.... a minute so i actually do not think you will fuck him up very much, if at all :/ )
Something else to note that I don't think ever comes up in the manga(?): In the anime, Super Buu starts off with the same creepy white eyes that he has in the manga right up until Gotenks and Buu do that thing where Gotenks collides headfirst with Buu so hard he crushes the latter's head inwards. This concusses Buu or something so hard that his eyes turn blood-red and they stay that way.
Ch 494 * draws eyebrows on super saiyan level 3 gotenks * (Super Gotenks!/Do Your Best, Super Gotenks-kun) First things first: headbutt. Taking after both dads, huh. Also making use of that forehead, there's a lot of it available. Boo's smiling at first (he seems almost excited; maybe the prospect of a good fight?) but he's definitely less smiley after Gotenks' attack sends him flying. Gotenks gets behind him and tries for what looks like a pretty heavy hit, but Boo's... special physiology gets in the way. or rather, out of the way (hey i made myself laugh so what the heck) Boo seizes Gotenks' wrist and hurls him at the Lookout, which has already taken quite a beating today. Gotenks' impact shatters half of it. Piccolo is distressed, as I guess anyone would be after having had the kind of past few days he's had and seeing your home destroyed on top of everything else. Something about this whole exchange has pissed Boo off. He vents some frustration with a roar. focus, piccolo Boo, true to form, does something weird. part pillbug! oh no wait that'd be cell focus piccolo Balled up into a better projectile, Boo uses himself exactly as such and goes straight for Gotenks, who dodges. Boo's not quite done with this particular form of attack yet, though. RIP lookout :/ On the plus side, now that it's pretty much completely destroyed, Piccolo's regained the ability to concentrate on what's happening right now, and he tells Gotenks to do something. Gotenks springs into action with a series of poses and then loses his chance to use his donut attack again when Boo destroys the little bit of Lookout they'd been standing on. "Can't you do it without the poses?!" Well, yeah, but it was gonna look so awesome. Even so, even Gotenks recognizes that there's a time and a place, and now is the time and place for using the damn attack. Which is an upgrade of his previous donut attack. This one is "Super Donut Chain" and involves a series of the ki rings that completely engulf the curled-up Boo and compress him to about the size of a large beach ball. Although it looks rather like a volley ball, and this seems to inspire Gotenks. Boo's trapped momentarily, but he can get out, so they have to weaken him. (Also, where's Tien when you need him? Volleyball was kinda his thing. Also growing extra arms and making many copies of himself.) He ropes Piccolo into his plans. once again.. what am i even reading So then there's some volleyball. Y'know, like you expect in the middle of a fight with a being that poses a threat to the entire universe. Ultimately, Gotenks spikes the Boo volleyball with super saiyan 3 strength down towards the planet, far below. He takes off after it with a triumphant whoop, leaving Piccolo to wonder if he really needed his help. (I'm gonna say he was playing with you, Piccolo.) when the fuck are you gonna split apart again, please, i can only take so much
Ch 495 i can't believe i have to type the alternate translation of this title with my own two hands (Super Fusion Unleashed!!/He's So Strong!! The Super Fusion) * shudders * I don't usually agree with the title changes but I'm 100% down with that one. You tried your best to spare us from that, english translators, but then I had to go and ruin it because I always want to know what the original titles were. Boo's not dead. There's way too much manga left for that. Gohan hasn't gotten a chance to use his new strength against Boo. He hasn't even finished getting the new strength! Gotenks may not be aware of that, but he does know that Boo's just hanging out at the bottom of the crater, not dead. Also not coming out. i feel like you probably shouldn't just go giving out that kind of information to people you're fighting against? i don't know exactly what i'm worried boo would do with the information, because it's not like trunks and goten would stand much of a chance against him in their unfused states, so once they unfuse it kind of feels like the end of the road anyway When Boo fails to respond or make an appearance, Gotenks starts thinking that he beat him for a moment, until a huge blast shoots up from the crater, narrowly missing Gotenks (and Piccolo, who made his way more slowly after Gotenks). Not dead, then. Gotenks borrows a page from Vegeta's book and launches a series of rapid-fire blasts into the crater. oh :( poor kid(s). they put up quite a front, but... are probably not doing so hot Piccolo tells him not to anyway. If he happens to destroy a dragon ball by accident ((provided they're even still around)), that'll would be bad, especially if at some point they want to make everybody not-dead. Oh. Right. Gotenks stops and they observe the severely altered landscape. Maybe Boo's been weakened by all Gotenks' attacks? As if on cue, Boo pops up, several hundred yards away. He's a bit dusty, but otherwise not much the worse for wear. So much for being weakened. But wait a sec, Piccolo's got a theory about that: maybe physically he's all right, but mentally, he's troubled by the prospect that someone might even approach his strength. But that also means he'll be desperate, so they can't let their guards down. This makes Gotenks laugh, and let his guard down, and then Boo headbutts him and sends him flying. all i can hear is that one voice line from la noire where your partner or whatever goes "OPEN YOUR EYES!!" when you're driving badly Boo chases after Gotenks, intending to get some punching going, but Gotenks retaliates with a double axe handle. Boo crashes through several buildings in some deserted city. Now it's Gotenks' turn to go chasing after him: he's aiming for a flying kick, but Boo opens his mouth and releases * fanfare * the first mouthlaser we've had in quite some time!! It looks bad, but Gotenks is left relatively okay, aside from being rather scorched and crispy afterwards. oh man this chapter is just a treasure-trove of mouthlasers Something about the return mouthlaser seems to unsettle Boo. It doesn't seem to do all that much damage, but Boo is thrown to the ground. As he's getting to his feet, Gotenks lands nearby and manages to actually get a fairly big hit in on Boo that sends him staggering. Gotenks follows up with a series of attacks that drive Boo backwards and deform his head grotesquely. "go, boy"??? what, is gotenks a dog??? sounds good yep, that's the ideal outcome aww beans.
Ch 496 I wonder how old Gotenks would say he is. also i'm being personally victimized by these titles again (Deep Trouble!!/An Absolutely Deadly Big-Big-Big Pinch!!) Welp, things ain't looking so great right now. However, I am happy, because I like Gotenks' dumb two-tone hair and the fact that he has eyebrows again. Kind of surprised that he's still around, though, because Trunks mentioned that it "canceled" the fusion when they were planning in the HTC before all the nonsense kicked off. Maybe they've gotten stronger just in this one fight? * shrugs * Boo snaps his lumpy, beaten face back to its usual shape and smoothness (and gets rid of some of the battle-scuff too). i dunno if boo's gonna appreciate the humor quite as much. if at all. Goku implores the elder kaioushin to hurry it up; the kids are in serious mortal danger if someone doesn't do something soon. The elder kaioushin says okay, Gohan can go. He's actually been done for a while. Been done?! How long?! Well, five minutes, give or take. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmotherfucker Gohan needs to get going, but before he does, how exactly is he supposed to use this power? Same as going super saiyan, except I guess without actually going super saiyan? So he does, and bowls the elderly kaioushin right over and blows everyone else's hair around. In the end, the charging-up wind subsides, and Gohan doesn't look any different, but he seems to feel different. hey i'm suddenly having a weird moment of like "how the fuck can goku even be a dad", which is odd, because he's been one for approximately 300 chapters (and twice, too!) Goku agrees. And he's not even super saiyan or anything! kinda fun though? instant blond? Now it's really time for Gohan to skedaddle. Kibito offers to take him alone. At first, Shin wants to go too, but Kibito's like "nah man, we're just gonna be in the way, also I ain't staying, just dropping him off", and Shin sees the sense in that and subsides. Goku apologizes for not being able to go too (oh just go back to being dead in the right place already if you're gonna be dead) and says that he regrets not being able to see grown-up Gohan in action. I guess the fighting against Dabra earlier didn't count...? awww dang i can't keep being arch when there's this nice interaction ;.; Goku gives a thumbs-up and Gohan returns it as Kibito teleports them back to Earth. a) piccolo's gonna be secretly heartbroken; b) don't steal goku's gi, does he even have any other clothes??? (i know that's not the intent) After giving Gohan an appropriate fighting outfit, Kibito peaces out and Gohan gets serious. Of course he wasn't teleported right to Boo's location, that would probably be a bad plan, so he gets a chance to look cool and intense as he speeds towards where Boo is. it's been so long! welcome back to the world of the separate Trunks and Goten freak out a bit about the possibility of death and Piccolo, being Piccolo, jumps in front of them. ;_; my dude you have come so far Boo laughs and then just... sits down. Piccolo, Trunks, and Goten tense up, but nothing happens except that Boo has apparently decided that right now, right here, it's nap time. Zzzzz. little of a, little of b? But Boo's nap is cut short, because all of them sense a sudden and unexpected ki. so curious to know if piccolo's speech patterns are particularly.... formal? or something. different enough to warrant the way they translate him anyway
Ch 497 just realized piccolo could have put a shirt on gotenks. dangit, piccolo, you had one job (Gohan's Counterattack!) Who the heck could this ki belong to? (Apparently it doesn't feel like Gohan. Not that surprising given the STR buff and all that. Although, I always kind of hoped that individual people's ki would still have kind of a base "flavor", whether it's stronger or weaker or w/e, so the fact that it's unrecognizable or at least not immediately apparent is a bit sad to me. Like he's not Gohan anymore or something, which is not a happy thought, and probably not really an accurate one either, but it's the feeling I get and I don't like it.) At first Piccolo mistakes him for Goku, but Goten realizes the truth. It's his big bro! It's Gohan!! Yep. Looking very much like a member of the Son family in his new gi. Also pretty darn cool, which is not usually how I expect Gohan to look and I don't like it! Goofy Gohan please. Anyway. gohan: "i got better" WHAT NO COME ON I THOUGHT I WAS JUST BEING MOPEY AND DUMB :( Well now I am sad. Gohan asks where everyone else is, and the kids explain that they all got ate. Gohan startles. Even their mom? Even Dende? Goten affirms. what have i been saaaying Boo brags about having turned them into chocolate and how tasty they were (c'mon man), but Gohan's too busy scanning for Dende and picking something up. !! He seems relieved and steps up to Boo, who laughs at him. Does he really plan on fighting Boo? Nah. Gohan plans on killing him. (BADASS GOHAN!!!) Boo suddenly remembers: Gohan's the one he beat up earlier! (Can this Boo really be said to be the same as the original one, and if not, then can this Boo really claim that dubious honor? I'm gonna say no.) To everyone else ("everyone" here being the very small set of Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks), this looks like some pretty rash overconfidence on Gohan's part. He's not even super saiyan or anything and he's challenging Boo so casually? Goten tells Trunks they gotta try fusing again, despite it being way too soon after last time ("I know, but we hafta try!!") also check out this prime jewel of an expression Gohan brings out a bit of his newfound power and startles the grin right off Boo's face. He clocks him. goten and trunks mid-dance is pretty darn good. that's an especially cute goten. lookit them stubby little arms This is followed with a roundhouse kick. Boo tries to counter with a punch, but Gohan catches it, kicks Boo again (in the chin, that's quite the range on that kick!), then follows up with a straight to the gut. Or at least what would be the gut on a person with a digestive tract, which I'm not sure Boo actually has. He kicks Boo yet again and Boo is hurled up into the air, where Gohan follows, only to knock him down again with a kind of backhanded strike. Boo crashes down on all fours, but snaps his head back, searching for Gohan. Who's standing behind him. And calls him a slowpoke. haha yeah now i know this is fun to watch but maybe piccolo should grab the kids and GTFO? Ch 498 it's been so fucking long since i managed two chapters in one post!! (What's Boo Doing?!/Majin Buu's Odd Behavior) Since when was Boo's behavior not odd? Well. Whatever. Boo looks scared at first, but quickly returns to an angry-smiling state. Gohan's attack seems to have answered a question for him, and he says that he sensed a strong power somewhere very far away. And this is something he took notice of, because he doesn't want anything to be stronger than him. Then it's too bad that Gohan's stronger. Poor guy. Gohan's offhand pity pisses Boo off, and he vows that he'll never let Gohan get away with it. He'll crush him. Veins... or something... are standing out all over his body, which makes him pretty grotesque-looking. (The biologist in me wants to know just how his physiology works.) Gohan tells him that it's impossible (to crush him), and Boo just smiles and says that "this'll be fun". He's shaking and looking particularly unhinged. Gohan's confused at first, but realizes what Boo's planning just before he explodes, luckily for Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks. Gohan grabs them all and gets them out of harm's way. see and this is why i think that spectators should stand back like. at least a mile. There's no sign of Boo when they land, but something seems off. If Boo was really trying to take out Gohan, the explosion would have been much, much larger. None of them know what Boo's up to, but they assume he must be up to something. In any case, there's a bit of a lull where Gohan can explain what was happening with him while everyone thought he was dead. Gohan asks about the dragon radar, which Piccolo has, although he believes Dende's dead until Gohan points out his ki. Great, a goal! Let's go find Dende. Along the way, they catch sight of Mr. Satan struggling through the wilderness. Trunks advocates for leaving him to fend for himself, but Piccolo's still of the mind that he did his best trying to protect the Earth and its people, so he grabs him by the collar and brings him along. (Goten carries the puppy.) mr. satan is surprisingly chill about this How'd Dende manage to escape? Finally Piccolo's mistake of a couple of chapters ago is corrected. He was just too upset to remember how shit worked, apparently. There wasn't enough time for Boo to go hunting Dende down before Gotenks screamed their way out of the HTC and provided a handy distraction. Piccolo's so emotional about this that he drops Mr. Satan. please don't just carry him around by his ankle though, that would be very uncomfortable for him oh no i'm crying. my boy Apparently Mr. Popo threw Dende off the Lookout to get him out of the picture and away from Boo, and that's how he managed to survive. Good job, Mr. Popo. Mr. Satan wonders who the heck this weird kid is, and Trunks tells him that he's a god. Shin, Goku, and Kibito are still watching with the crystal ball. Shin wonders what these "dragon balls" might be. ... ... ... Man, you are really out of the loop, aren't you? Mr. Satan discovers that Videl has been eaten (oof) and is upset. Goten tells him it's okay because she can be brought back to life (still don't think that makes it exactly okay, but ehhhhhh, quibbling) and Mr. Satan seizes him by the shoulders and tells him he'd better not be joking. Something changes in the atmosphere. Boo's made his presence known again. It's only been an hour, so what gives? What's happened? Gohan moves in his direction, wanting to keep him away from the rest so that they won't get hurt. He wonders... what exactly has changed to make Boo come out now?
Yeah, there are certainly some places where the anime excells, and I'd agree that's one of them. I didn't remember that particular scene till I read you post, but the moment I did I was like "oh yeah, that was effective."
Part of the coolness is the very stylish direction and coloring they used in the anime. That and they kind of turned exploding mountains and making craters from super hard punches into like. An artform. The show is awkwardly paced and some things are...bad. To put it mildly. But the care put into the show is really apparent at times. Though in terms of Cool Looking Shit I think that the Dead Zone film has some of the best animation we've seen from the franchise as a whole. Very fluid and incredibly stylish. Also you get to see acrobatic monkey Goku. I miss acrobatic monkey Goku.
Spoiler: SPotD: Piccolo gets tired of all these shirtless saiyans running around Please excuse the extreme shittiness of these doodles, I did them while reading a paper. Also my terrible katakana handwriting which is just terminally bad
Something that didn't quite fit in the last post but I wanted to share anyway: Piccolo being happy to see Dende (probably not only because he's the dragon ball power source) and Trunks just dropping Mr. Satan like a sack of potatoes. the size dimorphism in namekians is just... wow. and piccolo's not that old?? i mean, i guess there's some potential weirdness with piccolo being a clone (???) or something of piccolo sr., so i have a hard time thinking of him as, what, mid-twenties? early twenties? when he's not quite in the same boat as someone birthed in a more normal fashion. but then again, maybe that's a totally normal form of reproduction for namekians. i don't know! i also don't know how old dende is! he looked like a kid but there's always the possibility he wasn't! anyway my whole original point was that piccolo and dende might be pretty close in age and it's wild that they're so differently sized. yeah, castes, i know. maybe dende will grow up to be very large, like the grand elder. mmmmm don't like that
Ch 499 just had a long convo about broly with husband. what a world (Ambush!) An hour, huh? An hour. Just the amount of time that Gotenks said it would take before he could fight Boo again in that form. Hmmm. Suspicious. And the chapter is called "Ambush" too. Hmmmmmmm. No one senses anything different about Boo. He doesn't seem to have changed at all in his hour-long absence. He still doesn't have much in the way of fingers, just the opposable thumb and the kind of mitt-flesh. Using chopsticks would be an issue for him. I don't know why I'm so fixated on the hand thing, it just kind of wigs me out a little for some reason. Gohan didn't move too far away from everyone last chapter and of course they move a bit closer because why wouldn't they. Keeping a safe distance? Maybe moving away from fighting? Naaahhhh, that's dumb. Trunks says he thinks that Boo's bluffing, he's just gonna take off again if things get hairy, and that attracts Boo's attention. (They're not trying to be sneaky or anything, so it's not like Trunks gave them away, but Boo was having a bit of a stare-down with Gohan.) Boo smiles his fangy smile and laughs. why do so many of the villains have those ears/aural apertures/weird things on the sides of their heads? Gohan says no to that. Leave the kids out of it. He's Boo's opponent. But Boo's insistent. First the kids, then Gohan. He turns his efforts towards the kids themselves when Gohan's like "but... why tho" and shows no signs of budging from his "you're gonna fight me and not them" position. boo used taunt! it's super effective!! Boo does a bit more taunting, but it doesn't take much to provoke Trunks and Goten into fusing again, despite Piccolo's protests that something's not right (Trunks tells him not to be paranoid, Boo is "as dumb as a sponge"). They don't waste any time in ordinary Gotenks form, instead going straight to 3rd level, eybrowless, big hair glory. Gohan's mildly surprised by this (I wonder if Goku ever got around to showing him super saiyan 3? signs point to probably) and Boo smiles in a very sinister way. um! don't like that! this panel is completely inconsequential but look. look. same pose!! Gotenks lands next to Gohan and pats his arm, saying he's going to take care of everything, Gohan can just sit back and relax. Meanwhile, Boo has made two... mobile lumps of flesh that just kind of detach from the backs of his legs and creep off across the ground? and it is very disturbing? Also his clothes are just an illusion of flesh, which skeeves me out big time. Gotenks steps forward, loosening up his shoulder by swinging his arm around, extremely confident and ready to take on anything, when he is engulfed by one of the flesh lumps, which spreads itself out to capture him. just imagine trying to get that out of that hair. it looks goopy, and gotenks has so much hair, it would be a disaster And, while everyone's distracted with what's happening to Gotenks, Piccolo gets grabbed too. Fuck! This is very gross and distressing, but it doesn't last long. Boo makes a summoning gesture and the flesh-nets return to him, with their catch. i don't like this at all! Boo kind of dissolves into an indistinct, amorphous form, which begins to firm up again into something... different. Goku yells at Gohan not to let this finish and to kill him now, despite the fact that he's god knows how far away from the Earth and there's no way for Gohan to hear him. He seems to suspect what's happening, but Gohan seems to be kind of frozen with indecision (and also probably just general shock, because what just happened was seriously upsetting). Boo's transformation finally stabilizes. I HATE IT So. Boo has somehow managed to absorb both Gotenks and Piccolo, and doing so affected his physical appearance: his head appendage has lengthened significantly (possibly because of Gotenks' hair?); he has fingers now (four and a thumb); obviously he now has Piccolo's nose; and he's stolen Gotenks' half-vest with the puff sleeves and collar. He's possibly taller? But maybe not. Hard to tell. He was already pretty tall. The transformation doesn't just stop at the physical, however. He makes a speech to Gohan about what a splendid success his plan was, how honored Gohan should be, that he's able to see Boo's transformation to this form. His speech stat has obviously gotten a boost as well. He explains: basically, this started the moment Boo realized there might be someone out there stronger than himself. How to fix that obviously issue? Well, absorb Gotenks, of course, but only after he was freshly fused (because Gotenks went ant told him there was a time limit issue). Hence the hour's hiatus. Why not just absorb Gohan, then, if all of this was because Gohan's strength rivaled or even surpassed Boo's own? huh, well, alright. i can dig it please go back to not having a nose
