Ch 506 y'know neither of these title options are particularly great (Two Inside Boo/Goku and Vegeta Inside of Boo) Boo has a good laugh about having absorbed Vegito, and things are looking kind of grim, but something's a bit odd. Every time Boo's absorbed someone before, there's been some physical change based on their outfit/physical characteristics. This time, though... nothing. He's still rocking the Gohan-influenced look with the light gi/dark undershit, whereas Vegito's outfit switched those colors to accommodate Vegeta's dark battlesuit and Goku's gi/shirt combo. It seems pretty unlikely that Boo's physical manifestation wouldn't change after absorbing Vegito, so what gives? Boo notices his own lack of change, but quickly writes it off as not a big deal, because, really, what could possibly stop him now? He can go out and enjoy killing and no one can do a thing about it! In a fit of joy, he rips off his Gohan-inspired shirt, which is kind of weird, because it's not actually a real shirt? It's just a strange outgrowth of his own flesh. We've seen that proved several times by now. It's kind of strange that absorbing someone has that kind of effect on his appearance, but he can apparently also just modify it at will. so fuckin' jazzed about having that shirt off And now it's time to have our own little Fantastic Voyage along with *drumroll * Vegito, who is... somehow... shrunk down super small and somewhere inside the weird labyrinth that is the inner workings of Boo's body. Thanks to the force field barrier, he didn't get absorbed (and also his earring are back, so whoops! little bit of an art error). this is why you should always carry a pair of earplugs in your pocket, for when you fantastic voyage it and end up inside someone who indulges in maniacal laughter at the least possible provocation Anyway, time to go forth and find everyone! Vegito lowers his force field, I guess because it probably was wasting power and presumably he doesn't need it anymore, and something weird happens. man you can't count on anything being permanent these days!! Huh, weird! The elder kaioushin said that it was a forever thing. Something about being inside Boo? Whatever the reason, Vegeta's totally down with this turn of events. He wasn't super enthused about being fused with Goku (no shock there). He's also not super enthused about wearing the earring, which is sad because it looks so nice, but he has no concept of Fashion and yanks it off. Goku tells him to just keep it on, they can probably fuse again once they get out of here, and -- YOU SPITEFUL FUCK Goku literally says "Augh!", which amuses me probably more than it should. What the hell, Vegeta?! Now they can't fuse, and besides that, Vegeta only has so much time off from being dead. If he's not fused with Goku, he'll have to go back to the afterlife after a day (or whatever arbitrary length of time it actually ends up being)! Vegeta's like "Ehhh, better than being fused," and besides, if they manage to get everyone out of there, Boo should return to his not-so-strong form, and they can deal with him then. But what if they can't deal with him, even then? Better pray that they can, and also that they can find the kids and Piccolo before Boo destroys the planet. Vegeta sets off. Goku pops off his own earring and crushes it for no good reason! I guess there's not all that much purpose in keeping a single earring, but c'mon, maybe there is. He follows suit. The kaioushin are distressed at the treatment of the Potara earrings. Yeah, how do they even come into existence? Maybe it's one pair of Potara to one kaioushin, which would mean that Goku and Vegeta have just destroyed something extremely rare. But on the other hand, maybe they're just shocked at the cavalier treatment of nice jewelry. I guess Goku and Vegeta must have gotten sent to wherever "absorption" takes place, because it takes Vegeta approximately five seconds to find what they're looking for. all cocooned up. looks cozy, in a weird sort of way. also piccolo did need a nap. although i don't know if this would really be all that restful Not that far beyond Piccolo, down the corridor, are Gohan, Goten, and Trunks. Well heck, that's everyone right there. Man, that didn't take long at all! Maybe they have a chance of getting them out and getting out of Boo before he does something regrettable, like turn a planet into rubble (which would probably form a planet again in a very long time, maybe? but no one wants to wait for that). awww come on piccolo blew up the damn moon like a thousand years ago, blowing up a planet is just like nothing at this point, it does fucking nothing to show you're omnipotent Goku's still awfully hung up on the whole fusion thing. Fusion must work inside of Boo, because he had aspects of the fused Gotenks when he first absorbed him, and then those aspects disappeared when Gotenks ran out of time. At this point, nothing about this makes sense, so it's probably best if you just let it go, Goku. Vegeta's more concerned with getting them disconnected from Boo and then getting the heck out of dodge. He uses a beam to detach the cocoon that Trunks is in (gotta get his kid out first, awww). Finally Goku gets back to the task at hand and does the same for Gohan. Boo notices that something's up, because he suddenly has not only a shirt again, but also a cape, dark pants, and no more fingers. just when you think you're safe... they attack. clothes Vegeta gets Goten down, and Goku has a fun time ripping Piccolo's cocoon out. No, seriously, he looks like he's having a ball. Of course, this has some pretty serious effects on Boo: he's back to the pre-absorption design (and having no nose, which is a blessing). But at least he's shirtless again, so he should like that. Goku and Vegeta's effort haven't been for nothing: Boo's ki is a lot weaker! Only one problem: getting out of Boo like this (unfused, burdened with three kids and one extremely large green alien man) would likely result in their death at Boo's hands. that fuckin' pout (although thinking about it... they didn't really get much of a chance to do anything as vegito. it might have been fun to be super fucking strong and there wasn't really much of a chance to take advantage of it. so maybe he's a little bit miffed about that) Anyway, basically Goku wants to do fusion in the other way, i.e. via dance. Vegeta already knows, which is a plus! But, on the other hand, Vegeta already knows, which means he is absolutely never, never, never going to do that, because his pride would never recover. While being severely pissed about even the suggestion that he, the Prince of the Saiyans, the most fearsome warrior the universe has ever seen, would do something so humiliating, he notices something weird, and walks over to investigate. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH y'guys have been found the fuck out
Ch 507 i would absolutely (non-permanently) fuse with someone if i could. want that new consciousness experience, and also to eat something i can't normally eat (Boos Inside Boo/Boo and Boo Inside of Boo) "huh." is possibly the only reasonable response to that bonkers explanation The Boo rising out of the floor like some sort of goop mob in a video game chooses that moment to reveal himself, and to provide some helpful information: nope, only this Boo is special, for some reason. Anyway, looks like the jig is up: Boo now knows just why he suddenly went through so many changes and no longer has access to the vast reserves of power he had just a moment before. He's gonna make Vegeta and Goku pay for releasing his absorbed power sources. "Well shit, this looks bad," Vegeta says. goku occasionally has a point But he also occasionally gives away information that probably shouldn't be in enemy hands. Boo grins at the fact that they can't combine anymore. (Well. There's always the dance option, which admittedly is not something that would necessarily work, given the whole matching-ki thing and that the least misstep leads to a not-great fusion product, if only Vegeta could get over himself for a single solitary second.) oh my god stop bickering you have more important problems here re: this tiny boo pimple that just popped up Boo fully emerges from his own flesh, I guess. Looks like he means business, and of course the two saiyans respond in their own "we mean business" way, e.g., turning super saiyan. (Level 1, I believe, but I could be wrong.) Goku threatens to blow a hole straight through Boo's body if he tries anything (apropos of a potential fight going down, where did Goku and Vegeta leave their kids and Piccolo? Hopefully they're out of the blast zone. Also, is Boo's body just like hanging around in the air motionless right now, while this goes on inside?). Boo laughs at that. He invites Goku to take his best shot, and so Goku does. Outside, Dende, Mr. Satan, and the puppy have almost reached Boo's location (why, Dende???? Why???). I was half-right: Boo is motionless, but he's not floating around, he's standing on a rocky outcropping not doing much of anything. Dende, Mr. Satan, and the dog take cover behind some bushes to observe and wonder why he's not moving. Goku's attack seems to have done... basically nothing besides dent the "wall". Boo points to a spot near the back of his head and says that he felt a pinprick right around there. Well, balls. Boo tells them they're gonna die. Vegeta wonders if that's really the case. vegeta found a more effective threat He wonders: will Boo revert to the rotund form if he disconnects this Boo in here? Or perhaps the sickly, gaunt-looking form? Either way, it's a win for them, because he'll be weaker. This threat is extremely effective against Boo, who begs Vegeta not to remove the cocooned Boo. that's... interesting. i mean, this whole thing is nuts (this boo is the result of boo getting really angry and making a whole second boo who then turned the original one into chocolate but also absorbed him) so i really have no idea how boo's identity works, but presumably he didn't feel like this about the other people he absorbed? so maybe there's some weird baseline personality thing going on? Goku looks a bit concerned about the whole "I won't be myself anymore" thing, but Vegeta's totally gung ho about just doing the thing. Boo lunges towards him, but Vegeta's too quick for him to stop. He rips out the cocoon containing the rotund Boo and lets it roll away. The effects on the mini-Boo are drastic: he melts away into nothing. On the outside, the main body suddenly staggers. agreed No time to stand around trying to figure it out, though. Boo has started to scream, and shit is going down. Vegeta dashes off with a shout to Goku to get moving, they have to grab everyone and get out of here, stat. well you are in the lead at the moment so you are kind of putting yourself in the position of leading... boo is not doing super great :s Boo's insides are also in a state of flux because stuff is happening, but their location is fortuitous: because they ended up somewhere in his head, they're near those apertures where the steam comes from, and find one by the daylight it's letting in. It closes momentarily, but opens again, and they're able to make their escape through it. As soon as they get outside, they return to normal size, and the cocoons disappear. thanks for bothering to drag piccolo out too vegeta Boo's rather distracted by whatever the hell is going on with him, so Goku and Vegeta are able to stash the unconscious kids and Piccolo out of sight, which is great, but, uh, there's something kind of... worrying going on with Boo. He's getting super swole and not in a good way. If there is a good way to get super swole. I'm not convinced. fuck
Ch 508 the loving detail that goes into boo's chest/torso.... (The Boo of Pure Evil/The Pure Majin Buu) uncomfortably swole i don't know if he even has muscles so i doubt that human physiology-based synthetic hormones are going to have any effect on him. not only that, but all you saiyans are always changing your bulk levels on the fly, you've got no room to talk. thankfully you usually don't go to quite that extent, though, i will say that Shin/Kibito seems to recognize whatever it is that's happening to Boo, which doesn't seem to have reached its endpoint quite yet. Vegeta and Goku just kind of hang in the air, observing. To me it seems like this might have been a good time to try attacking, but perhaps it's the magnitude of his ki that stops them. Might be too much for them even when he's completely absorbed in going through some metamorphosis. ??? explanation please shin/kibito! not to be too personal or anything but hoo boy this second panel really punched me in the gut, metaphorically. it's incredibly evocative of the end of severe pain for me... an experience i've had way too often anyway putting that aside... it looks like whatever was happening has finished happening. that's quite the petulant look that boo's got. rotund boo's still got to be the favorite form, but this one is probably second. i like the short head-appendage look much better than the long. also this outfit? very classic. very clean. This seems to be what Shin/Kibito feared. He stares in horror at the image in the crystal ball. Boo's pure form. It doesn't look particularly impressive at first glance, but then again, that's a pretty bad way to judge what's a threat and what's not. goddamnit you two The elder kaioushin asks Shin/Kibito what's going on, and finally we get an explanation. Back when the Shin portion of the Shin/Kibito fusion was young, there were five kaioushins all at once, for some ungodly reason. Maybe someone poured a bunch of fertilizer on whatever tree bears the god-fruit? Someone grafted an extra branch of a high-production variety on there? I don't know what happened, but there were five of them, and at least four of them were assigned cardinal directions, like Kaiou. Boo killed two of them in short order (North and West, the two best directions), followed quickly by the "burly" South kaioushin. Boo absorbed one/some/all of them, and apparently turned into the very swole Boo of just a few moments ago. Last besides Shin was the "great lord of lords", which I am too tired to make an attempt to figure out the Japanese version of at the moment, and he was... you guessed it... "chubby and gentle". Hence the rotund and treat-loving Boo that we're familiar with. Before this, he was a failure: uncontrollable, untameable, unmanageable. After absorbing those kaioushin, the stolen souls calmed him and allowed Bibbidi (a name we haven't heard for a while) to control him. To a certain extent, anyway. But now, those souls are gone, detached from him, and he's reverted to his original form: pure and unfettered evil. Thanks Vegeta. Boo screeches and shakes loose pebbles from the cliff he's standing on with the force of it. Vegeta and Goku are forced to cover their ears. Boo looks around, seeming dissatisfied, and then casually fires a blast at the planet. Vegeta reacts more quickly than Goku and detonates it before it reaches the ground with a well-aimed blast of his own. vegeta no Boo glances in his direction and grins, then makes a new ki ball, many times larger than the first. It's clear he's not interested in going along with that plan. The elder kaioushin tells Shin/Kibito to go give them his Potara earrings (if you do, absolutely do not expect those back, Vegeta has roughly a 77% chance of destroying them). Presumably the fusion retains Kibito's mastery of teleportation. Goku begs Boo to stop. Doesn't he want to fight them?! The answer seems to be a resounding "No", because Boo lobs his ki blast at them... and the planet. There's no deflecting or detonating this one, and so... there's really not much choice. Goku plans on getting the kids, Piccolo, and Vegeta off-planet via teleportation. But. oh no :( And so Goku diverts slightly to grab them. Which means he's lost the chance to grab his own kids, Trunks, and Piccolo. He only has time to teleport once, and he can't get there in time, get them, and then teleport away before everything is obliterated by Boo's attack. Into the midst of all this chaos pops Shin/Kibito, and for a hot second I thought this would solve everything. Oh, he's here, he can take all of the kids and Piccolo and Goku can handle Mr. Satan/Dende/dog and have Vegeta put a hand on his shoulder or something, and then we can all be home free. And also, home-free, as in lacking a home, because the Earth is gone. But that's not what happens. Shin/Kibito quickly realizes some shit is going down, and reaches out to Goku, who takes his hand. forget about boo, vegeta is going to fucking kill you, that's his kid down there that you're abandoning And then the Earth explodes. The ones who managed to escape tumble to the ground on the little world of the kaioushins. The elder kaioushin is happy to see them, but the mood is grim among those who know what just happened. And, as predicted, Vegeta is unhappy about Goku's choices back on Earth, prior to its destruction. oh hey all of this really sucks. the kids have extra lives left, but hey, guess what? no more fucking earth, no more fucking dragon balls, so even though dende managed to not get killed up until this point, it doesn't even matter
So I'm gonna be out on a boat for a couple days with extremely restricted internet use and I doubt that the US government thinks that this counts as "work-related". It won't be long and I hope to be back on my bullshit by Thursday night, but until then, enjoy this. i 1000% love when namekian antennae are at different angles. are they independently moveable like a snail's???
So! Due to a... well, let's say "miscommunication", I'm not departing my watery prison tonight, but rather tomorrow night or maybe even Saturday. The most frustrating part is that I've been reading and have all the stuff in a word document, but I don't feel like I can post it here until I'm not using the EPA's internet to do so (I feel bad even posting this, but I'm telling myself two posts on Kintsugi is not equivalent to streaming audio or video). Wild fucking shit is going down and I want to share!!
Hey so fuck the government, have some DB Ch 509 awwwwww man the enormity of what just happened is kind of catching up with me (Battle for the Universe/?) Well, the Earth’s been destroyed. After so many threats and close calls and near misses, it’s… actually gone. Just spacedust. Maybe the only surviving native planetborne beings are the dog, Mr. Satan, and whatever Earth-based microbes are inhabiting the various microbial habitats in the bodies of the survivors. Might also be some surviving microbes on the spacedust. Who knows. In any case, none of that matters because the kids are dead, my beloved Piccolo is dead, everyone else is dead too. The only slight comfort is that my son Dende is, beyond all expectations, still alive. Although it might not be a comfort to him. Mr. Satan doesn’t believe that the Earth is destroyed, that he’s in the presence of deities, or that this is anything but a dream. Dende attempts to explain, but Mr. Satan won’t be convinced. Believe that these beings are gods? If they are, why didn’t they do anything about Boo? Why, it’s just as bad as them asking him to believe Dende is a god! (which admittedly is a little weird. Can mortals just ascend to godhood? What’s the process? Was Dende just saying “Okay, I’ll be Guardian of Earth” enough? Is it only certain beings that have the propensity to do that? Tell me Toriyama. Give me the lore. I crave it.) Anyway, Mr. Satan is convinced that this is a dream – his dream – and that nothing matters. He tries to fly by leaping from a very small cliff and falls flat on his face. Vegeta is still very upset about Goku saving the three he did instead of the four he didn’t (completely understandable, Vegeta apparently has expanded his list of liked things from mountains, punching, punching mountains, and maybe baking to all of those things and family, which makes my dumb heart feel warm and fuzzy). He mentions the dragon balls, in the context of them being their destroyed only hope, and the elder kaioushin startles. man shin really is out of the loop. besides that… why are namekians special? why do they get dragon balls? who determined that they were worthy? more lore that I crave desperately. Actually I crave almost any expansion of explanation about namekians !!! dende my son you did me a startle The elderly kaioushin’s outburst has reminded Dende that, yeah, Namekians. Dragon balls. Where one is found, the other usually is found too. So he has a suggestion to maybe get things back on track: go to the new Planet Namek, where the new Elder must have surely made new dragon balls by now, it’s been several years, and use those to bring the Earth and everyone on it back. LOOK AT THIS GENUINELY HAPPY VEGETA!!!! JUST LOOK! Goku introduces a potential problem: he doesn’t know if he can hone in on the Namekian’s ki in order to teleport. It’s generally too weak, and the distance is so great. Also, no spaceship. Fortunately, there’s a very handy solution in Shin/Kibito: Kibito’s mastered teleportation so he doesn’t need anything so crude as someone’s ki to teleport. He can take them to any other planet, regardless of distance or ki signatures. Of course, the elderly kaioushin objects strongly to this plan. The dragon balls throw the normal order of the universe into chaos! Apparently he told the Namekians to not use them anywhere but their home planet, I guess to reduce the amount of chaos released into the wild. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, someone lost the memo (maybe Kami, because he didn’t have any knowledge of stuff after being sent off to Earth?). Goku tries to entice him with more offers regarding Bulma (y’all already know my feelings about this shit so I won’t waste too much time rehashing that). She’s dead, but if the dragon balls bring her back to life… So putting all of the shit aside, I have been cheated out of the bulma/vegeta wedding that my (as previously mentioned) dumb heart desires. please. I wanna know what went down. was vegeta in a suit. how did bulma do her hair??? was their wanton destruction??? who represented the groom’s side of the family? so many questions ahhhh. also why don’t you guys have auras? you’re all blond, so, shouldn’t you? Shin/Kibito interrups this friendly argument to inform them that Boo’s regenerating. Destroying the Earth also destroyed his body, but that’s no big deal for him, as we already know. Space doesn’t faze him much either. Guess oxygen isn’t an absolute necessity for him, or maybe he has some in reserve or something. Seeing this, Shin/Kibito tosses Goku and Vegeta his earrings, one for each, so they can merge again. Goku contemplates it for a moment, then says “Nah, not our style.” you didn’t have to destroyyyyyyy it!!! man what did i say. Shin/Kibito and the elder kaioushin are shocked into silence, but, really, what did anyone expect? I suppose Goku seemed more gung-ho about it earlier, so maybe they thought he might be down for it, but nope! Never mind the fact that apparently Boo is even more powerful now? Who even cares! Saiyans will do as saiyans will do, regardless of good sense. And now that Vegeta’s made powder out of a second earring, they ain’t fusing unless Vegeta consents to the fusion dance, and gods know if that’s something that would ever come about. Goku’s pretty laid-back about the whole thing. They’ll come up with a plan while they’re here, were Boo can’t get at them, and if he destroys any other planets while they’re coming up with said plan, well, dragon balls (presumably) exist on New Namek, and they’ll bring them back. Everything cool. Everything under control. No probl— ohfuck Well, screw the whole “plan” thing! Boo saw Shin/Kibito teleport, and just… learned it. By watching. Man, if he could just put his skills to better use than destroying planets…. But he doesn’t. Goku orders Shin/Kibito to take all the non-combatants to somewhere safe, not that a place like that necessarily exists right now in this universe and I’m not sure even Kibito’s power extend to other universes. yes they are!! but for some reason i love ‘em anyway Time for said saiyans to give this fight their best shot! even now? even here? oh, absolutely. there’s no problem that can’t be solved with a round of rps Goku wins, and so Vegeta grumpily powers down and moves off a bit to watch. Th elder kaioushin yells at them to work together. Pointlessly. Goku’s gonna go SS3 from the very beginning, which at least is something. Vegeta’s a bit interested in seeing that, at least, because last time he only got a glimpse from the afterlife, not a proper experience. Personally I’d be fine without having the close-up experience, but, y’know, Vegeta is less concerned with the aesthetics of things than I am. Goku tries to tell Vegeta that he totally could have beaten the large Boo back when he first challenged him on Earth in SS3 form, but Vegeta’s already taken off to a convenient high point in the landscape to watch from. Not listening. Boo’s also pretty quiet, what’s up with that? he don’t care Goku, a little surprisingly (at least to me) gets kind of pissy about that fact and angrily turns SS3. Boo wakes up to a pelting of loose stones and gravel from the typical initial burst of power of the transformation, and, uh. Postures? Poses? Does something weird. does that Shin/Kibito realizes something: he forgot to bring Mr. Satan! Whoops.
Ch 510 final battle: START (Vegeta and Kakarrot/?) Vegeta’s just having a grand old time. This is his jam. Although he probably wishes at least to some extent that he were the one fighting. But he does get to see SS3 in action, from up close, so maybe that’s something of a consolation prize. Or he could just be waiting for his own turn in the ring, as it were. Boo makes the first move, but Goku’s ready with an almost instantaneous kamehameha, which does a number on Boo. Goku’s moving as soon as he finishes the blow; this obviously isn’t going to be enough to finish off Boo, and I’m sure Goku knows that. Boo’s been severely damaged and is missing both legs and one arm, but this is a minor inconvenience. pop! right back to normal after being 65% vaporized. also this is weirdly cute Goku’s right there waiting for him, and sends him flying with everyone’s favorite attack, the double axe handle. Boo doesn’t go far, however, because he flattens himself out into a much less aerodynamic shape to arrest his flight. A Boo-kite. Only his head keeps its shape. He comes to a stop and pops his body out to its ordinary shape. Goku is charging straight at Boo, who jabs one leg into the ground and sends his foot up to kick Goku in the face. just like those monsters in diablo II that stick their tentacle-arms in the ground and attack your character from a distance Goku does a series of deft backflips, trying to avoid Boo’s pursuing foot, and Boo takes the opportunity to throw his own beam attack at Goku. Goku decides that he’s had enough and just teleports out of that whole mess, ending up behind Boo. He kicks Boo in the head but Boo rebounds and gets him in the face with an elbow. Their battle becomes a close-range one. Vegeta, watching, decides this is the best time to make a speech to himself. high praise The upshot of Vegeta’s speech: he thought that the source of Goku’s strength was having people to protect, but he now believes that that’s not the case; it’s that Goku wants to fight to better himself, push his own limits to their absolute farthest stretch, and not to win. He should hate him! But… apparently, at least at this one moment, he doesn’t. Also, while all of this serious Vegeta speechifying is going on, this being DB, there’s some very silly stuff happening in the fight. fig. a (chomp) fig. b (revenge chomp) 10000000 to 1 you go back on that sentiment in the very near future Mr. Satan, forgotten and left behind by Shin/Kibito in his hurry to get Dende and the elder kaioushin (and the dog) off-planet, says that this is a great dream. I don’t know if that’s really how he feels about it. Boo tries out a kamehameha on Goku, and promptly gets one sent right back at him that vaporizes him (uselessly). While Boo’s preoccupied with bringing his body back, Vegeta steps in to talk to Goku briefly. Goku asks if he wants to switch already. Nope, and he tells Goku to quit it with the lying: he never had any intention of switching. “You knew…” why does vegeta always get the kind of angular speech bubbles? Anyway, Vegeta’s just here to give Goku a bit of a pep talk. You can do it! Boo’s stronger than anyone (well, Vegeta) imagined, but then again, so is Goku. Forget about Vegeta and finish him off! Build up a bunch of ki and end him. Goku’s like “Yeah, I’m trying, but I don’t have an opportunity!” whoops looks like you misread this whole situation vegeta! how embarrassing for you A whole minute?! Vegeta is shocked. Goku tells him the fusion could have absolutely done it, and maybe seems a bit regretful now about not going through with the fusion plan. He might have been trying to act too cool. oh vegeta Boo is, indeed, having fun. He's made kind of an eel out of himself and is having a bit of a dance. good luck vegeta! also love boo just having a fun solo dance party in the background
Ch 511 have to wait a while for the next sampling station so what better to do than watch vegeta try to keep boo occupied for one minute (Vegeta Puts His Life on the Line!/?) Way back in January or February, whenever it was that my husband was like “I want to listen to the Giant Bomb DBZK podcast, so we’re going to watch it together. It’s a cultural experience you need to have,” and I was like “Uggghhhh okay I guess I’ll watch DBZ with you, but I’m warning you now, I might not enjoy it,” and then we started watching it and it turned into my new favorite thing, I never would have fucking expected to be so emotionally invested in this ornery old man with his dumb spiky hair and incredible eyebrows and penchant for just taking his shirt off wherever, but here we are. Writing run-on sentences about him and how much I love this dumb asshole. I just… Like. I don’t even understand myself why of all the possible characters to become extremely invested in, Vegeta was the one that stomped all over my fragile, innocent heart and made his home there. Along with Piccolo, I guess, but that one was pretty much a no-brainer. My husband predicted from the first episode the Piccolo would be a favorite. And he was right. Enough, Saro! You say. Just get on with it already and stop talking about this shit! Fair enough! Goku is incredulous. Vegeta, hold Boo off for a full minute? Vegeta tells him he better fucking hurry in that case (like you could hurry something like that), and Goku decides to go along with it, although he has some reservations, namely that Vegeta’s dead right now, which apparently means if he dies again he’ll just completely disappear? I thought he’d just pop back off to the afterlife, but it seems that’s not the case. His advice? Stay alive. Thanks Goku. Vegeta goes as super saiyan as he can (2, so the spiky electricity form) and starts the sixty second countdown by approaching Boo, who is still doing his eel-dance from the last chapter. I am laughing so hard at this shit. The face. The arms. The weirdly wiggly elongated torso. Everything. Just. This is the last boss of dbz and it’s this dancing noodle creature time for me to worry about your back, vegeta, please. Also why are saiyans so hairless? I mean besides toriyama not wanting to draw body hair Boo stops doing his eel imitation, sensing a challenge, and readies himself for the fight. Vegeta throws the ki blast that he’s made, which is a pretty impressive one: it disintegrates Boo’s lower half. This seems to startle Boo but hardly slows him down at all. He just keeps on, sans legs. Vegeta goes straight into rapid-fire mode, which is always good for some big showy explosions if nothing else, but Goku seems confident, seeing what’s happened so far, that Vegeta can last at least a minute. However. uh ohhhhh Boo reforms himself right behind Vegeta and clobbers him in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. As he pushes himself up, he clutches his head in pain. Makes sense. Boo lands in front of Vegeta, and boy do I doubt this is going to go well. it does not Vegeta is struck again by just how strong Boo is, and how amazing it is that Goku’s been keeping up with this the whole time. Goku helpfully tells Vegeta to hold him off for “just a little longer..!!” jesus ): Goku’s earlier estimate was off. A minute just wasn’t enough. Is he having issues concentrating or gathering ki or what? Or is it just the typical underestimation of the amount of time it’ll take to do anything? Speaking of time, he’s been in SS3 for a while now and he’s not dead, but he’s also not necessarily in the normal everyday plane of existence either, so what’s the deal with that? Boo kicks Vegeta and then snakes his arm out into a long noodly whip, which wraps around Vegeta’s neck, and begins strangulating him. I guess it’s slightly better than Frieza’s repeated and sustained punches to the lower back, but not by fucking much, and also probably more lethal. Really, it’s not better at all. So that looks bad, and then on top of everything, Goku just can’t seem to get enough ki built up to do whatever it was he was going to do. Looks pretty dire! Vegeta’s probably going to die. Again. And then eventually everything else too if they don’t somehow find a way to do something about this small pink taffy menace. Mr. Satan unexpectedly steps up to the “doing something” plate. I HAD TO SEE THIS FACE AND SO NOW YOU DO TOO Because this is all a dream and these dream-denizens aren’t seemingly able to do shit about Boo, Mr. Satan has decided that it’s up to him, the Champion of the World, to take over. He makes a speech to Boo about how he’s not going to let him get away with this, he’ll be sorry that he “incurred the wrath” of Mr. Satan, etc. He is entirely pleased with how cool he’s being right now and only regrets that it’s just a dream. Boo drops the not-yet-dead Vegeta, who’s reverted to his normal form, and retracts his arm, then charges Mr. Satan. Mr. Satan bravely puts up his dukes for a second, then dodges Boo’s attack by falling to his knees in an apologetic, pleading pose. Boo acts strangely after his attack on Mr. Satan. He clutches his head and makes some pained noises. Okay, what’s happening this time? No one has any idea what’s going on, but Mr. Satan makes the completely bonkers assumption that Boo’s acting like this because he’s afraid of his power.
Ch 512 I don’t have all that much to say but that I’m always amazed at how much dragon ball can go off the goddamn rails (The End of Super Saiyan 3) Boo continues to be weird, and Mr. Satan continues to make absolutely off-the-wall assumptions about his own abilities and Boo’s motivatins. Goku doesn’t think that it can possibly be that Boo’s scared of Mr. Satan, but… Boo seems to have something in his mouth. Vegeta, having recovered himself a bit, asks Goku exactly how much longer he needs to build up this damn ki. oh no, he needs a patch! Yeah it would probably kind of suck to be vegeta in this situation. Goku told him he needed just one minute, and vegeta, beyond all reasonable expectations, managed to do it. admittedly he’s not doing too hot at the end of everything, but he did it and he didn’t get killed. And all for nothing. Boo finally deals with the thing in his mouth that’s bothering him. I’m not even going to try to figure this shit out anymore. I guess this boo was just rattling around in their after vegeta cut him free? And somehow made his way mouthwards? And maybe stopped boo from killing mr. satan, his best friend in the whole world? And then boo spat him out like a fallen tooth and here he is. God, now I have to differentiate these two Angry Boo seems to be feeling better after hocking up the other Boo. Having gotten rid of the obstruction to attacking Mr. Satan, he approaches him with a particularly nasty grin, and pops him one in the face. Mr. Satan goes head over heels and then retreats to safer distance before, incredibly, yelling more provocations at Boo. Boo returns the challenge with another display of chest-pounding, and Mr. Satan wisely gives up. Unfortunately, surrender means nothing to this Boo, who charges him anyway. He’s intercepted by a beam. oh hell yeah check out this heroic pose i'm stupidly touched! Angry Boo hisses and the two of them attack each other. Angry Boo gets the first hit because he has a longer reach, but the nicer Boo rebounds and barrels straight into him. Angry Boo does the stretch Armstrong thing and grabs the other by his head appendage, swinging him over his head and smashing him down into the ground. Nicer Boo recovers and hurls a blast at Angry, which tears off half of his upper body and face, but as usual he just reforms himself. Vegeta demands an updated ETA on that ki from Goku, who can’t give it, because he’s actually losing energy. Without warning, he drops back to baseform. Are you serious right now? are you really confused? Goku please Angry Boo charges nicer Boo at full speed and obliterates his head (!). Of course, this Boo is also pretty skilled at regeneration, and so he produces a new one in short order, but it doesn’t seem quite so effortless as when his angrier counterpart does it. Mr. Satan cheers him on anyway and tells him to “go clobber him!!” when Boo manages to get his head back on. This comes as no real surprise, but :x. also this boo still has a very cute face vegeta seems disquietingly happy about this
Son Boy and Dog Uh also why is the front of vegetas head so flat What is UP with his forehead at all times
too much time in tiny spacepods with his forehead pressed against the inside wall alternately: ?????????
noodly dancing Boo looks like one of those balloon things outside of car dealerships, I feel like he's about to offer me great deals on used Mazdas or something also I kind of want Angry Boo to ultimately be defeated by the dog
They save it up for when they go moneky/higher levels of Super. That's where all the hair comes from. It's all the hair that doesn't usually grow on them. That's also why their eyebrows disappear. It has to go into the mane.
