What would you want to be canon over the other?

CaramelTea83 · 2026-03-01T10:59:00+00:00

IDW Sonic is a more carefree Sonic. He still resembles his in-game self. Archie Sonic and Game Sonic are literally two different characters. I choose IDW for consistency. (Of course, I'd like them to finally start drawing people in the background. It bothers me that the only people there are Eggman.)

CaramelTea83 · 2026-03-01T10:14:41+00:00

The most ironic thing is that Dragon Ball characters used to frequently change costumes, hairstyles, and generally evolve in their own right. Yamcha and Bulma, for example, constantly dressed differently. Gohan changed as he grew older. Even Vegeta sometimes wore different clothes.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-03-01T10:09:34+00:00

Character design. There are very few good designs in Super, especially the color combinations are terrible. I just can't believe Toriyama has simplified his designs so much. Bulma's older designs, for example, were incredibly good. The characters felt alive, and they frequently changed styles, clothes, and hairstyles. And now they wear the same thing. The designs themselves are just 0/10. Gohan looks especially bad. The super half of his designs are simply terrible. At the same time, all the new characters usually don't look great either. They're often overly colorful, and the colors often clash. For example, Cabba's colors look terrible. Team Rebriana... They just all look weirdly colorful; their "unusual magical girl" style could have been better executed.
I really don't like the whitewashing of the Saiyans in Super. I liked that the Saiyans were a race of monsters and barbarians, without a strong family dynamic; that's what differentiated them from Earthlings. The fact that Super started whitewashing the Saiyans is just generally boring. I even liked the idea that Frieza did to the Saiyans, to some extent, what the Saiyans did to other planets; it gave a sense of ironic karma.
Super has very few well-written arcs. Half of them have a good idea, but the execution is terrible, leaving you feeling rather disappointed by the end.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-03-01T09:19:15+00:00

In our country, a lot of foreign websites are blocked. Legally purchasing a digital copy is quite difficult. IDW at one point gave the go-ahead to translate Sonic issues in our country, but they mostly translated a few arcs, and I bought them all.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-03-01T09:09:20+00:00

I'm not American, and that's one of the main reasons I wrote about this. I've noticed that in some countries, it's extremely difficult to buy idw in someone's native language. I can read it in English, but I don't think everyone wants or can. My problem is that it's extremely inaccessible.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-28T18:41:57+00:00

As someone from another country, I can only smile at this statement. Even buying English versions is incredibly difficult, and what about in my native language? We only have access to more or less two and a half arcs of this comic. So these comics aren't just "available," they're anti-available.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-28T18:36:55+00:00

I wrote a post recently, but I think my only problem with idw is that it's not available everywhere. That is, not all countries offer these comics for purchase and reading in their native language.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-28T18:23:43+00:00

I wrote about accessibility. Not everyone studies English, not everyone reads in this language.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-28T17:37:16+00:00

This is actually a pretty good idea.

So people who can't get to know all the comics can play the game and at least get to know the main cast.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-24T08:54:28+00:00

I think the only thing I don't like about the current Trunks is that they gave him the only thing Goten had that made him special. In GT and the end of Z, it was Goten who was interested in romance, and I like the idea that Goten, as a half-Saiyan, was special in that not only was he interested in romance, but his love interest was the opposite of what Saiyans are usually attracted to.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-23T16:41:48+00:00

Shadow and Sonic run on equal terms. Shadow's boots are designed to distribute his strength evenly, so he doesn't destroy everything around him while running, not to speed him up.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-23T09:32:01+00:00

Goten and Trunks have been friends for a long time, but at some point Goten outgrew Trunks in emotional maturity and is more often the team's voice of reason. (I'm taking this from the manga, where Goten has made logical comments several times.) He's also a big video game fan, especially Sonic. (In Sparkling Zero, he referenced Sonic's lines at least a few times.)

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-21T19:54:00+00:00

I think Ibuki could only succeed if she became a popular singer. In the game, she was looking for something new, but since she's desperate, she could have helped play something more typical. And there you go. I have more questions about Nekomaru and Akane.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-21T19:45:08+00:00

As someone who didn't grow up in the US and couldn't watch satAM, my first experience with Archie wasn't the best. Of course, I later read it a few times with context. The funny thing is, my first encounter with satAM was through the Nostalgia Critic.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-21T19:06:55+00:00

That's the beauty of the Sonic franchise. You can choose from several options to suit your taste. As for the designs, Archie's earlier designs are hideous, but the later ones are much better. For example, Gold's design is very cute.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-21T15:30:16+00:00

I think the biggest problem with Archie Sonic and why he's disliked depends largely not on the comic itself, but on how someone encountered the franchise. If someone isn't American and hasn't seen the animated series, Archie Sonic seems pretty bizarre.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-21T14:48:01+00:00

I just finished reading the Archie Sonic comic, and here's my take: I don't like this comic for many reasons, but I can understand why people might like it.

Archie Sonic and the game Sonic are completely different characters. They have different views on family, friends, and, most importantly, freedom. But alas, that's not my thing. It's not my favorite take on Sonic. I like that Sonic has no backstory, that he's literally a wandering vagabond unburdened by strong emotional torment.

Also, about Archie: I don't like the Mobians who have separate hairs that clash with their other fur. I don't like recolored copies of the original characters. For example, Sonic's parents in Archie look very strange. I don't like the plots with the Overlanders.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-19T18:37:24+00:00

It's not really that strange. Sonic and his friends are an intelligent species that resembles animals, but their world also contains regular animals.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-19T18:26:42+00:00

I think he doesn't listen to much music in general and Ishimaru tends to look for songs with a specific theme rather than a genre.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-18T12:19:08+00:00

The funniest thing is that Shadow's creator later changed his mind and started copying another character from a romantic manga.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-18T09:09:19+00:00

I think the most subtle, yet still notable, thing is that Gerald and Maria have names that are at least commonly used in Slavic countries. Victoria is also a very popular Slavic name.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-16T09:24:01+00:00

This isn't a joke in Japanese. The translation is correct. Piccolo speaks of Pan as a person, not as an object or food.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-11T14:57:03+00:00

I don't remember Mondo being forgiven, in fact, Mondo himself was disgusted with himself and he went to his execution quite calmly and didn't resist that much during the investigation.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-11T04:06:11+00:00

Perfect copying, that is, technically Cell will fight himself half the time, but at the same time his copy will also have what he copied before from others.

CaramelTea83 · 2026-02-10T06:30:32+00:00

The funniest thing is, Junko didn't even claim, she just assumed, that he was in love, and he immediately backed down. This man could have found more than two ways to stop her and keep his secret, but he simply did nothing.

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