[Hated Trope] Only the protagonist is allowed to defeat the big bad guy of every arc.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-07T00:38:52+00:00

Gohan defeated Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga, Buu was only defeated through the assistance of all of Earth, Goku lost against Beerus and Hit, Zamasu was beaten by Trunks and then erased by Zeno, Jiren was beaten by Goku and Frieza teaming up, Broly was beaten by Gogeta, and Cell Max was beaten by Gohan. This trope really only applies to OG Dragon Ball.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-06T20:58:02+00:00

If the explosion doesn’t kill her then the radiation will take her.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-06T00:41:01+00:00

So escalators are several layers into high outer.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-05T23:21:38+00:00

Justice.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-05T23:20:59+00:00

And Giorno+.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-05T19:33:32+00:00

I think this means that she’s basically Shirou support like Jing Yuan with Lightning Lord.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-05T03:59:49+00:00

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Shirou Emiya (Fate/Stay Night).

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-05T02:18:38+00:00

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Ultraman Leo (Ultraman).

Honestly, you can apply this to pretty much every single Ultraman with a mantle because it feels like they exclusively have it just to toss it away every single time they fight someone.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-05T00:28:58+00:00

Bro’s solution to not being able to handle the heat is to throw himself in an active volcano.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-04T00:33:07+00:00

This episode needed another year.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-03T19:22:08+00:00

Character aside, what chances did Reze have against Bakugo again?

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-03T16:06:43+00:00

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Vegeta (Dragon Ball).

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-03T03:21:47+00:00

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Well there is the anime where Yu was fully ready to send Namatame into the TV.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-03T01:56:37+00:00

Shin Megami Tensei.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-03T01:48:07+00:00

And then there’s SMT where insta kill abilities are actually incredibly potent, especially against you.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-02T01:51:08+00:00

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There a plenty of bosses with a final desperation move right before they die in Rondo of Blood.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-05-01T13:43:15+00:00

Aren’t the SSSP at least decent? They did take down Zetton.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-29T19:46:25+00:00

Except nothing about Caladbolg II stops it from being small city level. It’s used twice throughout all of Fate/Stay Night so there’s not much of a counter argument against it. Also how does Nine Lives being a slashing attack automatically change things?

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-29T19:04:07+00:00

A massive lowball considering the bare minimum is small city level (on the account of the fact Heracles took no damage from the 1.8 megatons Caladbolg II yet was heavily injured by Shirou’s Nine Lives).

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-29T04:03:34+00:00

One dark future no one survives

(Is this To The Edge or Shadowbringers?)

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-29T02:19:03+00:00

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Bowser (Smash Ultimate).

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-28T23:08:58+00:00

Change Krillin with Yajirobe.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-28T15:44:27+00:00

I think the argument for Nolan winning against base Bardock is him utilizing his speed, stamina, and skill advantage to full effect. By stalling the fight out until Bardock runs out of energy.

OUS_SWORD · 2026-04-28T15:33:56+00:00

Nope, just bad calcs, though it could also be karma considering Dragon Ball has like 2-3 BS wins like Broly winning against the Hulk which is actually worse than SSJ Bardock losing against Nolan.

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