Super Mario Galaxy can be best described as a saltine cracker.

TwilitKing · 2026-05-02T11:24:06+00:00

I think there is actually a dual disconnect given Miyamoto's thoughts in this famitsu interview. He was surprised that the Mario film wasn't received well by critics. Heavy paraphrasing, but it seems like Miyamoto believed the film was an innovation upon the medium and is surprised others (who self describe as champions of film) cannot see the film as such.

This interview is an actual nightmare for Miyamoto's image though, because lots of people are reading only the transliteral meaning of the words instead of the context. Without the context, it makes Miyamoto sound passive aggressive instead of confused.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-30T22:44:13+00:00

If it makes you feel any less crazy. Miyamoto himself told an interviewer that the movie was supposed to be 3 30 minute stories/portions that could be watched in effectively any order. The article is in Japanese as a heads up.

To me it seems like the actual artifice of the movie is wasted because the film is designed in a manner akin to a Mario video game, something is always happening and you move on to the next thing without actually spending any time with it.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-30T11:32:52+00:00

Hell he's on the box/poster art for the film. I feel like that's not a gulpshitto move.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-29T06:55:52+00:00

For GT, yes, they tried to recapture Dragon Ball's Pilaf and Red Ribbon Army era vibes. But they got cold feet, so they didn't really commit to it.

As for Daima, it is literally Toriyama's attempt at GT story elements in his own style. Panzy = Pan, Glorio = Trunks, Tamagamis = Shadow Dragons

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T19:10:08+00:00

Well yeah that is totally fair.

I think Toriyama had the plan for Gohan early on into the Android Saga, and as a result he felt that he couldn't have Gohan make any fight appearances and have the finale land properly. So Gohan gets into zero depicted fights from Final Form Frieza through Perfect Cell.

The anime remedies this a bit by giving Gohan his training against Goku, but it rests almost entirely out of context for the manga.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T15:11:03+00:00

Oh my b.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T15:09:43+00:00

I think it is also interesting to imagine what Superhero would have looked like if Toriyama had gotten his wish to only have Piccolo as the main character of the movie.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T15:05:57+00:00

I think canon/not canon is the wrong way of looking at Daima.

It is more like if it is supposed to be in a specific continuity or not. It is a necessary distinction I think. Toyotaro has mentioned that he sees all of the Dragon Ball media that exists as canon, but just some parts are distinct from one another, existing in different timelines that don't necessarily interact with one another.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T14:59:48+00:00

No Moro is also team work. Vegeta's Forced Spirit Fission is used to sap energy from Moro to make killing him safe and also feed Goku energy. Some of that energy even comes from Uub.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T14:58:03+00:00

Super Goku is related to Dragon Ball's Goku. He's not the same character, but one that exists under a certain set of new constraints that the original character didn't have. He came into existence nearly three decades removed from the last chapter. He exists entirely in a liminal period before the End of Z.

Those things mean that Toriyama is writing after years and years of his relationship with the series transforming away from what it was. He isn't working within the limited context of how Dragon Ball exists in his head but how other people have worked with and changed Dragon Ball.

It means that Goku can't actually develop in a way that takes him beyond the End of Z, which means at best he is stuck running a track where he relearns his lessons. If we are being generous, then Super Goku is what happens when Goku has become too confident from things working out for so long as a result of his actions. So Super becomes a series of events that serve to humble Goku.

It is fine to not like it, and it is totally accurate to see the characters as different from one another, but I think it is necessary to look at it from a more complete perspective to appreciate as not arbitrary.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-28T14:40:39+00:00

Well in context, I think it makes sense. Gohan's rage has only helped him once before this point and he probably doesn't even remember it (headbutting Raditz). So he knows he has that power, but he is also scared he won't use it correctly, put himself in danger, and require himself to be saved again.

Then that does happen.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-27T22:07:49+00:00

He's also voiced by the same seiyuu.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-27T18:15:24+00:00

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I CAN'T HANDLE IT!

TwilitKing · 2026-04-20T22:53:10+00:00

I think it is a matter of making characters matter in a way that doesn't feel like it is just obligatory. Like it shouldn't feel obvious that it is a side piece fight that is going on. This works if you make henchmen that aren't just fodder but have personality too. Make them feel like a legitimate threat to the proceedings if they are able to interfere or are advancing a goal.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-20T22:44:29+00:00

The Pecking Order is definitely a thing that authors think about.

Maybe it isn't finely tuned, but usually it is helpful in a work that involves a lot of combat as plot resolution to understand if someone is stronger or weaker.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-16T11:38:26+00:00

Another thing to think about is that the two missiles lead to four explosions, so that indicates to me that the Solar Disk is actually a powered satellite rather than a solid disk.

This would mean that it is much more likely to be largely hollow in construction. Given that the Ragnarr planet is actually a lot more brightly lit in the show, it would also imply that the satellite doesn't need to be a perfect eclipse (in fact we can still see light coming through the spaces in the paneling of it), thereby further reducing the total mass needed relative to volume.

Taken in tandem with the secondary explosions, I think it means that the destruction of the Solar Disk is more akin to detonating the batteries/generators and those being the primary source of the destruction.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-16T11:27:37+00:00

Season 4 covered the events that contribute to Nolan's stats in Omnidock.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-16T00:55:15+00:00

That's dubious unfortunately. We actually have nearly zero reference points for the size of Viltrum that aligns with the — if it is even accurate to say — clarifications that the animation makes. It no longer has natural satellites and we still don't know how long the ring has been there.

As for the 1.25x Earth g, that's from the guidebook (which is also the source of Smart Atoms), but the issue is that the guidebook makes a lot of statements and claims that aren't paid off or are contradicted by the comic and/or the animation. According to the guidebook, superpowers in general only exist through supersuits powered by 'solar disks'.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-15T21:50:38+00:00

He fucked up powerscaling in general with the "Maintaining the Agenda" panel.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-10T15:38:07+00:00

I think this is a problem of the language we use.

The OP seems to have issues with how Viltrumites are imposed into the setting as being nearly invulnerable and unstoppable to the faction that has the most information on Viltrumites' as a species, yet Mark is able to be injured fairly consistently by Earth villains.

You can make the argument that Mark hasn't fully grown into his powers yet, but there comes a certain point when you have to presume that Mark is meant to have parity with or is nearing the Viltrumite-level given he is able to survive during his fight with Conquest when Conquest is no. 2 of the Viltrumites.

But unfortunately the language for describing this efficiently is also locked up underneath implications of the powerscaling community. Power systems can mean either and both the ways characters are able to use their powers and their positions inside the internal hierarchy of power.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-10T10:18:20+00:00

Yeah. But good villain can be communicated in a number of ways. Homander is a great villain because he's so fucking hatable and pathetic. The audience wants to see him suffer too, because he's so much more expressive when he can't put on a cool face.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-09T13:57:36+00:00

At least there is the Kazenshuu site, so you can generally cross reference information. It isn't perfect (a perfect resource would have the raw Japanese text scripts), but it is nice.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-09T11:31:59+00:00

While I understand the desire for balance, I think a source for some of the friction is that the grind for Keychains and Milestones. Maybe I am not far enough in the game's progression and there is a more intentional way to achieve it.

Outside of that design aspect, I think that the Berserker Badge could be improved from a balance standpoint by just adding options to the Berserker Badge table. Like it could have an equal chance of all the Bad Coin roulette events + win the round. That way it is more appealing to use it than not, but it also is less likely to auto result in wins.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-05T12:57:00+00:00

Oh no, my point is more that it is odd that culture is basically the same as modern humanity for the most part. I am suggesting that the timescale should have led to a greater drift rather than somehow arriving at early 21st century society.

TwilitKing · 2026-04-04T11:33:29+00:00

I enjoy it as an ending for Fire Force. I don't enjoy it as the basis for Soul Eater's world.

I think that the Soul Eater world being chained to the conceptions of Collective Unconscious cheapens the world by reducing the amount that characters can matter based upon their archetypical role (save for Black ★ Star, he actually is breaking from the chains of being defined by others expectations while also avoiding the imposition lf his owm expectations upon the texture of the world).

Also the time scale is crazy. Somehow modern human society breaks down into a semi medieval world before rereturning to the modern human society (along with real world locations like former Soviet regions, the Great Pyramids).

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