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Post by عمار on May 14, 2021 12:33:23 GMT
Dear lord in Piccolo, FINALLY! Sorry it took me so long to post this! I've been so busy these past 3 months & half. I know by now that most of you if not all of you had watched this video, but in case you didn't or in case you missed something, I will post the answers of the questions so you don't have to watch the video all over again. You're welcome!
Thread Questions:
thebritwriter's Questions:
Q. Are you associated with youtube channel 'DBM animated' and if so, how did it come about?
Salagir: DBM animated is not just a youtube channel, it's a team which want make an animation which will be I guess on youtube. It's completely Separated team, with tons of people in it, I'm reading the script & giving my opinion, that's all what I'm doing for now. (31:34 min)
darrieloni's Questions:
Q. If XXI powers up to a stronger form, would he be called XXII or even XXIII?
Salagir: I can tell you something about the name of XXI, I decided his name 12 years ago. It was for specific reason, which is stupid & which I won't explain. And now, I regret strongly this name. (38:53 min)
Q. Is LSSJ Broly immune to Dabura's spit or Buu's candy bean?
Salagir: The author decide when it needed to be. In the case of Broly & magical stuff like that, I would say it depends on the person. Broly, when he is in LSS is immune to pure force, but he also getting stronger & a "shock" can turn him back to base form. The more he gets strong the more the "shock" need to be completely ("trizi"? "Crazy"? Yeah, sorry, I couldn't understand what he was saying, You have to watch it for yourself). And that goes as well for magic as well. At first he will turn but at some point the magic will stop because he's "too legendary" So you have to move fast. (41:47 min)
Q. Would you rather be drained by 1st Form Cell or consumed by Carbonite?
Salagir: Consumed by Carbonite, Because while I'm consumed I can touch other people & consumed them as well. (39:57 min)
Q. Does Vegetto have a brain injury like the one Goku got as a child, or a healthy brain like Vegeta? Is it only half as injured as Goku's?
Salagir: It's weird question, because Goku today doesn't have brain injury. (41:12 min)
Q. You've previously stated that SSJ2 Bra is comparable to SSJ1 Vegetto, and also that Bra won't be getting any Zenkais. More recently, you stated that SSJ2 Bra could easily take SSJ1 Vegetto. How come?
Q. You said that SSJ Bra is comparable to Base Vegetto, and that SSJ2 is a x10 boost. However, you also said that SSJ2 Bra is stronger than SSJ Vegetto. How is that possible? How is Bra getting x10 stronger superior to Vegetto getting x50 stronger, when they both start at the same point?
Salagir said in the video he will not answer power level questions, but a lot of people kept asking him & he said that the old power tier list is wrong because it's old apparently. He didn't your other questions.
Axalon's Questions:
Q. When you come up with new characters (U16 Bra, Gast, etc) what is your thought process behind them?
Salagir: That's a big question!
Ouv: We have time! So, basically at the beginning of DBM, how did you choose to create some characters? Was it logical or just for fun?
Salagir: It was mostly logical choices. We are doing different "what if" stories like evil Kakarotto, why was he crazy? because he killed all humanity alone, all Saiyans go on group but they send him as a baby alone - which is a stupid plan. Then you get Gast, well, when I was writing the universes I thought "I'm super fan of Piccolo, we need more namekian" but even Piccolo is not strong enough so I decided "Piccolo" taking the energy from all namekian, let's do that! On Bra, well, keeping Vegetto was interesting because his life was just 1 hour max on the show. So I wanted to keep him & see where we go from there. And of course he may have children too. So, we got 2 versions of Bra, one doesn't care about fighting & the other is completely Vegetto's like. (43:12 min)
Q. About how far though the main story would you say we are?
Salagir: In terms of the tournament we did it biggest part. We have only 7 fights left, which they're will be very long. (47:40 min)
Q. How does Adult Gotenks factor into all this? Could he also not help contain Bra as well?
Salagir: He could, but he need to train a little first, because right now he's not in shape. (1:15:12 min)
Q. How did Bra know about Cell's nucleus during the Majin Rebellion?
Salagir: Ahhhh? She looked at the internet? I would say that people are telling stories to their children. Goten, Trunks, little Bra little Pan, they know a little about Freeza even though they never saw him. I'm sure that the story about Gohan fighting Cell has been told to the family several times. So yes, it's common knowledge.
Asura: Maybe He's talking about how Bra knows about Cell's nucleus surviving Gohan's attack or something like that?
Salagir: She saw what happened to Gohan. Because ummm? she saw. When she was still inside Babidi was sharing information, when she's outside she's checking everything happening around her. Because she's alone against everyone, she's aware. (1:22:40 min)
Q. How did Bra figure out the U19 armor weakness?
Salagir: From how it used. When they are using a lot of energy, they cannot do everything at the same time. You have to chose what power is going. So it was a bet "He attack, I'm attacking". (1:24:38 min)
lssj200000's Questions:
Q. Do Goku, Vegeta and Gohan have any new techniques after the end of Z?
Salagir: Maybe? We will see. But Gohan no, Gohan didn't train & didn't care about fighting. Plus, I decided that he's staying in shape thanks to the magic of the old kaioshin. He has no reason to get a new technique. (1:15:52 min)
Q. How long does Goku’s Super Saiyan 3 last? 5 minutes?
Salagir: Hmmm? 5 minutes, 10 minutes max. In DBZ, 5 minutes is a very long time. Remember that the planet will explode in 5 minutes? (1:16:15 min)
Q. Freeza is said to not have improved by Piccolo but his race get stronger with age so did he just get a small increase after all these years?
Salagir: Yes, Freeza got a small increase. But even though frost demons are getting stronger with age - which something I deiced to insert in fanfic Hanasia, they're still in the range of SSJ1. So, meh! Only Cold was much much older than his sons, as you can see he was getting more of the range of the androids power & imperfect Cell. And of course after he train, because Ginyu is a real fighter, he like to train, it was said in the manga. When he trained his body he reached Perfect Cell level, which is huge for a frost demon. No frost demon ever had reached that level. (1:16:53 min)
Q. Does Universe 0 have an afterlife? If not where does everyone go when they die here?
Salagir: The soul is floating, not knowing, not seeing anything. No living people, no dead people, meaning no paradise no hell. In my opinion, all the paradise stuff can created itself from exits of life. In DBZ. I'm not going to talk religion. (1:18:06 min)
drewsaga's Questions:
Q. What did Gast just do to Vegetto? Was it magic? Ki drain?
Salagir: Ooh! Wouldn't you like to know?! There won't be any clear answer so far. Because that's of course very important, this one of the most important move of Gast. (1:10:30 min)
Q. How does Vegetto go on a rampage later on in the visions where if Gast can just stop him that easily?
Salagir: Ahhh! Wouldn't you like to know?! I really can't answer because spoiler. I can only say one thing, all the visions of Bardock will happen, but I have a problem, I wrote that 10 years ago. And now, because of changes like Babidi's attack, someone ask: will it change things? yes it does. the scene which will going to show that, I cannot keep it. I'll have to find something else, in the same storyline of course. There are many things I have to change. (1:10:55 min)
Q. How can Bra say nobody can stop Vegetto in the future, if Gast just did this?
Salagir: Well, that's exactly that. When I wrote that, I didn't give this power to Gast. Still, Gast took Vegetto by surprised. Do you think it will happen again? (1:12:05 min)
Chapter 79's Breakdown:
- Salagir did a recap of ch.79; showing what did they change, what did they add, & what did they remove from the chapter. (7:30 min to 30:00 min)
- Salagir shows many versions of Budokai's covers, one of them is Bra standing over U16 Gohan while he was dying with a smile on her face. (6:25 min to 7:24 min)
- One of the thing they removed that I find it fascinating was U18 Bra telling U16 Bra "she will be forgiving cos dragon balls!" on page 1816. Ouv said it was too "early" for Bra to be forgiving so they end up changing it. (7:40 min to 10:16 min)
- There was a script version where other characters beside U16 share their opinion on Bra's case. Ouv thought it was difficult to ask what everybody think of the situation & since they knew where the chapter was going (Buu reviving everybody back to life) he suggest to go straight to the point & have things stay in U16. (15:10 min to 15:54 min)
*I argued that it's important to know what everybody think of the situation.
Ouv replied: That's what we thought in the beginning & that was one version of the draft, where everybody giving their opinion of the situation, but honestly it was not that interesting it was better to move forward. I know it sound more interesting when you don't see it but when you reading is just talking talking talking talking & the end result is the same. And the question was what the chapter about & it was about U16 not about what other people from other universe think of the situation which it was undone by Buu in the end. And everything happen very fast, so it's not like everybody has the time to make a debate. (17:18 min to 18:20 min)
- Salagir also added on the subject saying that he originally wanted Vegeta to explain about the Majin state & having U18 talking much more about the situation but at the end what was important was U16 in his opinion, because according to Salagir, they're the people who know Bra & Vegetto and can judge them. (18:21 min to 18:48 min)
- Salagir said that the chapter took longer to come out because Ouv & Asura wasn't agreeing with him going too fast. Salagir wanted to move on quickly saying that Vegeta & Piccolo were forgiving way too easily & way too fast in the show & the same should be applied to U16 Bra. (19:46 min to 20:49 min)
- Ouv explained why they decide to move fast & go straight to the point by stating it was Toriyama's way & they were following it. (20:55 min to 22:19 min)
- In the original script, Uub asked Buu to heal U16 Bra because apparently Vegetto kicked her really hard & she was dying. But instated, Buu teach him how to do it & then Uub healed Son Bra. Ouv was against it & said it's not the time to do anything nice to Bra. (23:10 min to 24:34 min) Questions about Universe 1:
Q. So there are infinite number of universes, right? Which means there are a lot of universes like U1, so is there a "Multiverse tournament" happening in another universe other than U0 right now?
Salagir: Why yes, this is Multiverse 2.0! But no, for the sake of simplicity, I decided that in one universe of the infinite universes - yes, 1 out of ∞ - found the "travel". Because if two Vargas...No, just no! For the sake of simplicity, only one universe discover the "universe travel". A chapter about that is being drawn right now; a chapter about the Vargas inventing "universe travel". (2:06:06 min)
Questions about Universe 3:
Q. Is Taibion back to life?
Salagir: No, sorry! Buu reset everything at the beginning of Babidi attack, so the people who die before are not back to life. And Android 18 is still unconscious & we will show that in a panel in a future chapter. (1:42:22 min)
Q. Will there be a special about King Piccolo ?
Salagir: Being drawn right now. It's ongoing. (3:25:42 min)
Q. Did Bardock get a Super Sayin 2 power up from being Majin??
Salagir: No, he's not worth it. (3:37:03 min)
Questions about Universe 4 (Zen Buu):
Q. Wouldn't it have been dangerous for Buu to absorb Broly ? Wouldn't he have become unstable?
Salagir: Yes, It could have been very dangerous for Buu to absorb Broly. Now, Buu absorbed thousands of people, you can see that fanfiction about U4. In terms of craziness, Broly is just one more guy. In terms of power it will have done a lot. But in term of spirit, Buu is unstable enough. (1:26:24 min)
Q. Can Buu(u4) resist Babidi rapture magic?
Salagir: Buu...Buu can resist everything. And he actually made a research on Bibidi and Babidi's magic to now more about himself, so he can't be very surprised by them. (3:44:30 min)
Questions about Universe 5 (XXI):
Q. If XXI powers up to a stronger form, would he be called XXII or even XXIII?
Salagir: I can tell you something about the name of XXI, I decided his name 12 years ago. It was for specific reason, which is stupid & which I won't explain. And now, I regret strongly this name. (38:53 min)
Questions about Universe 6:
Q. And about the Girls from the u6, will we see something about?
Salagir: Yes, the chapter of them & Bojack being back to their universe is being drawn right now, & we are almost at the end. (4:04:00 min)
Questions about Universe 7 (Gast):
Q. What did Gast just do to Vegetto? Was it magic? Ki drain?
Salagir: Ooh! Wouldn't you like to know?! There won't be any clear answer so far. Because that's of course very important, this one of the most important move of Gast. (1:10:30 min)
Q. How does Vegetto go on a rampage later on in the visions where if Gast can just stop him that easily?
Salagir: Ahhh! Wouldn't you like to know?! I really can't answer because spoiler. I can only say one thing, all the visions of Bardock will happen, but I have a problem, I wrote that 10 years ago. And now, because of changes like Babidi's attack, someone ask: will it change things? yes it does. the scene which will going to show that, I cannot keep it. I'll have to find something else, in the same storyline of course. There are many things I have to change. (1:10:55 min)
Q. How can Bra say nobody can stop Vegetto in the future, if Gast just did this?
Salagir: Well, that's exactly that. When I wrote that, I didn't give this power to Gast. Still, Gast took Vegetto by surprised. Do you think it will happen again? (1:12:05 min)
Q. Can Gast defuse Vegetto? Does he have enough knowledge to do it?
Salagir: No. I think even the Kaioshins cannot defuse Vegetto, it's too easy. In terms of DB magic I would say something that happened a long time ago cannot be undone. For example, if someone dead more than a year, you cannot bring them back to life by the dragon ball, this is a rule. They have to move their butts & not wait too much...wait no no no! I don't think there is limitation in years, it's you can't do it twice, they invent limitation in years & then stoped it XD! But in any case, when South Kaioshin went inside Majin Buu to find "himself" he didn't find himself, I decided he was completely fused inside Buu. It was millions of years ago, so, it's too late. Same thing for Vegetto, Vegetto was unstable when he was inside Buu, so he was defused. But now it's too late, Vegetto is 20 years now, he's stable now. And.....it's too easy. it will be too easy so I will not give Gast this power. (3:34:30 min)
Questions about Universe 8 (The Frost Demons):
Q. Freeza is said to not have improved by Piccolo but his race get stronger with age so did he just get a small increase after all these years?
Salagir: Yes, Freeza got a small increase. But even though frost demons are getting stronger with age - which something I deiced to insert in fanfic Hanasia, they're still in the range of SSJ1. So, meh! Only Cold was much much older than his sons, as you can see he was getting more of the range of the androids power & imperfect Cell. And of course after he train, because Ginyu is a real fighter, he like to train, it was said in the manga. When he trained his body he reached Perfect Cell level, which is huge for a frost demon. No frost demon ever had reached that level. (1:16:53 min)
Q: In Bojack's backstory, we learned about another cold demon named Polar. How is he related to Cold (Son (Before Cooler), Father, uncle... ?) ? Will we know what happened to Polar in a future special?
Salagir: Yes, we will know. So you got: Frieza & Cooler the sons of Cold. And Cold had a brother named Polar, & their father is Snower. And Snower got 3 brothers - which you can see in Hanasia's fanfic, & their father is Blizzard. (2:16:00 min)
Q. Is it possible for a third form of augment for frost demons?
Salagir: Hahahaha! XD Everything is possible. 🙂
Asura: I would appreciate that! 😃
Salagir: In terms of forms, many people suggested me that there will be some kind of loop. As you know it's at first it's small then big with horns then alien-like, & then small & pure. And then with more bigger things & then it could be again small & pure. And I don't like that, because it means no ending, you can loop forever. So, I'm not interested in...getting more crazy in this matter.
Asura: forget about what I just said. I meant the form is cool & need more spikes! XD
Salagir: 8 arms & 8 legs! & more spikes! XD (4:12:30 min)
Questions about Universe 9:
Q. Do you guys like Chewys"s "una tierra sin goku"?
Salagir: Yes. I'm in contact with him, we're talking sometimes. I give him bigger & better images so he can do a nice work. what he do is awesome, & he's doing that on Paint. And many of the things he wrote are huge problem for me, because I write the same thing. So, something is gonna change. Well, that's my fault, we were so slow to draw it. U9 is such a nightmare. (1:06:34 min)
Q: Does Universe 9 is aware that the battle royale is over or are they still protecting Raditz and Old Kai against any possible intruders ?
Salagir: They know it's finished & we will have a few panels about this. The panels are already drafted & we will show them. Poor U9, we did a whole scene at end of chapter but there were too many characters. So they are aware & we will show that. (1:09:45 min)
Q. How did Videl 9 get so strong? Shouldn't the cell junior she faced have been out of her reach? Did she use the kaioken at full power?
Salagir: Well yes, she used the kaioken at full power. The humans, they have been fighting Freeza & his army, & this little Cell jr. is the first one. The one with "not that strong". So he was like SSJ++. So that's why he was at their level & she did the kaioken at the maximum & immediately after she wasn't able to fight. She really did maximum of the maximum. (1:27:05 min)
Q. Is Tenshinhan of U9 is able to use the Kaio-ken?
Salagir: Oh I'm sure he is. I don't know yet, but I'm sure he can. 🙂 (1:50:26 min)
Questions about Universe 11:
Q. Is Dabura a bad guy for you? The few information we got about him without majinisation show him as a "sympatric" character, who consider is kingdom as "beloved" and it almost seems like he care about fatbuu.
Salagir: Very interesting question. We know nothing about Dabura. Maybe he's asshole maybe he's not. We really don't know. We cannot know so we can only decide. I think Dabura is really an asshole, because he's easily corrupted by Babidi, so, he must have a bad side. He's the king of the demon realm, when the East Kaioshin saw him he was not happy at all. I mean he's "checking" all the list of bad guys stuff. I think when you see the last scene of chapter 79 when you see him as a king with all the demons with him it looks nice - because everything looks when drawn by Asura - but you have to realize that it is a villains victory. because Buu is still very dangers. He's not the good Buu of U18. He's still the original bad Buu which got a lot of things bad in him. I think the demon realm is gonna have a lot of problems in the future. But it's like the saiyans society, assholes with assholes, because saiyans are assholes. So, for me, Dabura is a good guy just because he wants to keep his life between bad guys & not conquering the universe. (1:29:11 min)
Q. in DBM does Babidi power-up stays after the end of "majinisation"?
Salagir: Well yes of course. You cannot give & take back, that's stealing. (3:38:56 min)
Q. In any shape or form, would it have been possible to have a Majin Vegeta in the tournament from Universe 11 participating?
Salagir: Yes, it will have been totally possible. At the moment I create this universe I had no idea how it would happened. It's was only when we did a chapter about the cyborgs & everything that I had the idea of different beginning with different "split". The split is "no Cell" & the consequences of that will be Babidi winning. But orginaly when got Babidi in the mix, I didn't know how we will arrive at this point, so I didn't take any risks. And everybody need to remember that Majin Vegeta was never under the orders of Babidi. Since the beginning, Vegeta has been playing with Babidi, he fooled him. He yelled at Goku on purpose to show Babidi that he was a bad guy. And he say that to Goku in the manga. He says that "I saw you were stronger than me, So I made a plan to make myself being majinized by Babidi in order to get the power up." So, he never obeyed Babidi. And for me, it was not logical to have Vegeta who was under the orders of Babidi for 20 years. How will that happened? So you could say maybe after some times Babidi was able to make a stronger spell, but it will not make sense, it's not how the story supposed to go. So, no Vegeta in this universe. Also we got U18 Vegeta, U10 Vegeta, U13 Vegeta, & Vegetto. We have already a lot of Vegetas around. (3:57:06 min)
Questions about Universe 13:
Questions about Kakarotto: Q. I'm going to ask you about Kakarotto's immortality again, because I'm still confused about it. When he lose his head does he regrow a new head?
Q. I still don't understand what happened to Kakaroth U13 after his head was cut off by Vegeta. Did someone put it on his neck? Did he do it himself?
Salagir: I imagine that Raditz put it on his neck. & about if his head will regrow, so Kakarotto will have healing power but slow ones, so it's not as strong as namekians. so if you cut his head & take his head with you, he's kinda fucked. His body will regrow, but it will take weeks & weeks. So it's faster to just put his back. (1:01:23 min) Questions about Raditz: Q. I think you answered this in French, but I want to hear it an English: U13 Raditz said he "can't" kill his brother? we know he literally can't kill him. so the question is: Will Raditz try to kill his brother if he was not immortal?
Salagir: I'm so happy with that sentence, that was exactly the purpose; to show double meaning. He can't because he literally can't. He also can't because even though he's a saiyan, he likes his brother. And we tried to show it in the story which was drawing by ouv where they fight together. In that chapter They become friends. From the beginning, Kakarotto is friend with his brother, he found his brother, he is happy, he is friend with him. And for Raditz, Kakarotto is the only saiyan who was nice to him ever. As you can see an other chapters, Bardock doesn't care about him. Vegeta & Nappa make fun of him. He's a weak for a saiyan. But not for Kakarotto, Raditz was stronger than him at first. And for that Raidtz like him & he doesn't want to kill him. (52:02 min)
Q. So who's stronger Nappa or Raditz ?
Asura: Raditz.
Salagir: Raditz. He trained with his brother. He had more motivation.
Asura: I mean Nappa didn't even try to fight Frieza while Raditz at least try to fight Bardock, so I will say he's a little bit stronger. (3:56:26 min)
Q. Raditz and Yamcha are more respected in DBM than in any official support.
Salagir: Will, I didn't care about Raditz at first, but one cartoonist - who didn't draw for DBM - said he was fan of Raditz & wanted him to has a big role. And because of that I decided that he is going to be diplomatic guy, he's going to be the clever guy, & he is going to has a very important link with his brother Kakarotto. And all of that made him more important. It's the combination of this which made him see the old Kaioshin. I mean, Mystic Raditz was not on my plan at all. It was just a logical step of all what happen to Raditz. And about Yamcha, I always thought he was cool. It's just so bad that we didn't do the U9 specials yet....It will happen it will happen.... (4:02:33 min)
Questions about Universe 15 (Lol! XD):
Q. I'K'L?
Salagir: Him & his mother were a gag characters, but of course we're gonna do something. Now, we have been going for a very big side story. so we are going to do something but later! (3:55:47 min)
Questions about Universe 16:
Questions about Bra: Q. So, in your eyes Bra is not in the wrong at all?
Salagir: Of course not. The things is everybody is in the wrong, but we are going to talk about it latter. (22:20 min)
Q. You say Bra was also in the wrong but the story didn't show it that way, the blame was all on Vegetto.
Salagir: I think U18 Bra said lots lots of things about U16 Bra. She destroyed her with words. Now, the wrong of Bra is different from the wrong of Vegetto. Bra being a teenager, & that her wrong is mostly because lack of experience, too much arrogant & many many other things. The things that people don't accept from us, is that we forgive if their is no consequence, which been always the case in DBZ. All the bad things that Bra did was fixed, so there's no consequence. The problem with Bra was mostly is where were her arrogant come from? Well, she was born super strong, if she wasn't she won't be an asshole. U18 Bra is also arrogant but she is not killing people so we forgive her. 😉 (1:04:19 min)
Q. How did Bra know about Cell's nucleus during the Majin Rebellion?
Salagir: Ahhhh? She looked at the internet? I would say that people are telling stories to their children. Goten, Trunks, little Bra little Pan, they know a little about Freeza even though they never saw him. I'm sure that the story about Gohan fighting Cell has been told to the family several times. So yes, it's common knowledge.
Asura: Maybe He's talking about how Bra knows about Cell's nucleus surviving Gohan's attack or something like that?
Salagir: She saw what happened to Gohan. Because ummm? she saw. xD When she was still inside Babidi was sharing information, when she's outside she's checking everything happening around her. Because she's alone against everyone, she's aware. (1:22:40 min)
Q. How did Bra figure out the U19 armor weakness?
Salagir: From how it used. When they are using a lot of energy, they cannot do everything at the same time. You have to chose what power is going. So it was a bet "He attack, I'm attacking". (1:24:38 min)
Q. Lately I get caught up a lot with people who claim Bra is a "Mary Sue" character. I disagree for a lot of reasons, mainly 'cause you gave her plenty of flaws. Especially in the last arc. But what would your reply as of today?
Salagir: The "Mary Sue" name has been used & reused a lot in the comics of DBM, it was even used on Broly. The real concept of Mary Sue is the author putting themselves inside the story as a new character with winning everything, because this author just dream being inside his favorite series. I totally understand it's concept, because as an author I imagine myself being in my favorite series as well. I didn't write it but I could totally see it. And I saw it in a lot of fanfictions I read. That's does not mean they are a bad characters, but that clearly mean that the author is projecting themselves in their world of their dreams. (1:36:06 min)
*Salagir then shows two examples of Mary sue characters from different comics.* (1:37:57 min)
Salagir: The real concept of Mary Sue is not a problem per say. You can still make a good story, but you start with handicap. Because if your character is too strong & always winning it will be a problem. But in DBM, each time a character is too strong they call them Mary Sue, it's not enough. And also, people say "Oh! Salagir is always favoring Son Bra so she's a Mary Sue!" It could be, but that's still not enough. So, not a good term. Waifu? Maybe! XD (1:40:00 min)
Q. So How & Why & When Bra got controlled by Babidi?
Salagir: How? By Babidi's magic. Why? Because she's a tormented girl & she got evil in her. She does not control herself. She has got bad thoughts, just like Vegetto. She easily losing control. So, she was among the possible victims for Babidi. On when? Well, while was she in her apartment getting some rest. Was it while Babidi's army was fighting? I guess yes. I imagine Babidi saw he was kinda losing & he was like: "I need someone stronger! ohh! She is strong & she got a little evil in her! I will attack her!" otherwise she will have beat everyone from the beginning, but she didn't, for effect. Rule of cool is very important. (1:48:48 min)
Q. The majority found it strange that Bra was forgiven.
Salagir: Why do you find it strange?! Read Dragon ball! After the Z team got beat up by the androids, Piccolo was thinking about going to Kami & Krillin was saying to Piccolo "You got something on your mind, Piccolo? You can tell us, we're friends." & Piccolo said "Friends?! We are not friends! We just need each other! I'm gonna take over the world! remember it!" And I was like "Yeah Krillin, why are you saying Piccolo is your friend? Yes, he's been fighting with you, but otherwise Piccolo has been a really bad guy!" But no, He was already forgiven, because they fought together & because Gohan likes Piccolo. And that's the same for Vegeta. Vegeta has been killing people all the way to namek. In namek, he killed in entire village! And when they all been teleported back to earth, even though Vegeta has been fighting with Krillin & Gohan - so they've been fighting together! they're kinda friends! - But the namekian are saying "Hey! the people of this village are not back!" & Vegeta was like "Yeah, because I killed them! & your wish is to bring back to life the victims of Frieza & Frieza's guys! But I was not one of Frieza's guys! So, HA! Too bad!" The whole village of namek was never back to life. So, Vegeta who just did another crime & not care about it at all, yet Bulma is saying "Well, I guess you don't know where to live. Go to my house, I got food!" WTF!!!
Ouv: "Yes! I just found the father of my future children!" Honestly, The Bulma marrying Vegeta is something I really have problem with when I discover as a kid, & I still have. And every time I think about it is that Toriyama just needed some saiyan kid. I mean Bulma can be difficult & nasty & everything but marrying to a genocide murder & have a kid with him?! Nahh! I seen many thing in my life but that's still something make me go "Nahhh!".
Salagir: And again, what I find it strange is why so many people don't accept that Bra is kinda forgiven. Yes, "kinda" because due to some changes in the story, it's not going to be that easy. Asura is already drawing scenes where you see that not everybody has forgiven her. So, don't worry, it will be hard. But I still don't understand all the hate. I really think that many people wanted her to get lesson & to get a good spanking, because she was in the wrong - like nobody in DBZ was in the wrong! And I think there are many other reasons, which are "freudian" reasons which I will not get to detail because people will hate me more.
Ouv: I do understand why people don't like her. And I understand it was also a quantity, there has been a lot of focus on U16 in the last years. But that is something the story had to tell. The battle royale did take a lot more time than we thought, 9 chapters, that was not planed from the beginning. But once Salagir & Asura started to tell the battle royale story, well you have to tell it until the end. And the focus on U16 was there & some people didn't like it & that's okay, but you cannot change it in the middle. What I'm trying to say is the battle royale took a long time to be drawn. And we saw in the middle that people weren't not always reacting positively to U16 Bra & everything, but you cannot change your story in the middle of it. We knew what we are going with battle royale, & we had to get there & people like it or not, well, you go with your story & if you do some changes it never happen the next minute, you have to integrate some stuff. It was an interesting experience for everybody, because until the battle royale, basically DBM was always praised, there was always positive feed back.
Salagir: Oh no! No no no no no no! XD But I totally understand why people are fed up with her, because she been in front so much, I totally understand like "Oh fuck her! Again!" totally understand. But the hate was much much before that. (2:46:42 min)
Q. Look Salagir, I don't hate Bra, I just hate how the story view her action. It's not about forgiveness. The story is not even willing to acknowledge her being in any way shape or form at fault. Instead it's was all pinned as "Vegetto's fault".
Salagir: So, you don't hate Bra & I'm happy for that, but many people do. I understand that you wanted her to be more attacked, but as I said before, many people still hate her for what she did, & you will see that in the future. And it wasn't all pinned as Vegetto's fault.
Ouv: Babidi & Buu are also at fault.
Salagir: Yeah first, & in the current chapter, we showed that Vegetto is also at fault. And the fact that he has big reaction forced people to pinned him at fault. But read again the end of the previous chapter, on what U18 Bra is saying, all what she saying is true. U16 Bra in the way she been acting is shit. And that's the whole thing that she was lazy & she was always saying "it's not her fault". Where she should have the courage to fight her demons. But at the end of the chapter she had this courage. She understood she was lazy & "passive" - I should not used this word - And because of that immediately she changed, she was lazy & she won't be anymore. As for Vegetto, he didn't change, but again the two characters has some faults. And yes, it's difficult to put more burden on Bra when Vegetto is trying to kill her. (3:06:19 min) Questions about Gotenks: Q. How does Adult Gotenks factor into all this? Could he also not help contain Bra as well?
Salagir: He could, but he need to train a little first, because right now he's not in shape. (1:15:12 min)
Q. I don't know if it has been answered yet but what do you think about the alternative dialogue of this chapter in the English section?
*They are referring to these three pages*
Salagir: Yes, the guy who posted the pages with different dialogue. I answered that, I think it is very cool dialogue, it's very interesting, but it is not the direction of our story. In the alternative dialogue the guy was making for example U16 Gotenks say "Yeah, that's my responsibility I will train as well" It's not the only change but for me, it's the biggest change. This guy & many other readers, they want other characters moving their butts & go back to training. And that's something many many readers & fanfics writers want to do. They want people who stop training to go back to train, because that's what DBZ is all about. And I strongly disagree.
Ouv: I read it too & I think it was a very nice proposal. But we know where we are going. What he made was very good, but it's not that compatible of which we want to go. When you writing a story, you know where you're going & you know why you are going, & sometimes in the way, people don't react the way you want, but the things is you can't change everything to please people. I go back to the idea of Bulma sleeping with Vegeta, I thought it was stupid & it doesn't make any sense. But everything that comes after that is based on the fact that the saiyans are making kids, so that kid can come back from the future. And the only saiyans they have are Goku - which already got a kid - So, they have only Vegeta. So, Vegeta has to make a kid with a woman, & there was only one woman available at that moment which it was basically Bulma. So, yeah, they have to sleep together whatever you like it or not. And this proposal is really cool, it works very nice, but when I read it I felt like "Yeah, nice...but we....no" We know where the story is going & we have to ignore it. A very interesting question, because I do it myself when I makes some proposal to Salagir, to show some alternative, to show some other things. And it is interesting in way to see when reader react to that sort of things, because sometimes you be like "Yeah! that's cool!" But we don't go there, we go the other way. (3:10:18 min)
Asura: To be honest, I pretty fine with this one, about Gotenks needing to train to take some part of the responsibility about Son Bra's problems. Maybe he need to try to help a little more, & not letting Vegetto alone in the problem. The dialogue seems logical to me. Gotenks need to train more & take part of the responsibility. So yeah, I'm okay with it.
Salagir: Training is not the answer to every problem y'know?
Asura: Yeah I know. I get the point that there are other possibilities to help Bra & stop her if needed, but just add an alternative to help Vegetto to contain Bra if there is an issue. At least a plan b.
Salagir: Yeah, it's true a plan b would have been good, & this suggestion is very interesting, it's a good texts. But for me, Gotenks was never in the mix. This is a story between Vegetto, Bra, & Pan. Because Vegetto, Bra, & Pan are playing the police men in this universe. For me, these three are the important characters. (3:13:25 min)
Q a. Sorry, Salagir, but the chapter doesn't show what you descripted.
Ouv (in the chat): Let's agree to disagree, then.
Salagir: Then we wrote it badly. I guess it happens. If you were unable to translate the message that we wanted. Maybe we are not good enough, but there is also something the story isn't finished.(3:28:09 min)
Q b. instead all the blame was all put on Vegetto. Not Gotenks blaming Vegetto for something Vegeta did, talking down to him saying that he always make "stop thinking you're alone" when he's actually alone because Gotenks never bothered to train to help him contain Bra. that's just one of the many things that was wrong with the chapter.
Salagir: Guys! training is not always the answer! Bra doesn't need to be beaten down. The problem of U16 is NOT "how are we going to contain Bra" The problem of U16 is "how can we help Bra growing & not to be selfish stupid girl!" And you don't need to train for that! You need to show love! Which exactly what Gohan did when she was ssj1 & Vegetto did not. Vegetto had no patience & he ran away. And Gohan did the right thing. But on SSj2, that did not happen. instead Vegetto was like: "Okay girl, take care of your fucking problems!". And that just actually a matter of psychology. And again, when someone is turning evil, as you could see, the person who stop Majin Bra was not strong. It's not about training. Gotenks can completely help Bra without training. (3:28:37 min)
Ouv (in the chat): It's OK to disagree. From our side the Manga has to move on and work on the future chapters. The latest chapter is not the end of the story. Questions about Vegetto: Q. Does Vegetto have a brain injury like the one Goku got as a child, or a healthy brain like Vegeta? Is it only half as injured as Goku's?
Salagir: It's weird question, because Goku today doesn't have brain injury. (41:12 min)
Q. Will we get to know why Vegeto is so unstable? Or is it just part of his character?
Salagir: Maybe I wrote it not clear enough. Vegetto is frustrated. Very very frustrated. And there is also something else, in my opinion and in my opinion only; Vegeta is a bad guy until the moment he see Goku SSJ3 fighting kid Buu. For me, it is very very important part of Vegeta's story, It's the moment when he become "good". In my opinion, having baby with Bulma & sacrificing himself against Buu are not a "good" acts. He always did that for himself. The girl is pretty, he got a son & he doesn't really care. And yes, he did hug his son before he killed himself, but he still don't care that much -in my opinion- If he's giving his life against Buu it's because he's responsible guy, but he still not a good guy. He was still a guy who was willing to sell his soul to be able to beat Goku, which he did that two hours before he killed himself. You can't say he become a good guy just because he sacrificed himself. He was ready to destroy the world in order to fight Goku, he's an asshole. And Vegetto contain this Vegeta. And I was pacing myself on that. Vegetto is wiling to sell his soul to have a good fight. That's make him someone who's not very nice. He's not a bad guy, but he's not a good guy either. (48:50 min)
Q. Was Vegetto story retconned at some point? In the start they all talked about Vegetto never using SS2, but he keeps using it again and again as the manga goes on, even SS3 in some cases.
Salagir: Maybe it did? In any case, he doesn't use SSJ2 on any occasion, & when he did there's no witnesses, so I think we are still okay? XD (2:30:24 min)
Q. Now that all the senzus are destroyed, will Vegetto starve for the rest of the tournament? He cannot fill up with regular food according to the fanfic
Salagir: He can hold on for few days. And maybe Buu can create some? I didn't decided that yet. (2:31:19 min)
Q. So, the "Vegetto vs Gogeta" will happen right?
Salagir: I have no idea what you are talking about! Absolutely no idea! 🙂 (2:31:40 min)
Q. When Gogeta Jr was drawing, Vegetto was painted as a mature hero. When Asura arrived, Vegetto started to look more goofy. And suddenly after his defeat he became instable. His personality changed a lot during this whole story. Do you think it is a lack of constancy?
Salagir: This is not their fault. This is entirely mine. Vegetto didn't suddenly after his defeat became unstable. It just showed little more. In my mind it was already cleared that he was troubled inside. (3:25:06 min)
Q. Can Vegetto be held responsible for what Vegeta did?
Salagir: In my opinion yes. It's too easy to say "Hey! I'm new person now!" Vegetto is responsible for past acts of Vegeta & the past acts of Goku. Actually this part of the story of the fanfiction of U16 where he's trying to get back to his family members. He's responsible for Chi Chi, Goten, Gohan, Bulma, Trunks, & then later Bra. (3:36:15 min)
Q. What do you think Vegetto thinks of U18 Vegeta's character evolution?
Salagir: I don't think Vegetto saw evolution in Vegeta. He does not care very much actually. (3:40:20 min)
Q. I disagree with your answer about Vegeta/Vegetto. It would be like being blamed for something your parents did and not you.
Salagir: But Vegeta & Goku are not the parents of Vegetto. Vegetto contains their powers & their memories. He's them, he's not their child. (3:40:46 min)
Q. Focusing only on Vegeta's bad things during the Majin Arc and forgetting about Goku trying to save the world, all this sounds a little like "hypocrisy" to me.
Salagir: Yes, I have to admit that this Vegetto is more Vegeta than Goku, that is completely true. I saw before people say Vegetto has an ego, but Vegetto is also hero & mature, He want to save people & save the world. He's a responsible guy & he also a guy who likes to have fun - the Goku side. But it was more interesting to push on the "frustration". Again, Vegetto is not very good guy but he's not a very bad guy. Vegetto will save the world any day! He will sacrifice himself, he will do whatever he can to save people. for me, Vegetto & Bra & even Vegeta are not really good guys, they're neutral, but they're working for the good people & they're doing it in their own will. (3:42:26 min)
ananas1983: Saligir, you're going to have to explain your thoughts about Vegetto and Vegeta/Goku to Arctyka, because he doesn't seem to agree with you (we talked about it on the live yesterday). For my part, I agree with you.
*I believe Arctyka is the one who's writing the novel & U4 fanfiction*
Salagir: We have been talking a lot already. So we can talk more I guess. (3:44:58 min)
Arctyka (In the chat):@ananas1983 It was my opinion we talked all together yesterday, but of course the novel will follow how it is supposed to be, if I write something wrong, it will be discussed and worked on.
Arctyka (In the chat): This is mainly a story of point of views, we can agree, disagree, discuss and debate our ideas, but it's also part of my work to consider all point of views and be as respectful as possible about characters and events.
virgilio212: you said Vegetto isn't Goku and Vegetas son, but I was translating the u16 fanfic, and the history calls him that all that time. Is that an error on the first chapters?
Salagir: Yes but no. He's has been the creation of the two of them you can call him a "son". But in terms of responsibility they're the same people. In terms of where he came from you consider him as a "son". It's just a chose of words nothing else. (3:45:20 min)
Questions about Universe 17 (Cell):
Q. Can we expect something epic coming from Cell in his next fight? I'm talking about some new or old technique we never saw in the anime/manga like for example what you did when you made him use Piccolo giant form.
Salagir: Well I expect it will be epic. The fight is being drawing right now. Not by Asura, yet. And some people read it & so far they like it. (3:38:03 min)
Q. Can Cell achieve another zenkai?
Salagir: Yes! As soon I need that I will give him another! 😃 (3:46:51 min)
Questions about Universe 18:
Q. Do Goku, Vegeta and Gohan have any new techniques after the end of Z?
Salagir: Maybe? We will see. But Gohan no, Gohan didn't train & didn't care about fighting. Plus, I decided that he's staying in shape thanks to the magic of the old kaioshin. He has no reason to get a new technique. (1:15:52 min)
Q. How long does Goku’s Super Saiyan 3 last? 5 minutes?
Salagir: Hmmm? 5. 10 max. In DBZ 5 minutes is a very long time. remember that the planet will explode in 5 minutes? (1:16:15 min)
Q. Does Vegeta(u18) and Goku (u18) capable to defeat Kid Buu only using SS2
Salagir: No. (3:20:34 min)
Q. In the fight of Baddack vs Cold, when Baddack gets thrown towards the U18 area, Goku goes SSJ3 and puts up a barrier, Baddack hits it and is basically KO:
a) Did Goku really need to go SSJ3? Or would his barrier have been strong enough as a SSJ, or SSJ2?
Salagir: Of course not, but it was so much cool! In the Toei animation mostly, Goku is always using smaller transformations to do anything & it makes no sense. You have your friends to protect, you have danger coming at you, & you have one second to stop it. Go SSJ3 to make the job well. Make no sense to say "Hmmm? for this attack I think SSJ2 is enough?" Full power, stop, the end. And also that was so much cool to do that. (3:31:28 min)
b) Did Goku feel anything, when seeing Baddack on the floor, in pain? He *did* just learn that he was his father, after all.
Salagir: No. Goku doesn't care about his father Bardock, in my opinion & in DBM opinion. Goku needs to spend time with someone in order to feel something for this person. I don't think that going to him & saying "I'm your father! Darth Vader's style! XD" will change anything for him. I made that clear at the beginning, He doesn't care about Bardock. For me, this is his character. (3:32:48 min)
Q. How would you rank Piccolo? Is he strong like a SSJ2? Or like Goku at the Cell Games?
Salagir: How would I rank Piccolo? Badly. Poor Piccolo, I love him. Badly, very badly....we don't want to talk about it. (3:35:48 min)
Q. Why isn't Vegeta using his overly foreshadowed new form when problems arise?
Salagir: Ahh! Why indeed. This is okay! We got this under control. (3:37:48 min)
Questions about Universe 20 (Broly):
Q. Is LSSJ Broly immune to Dabura's spit or Buu's candy bean?
Salagir: The author decide when it needed to be. In the case of Broly & magical stuff like that, I would say it depends on the person. Broly, when he is in LSS is immune to pure force, but he also getting stronger & a "shock" can turn him back to base form. The more he gets strong the more the "shock" need to be completely ("trizi"? "Crazy"? Yeah, sorry, I couldn't understand what he was saying, You have to watch it for yourself). And that goes as well for magic as well. At first he will turn but at some point the magic will stop because he's "too legendary" So you have to move fast. (41:47 min).
Q. Why have you make SSJL Broly so powerful?
Salagir: Because I needed an opponent for Vegetto.
Ouv: So, it is as simple as that?
Salagir: Yeah, I needed cool opening. And yes, I was influenced by one of the video game at that time. I don't remember the name of the game, I think it was Budokai Tenkaichi something? Anyway, I want to begin strongly with people we consider the strongest. And for that we needed Vegetto or Gogeta. And Broly, although he's not that strong in reality, he's got the reputation of the internet to be super super strong. Everybody is loving Broly, everybody see him as the unbreakable guy. And Broly had a little nicer story. I think everybody like the story of the mute saiyan who gets berserker rage. And because of that he got huge impact, & his power is maximum! So, I decided it will be Broly & of course I decided that Broly will be stronger by "magic". Magical Broly! Invincible, gets stronger every time. (56:15 min)
Questions about the story, the script, the chapters, the novel, and future fights:
Q. Since the Battle Royale was not planned, how did it change what will follow in the story regarding the personality of the characters compared to what was planned beforehand?
Salagir: Yes, it changed many things. First, indeed it was not planned. None of the side stories where planned. 12 years ago, this was going to be a tournament, the end. So, at first, I begin to prepare side stories because I had ideas & I wanted to use them. And starting that moment I saw Babidi, Dabura, & Buu will not go far at the tournament at all. And I thought "Ahh! I think this guy is going to make shit somewhere." So I prepared the story where he was majinaizing people, & I thought at some point they will attack. I didn't at all plan this attack will last to 9 chapters. But when the attack arrive I thought "This is the moment where we can show all the fighters who are not in the tournament especially Gohan!" And give also fight that I wasn't able to do in the tournament. It was a very cool occasion & we got carried away. (33:07 min)
*Then Salagir explained how did he planned the fights. (35:22 min)
Salagir: And when Son Bra arrive, I will tell you at the beginning of Babidi's attack I didn't know if Son Bra will be majinazied or not. It was not decided it. And yes indeed this things is going to change many things, but not that much. Buu reset very things. Kakarotto got a power up, Freeza got a little power up but these are not very important. The biggest thing that change is that now Bra & Vegetto are doing big important things & I can't overload them, as these two guys are saying (Ouv & Asura). I just want to get every things back like before, but I can't. Like for example, there are things I wanted to do with Bra vs Gast because it's a fight, & fun light hearted stuff, & I think I can't. Because I don't think I can do fun with Son Bra anymore. It's a little too serious now. She' has been angering many people now & she need to go through redemption. So, goodbye! cutscene again.
Ouv: Correct me if I'm wrong Salagir, it will not have so much consequences on the big story, but will have consequences on some characters?
Salagir: Some consequences especially on the relation & the showing of Bra & Vegetto. Which was the story I wanted to make; making them evolved is something I started since 12 years ago. Since the beginning I have the idea that Bra & Vegetto are too strong & that is going to be a problem for themselves. I didn't know what is going to be direction, but here we are now. (36:19 min)
Q. When you come up with new characters (U16 Bra, Gast, etc) what is your thought process behind them?
Salagir: That's a big question!
Ouv: We have time! So, basically at the beginning of DBM, how did you choose to create some characters? Was it logical or just for fun?
Salagir: It was mostly logical choices. We are doing different "what if" stories like evil Kakarotto, why was he crazy? because he killed all humanity alone, all Saiyans go on group but they send him as a baby alone - which is a stupid plan. Then you get Gast, well, when I was writing the universes I thought "I'm super fan of Piccolo, we need more namekian" but even Piccolo is not strong enough so I decided "Piccolo" taking the energy from all namekian, let's do that! On Bra, well, keeping Vegetto was interesting because his life was just 1 hour max on the show. So I wanted to keep him & see where we go from there. And of course he may have children too. So, we got 2 versions of Bra, one doesn't care about fighting & the other is completely Vegetto's like. (43:12 min)
Q. How far though the main story would you say we are?
Salagir: In terms of the tournament we did it biggest part. We have only 7 fights left, which they're will be very long. (47:40 min)
Q. Do you plan to explain why some universes from which all participants have been eliminated may remain? Because some of them have largely broken the rules. I'm thinking of the U8 universe and the development of Ginyu, which doesn't seem to be finished.
Salagir: Because I like them! There are server reasons for the participants who went back to their universes. U10, too many characters. U6? Well, because there is a story happening after that, And this special is being drawn right now, & it is almost done. And by Ginyu, you mean when he took Bra body? He didn't follow the rules? Well maybe? But everything is good at the end. Sooooo, meh?
Ouv: And maybe the vargas are not good at supervising?
Salagir: Yeah, they're very bad at their job, which is very good for us. So, yeah, we're not putting characters away for no reason, if we can use them we use them. And by the way, in my original story 10 years ago, Babidi is not back in his universe. In the story which is happening after, I had a huge project for Babidi. And now I have to put them all in the trash! (1:12:45 min)
Q. Does Universe 0 have an afterlife? If not where does everyone go when they die here?
Salagir: The soul is floating, not knowing, not seeing anything. No living people, no dead people, meaning no paradise no hell. In my opinion, all the paradise stuff can created itself from exits of life. In DBZ. I'm not going to talk religion. (1:18:06 min)
Q. Have you any plans for the participants who are eliminated and who are still here ? Like Marie Sue from Universe 2, IKL's Mother or the possible "Mystic Radiz". Will they have any importance or impacts in the future?
Salagir: Maybe? Well, Mary sue no, because she's a gag character, a comic relief. The others? maybe. (1:42:52 min)
Q. What are the things in the story that you want to change but can't?
Salagir: So many. I actually made a document about it, which I will not show. But I will try to remember what I wrote in that. U1 & U10 have the same story, the only different is that U1 found "universe travel", but actually the saiyans of U10 are the same in U1, for the simplicity in my story I just decided they're the same. And I could have done more. I could have put the saiyans in U1, 2 or 3 & 2 or 3 for namekians instead for 20 for each. And that will leave one more universe (U10) where we can put some shit in it. I regret that U18 & U16 are so identical. two Gohans, two Piccolos, two Gotenks, identical ones! That was stupid of me I should not have done that. I know that it made very cool scene, but that confusing & that's not very necessary. And Gast got friends now. He got Thorn & will make some friends in his universe. Why he came alone in this universe? Well, because I didn't invent his friends at that time! So, too bad too late. Also, there are few things like this which I regret is that I didn't plan ahead enough; if this all finish, will we do another multiverse tournament?
Ouv: Oh yes! DBM 2.0! XD (1:43:40 min)
Q. I have a question for you guys: How Canon is the novelization of DBM? Can we take the additions as fact, or should they be treated like OVAs or movies? (For example: are the Universe 10 Sayans confirmed all dead by Raichi?)
Salagir: The novelization of DBM is 99% canon. some of the additions are written by me. And some of them scenes are too long or too boring for manga but very good for reading. There are many scenes that are wrote entirely. Sometimes you'll see a completely added scenes, especially with Yamcha & the android, I wrote all of that, so it's canon. But sometimes the writer want to add more things, & that's a filler, because of course you can't say that something big happen between two pages of DBM, so it's filler. So, 99% of novelization is canon. And about U10 saiyans? Yes, they're dead. It doesn't bother me because it's happening in a universe that we will never will see again. It was a suggestion from the writer & I said "yes". (1:50:36 min)
Q. If U20 Broly diverged from the main story before the Bu Saga but then came back only after that, it means things could have been different and Broly could have find a Vegetto like the U16 one, or a Buu like the U4 one, right? If so what do you think would be a mix of Universes 20+4 and 20+16?
Salagir: Yes, it could. There are a lot of possibilities. If people want to write or draw it, it will be great. I'm forcing myself to not do that, because the 20 universes we have are already taken a lot of time. I went with the rule of: one change per universe - one change related to U18 of course. Only one change & all the rest is consequence of that change. So, Broly & Buu are different changes to U18, but if you put them together you got 2 changes. You're allowed to do that but I'm not allowed. (2:03:10 min)
Q. Do you regret not using some of movie-only characters like Dr Willow of Janemba ?
Salagir: No, I don't. Because nobody care about Dr Willow, nobody. And I don't regret using Janemba because...maybe I will use it? (2:05:19 min)
Q. Which of the next fights are you looking forward the most? Should we expect long fights for all 4 fights of round 4?
Salagir: Yes, you should expect long fights. We are deep in the story now, there's no way the fights are not long. So, they're all gonna be long. And from this round until the end they will be longer & longer. Which one are we looking for the most? I'm afraid I will spoil people by saying that, but of course it's....no no I cannot answer that because it's a fight from next round & that's a spoiler. (2:07:14 min)
Q. In Bojack's backstory, we learned about another cold demon named Polar. How is he related to Cold (Son (Before Cooler), Father, uncle... ?) ? Will we know what happened to Polar in a future special?
Salagir: Yes, we will know. So you got: Frieza & Cooler the sons of Cold. And Cold had a brother named Polar, & their father is Snower. And Snower got 3 brothers - which you can see in Hanasia's fanfic, & their father is Blizzard. (2:16:00 min)
Q. If you had the opportunity to add universes what kind of ideas would you explore ? Some you did not use at first, some you had within the DBM years.
Salagir: Well, the ones I didn't use at first - I didn't use at first because they were bad. I had the idea of universe with Broly & his father, Broly still under control of his father. But then no, I thought there was no need for that. And there is of course the very classic fusion of Goku & Gohan, but that Vegetto without the flow, so not interesting. And other ideas within DBM years? I didn't think much about that. There are many many possibilities. I think that when I was writing the chronology of all the events, some fans did that too & they did it super well. And sometimes I was like "Oh! there is some possibilities of "What if" here!" But I didn't do it, meh! (2:31:49 min)
Q. Are things in your old power tier list wrong today? Things like "Bra SS2 > Vegetto SSJ1", I'm really curious if you changed it at some point. Putting Bra over or under Vegetto, thinks like that Also, is the Ozaaru still a 2x multiplier to you?
Salagir: It's a power level question. So I will just say that: No, the old power tier list totally wrong because it's old. And of course Ozaaru still a 2x multiplier. (2:40:35 min)
Q. Does zenkai/saiyan power work after unlocking Super Saiyan?
Salagir: I will say no, because for me, zenkai was a "trick" for Toriyama to get characters stronger without training. And after he made the transformations, SSJ replace zenkai. (3:33:48 min)
Q. You might regret this logic of "go full power to handle potential problems" when you introduce the next transformation and claim that U18 have had it since the start
Salagir: No! I cannot tell why, I cannot tell more, but no don't worry. Will there be new transformation? Maybe yes maybe no. My answer is still no & this could be whatever the reason. (3:37:16 min)
Q. Can we expect something epic coming from Cell in his next fight? I'm talking about some new or old technique we never saw in the anime/manga like for example what you did when you made him use Piccolo giant form.
Salagir: Well I expect it will be epic. The fight is being drawing right now. Not by Asura, yet. And some people read it & so far they like it. (3:38:03 min)
Q. Do you ever plan to introduce any form of SSJ4 in the story? I remember that minicomic about you calling it the "ape-saiyajin" or something like that. Would be pretty cool to seeing a new form honestly.
Salagir: Well of course not, because it's DBGT. And also the form is super cool but it's not logical. It's not the direction we're going in. (3:41:20 min)
Q. Has your opinion changed regarding if Uub and Buu can fuse like in GT? Or do you still believe it is impossible since they are different beings?
Salagir: No it didn't. Uub is human being, Buu is a creation of evil & magic. plus it has been done in GT, what would be the point of doing it again? it won't be interesting. (3:45:56 min)
Q. If you had the great power to go back in time, would you have changed anything to this chapter?
Salagir: Well, there are a lot of people didn't understand it so yes, I would have, but I have to change the chapter before & before & before. We should not look at the past. (3:48:04 min)
Q. In a scale of 1 to 10 how much of a chance would you give to Vegeta on fighting against Cell after all the zenkais he got?
Salagir: We're currently drawing Vegeta vs Cell. I will not answer this spoiler question. (3:49:23 min)
Q. Have you ever changed the outcome of a fight during the tournament or is every fight going exactly as you planned form the beginning?
Salagir: Many things changed of course. Because at the very beginning, I had few ideas that changed so of course many things changed. Now, when a fight start, the end is very clear usually, I don't change at the last moment. (3:53:50 min)
Questions about Ashanark and Stouty leaving DBM:
*Someone has wrote this in the chat: Ne pensez-vous pas avoir vu des événements récents et de la perte de confiance de deux de vos modérateurs, il faudrait changer de direction par rapport à vos intrigues? La majorité a trouvé étrange que Bra soit pardonnée. Mais je vous pardonne car vous avez tout de même fait de très bonnes choses.
*I used Google Translator to translate the question (Salagir & Ouv's answer were in English):
Q. Don't you think you have seen recent events and the loss of confidence of two of your moderators, you should change direction in relation to your plots? The majority found it strange that Bra was forgiven. But I forgive you because you still did some very good things.
Salagir: The two moderators & my story should be completely unrelated. The fact that these two moderators didn't accept the story so much that they left is weird in my opinion & actually I want to talk to them about that. Actually, they didn't leave only for that, they were kinda bored, & they have their own reasons. But it's true the story is part of it. So, I want to talk to them about it, because I don't think it should be related. Even if you don't like the direction of the story, hating it that much is weird to me. I think that most of people that hating the story are kinda put their priorities in a weird place. We had debate about the last Star Wars. I can only say one thing, I don't hate any of the Star Wars movies, & I don't even hate Dragonball Evolution. When I was a teenager, I was hating some choices in a series. But now, that I'm much older, the choices that I was hating I understand them & I think "Ahh! They're actually good writing!" But there's also that, it's just writing. I'm never gonna change my writing because of comments, & I'm not gonna change it because of moderators, I'm sorry.
Ouv: It's a very good question. From my experience, I seen many people - & I did it myself - when they're in a company, you're part of a project & you work with some people & sometimes the project goes in a direction you don't want be a part of or you don't like it. And the only option you have sometimes out of frustration is leaving, which is okay, people quit, it happens. But the first time I quits, I thought I was making a difference, but the company I left went on making money without me. The thing is, everybody has the right to quit, & I understand why these people left, in their opinion there's too many U16 focus for too long, & I kinda understand that. But the problem is that the moment they chose to quit is bad, because we are moving with something else. So, it will be the moment for them to stay, because we're going to have Goku vs Uub, Cell vs Vegeta, & XXI vs Buu which should be interesting. So, when you quit a company or you quit a project, the project goes on without you. So, it's your right to quit, but you don't change the project. Two people left, good for them! But what are we supposed to do? Stop DBM? No, why would we stop DBM? And about changing the story, the thing is we know where the story is going, & it's not possible to go back & change things that have been done, you've to build on it. If we knew that some people will dislike what we do 2 years ago maybe we would done the story differently. But we can't see the future. you do the story the best you can, & people like it or they don't. But quitting has no meaning, it has no weight. Any of you could say today "I'm quitting DBM" & we say "Okay we will continue" And same for me if I'm reading one of your story and I say I don't like it I quit, you'll say "Okay, go away. I will keep write my fanfiction". It's not that we don't care, we see it & we notice it & we think it's their right to leave. We're not happy about it, but it doesn't change anything about the fact we continue do DBM the best we can. (2:40:49 min)
Salagir: There's also something is I was so surprised about the hate of chapter 79. And these guys have my email. So....talk to me! If you are hating what I'm writing & you're part of my team you can talk to me. That's why I want to call to stretch things out. And we can talk about it here as well, & about the majority find that find it strange that Bra was forgiven. Why do you find it strange?! Read Dragon ball! After the Z team got beat up by the androids, Piccolo was thinking about going to Kami & Krillin was saying to Piccolo "You got something on your mind, Piccolo? You can tell us, we're friends." & Piccolo said "Friends?! We are not friends! We just need each other! I'm gonna take over the world! remember it!" And I was like "Yeah Krillin, why are you saying Piccolo is your friend? Yes, he's been fighting with you, but otherwise Piccolo has been a really bad guy!" But no, He was already forgiven, because they fought together & because Gohan likes Piccolo. And that's the same for Vegeta. Vegeta has been killing people all the way to namek. In namek, he killed in entire village! And when they all been teleported back to earth, even though Vegeta has been fighting with Krillin & Gohan - so they've been fighting together! they're kinda friends! - But the namekian are saying "Hey! the people of this village are not back!" & Vegeta was like "Yeah, because I killed them! & your wish is to bring back to life the victims of Frieza & Frieza's guys! But I was not one of Frieza's guys! So, HA! Too bad!" The whole village of namek was never back to life. So, Vegeta who just did another crime & not care about it at all, yet Bulma is saying "Well, I guess you don't know where to live. Go to my house, I got food!" WTF!!!
Ouv: "Yes! I just found the father of my future children!" Honestly, The Bulma marrying Vegeta is something I really have problem with when I discover as a kid, & I still have. And every time I think about it is that Toriyama just needed some saiyan kid. I mean Bulma can be difficult & nasty & everything but marrying to a genocide murder & have a kid with him?! Nahh! I seen many thing in my life but that's still something make me go "Nahhh!".
Salagir: And again, what I find it strange is why so many people don't accept that Bra is kinda forgiven. Yes, "kinda" because due to some changes in the story, it's not going to be that easy. Asura is already drawing scenes where you see that not everybody has forgiven her. So, don't worry, it will be hard. But I still don't understand all the hate. I really think that many people wanted her to get lesson & to get a good spanking, because she was in the wrong - like nobody in DBZ was in the wrong! And I think there are many other reasons, which are "freudian" reasons which I will not get to detail because people will hate me more.
Ouv: I do understand why people don't like her. And I understand it was also a quantity, there has been a lot of focus on U16 in the last years. But that is something the story had to tell. The battle royale did take a lot more time than we thought, 9 chapters, that was not planed from the beginning. But once Salagir & Asura started to tell the battle royale story, well you have to tell it until the end. And the focus on U16 was there & some people didn't like it & that's okay, but you cannot change it in the middle. What I'm trying to say is the battle royale took a long time to be drawn. And we saw in the middle that people weren't not always reacting positively to U16 Bra & everything, but you cannot change your story in the middle of it. We knew what we are going with battle royale, & we had to get there & people like it or not, well, you go with your story & if you do some changes it never happen the next minute, you have to integrate some stuff. It was an interesting experience for everybody, because until the battle royale, basically DBM was always praised, there was always positive feed back.
Salagir: Oh no! No no no no no no! XD But I totally understand why people are fed up with her, because she been in front so much, I totally understand like "Oh fuck her! Again!" totally understand. But the hate was much much before that.
Ouv: Well, the things is, we are moving on. So, the people who quit right now will not see what they wanted to see, which is basically focus on another universe. (2:46:42 min)
Q. I don't understand how is reasonable for moderators to 'demand' a change in Salagir's story. It's unfair for those who like the story as it is. What if you change the story and then others demand changes as well? It's plain unreasonable and shows immaturity. | | Someone whith obligatare disagree whith something when something is create...
Ouv (in the chat): I don't remember that they asked for a change. They didn't like the story and decided to stop reading it.
Salagir: They didn't demand anything. Well, at least they didn't demand to me.
Ouv: No, they didn't ask for any change. They didn't like the story they read. The story went in a direction where they consider it's better for them to leave because they are not interested anymore. Which once again, it's their right. I mean, I do it all the time. When I watch a new series, if after a few episodes I don't like what I'm saying I stop watching. I mean how many series I have seen, which start very cool, great beginning, great start. And sometimes after two episodes, sometimes after two seasons, I'm like "Nah! sorry, you lost me!" And it's natural thing. But Like I said, if you quit, the series will go without you, that's just the way of the world. And we have a story to tell & we will tell it. It's a terrible thing about being an artist is that you give your best, you do everything you can, & then you put it into the world, & then you don't control anything anymore. I mean of course you want to people to like it, but sometimes people don't even notice it, sometimes I like it or don't like it, sometimes I start to hate it & then I love it. There's no perfect work, if there was, everybody will be doing great stuff all the time. But quitting a story or losing interest is a thing everyone does it - I do it - so, it's okay. (2:59:08 min)
Salagir: And there's also something, we have a power that must creators don't have. We are not getting paid for this shit. we really do it on our free time. And it's very important that we continue that as a fan project. we are not under copyrights by Toei animation. But also, we can do whatever the fuck we want. Because even when we do something so bad that everybody quit, it wouldn't matter because we are not losing money. You don't have pressure on us. Must of the series that Ouv and I stopped, we were trying too hard, because we needed to continue & continue getting money, expect we didn't have any more ideas. And that's usually how a series is going bad, they don't have any more ideas. we don't do things unless think it's cool, if it's not cool we're not going to do it. We don't have bad motivates. The number of readers of DBM has been going up, slowly but still up for years & years. And since 4 or 5 years it's flat. No new readers, or maybe some new & old going away. I'm actually very very happy with the current situation. I don't need more readers. We have so many readers, it's super cool! And even if we have less readers, we are not going to change our story. Like "Oh! Where are these readers gone?" We are going do what we think is good. Because I trust that even if we have fewer readers, we will still got readers who likes the story the way we like it as well. And we really gonna do what we want. It works before, it's gonna works in the future.
Ouv: The other thing is that a very long story like DBM is a series with different stories. The battle royale was a story in a story. I understand why some people don't like what they read, but we are going to move to the next story in a story. The quarter-finals will be it's story, the semi-finals will be it's story & finals & so on. The things is we are moving on. So, we are going to focus on U18 & different things. So, there's a change in the focus. People who didn't like the battle royale - I don't know if they will like what it's coming, but they should. And that's the thing about creating stuff, you're taking a risk all the time. But we are the lucky ones, because people read DBM & react to it. I have friends in contact who put a lot of work to their fanfictions & fan-manga & people don't read it, & that's harder & it's much more difficult. But we have been doing this for 12 years. We know there's life after today & the story will go on & we will have more cool stuff. (3:01:20 min)
Questions about the cartoonists of DBM:
Q. Why did Gogeta Jr left DBM?
Ouv: Well, he moved on. he has a job, he has life. Let's not forget he did about 600 pages which is a lot. I mean how many fanfictions go over 100 pages? Not so many. So, Gogeta Jr. has the right to go because he felt it was the time to move on. Let's not forget something, when you're younger & single, you have like 20 or 30 hours per week to draw your fanfics, but if you're in your 40's & 50's you have like 3 or 4 hours & that's it. And Gogeta Jr. moved on with his life & life goes on like he done 600 pages like what do you want more? People move on, especially for activity that it's not a job, you do it in your free time. (2:17:02 min)
Q. In your last Live you say it was difficult to find artists for special chapters, is it still a struggle right now?
Salagir: Well yes of course. I don't know when is the last time I talked about it, it's been struggle for 12 years & it's still struggle. But to be honest, I've got many people who are in touch with me right now. Many of them are very good. I just got one very big VERY BIG problem! Some people are not advancing their chapter since years! We are in the middle of a chapter, what am I doing now? Do I say to this cartoonist "Well go away & someone else will continue your chapter"? I can't, because the biggest reason of that is that most of the cartoonists say "Oh I don't want to continue a chapter! I'm not here to finish someone else work! I can take this chapter but I will redraw it from the beginning!" Such a waste of talent. And these people say that & they start redrawing it & then they stop as well! And now I have the same beginning by two different people & the chapter still not done! And this is actually what happened to the special chapter U9, where you saw little bits put together. As you saw I made a minicomic about that, the beginning was restarted by 4 different people! So that's my main problem! I've got good cartoonists but they're not give me any news. I have to fetch them back all the time. The other problem is so many cartoonists are super motivated but 7 months later they are not - which I totally understand. But because of that we started something together & now I'm still lost. So I'm in contact with several cartoonists , & I want to give them something very short for a test! To see if we can continue together. Sometimes with a cartoonist, after one page we know we can't go together & that's good to know. And all my small stories are been done in minicomics since a long time ago. It's hard to find a small story. So, they are few cartoonists which I'm e-mailing right now & they are waiting a story from me. (4:04:14 min)
Questions about Salagir's favorite characters in DBM:
Q. What is the most pleasant character to write for you, Salagir?
Salagir: The one which I'm writing right now. It's always the same thing, the more you write about someone the more the more you like them. (54:07 min)
Q. Salagir, Ouv, & Asura, what are your top 10 favorite characters of DBM?
Salagir: I'm gonna pass the question about 10 favorite characters about DBM, I'm sorry. I said it before, for me it's simply the character I'm writing right now. I used not care at all about Raichi, but now that I'm writing him I think he's a great character. (2:37:47 min)
Questions about Dragonball Super:
Q. How do you guys feel about DBS "borrowing" a lot of your ideas from DBM? The idea of multiple universes, the battle royale, the idea to bring Broly as canon, etc.
Salagir: And the super namek! 🙂 I don't think they're borrowing our ideas. Multiple universes is a normal evolution. Goku is the strongest in the universe. So, unless if you're going to wake up many other cats which they're sleeping while Goku is saving the universe, how can you give a challenge to Goku? You need to expand. At first, you're the strongest in your school then you're strongest in your city then you're the strongest your country then in the world! And then you see there are aliens, & then you're the strongest in the a galaxy & then in the universe & then there is Buu who was sleeping for millions of years, you beat him & then you're the strongest. Of course there will always be a cat which is sleeping but you have to expand. Making a tournament? Well, this is us taking the idea from DBZ. This is all shonen taking the idea from other shonen. Making a tournament is the base of all shonen. Battle royale? Well, if you want to make a better tournament you make a battle royale. The idea of bring Broly as canon? Well, they bring back Frieza, so of course they will bring back Broly. They will bring back whoever cool enough to sell merchandise. So, maybe the super namek is reference to our Gast? maybe not? we will never know.
Ouv: Because once again it's something that exist in the original manga. If Piccolo can absorbs Nail then another namekian can absorbs serval namekians. It was a bit strange when DBS came out with the idea of other universes & a tournament, & we were wondering where this is going, but honestly they are telling a really different story. They're also able to do things that we cannot do. In my opinion when you do fanfiction you're limited with your OC, you're limited with killing existing characters. If we kill Vegeta in DBM & said he's out, our readers will be mad. If Toriyama did it, you have to accept it, if he want to kill Vegeta then DB will go without Vegeta. (2:08:34 min)
Random Questions:
Q. Are you associated with youtube channel 'DBM animated' and if so, how did it come about?
Salagir: DBM animated is not just a youtube channel, it's a team which want make an animation which will be I guess on youtube. It's completely Separated team, with tons of people in it, I'm reading the script & giving my opinion, that's all what I'm doing for now. (31:34 min).
Q. Would you rather be drained by 1st Form Cell or consumed by Carbonite?
Salagir: Consumed by Carbonite, Because while I'm consumed I can touch other people & consumed them as well. (39:57 min)
Q. So How did you know to speak English?
Salagir: Well, as you can hear badly. Learning English is hard, & French school is not good at it. (2:39:50 min)
Q. When you first thought the name DBM were you initially worried that someone would had taken that name before making it a domain name, and if so did you have a alternative name in mind in case 'DBM' was taken?
Salagir: I have been a webmaster for 27 years now. so yes every time I chose a name I'm also checking the domain name. I was not worried but of course I checked & I took the domain name as soon as I decided the name. I don't think I ever had a an alternative name. Multiverse was the first name & I thought it was good enough. (3:48:24 min)
Q. Do you know why DBM Animated became Multiverse Budokai, was it to avoid using DBM since it's not "official"?
Salagir: Yes I absolutely know. It's me. I asked them to make their brand more different. I told the creator "you have a whole team which completely independent of us. have your own stuff." And I insisted they have their own logo. So they made decisions & they decided to name it Multiverse Budokai. that's it. (3:52:43 min)
And That's all the questions, all the important ones at least. Again, sorry it took me too long to made this post. I don't know when are they going to make another Q&A video, but they did say they plan to make another one. If I have to guess, I think they will make another one after chapter 82 ends (assuming chapter 82 is a main chapter). An any case, I would ask you again to leave your questions here, if you want of course. In case Salagir made it & you missed it, I will ask your questions for you.
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