@cedgehog: Gatekeeping fandoms have always tried to do knowledge checks as a way to identify LARPers and posers in their spaces, but the funny thing is that if he wasn’t the author of the series, you guys would think Akira Toriyama was a LARPer too. #anime #manga
he completely forgot sayians had tails with goten and trunks lol
2026-10-16 16:58:08
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Pixelartwashere :
I also find it annoying is when people call new fans larpers, completely discourage them to get into new franchises
2026-10-16 16:11:35
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Benji :
It's kinda funny that Toriyama forgot that he had already added Yajirobe to the spine art and now he's there twice
2026-10-17 22:39:24
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robbie redd :
can we drop the whole larper tag? we have a word for that already. they're posers.
2026-10-16 18:13:59
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Robbie :
Normalize authors forgetting details of their series
2026-10-16 17:45:51
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Taylor Ward4013 :
and yet it's Araki that gets so much shit that it's literally a meme in JoJo's to say "Araki forgot"
2026-10-16 17:15:37
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Nipples The Enchilada :
i got death threats because i said toriyama doesnt think goku is a good dad lol
2026-10-16 16:58:58
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Bigfatwillie :
oda looks up the names of Luffy's moves
2026-10-16 18:00:01
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Roseheart Toxic :
People think that Piccolo Jr is a dubism without knowing that piccolo was Toriyama's favorite and was the one to name him Jr but because Toriyama is so forgetful that he forget that it was Piccolo Jr and everything
2026-10-18 01:10:17
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Monty :
This is why "Canon" doesn't matter in Dragon Ball lol
2026-10-16 19:48:27
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theonebeast0 :
the difference is that a long ongoing series especially for a mangaka of toriyamas caliber who has plenty of major project, without any wiki or the like, something oda also has said is how the wiki is major help for him to remember stuff. they have alot on their mind and have to come up with new stuff and view from every perspective, while larpers cant just sit and watch a series
2026-10-17 13:41:11
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Mike Prodinsky :
someone could have watched the series as a kid and still watches it today and don't recall every little detail. the person is still a fan.
2026-10-17 17:22:35
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tqd909 :
What's really at stake is actually quite big. The loss of the identity of a subculture is what's at stake, and while it seems to not be a big deal to you because of the context being Dragonball, I encourage you to look into larpers in the hardcore, goth, and metal scenes and listen to the people within those communities who spell out how that's an issue.
2026-10-17 16:44:06
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MalisterPhoenix (Author) :
the larping term is stupid, Larping is Live, action, role, play, the term they are looking for is poser, and just because you don't know everything about a series, movie or video game doesn't mean you don't like the series. I've watched hundreds of shows I'm not going to remember everything from them
2026-10-16 17:15:56
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Edy :
We all know the only larpers are the Goku glazers
They have never care about dragon ball just the power scaling
2026-10-16 16:51:05
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Divinestorm65 :
personally the only time I have an issue with larpers is when they try and debate about things they clearly don't know
2026-10-16 20:04:20
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Man city :
no we hate larpers because they hate on the show when they dont even know what the story is about thats my problem with them
2026-10-16 18:45:16
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HollaHouse🔻 :
I remember that the Buu saga was tenuous and Toriyama was getting like an hour of sleep a day. I would forget everything if I was sleep deprived too😭😭😭
2026-10-16 16:12:01
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Zeno :
I don’t even blame him for thinking ssj3 was ssj2 😭 ssj 1 and 2 look too damn similar
2026-10-16 18:07:06
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pointingintgeheu :
Just a reminder that any gatekeeping fandom is not worth joining.
2026-10-16 17:45:27
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Simon Klein :
let's be real, 75% of authors are larpers of their own story. and thats ok. as long as they remember key aspects of their story, why should we care?
2026-10-17 18:17:55
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CrossSCV :
Doesn’t help that gatekeepers will ask you about the most random of question no normal person would know. “If you’re a real Dragon Ball fan then how many strands of hair is on Goku’s left buttcheek?”
2026-10-16 21:14:36
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Carnavaliaaa :
I mean it’s starting to feel less like a funny anecdote of him being forgetful and more signs of maybe an underlying disorder affecting his memory? Because forgetting things as big as Goten and SSJ2 feels a bit too important to be chalked off as just him being forgetful
2026-10-16 17:51:31
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JP Tuesday :
Which is why, if Toriyama didn't care about canon, no Dragon Ball fan should.
2026-10-17 12:45:26
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