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Dragon Ball shared worldview

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TBH Toriyama himself says the Demon Realm is within the universe in an interview.
And Toriyama came up with the setting for Daima, its backstory and so on. So even if he said that he clearly changed his mind.

Regardless, this might as well be derailment. The point of this CRT is not to resolve contradictions here and now. We don't even know if that's necessary until we see if the shared worldview is accepted. So can we please focus on the shared worldview stuff before we start arguing about whether the Toei Demon Realm differs from the Daima Demon Realm or whatever (which doesn't even touch what the OP proposes...)
 
Now for Heaven's sake please stop going in circles if you don't have any actual questions or arguments, I don't want this to be an 8-page mess.
enough with this lame tactic.


The only continuities not having it applied are the those that have shown their own Demon Realm, such as the Games verse, which as we've already said isn't part of this thread anyway. And btw it was introduced in 1994 when Dabura fought Gohan.

The og anime has shown its own demon realm’s. By this standard stated by you, you can’t apply Daima to it.

Toriyama himself literally redid the demon realm as a whole. Which is what we see in Daima. So that is what matters. Like we said, this will be handled case by case.
If he redid the demon realm’s that means its completely different from the one in the previous series and you can’t apply it to ones that use the old version?
 
enough with this lame tactic.
Then please stop the lame responses first. The ball's in your court not mine.
The og anime has shown its own demon realm’s. By this standard stated by you, you can’t apply Daima to it.
It hasn't, it wasn't even the Demon Realm because in that exact same continuity both the Toei Z Anime (and the manga) retcon it by introducing the ACTUAL Demon Realm which is stated to be ruled by Dabura, which is also the one that the Daizenshuu and later on Daima expanded upon. It was a retcon even to the OG Anime done by the Z Anime. Unless according to you OG Anime and Toei Anime are disjoint now and not part of a continuity.
If he redid the demon realm’s that means its completely different from the one in the previous series and you can’t apply it to ones that use the old version?
Now that's cherrypicking. Did you not just cite the Daizenshuu statement yourself? Tell me, what part other than the "other side of the Universe" (which was irrelevant and inconsequential to the plot), which itself is a very minor part of the statement itself, looks "redone" to you in Daima? Don't answer that. The answer is none. Seriously, is nitpicking pointless, inconsequential detail all you're capable of? It's why I wasn't replying to you because I know this is what you rely on in every argument and hope to tire opposition out. You're not a worthy debater.
 
Also this whole argument is irrelevant and nonsensical. Let's say there really was a contradiction between Toeiverse Demon Realm and the Daima Demon Realm, you'd just make a thread for it later on and debate it and if you convince us all, that'll be accepted. It's that simple, and this is probably one of the best threads for the verse's overall state too if I'm being real. So please, stop derailing this with debate that doesn't have to do with the topic itself, it does nothing but clutter up a thread. Save it for when you find an actual worthy contradiction that you wanna make a thread about.
 
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It hasn't, it wasn't even the Demon Realm because in that exact same continuity both the Toei Z Anime (and the manga) retcon it by introducing the ACTUAL Demon Realm which is stated to be ruled by Dabura, which is also the one that the Daizenshuu and later on Daima expanded upon. It was a retcon even to the OG Anime done by the Z Anime. Unless according to you OG Anime and Toei Anime are disjoint now and not part of a continuity.
The Daizenshuu 7 which expands on the Demon realm lists Shura, a character from the episode as being part of the Demon Realm races. So this "it was retconed" argument doesn't really hold.

Now that's cherrypicking. Did you not just cite the Daizenshuu statement yourself? Tell me, what part other than the "other side of the Universe" (which was irrelevant and inconsequential to the plot), which itself is a very minor part of the statement itself, looks "redone" to you in Daima? Don't answer that. The answer is none. Seriously, is nitpicking pointless, inconsequential detail all you're capable of? It's why I wasn't replying to you because I know this is what you rely on in every argument and hope to tire opposition out. You're not a worthy debater.
Wrong use of cherry picking fallacy. I am not hiding any evidence. Whereas you and the OP did not mention that the Demon Realm was retconned in Daima and differs from it's showings in the anime. You assured everyone that things with contradictions won't be apart of the shared world view, but now you are back tracking saying that differences you deem as inconsequential will not stop those cosmological aspects from being apart of the proposed world view.

By your own admission, the demon realm in Dragon ball, Dragon ball Z, the video games are all different, but you somehow want to have the demon realm from Daima be the automatically accepted default world view?

Also this whole argument is irrelevant and nonsensical. Let's say there really was a contradiction between Toeiverse Demon Realm and the Daima Demon Realm, you'd just make a thread for it later on and debate it and if you convince us all, that'll be accepted. It's that simple, and this is probably one of the best threads for the verse's overall state too if I'm being real. So please, stop derailing this with debate that doesn't have to do with the topic itself, it does nothing but clutter up a thread. Save it for when you find an actual worthy contradiction that you wanna make a thread about.

People disagreeing with you and pointing out issues with what you're proposing with this CRT with examples is not derailing. If you think I am derailing, by all means make a report. The OP mentions the demon realm as an example for its arguments, yet I can't use it for my arguments? Please make it make sense.

Anyways, this will be last statement here (hopefully). So no, I don't agree that Dragonball franchise should get special treatment to flip the burden of truth. New Lore and Cosmological details should be accepted as being canon for other continuities via specific crts that argue that. The idea that they should be automatically accepted as canon unless disproven is really weird.
 
The Daizenshuu 7 which expands on the Demon realm lists Shura, a character from the episode as being part of the Demon Realm races. So this "it was retconed" argument doesn't really hold.
Same thing as before, can you actually point out a contradiction there even if it wasn't a retcon, which it is anyway because the later depiction of the Demon Realm in both the source material and Daizenshuu itself change it up completely? You're literally ignoring the whole Z part, and your only argument here is absence of the contrary. So here's the simple truth, if it wasn't retconned, if that concept was still carried into the Toei Z Anime, Goku would've pointed out when he was told about the Demon Realm by Shin that he had been there. The fact that it was introduced as an entirely new and mysterious piece of lore destroys your "argument" yet again.

And dude, seriously, that Torishima statement is literally right there. Toriyama did stuff like this all the time, he forgot a lot, they're called retcons and that's verbatim what he's telling you. Like I said before, you're being obtuse here and doing so knowingly, this is not serious argument, you just have too free time on your hands.
Wrong use of cherry picking fallacy. I am not hiding any evidence. Whereas you and the OP did not mention that the Demon Realm was retconned in Daima and differs from it's showings in the anime. You assured everyone that things with contradictions won't be apart of the shared world view, but now you are back tracking saying that differences you deem as inconsequential will not stop those cosmological aspects from being apart of the proposed world view.
I am almost tempted to post a meme here because of how utterly ridiculous this is. My dude, use that brain of yours and think for a second; if we were all truly sure that we've addressed all contradictions that can or will be found, why the hell would we CONSTANTLY talk about the option to make future CRTs for if and when they are found? No, they were not just for future contradictions but also for any others that can be found that we may have missed. I repeated that countless time. We aren't hiding anything and yes I still maintain that it is a completely inconsequential detail that probably isn't even worth doing a future CRT over because it changes nothing, heck we can probably just mention this in a future blog itself (which, yes, we were going to). Many contradictions probably won't require dedicated CRTs either and can just be listed in a blog, that's the beauty of it. I'm also not the only one who deems it inconsequential, everyone here besides you does including the person who brought it up. You do know that other people are reading this thread besides you too right? No one here is worried about this utter non-issue besides you.

I also don't like that accusatory tone of yours but I've long given up on reasoning with you, you're not worthy of a respectful debate.
By your own admission, the demon realm in Dragon ball, Dragon ball Z, the video games are all different, but you somehow want to have the demon realm from Daima be the automatically accepted default world view?
Games aren't part of this worldview stuff at all they were never meant to be, not even the semi-canon DBZ Kakarot. Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z though? Yeah this concept of a Daima Demon Realm should apply to them no, undeniably, and we've given more than enough evidence and arguments for it. Also generally, when a primary source introduces a concept in a newer way it usually overrides everything else before it, that's pretty much what we're doing here.
People disagreeing with you and pointing out issues with what you're proposing with this CRT with examples is not derailing.
Not "people", just you. No one here thinks this is a serious argument believe me. This is a joke of an argument.
If you think I am derailing, by all means make a report.
Not worth my time nor is this "argument"

The OP mentions the demon realm as an example for its arguments, yet I can't use it for my arguments? Please make it make sense.
Because you don't have an argument, what you have is nitpicking a pointless detail that even if I were to concede just because it's a headache and ultimately meaningless in order to shorten the CRT, would have absolutely ZERO affect on what we're arguing here, that's the funny thing you haven't realized. But I don't want to and will not concede, I can't set a precedent where you'll be allowed to think that BSing your way into a thread is a valid strategy. I've proven that in every encounter you and I had before and I'll prove it here too. I cannot and will not allow false arguments to stand unchallenged.
Anyways, this will be last statement here (hopefully).
Thank you! This time, please actually follow through on this unlike the last 200 times where you've threatened us with a good time like this.
 
So is it supposed to be like "secondary canon" for the main series rather than fully canon unless contradicted? (talking about the cosmology in case someone misunderstands😅)

If there are contradictions, daizenshuu&chozenshuu should take precedence unless there is a statement from author that he changed it(or that the series in question is reliable etc) or the main verse talks about it. Something like this would be better imo.

Not that it matters much for this thread, as it doesn't claim that they'll apply the cosmologies now but rather just accepting that they can be used under the right circumstances.

Btw, i think both sides are being kinda agressive about it in the thread 🙏
 
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So is it supposed to be like "secondary canon" for the main series rather than fully canon unless contradicted? (talking about the cosmology in case someone misunderstands😅)
Sort of yes. But really the term "secondary canon" is sort of a misnomer here given what Torishima said, instead you can think of it as an "umbrella" world with a few differences that we've already laid out. But unlike canonizing entire continuities by arguing alternate timelines, we're just focused on a shared cosmology. No actual cross-scaling since that's a headache
If there are contradictions, daizenshuu should take precedence unless there is a statement from author that he changed it(or that the series in question is reliable etc) or the main verse talks about it. Something like this would be better imo.
Actually no, the series itself (in this case, Daima) would take precedence over it especially if they have more recent depictions. Like I said, this is something we already do, but extended a bit further. This really isn't as big a change as people think it is and it makes handling differences later FAR easier for everyone.
 
yeah what they're arguing for is the fact that some places in DB have a common idea surrounding them. I do not think these statements made by meiou are contradictory

and even then this seems to be a reasonable limit of how far they are taking this.
They’re arguing for the ability for these common ideas to be automatically accepted without a crt.

I am fine with these aspects being added to the common cosmology. I am not fine with them being added automatically without crt with zero definitive statements on how canon works.

It is essentially flipping the burden of proof. Instead of arguing that the aspects fit in with other continuity, they are making so that you have to prove that it doesn’t. That’s not how we do things here.
 
It is essentially flipping the burden of proof. Instead of arguing that the aspects fit in with other continuity, they are making so that you have to prove that it doesn’t. That’s not how we do things here.
This is the main reason why I'm not agreeing with the current proposal, more or less.
 
They’re arguing for the ability for these common ideas to be automatically accepted without a crt.
You still don't get it do you? You've been told that if any of these said "contradictions" are found and they are actually worth a separate CRT, they can in fact be made to discuss it. But not only have you failed to point out a contradiction beyond the ones we already brought to light, you also failed to make a decent argument against us to counter our claims of why said "contradictions" are actually not.
I am fine with these aspects being added to the common cosmology. I am not fine with them being added automatically without crt with zero definitive statements on how canon works.
"Without a crt" yet here we are in the actual CRT expressing what we are doing with a dozen scans. It's even been mentioned already that there are little contradictions that actually need to be pointed out since all the material that will apply to the overarching cosmology has already been elaborated on and shown in these alternate works that exist to expand the world.
It is essentially flipping the burden of proof. Instead of arguing that the aspects fit in with other continuity, they are making so that you have to prove that it doesn’t. That’s not how we do things here.
There is no burden flipping like you claim there is, you're the one who started off trying to dismiss this concept without actually proving it. What you need to prove is that these elements are a contradiction even though there is no reason to believe that they are based on every single statement we put out, that's the difference here. In truth, we already proved that toei, manga, and anime cosmology will be applied to one cosmology. Direct statements and intent from Authors, editors, and the successor. You keep acting as if we just say these elements should apply without any reason. Not only is this extremely disingenuous, but it's also heavy derailment since up to this point, you still haven't given any solid arguments. You tend to brush over and ignore things. And please, stop announcing your "last comment" just to come back 30 minutes later. There is absolutely no need for any of that.
 
What you need to prove is that these elements are a contradiction even though there is no reason to believe that they are based on every single statement we put out, that's the difference here.
This is literally flipping the burden of proof I am talking about. Thanks for proving me right.
 
It is essentially flipping the burden of proof. Instead of arguing that the aspects fit in with other continuity, they are making so that you have to prove that it doesn’t. That’s not how we do things here.
It's not; at least not without reason. We now have ACTUAL statements from authors and editors on how this works, the burden proof is in fact on you to prove what doesn't hold and why. Even then, we aren't doing anything that we couldn't already get accepted with 10 different CRTs each arguing for one specific aspect individually, this just allows us to simplify that work and save us and everyone the headache. That's what a composite cosmology is supposed to do; making future revisions easier, that's all. Not sure why this is such a controversial idea.
 
This is literally flipping the burden of proof I am talking about. Thanks for proving me right.
It's not flipping the burden, because we already proved that these elements can be applied in the first place, and that it was something intended; that it absolutely can fit without any issues and adheres to the way DB is supposed to be set up in terms of the world. You're wasting my time.
 
Can you please clearly define the exact logical contradiction, flaw or issue with the OP that makes you not agree with it? Or is it simply this 'burden of proof'?
My first post contains the points that lead me to be neutral on this. To boil it down to a TL;DR; I can see how the OP and other supporters have arrived to the conclusion they have, but it's essentially a matter of interpretation of the various author statements. I don't agree with the conclusion that the various statements means we can make an exception for setting/cosmological layout when it comes to the various continuities and their canonical differences from each other, and I feel that the burden of proof is being shifted by this default assumption.

But, I also acknowledge that what they're proposing isn't baseless; and that it's hard to disprove them because it's hard in general to try and prove a negative and show that their cosmological model doesn't exist. So I think that being neutral is the best stance to take on this.
 
My first post contains the points that lead me to be neutral on this. To boil it down to a TL;DR; I can see how the OP and other supporters have arrived to the conclusion they have, but it's essentially a matter of interpretation of the various author statements. I don't agree with the conclusion that the various statements means we can make an exception for setting/cosmological layout when it comes to the various continuities and their canonical differences from each other, and I feel that the burden of proof is being shifted by this default assumption.

But, I also acknowledge that what they're proposing isn't baseless; and that it's hard to disprove them because it's hard in general to try and prove a negative and show that their cosmological model doesn't exist. So I think that being neutral is the best stance to take on this.
So if I'm getting this right, you don't mind the evidence; you merely interpret it differently to us. Is that right?
 
So if I'm getting this right, you don't mind the evidence; you merely interpret it differently to us. Is that right?
Well, yeah. It's not like I'm saying the quotes cited are made-up or don't exist. We're all working with the same evidence on this. The OP takes it that the author's lack of care for canon is supportive of a shared cosmological framework between all Dragon Ball series. I don't see it that way; I think it makes more sense for each continuity of Dragon Ball to have its own cosmological framework that is relevant to that particular continutiy. I understand that kind of approach takes more work but it's what makes more sense to me at the current time.
 
Well, yeah. It's not like I'm saying the quotes cited are made-up or don't exist. We're all working with the same evidence on this. The OP takes it that the author's lack of care for canon is supportive of a shared cosmological framework between all Dragon Ball series. I don't see it that way; I think it makes more sense for each continuity of Dragon Ball to have its own cosmological framework that is relevant to that particular continutiy. I understand that kind of approach takes more work but it's what makes more sense to me at the current time.
Anyway; here's my problem with the "current approach" as you and I understand which you say makes more sense to you currently. When the newer evidence that we've presented (with Daima and the interview statements) wasn't there, this made perfect sense and that's how we've treated Dragon Ball for over a decade if not more. Now however, with the new evidence that we've seen, do you at least agree that something oughta change here? I think that much is at least very uncontroversial, we're clearly seeing and being told almost verbatim that the way we currently treat this is not how Dragon Ball is actually viewed by anyone who worked on it. Basically, the current approach really shouldn't make much sense now and it really doesn't.

If you said yes; then that's when we arrive here. We're taking all that new evidence and presenting the simplest and easiest way to interpret it and also the simplest way to introduce changes as well. I don't think that there's a simpler way to interpret this, I mean if you have an alternative then by all means tell us, maybe it's something better that we missed but honestly I don't think there is. And let's be real, there are even more ways to interpret this than what we're doing, we easily could argue that these are actual physical alternate timelines as was suggested earlier, especially given Toriyama's statements, but we're not interpreting it that way either since it'll be too much of a headache and a mess at the same time. We don't really plan to do that either in the near or distant future. So yeah, if you agree that some change is due, then what we're showing you is basically the simplest, least painful and easiest path. And I mean come on lol, the guy basically introduced a filler character plus his filler lore while stating in an interview that everything is canon. I think that's rather bombshell evidence. Generally you could simply shrug that off as Olibu just now being canonized like many previously non-canon characters and that's fine, but that interview statement sort of throws that out the window and essentially reveals what he was actually thinking. It wasn't a simple cameo. I think the evidence leans heavily in favor of this interpretation.

Now if you don't agree that anything should be done and you think the current approach is totally fine despite some glaring problems with it now not the least of which is Daima then sure I guess, I can't really convince you there much unless you're interested in debating that which I don't mind doing.

So yeah, while your position isn't unreasonable I'd appreciate some more clarity on what you disagree with. Our interpretation specifically or the idea in general that any change must be introduced?
 
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im neutral at the moment leaning towards agreeing

I think the OP makes sense to me but i want to circle back to the OP at a later time when im far less occupied than I have been, since it's quite lengthy
Do you have any updated thoughts at the moment? Or are you still in that more neutral position?
 
Can we finish this thread? I want to know if it's okay with them. It's been going on for a while now.
 
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