ChaosLordBrandon wrote:The thing I don't get is how come people complained about Champa and Goku Black being way to fast, if they think this current arc pacing is bad?
I can't speak for everyone, of course, but for me, it's less about how many episodes there are, but more about what they contain. How much content within the episode is actually relevant, for example?
My primary issue with this arc is that many of these episodes feel entirely unnecessary -- or at least, the drama doesn't feel believable. I would have felt just as compelled by #17's decision to join had it spawned from the conversation about his family, and Goku had simply suggested the Goten and Trunks' solution then and there. Instead we had to sit through an arduous episode about space poachers that was ultimately inconsequential, or could have easily been written around. It was an unnecessary interruption to a touching moment.
Frankly, the content of many of these recruitment episodes feels lacking to me; they don't seem like they're building to a tournament with real stakes. Goku mentions them, people freak out, maybe he's scolded a little, but... that's kind of it. There's nothing there to really reiterate or establish the real threat at hand here. I hate throwing my own ideas out there since it's not my place to tell people how to write their own story, but I would have been much more interested in seeing everyone training in fear of what's to come, similar to the Saiyan arc. I'd have liked to have seen them focus on what the other universes were experiencing so that when the tournament begins, there's at least a moral dilemma there for both the characters and the audience. Invest me in the worlds that are also under threat!
Because they're not doing that, because they're just tediously taking Goku around to recruit people, I'm just very... bored. I'd rather we just get to the tournament already if this is the route we're going down. I think a lot of people feel this way, which is why this general feeling of, "God, just start already!" is starting to emerge.
For me, this is a stark contrast to the Champa arc where I felt as though we began things immediately, never really focused on the build-up in any meaningful way, then blew through a bunch of tensionless matches until the final fights with Hit. I don't think the Future Trunks arc is overly fast, but the way the story is structured is problematic. Moments that could have done with more time are rushed over, while uninteresting sections are dragged out. This means that the first half of the arc is rushed through, while the second half meanders through little content, dragging it out until the final fight where it then decides to blast through things once again. This is again at odds with the movie adaptations that all have their own unique set of issues.
I don't think feeling differently about each arc is hypocritical as I get the feeling you're implying. These are all different types of stories that necessitate a different pace, so it's natural that opinions aren't going to align from arc to arc.
to step up to the plate...? This tournament is going to be fun. Execution not withstanding...
