Artorias wrote:There are certain episodes in Super that I like, but I can completely understand why others do not. Even for the special, which I adored, I could totally understand someone getting bored due to the fact that it was basically just a mindless alpha slug fest with nothing really happening on a narrative or character level.
This episode, however, isn't like that. I genuinely don't understand how you could be a fan of this franchise and these characters and NOT enjoy this. 118 was just fantastic on nearly every front. Action, direction, music, writing, character moments. Everything.
Most of the complaints I've seen are either people misunderstanding the point of certain scenes or...engaging in power scaling debates which...well let's just say I think is the single most boring way you could discuss an episode.
Only real major gripe is the reused animation in the first half, which was admittedly, well....RIDICULOUS in how excessive it was. I don't think there was a single piece of animation in that first half except for the initial little scuffle between Goku and U2 that wasn't bank.
I enjoyed the episode, and I think most people did. I just didn't find it fantastic on nearly every front. It was good on every front, it was a good episode. However, there were a lot of things that could have been done better and this should have been a two part episode to truly cover everything without feeling as rushed as it did here. On its own, this was a great episode, but considering some of the fantastic episodes we've been getting recently, I don't see how this one far and away stands out as one of the greatest episodes in the entire series like so many are claiming, and it's not that certain scenes are being misunderstood, they're just not written nearly as well as they could have been. Some people are fine with that though, and others want more depth to the writing. It's a kid's show at the end of the day though so I guess I'm the fool for wanting something more compelling.
Episodes like 116, 114, 110, 109, 107, 105, 104, 95, and 94 are much, much stronger contenders for being some of the best episodes in the entire series IMO.