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Grades 2 & 3 I don't think are necessarily needed. Also while Goku showing his fighting genius with acknowledging how bigger doesn't equal better and can be a hindrance on the body is cool in theory, it doesn't make much sense in the dragon world. There had been buffed out power ups featured ...

Vegeta's transformation never made sense to me even as a child. Seriously, why did he not transform into a SS4 in the Saiyan arc? What is different this time?, with Goku, it makes sense. He turns into a mix of Oozaru with SS, with golden fur. Controlling that new form, that he would never had ...

I never watched Super so I don't really know anything about the newer forms, but it sure seems like there's a lot of them. The stuff from the original series all has a place IMO.

SSJ3 is to me the most interesting of the lot. It's a mix of contradictions, epic and over-the-top but somehow useless ...

I can't speak on the motivations but let's be real here - Broly having his own color palette is an undeniably large part of his appeal. It's the key differentiating element of his entire character, where without he'd just be another strong saiyan.


Is it? I vastly prefer his more "normal ...

On the subject of Vegeta’s redemption, I think what really bugs me is how a lot of fans act as if he had a tragic upbringing and that Freeza ruined his life (which was little more than a dubism), when the evidence would suggest otherwise. By all accounts, Vegeta was an evil little bastard even by ...

I do find myself wondering these days if Dragon Ball would’ve been better off not getting a revival. I suppose BoG would’ve been made with or without Toriyama’s involvement, and by all accounts, his involvement did greatly improve the film, but maybe that should’ve been the end of it. Just let ...

I always assumed it was due to the mind control thing, and figured that was also why his SSJ hair was blue/purple.

But the colors in that movie are super weird anyway.

The story mode is definitely the weak spot for me. The presentation just sucks. I hate having to click through dialog in a cut scene (FighterZ did the same thing).

Lack of OG DB representation is a major low point for me as well. The roster is really inconsistent. Some characters are designed with ...

I wouldn't really call it a tragedy. We had three Budokai games in three years, followed by three Tenkaichi games in three years. Ultimately, Budokai 3 and Tenkaichi 3 were only three years apart. And the year after BT3 saw both Burst Limit and Infinite World, so both the 2D and 3D style were being ...

The mustache was ridiculous, but changing Vegeta haircut in GT was also unnecessary. Goku and Vegeta have such iconic hairstyles. They don't need to change to make them look older.


I liked the change of hairstyle, because it showed how Vegeta has been progressively adapting to a normal ...

The mustache was ridiculous, but changing Vegeta haircut in GT was also unnecessary. Goku and Vegeta have such iconic hairstyles. They don't need to change to make them look older.


I liked the change of hairstyle, because it showed how Vegeta has been progressively adapting to a normal human ...

I'm unfamiliar with the circumstances behind the transformation, but visually I respond to it quite positively. And I like the idea of Goku and Vegeta having different transformations, rather than Vegeta just always playing catch-up.

Rewatching the original Dragon Ball it always bothered me how anticlimactic Goku's last appearance as a child is. Goku showing up all grown up was nearly as big of a game changer as being revealed as a father and an alien in the Saiyan arc and his last appearance in the anime as a kid is playing ...

Original, easily.

There are many valid criticisms to be had with how the character was written, but I think he has one of the best designs of a Saiyan character.

I particularly like his appearance in his 2nd movie, where he was a regular SSJ with no funky colors:

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I don't think filler really became a problem until the Red Ribbon Army arc.

The first two arcs were actually very reasonable, with good reason - they were produced years after the manga release. The first 54 chapters of the manga were adapted into 28 episodes of the anime, meaning that even with ...

Definitely the change to Bardock's character.

Dunno if it counts as a retcon since the character was never canon anyway, but the new Broly is super lame as well.

The only thing I would change is bringing Gohan to fight Boo at the very end, rather than using the Genki Dama. And even that is like, eh, a trade-off compromise.

It's something I dream about.

Coming from the perspective of an American comic collector it's difficult for me to understand why it has not happened.

The Berserk Deluxe Editions are a thing of beauty, and the reason they exist is because the license is held by an American comic book publisher ...

One of my favorite aspects of the series is that the cast is constantly changing in a very organic way. They make new allies but they drift apart as well, and there aren't really any implications that they visit each other between story arcs, every event is treated like a reunion. Some became close ...

His origin is functionally identical to the original but, in my opinion, is far less interesting and dramatic. They were moody and ugly. The image of Broly and Paragus dying on a trash heap has always stuck with me. They said so much with very little.

His trauma is played for sympathy, but being ...