Lord Beerus wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:29 pm
Random and scattered thoughts on Chapter 61:
- Vegeta (to Goku): "We underwent the same training but I'm more talented than you." A certain white haired transformation would disagree with that sentiment. And as if Super needed to shit even more on the "You're number one!" speech from the Majin Boo arc.
- I like the concept of Forced Spirit Fission. It's very unique technique that basically works as a reverse Genki Dama. Nice stuff.
- Piccolo: "Vegeta's never been one to misread an opponent's strength." What a load of bullshit. Vegeta does this constantly. Hell, he did that in this arc.
- The Namekian Dragon Balls can prevent corpses from rotting? Yeah... uh... bullshit. I don't buy that for a second.
- I just can't get into the whole "Vegeta is atoning for the sins of his past" shit that Toyotaro is trying to push. This was already done in the Majin Boo arc. And I find it hilarious Goku initially had no idea what "sins" Piccolo was referring to. Like, Goku isn't aware that Vegeta was a mass murderer. I mean, Vegeta has literally murdered hundreds of innocent people right in front of Goku!
- Fuck right off by trying to give Goku all the credit for changing Vegeta into a better person. That is revisionist history horseshit. Vegeta became a better person because he actually gave a shit about his family. The influence Goku had on Vegeta was (unintentionally) helping him come to peace with the idea that there is going to be someone better than you and it's okay to live with that. That was the endgame of Vegeta's character arc. It was not the catalyst for it. If anything was the catalyst for Vegeta's character growth it was when Future Trunks was killed was by Cell.
- Piccolo gushing about how Vegeta has changed as person was unnecessary, and came across a Toyotaro inserting himself as Piccolo to heap praise on character for aspects of his story that many fans are already aware of. It's unnecessary dialogue.
- Piccolo: "It looks like Vegeta manged to one-up you this time." Um... this has already happened in the past. This isn't some ground breaking achievement. And... ya know...Ultra Instinct is still a thing...
- Goku (about Vegeta): "But I'll surpass him again -- just you wait." The major reason Vegeta is winning is not because he's stronger, but because he's literally taking Moro's power away from him. Also...
STOP FORGETTING ULTRA INSTINCT EXISTS.
- Vegeta: "When I die again? Naturally I'm bound for hell." That has to be the STUPIDEST fucking line I've EVER heard come out of the mouth of any character in Dragon Ball. Did the Majin Boo arc not happen? Did Vegeta not gain the special privilege of having a body when he died? Did Vegeta not qualify as one of the "good people" that was brought back to life during the fight with Kid Boo?
STOP. FORGETTING. IMPORTANT. DETAILS.
- Vegeta: "At the end of the day, I'm a villain." I take back the previous comment...
That is the stupidest fucking line I've ever heard come out of the mouth of any character in Dragon Ball. I'm sorry, but.. that's just... SO fucking wrong. Vegeta is a lot of things, but a
villain? Did his redemption story arc never happen? This is kind of shit I would expect to see in those kind of Dragon Ball fanfics where characters say stupid shit -- that doesn't compliment their original characterisation at all -- all because it sounded cool. Vegeta is not an Anti-Villain for fucks sake. He's not Magento or Dr Freeze. He's a good guy. I mean, for crying out loud, he was able to take part in a ritual that required a person to be
righteous. This is character assassination and history revisionism at its worst in all of Dragon Ball.
- Once again, Vegeta spends too much time monologuing and doesn't kill the main villain. Vegeta has learned
nothing from Resurrection F.
- Aaaaannnddd Vegeta come back crashing to Earth following him fucking up. There's even the story beat of the main villain knocking Vegeta back down to the ground after becoming more powerful again. It's the Cell arc all over again. Just... somehow even more poorly written.
- Woof. Fused Moro is hideous. What an awful design.
In conclusion... this chapter can go fuck itself.