Pokesamus217 wrote:
It’s almost like Toyo can’t write a battle royal worth a damn.....
Well, that's one way to interpret my post, I guess.
If you've paid any attention to this thread whatsoever, you'd realize that every month, complaints always boil down to "not epic enough," because eliminations have come almost exclusively from characters being blindsided, cut off, or tricked, with no time being given for "epic" one on one fights. That is the very premise of a battle royale: a battle royale is the only place where you can see jobbers beating main eventers.
Now that it's just a typical antagonist vs all Dragonball fight, people are getting their expectations of what Dragonball is "supposed" to be met. You're getting your knock-down drag out brawl, where characters power up, scream, get tossed around etc. Obviously, this couldn't have happened while respecting the premise of the battle royale, but now that the arena is limited, it can be done.
So no, it's not that Toyotaro "can't write a battle royale," but rather that he does it too well.
HeroR wrote:Slimmer body doesn't means faster or more agile.
You miss the point.
Goku slimming down in God and UI is meant to convey how relaxed he is in both forms. He's not tense, there are no veins bulging, and there is no intense aura. The whole point of Toriyama going in that direction in terms of design is to make them stand out from the typical dragonball fare, while highlighting these qualities.
As for your anecdote... real life has very little to do with dragonball's mechanics. Generally, increased muscle mass means increased power. Usain Bolt has some thick, muscular legs and those facilitate his speed. However, in Dragonball, we saw that getting bulky did the opposite: it made you slower. SS2 isn't anywhere near as big as SS Grade 2 or SS Grade 3. Not even SS3 is, and both are leagues faster.