precita wrote:Asura wrote:
This episode was really mediocre. The Namekians felt like complete fodder, and the whole thing about them absorbing every Namekian resulted in absolutely nothing.
They got more than an episode of screentime since you have to count all the scenes they had in the previous episodes with this one, and if you edit the clips together without breaks or U2 scenes, you get a full fight. I still don't know what you mean "amounted to nothing." Their fusing with every Namek on their planet gave a reason for their power and desperation, it's a much better backstory than simply saying, "these are strong Nameks" without any real reason.
, and they prove once again that they have no idea what the hell they're doing with Champa's character. Beerus' reaction was "say something". Is he talking to himself, or was he pissed off that Champa didn't even say anything?
Champa's goodbye was perfect. It fits his character well, as well as Beerus showing some slight concern. I think you have no grasp of their characters, these aren't "lovey dovey brothers" like good brothers would be in real life.
All in all I was severely disappointed and I really have no idea what the point was of saving the Namekians for last. I called it last week too, that TOEI would fuck it up and reduce them to complete fodder and whaddya know, they did it. I see a lot of people praising the writing in this episode and how it gave them the feels but I guess I must be some sort of emotionless zombie because I felt nothing for U2 or U6, and I was expecting to get pretty emotional at U6 being erased. Otherwise the writing was good, but nothing stand-out extraordinary. I guess by Super's standards it must be incredible writing though.s.
U2 got a great farewell because it suited their theme and universe. The U2 fighters becoming crossdressers was a hilarious way to go, and Goku simply shot out a burst of power as SSBlue, he didn't stay like that.
Oh yeah all the scenes in the previous episodes of them doing literally nothing except having a 20 second fight scene, that sure did amount to something. And what power and desperation? They got destroyed in record time by Gohan with Piccolo getting the easy finishing blow. It is a better backstory, and it's actually a great backstory. But like I said, it literally amounted to nothing. They stated that they fused with every Namekian and got stronger, and then proceeded to get their asses whooped 5 minutes later.
I 100% have a grasp of Beerus and Champa's characters, trust me. Champa's writing has been all over the place this arc, but mostly it just completely contradicts how he was at the end of the U6 arc. In the U6 arc, Beerus and Champa had a rivalry but at the end of the day they still cared for each other somewhat, and Champa flipping him off as he's being erased was just such shit. Champa was literally trying to kill his brother the entire arc, and then flips him off at the end. What the fuck? They had a sibling rivalry in the U6 arc, they didn't want to literally kill each other.
I didn't find the U2 fighters becoming crossdressers hilarious at all. In fact, it just made me groan because it was literally the same fucking thing as Ribrianne and co. except this time they're men. Christ almighty thank god U2 is gone. Truly cancer in every scene they were in, except for Brianne this episode, she was actually tolerable for the first time since she was introduced. Good, I might dare say.
Again, how can he even shoot out a burst of power as Blue? He supposedly has no stamina at all, and it was a lot more than just a burst of power, he blew through a fucking black hole with a Kamehameha. Apparently an exhausted, beaten up Goku is still stronger than Android 17 who we saw before being even with Blue. Makes sense.
