Fights that should have lasted longer

[CaBrPi]

Piccolo vs #17 is really short in the manga. I actually like the anime version of that scene better.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Manga: Piccolo vs. Freeza felt really short, even without taking the anime into account. It really felt like it should've been longer to better showcase how much stronger Piccolo had become, but instead we got a couple of pages of quick exchanges and both of them deciding to not hold back before Freeza transforms into his third form.

SS2 Gokuu vs. SS2 Majin Vegeta was meant to be the two rivals' great rematch, yet it was ridiculously short and we barely saw anything.

Vegetto vs. Boo. I liked the fact that the anime had Vegetto actually fight Boo in base, rather than immediately turn it up to SS and overpower him. They actually didn't give Vegetto too much of an advantage from the beginning, so this is one of the instances of filler that's actually good. And then that scene where Boo generates that massive planet-destroying ball, and Vegetto gets driven into the ground before walking back up and kicking it into space. Then he transforms and shit gets real.

[Krakabeast]

Tao Pai Pai versus Goku(second encounter)!

I was not satisfied with the one-sidedness of this fight. Tao Pai Pai was awesome and should not have had to resort to chucking a grenade so suddenly when things weren't going his way. I mean he took out Blue with his tongue for God's sake!

[DBZ Mick]

Goku vs Freeza!

Let it happen, even with the anime version, 30 episodes where half of it is mindless jabber and cutways is too short.

I can actually somewhat understand this. A mjaority of the Freeza fight is more Gohan, Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta trying different tactics on Freeza and failing. It's only when SSJ Goku fights 100% Full Power Freeza where it gets into a full on fight. That's why I like those parts best.

[Choujin Daizenshuu]

I can actually somewhat understand this. A mjaority of the Freeza fight is more Gohan, Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta trying different tactics on Freeza and failing. It's only when SSJ Goku fights 100% Full Power Freeza where it gets into a full on fight. That's why I like those parts best.

Isn't this issue already resolved with Kai?

[Hades]

Trunks vs. King Cold.

[perucho1990]

SSJ2 Gohan vs Super Perfect Cell.

Cell's death sucked big time in the manga.

[DBZ Mick]

I can actually somewhat understand this. A mjaority of the Freeza fight is more Gohan, Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta trying different tactics on Freeza and failing. It's only when SSJ Goku fights 100% Full Power Freeza where it gets into a full on fight. That's why I like those parts best.

Isn't this issue already resolved with Kai?

I'm not sure, but like I said the only time it actually became a full on fight was when SSJ Goku and Freeza were fighting to the death as Namek died around them.

[Gonstead]

Trunks vs. King Cold.

SSJ2 Gohan vs Super Perfect Cell.

Cell's death sucked big time in the manga.

These two. What a waste of potential.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Personally, I don't think King Cold had that much potential in the first place. Yeah, he's Freeza's father, but even that kind of demeans the impact of Freeza, since he's apparently even higher than him in the organization, but just runs things in the shadows and no-one even knows him for some reason.

Freeza's return and defeat was just hype for Trunks and the Androids, so what use would there have been dragging out some pointless fight between Trunks and King Cold if we know that Trunks is going to win? It'd just be like Gokuu vs. Freeza all over again.

[GotenDaisuki]

I'd say Goku versus Panputto in the 22nd Budoukai. The first time I saw it I was expecting a good battle but...

[mysticboy]

Piccolo vs. Vegeta. Ok, that never never really happened, but it would still have been a great fight.

[Piccolo Daimao]

I'd say Goku versus Panputto in the 22nd Budoukai. The first time I saw it I was expecting a good battle but...

It's Panputto. Against Gokuu. What did you expect? Its entire purpose was to show how strong Gokuu had become, and how weak these renowned world champions were in comparison.

[GotenDaisuki]

He showed that off pretty well in the preliminaries against Chapa, though. I expected it to be more like the fights between him and Giran or Namu, who were even weaker than Panputto. At the same time, Goku was much weaker than he was at that point. Also, it was a fight in the actual tournament and not a prelim.

[Piccolo Daimao]

He showed that off pretty well in the preliminaries against Chapa, though. I expected it to be more like the fights between him and Giran or Namu, who were even weaker than Panputto. At the same time, Goku was much weaker than he was at that point. Also, it was a fight in the actual tournament and not a prelim.

Well, Gokuu knocked out Chapa in one attack, so why would he do any worse in Panput?

[GotenDaisuki]

I'm saying the fight should have at least been more than Goku winning with one attack. Because we already saw this with Chapa, I think it wasn't necessary to show it again, and so I would have liked that fight to be longer.

[Gaffer Tape]

I agree. We already got the "Goku can beat great masters in one hit" thing. Doing it again against Panputto was just a needless repeat. There was no need to give us the same information again so soon, and it really just wasted a tournament match. Toriyama should have either cut the Chappa fight entirely (so that Goku's easy win against Panputto is a great shock) or actually have a real fight between Goku and Panputto. Doing both was redundant.

[Insertclevername]

Personally, I don't think King Cold had that much potential in the first place. Yeah, he's Freeza's father, but even that kind of demeans the impact of Freeza, since he's apparently even higher than him in the organization, but just runs things in the shadows and no-one even knows him for some reason.

Freeza's return and defeat was just hype for Trunks and the Androids, so what use would there have been dragging out some pointless fight between Trunks and King Cold if we know that Trunks is going to win? It'd just be like Gokuu vs. Freeza all over again.

I agree, why make a fight longer if there is no real purpose for it story wise. The whole reason Trunks even killed Cold was to show off his strength.

[JulieYBM]

Speaking of Panputto, it's a shame Toriyama didn't have Bora fill in his slot. That would have been interesting, I think.

[rereboy]

Personally, I don't think King Cold had that much potential in the first place. Yeah, he's Freeza's father, but even that kind of demeans the impact of Freeza, since he's apparently even higher than him in the organization, but just runs things in the shadows and no-one even knows him for some reason.

Freeza's return and defeat was just hype for Trunks and the Androids, so what use would there have been dragging out some pointless fight between Trunks and King Cold if we know that Trunks is going to win? It'd just be like Gokuu vs. Freeza all over again.

I agree, why make a fight longer if there is no real purpose for it story wise. The whole reason Trunks even killed Cold was to show off his strength.

Because it could have looked pretty awesome if the fight itself had some pretty good moves. That's what Dragon Ball sometimes lacks.

Besides, Toriyama could have easily made Cold stronger than Freeza (via a transformation or not) and give us a quick but awesome looking fight between the two, which would have made Trunks look even more badass by being able to easily kill Freeza and someone stronger than Freeza just after that without much trouble.