Hyena_Yamcha wrote:I think the cell saga and red ribbon army saga are alike , both has good parts but they're boring for the most time
Heh, I feel the exact opposite. The Cell arc was my favourite arc in the Z portion of the anime, while the Red Ribbon Army arc was my favourite from the pre-Z stuff. Comparing the two specifically, I prefer the Red Ribbon Army arc, as I enjoyed DB quite a bit more than DBZ.
With that said, the Cell arc had a lot of inconsistencies, and the characters often made some really stupid decisions. To list just a few they are:
1. Not using the Dragon Balls to wish for the location to Gero's laboratory so that they could end the threat before it started... just because Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Tien wanted to test themselves against the cyborgs. No one cared that the planet, and innocent people's lives would be put at risk. This came back to bite everyone in the ass, particularly Goku. Cell was able to absorb the cyborgs, become as powerful as he did, and ultimately be responsible for Goku's death.
2. Kami apparently being aware of Cell's existence for a while (I might be mistaken about this), and choosing not to do anything about it until things got out of hand.
3. When Vegeta wanted to let Cell absorb #18, Trunks could've easily swooped in and destroyed #18 within seconds. Yes, it would be a somewhat cruel thing to do, but it would stop Cell from absorbing her, and he'd be easy pickings for the Saiyans. And to think Trunks was among the Z Warriors who had the most common sense.
4. Future Gohan being so ridiculously weak that he couldn't even measure up to 50% #17, after over a decade of training, fighting and zenkai boosts. This is the same Gohan who had near limitless potential, and in one timeline was able to unlock SSJ, master it, and ascend to the next level in less than a year. It's not like Future Gohan had insufficient rage or motivation either. Even if he didn't have someone to mentor him, he still should've been much, much stronger.
5. No one recognising the Z Warriors from the Cell Games broadcast despite the fact that most of them participated in the Tenkaichi Budokai.
Despite all that though, when I switch off my brain and decide to just watch the Cell arc without thinking about all these problems, I really enjoy it. It contains some of the best fights in the Z portion of the series. It has a well developed (imo) and extremely dangerous villain in Cell. It has some great character development moments for Goku and Gohan, Vegeta and Trunks, and Piccolo among others. It also has one of the best moments in the series; that being Gohan's transformation to SSJ2. The arc even introduced the ever hilarious Mr Satan. I initially despised the guy, but he grew on me later in the series.
Yes, there are a lot of flaws in the Cell arc, but there are also a lot of positive aspects as well, and I try to focus on the positives instead of the negatives.
