Should Super Involve battle-damage?

[Faisal Shourov]

Well, obviously. We don't need to have limbs flying extreme death scenes or anything, but the impact of a tough battle should be visible on the fighters.
I don't think we need something quite as heavy in a kids' show as...

...but somewhat below this level would probably be good.

Super might be a kids show but DBZ was not. Doraemon is a kids show, there should be appropriate amount of gore in battle shonen anime.

Yes. It. Was. And there is no certain amount of gore that battle shonen should have.

Are you confusing the audince of DBZ and Doraemon? They're not targeted at same demographics. Same with DBZ and Tokyo Ghoul.

[Lord Beerus]

Are you confusing the audince of DBZ and Doraemon? They're not targeted at same demographics. Same with DBZ and Tokyo Ghoul.

DBZ and Doraemon don't have the exact same demographic target audience but that doesn't ignore the fact that DBZ was a show aimed at kids and pre-teens.

[Dbzfan94]

Well, obviously. We don't need to have limbs flying extreme death scenes or anything, but the impact of a tough battle should be visible on the fighters.
I don't think we need something quite as heavy in a kids' show as...

...but somewhat below this level would probably be good.

I don't see why we cant have that level again. It's tame compared to other shonen like One Piece

[Draconic]

There's no reason not to do it. If the battle calls for it, it just serves to make it better by emphasizing the toughness of it. And the blood should almost be imperative. I'm not talking gore here, but here and there when it makes sense. Hit kicking Vegeta's ass was so satisfying to watch and the little amount of blood made it feel real, something that was really lacking up to then.

[Faisal Shourov]

Are you confusing the audince of DBZ and Doraemon? They're not targeted at same demographics. Same with DBZ and Tokyo Ghoul.

DBZ and Doraemon don't have the exact same demographic target audience but that doesn't ignore the fact that DBZ was a show aimed at kids and pre-teens.

No, DBZ is aimed at pre-teen upto adults. Adults (18+) belong to seinen demographic, DBZ is shounen.

[Lord Beerus]

Are you confusing the audince of DBZ and Doraemon? They're not targeted at same demographics. Same with DBZ and Tokyo Ghoul.

DBZ and Doraemon don't have the exact same demographic target audience but that doesn't ignore the fact that DBZ was a show aimed at kids and pre-teens.

No, DBZ is aimed at pre-teen upto adults. Adults (18+) belong to seinen demographic, DBZ is shounen.

I know that DBZ is a shonen. But you should then know the the demographic for shonen anime/manga doesn't include adults at all. It's children, typically boys, from elementary school, ages 4–11, up until the very latest age of 15. That's the definition by law in Japan.

[Xeztin]

We had a bit of battle damage here, even when it wasn't important at the time could be the only time we will see serious damage to the RoF outfits.

[fadeddreams5]

Goku is already battle damaged in the head in Super.

[Pluto]

Does the Beerus in Monaka outfit count, cause they tear it apart

[HybridSaiyan]

Goku is already battle damaged in the head in Super.

That got me laughing.

[Quantum-Kakarrotto]

Does Gohan's tracksuit having holes in it from Frieza count as battle damage? Also Don't forget about the hole Piccolo had in his Gi after his fight with Frost.

[Faisal Shourov]

Does Gohan's tracksuit having holes in it from Frieza count as battle damage? Also Don't forget about the hole Piccolo had in his Gi after his fight with Frost.

It's not about having damage per say, just damage that's meaningful and emphasized for dramatic effect. Like Akame Ga Kill which has lots of gore but they have dramatic value.

[Quantum-Kakarrotto]

Does Gohan's tracksuit having holes in it from Frieza count as battle damage? Also Don't forget about the hole Piccolo had in his Gi after his fight with Frost.

It's not about having damage per say, just damage that's meaningful and emphasized for dramatic effect. Like Akame Ga Kill which has lots of gore but they have dramatic value.

Yeah, I know what you mean. That's one thing I miss having in the series when you see these characters receive battle damage and you can just see how great and how much scale a fight would be. Super so far has had none of that, and barely any in my honest opinion.

[FortuneSSJ]

Yes, it should. Battle damage makes the fights feel better.

Goku is already battle damaged in the head in Super.

He has officially brain damage since the Saiyan arc, literally.

[buutenks]

Think, Vegeta's lip bled vs Hit..lol

[Faisal Shourov]

Yeah, I know what you mean. That's one thing I miss having in the series when you see these characters receive battle damage and you can just see how great and how much scale a fight would be. Super so far has had none of that, and barely any in my honest opinion.

Only battle damage in Super was when Beerus stabbed Goku in the heart (which was dramatic). But as we have all watched the BoG movie before, we knew Goku wouldn't die (not that it matters since death is meaningless in Dragon Ball)

Ironic how the Dragon Balls which the show is named after is responsible for killing any suspense or thrill we could get now. Fights are only good when they matter for something.

[Freeza9000]

Well, Goku's clothes/GI were ripped and battle damaged in his battle against Beerus in the BOG arc when he was holding off against Beerus' energy sphere and when Goku got stabbed by Beerus.