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by Draconic » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:09 pm
It did so for Z. For example, when originally watching, back in the day when I was a kid, the Gohan filler in the Saiyan arc seemed to go on forever, especially since we knew Vegeta and Nappa were coming so that will be the main event and that made it pretty annoying to sit trough. Then, when marathoning the show I found it helped flesh out the story much better and I now think it's a highlight of the arc.
But the biggest wonders it did is it helped me sit trough the Cell arc, starting from Piccolo vs 17 up to the Cell Games. That whole portion is insufferable, but knowing the good stuff is just around the corner helps a lot more. I think if I had to watch that weekly I would outright drop the show, at least for a while.
Also, I've already marathoned the whole BoG arc in one sitting and the biggest problem I had with it, the pacing, was much alleviated. There are a couple of episodes that outright drag and should have been trimmed down a ton, or outright cut entirely, but when taken as a whole, they fly by. I also watched the whole Goku vs Freeza fight and, while it is not good by any means, I found about 50% of it to be decent (sprinkeled trough, of course) and not unwatchable like I did at first.
So, for short, yeah. Once it's all done, it's probably going to be more well recieved.
