-Chapter 22-
Probably the most disappointing chapter of this arc.
Like I said before, Goku treating SSG as normal form is bullshit and now Vegeta has it too. Not gonna lose more sleep on this, whatever.
I love Vegeta's strategy though.
Once again something people criticized a lot in the anime, Goku screw up the Mafuba, came directly from Toriyama. It's always hilarious to find out.
Of couse Gowasu is not dead. Even though Goku Black already killed Gowasu two times with the same attack, for some reason he failed to kill the third one even though he's stronger now...Yeah, Toyotaro right...
Seems like a lot of things I loved in the anime came from Toei: SSB Goku/SSJ FT Trunks vs SSR Black/Immortal Zamasu, Kid Trunks having a serious talk with FT Trunks, SSI FT Trunks, Black's unique attacks, Goku's rage boost and backhand Zamasu (the backhand part was expected) and FT Trunks Genki Sword.
The Father-Son Galick Gun can still happen, otherwise it's just another thing I'm thankful to Toei.
Considering FT Trunks is being treated like a side character in his own arc, I won't hold my breath.
Also, in a story that involves an Evil Goku as a main villain is just normal for me to expect an Evil Goku vs Good Goku fight.
I'm actually surprised the manga doesn't have that and instead Vegeta fights Black three times. Looks like Toriyama's balls are even bigger than I expected to treat the main character like that, but I don't like it.
The anime not only gave me Goku vs Black three times, but it also handled Vegeta vs Black much better.
Manga: Vegeta completely overpowers Black - Black gets a power up and beats Vegeta - Vegeta trains and gets his revenge.
Anime: Vegeta gets screwed by Black's ki blade - Vegeta trains and gets his revenge.
Vegeta's revenge in the anime version is much more satisfying because there wasn't a time he had overpowered Black and he got beaten in a cheap way in their first fight.
Honestly I don't even know what surprised me the most anymore. Goku vs Black not being a thing in Toriyama's script or FT Yajirobe being a Toei's thing.
Never thought Toei would bother to include him if it wasn't by Toriyama request, guess I was wrong. Toei is doing the best to give all characters some screen time, which makes it even more surprising how they didn't bring Lunch back yet.
Goku Black's character is infinitely times better in the anime. I wouldn't love him as much as I do if we only had the manga version.
I loved everything about him in the anime:
- Always Badass entrances. His first one is the best entrance of the entire franchise to me.
- Personality. Never loses his cool, no matter the situation. Unlike in the manga where he panics every time something that he wasn't expecting happens. What a pussy!
- Unique attacks. Just like SSB+Kaioken, once again Toei had the balls to do something creative while Toyotaro doesn't and failed to impress me again because of that.
- Character's development. After get beaten by SSB Vegeta, Black realizes his method to improve should change from "Turn pain into power" to "Turn anger into power".
For the first time he acknowledged that Vegeta, a Human, was right and he was angry at himself. It's a well done scene, but the manga doesn't have any of that because Black doesn't seem to be nothing more than a generic villain created by Toei. Oh the irony...
His beautiful theme and Nozawa's great performance were just the icing on the cake.
Merged Zamasu debut was lame. The anime made it feel like the Supreme God he's supposed to be. Here he was introduced like another normal guy.
At least Toyotaro made a good decision and the Mafuba was done by Goku. That was one of my complaints with this arc in the anime. FT Trunks was able to do everything.
Even though he used Super Saiyan Ikari to do it, I will take the manga version.
The only two things that the manga did better than the anime so far:
- Just two trips back and forth, not three.
- Mafuba is done by Goku, not FT Trunks.
I also liked how Immortal Zamasu fought using his Kaioshin abilities, but after Toyotaro completely ruin Black, I don't feel I should praise him for that.
A world without Dragon Ball is just boring.
Favourite old DB Animators: Masaki Sato and Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Favourite new DB Animators: Yuya Takahashi and Chikashi Kubota