This is the most nonsensical defense of the manga I've ever read. Its like you are reaching really hard to defend Toyotaro's bad writing. If this was any other series in any other fandom it would be unanimously bashed for what it is.batistabus wrote:Omen in the anime isn't a sign of things to come, it is exactly the same as what is to come. The only reason it is described as being different was because it was too soon in the tournament to unveil the final version, but Toei wanted to have a hype double-feature special episode with an excuse to temporarily nerf Goku immediately afterwards. In the manga, Goku smoothly transitions into the completed version, and it does not seem as though he'll be utilizing the ability again. In the anime, there is no escalation. Every time the form makes a return - Omen or completed - you can expect the same level of ability. In the manga, you get a sense of what Goku might capable of through Omen, and then you see it in full force.zarmack wrote:1. The Omen in the anime does a better job of showcasing "a sign of things to come" and the power of UI than the manga (which makes UI as a whole look useless).
2. This is a bad argument. Introducing a new transformation just to make it useless is bad writing no matter what theme you are trying to preach. Useless transformations are nothing new in DB (see most of the SSJ grade forms and SSJ3 for examples), so the manga's use of UI isn't the antitheses of anything. Its just another example of bad writing.
Welcome to the world of Akira Toriyama. I don't know where you developed this iron-clad definition of what a transformation should or should not be used for thematically.
Either way, your complains about the anime are obviously false. Each time Goku used the Omen in the anime, the results were more impressive than the last, with MUI completely blowing that out of the water. So anyone could see the escalation.
The only reason MUI in the manga seems like escalation is because its depiction of the Omen was so underwhelming that any showcase of competence would seem like an improvement.
And just because Toriyama writes/portrays things like transformations a certain way doesn't make it any good, let alone exempt from criticism.