The Undying wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 5:57 pm
Matches Malone wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 5:13 pm
If Vegeta did decide to keep and use it, I wouldn't be surprised if you and others would turn around and say he was just copying Goku and his pride shouldn't allow that.
I, personally, would have taken issue with that. As it stands, I'm glad he abandoned the technique and the chapter seems to frame IT as such an enormous hurdle for him that he can't consistently use it, which makes sense given that he barely trained with it.
That's a good thing.
Vegeta abandoning IT isn't really fanservice, but the idea of him having (and using) it permanently absolutely is. That's just a pointless souvenir to show that Vegeta can do whatever Goku can without adding anything to the story or his character.
Why do the characters have to be defined by the techniques they know? Like, Vegeta learning I.T. doesn't diminish his uniqueness as a character at all, nor the fact that he also learned an apparently cooler technique from the Yardrats. Wouldn't Vegeta realistically be sicker of having to hold Goku's hand every time they needed to teleport away from somewhere together? Besides, characters in Dragon Ball are nicking moves off each other all the time - remember when the Solar Flare was solely Tenshinhan's move? Was it fanservice when Krillin, Goku and just about everybody started using it as well? I don't see the big deal.
I'd find it to be more of a sign of growth and maturity if he were to just suck it up and learn I.T. in the plentiful time he had. Either that, or he just runs out of time; none of this childishness about "pilfering" moves. If this overall outline surrounding his angst about it and inability to use it absolutely had to be kept, then I think it would be better if the scene was framed like this: let's say, a few chapters ago, Vegeta is learning this new technique. The boss Yardrat is like "right, time to learn Instant Transmission". Vegeta makes up some excuse that he'd rather focus on perfecting this new move. When we get to this chapter, the Yardrats confront Vegeta about his unwillingness to learn I.T. and deduce that he must have some issues to deal with. He calls them idiots, secretly knowing that they have a point, and reluctantly begins training. However, he fails to master it in time because of his procrastination. When the Yardrat is forced to do it for him, Goku asks about whether or not he learned I.T., which Vegeta just coolly shrugs off before demonstrating the new technique.
Everything about how this is presented in the chapter itself feels incredibly messy.
Honestly, this is the first time I've been really negative about the Moro arc so far. Something about this just stinks to me.