Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by BernardoCairo » Mon Sep 08, 2025 3:12 pm

JulieYBM wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 7:40 pmThe difference is that their Saiyan culture both still exists and is apparently different from the Universe 7 culture, from what we've seen. Further more, two of the three introduced characters wound up receiving actual focus and the barest of bare minimum character development that allowed for them to 1) become endeared to the fandom in general 2) give us female characters who aren't obsessed with pleasing men and 3) Gave us a stealth Sapphic relationship.

Now, they just need to keep adding more to them.
I like that there are female Super Saiyajins and that young girls can look up to them and feel represented in the story. I think it's a great idea. And sure, they’re from a different universe. It wouldn’t make much sense to keep introducing Saiyajins who were supposedly just hiding somewhere all this time (though they did get away with Broly). My issue is that we didn’t really see much of them. What real development did they get? More than your average random Tournament of Power fighter, but less than Toppo. That’s not enough. I wish we could see more of them and their world, but I doubt it. Super has this habit of introducing promising characters and then leaving them behind after one arc. I’m still waiting to see more of Merus.
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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by dbs fanboy » Tue Sep 09, 2025 12:34 pm

I like him because he made Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta a victim.

Putting the jokes aside, he's kinda eh, people like him because he's what could be an introduction to Sadala and an U6 Saiyan's centric arc, they also like him as a Vegeta apprentice, because this makes Vegeta cooler I guess, and he's also liked as a contrast of hating the Saiyan girls, since Cabba achieves transformations "the right way" (nobody tell them about Goten and Trunks).

But......yeah he doesn't have anything else beyond that (and beating the crap out of Gogeta).
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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by Jord » Sat Sep 13, 2025 11:21 am

BernardoCairo wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 7:08 pm I just don't like the Saiyajins of Universe 6 in general. And no, it's obviously not because two of them are women. I just don't see the point in introducing Saiyajins from a different universe and barely changing them. I mean, they don't have tails. But so what? That hasn't really being a thing since the Saiyajin Arc. They're also "good", apparently. But we don't see enough of them for that to matter. Besides, we've already seen Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, and others lean toward the "good" side, proving that there's more to the Saiyans of this universe than just being "evil."
Cabba or Kale compete to see who is the weakest Saiyajin in terms of character, for me personally.
It would be far more interesting if they were "evil" or at least more bloodthirsty. It would be far more entertaining to see them interact with the rest of the cast that way, showing that contrast. The way there were written, there wasn't anything about them that made them feel like they came from a different universe. It doesn't help that one of them basically was Temu Broly.

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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by JulieYBM » Sat Sep 13, 2025 11:29 am

If anything, the Universe 6 Saiyans should be a reflection of the loss that Vegeta feels for a potential that his universe's Saiyans were never able to live up to. Vegeta isn't the same type of Saiyan that the Universe 7 Saiyans once were and that should be the central basis of his arc in these Dragon Ball Super era stories. Saiyans like Paragus reflect that old way of thinking and that should have been drawn as a clearer line of conflict before he was killed. Heck, new characters can still be introduced to stress that.
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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by MasenkoHA » Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:58 pm

I enjoy the universe 6 Saiyans but he’s definitely my least favorite of the 3.

I kinda dig Vegeta in the mentor role. This is a guy who looks down on anyone weaker than him except his wife and kids so it’s cool to see him take another Saiyan under his wing and develop a respect for his protege that he usually doesn’t give out to others.

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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by JulieYBM » Sat Sep 13, 2025 11:16 pm

MasenkoHA wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:58 pm I enjoy the universe 6 Saiyans but he’s definitely my least favorite of the 3.

I kinda dig Vegeta in the mentor role. This is a guy who looks down on anyone weaker than him except his wife and kids so it’s cool to see him take another Saiyan under his wing and develop a respect for his protege that he usually doesn’t give out to others.
It's definitely nice when Vegeta is more than just, like, annoyed all the time. Adding layers to characters is good, Dragon Ball!
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Re: Is It Just Me or Does Cabba Suck?

Post by Jord » Wed Oct 08, 2025 10:56 am

MasenkoHA wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:58 pm I enjoy the universe 6 Saiyans but he’s definitely my least favorite of the 3.

I kinda dig Vegeta in the mentor role. This is a guy who looks down on anyone weaker than him except his wife and kids so it’s cool to see him take another Saiyan under his wing and develop a respect for his protege that he usually doesn’t give out to others.
They should have done more with that aspect. I agree. It would have been interesting to see it develop further.

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