Heeey kids! Guess who's back!
Since someone asked, I jumped into the Anoyoichi Budokai Arc instead. From what I can tell, this arc is highly regarded as the best, and it's easy to see why. So without further ado, let's jump right into the good stuff:
The Good Stuff!:
- - Right on the first episode we get some cool things, we get to know more about the afterlife and how it all works, we're also shown more areas of it like the airport.
- Onis a plenty! I really like to see new designs of the Oni race, we get a one eyed Oni and also a female one, that's a first.
- We get a short glimpse of Heaven.
- When Goku arrives at Dai Kaio's Planet we get some cool cameos, namely a couple of Shamoans fighting, and a Kanassan training.
- Dai Kaio Sama is hilarious, his voice and speech maneirisms crack me up.
- We get to see Gozu and Mezu again! Even if only for a short time.
- Paikuhan is shown to be amazingly strong, easily beating Cell. Now many people discuss this, coming up with excuses like "Cell was surprised". Cell was charging against Goku, he was fully battle ready, Paikuhan charged from behind Goku and booted Cell in the face. There is no argument here, Paikuhan clearly tops over Cell. Bear in mind though that he appears to be using a fiery aura, maybe it's something similar to a Kaioken, which would make sense since at some point he was trained by a Kaio like everyone else. He does not use this against Goku.
- The Kaios interaction and overall bickering. It's funny to see how childish they all are. I guess longevity makes you bored.
- Super Kaioken! Never used before or after and only effective for one attack, awesome.
- I should add that all the different warriors with their techniques are pretty good too, especially Paikuhan, obviously. At this point in the franchise I don't need to explain how awesome Paikuhan is and why, but I'll add that I really like all the unique techniques he uses. I also really like Aqua's and Tolbi's designs.
The Bad Stuff:
- - Some silly colouring mistakes like Gurdos eyes being coloured black when he first appears and Goku's hair also coloured black when he turns Super Saiyan.
- Fights are over too quickly. Not sure if this is good or bad, but they fights could have been a bit more fleshed out, after all, these are the best fighters in the Afterlife.
- We don't get to see the Paikuhan/Tolbi fight. It's the only main fight we don't see. We could have had the fight instead of East Kaio's fighters running. It's a big miss in my opinion.
- At the end of episode 198 Paikuhan sees Goku transform and looks excited, at the beginning of episode 199 he looks nervous. He should have known about this before since Goku transformed in Hell. Even though thanks to the colouring mistake, one could argue that he didn't actually transform.
- Thunder Flash/Crush/Crash is a fire move. What gives?
- Now this is the meat of the whole Arc. Goku won fair and square, he exploited a weakness in Paikuhans Thunder Crash and outsmarted him, once again proving Goku ingenuity whilst fighting. But I still feel Goku should not have won. Just before Paikuhan uses his final Thunder Crash, he sends Goku plummeting to the ground where he crashes there, and that should be it. As you all know, Dragon Ball has been, since the very beginning, about Goku surpassing his own limits, he's got that attitude of "there's always someone stronger out there". Now he reaches the Afterlife, finds someone miles stronger than him and beats him anyway, this goes against the spirit established by the series.
- Lack of Papoi >:C
Finally, I'll share some notes about the tournament.
These are the eight finalists:
- Frog and Tolby hail from the South Galaxy
Aqua is the sole fighter from the East Galaxy
Olibu and Son Goku from the North Galaxy
Maraiko, Tapika and Paikuhan from the West Galaxy
The fights are organized as such:
Quarter Finals
- 1st Round - Tolbi versus Tapika
2nd Round - Frog versus Maraiko
3rd Round - Aqua versus Son Goku
4th Round - Olibu versus Paikuhan
The Semi Finals are changed around, the winners of the second and the third rounds fight each other first, followed by the winners of the first and fourth rounds.
Semi Finals
- 1st Round - Maraiko versus Son Goku
2nd Round - Tolbi versus Paikuhan
Final
Although Goku is the winner they are both disqualified due to having touched the ceiling or the tournament grounds.
And that's it for this Arc friends! Discuss and stuff!
Which Arc would you like to see next? Solo Training, Heavenly Training or Wedding Dress?
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