Gotenks Boo/Bootenks: Should He Have Been The Final Boo?

[MetroidFan]

I've just finished watching the Boo arc again, and I've come to realize what I disliked about Boo as a villain. In my opinion, Majin Boo had too many transformations and forms, which hurt him as a villain in the long run. Boo had a total of nine forms ( ten if you count Uub), while Freeza and Cell only had four. I would say yes, simply because I find the guy to be an awesome and cunning villain like Imperfect Cell, who along with Bootenks is one of my favorite villains.. This guy completely destoryed Gohan, just like a professional boxer would destroy an average fighter. I also love the way he was playing mind games with Gohan ( I don't think he did this in the manga did he). It is a crime that he only stayed around for about two and half to three episodes. So do you think Gotenks Boo/Bootenks should have been the final Boo, or was Kid Boo a good way to end it.

[dbzfan7]

I think the final battle should have been Pure Boo(SSJ3 Goku Absorbed) vs Ultimate Gohan. I am biased by the fact I like nerdy super heroes, but I feel it would encourage Gohan to balance training and studying to avoid anyone ever getting into trouble or becoming a helpless kid like he always hated. We could get the drama of Gohan having to kill his dad (though Goku would be happy he passed the torch). Problem is it would be too dark and stray away from Toriyama's way of doing things.

[Saiga]

I think the arc went downhill after Potara was introduced. I'm not bothered that Boo had lots of forms, but everything after that point until the final battle was pretty weird. Potara came out of nowhere and was awfully convenient, as was Boo's "bad air" reversing it, Pure Boo's history is complicated and confusing and the whole final battle could have been resolved by Gohan or Gotenks.

Ending things with Gohan defeating Gotenks-Boo would have been much better IMO.

[B]

I counted 7 forms without Uub. Are you counting filler forms or making a distinction between Fat Buu under Babidi's influence and Fat Buu at the end of the series? (Fat/Good Buu, Pure Evil Buu, Evil Buu, Evil Buu+Gotenks, Evil Buu+Piccolo, Evil Buu+Gohan, Genuine/Kid Buu)

I definitely would not have liked Gohan to defeat Buu. I'm struggling with what I would actually change, considering Buu constantly gaining power and just nerfing everyone adds to the hopelessness and suspense of that battle. I don't think anyone predicted the Genki Dama ending. I guess Gotenks!Buu could have just killed Gohan; we keep that sense of danger around and that whole mess about who is stronger and why couldn't Gohan catch an earring doesn't have to come up.

[Herms]

I find the final battle with Pure Boo much more interesting than the stuff with Ultimate Gohan/Evil Boo/Vegetto. That whole stretch after the Gotenks battle to Vegetto getting absorbed feels like DB at its most generic, except for the more bizarre moments of the Vegetto stuff (world's strongest candy ball, anyone?). Not sure how you could go from Gotenks to Pure Boo without all that stuff in the middle though.

[Fox666]

I counted 7 forms without Uub. Are you counting filler forms or making a distinction between Fat Buu under Babidi's influence and Fat Buu at the end of the series? (Fat/Good Buu, Pure Evil Buu, Evil Buu, Evil Buu+Gotenks, Evil Buu+Piccolo, Evil Buu+Gohan, Genuine/Kid Buu)

You forget Piccolo absorbed (without Trunks and Goten) and South-Kaioshin absorbed.

[Mjb1985]

I probably would have enjoyed for Vegetto to finish it. That would have felt normal to me , the whole reversing the power order kind of threw me for a loop , I wanted to see the strongest vs the strongest determine the fate of the universe.

Could have always used the Dragonballs to make Vegetto unfuse as well.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Either have Gohan finish off Gotenks-Boo after a tough battle, or have Gokuu, Gohan, and Gotenks all finish off Pure Boo together in the Kaioushin Realm.

[Bussani]

I think the Super Genki Dama is the best ending for the final battle in the whole manga. I mean, it could probably be improved upon, but I think going back to something like Gohan beating Buu, even if it's an exciting battle, would just be more of the same we've had in the past. Getting everyone to chip in to defeat the final guy is just too cool an idea to lose, I think.

[Saiga]

I think the Super Genki Dama is the best ending for the final battle in the whole manga. I mean, it could probably be improved upon, but I think going back to something like Gohan beating Buu, even if it's an exciting battle, would just be more of the same we've had in the past. Getting everyone to chip in to defeat the final guy is just too cool an idea to lose, I think.

I would have thought that if it wasn't for all the crap it took to get to that point, screwing over Gohan and introducing a brand new method of fusion out of nowhere to make it possible... find a way to get to that point without either of those things and I'm sold.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Getting everyone to chip in to defeat the final guy is just too cool an idea to lose, I think.

That's why I think it would've been better if Gokuu, Gohan and Gotenks all fought and defeated Pure Boo together, with their Kamehamehas or something.

[hleV]

I'm quite happy with how everything turned out. The flow of events, many forms of Boo and etc. were fine, just that the very writing of the plot could've been more thorough.