Does anybody actually think that DBZ got better post-Namek?

[Kid Buu]

I think the Saiyan arc was great and the Buu arc was even better. I actually think the Buu arc got better after Vegeta died; not that it was bad before, but when Super Buu showed up is when everything started becoming really good. It then had a massive drop in quality soon after Potara was introduced to shove Goku back into the spotlight, but even that bit of awfulness can't completely cancel out how good the first two thirds are. The Freeza arc was good, but really dragged on in certain parts, like when Freeza repeatedly declared that he wasn't left handed, and the character himself felt like a rehash of Vegeta. Hell, half the arc is just one long fight with Freeza. Cell arc sucked something serious, for reasons I won't repeat. Suffice to say I think it's the worst of the four by FAR.

I agree, when potara is introduced its a huge decline in quality. Even as a kid I could tell the series didn't know what the hell it was doing, like when Vegetto defused for the dumbest reason.

[Gaffer Tape]

I like how the post cuts off the topic so that it seems to imply the question of whether or not DBZ got better after it returned from its scuffle in Vietnam.

[Kid Buu]

I like how the post cuts off the topic so that it seems to imply the question of whether or not DBZ got better after it returned from its scuffle in Vietnam.

Or maybe its asking if DBZ got better when Goku beat Nam!

[RandomGuy96]

Toriyama intended to end the story at Nam, but his editor made him continue.

[TheAldella]

Toriyama intended to end the story at Nam, but his editor made him continue.

Such fact.