PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote:Seriously, think about it........ how many of the supposed inconsistencies you guys have found could be explained away merely by looking at the broad concepts that the writers attempted to convey?
What I bolded right there is the problem. You wrote "attempted", and that's exactly what it is, an attempt, not a success. Why on earth should I be on-board with the writers if they're failing to convey the concept?
And to me, that is the saddest part about the Krillin vs Goku fight. It was an attempt, and a damn good one until SSB and the beam struggle got involved, then once again, the attempt failed.
The attempt was to allow the other, underused characters to catch up on an (almost) even playing field with Goku & the rest, right? I'm personally fine with that, if they want to completely get rid of power levels to make it so the other characters have a chance to shine, that's great.
The problem is, their attempt at doing this has failed every single time and gotten fans angry, because they're not doing it on a basis that makes any sense. It just magically keeps happening without explanation, and that is the problem. They were soooo close to nailing it in this recent episode. Krillin was basically on par with SSJ Goku by his techniques alone. He kept catching him off guard, and he was smart and witty.
That is how you get rid of power levels correctly, and
that is how you make underused characters shine.
When Goku turned into SSB and asked Krillin what he would do now, that should have been the point where 18 jumped in and went on about teamwork. But nope, their answer to what Krillin, the technique over raw power guy that we just saw 2 minutes ago, should do now is to try and go head-to-head in a raw power struggle. And there goes that "attempt".
The point being, you can hide these inconsistencies through good writing. By all means, Krillin faring well against an SSJ Goku should have been an inconsistency, but we saw it wasn't because of how well written that part was, where we saw exactly how Krillin was able to go head-to-head with him, and how it made sense.
They either need to get their act together and stop being so half-assed with these attempts, or just stop doing them and resort back to power levels. Personally I'd prefer the first option. Until then though, fans will bitch and moan, and not just because of power levels, but because the way in which everything is shown and explained doesn't make any sense. Super just expects us to be completely on board with any character being as strong as they want to be, without giving us any kind of explanation or logic. That is the problem. You don't even need to give the characters a power-up, just give them something unique that shows how yes, they're not as strong as Goku or Vegeta or Gohan, but they have their individual strengths that they can bring to the team (and I suspect they will do this during the tournament, but there will still be inconsistencies that overshadow these things, just like this Krillin situation). "It's just a kid's show" isn't even an excuse, because as noted kids notice this stuff too. They're not dumb.
