Dr. Gero: Well, at least I still have my son. Son, where are you? ...Son?VegettoEX wrote:It's an average day in May. The army has been busy. Gero decides to take a lunch break. He returns to headquarters only to find the entire thing destroyed, including all of his machines.
The hard drives weren't backed up off-site.
Revenge begins.
Why wasn't there a Buu Saga Special?
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Dark.Gyt Kaliba wrote:Dr. Gero: Well, at least I still have my son. Son, where are you? ...Son?
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There were 5 of them whose character we could have delved into. A TV Special also could have done more to solidify exactly why and how the Kaioshin we know is so nervous around, and has his composure shaken by, Buu. A TV Special could have made his character more than a plot device in your eyes.DBZAOTA482 wrote:I mean, is there really a group of people who are actively interested to know more about Kaioshin? His character is little more than a plot-device meant to (over-)hype up Majin Boo. Even his one and only fight in the entire series is literally just him getting tooled by a toying around Majin Boo.
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I think the Buu arc didn't need a special because there wasn't much backstory and characters to explore like the Cell and Frieza Arc.
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That would be marvalous. It would at the very least provide more context for the Android/Cell arc happening.VegettoEX wrote:Totally agreed.Kamicciolo wrote:It woulda been kinda cool actually if they had a sort of "retroactive" special for the Red Ribbon Army arc during or after the Android one, where it could follow Dr. Gero and some of his going-ons whilst Goku was tearing through the army and all. Sorta a way to build up a bit of backstory on Gero and give his revenge motivation more impact.
It's an average day in May. The army has been busy. Gero decides to take a lunch break. He returns to headquarters only to find the entire thing destroyed, including all of his machines.
The hard drives weren't backed up off-site.
Revenge begins.
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Re: Why wasn't there a Buu Saga Special?
I think that the Bardock and Trunks Specials were used to further particular prologues or backstories to significant characters points if that makes sense. Goku's heritage and Vegeta/Bulma's future Son. The Buu Saga was impersonal to the characters, so there wouldn't be anything to connect Buu to that would hold weight to the mithos in a collective.
Zephyr wrote:The fandom's collective fetishizing of "moments" is also ridiculous to me. No, not everyone needs a fucking "shine" moment. If that's all you want, then all you want is fanservice, rather than an actual coherent story. And of course those aren't mutually exclusive; you could have a coherent story with "shine" moments! But if a story is perfectly coherent (and I'm really not seeing any compelling arguments that this one is anything but, despite constantly recurring, really poorly reasoned, attempts to argue otherwise), and you're bemoaning the lack of "shine" moments as a reason for the story's poor quality, then you're letting your thirst for "shine" moments obfuscate your ability to detect basic storytelling when it's right in front of you.
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Honestly, Buu Arc was dark in bits & pieces
While the whole Bardock & F.Trunks segments in manga/scenes in anime were depressing as f***
You watch tyranny of villains. Wreckin havoc. Heroes stood. Alone. And. They. Fail.
Which is somethin you hardly come across in series centred around Goku. At least until Mid-Buu Arc. Thats when dead body starts piling up beyond....Mt. Paozu.
Faint hope & glimpse of courage was driving force behind those 2 Specials
With Buu Arc. Thats hilarious
Didnt Trunks & Goten did that already. With their "hope" of defeatinv Buu with their funny fusion poses etc
The kind of story Buu Arc was dealing (mass murder by Buu/wait & retaliate when time is right by heroes) didnt warrant a special as its basically a spoiler
The only hope "off-screen" is slight glimpses of Goku & Veggie returnin to beat Buu into a pulp. Which I'm sure TOEI or even Toriyama would've never thought off till 3rd Act of Buu Arc
So, basically a special for Buu Arc is = spoiler
While the whole Bardock & F.Trunks segments in manga/scenes in anime were depressing as f***
You watch tyranny of villains. Wreckin havoc. Heroes stood. Alone. And. They. Fail.
Which is somethin you hardly come across in series centred around Goku. At least until Mid-Buu Arc. Thats when dead body starts piling up beyond....Mt. Paozu.
Faint hope & glimpse of courage was driving force behind those 2 Specials
With Buu Arc. Thats hilarious
Didnt Trunks & Goten did that already. With their "hope" of defeatinv Buu with their funny fusion poses etc
The kind of story Buu Arc was dealing (mass murder by Buu/wait & retaliate when time is right by heroes) didnt warrant a special as its basically a spoiler
The only hope "off-screen" is slight glimpses of Goku & Veggie returnin to beat Buu into a pulp. Which I'm sure TOEI or even Toriyama would've never thought off till 3rd Act of Buu Arc
So, basically a special for Buu Arc is = spoiler