Anime Kitten wrote:You could say the same thing about something like GT, though. It could've easily been done without and the story could've ended at Z (this is coming from a GT fan).
In defense of
GT over
Super, the former at least brought us to spots where the characters had new status quos and could build toward an ending that would leave them in different places. In the case of the latter, we've known for twenty years where Goku and Vegeta's arcs are destined to end. For characters like Goten and Trunks, it's one thing to imply ten years of peace have left them in certain, predictable places, and another to continue to spend time with them if nothing between their starting and ending points is going to explored.
This is not a criticism of
Recurrection "F", or other stand-alone, fun, one-off adventures. They make no promise of change, and I could take any number of them. But it's a different story when you're working in long form.
Which is to say, at this point, does
Super at this point feel more superfluous than
GT? Yeah, by a long shot. But I would've said the same thing about
GT had it ended at episode 40, so I'll at least see where
Super goes. It may build up to something that feels worthwhile yet.
