Michsi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 am
In Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Hah, good one.
Shorty GZ2 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:08 pm
And he didn't even cry in the manga at that lol
Partly amusing that he already has much better impulse control and calmness in his "Beast" form wherein "the wild beast within has awakened" than he did in his first SS2 transformation
Clearly he's a tamed Beast
dragonballhero wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:51 pm
I mean, the positives definitely outweighed the negatives in terms of Gohan getting involved, but I can't shake the feeling that he felt shoehorned into this.
Believe me, I love Gohan, but something about this movie just feels different to me compared to other Gohan-focused outings.
A lot of the first parts of the movie shows how much Piccolo was meant to be the protagonist considering most of the point of view is his', he moves the plot along and he gets the most interactions.
But I think the only awkward thing about Gohan here is his lack of development, his role is fine considering that Piccolo's relationship with Pan is used to have that fake kidnapping situation, and despite how much power Piccolo got, he uses the fake kidnapping to motivate Gohan too, and without Gohan in the picture, the fake kidnapping wouldn't happen at all, so the plot is also supposed to be about Gohan, but as a character he doesn't do much, he just gets angry when Pan is kidnapped, fails at getting a senzu because he sucks, and gets angry again when Piccolo is beaten up, he doesn't even get to interact with Pan until the movie's end.
So yeah, short version is, I wouldn't say he's awkwardly shoved into the movie, I'd say 18, Krillin, Goten and Trunks are awkwardly shoved into the plot since they don't contribute much, Gohan's problem is his lack of development, and that lack of development looks worse 'cause this is the third time Gohan gets the "Stop training, become weak, has to become strong again" plot beats.