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Aug 15, 2016
(This review needs to be updated, I will update when I get time)
If you are a 90s kid and haven't spent your time trying to become a super saiyan or using Kamehama, I don't know what you have been doing with life. I would say go use a time machine because you missed an important part of growing up. Goku is the iconic hero that many kids might have even idolized.
But then why would I just give it 8 rather than 10.
First of all the pace of plot, it has been too prolonged literary sometimes you waste an entire episode waiting for a fight but you just see them hysterically screaming, charging attack or transforming and when you think something is about to happen, you hear that voice saying "Find out in the next episode of Dragon ball Z". But this isn't the only reason.
Second is lack of character development. OK there are few developed characters but other are just forgotten. In fact Launch is completely forgotten. But let's talk about characters with great personality development that would be Vegeta, Piccolo and Gohan.
We saw Gohan grew up and gradually becoming the lovable super saiyan 2 that defeated Cell. Almost a perfect continual of a great legacy. And then what we saw an unforgiving excuse called Great Saiyaman. I mean seriously how badly you can make a character fall. Ok Mystic Gohan somewhat covered up in Z at least but not to mention him in Super.
Second Piccolo, a badass demon prince we knew and in fact my favourite character and Toriyama, well accd to what he said. Well apparently he is not demon just from slug people but that isn't the issue. I love his character development but he has been so embarrassingly pushed a side. He can't even be recognized as a main character. Just a baby sitter and trainer
Vegeta, he wasn't as cool as many assume him to be. I spoiled proud brat who got his ego hurt by being defeated by someone of lower race, typical racist. Making a badass entry and then getting thrashed. But eventually we saw him evolve and he became a legend known as Majin Vegeta we all admire. At least he is the only developed character who hadn't fallen in Z, though he do fall in Super.
The second would be same typical shonen fighting style and under developed villains. The only developed villain in Z is Cell or Dr.Gero. Cell in spite being best is basically a cry baby who when strong acts like an arrogant willing to show his power when strong and pitifully begging when weak. But still DBZ is a landmark in its era in this case and foundation of better anime future.
So this isn't half of my disappointment. The greatest disappointment is Goku. Sorry to break it to you, but Goku isn't the heroic character you know, not at least as much as many think. Beside being a terrible father, he is basically a simpleton who is obsessed with fighting strong opponents and is in fact pretty much selfish. If you find what I just said awkward, I think you would not have not wondered why Goku personality is so much different in Super. I would recommend you to read manga or watch DBZ sub and u will realize how much Dub has changed his personality into something heroic. Seriously unlike DB, there is negligible personality development and its truely disappointing
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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