@uninspiredcup said:
@Jag85 said:
@uninspiredcup: Honestly, I feel the missing ingredient was Gohan (as he was in DBZ, before getting sidelined). But Broly is a good substitute.
The series might have been better if as intended he became the hero. He makes a really good point about Gohan as well.
Guess in Super they try to use his intellectual prowess, but then basically throw it out the window, and suddenly turn Goku into the tactician at the end, because the plot needs it. To me TOP was the perfect use for him to be relevant again, they build up to it, then ignore it.
Been reading the manga version of super and in alot of respects it is better. For example after Battle of The Gods they turn Beerus into "grumpy uncle", where as in the manga version, he very much remains a dick. Toyotarō still images do a much better job of projecting the action than the flat limp animation work in the series. It isn't until Vegito pops up that it temporary jumps out of mediocrity, and then they seem to throw all their cards in the table for the final slot where it looks almost like a different show. Hope going forward they try to stick with Brolys deliberate retro look.
Yeah, I saw that video. And while I agree with much of it, I feel it isn't critical enough of Toriyama's writing, which are where the issues stem from. In the Buu Saga, he re-wrote Gohan into an adult character that felt very unlike the young Gohan we had known up until the Cell Saga. Hence why Gohan went from being the most popular character in the Cell Saga, to plummeting in popularity during the Buu Saga, at least in Japan (Gohan seems more popular outside of Japan). Toriyama essentially wrote him into a corner, where he's been stuck ever since.
I'm still way behind in Super, so I'm still not up-to-date on how his character develops. But so far, I've been disappointed with how Gohan is not only almost useless as a fighter, but how the show isn't making use of his much-touted intellectuality. He could be contributing either as a scientist/inventor (like Bulma) or a strategist/tactician (like Lelouch in Code Geass).
The retro-style art in the Broly movie looks better than the more modern-style art in the Super series. I also hope they stick with Broly's retro-style art, if they're planning a new season of Super.
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