addinmaien Review of Dragon Ball Super

Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018)

Its not DBZ, its a series of its own

[9/10 · 12 December 2016]

Well, i see a lot of people complaining about how the show sucks and stuff, but you have to understand that this is not DBZ, because if you do, you are just bounded by nostalgia.even if its a sequel. You can't expect long dragged out fights. While it is true that the episodes are rushed by the storyboard and lacks suspense sometimes. However I find the series enjoyable and can't wait for every Sunday. Dragon ball super isn't targeted for teens yet, when it started it was for kids and will grow much darker as time passes. The battle of Gods arc was done much better than the movie although i must admit I hate the frieza arc. However there was a massive improvement since the universal tournament arc. And the Future Trunks arc was quite good. Although some complained that Potara fusion was retconned, Vegitto was there for only a few minutes, the ending was too dark. However I think it made complete sense and explained why vegitto defused inside buu, and Vegitto is a special character, and we were lucky to catch a glimpse of him. Some people wanted the series to be dark and yet they are the ones to complain that the arc had a pretty dark ending and not a happy one. You also have to understand that Toriyama would come out with something unpredictable, and not what you would expect. The things that bother me in the series are the lackluster sound effects which is because we have the sound engineer from dbz working on One piece, how goofy they are making goku for comedy purposes, and them not bothering to tell the back stories for the characters.. The animation in battle of gods was quite good(except episode 5 although had more issues with the artwork) although was lackluster in the middle of the frieza saga and improved in the universal tournament arc and was pretty good back to normal in the future trunks arc. You have to understand that art and animation is not the same thing.Animation is the fluidity in movement, and how many frames are used per movement. Only Rof had poor animation as well as artwork. Well in the end we can say it was aimed for kids in the beginning as Toriyama also wants to attract the new generation to the show and gradually the kids will grow up, so will the series just get darker like it is getting now. Next we have the hit arc where goku dies, so we might get to see other characters shine. In the end it is still my favorite show. I am not giving the series a high rating because I am bounded by nostalgia, it's because i like the series as its own.