I love the dragon ball series starting from kid Gokus adventures to fighting baddies and saving the universe. But there is a major problem that stems from the beginning of Super. Its the power scaling They introduce to us all these forms SSB SSG and continue to say that they are on god level with these forms. Yet someone like frieza who never trains a day in his life decides to train for four months and is on par with SSB Goku. Also Android 17 just because of the fact that he possesses infinite stamina and energy he too can fight on par with SSB. Krillin beam struggles a SSB Goku which doesnt make any sense at all. The pacing is completely wack with no development for characters at all I mean Piccolo is a freaking babysitter. They commit to many episodes to a arc with no build up or development. Its such a massive disappointment especially since said arc was teased so early in DBSs run. They didnt give a single character justice except for maybe Future Trunks or Roshi in TOP but TOP was a mess. I miss the days where a weaker character would fight against a stronger one using tactics to beat their opponent whilst their life is on the line now its just SSJ SSJ and SSJ. Super portrays Goku as a one dimensional idiot who is written to be dumber than what he was in dragon ball Z. Gokus character by nature is innocent and childish he has moments of cluelessness in Dragon ball Z but they never overstay their welcome. However in Dragon ball super they ruin the maturity of Gokus character. Goku by the cell arc showed a fraction of his naivety and his gullible nature instead we see a character who has gained a lot of wisdom and experience and serves as a guiding force for the younger warriors such as Gohan Goten and Trunks. This doesnt mean that Goku isnt silly or playful in the manga Goku is a dependable warrior who looks like he knows what he is doing. By the end of Dragon Ball Z he not only shares his wisdom with his family but with Uub by choosing to help him by controlling his inner power. Goku is though to be a selfish character who doesnt value his family but moments like Goku training with Gohan in the Cell arc of sacrificing himself during the cell games. And his relationship with Pan and his family at the end of Dragon Ball Z refute these notions. Im not saying Goku is a perfect character Its just that his flaws were more balanced in the previous installments of the series. Toriyama even says that there is poison in his character but Super just plays on the stupidity of Goku by dumbing his character down and rewriting him into a naive immature version of himself who at first glance doesnt appear to have a finely honed ability in martial arts. Super rarely exaggerates Gokus innocence and stupidity. The only time he isnt being a simpleton is in battles whereas previously Gokus maturity was always reassuring. Typically in the cell and Buu arcs when I was younger I knew cell and Buu were incredibly strong but my confidence in Goku always reassured me. that he seemed like he has something up his sleeve. Dragon Ball Super doesnt ignite the same level of confidence that I had before. it is just an example of lazy writing. So that wraps it up.
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