Welcome back, my beautiful freaks, to the Assassin's Den!
With the Resurrection F arc starting tomorrow night on Cartoon Network, I'm finally ready review the Battle of Gods arc that finished last week. I took some time to binge watch all the episodes I recorded to see how the arc flowed, I've come up with several impressions.
First off, Beerus is a dick. Yes, I get that he's the God of Destruction of Universe 7. It's his job to blow up planets to allow new life to surface. But he's extremely overzealous. He blows up planets for the smallest perceived slights, and is extremely fickle. The only reason he spared Earth was a combination of how good the food was, and how Goku tested him in the Super Saiyan God form.
Which brings me to the Super Saiyan God form. I don't like it, and I'm glad its gone. It just looks like the Kaioken, but without the restrictions, but with red eyes. Instead, it had a new restriction, and neither Goku nor Vegeta like the form, since they had to take power from others via a ritual to even achieve the form. I mean, yeah, Goku's Genki Dama does pretty much the same thing, but it's a technique that he has to shape in order for it to be a useful attack.
Third, the Beerus/SSG Goku fight drug out WAY too long. And unlike the SSJ Goku/Freeza fight, this wasn't to buy time to let Toriyama to complete the arc; no, it drug because it drug. I've since seen the movie, and you know what? It showed the fight better! We didn't NEED all the fluff that the show gave us!
Now, I will praise the English voice acting. These men and women have been doing these characters for 18 years (with the notable exception of Bulma, who is voiced by Monica Rial, Bulma's second voice actress, and 18, who is voiced once again by her original voice actress Meredith CcCoy, after being voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard between 2010 and 2014.), and they know these characters in and out. So of course, they sound like they're supposed to sound.
Now, I've been told that later arcs get better. But if I didn't have that knowledge? If this was my first impression of Super? I wouldn't bother with it after this. It felt less like Dragon Ball than people claim GT felt! I don't know, maybe the Resurrection F arc will be better. But I feel that a show that has so much hype shouldn't have me going "I hope the next arc delivers" when I look back on it.
Anyway, I've got the next episode all set to record, and I should have the review this time next week. But for now, stay beautiful freaks!
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