Audience reviews
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AlHaixen
the definition of trash truly, bad planning shying away from manga which led to confusing plots, no story what so ever boring shaky screen fights with the worst impact visuals ive seen in anime history. i dont blame toriyama but man he can do better even in the manga the new sagas are just alt senarios from og dbz making something diffrent, i gave it 2 cuz they gave some characthers some value in the show other than that its a big ol ZERO for me, also transformations and power lvl is a joke in super no ltrly they didnt bother to make them feel unique at all save your time and read the manga if you really wanna know whats happening or watch a summary on youtube its better that way
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"Dragon Ball Super - fanmade sequel to Z that completely misses the point of what made DBZ great" - a perfect description.
Pros:
1) Super Saiyan God Form (I liked the design, but the way to achieve it is stupid).
2) Music (this is the best thing in DBS. Of course it is worse than the soundtracks from DB-DBZ-DBGT, but still they are cool).
Minuses:
1) The original characters were turned into their archetypes (the new characters are completely empty and have no depth).
2) The story is shit (be it arches, plot holes, retcons, etc.).
3) Terrible scenario (the movie Battle of the Gods explained to us how Pilaf's team turned into children, but the main series did not? The manga also explained how Seventeen was able to survive after his alleged self-destruction, but the main series did not? Umm…
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Story: This series not only inspired me to make an account here just to say how bad this is, but it also inspired me to create a parody series, where I try to highlight all the retarded writing Toei made here in a funny way. And the scripts often turned out as pure roasts and I had to go back and avoid mentioning things, just to have room for some original jokes in there. THAT'S how bad the writing in this show is. The black arc is the worst written arc in fiction I have ever seen, characters like the pilaf gang I literally ignored in my parody series and nobody noticed, that's how good of an addition they were, and they're not the only characters like that, but I'll get to that later. There's no power scaling, it doesn't even follow its own established rules, transformations make 0 sense…
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SPOILER Warning:
Oh my goodness, where do I even begin with this "continuation" of a somewhat good franchise overall. This is basically a "sequel" to Dragonball Z. Dragonball Z was not perfect by any means, however going into this "sequel" after you watch Dragonball Z you think that you will be expecting a decent story with brand new yet characters like the older ones, a sense of an adventure as well as a new threatening danger, as The Z Fighters have to rise to the challenge. But, nope that is not what we get Ladies and Gentlemen, we actually get a Quarter of a Half Baked Travesty served with a total and utter amount of dissatisfaction and disgust.
We will start with the two Main Characters Goku and Vegeta. Goku has been regressed from an uneducated Saiyan raised on Earth with a pure he…
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After years of waiting, Dragon Ball Super has finally come too end, and I can say that this has been one bizarre ride. This series reaches both some pretty meh lows yet also reaches some highs that haven't been seen in Dragon Ball before!
Story: 6
Super is comprised of 5 major arcs that are all different in terms of quality but thankfully just gets better as it goes on. The first 27 episodes are retellings of Battle of Gods and Ressurection F which are just much worse versions from their movie counterparts. They're slower paced, include some more filler, and look really shitty. They aren't terrible by any means but at best they're just whatever, really no reason for them to exist besides Toei making some more cash. The first new arc of Super is 6 vs. 7 which is fine but rather disappoint…
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Plenty of Mary Sue characters and cheap knock-offs from previous works in the series.
Some interesting concepts and characters are introduced, but are quickly shoved aside for the next big thing, which makes them feel cheap and of no value.
Transformation galore, they felt the need to introduce plenty of transformations, making it feel even cheaper than actually earning their power.
Some characters look like they're straight out of someone's Deviant Art gallery, whilst some of the animation make everything look like it was drawn by an intern given 15 minutes to complete the frame.
Overall, I feel like Toriyama's previous work was more enjoyable and well produced.
Even though they still suffered from flaws, it felt like a more fun and interesting experience than this.
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Dragon Ball Super is the worst piece of fiction ever created.
This is the most disappointing thing I have ever watched in my life. This anime is an absolute disgrace to Dragon Ball Z, and it should've never been made. The only reason anyone even likes Dragon Ball Super is because it has the words "Dragon Ball" in the title. Everyone would be hating on it if it was its own series, but if Dragon Ball is on it then nope people will like it.
Why is it that some writers/creators don't know when to end a series? They end up milking it so hard to the point where it becomes utter garbage just for the sake of making more money. Dragon Ball Super is the perfect example of milking at it's finest. Dragon Ball Z ended normally, it should've never went on after that. Unfortunately, Dragon Ball Super…
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Dragon Ball Super is the worst installment of the Dragon Ball franchise. When GT first came out, everyone thought it was the worst installment of the Dragon Ball franchise. Guess what, Dragon Ball Super is way worse than that. Following Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super is the sequel of Dragon Ball Z. If you are a fan of Dragon Ball Z and is looking for more content of Dragon Ball, don't waste your time, Dragon Ball Super is an outrageous disappointment.
Most of the anime's arcs are just worse, budget versions of the movies. There is no extra content in the anime, so I would advise you to watch the Dragon Ball Super movies rather than the anime. You would save a lot of time, and the movies are done in higher quality than the anime.
Story: 1/10
The story is appalling, and the stakes are dr…
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Dragon Ball Super when it first started out, was widely criticized by many due to many reasons.
Firstly, poor animation. DBS started out with poor animation, considering it can cost up to $300,000 to make one episode, this is understandable but having better animation would certainly be more appealing.
Second, power scaling problems. There are many many 'flaws' to Dragon Ball as a whole not just DBS. It just doesn't make sense that someone clearly weaker or more inexperienced can fight toe to toe with someone much much much stronger.
One of the more common talking points is Frieza being able to beat Goku after only four months of training. If that's the case, take into account that Frieza at 100 percent power gave Super Saiyan Goku trouble way back on Namek, without training a day in h…
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This review takes all the Dragon ball series into account, including all the anime and all the movies/OVAs.
No need to introduce Dragon Ball, it's with no doubt the most known manga ever. Not only it keeps running despite being 30 years-old or more, it's also a perfect concept for kids: colorful, epic, memorable, funny.
Sadly, the anime version doesn't deserve any more praise than that. In the manga, the art was good but the story was shit most of the time ; in the anime, the art is way worse and it keeps the original messed-up story, which gives a show full of flaws that can't be denied.
STORY
Yes, the story is NOT the point of the show. So I understand people who tolerate that. But I'll say it anyway: the story and the universe of Dragon Ball makes no god damn sense.
First, the univ…
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Strap yourselves in for an honest review of Dragon Ball Super!
This long-awaited continuation of the Dragon Ball franchise (following directly from Dragon Ball Z), Dragon Ball Super attempts to bring back our childhood excitement with brand new material from the original creator himself. However, being the follow-up to the extremely popular Dragon Ball Z, Super had big shoes to fill. Now I shall give my opinion on whether or not it did.
Story: 1.0 / 10
Simply put: there is no story. Two arcs are movie retellings, two arcs are generic tournament arcs and the other arc has a story that doesn’t even affect our main cast and ends horribly. To be fair, Dragon Ball Z didn’t have brilliant storylines either, they were primarily to set up entertaining fights. But every arc in Z at least had som…
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What keeps the Dragon Ball series alive is its gigantic fanbase that has developed ever since the 1990's. Dragon Ball Z is perhaps the father of shounen. Although, the amount of popularity for a source of entertainment doesn't necessarily always infer its quality.
The more serious of anime consumers have watched hundreds of anime and spent months watching anime. And by spending months, I mean literally 2000+ hours (that would be equivalent to watching anime 3 months straight without eating, sleeping, etc) worth of watching anime. With most of them critiquing anime seriously.
By contrast, you have reviewers on here, perhaps having little knowledge of anime, giving Dragon Ball Super scores of 8/10 or 9/10. Needless to say, it would seem that they're Not dedicated towards fairly comprehend…
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Dragon Ball Super was a big letdown for me. All the Character Development from DBZ was thrown out the window, and characters are not who they used to be, leaving them as a shallow, stupid version of themselves that attempts to mimic the good parts of Z.
Animation:
By far the most appalling part of the show. First half of the anime looks awfully horrible. It sometimes looks fan animated. I will admit though, in the later parts of the anime, it does improve. Visually, not a good looking anime compared to any modern-day anime such as One Punch Man, which featured great visuals. The artstyle was very off-putting, usually the models were completely dumb-looking. On top of that, there is no blood at all, which has happened for censorship reasons, I suppose. Overall, DBS does anything visually…
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Anybody who says this series is good or gives it a score any higher than 7 is out right bull shitting you. This series sucks for every reason you can think of...
1. Poor character developmet
2. Asspulls and unexplained inconsistencies
3. Horrible/Mediocre at BEST art and animation
4. Absolute slaughtering of Gokus charcater
5. Childish attempt of DB/Z (This show is literally made for kids)
6. Lackluster filler episodes
7. Lackluster fights except for 2
8. Power levels made no sense This series sucked the big one and Toei should be ashamed, Howver the Manga is awesome. In fact the Manga makes sense and isnt riddled with inconsistencies and plot errors, it is a beautiful piece of artwork and should be appraised more than it is.
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**THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS**
My relationship with Dragon Ball : I had watched bits of Dragon Ball when I was a kid but I never knew the complete story. Then, in 2014 I binge watched DBKai and Final Chapters and realised that this was the greatest anime of all time. Then came Dragon Ball Super.
Summary of how I think I felt during the story :
First 28 episodes were retelling of the movies with shitty art and animation. Watch the movies instead.
Next came the Tournament arc with Universe 6. Finally, got new content. It was good. This arc introduced many new characters and new information like Universe 6 Saiyans, Multiple Universes, Super Dragon Balls and Zeno. It opened up infinite possibilities for the series and I was really excited to see the direction in which the series wo…
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Dragon Ball Super, after a 3-year journey, has finally come to an end. The sequel to one of the most influential and ragingly popular series that captured the world by storm, that made preteens scream and wish they become a super Saiyan and had them do Kamehameha waves during recess hours in school is a show that unfortunately fails to capture the magic of its predecessors and is terribly misguided as to what made Dragon Ball Z such a great show that impacted a whole generation of not only children but also shounen anime in general.
Dragon Ball Super's story is flawed and is definitely one that will not stand the test of time. The first nail in the coffin was definitely that the show was going to adapt the movies that came out fairly recently (2 years before the broadcast started), this…
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Dragon Ball is and probably always will be my favorite series. I was just an four year old boy when I first had the pleasure of witnessing Dragon Ball on TV. Though I was perhaps too young to understand it, as I got older, I'd eventually move onto Dragon Ball Z. The more I'd aged, the more I grew to love Dragon Ball. I was hooked, and my knowledge of the series was immense.
Dragon Ball Super is the continuation and sequel of Dragon Ball Z. The story is quite similar to Z as we see our hero Goku progressively meeting stronger foes and the stakes becoming higher. New elements and characters are introduced such as the Gods. Something that Super has incorporated in this show that sets it apart from Z is character development. The series is also able to incorporate effective drama and genuine…
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Ahhhh, Dragon Ball Super, the canon version of some weird fanfiction called Dragon Ball AF. Let's start!
*Movie recaps: you can't start an anime with just a recap of the first two (bad) movies. It's feels more like filler and just a waste of time. The episodes are excessively long and the terrible animation is over the top. EXAMPLE? Remember episode 5? The story is bad just like that movies. Retcons, asspulls, resurrections, lazy designs of 'new' transformations. 1/10
*Super Tournament Arc: the reason of this Tournament makes no sense in the first place. Champa can gather the Super Dragon Balls without discuss with Bills. I know that fights are important here but at least give me a decent reason of why they are fighting! The worst part is that they are a disaster (asspulls, zero strategy…
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Dragon Ball Super Review
Story (6/10) Fair
If you are looking for a great story in Dragon Ball (past the pre-DBZ stuff) in 2018 you are doing it wrong. We all know Akira Toriyama is far from the best when it comes to this department so I never go in looking to have my mind blown by it. But in my opinion at least it never gets to the point where it's completely brain dead stupid that I feel like my intelligence is being directly insulted (like Fairy Tail for example yes shots fired but no one is defending that anime's story anyway). The anime started off giving us the rehashed and in my opinion an overall inferior version of the Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F', so many were quickly turned off during these two starting arcs and I don't blame them as it has some of the worse art style…
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As someone who not unlike many of you, has been a fan of this franchise since longer than I could remember, believe me when I say that all I'm going to bring up here is from a place of love. I also want to say that, in spite of everything Dragon Ball Super was still at least an entertaining experience on some level but I can't use that as an excuse to ignore the disappoinment I've felt continuously with this series time and time again.
When we look at the the first 27 episodes of Super, you can pretty much take anything nice I have to say about the series and put in the dumpster since besides the odd filler episode here or there, their's next to no fun to be had with the retread stories of Battle of Gods and Resurrection F. I understand it was done in order to bridge the gap between the…
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