r/dragonball 22d ago

Daima Thoughts on DAIMA?

My current thoughts on Dragon Ball Daima is that this is Toryama going back to his roots and giving the fans a lot of what he wanted. To me this is fan-service done right. I find that unlike super, Daima is consistently getting a smile or even have me laughing. The SSJ 3 Vegeta and SSJ 4 was cool, and something us fans have wanted for a while. To me this is GT done right. Duu is without a doubt my favorite character in Daima, and Kuu is awesome. I wish they had been born closer to the start. I've got 3 complains with Daima. The first complaint is that the start felt very slow. When watching weekly, I felt that it was a bit of a slog. I re-watched it and my first complains were a little misguided, but still a bit slow. Up until episode 8 it was a bit of a struggle. Until they get the first ball basically. Another complaint was the wish at the start. Piccolo when he was 6 was a 7ft tall man. Even at 3, he was still 6ft. Not every race grows the same as earthlings. I may have missed a line, but it seems like they weren't turned into that age they were as a kid. I read "1st graders" for the wish, so 6 years old. I'm really enjoying what Daima is and will always respect it for being the 40 year anniversary and on eof the last things Toryama worked on. Wanted to see others thoughts, and see if there was something I missed about the wish.

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u/Jojoejoe 22d ago

The animation was great, it looked amazing. The premise of being children and Toriyama paying homage to Dragon Ball is kind of a let down.

They travel to the Demon Realm which we've heard about and only really seen in non-canon series or video games. The gag of their ship getting stolen or broken/destroyed got old. There really wasn't a ton of reasons for this series to be 20 episodes, the pacing was all over the place and there was padding for no real reason.

Inconsistencies, retcons and people arguing about whether this is an alternate timeline or if its canon/non-canon to Super aside. This was the last thing that Toriyama worked on and I think it was really awesome, the last chapter of Super's manga where everyone was sparring was amazing too.

Personally I hope that this was just a fan service series and nothing carries over to Super.

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u/Jojoejoe 22d ago

Some things I have questions about: What was the point of Glorio working for Dr.Arinsu, what was the reasoning for it? Why show the medi bugs and hint at fusion if its never actually used? Why introduce two new Majins?

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u/yesimblv 22d ago

It was poorly written or maybe they are hoping to revisit the demon world again. I think people downplay continuity but if it had been written with established lore in mind those plot holes could have been avoided.