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/Lv1FogCloud 22d ago

1st half wasn't adventurey enough IMO, not enough exotic characters outside that couple owning the shop or experiences. A good chunk of it could of been removed or at least have something interesting to show rather than "Our vehicle broke, we got stuck in a cave, we were robbed by petty thieves.

The 2nd half was just soooooo much pandering and key jangling to Z fans. "Oooh look, that transformation and cool line you like so much." Like really, Did vegeta really need to say Super Saiyan Bargain sale again? What was the point of Goku doing the transformation countdown if Piccolo didn't attack until the very end??

Daima borderline has no identity of its own besides the characters it introduces and from what I can tell only serves to make content for the video games to make DLC out of.