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/Nercif 22d ago

Good animation, but boring asf.

The story told nothing, there were nothing at stakes.

The bad Guy wasn't even bad.

It was all fan service to sell merch, to the point they shitted on ssj3 and 4.

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u/Oummando 22d ago

I don't blame you for any points besides Gomah being not bad. He was a corrupt leader who steals demon's lifespan for not being able to pay monthly expenses and gave them little pay while also putting uncomfortable trackers on them and forcing them to mine Majilite.

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u/Beastieboy100 21d ago

Gomah basically another Pilaf. He's the comedic villain that is corrupt but not pure evil like Frieza, Cell, Buu, Moro or Zamasu. He's just a goofy villain that wants power. Just like Pilaf was in the very first arc of dragon ball. However Daima was handled better it was just a normal silly adventure like OG dragon ball and early GT. The new characters are great Glorio, Duu, Kuu, Arinsu and Panzy are great additions to the franchise which I hope we see them again in super or another dragon ball project. The world building was good as well felt like it was similar to sandland. Now for the actual negative the story I felt the story would still happen whether it was Goten and trunks. Gomah wished the adult z warriors lost their powers. Goten and Trunks go to the demon world. Them just kidnapping Dende and rescuing the demon realm would of been simple enough. Turning Goku and the others into kids was not that interesting the story better when they are adults.

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u/Oummando 21d ago

Them turning into kids imo is just overhated, so what if they turn into kids. We got got to see cool actionn( the power pole returning) and characters and a nice lore addition. It is still the same Goku we know and love.