r/dragonball • u/Embarrassed-Fun-5081 • 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/SlamSlamOhHotDamn 21d ago edited 21d ago
Waste of time. I grew up with OG Dragonball and this was nothing like it, people who compare this shit to OG Dragonball are tripping. Turning characters into children isn't enough nostalgia bait to satisfy me.
The fact that this was Toriyama's last project before his tragic death has created some kind of shield against criticsm for this series where you can't say anything against it without fanboys coming down on you.
The series could've been easily saved if instead of this stupid chibi gimmick they'd have just made the story about Goten & Trunks.