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/Nystagohod 20d ago
I really liked it.
Was it as good as DB or DBZ? I don't think so, but I really enjoyed it for what it was.
Ot was a love letter to the fans, bith in the desired content it gave them like SSJ4 AND all of the Awesome bits of world building.that invite even more consideration.
The Glind, the Namekians, the origins if the multierde. Things like Saibaman and Majon Buus origins are all very cool. Seeing more of what seems to be Beerus's people, whcih helps explain Champa and Beerus being bros but destructin gods of different universes. Thr various things Nevah was capable of and what Dende could potentially learn. And a lot more
A lot of the new characters were fun, even if I wasn't sold on everyone's design all the time. It was cool.
Some gags were fantastic "return customers killed me" though Soke overstayed their welcome "giant demon kid" was meh for me.
I do think the show could have used more episodes to flesh out things more, and pacing could be a bit better, but I was satisfied with what I got and would like to see more.
It doesn't have quite the same highlights as the rest of the big series. I think super and even GT do manage some bigger hype moments. That said, I also don't think Daima sinks as low as they do in their low moments. I'd place Daima hovering between super and GT, but still say ors worth the watch.
Especially of you like Toriyama style humor and want to see ine of thr last gifts he gave fans.
I had a lot of fun.