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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Black Omega" data-source="post: 472232" data-attributes="member: 79">Technically, mine probably would have been G-Force, but I was a kid at the time and had no idea there was such a thing as anime.  Years later I was quite surprised to find the Science Ninja Force was actually trying to kill the bad guy.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Pacing is an issue at times.  Personally, I liked that both Vegita and Goku took five eps or so to recover from their first major battle.  But at times fights drag or are obviously filler.   Othertimes the point of the fight is not so obvious but is there.  Vegito's battle with Majin Buu pretty much went as planned from begining to end, though the dubbing messed that up.I think you are thinking Black Belt Theatre.  Otherwise, really, name one time this formula was used?  Goku trained a good long time for the battle with Napa and Vegita but he never fought them before that battle.  Goku never fought Frieza, left and went to train, came back and kicked butt.  It was just an overly long fight.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Similarly in Cell Saga Goku trained with Gohan, Vegita with Trunks but neither of them fought Cell before that training as far as I can recall.  Ok, I take it back.  A variation of that formula was used once, when Gotenks got his butt kicked by Majin Buu and went off to train but that had nothing to do with beating internal flaws.  Gotenks never did overcome his ego.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As for possible deaths, never permanant.  Sounds a bit like DnD, neh?  Much like a general DnD world,  you can bring someone dead back to life and it's common enough it's assumed.  Krillin more than once says "Oh well, if I get killed you can bring me back."  Very DnD like and quite consistent with the world.  the dragonballs are a dues ex machina (badly spelled) and as that are well used at times and badly used other times.For most of DB the focus was on comedy with some action.  That shifted more toward action with some comedy and it was at that point DB and then DBZ became really successful.  Amusing, the original DB had at least one scene (obviously cut for the US release) that is classified as hentai now.</blockquote>

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