Alright, I see if I pointed every single bit of wrong there is with the Boo Saga, I'll take forever, so let me just make it short:
All The Accounts of Plot-Induced Stupidity
Bulma forgetting the Dragon Radar. Sending Trunks to fetch it, but not telling him where she put it. Gohan missing to catch the earring and only staring like an idiot while Majin Boo absorbs him. Vegeta coming back with a body, only to have a cheated wife argument with Goku because he didn't use SSJ3 with him. Goku and Vegeta breaking the earrings because Saiyan pride or whatever. Dende and Kibito forgetting to go to Namek and use the Dragon Balls, with Vegeta having to remind them several episodes later. The fact nobody even thinks about using the Mafuba to seal Boo.
And of course, Dragon Ball Z wouldn't be Dragon Ball Z without the all-time classic: None of the characters bother to finish off Majin Boo when they have the upper-hand, preferring to taunt him and toy around him until it's too late because they "Want him to feel the same humiliation his victims felt." Five minutes later, they're getting their asses kicked and saying "If I had known you were this strong, I would've finished you off." (And yes, that's an actual quote, repeated several times by several different characters)
All The Accounts of Things That Make No Sense
Majin Boo can apparently break through dimensions by screaming in rage, something that shocks even Boo himself. Later on, Gotenks can also do that. Speaking of Gotenks, he also reaches SSJ3 without any training or explanation... again!
Oh, and Vegitto becomes a piece of candy... and the candy fights back... and the candy titles itself "You're getting your ass kicked by the strongest piece of hard candy in the universe!"
And yes, that's another actual quote. What kind of hard drugs was Toriyama on when he wrote this arc?
All The Pointless Stuff That Happens
By far, this arc is the most padded and pointless there is in Z. Actually, scratch that, it's the most padded and pointless there is in the entire franchise. It has almost 100 episodes, but hardly 10 of them matter. The "story" wastes so much time introducing new elements that amount to nothing in the end that it feels like a giant arc of canon filler.
Gohan being built up as the new protagonist, Gohan training with the Z-Sword, Goten and Trunks learning Fusion, Super Saiyan 3 and its full five minutes of pure screaming, Old Kaioshin and his ridiculous hours-long power-up sequence, Gotenks, Mystic Gohan, Vegitto, Tenshinhan showing up for like five minutes, the toilet humor adventures inside Boo's body, Goku powering up for an entire minute while Vegeta holds Boo back... And how many of these elements actually amount to anything? None of them.
At the end of the day, it's freaking Goku and his Genki Dama who saves the day. Not Fusion, not Gohan, not SSJ3, not Vegitto... absolutely nothing of what the story builds up comes to fruition, which makes you feel like you just wasted your time watching a big pile of 100 episodes of nothing.
The Glorious, Glorious Ending
Goku asks one of the gods of the universe to revive Boo as a normal human. And surprisingly, this normal human can catch up to him when nobody else could. Oh, so after spending the vast majority of your story mistreating the humans characters and excusing it with "They're no match for the Saiyans." Now you're telling me this bland-ass kid can match up to Goku? Fuck you, Toriyama.
Oh, but it gets better: Goku decides to abandon his family, including his little granddaughter who loved him very much, to go train this random-ass kid. Why? Because "One day, Oob, you will grow up strong so I can fight you? Isn't that amazing? Dedicating your entire life to fighting someone stronger than you are?"
Meanwhile, every single other character in the background cries because of Goku leaving, including Chichi, his wife. The End!
...
Just where the hell is Freeza's humiliating beating on Goku?
Final Thoughts
Seriously, what the actual hell was this arc? With the sole exception of a few select moments like the Great Saiyaman Saga, Mr. Satan bonding with Boo, and the Super Genki Dama throwback with all classic characters and locations, ''everything' about this arc is pure garbage. It's stupid, it's extremely padded, it makes no sense, and it's too crazy even for Dragon Ball standards.
It really feels like Toriyama was either drunk or using some very heavy drugs when he wrote this. I don't know, maybe his plan all along was to make the story so godawful that his editors would have no choice but to cancel Dragon Ball forever? Whatever the case is, this arc is a stain. GT was better than this.
Boo Saga - Majin-Boo
Alright, I see if I pointed every single bit of wrong there is with the Boo Saga, I'll take forever, so let me just make it short:
All The Accounts of Plot-Induced Stupidity
Bulma forgetting the Dragon Radar. Sending Trunks to fetch it, but not telling him where she put it. Gohan missing to catch the earring and only staring like an idiot while Majin Boo absorbs him. Vegeta coming back with a body, only to have a cheated wife argument with Goku because he didn't use SSJ3 with him. Goku and Vegeta breaking the earrings because Saiyan pride or whatever. Dende and Kibito forgetting to go to Namek and use the Dragon Balls, with Vegeta having to remind them several episodes later. The fact nobody even thinks about using the Mafuba to seal Boo.
And of course, Dragon Ball Z wouldn't be Dragon Ball Z without the all-time classic: None of the characters bother to finish off Majin Boo when they have the upper-hand, preferring to taunt him and toy around him until it's too late because they "Want him to feel the same humiliation his victims felt." Five minutes later, they're getting their asses kicked and saying "If I had known you were this strong, I would've finished you off." (And yes, that's an actual quote, repeated several times by several different characters)
All The Accounts of Things That Make No Sense
Majin Boo can apparently break through dimensions by screaming in rage, something that shocks even Boo himself. Later on, Gotenks can also do that. Speaking of Gotenks, he also reaches SSJ3 without any training or explanation... again!
Oh, and Vegitto becomes a piece of candy... and the candy fights back... and the candy titles itself "You're getting your ass kicked by the strongest piece of hard candy in the universe!"
And yes, that's another actual quote. What kind of hard drugs was Toriyama on when he wrote this arc?
All The Pointless Stuff That Happens
By far, this arc is the most padded and pointless there is in Z. Actually, scratch that, it's the most padded and pointless there is in the entire franchise. It has almost 100 episodes, but hardly 10 of them matter. The "story" wastes so much time introducing new elements that amount to nothing in the end that it feels like a giant arc of canon filler.
Gohan being built up as the new protagonist, Gohan training with the Z-Sword, Goten and Trunks learning Fusion, Super Saiyan 3 and its full five minutes of pure screaming, Old Kaioshin and his ridiculous hours-long power-up sequence, Gotenks, Mystic Gohan, Vegitto, Tenshinhan showing up for like five minutes, the toilet humor adventures inside Boo's body, Goku powering up for an entire minute while Vegeta holds Boo back... And how many of these elements actually amount to anything? None of them.
At the end of the day, it's freaking Goku and his Genki Dama who saves the day. Not Fusion, not Gohan, not SSJ3, not Vegitto... absolutely nothing of what the story builds up comes to fruition, which makes you feel like you just wasted your time watching a big pile of 100 episodes of nothing.
The Glorious, Glorious Ending
Goku asks one of the gods of the universe to revive Boo as a normal human. And surprisingly, this normal human can catch up to him when nobody else could. Oh, so after spending the vast majority of your story mistreating the humans characters and excusing it with "They're no match for the Saiyans." Now you're telling me this bland-ass kid can match up to Goku? Fuck you, Toriyama.
Oh, but it gets better: Goku decides to abandon his family, including his little granddaughter who loved him very much, to go train this random-ass kid. Why? Because "One day, Oob, you will grow up strong so I can fight you? Isn't that amazing? Dedicating your entire life to fighting someone stronger than you are?"
Meanwhile, every single other character in the background cries because of Goku leaving, including Chichi, his wife. The End!
...
Just where the hell is Freeza's humiliating beating on Goku?
Final Thoughts
Seriously, what the actual hell was this arc? With the sole exception of a few select moments like the Great Saiyaman Saga, Mr. Satan bonding with Boo, and the Super Genki Dama throwback with all classic characters and locations, ''everything' about this arc is pure garbage. It's stupid, it's extremely padded, it makes no sense, and it's too crazy even for Dragon Ball standards.
It really feels like Toriyama was either drunk or using some very heavy drugs when he wrote this. I don't know, maybe his plan all along was to make the story so godawful that his editors would have no choice but to cancel Dragon Ball forever? Whatever the case is, this arc is a stain. GT was better than this.
Rating: 0/5