The audience hasn’t forgotten these things, so to see the characters getting caught up in it too is a small, but useful touch to the narrative.ĭuring this reunion, Frieza’s line to Krillin regarding their former skirmish, “No matter the number of times you’re revived, I’ll simply kill you again and again” is effectively bad-ass. Coming face-to-face with such an important enemy from the past is obviously going to drag up some old, unpleasant memories. I viewed these as welcome juxtapositions to how much has changed over the course of these two series. Some people might take exception to the flashbacks that occur in this episode that call back to Krillin’s death at the hands of Frieza, as well as the titan’s memories over a pre-teen Gohan. As a result, it might be pure torture for some people when Gohan isn’t able to decimate Frieza’s entire army singlehandedly, or that someone like Tagoma is so easily capable of defeating him. Accordingly, Gohan is now exceedingly out of practice and at the bottom of the fighting barrel as a result. In the interim time between Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super, Gohan threw away his martial arts gi for a graduation cap and gown. The series’ final arc even saw Gohan elevating himself to “Mystic Gohan” and achieving a new tier of power that would have him operating at a degree of strength which has never been seen before. Dragon Ball Z seemed to take great interest in weaving the tale that Goku’s offspring might very well end up being the most powerful being in the universe. Dragon Ball Super can’t be an easy viewing experience for those that are Gohan fans. Much like the episode’s title warns its audience, this installment begins to turn Gohan into a punching bag for the Frieza Force. One of the larger discussion points of this episode is likely going to be the series’ treatment of Gohan. Thankfully, Goten and Trunks’ time on the sidelines is ultimately a brief one, with them both jumping into the fray by the end of the episode. Yes, they’re children, but they’re also two more Super Saiyans that the Earth has at their disposal. On the other hand, excluding Goten and Trunks feels sort of bonkers. And even if the déjà vu of having Frieza back is causing you to roll your eyes more than it is to pump your fists in excitement, the guy doesn’t waste any time in playing the Big Bad card.Īs all of this assessing of power is going on, the episode does shine a light on the fact that bringing along the likes of Chiaotzu (and presumably Yamcha) would be kind of pointless.
In spite of these shortcomings though, this battle is a lot of fun (those opening shots of the Frieza Force emptying out onto Earth are also pretty gorgeous).
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I’m holding all of this to the higher standards of a fan who has seen the series do better and knows that it’s capable of more. It’s understandable that the animation for a feature film would be of a considerably higher quality than a television show with a much quicker turnaround, but even the choreography of this battle feels lazy and uninteresting at times.
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Granted, the action has only started here in Dragon Ball Super, but it should already be pretty clear that the movie equivalent of this battle had a lot more work put into it. With Dragon Ball Super nicely settling into its next big battle, any initial complaints with “Start of Vengeance” are going to come from the group of people who have seen the Resurrection ‘F’feature film. This Dragon Ball Super review contains spoilers.
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