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So, it's hard to deny Super is guilty of introducing giant plot holes into the franchise, regressing the development of several characters and often having little consequence in changing the world around the characters in the same way each arc of the original manga did. Still, regardless of what you think about Super as a whole, what aspects do you consider were handled well, even if only temporarily?
A few I'd mention:
- God Ki. The method of achieving SSG was cheap, though the concept of God Ki works naturally in explaining elements of the Boo Arc such as nobody reading Shin's Ki or how Babidi couldn't use Shin and Kibito to revive Boo.
- Freeza's change in character in FnF. Though his character would be ruined by the end of the film/arc with him not learning from his past mistake by using a stamina draining form, his initial goal of deciding to train rather than rely on the power naturally given to him does show himself as having grown somewhat from his defeat at the hands of the Super Saiyans, of whom only surpassed him due to his complacency.
- Alternate Universes. This adds a natural way to progress the power scale when trying to do so with just U7 would be damaging at this point (though that hasn't stopped Tracetaro when it came to asspulling Moro out of nowhere
). It also has the potential to tell the story from more characters' perspectives and explore places completely alien to the series. Shame none of the other universes have been thoroughly explored thus far though.
- The slice of life episodes. These tend to be a lot better than the main arcs, considering there aren't as many constant plot holes and are treat as dumb fun, the baseball episode and the Dr. Slump crossover being particular highlights.
- Anime Roshi's development. There's no excusing how dumb him getting stronger through training in secret is with how great his GAINZ were, the anime at least provides some decent rationale for him training again through seeing how incredibly strong his pupils became. The scene with this explanation and his Kamehameha would have also been a good moment in general had it led to the consequence of Roshi's (temporary) death.
A few I'd mention:
- God Ki. The method of achieving SSG was cheap, though the concept of God Ki works naturally in explaining elements of the Boo Arc such as nobody reading Shin's Ki or how Babidi couldn't use Shin and Kibito to revive Boo.
- Freeza's change in character in FnF. Though his character would be ruined by the end of the film/arc with him not learning from his past mistake by using a stamina draining form, his initial goal of deciding to train rather than rely on the power naturally given to him does show himself as having grown somewhat from his defeat at the hands of the Super Saiyans, of whom only surpassed him due to his complacency.
- Alternate Universes. This adds a natural way to progress the power scale when trying to do so with just U7 would be damaging at this point (though that hasn't stopped Tracetaro when it came to asspulling Moro out of nowhere
). It also has the potential to tell the story from more characters' perspectives and explore places completely alien to the series. Shame none of the other universes have been thoroughly explored thus far though.- The slice of life episodes. These tend to be a lot better than the main arcs, considering there aren't as many constant plot holes and are treat as dumb fun, the baseball episode and the Dr. Slump crossover being particular highlights.
- Anime Roshi's development. There's no excusing how dumb him getting stronger through training in secret is with how great his GAINZ were, the anime at least provides some decent rationale for him training again through seeing how incredibly strong his pupils became. The scene with this explanation and his Kamehameha would have also been a good moment in general had it led to the consequence of Roshi's (temporary) death.
