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For the longest time, the Majin Boo Saga was widely considered the worst arc of the series... at least for DBZ but as for late, out of nowhere, there has a lot more criticism for the Cell Saga in recent years. The Kanzenshuu community in particular is pretty harsh with criticism towards the arc.
Complaints ranging from how the heroes were idiots... namely Krillin and Vegeta, the story was humorless, and the plot is filled with holes. And so on....
I cited these ones because...
Most if not all of the "stupid" decisions are in-character and are logically explained throughout the story. For example, Krillin is shown to be sentimental and fall for pretty faces easily. After all he was the only one among the Z-Warriors who saw the androids from the main timeline weren't evil like the ones from the first two timelines so it's little surprise he would gain sympathy for the androids. Also Vegeta is known for his overconfidence in addition to the Saiyan's lust for a challenge would override any bit of reasoning he had there especially with Cell egging him on. After all this is the same guy who goaded Freeza into transforming even though he was already inferior to him in his first form and having already seen how powerful an opponent can get from transforming.
The humor complaint... well humor is subjective but it isn't like the Piccolo Daimao, Saiyan, and Freeza arcs were heavy on comedy. In fact, aside from King Kai's bad comedy routine and some of the Ginyu Force's antics there were hardly any notable bits of comedy. In the Android/Cell Saga we did have Krillin's crush on #18, Panchy opening her eyes, and Mr. Satan in general.
For plot holes... the only major plot hole I can think of is the super computer that made Cell somehow being able to collect info on Trunks but that's only natural as time travel is bound to have some fuck-ups and the arc does it a lot better than a lot of sci-fi stories. Cell regenerating from Goku's Instant Kamehameha is often cited as one but as Cell explained he can regeneration from any injury as long as his "core" remains (Piccolo's works similar as well) and he still had a ton of energy left making regenerating rather draining without the core. Piccolo even regenerated during the Boo Saga while explaining this theory despite losing his "core".
Not even Cell, the titular villain, himself is safe from them. Criticism ranging from how he's boring to trying to diminish his villainy with (flimsy) excuses. Though he was programmed to kill, the androids were shown to have moral agency, Cell included as he ignored his original purpose for existence (to fulfill Gero's vendetta against Goku by killing him) but still continued to do bad. Cell not only killed at least hundreds-thousands if not millions of people just so he can increase his power but he also got satisfaction from killing and probably has the most on-screen kills behind Majin Boo. He's the only villain so far to successfully kill Goku.. he's even responsible for the permanent deaths of two significant characters:
Trunks from the Original Timeline (which is where he is from) and #16, who embodied peace and benevolence despite being programmed to kill Goku.
He also got off on causing fear as shown during his fight with Vegeta after becoming perfect or his decision to announce the Cell Games to the public just so he can spread terror and despair before he methodically kill everyone on the planet... likely would repeat the whole process on other planets.... but he isn't a mindless killing machine like Majin Boo. He had to play things smart to work his up to the top... in fact, the villain to do so and even more impressive with his short life. He outsmarted Piccolo then he ran circles around the Z-Warriors by keeping a low-profile and lowering his ki whenever they got close to him while absorbing people as they laughs at them. He also applied psychological warfare on the androids ranging from imitating #17's voice to destroying a bunch of continent-sized islands to lure out #18 and he egged Vegeta on into letting him become perfect by using his pride and Saiyan instinct against him. After achieving his goal he does become slightly conflicted on what he wants to do with himself Cell but after coming back as SPC, where he had gone insane, he openly decides to wipe out all life from the solar system probably even the whole universe.
Anyways, what caused people's opinions on the arc to sour. Is it becoming older and smelling the coffee to it's flaws? Does it really suck without the nostalgia goggles? Or is it just a passage of time (taste do change)?
Whatever the case is just please don't indulge that lemming thatdbzguy.
Complaints ranging from how the heroes were idiots... namely Krillin and Vegeta, the story was humorless, and the plot is filled with holes. And so on....
I cited these ones because...
Most if not all of the "stupid" decisions are in-character and are logically explained throughout the story. For example, Krillin is shown to be sentimental and fall for pretty faces easily. After all he was the only one among the Z-Warriors who saw the androids from the main timeline weren't evil like the ones from the first two timelines so it's little surprise he would gain sympathy for the androids. Also Vegeta is known for his overconfidence in addition to the Saiyan's lust for a challenge would override any bit of reasoning he had there especially with Cell egging him on. After all this is the same guy who goaded Freeza into transforming even though he was already inferior to him in his first form and having already seen how powerful an opponent can get from transforming.
The humor complaint... well humor is subjective but it isn't like the Piccolo Daimao, Saiyan, and Freeza arcs were heavy on comedy. In fact, aside from King Kai's bad comedy routine and some of the Ginyu Force's antics there were hardly any notable bits of comedy. In the Android/Cell Saga we did have Krillin's crush on #18, Panchy opening her eyes, and Mr. Satan in general.
For plot holes... the only major plot hole I can think of is the super computer that made Cell somehow being able to collect info on Trunks but that's only natural as time travel is bound to have some fuck-ups and the arc does it a lot better than a lot of sci-fi stories. Cell regenerating from Goku's Instant Kamehameha is often cited as one but as Cell explained he can regeneration from any injury as long as his "core" remains (Piccolo's works similar as well) and he still had a ton of energy left making regenerating rather draining without the core. Piccolo even regenerated during the Boo Saga while explaining this theory despite losing his "core".
Not even Cell, the titular villain, himself is safe from them. Criticism ranging from how he's boring to trying to diminish his villainy with (flimsy) excuses. Though he was programmed to kill, the androids were shown to have moral agency, Cell included as he ignored his original purpose for existence (to fulfill Gero's vendetta against Goku by killing him) but still continued to do bad. Cell not only killed at least hundreds-thousands if not millions of people just so he can increase his power but he also got satisfaction from killing and probably has the most on-screen kills behind Majin Boo. He's the only villain so far to successfully kill Goku.. he's even responsible for the permanent deaths of two significant characters:
Trunks from the Original Timeline (which is where he is from) and #16, who embodied peace and benevolence despite being programmed to kill Goku.
He also got off on causing fear as shown during his fight with Vegeta after becoming perfect or his decision to announce the Cell Games to the public just so he can spread terror and despair before he methodically kill everyone on the planet... likely would repeat the whole process on other planets.... but he isn't a mindless killing machine like Majin Boo. He had to play things smart to work his up to the top... in fact, the villain to do so and even more impressive with his short life. He outsmarted Piccolo then he ran circles around the Z-Warriors by keeping a low-profile and lowering his ki whenever they got close to him while absorbing people as they laughs at them. He also applied psychological warfare on the androids ranging from imitating #17's voice to destroying a bunch of continent-sized islands to lure out #18 and he egged Vegeta on into letting him become perfect by using his pride and Saiyan instinct against him. After achieving his goal he does become slightly conflicted on what he wants to do with himself Cell but after coming back as SPC, where he had gone insane, he openly decides to wipe out all life from the solar system probably even the whole universe.
Anyways, what caused people's opinions on the arc to sour. Is it becoming older and smelling the coffee to it's flaws? Does it really suck without the nostalgia goggles? Or is it just a passage of time (taste do change)?
Whatever the case is just please don't indulge that lemming thatdbzguy.
