CATDOLL: The plot of Dragon Ball is getting worse and worse? An anime that doesn't live up to its name

As the song in "Maha's Unbelievable Adventure" goes, "Dragon Ball" is a passionate adventure comic. The story points out that the protagonist embarks on a wonderful adventure journey with the goal of collecting dragon balls. However, as the enemies they encounter become stronger and stronger, and the protagonist's fighting power continues to improve, when no one on Earth can defeat them, the work also "transforms" from adventure to upgraded combat flow, and the adventure element is no longer the highlight of the work.

Of course, the classic of "Dragon Ball" cannot be easily copied. Recently, some Japanese netizens discussed the pros and cons of the early and late plots of "Dragon Ball". Let's take a look at what they said.

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I saw someone say: "The plot of Dragon Ball is boring later on, and the adventure story of Goku and others searching for Dragon Balls in the beginning is more interesting." Is that true? I personally think that the plot became more interesting after Goku's brother appeared. I always felt that the early part was a bit too childish.

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I think this view is not wrong. In fact, Akira Toriyama originally wanted to draw an adventure story about a little devil from the mountains and a girl from the city going to find the Dragon Ball together, right? At least in the era of Goku, I don't believe that Akira Toriyama came up with the idea of ​​Saiyans. Moreover, in the later part of the story, the only task of the Dragon Ball is to revive the earthlings, and the protagonists can easily collect the Dragon Balls to make a wish. In this way, the sense of adventure in the early stage is lost.

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I think the Majin Buu arc is the real classic. To be honest, if Dragon Ball was just a story about characters looking for Dragon Balls, it would definitely not be as deep as it is today. In the Buu arc, the image of almost every character has been sublimated. Vegeta fully demonstrated his fatherly love, Satan was timid but created miracles, and Goku finally defeated the enemy with the help of all mankind... Although there are always many sayings that Akira Toriyama didn't want to draw the Buu arc at all, Dragon Ball would not be complete without this chapter. Oh yes, the plot against the big devil in the early stage is also great.

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In fact, for the uncles who followed the serialization back then, "Dragon Ball" was originally a work of similar style to "Arale", after all, they shared the same world view. The style of hilarious plot + exaggerated battles was exactly the characteristics of Akira Toriyama in the early days. But when entering the Tenkaichi Budokai, Akira Toriyama actually began to change his style, not suddenly after the Saiyan chapter. The humor in the middle and late plots is much less, which has to be said to be a pity.

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I also think the early plots are better. Especially the ones where Goku fights the Red Ribbon Army. An underwater base is the dream of many boys, and in this chapter, Goku faces enemies of all styles, which brings Akira Toriyama's imagination to the extreme. And there is high technology, ninjutsu, infighting, perversion... It's all there. When I was a child, I was very excited when I watched this plot. Later, I didn't feel that way anymore.

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