Thoughts on Dragon Ball, Part One.

Aye, Nat here. Wanted to actually do something before leaving. Enjoy!

Ah, Dragon Ball. The- or at least, my- gateway drug to anime. Infamous for Kamehameha blasts, power levels Over 9000,, and filler episodes galore, this series is... something. But what is that something to me? Let's find out.

I'ma be focusing on Dragon Ball Z for this... review-thing, because DBZ is the best out of the three, and the only one I've really seen. Anyways, onto the first Arc!

ARC UNO: Radish Attack (Saiyan Saga)

Not gonna lie... pretty boring arc. Only cool bits are with the Raditz fight, and even then... meh.

ABRIDGED ARC UNO:
Oh god, this was a great start. We had the Krillin Owned counter, the meth farmer, ah man. Memories...

ARC TWO: IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND! (Return of the Saiyans Saga)

This is when shit got good. Yeah, the training bits were kinda boring, yeah Snake Road was long, and yeah, Piccolo has a Old Green God-Damned clothes beam, but as soon as Nappa and Vegeta landed, it was on! Yamcha was slaughtered, Chioutzu blew hisself up, and Tenshinhan... Died. Krillin, however, managed to kill a grand total of 4 Saibamen, (No, not Cyebermen.) Which happens to be the first out of two times he's useful. Piccolo dies saving Gohan, and then...

GOKU SHOWS THE -blam!- UP AND WRECKS NAPPA'S BALD-HEADED ASS!

HE WAS OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAND!

HHHEEEELLL YEAH! The 'fight' with Nappa- more of a beating, really- and the fight with Vegeta were SO DAMN COOL! The Garlic Gun (Galick) and Kamehameha beam struggle was awesome! The Great Ape fight- AWESOME!

Vegeta escaping?

... Tolerable. At the time, it seemed lame, but then he came back, and turned out to be a main character..

Thus ended the Arc.

ABRIDGED ARC TWO:
*dies of laughter* I'm just gonna list memorable quotes.
"GODDAMMIT, NAPPA!"
"Guess who it is? GHOST NAPPA!"
"Why... Didn't... You... DOOOOOOGE!"

Glorious.

ARC THREE: PLANET ALL-THE-SAME (Frieza Saga)

This.

This Saga.

Lame As Ass -> Decent -> HELL THE HELL YES GOKU MADE IT -> Actual Review.

As soon as The Ginyu Force and Goku arrive, it goes from Meh to YES instantly.

Goku wrecks the shit out of Rikoom (Dumbass), Jayce (Space Aussie), and Burter (The Snake Man Thing).

Oh, and I guess Guldo died too. Meh.

Anyways, after they Froggify Ginyu, and Frieza gets pissed, the infamous Transformafions begin to occur.

This list thing I'ma make should help.

FIRST FORM: Beat: Pretty Much everyone LOST TO: Nobody, he was just pissed so he transformed
SECOND FORM: Beat: Yep, still everyone. LOST TO: Piccolo, after fusing with Neil
THIRD FORM: Beat: Piccolo. LOST TO: Uhh... Goku, I think. I dunno.
FINAL FORM: Lemme actully talk about this one.

So, in His/Her/IT's final form, Freiza Kills Vegeta, duels with Goku, and (FINALLY) Slaughters Krillin.

And then, the best thing ever happened.

Goku.
Goes.
SUPER
-blam!-ING
SAYIAN

DID YOU HEAR THAT?!

MOTHER -blam!-ING SUPER SAIYAN!!!

At this point in our rewatch, Cielle had to describe everything to me, as my eyes had exploded from pure awesome.

I just... oh man, that fight was so great. I cannot even. 10/10.

ABRIDGED ARC THREE:
*cannot breathe, too much laughter* Again, quotes.
"NEEEEEEEIL!"
"From now on... call me... SUPER-KAME GURU!" (My friends actually call me that, my Guru voice is really good)
"Quick, Zarbon, grab my Balls!"
"Space Hulu."
"*anything from the Ginyu force*"
"MUFFIN BUTTON! YAAAAAA- *boom*"

And that was the first part! Next, I'll check out the Android Saga, and then I'll maybe make a few notes on DBZ Kai, and that'll be all!

Seeya Southside,

~Natz