Why My Jerk Level is Over 9000
For the longest time, I made fun of my husband-o’s love for all things Dragonball. I judged him and his love for 30 episodes of powering up. I laughed at him for enjoying 200 episodes of filler. I told him he was the world’s biggest idiot for actually watching both Dragonball and Dragonball Z, especially considering the series has no cute girls.
Then Dragonball Kai was released, and I said I would watch it. “HD recut, eh? Why not, it’ll make the nerd happy (and I have nothing better to do)” I thought. So we watched the first episode. Then the second. And a horrible thing happened. I found myself thinking “man this anime is totally badass and manly….WAIT WHAT”
Yeah, that’s right. I am enjoying Dragonball Kai, something I totally spend 2-3 years making fun of someone for loving. Damnit.
I am a person who hates, hates filler. I will skip episodes of crap and read summaries, because if it has no real point, why the fuck do I care? I want kissing and crying and epic manly battles, not bullshit beach episodes or hot springs. I want episodes where I don’t hover over the info menu, staring at the time, wishing it was over. It’s weird that I get that from Dragonball, a series renouned for it’s filler.
Kai is a recut of Dragonball Z: dumbing the series down from 297 episodes to approx. 100, and broadcasting in HD. The animation isn’t really upscaled–it’s the same as it was 20 years ago, honestly–but it’s the cuts that make it awesome. Things that originally happened in episode 10 are happening in episode 2. It’s mind-blowing, awesome madness. It is fast-paced and exciting (and manly). I am loving the hell out of it. Even despite the lack of cute girls (Bulma, your hair is awful).
I am still a huge jerk, though. Oops.
PS: I didn’t realize until David pointed it out that the belt around saiyans.. is actually their tail. MIND = BLOWN
PPS: It is impossible to find Dragonball fanart that isn’t dickgirls or shit drawn by Billy, age 8.
tl;dr I am a Dragonball fag now thanks to Kai.
Lmao welcome to the club…its been atleast 10 years for us oldfags used to the series itself….tbh a lot of the filler is unnecessary such as the screaming and whatnot, and random cuts to nature during fights for 5 minutes (you’ll see atleast a bit of it as you go along), but it did also incorporate a lot of other shit that got glossed over pretty badly in the manga which lead to lack of appropriate tension building moments and a bit of a problem with structuring in general. (movies a nonissue))
However i am still happy with kai, they’ve kept in some anime and left a lot out…but for newcomers of the series like yourself, feel free to enjoy it as much as you can heh…i guess it should start getting even better around the time nappa and vegeta arrive, which shouldn’t be long now seeing as how they cut a lot of anime only stuff out)
PS. What are the chances of going back and watching the original Dragonball in the future?
How can you not like an anime that runs for 297 episodes? It’s epic!! Sure the filler drags things out and you’re like “c’mon man get back to the story”, but seriously, it’s awesome.
So many of the long-running anime series have filler, but they have lasting memories with me for a lifetime <3
Inuhanyou:
Yeah, I was told that a lot of the filler actually lead to some pretty decent character development in the original, plus building tension necessary for epic manly battles.
I am looking forward to Vegeta and Nappa coming since they’re who I’m most familiar with, lol.
Considering how much I’m enjoying Kai I’m actually really debating going back and watching the original Dragonball/Dragonball Z. Knowing what I know now, I would probably like it.. plus I can always skip filler. :p
I’m looking forward to Cell saga, my favorite part of the series! :]