FRIEZA Has A NEW FORM!

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Chapter 59 of the Dragon Ball Super manga demonstrated something I really really like about Dragon Ball Super, specifically the anime (but now seemingly the manga, starting with the end of the ToP) - it brought back technique into the fights.

Not so much BoG or RoF, but the U6 tournament was a great start for that.

Most of the Z portion of the story became about just punching really hard with maybe lone exceptions here and there, but however simple, the U6 fights introduced strategy back into the fights.

In the anime version Goku ringing out Botamo, Vegeta dealing with inconvinient conditions in the Mageta fight, Piccolo using his techniques against Frost and Frost using trickery himself and Hit having to be figured out before he can be beaten showed that.

The Future Trunks arc stepped back from that a little, but we still at the very least had the Mafuba brought up and the ToP went in there full force with ultimately teamwork (the team-up between Freeza, 17 and Goku) and technique (Ultra Instinct) being the main players that won it all.

Krillin's couple of victories came from smarts and teamwork. Roshi's contributions were almost entirely technique-based. Gohan and Piccolo were excellent team strategists. Caulifla and Kale/Kefla literally lost because Goku was so much more experienced and skilled and Jiren almost lost to Krillin's Destructo Disc. This goes for several other fights.

This not only fixes much of the monotony of the fights, it also brings the story back on track thematically.

It already does this by making the weaker members' progress worth something more than it was for a long time (making it so hard work pays off for everyone, not just the saiyans) - even Tenshinhan eliminated someone when he was ringed out (in the anime at least).

I think it still could be better in terms of side character contribution, but that's much much better to me than most of the Z portion of the story to me.

In addition to that, though, this says power isn't everything, which is a massively important part of what the story is actually about: self-improvement and also martial arts. You can grow in many ways: to be a better person (Vegeta and Piccolo), to be a more confident or braver person (Gohan) or to gain direction, patience and skill (Goku).

The Broly movie follows that principle in fun show-don't-tell ways: Goku's fighting being much more technical than Vegeta's and Gogeta's delibrate and skillful fighting being a strong contrast to Broly's mindless power.

The story has slowly been moving back into where it started and this fight with Moro is a further return to that: after several fights that were power vs. skill, this is now a fight of skill vs. skill.

Moro's magical technique that blocked Goku's hands, his illusion technique and his telekinesis with which he pulled Goku towards him offered some great ideas in this fight to counter UI.

UI's weaknesses and effectiveness are also appropriate and smart to me.

I have wondered how UI could counter Moro's energy absorption for a while now, but it being speedy enough so that Moro can't lock on Goku's energy is logical and smart.

It needing a lot of energy is a typical handicap, but not necessarily a bad one.

What I do like is that it sets up Goku for a natural loss, not a forced one to possibly just set Vegeta on a pedestal.

Him possibly winning still reeks of Toyotaro's favoritism of Vegeta and I personally don't see anything that would add to Vegeta's character - a character's value is always in what substance their moments have rather than the scale of their moments or whether they win or lose in my eyes, so I don't particularly care for that, but as said, I 100% appreciate to return to more technique-based fighting and this whole chapter is exactly that.

I wish the art backed the ideas much better, but I think it's still just a really good fight.

So, um… I was listening to AC/DC and Back In Black played and so…. You know…

I also think the same. I would have liked that instead of surviving on the streets, I was on a hidden planet trained to overcome the power of the super sayayin

Bit of a random question, but what do you think Frost did while he was a fugitive on the run?

Interesting question! Hm. If I had to guess, I would assume he’s been trying to survive as best as he can. Presumably doing his best to avoid detection by sleeping in abandoned buildings and scavenging for food when the coast is clear of space police officers. It makes me sad to think about because Frost is starting to grow on me as a character. I know he’s a fugitive and a criminal, but I can’t help it lol. 

I often see people worrying about Piccolo living a boring life up there on the Lookout ...but how could life be boring when you're three people in one body and you can sing the whole The Plagues all by yourself

and you even have a GOD with you and he can happily sing about burning down your cattle and your sheep and your oxen and your whole world while you and your buddy shout THUS SAITH THE LORD

and Dende, being one person in one body, sadly doesn't share the enthusiasm and just suffers in silence

Happy Halloween!! 🎃🎃🎃

Could we have a cartoon of Bleed and Cooler meeting?

When you say "cartoon" I'm guessing you mean animation and let's just say that's not my specialty so let's just go with the usual

Haven't drawn Cooler or Bleed in a awhile so it's nice to draw them boty again

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