I do think the episode looked good on many fronts, so it makes even sadder that it was really bad in terms of pacing and lack of tension, just all over the place. The show is paying the price for only having 20 episodes and not using all of them with good purpose.
The elephant in the room is right there: Digimon Adventure Tri and Ramu The Demon Grill reboot. This show is actually paying the price for not adjusting to a premise not seen since the original dragon ball.
@@orbboom6119alternatively, it could've gone longer with more excitement as well, had they kept Goku and Vegeta split apart longer, and used the more "filler" episodes to focus on one group at a time discovering more about the demon realm.
Ep 15 was a well animated episode but had the worst tension/ storyboard of the whole show bar none. Nothing made sense. The plot went basically nowhere. Vegeta and Goku 'stuggling' was so unbelievable and was used SOLEY to get vegeta to eat a bug to set up fusion. Every scene just reinforced this awkwardness. Dissappinted is an understatement.
My favorite part was when they run behind some rocks...take out exactly one plane and then say "theyre everywhere...theres too many of them" and then choose to not go super saiyan for some reason, the visuals and the writing geniunely felt so disconnected this episode. Goku gets blasted, seems kinda tickled but shrugs it off, vegeta gets hit a few times and is apparently in need of a revive bug, i just dont understand what is supposed to hurt them or not, especially when the show refuses to show any blood.
Yea my biggest gripe was the lack of transformations. They had zero reason not to, espc after it was shown they can go SSJ2 and 3. At least with 3, they could do the “too much energy drain” thing (if that’s even still relevant), but no SSJ2 early on was weird
@@plastic8417How can ssj3 energy drain not be a thing anymore especially more so when they r kids. Ssj3 should drain energy even faster as they r kids
Not to mention for some reason they're treating Piccolo as if he's on the same level as base Goku and Vegeta and not like he's on a super saiyan level already? I guess whoever wrote this episode (I don't believe for a second this specific episode was written by Akira) didn't watch the Cell Saga.
Idk bro Takahashi style fits best when gang is adult, maybe when gang becomes adult again we may see Takahashi. I feel kinda sad that they made such a high quality 20 ep DB anime but as a chill sidestory
I absolutely loved komatsu's art here, it really did call back that old Z/og dragon ball vibe to it, really hope we see more of it in the remaining time of the show 🙏
I feel like I enjoy Daima more than most people. There certainly are narrative and pacing issues that keep it from reaching its full potential but it still feels like such a breath of fresh air to me. There are parts of Super I really enjoy but so much of it is it trying and mostly failing to chase what made DBZ great. And while Daima is doing the exact same thing for OG DB I think it does come closer to that goal.
I do feel like Daima's yet to once again reach the heights of the Tamagami 3 fight, but I'm still excited to tune in every week and feel genuinely interested in where the story's going to go in a way that I don't think I have been in any previous Dragon Ball material I've read or watched, hopefully that gets paid off - Toriyama isn't the deepest of writers but I'm hoping for a genuine twist towards the climax.
You put it really well. There’s this weird lull as the show feels like it’s gearing up for the big final fights. The early episodes could pull this off because there was so much wonder, lore, and story being delivered, but all of the chess pieces are in place, and they have been since the second part of the Vegeta fight. It kinda feels like the show is about 3 episodes too long, but I don’t want to complain about that too much. If it were 3 episodes shorter, then it would be done.
I love your videos so much. On a narrative front I was so upset by how offensively bad it was, but you made me enjoy the visuals a bit more which were really nice.
I thought the tail end of the series would avoid that dragging on feeling but it seems like that issue has been persistent all throughout. There’s been some standout episodes and animation. But the way they approached telling this story in 20 episodes has been hit and miss. I still appreciate that we were able to witness one last project majorly helmed by Toriyama, but it’s not without its faults and I hope the team can learn from the criticism DAIMA has received thus far and will receive for the remaining episodes. I think the best episode so far was the one with the Goku vs Tamagami. Conspiracy is also a favorite of mine, pacing, animation, audio-visual was great.
I think daima just suffers from some pacing issues and could have been cut down in episodes to get some faster pacing between plot points. I did like a lot of the more non plot driving episodes, but the group having ship issues could have been reduced, and the issues with tension felt like they had been nerfed more than I had realized, along with scale being inconsistent in this episode.
Daima really has its amazing moments, but the pacing throughout the series feels a bit off to me. It was really great to follow all the way to the first Tamagami, but after that it feels like its going all over the place. One thing that left me a little sour was that the second world felt a little underwhelming in a sense. The Namekian and Glind lore that came out of it was fantastic, but I felt like the world could've been much more and introduced a bit better (ex. the giant creatures not being the conclusion to the world, making them less filler-y). Everything else has been a blast to follow though! Love all the characters especially. I'm also a little sick of the plane issues they keep facing at this point hahah.
100% agree. Like, I think those giants should have been the first thing they encountered in the 2nd realm, having them at the end was just anticlimactic lol. And overall we just spent way too little time in the 2nd realm compared to the 3rd
@@diegovaldes1408 No, the giants never should have existed, period. All it is is filler and wildly stupid lore. Why was Majin Buu ever a problem in the first place? They could have just sent a Giga warrior to one shot him. "Oh, but they don't care about the outside world", yet Majin Buu was threatening not just universe 7, but all the Demon realm before it as well.
I feel like a lot of the issues I have with Daima (mainly is regards to story) can be overlooked if they stick the landing in the final few episodes. Kinda like if they have a Blue Lock s2 moment where they have one, perfectly animated sequence in the finale (which is not a perfect comparison because the ending of the U20 arc in Blue Lock was simply a good story; this may not be the same for Daima). Not really confident in the narrative for next episode considering the preview but as long as it has good animation then it's at least enjoyable
Easily the biggest problem is having Goku and Vegeta not transform. I have loved Daima so far until the last two episodes, where it really feels like they are trying to sell a sense of scale and danger you just can't do with random soldiers firing at base Goku and Vegeta. Vegeta even needed to take an insect!? If this is the climax, I'm extremely disappointed. Really hoping it doesn't escalate from 0 to 100 when Arinsu faces the heroes.
Interesting hearing about Daima having the same writer throughout, I do wonder how much decisions were made on her front vs Toriyamas (I wonder if Toriyama is even the one who chose the pacing for the series) Will be interesting to see if we get normal pacing for the climax or if it'll end up speeding up a bunch. We've still got Arinsus plan, some struggle between Gomah and Arinsu, the wish (or at the very least, a struggle for the dragon balls), majin kuu/duu turning good, whatever is gonna happen with the third eye, and the fusion bugs
For a episode that's super to showcase a full scale battle to storm the place, it all felt so compact and small. And the the pace breaking dialogue in the middle of said fight doesn't help it.
This episode looked so fantastic but the framing and the writing of the action felt so off It never actually felt like they were really fighting an army, the only moment of genuine tension after the first scene of them behind cover was the king's helicopter being destroyed, which was solved within 15 seconds. Everything after felt so weird even though it looked so amazing. Ironically, the flashback was the coolest part of the episode to me. Seeing Dabura and understanding how he rose to power was pretty amazing to see in such a beautiful artstyle and made the world feel so alive by expanding a side character from Z who was just a measuring stick for the real big bad of the story
This is the most "Dragon Ball EXACTLY as you remembered it!" episode to date. It was meant to build up to the Demon Realm 3 going into total war with Demon Realm 1 having had enough of Ghoma's tyrannical reign, but it's script, made for more modern shows in mind, is clashing with a premise that has been there day 1. Demon Realm 3 v. Demon Realm 1 harkens back to the all-out war against the Red Ribbon Army, BUT it's been a long time we have seen such a setpiece in a long while, traded for long talks of a false sense of nostalgia as seen in Digimon Adventure Tri and Ramu The Demon Grill.
Unfortunately I felt 0 impact and threat in this "grand" battle. Really underwhelming writing. The visuals were overall great, but couldn't fully flourish with the weird writing
To me, This is possibly the worst episode from Daima. Animation can only carry the episode so far. The lack of tension, the obvious reveal of the 3rd eye, the lackluster response from Gomah and Degesu, and the lack of fighter logic. The gendarmerie are not enemies that are a legit threat to Goku and Vegeta, them getting hit by those lasers is one thing, but not immediately responding by going SSJ and fighting back is insane, especially for Vegeta. SSJ is seen to be at least at the level of Tamagami 3, they could have stormed the initial forces with SSJ instead of waiting for King Kadan, who is weaker than Goku and Vegeta, but somehow got the better of the soldiers?????? The lack of that logic broke this episode for me.
The writing whether Toribot or Dragon Room wasted the animators' efforts. A real shame. They are now down to 5 episodes to deliver. Honestly I preferred the comedy episodes because those at least were amusing.
Daima's kinda just whatever for me. I watch it because it's there, and while it's art and animation is quite nice and I get some cool character interactions every now and then, it's not something I see myself re-watching once it's over.
Nice vid, Daima hasnt impressed as of late. But then again narritve wise the time its supposed to deliver is in the final stretch which we are nearing. But i am a bit worried that when it starts delivering the spectacle will be short lived, especially compared to all the build up its received up till now
Honestly my biggest hope is seeing someone fuse with the bugs, and i hope its not the majins. Would be funny to see a third goky x vegeta fusion fighting majin duku in the final act
I have been enjoying Daima quite a bit. I think this episode tho felt pretty slow and some of the tension was just sucked out because.. why not go super saiyan or use a large kamehameha to deal with the army? He used it against a giant dog but not an army?
It is a shame to see that Daima has been losing steam for many fans if not outright being disliked on social media. Personally I'm still on the more positive side of enjoying it but it's hard not to feel like the plot and pacing could've used a bit more editing and drafting in the production phase. That being said these last five episodes have a lot of promise with our heroes now fully coming up against Gomah, Degesu, The Gendermarie elites, Arinsu, Kuu, Duu, and Glorio
As you said, interest on Daima has kind of waned; as I've personally dropped the show myself. Especially after having one of the my least favourite kind of episodes in a show, regardless of it's quality separate fron the rest of the narrative/show. And having what looks like my ABSOLUTE least favourite type of episode this week, the "We're pinned down by enemy fire that by all means shouldn't be an issue" type episode; I'm not keen on continuing. At this point, the work from the staff and your videos are the only point of interest I still have for Daima. The way Mikio Fujihara, Kazunori Ozawa and Nightberry draw smoke, water and debris are PHENOMENAL. Then there's Shuuichiro Manabe and Tadayoshi Yamamuro's work, the latter really surprising me during Daima so far. When I continue Daima when it gets to it's actual final battle, I think these videos will have greatly helped my enjoyment of those last few and potentially upcoming couple episodes. While it sucks to grow to hate a series I was largely enjoying at first, I can at the very least look forward towards these videos each week. I almost wish Daima was a longer show just for more of these breakdowns.
The powerscaling in this episode was the worst so far and I kept saying "JUST GO SUPER SAIYAN" but to be honest, they wouldn't have needed it to speed blitz most of the guards.. It was really frustrating and I thought up at least 4 different ways they could have improved all of it. I was kinda mixed on daima as a whole but happy to see the better and more consistent art and animation, I really started to get hooked at ep 8 though, and things kept being pretty awesome.. This is the first time where it feels like a big step back again.
Looks pretty and the animation is good, for sure, and I do still find the series entertaining, but, it's the pacing for me, that and the fact that, it wasn't established before, I think, that demons are that much stronger or their guns that powerful tha, 3 very powerful warriors - that don't seem to have their power as limited by the spell that turned them to kids like in the beginning anymore - find it that hard to defeat an army, Goku was able to handle several soldiers at once without much problem, back when he met Panzy, and in base form, and by now they have already defeated two Tatagami, which are supposed to be some of the strongest creatures in the realm, so all of them struggling that much now, it feels a bit inconsistent, and that's kinda frustrating... maybe it's just me, eh.
The characters are in the middle of town, they start being shot at and Goku suddenly looks like he's falling off a cliff, what? Degesu leaves to go get the third eye, a girl gets the third eye, Degesu returns and they say nothing about the eye. Did he hire her to do it? Was he crossdressing? Was that Arinsu? Why is he back and they don't talk about the eye??
That eye on belt has never been a focus of discussion in the gang. Why would they ask about something which they never thought of any importance. Dont try to find negativity in everything
@@Shivam-vr6eh He wasn't talking about Gokus group asking about it. The 2nd part of the comment was entirely about Gomah and Degesu. Degesu was literally told to get the damn eye for him, we see Degesu leave... then we see him returning a few mins later only for neither of them to bring it up. It's just weird. These are very reasonable questions, even TFS talked about it.
I really don't like to give an opinion about a series that's still going, but I'm enjoying it so far. A tad slow at times, but at least we are getting exposed to interesting stuff along the way. Which is the highest praise I can give to a prequel that will go nowhere in terms of narrative in the grand scheme of things. As for the animation, Goku vs. Tamagami still is the poster boy of this series. That is especially sad when we consider that we've had Vegeta SSJ3 after that, and it was so underwhelming. Speaking of transformations, this episode reminded me of the first half of GT, where they struggled because for some reason they were so reluctant to use SSJ. I understand that this is supposed to be a throwback to simpler times, but at the same time this series is where we got Vegeta SSJ3 for fuck's sake. At least come up with an excuse to take their powers away, don't make the characters stupid.
I'm still really enjoying Daima, but my overall anticipation for the series kinda dropped like a brick when it came out that it was only gonna be 20 episodes. With how the show was paced early on, I was kinda buckled in for like 40+ episodes of this. If this was a JRPG, then Tamagami 3 felt like the climax of the tutorial chapter, when in reality, that was nearly the halfway mark of the entire journey. And that realisation kinda took then wind out of my sails. We have so much left to do in this series, but I'm worried it's all gonna get glossed over and knocked out in too short a time frame. The main crew still don't even know who Dr Arinsu is, or that Glorio is in her pocket, OR that she already has Tamagami No 1's Dragon Ball. And then we as an audience still don't know what she plans to wish for. Plus there's the whole Join Bug thing which they teased very heavily back in Episode 4. They have five episodes left to ramp up tension, establish stakes, introduce a big boss enemy, deliver a satisfying defeat, and a series wrap up. That's a lot of ground to cover, considering it took them five episodes just to introduce Panzy at all.
The pacing since the Vegeta vs Tomagami #2 has been pretty bad and even though the plot development and lore/flashback scenes since have been great it doesn't even out. I was hoping the hype would only go up from there but this episode was way too drawn out for something that could've been solved by Goku and Vegeta going super saiyan right away. I really hope these last episodes keep the excitement up because another downer of an episode would probably ruin the way people remember Daima.
Unfortunately I feel quite mixed about Daima as a whole (so far), glad im not the only one. While im still quite enjoying it and its by no means bad, it just so inconsistent, mostly in its writing, although definitely not *just* the writing... Imo quite a few episodes left a bit to be desired in terms of directing, boarding and even animation sometimes... As much as I hate to say it, I do believe this really is starting to become the GT meme of "great ideas bad execution", even if I still think its far better than GT, but you know, thats a pretty low bar lmao. Anyways, great analisys as always!
My interest in daima is just as high as it's been since starting. But my expectations have almost entirely fallen off a cliff. Each important episode being boarded with less interesting shots than most romance anime and it's starting to get a bit painful. Each important episode having the staff required for something great, but either having them mismanaged or not being able to dedicate their full time making their inclusion non-noticeable. More than any of that though, I'm not sure why but consistently throughout this episode and a few other high profile ones, there has just been such weak inbetweening. For this episode Sanda's scene sticks out the most. There are practically 0 uses of arcs, and the timing is so abrupt you'd think it's Karasawa. Maybe this happened a lot more in dbs as well, but it's a feeling I haven't been able to shake. Like there's one or two departments that just aren't communicating very well with the rest. Whether it's the douga, 2nd key or maybe compositing(?). Something always feels so close to looking amazing but feels like it's held back by some god of stiff timing and arcs.
Ive been loving every episode of daima but I couldn't help feeling a little underwhelmed by this episode being action heavy yet not quite reaching the heights of the tamagami 3 fight. Still enjoyable nonetheless.
Dragon Ball will ALWAYS suffer from poor writting after Dragon Ball Super got ahead of its manga.DB and DBZ had manga reference but DBS and DB Daima dont have
Love the video - hate this community at the moment. The relentless negativity in the comment sectiosns sucks the joy away from even watching the show. Idk kinda over it.
I kinda realized that what would have made this show a little bit more interesting is if the main cast was kid goten and kid trunk having this big adventure. Goten learnings how to use the power pole and trunks maybe learning fighting stances or tech stuff ( not to sure really for trunks). Now of course we need the z fighters so we just have them do side mission stuff until they join at the last second for this big war.
EXACTLY. What u really want to mean is that ACTUAL kids should have this adventure instead of fake kids like Goku,vegeta. In Daima Goku has been behaving even more dumb than super just bcoz he is in kid's body which just doesnt make any sense at all. A 40 y/o is behaving like a kid. Actual kids should have gone to this adventure
I really want to like Daima more and I wouldnt say its bad... but .... yeah, you know, it looks fantastic, has some nice locations and some fresh ideas... BUT... The writing... man... its just... all over the place... It's only 20 episodes and it feels like you could cut it down to 10! So much exposition, so much wandering around in the same looking areas, every now and then a nice looking fight for a few minutes and then the same again. But with these weird filler episodes, and I don't just mean episode 13, which could be cut completely without offering anything (yes, I know Ajay likes this episode, but for me even a side adventure filler should have some character development or something to continue the story and not just be a boring break), I also mean episodes 14 and 15, which have so much filler... not story filler, but just time filler. Goku falling for 10 minutes, nobody caring about him, people staring out of windows... or, well, 20 minutes of fighting an army that could be resolved in 10 seconds if the characters weren't so terribly written. This episode was so GT in its "let's nerf the characters and make them idiots so the plot can happen" - it was painful! The last few seconds with Goku going SSJ and bombing all the soldiers away... HE COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALL THE TIME! And Vegeta too. Piccolo too. There was no effort. It was just painful to watch. I really hope Daima finds its way in the last few episodes, because right now I am pissed off that they are offering me a new series with no serious villain, no obstacle to overcome, no tension whatsoever. Just a run-through for overpowered characters who have been magically wished into children to make them less powerful without making them less powerful unless the story needs them to be. Also, Goku and Vegeta defeated the Tamagamis easily, so they are much stronger than them. But Gomah's weapons can defeat Goku and Vegeta? With that knowledge, Gomah could have defeated the Tamagamis himself and won their Dragon Balls. Such a plot hole, because it is terribly written... If the last episodes do not get better, this series will be seen as nothing more than a DLC to the Buu saga. Just an epilogue. Nothing really important, just a few more pages in a big book. But maybe that is what Toriyama wanted. I do not know.
This is the problem with modern day Dragon Ball. Toei can't seem to balance good art/animation and story plot and pacing. It's either one or the other. This series is 20 episodes long and weve had 2-3 action packed episodes so far. I expected more
I audibly gasped when they started the flashback sequence. They made no attempt to properly tie it in to the narrative it was absurd. I dont think Dragonball has ever done something like. Completely interrupting the story with a random narrator to spouse exposition in the middle an episode?? What? Episode 8 was so good and I'm just so let down by this series since
It's a shame that super never got this level of polish..is it just me or does it feel like filler, 20 episodes definitely doesn't help and the characters that goku and Co are up against just don't have that seriousness about them....
I want to love this series so much… but the story writing isn’t great. Do they expect me to believe some tanks are going to slow them down? Even as kids? It took them all episode to go super saiyan, and when they did the tanks were no problem. There’s not enough tension in this story… and it’s sad. I’m doing my best to enjoy it but I find myself wanting to fast forward… which isn’t good.
Im just gonna say it at this point, i dont care how polished the animation is, especially compared to Super....this show just sucks. Toei does not know how to do storytelling. This episode was even worse than last week. I will never rewatch this show once its done. They totally blew it.
Honestly I was expecting more from this episode after your last video. Not your fault of course because you were talking from a staff perspective and not a script perspective. The story is just so boring. It's like watching someone play a bad JRPG.
Pretty moments this week. I didn’t really notice a lot of the problems when I watched the episode, but I’ve had to dull my mind when watching the show for quite some time. There have been some good moments in the show, but I’m not surprised that it has yet to really grip me. Still hoping to be pleased by the ending, but I’m not hoping too hard. I’m just really not attached to anything going on in this show. I feel it makes for a nice half hour distraction once a week, and I still look forward to new episodes. See ya next week.
The scaled was not achieved, the pacing was weird, and felt very weird and breaking the tension unexpectedly in some moments. I’m personally getting very disappointed of this series and it makes me genuinely sad. I think I may never rewatch it again.
i liked daima episode 1. then immediately found myself apathetic from episode 2. Regained my interest from the bar fight scene up to tamagami fight 1 and then realised... that the narrative would go nowhere and have lost any real hype since. I've kept on watching because it's dragon ball, but frankly, this show somehow manages to be worse than DBS because it's boring. It is utterly unbelievable to me that a show can look this good, and still bore. There is nothing that gives a feeling of tension. Nothing that pins down the power scaling (one moment they can't fly. Then they can turn ssj and have huge fights, the next they almost get K.O'd by a stick laser). There has been no clear end of the tunnel narrative wise. Are we supposed to care about them saving Dende? Well the villains take good care of him. Are we supposed to care about the tamagami's? Nope they got taken out easily, all of them. Are we supposed to care about the villains being dangerous? Nope, they may be 'baddies' but none of them appear like truly bad people. They are just egoistic and childish. Should we care about the mysterious characters? Nope, because the Namek dude doesn't appear to have a hidden master plan, neither does glorio really appear to have any depth beyond that he speaks with Arinsu. It's all just a big fat nothing burger and that sucks. The script being written by the digimon tri writer makes sense, because it sucks and is the major weakness of the entire production. I cannot believe i'm about to say this but, while dragon ball super had lower lows, it at least had peaks that were interesting.
Super didn't always live up to its potential, but Daima's going hard for a narrative that's just nothing. Edit: Daima's added lore deserved better than whatever this is.
Its REALLY REALLY obnoxious that you even PRETEND to know what youre talkikg about. You learn all the buzzword and just repeat them. We need to get rid of youtube critics, who have zero education or experience in the medium.
Aside from a few slow episodes, Daima has been fantastic, both visually and narratively. I think that minor inconsistencies exist in all other shows, particularly Dragonball projects, but fans are just exaggerating them at this point. Despite having the same complaints addressed in this video, I really enjoyed this episode, and I am looking forward to the finale!
Spoiling SSJ3 Vegeta on youtube made me lose a lot of fun and hype in the series. I only watch Daima for the animation now. Because it’s so good. I lost complete interest in the story and everything else in Daima. I’m So disappointed 😢
This was a breathtaking And amazing episode for me the only problem I have is them taking damage from those lasers but they are powered by magic so I guess it's possible but the episode was amazing
Hated this episode…the art and animation was nice but it was all over the place. Pacing made no sense, why is Goku, Vegeta and piccolo struggling against these bums and guns..makes no sense
Daima has fallen off a cliff. Idk if Toriyama actually finished daima's story before he passed but I have a feeling that may be the case because the second half has been very disappointing.
I think he just need a draft to overhaul the original spinoff idea as well contribute some character designs. Then Toei exaggerates his involvement, as they have since Broly, to win fans back over that got frustrated with Super. Actually I don't know that his involvement in Super Hero and Broly was exaggerated I just mean that with every new project Toei is like "this is the MOSt he's been involved since DBZ."
lmao goku black arc and top shit on the plane crashing show, look at how many people were watching and discussing super and how few are watching this dogshit
I wouldn't say it's worse than 14, but it's definitely a letdown. The fact not even a two-year-old pre-production can save us from snappy and old-fashioned movements, sort of lowers our initial expectations. The Dragon Quest staff isn't well-assorted: Sanda, Sasaki and Yamamoto are competent animators, but they're too conservative. A show like Daima needed a guy like Naoki Tate, someone who doesn't play it safe. Daima has been mostly playing it too safe so far, that's why it's a mere disappointment.
This episode was a huge letdown. We know Vegeta and Goku can go ssj3 and were supposed to watch them in base form for 16 minutes, whining that they can't do it in kid bodies?? Give me a break. In the original Dragon Ball, Goku dodges bullets easily. Power level 200 or less, lmao. Panzy, glorio, and piccolo do nothing at all. I forgot Shin existed. (Degesu in disguise? Wtf?) The glind hybis scene was cringe. Could have been used as a plot device to introduce our heroes to the third eye instead of having that awkward narration back story that was a chase scene and some still frames? Didn't even show us what the third eye is capable of. 15 seconds of duu and kuu snoring? Arinsu just says it's almost time? Again wtf. Goku vs. tamagami #3 set the bar high. And they just haven't come close since. Imo it's getting worse.
No. The storytelling is fucking atrocious in this show. Like completely amateur. I think leaning away from the muscle fights was the right move for a breath of fresh air....but you gotta tell good stories with good pacing and tension in place of that.
@ still feel gt is worse - like at least here we get some cool concepts and they arevleast sticking with the premise instead of ducking out immediately like gt did
@@felixwilson2917 GT is definetly worse. That doesn't even feel like a real show after the first episode. There's not a lot of actual animation in it plus the story just drops the story they seem like they are trying to tell and tell. The whole storytelling in Daima is bad it is trying to tell a story.
12 year old Goku destroyed the Red Ribbon army on his own
Yeah, but clearly the guns here have magic that can stun heavily
@LiveLXStudios I don't remember Goku getting shot so much in that arc, also gunshots still hurt him at the time.
I do think the episode looked good on many fronts, so it makes even sadder that it was really bad in terms of pacing and lack of tension, just all over the place. The show is paying the price for only having 20 episodes and not using all of them with good purpose.
The elephant in the room is right there: Digimon Adventure Tri and Ramu The Demon Grill reboot. This show is actually paying the price for not adjusting to a premise not seen since the original dragon ball.
Yeah feels like this series couldve been like 15 episodes with less filler
@@orbboom6119alternatively, it could've gone longer with more excitement as well, had they kept Goku and Vegeta split apart longer, and used the more "filler" episodes to focus on one group at a time discovering more about the demon realm.
After Goku vs Tamagami my expectations skyrocketed... So everything after that is a letdown. I expected much much more.
Same
I wouldn't say everything after that. This episode for sure, but Vegeta vs Tamagami 2 and the Kuu/Duu fights were great
@@haidernaveed5946 they were animated great but Vegeta v Tamagami 2 was interrupted bunch of times with Duu vs T1 fight which was a comedy.
@@artofmarcos1992 I don't mind that personally, I thought it was great fun
I’m honestly done with it, so fucking boring I just can’t anymore
Ep 15 was a well animated episode but had the worst tension/ storyboard of the whole show bar none. Nothing made sense. The plot went basically nowhere. Vegeta and Goku 'stuggling' was so unbelievable and was used SOLEY to get vegeta to eat a bug to set up fusion. Every scene just reinforced this awkwardness.
Dissappinted is an understatement.
Yeah it was ridiculous honestly. King Piccolo can wipe out an entire city, yet some millions * stronger can't create a blast with the same result?
My favorite part was when they run behind some rocks...take out exactly one plane and then say "theyre everywhere...theres too many of them" and then choose to not go super saiyan for some reason, the visuals and the writing geniunely felt so disconnected this episode. Goku gets blasted, seems kinda tickled but shrugs it off, vegeta gets hit a few times and is apparently in need of a revive bug, i just dont understand what is supposed to hurt them or not, especially when the show refuses to show any blood.
Yea my biggest gripe was the lack of transformations. They had zero reason not to, espc after it was shown they can go SSJ2 and 3.
At least with 3, they could do the “too much energy drain” thing (if that’s even still relevant), but no SSJ2 early on was weird
@@plastic8417How can ssj3 energy drain not be a thing anymore especially more so when they r kids. Ssj3 should drain energy even faster as they r kids
@@Shivam-vr6eh And they still have revive bugs If they are drained....
Not to mention for some reason they're treating Piccolo as if he's on the same level as base Goku and Vegeta and not like he's on a super saiyan level already? I guess whoever wrote this episode (I don't believe for a second this specific episode was written by Akira) didn't watch the Cell Saga.
I really like how they've been respecting Yamamuro to the point that I'm really enjoying his contributions!
Not gonna lie, I got all giddy the second you mentioned Manabe. I often forget he's been on the show before, but it's always a pleasure to see him.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks that Kiriyama shows his true talent during the flashback scenes of this episode of Dragon Ball Daima.
Great video my friend.
I've been a bit surprised that we haven't gotten more Takahashi in the series so far. Wondering if that will change in the last few episodes...
Idk bro Takahashi style fits best when gang is adult, maybe when gang becomes adult again we may see Takahashi. I feel kinda sad that they made such a high quality 20 ep DB anime but as a chill sidestory
I'll tell you what, I never expected to hear an Avengers/Lord of the Rings theme mashup while watching a Dragonball animation review.
Wow! To be mentioned in an Ajay video is quite a milestone!
On top of being a humble part of this crazy cast of course!
Thank you sir!
Incredible work! Loved your scene, thanks for watching :)
I absolutely loved komatsu's art here, it really did call back that old Z/og dragon ball vibe to it, really hope we see more of it in the remaining time of the show 🙏
I feel like I enjoy Daima more than most people. There certainly are narrative and pacing issues that keep it from reaching its full potential but it still feels like such a breath of fresh air to me. There are parts of Super I really enjoy but so much of it is it trying and mostly failing to chase what made DBZ great. And while Daima is doing the exact same thing for OG DB I think it does come closer to that goal.
Daima is still way more consistently enjoyable than Super to me. But this episode was very underwhelming in its narrative
Daima has been an absolute joy to watch, each week. The unrealistic expectations everyone has is what's bringing down. Just enjoy what it is, ya know?
@@jb0258jr no just no you can't call bad writing "unrealistic expectations" this episode made no sense and being disappointed is fair.
@@HuskySansVergogne yeah this episode was truly ass from a writing standpoint, but Daima so far has been mostly pretty fun (for me atleast)
@@DetonadosSpiderHomem yeah same I love Daima so far but that last episode was really weird
1:32 An armor doing what an armor should do in Dragon Ball of all the anime out there wasn't in my 2025 bingo card, but here we are
I do feel like Daima's yet to once again reach the heights of the Tamagami 3 fight, but I'm still excited to tune in every week and feel genuinely interested in where the story's going to go in a way that I don't think I have been in any previous Dragon Ball material I've read or watched, hopefully that gets paid off - Toriyama isn't the deepest of writers but I'm hoping for a genuine twist towards the climax.
The use of Rivals music in the background made me do a double take lol
TIME TO PUT ON A SHOW
Marvel rivals or furry rivals?
You put it really well. There’s this weird lull as the show feels like it’s gearing up for the big final fights. The early episodes could pull this off because there was so much wonder, lore, and story being delivered, but all of the chess pieces are in place, and they have been since the second part of the Vegeta fight.
It kinda feels like the show is about 3 episodes too long, but I don’t want to complain about that too much. If it were 3 episodes shorter, then it would be done.
I love your videos so much. On a narrative front I was so upset by how offensively bad it was, but you made me enjoy the visuals a bit more which were really nice.
I am wondering how this is all gonna wrap up. Didn't expect Degesu to point a glock at the baby, though.
Got extreme whiplash from the Marvel Rivals music LOL, had to pause the video to check if I had accidentally opened a Rivals video
I thought the tail end of the series would avoid that dragging on feeling but it seems like that issue has been persistent all throughout. There’s been some standout episodes and animation. But the way they approached telling this story in 20 episodes has been hit and miss.
I still appreciate that we were able to witness one last project majorly helmed by Toriyama, but it’s not without its faults and I hope the team can learn from the criticism DAIMA has received thus far and will receive for the remaining episodes.
I think the best episode so far was the one with the Goku vs Tamagami. Conspiracy is also a favorite of mine, pacing, animation, audio-visual was great.
I think daima just suffers from some pacing issues and could have been cut down in episodes to get some faster pacing between plot points. I did like a lot of the more non plot driving episodes, but the group having ship issues could have been reduced, and the issues with tension felt like they had been nerfed more than I had realized, along with scale being inconsistent in this episode.
After episode 10, the series is gown down in terms of what they story can offer to keep us engaged.
Episode 12 is literally the second best episode lmao
@@Bgmi1234_1it was mid
I can't handle dragonball characters being pushed back by guns, tanks, and armies. I hate it here.
When you finish daima please do that promised one piece stampede review from four months ago
Daima really has its amazing moments, but the pacing throughout the series feels a bit off to me. It was really great to follow all the way to the first Tamagami, but after that it feels like its going all over the place. One thing that left me a little sour was that the second world felt a little underwhelming in a sense. The Namekian and Glind lore that came out of it was fantastic, but I felt like the world could've been much more and introduced a bit better (ex. the giant creatures not being the conclusion to the world, making them less filler-y). Everything else has been a blast to follow though! Love all the characters especially.
I'm also a little sick of the plane issues they keep facing at this point hahah.
100% agree. Like, I think those giants should have been the first thing they encountered in the 2nd realm, having them at the end was just anticlimactic lol. And overall we just spent way too little time in the 2nd realm compared to the 3rd
@@diegovaldes1408 No, the giants never should have existed, period. All it is is filler and wildly stupid lore. Why was Majin Buu ever a problem in the first place? They could have just sent a Giga warrior to one shot him. "Oh, but they don't care about the outside world", yet Majin Buu was threatening not just universe 7, but all the Demon realm before it as well.
2:12 i saw that Ajay 😂
I feel like a lot of the issues I have with Daima (mainly is regards to story) can be overlooked if they stick the landing in the final few episodes. Kinda like if they have a Blue Lock s2 moment where they have one, perfectly animated sequence in the finale (which is not a perfect comparison because the ending of the U20 arc in Blue Lock was simply a good story; this may not be the same for Daima).
Not really confident in the narrative for next episode considering the preview but as long as it has good animation then it's at least enjoyable
Nightberry used to be on Fiverr doing art commissions!
Love the added Bulma butts 😊😂
Easily the biggest problem is having Goku and Vegeta not transform. I have loved Daima so far until the last two episodes, where it really feels like they are trying to sell a sense of scale and danger you just can't do with random soldiers firing at base Goku and Vegeta. Vegeta even needed to take an insect!?
If this is the climax, I'm extremely disappointed. Really hoping it doesn't escalate from 0 to 100 when Arinsu faces the heroes.
Interesting hearing about Daima having the same writer throughout, I do wonder how much decisions were made on her front vs Toriyamas (I wonder if Toriyama is even the one who chose the pacing for the series)
Will be interesting to see if we get normal pacing for the climax or if it'll end up speeding up a bunch. We've still got Arinsus plan, some struggle between Gomah and Arinsu, the wish (or at the very least, a struggle for the dragon balls), majin kuu/duu turning good, whatever is gonna happen with the third eye, and the fusion bugs
For a episode that's super to showcase a full scale battle to storm the place, it all felt so compact and small. And the the pace breaking dialogue in the middle of said fight doesn't help it.
This episode looked so fantastic but the framing and the writing of the action felt so off
It never actually felt like they were really fighting an army, the only moment of genuine tension after the first scene of them behind cover was the king's helicopter being destroyed, which was solved within 15 seconds. Everything after felt so weird even though it looked so amazing. Ironically, the flashback was the coolest part of the episode to me. Seeing Dabura and understanding how he rose to power was pretty amazing to see in such a beautiful artstyle and made the world feel so alive by expanding a side character from Z who was just a measuring stick for the real big bad of the story
This is the most "Dragon Ball EXACTLY as you remembered it!" episode to date. It was meant to build up to the Demon Realm 3 going into total war with Demon Realm 1 having had enough of Ghoma's tyrannical reign, but it's script, made for more modern shows in mind, is clashing with a premise that has been there day 1. Demon Realm 3 v. Demon Realm 1 harkens back to the all-out war against the Red Ribbon Army, BUT it's been a long time we have seen such a setpiece in a long while, traded for long talks of a false sense of nostalgia as seen in Digimon Adventure Tri and Ramu The Demon Grill.
Unfortunately I felt 0 impact and threat in this "grand" battle. Really underwhelming writing. The visuals were overall great, but couldn't fully flourish with the weird writing
Exactly my thoughts, you know its bad when ajay of all people has to bring it up lol
Everything just felt so awkward
To me, This is possibly the worst episode from Daima. Animation can only carry the episode so far. The lack of tension, the obvious reveal of the 3rd eye, the lackluster response from Gomah and Degesu, and the lack of fighter logic. The gendarmerie are not enemies that are a legit threat to Goku and Vegeta, them getting hit by those lasers is one thing, but not immediately responding by going SSJ and fighting back is insane, especially for Vegeta. SSJ is seen to be at least at the level of Tamagami 3, they could have stormed the initial forces with SSJ instead of waiting for King Kadan, who is weaker than Goku and Vegeta, but somehow got the better of the soldiers?????? The lack of that logic broke this episode for me.
Nice music choice
The writing whether Toribot or Dragon Room wasted the animators' efforts. A real shame. They are now down to 5 episodes to deliver.
Honestly I preferred the comedy episodes because those at least were amusing.
Daima's kinda just whatever for me. I watch it because it's there, and while it's art and animation is quite nice and I get some cool character interactions every now and then, it's not something I see myself re-watching once it's over.
Nice vid, Daima hasnt impressed as of late. But then again narritve wise the time its supposed to deliver is in the final stretch which we are nearing. But i am a bit worried that when it starts delivering the spectacle will be short lived, especially compared to all the build up its received up till now
Honestly my biggest hope is seeing someone fuse with the bugs, and i hope its not the majins. Would be funny to see a third goky x vegeta fusion fighting majin duku in the final act
I have been enjoying Daima quite a bit. I think this episode tho felt pretty slow and some of the tension was just sucked out because.. why not go super saiyan or use a large kamehameha to deal with the army? He used it against a giant dog but not an army?
It is a shame to see that Daima has been losing steam for many fans if not outright being disliked on social media. Personally I'm still on the more positive side of enjoying it but it's hard not to feel like the plot and pacing could've used a bit more editing and drafting in the production phase. That being said these last five episodes have a lot of promise with our heroes now fully coming up against Gomah, Degesu, The Gendermarie elites, Arinsu, Kuu, Duu, and Glorio
As you said, interest on Daima has kind of waned; as I've personally dropped the show myself. Especially after having one of the my least favourite kind of episodes in a show, regardless of it's quality separate fron the rest of the narrative/show.
And having what looks like my ABSOLUTE least favourite type of episode this week, the "We're pinned down by enemy fire that by all means shouldn't be an issue" type episode; I'm not keen on continuing.
At this point, the work from the staff and your videos are the only point of interest I still have for Daima.
The way Mikio Fujihara, Kazunori Ozawa and Nightberry draw smoke, water and debris are PHENOMENAL. Then there's Shuuichiro Manabe and Tadayoshi Yamamuro's work, the latter really surprising me during Daima so far.
When I continue Daima when it gets to it's actual final battle, I think these videos will have greatly helped my enjoyment of those last few and potentially upcoming couple episodes.
While it sucks to grow to hate a series I was largely enjoying at first, I can at the very least look forward towards these videos each week. I almost wish Daima was a longer show just for more of these breakdowns.
It's all out war between fans
The powerscaling in this episode was the worst so far and I kept saying "JUST GO SUPER SAIYAN" but to be honest, they wouldn't have needed it to speed blitz most of the guards.. It was really frustrating and I thought up at least 4 different ways they could have improved all of it. I was kinda mixed on daima as a whole but happy to see the better and more consistent art and animation, I really started to get hooked at ep 8 though, and things kept being pretty awesome.. This is the first time where it feels like a big step back again.
The Urusei Yatsura Reboot rocked, I did not appreciate this slight attempt at slander.
but hey, I guess to each his own.
I heard it was good, I was mostly trying to dig at Tri 🙇♀️
@@AnimeAjay it's cool.
thnx for the clearup.
Looks pretty and the animation is good, for sure, and I do still find the series entertaining, but, it's the pacing for me, that and the fact that, it wasn't established before, I think, that demons are that much stronger or their guns that powerful tha, 3 very powerful warriors - that don't seem to have their power as limited by the spell that turned them to kids like in the beginning anymore - find it that hard to defeat an army, Goku was able to handle several soldiers at once without much problem, back when he met Panzy, and in base form, and by now they have already defeated two Tatagami, which are supposed to be some of the strongest creatures in the realm, so all of them struggling that much now, it feels a bit inconsistent, and that's kinda frustrating... maybe it's just me, eh.
The characters are in the middle of town, they start being shot at and Goku suddenly looks like he's falling off a cliff, what?
Degesu leaves to go get the third eye, a girl gets the third eye, Degesu returns and they say nothing about the eye. Did he hire her to do it? Was he crossdressing? Was that Arinsu? Why is he back and they don't talk about the eye??
That eye on belt has never been a focus of discussion in the gang. Why would they ask about something which they never thought of any importance. Dont try to find negativity in everything
@@Shivam-vr6eh He wasn't talking about Gokus group asking about it.
The 2nd part of the comment was entirely about Gomah and Degesu.
Degesu was literally told to get the damn eye for him, we see Degesu leave...
then we see him returning a few mins later only for neither of them to bring it up. It's just weird.
These are very reasonable questions, even TFS talked about it.
I really don't like to give an opinion about a series that's still going, but I'm enjoying it so far. A tad slow at times, but at least we are getting exposed to interesting stuff along the way. Which is the highest praise I can give to a prequel that will go nowhere in terms of narrative in the grand scheme of things.
As for the animation, Goku vs. Tamagami still is the poster boy of this series. That is especially sad when we consider that we've had Vegeta SSJ3 after that, and it was so underwhelming.
Speaking of transformations, this episode reminded me of the first half of GT, where they struggled because for some reason they were so reluctant to use SSJ. I understand that this is supposed to be a throwback to simpler times, but at the same time this series is where we got Vegeta SSJ3 for fuck's sake. At least come up with an excuse to take their powers away, don't make the characters stupid.
"chunky" animators is crazy😭😭😭
After how good Delicious in Dungeon was last year, watching Dragon Ball attempt to do _"adventure"_ is just so mind numbingly boring.
U have no idea what original Dragon Ball was as regards to "adventure". All these new animes are just mimicry of it
I'm still really enjoying Daima, but my overall anticipation for the series kinda dropped like a brick when it came out that it was only gonna be 20 episodes. With how the show was paced early on, I was kinda buckled in for like 40+ episodes of this.
If this was a JRPG, then Tamagami 3 felt like the climax of the tutorial chapter, when in reality, that was nearly the halfway mark of the entire journey. And that realisation kinda took then wind out of my sails.
We have so much left to do in this series, but I'm worried it's all gonna get glossed over and knocked out in too short a time frame. The main crew still don't even know who Dr Arinsu is, or that Glorio is in her pocket, OR that she already has Tamagami No 1's Dragon Ball. And then we as an audience still don't know what she plans to wish for. Plus there's the whole Join Bug thing which they teased very heavily back in Episode 4.
They have five episodes left to ramp up tension, establish stakes, introduce a big boss enemy, deliver a satisfying defeat, and a series wrap up. That's a lot of ground to cover, considering it took them five episodes just to introduce Panzy at all.
If one person wrote the script for all these episodes... then yikes. At least Super had the benefit of being handed from person to person.
The pacing since the Vegeta vs Tomagami #2 has been pretty bad and even though the plot development and lore/flashback scenes since have been great it doesn't even out. I was hoping the hype would only go up from there but this episode was way too drawn out for something that could've been solved by Goku and Vegeta going super saiyan right away. I really hope these last episodes keep the excitement up because another downer of an episode would probably ruin the way people remember Daima.
Unfortunately I feel quite mixed about Daima as a whole (so far), glad im not the only one. While im still quite enjoying it and its by no means bad, it just so inconsistent, mostly in its writing, although definitely not *just* the writing... Imo quite a few episodes left a bit to be desired in terms of directing, boarding and even animation sometimes... As much as I hate to say it, I do believe this really is starting to become the GT meme of "great ideas bad execution", even if I still think its far better than GT, but you know, thats a pretty low bar lmao.
Anyways, great analisys as always!
I think they could have done better, shots seem static.
And futoshi higashide?
My interest in daima is just as high as it's been since starting. But my expectations have almost entirely fallen off a cliff. Each important episode being boarded with less interesting shots than most romance anime and it's starting to get a bit painful. Each important episode having the staff required for something great, but either having them mismanaged or not being able to dedicate their full time making their inclusion non-noticeable.
More than any of that though, I'm not sure why but consistently throughout this episode and a few other high profile ones, there has just been such weak inbetweening. For this episode Sanda's scene sticks out the most. There are practically 0 uses of arcs, and the timing is so abrupt you'd think it's Karasawa. Maybe this happened a lot more in dbs as well, but it's a feeling I haven't been able to shake. Like there's one or two departments that just aren't communicating very well with the rest. Whether it's the douga, 2nd key or maybe compositing(?). Something always feels so close to looking amazing but feels like it's held back by some god of stiff timing and arcs.
Ive been loving every episode of daima but I couldn't help feeling a little underwhelmed by this episode being action heavy yet not quite reaching the heights of the tamagami 3 fight. Still enjoyable nonetheless.
0:21 But.
I didn't get excited one second during this episode or most of the series
I did when i laid with your mother tho while we were watching so that's odd. Weird
Fights with Tamagami were quite interesting especially that hallmark Toriyama sense of humour of ending with mind games😁😁
Dragon Ball will ALWAYS suffer from poor writting after Dragon Ball Super got ahead of its manga.DB and DBZ had manga reference but DBS and DB Daima dont have
Overall, a fun episode
Nah most boring i honestly has lost my excitement it feels like a waste of time
@@rataqueso2307 its fine you feel that way.
Love the video - hate this community at the moment. The relentless negativity in the comment sectiosns sucks the joy away from even watching the show. Idk kinda over it.
the entire fight felt so slow, and if you compare to something like Gokus fight agaisnt the Red Ribbon army, its honestly a massive disappointment.
I kinda realized that what would have made this show a little bit more interesting is if the main cast was kid goten and kid trunk having this big adventure. Goten learnings how to use the power pole and trunks maybe learning fighting stances or tech stuff ( not to sure really for trunks). Now of course we need the z fighters so we just have them do side mission stuff until they join at the last second for this big war.
EXACTLY. What u really want to mean is that ACTUAL kids should have this adventure instead of fake kids like Goku,vegeta. In Daima Goku has been behaving even more dumb than super just bcoz he is in kid's body which just doesnt make any sense at all. A 40 y/o is behaving like a kid. Actual kids should have gone to this adventure
Sanda mon amour
Been waiting for this, tbh this episode did not look very good in my opinion compared to previous episodes.
I really want to like Daima more and I wouldnt say its bad... but ....
yeah, you know, it looks fantastic, has some nice locations and some fresh ideas... BUT...
The writing... man... its just... all over the place... It's only 20 episodes and it feels like you could cut it down to 10! So much exposition, so much wandering around in the same looking areas, every now and then a nice looking fight for a few minutes and then the same again. But with these weird filler episodes, and I don't just mean episode 13, which could be cut completely without offering anything (yes, I know Ajay likes this episode, but for me even a side adventure filler should have some character development or something to continue the story and not just be a boring break), I also mean episodes 14 and 15, which have so much filler... not story filler, but just time filler. Goku falling for 10 minutes, nobody caring about him, people staring out of windows... or, well, 20 minutes of fighting an army that could be resolved in 10 seconds if the characters weren't so terribly written. This episode was so GT in its "let's nerf the characters and make them idiots so the plot can happen" - it was painful! The last few seconds with Goku going SSJ and bombing all the soldiers away... HE COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALL THE TIME! And Vegeta too. Piccolo too. There was no effort. It was just painful to watch. I really hope Daima finds its way in the last few episodes, because right now I am pissed off that they are offering me a new series with no serious villain, no obstacle to overcome, no tension whatsoever. Just a run-through for overpowered characters who have been magically wished into children to make them less powerful without making them less powerful unless the story needs them to be.
Also, Goku and Vegeta defeated the Tamagamis easily, so they are much stronger than them. But Gomah's weapons can defeat Goku and Vegeta? With that knowledge, Gomah could have defeated the Tamagamis himself and won their Dragon Balls. Such a plot hole, because it is terribly written...
If the last episodes do not get better, this series will be seen as nothing more than a DLC to the Buu saga. Just an epilogue. Nothing really important, just a few more pages in a big book. But maybe that is what Toriyama wanted. I do not know.
This is the problem with modern day Dragon Ball. Toei can't seem to balance good art/animation and story plot and pacing. It's either one or the other.
This series is 20 episodes long and weve had 2-3 action packed episodes so far. I expected more
I audibly gasped when they started the flashback sequence. They made no attempt to properly tie it in to the narrative it was absurd. I dont think Dragonball has ever done something like. Completely interrupting the story with a random narrator to spouse exposition in the middle an episode?? What? Episode 8 was so good and I'm just so let down by this series since
this show is so mid😂
It's a shame that super never got this level of polish..is it just me or does it feel like filler, 20 episodes definitely doesn't help and the characters that goku and Co are up against just don't have that seriousness about them....
Guns hurting Vegeta and Goku, Piccolo covering behind a skirt of a little hut to me makes this one of the worst episode of DB I have ever seen.
They r in kids body its believable. But it has been going downhill after Tamagami fights
I want to love this series so much… but the story writing isn’t great. Do they expect me to believe some tanks are going to slow them down? Even as kids? It took them all episode to go super saiyan, and when they did the tanks were no problem. There’s not enough tension in this story… and it’s sad. I’m doing my best to enjoy it but I find myself wanting to fast forward… which isn’t good.
Im just gonna say it at this point, i dont care how polished the animation is, especially compared to Super....this show just sucks. Toei does not know how to do storytelling. This episode was even worse than last week. I will never rewatch this show once its done. They totally blew it.
Really disappointing episode, but at least it looked nice.
Honestly I was expecting more from this episode after your last video. Not your fault of course because you were talking from a staff perspective and not a script perspective. The story is just so boring. It's like watching someone play a bad JRPG.
Pretty moments this week. I didn’t really notice a lot of the problems when I watched the episode, but I’ve had to dull my mind when watching the show for quite some time. There have been some good moments in the show, but I’m not surprised that it has yet to really grip me. Still hoping to be pleased by the ending, but I’m not hoping too hard. I’m just really not attached to anything going on in this show. I feel it makes for a nice half hour distraction once a week, and I still look forward to new episodes. See ya next week.
The scaled was not achieved, the pacing was weird, and felt very weird and breaking the tension unexpectedly in some moments. I’m personally getting very disappointed of this series and it makes me genuinely sad. I think I may never rewatch it again.
YES, the SCRIPT has been terrible
i liked daima episode 1. then immediately found myself apathetic from episode 2. Regained my interest from the bar fight scene up to tamagami fight 1 and then realised... that the narrative would go nowhere and have lost any real hype since. I've kept on watching because it's dragon ball, but frankly, this show somehow manages to be worse than DBS because it's boring. It is utterly unbelievable to me that a show can look this good, and still bore.
There is nothing that gives a feeling of tension. Nothing that pins down the power scaling (one moment they can't fly. Then they can turn ssj and have huge fights, the next they almost get K.O'd by a stick laser). There has been no clear end of the tunnel narrative wise. Are we supposed to care about them saving Dende? Well the villains take good care of him. Are we supposed to care about the tamagami's? Nope they got taken out easily, all of them. Are we supposed to care about the villains being dangerous? Nope, they may be 'baddies' but none of them appear like truly bad people. They are just egoistic and childish. Should we care about the mysterious characters? Nope, because the Namek dude doesn't appear to have a hidden master plan, neither does glorio really appear to have any depth beyond that he speaks with Arinsu. It's all just a big fat nothing burger and that sucks. The script being written by the digimon tri writer makes sense, because it sucks and is the major weakness of the entire production.
I cannot believe i'm about to say this but, while dragon ball super had lower lows, it at least had peaks that were interesting.
You absolutely nailed it better than anyone I've seen that's tried to articulate this in either a video or comment. Well done. Exactllllly how I feel.
@@johnpolishimpossible2say191 Thanks. I had a while to think about it
Super didn't always live up to its potential, but Daima's going hard for a narrative that's just nothing.
Edit: Daima's added lore deserved better than whatever this is.
@skeith804 that's a really good way to point it. Daima is going hard for a nothing narrative.
Its REALLY REALLY obnoxious that you even PRETEND to know what youre talkikg about. You learn all the buzzword and just repeat them.
We need to get rid of youtube critics, who have zero education or experience in the medium.
Do you have specific critiques to levy?
Aside from a few slow episodes, Daima has been fantastic, both visually and narratively. I think that minor inconsistencies exist in all other shows, particularly Dragonball projects, but fans are just exaggerating them at this point. Despite having the same complaints addressed in this video, I really enjoyed this episode, and I am looking forward to the finale!
Spoiling SSJ3 Vegeta on youtube made me lose a lot of fun and hype in the series. I only watch Daima for the animation now. Because it’s so good. I lost complete interest in the story and everything else in Daima. I’m So disappointed 😢
Man the last three episodes were so bad the only good thing is hybis and the majins
This was a breathtaking And amazing episode for me the only problem I have is them taking damage from those lasers but they are powered by magic so I guess it's possible but the episode was amazing
Hated this episode…the art and animation was nice but it was all over the place. Pacing made no sense, why is Goku, Vegeta and piccolo struggling against these bums and guns..makes no sense
I know I'm in the minority here, but this was my favorite episode since episode 8.
Daima is a waste of time.
Daima has fallen off a cliff. Idk if Toriyama actually finished daima's story before he passed but I have a feeling that may be the case because the second half has been very disappointing.
I think he just need a draft to overhaul the original spinoff idea as well contribute some character designs. Then Toei exaggerates his involvement, as they have since Broly, to win fans back over that got frustrated with Super. Actually I don't know that his involvement in Super Hero and Broly was exaggerated I just mean that with every new project Toei is like "this is the MOSt he's been involved since DBZ."
The show has been 1 million times better than super ever thought about being.
The people complaining about pacing just have like ADHD .
You're the wrongiest wronger who ever wronged.
Its kinda ironic to see that DB Super had bad begining but lateron improved a lot and DB Daima just the opposite
lmao goku black arc and top shit on the plane crashing show, look at how many people were watching and discussing super and how few are watching this dogshit
@@Shivam-vr6eh nope still great
Worst episode so far tbh.
Agrees
Ain't even that bad
I wouldn't say it's worse than 14, but it's definitely a letdown.
The fact not even a two-year-old pre-production can save us from snappy and old-fashioned movements, sort of lowers our initial expectations. The Dragon Quest staff isn't well-assorted: Sanda, Sasaki and Yamamoto are competent animators, but they're too conservative. A show like Daima needed a guy like Naoki Tate, someone who doesn't play it safe.
Daima has been mostly playing it too safe so far, that's why it's a mere disappointment.
This episode was a huge letdown.
We know Vegeta and Goku can go ssj3 and were supposed to watch them in base form for 16 minutes, whining that they can't do it in kid bodies?? Give me a break. In the original Dragon Ball, Goku dodges bullets easily. Power level 200 or less, lmao.
Panzy, glorio, and piccolo do nothing at all. I forgot Shin existed.
(Degesu in disguise? Wtf?) The glind hybis scene was cringe. Could have been used as a plot device to introduce our heroes to the third eye instead of having that awkward narration back story that was a chase scene and some still frames? Didn't even show us what the third eye is capable of.
15 seconds of duu and kuu snoring? Arinsu just says it's almost time? Again wtf.
Goku vs. tamagami #3 set the bar high. And they just haven't come close since. Imo it's getting worse.
@@ANIMATORPEDIA Tate on this show would have been incredible man. But he had to be in fucking Tosochu jail lmao
The series were left unfinished when Tori sadly passed away 😢. Its been 16 episodes and the plot has yet to progress
? It was not left unfinished when Toriyama passed away?
No it wasn't, lol
Bro the story was finished before he passed. You think they make these episodes on the spot?
Me when I spread misinformationn
Y'all have shown y'all just want big muscle fights. Like if it were up to all y'all goku would've freezia’d the demon realm lol
No. The storytelling is fucking atrocious in this show. Like completely amateur. I think leaning away from the muscle fights was the right move for a breath of fresh air....but you gotta tell good stories with good pacing and tension in place of that.
@ still feel gt is worse - like at least here we get some cool concepts and they arevleast sticking with the premise instead of ducking out immediately like gt did
@@felixwilson2917 GT is definetly worse. That doesn't even feel like a real show after the first episode. There's not a lot of actual animation in it plus the story just drops the story they seem like they are trying to tell and tell. The whole storytelling in Daima is bad it is trying to tell a story.