DRAGON BALL Z: KAMI TO KAMI

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CAST

ANIME ActionDragon Ball Z
MOVIE ActionDragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no "F"
ANIME ActionDragon Ball Super
MANGA ActionDragon Ball Super
MANGA ActionDragon Ball Gaiden: Tensei-shitara Yamcha Datta Ken
ANIME ActionDragon Ball DAIMA

REVIEWS

• 

  WhatAGoodShow

  1/100
  What if you pull out another overpowered villain who is a gary stu from your ass and make Goku into an idiot? You get..

  This is not Dragon Ball. This is a poorly written disgrace with dry ass jokes and boring fights that does not even know its characters.

  You will notice that our beloved main character for instants acts completely different besides his eating habits and lust for battle.
  Goku underestimates his opponent in the first confrontation and at the end he even bends over to the badguy.
  Vegeta is a punk ass bitch to Bills who also bends over.

  The way they tried to introduce Super Saiyan God was poorly done. What was it? It appeared in the dream on some oversensitive destroyer god and it has to be true because some fish who isn't even sure himself said so.

  Remember when Super Saiyan God appeared in the Future Timeline? You don't? Neither do I. The entire prophecy is a plot hole. The God comes out of nowhere being pulled out Toriyama's ass like usual, never before mentioned and just happened to come to earth of all places.

  Aside from being a recolor and having a shitty name, Super Saiyan God was completely forgettable in the movie since not only was there no hype to its reveal but it literally did nothing in the fight against Bills.
  And what is the fuss about the Saiyan God when in the future said hyped up form loses to a bunch of Saiyans that can't even turn Super Saiyan. Complete embarrassment.
  You are telling me Whis didn't know about Broly or suggested they go to Universe 6?

  The only redeeming factor of the movie, if you can call that, is the future events of exploring other universes if anything. But since that will never be done unless you count Dragon Ball Heroes, this entire movie was a waste of time.

  You can take out all the pointless slice of life stuff and you get a 6 minute OVA. A complete snorefest. And people say this of all Dragon Ball movies is the best?
  I can name at least 21 other Dragon Ball movies that have far more to offer.

  Freaking Bio Broly is a master piece compared to this. At least the fights in Bio Broly are good. And every scene with Mr Satan is a joy to watch. If you think the Pudding Scene can even compare to Mr Satan's best moments, you are delusional.

  What about the visuals? They look like plastic. Goku's Super Saiyan forms don't alter the brightness of his outfit so the coloring with his transformation look like crap. Then you have the awful CGI scenes which are worse when the boring final fight slows down to show each blow. This is the worst use of CGI I have seen. Even Revival of F did that better.

  Non of the soundtracks are memorable. At least I remember "FRIEZA FRIEZA FRIEZA FRIEZA" from Revival of F. Battle of Gods didn't even have that much.

  Do yourself a favor and don't watch this garbage. Even the DBS version is shit but at least the ending is good and Goku's character is corrected to not look down on his enemies. Some of the jokes get build up even tho they get repetitive. And the final fight doesn't look consistently like dogshit. And if you are obsessed with Goku vs Superman and want a reason to argue for several days with other fanboys about why Goku can beat Superman (even if he can't), avoid this garbage movie and watch the less awful but still awful DBS version.

  Overall this movie doesn't even deserve a 1 out of 10. Most positives that don't hold up are external things like getting more Dragon Ball and more shit to explore. Did you really think Toriyama can write something like that? Just look at Namek, which is just a glorified battlefield.

  Overall, Battle of Gods is FANFICTION turned into a movie.

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• 

  shaaaaaaaa

  90/100
  The man who can do anything, faced with the impossible odds to protect everything.

  I do not like Dragonball Super. I agree with all of the criticisms against it, and all of the character assassinations present. Sadly, it is a stain on something I love.

  But if you take one thing away from this, please let it be this: Battle of Gods is not Dragonball super, it does not suffer the issue of misunderstanding its source, it does not deserve the hate its given. Battle of gods is brilliant. I mean it, Battle of gods is beautiful.

  First, keep in mind the period it was being released. We had gone so, so long without NEW Dragonball stuff. After all this time, its back. Dragonball, our childhoods, our inspiration and dreams, its back. The man who could do anything, who rest assured his wife and audience everything would be ok, was back.

  That same Goku does not last too long.

  Beerus shows up and molly whops him. The impossible happens, Goku loses, and is embarrassed. Immediately the goal is clear as day, as always in dragonball: beat the big bad, beat Beerus, the man on the hunt for a "Super Saiyan god".

  It doesn't waste much time setting up who Beerus is, he's divinity and he is merciless, and he's coming to earth to take our childhoods away.

  I adore Vegeta here. Hes still a bit of an egotist as he always will be, but hes a family man and a defender of earth first and foremost. He's fine with doing a dumb dance, and eating Takoyaki and putting on a show so long as it protects his home. A lot of DBS regresses the purity of DBZ Vegeta, but I personally thought he ruled here, fighting a man he knows he has a guarantee of losing to purely to protect his loved ones. No cares for surpassing Kakarot, or being number one, just to keep the ones he fought for vs kid Buu safe. Vegeta at his purest after Z.

  And he loses, as Vegeta tends to do (lol). Showing first and foremost a new conflict: the old Ki wont work here, we cant win with emotion and force, we must ascend, we must go higher. Its brilliant in setting up the soon faulty DBS power scaling, and it sets a distinct tone for the movie, and a distinct goal for Goku: ascend, and save the world.

  And that he does, as he comes to earth last second to save the day, as he always would. Through Shenron and through Videls child, showing how far Saiyan's have come due to earth and just how important these bonds really are, he achieves it.

  Anti climatic don't you think?

  Intentionally so, and Goku makes full point of such, pointing out how he's not happy with his form as he does not feel he earned such. Intentionally anti climatic, giving the audience the same feeling of dissatisfaction as Goku, and hinting towards the climax by leaving a gap in our expectations purposefully. Its genius.

  They do battle, Goku stands his own but never fully grasps Beerus. As hard as he fights, he never fully feels Beerus out. This isn't Goku fighting Beerus, this is super Saiyan god doing battle. This is not the way Goku fights, he's built HIMSELF to be so strong, this is not how he wants to win.

  And thus, its not how he wins. Channeling super Saiyan god into super Saiyan, the form he worked on and perfected with his son, he fights Beerus as son Goku, going all out as the warrior raised on earth; not the warrior gifted a new form.

  He loses. Despite going all out, despite fighting as Goku, he loses. Thus, Beerus explains the universe. or well, universes. There are 12 total, and within just this one, is Beerus and Whis, two people so much stronger than him.

  As Gokus mentor, Roshi did his best to instill one moral into his student: there is always someone stronger than you.

  And it comes full circle here. Now, not only are there two impossible to scale people, but potentially billions across MULTIPLE UNIVERSES. As an ending to Dragonball, this would genuinely be the best there is, leaving such ambiguous and leaving Goku to train on this new level, in a sense that satisfies him, sending him on a now infinite quest to be the strongest. I believe dbs ruins such by exploring said universes, but i digress.

  There is no better example of Goku as a character than Battle of Gods (don't misread this as "this is the best Goku"). Comforting, backed against the wall, trying to the end. It is Goku at his purest, bringing out all of his best qualities and displaying just how special he really is. Dragonball really was back, Super Saiyan's were back, Ki blasts were back, GOKU. was back. That, alone, is beautiful to me.

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