Both the manga and the anime of Dragon Ball They have dreaming of us multiple times thanks to the wonderful transformations unlocked by Goku and companions throughout history. However, not all the donuts come out with the hole and the incredible amount of “peculiar” forms and transformations that we would have been worth saving is a demonstration.
Super Saiyan God
Unlike previous transformations, It is not born from training or personal growthbut from a magical ritual that breaks the narrative consistency built up to that moment. This sudden change transforms Goku into a sort of “chosen divine”, making the past challenges obsolete and reducing the narrative tension. In addition, it introduces confusion between subsequent transformations, which become increasingly chaotic and without a clear logic.
Super Saiyan Blue
Almost identical to the Super Saiyan base of Goku, but with blue hair. The Super Saiyan Blue appears suddenlywithout in -depth explanations, as if it were just a new “skin” to be used against stronger enemies.
Super perfect cell
Although Cell is one of the best villain of Dragon Ball Z, it cannot be said that its “super perfect” shape is exactly a good idea. The transformation into question does not give him new skills (if not the Teleport who, trivially, observes and copy from Goku) or decisive advantages: his impulsive attitude makes him more dangerous, but also more vulnerable. From a narrative point of view, then, the return of Cell appears as a forcing, justified only by the idea that its Saiyan cells allow him to become stronger after being almost dead.
Ill Super Saiyan the Goten, Trunks e Caulifler
Becoming Super Saiyan was a milestone full of suffering, anger and personal growth: it took years of training, deep trauma and sacrifices for Goku, Vegeta and Gohan. Goten and Trunks, on the other hand, achieve the same result by playing during training as children, almost by chance, completely trivializing the emotional and narrative weight of the transformation. Caulifla, for its part, It transforms with zero emotional or physical effortsimply “understanding how to do it”. Although we know why Toriyama forgotten details of Dragon Ball, certain solutions are unjustifiable.
