Originally Posted by
Lord Raziere
and DBZ is only because it was actually just the latest arc of Dragon Ball, so....technically...for that you have to watch an entire OTHER SERIES for it to "finally get good"
which at this point, I'm starting to roll my eyes at that criticism. these series are kind of the anime equivalent of long epic fantasy books. should we skip the Fellowship of the Ring to start watching at the Two Towers as well? do people skip Harry Potter or Game of Thrones books? Wheel of Time had filler books, and it was long, do we skip out on the beginnings of Rands journey? and the "finally get good" is as shown is completely subjective and depends on who you ask, so its secondhand info,
I understand if someone don't have the time to watch it, but if thats the case, just say so. I can understand it for Goku, he is starting to become comic book-like in how media keeps revisiting the saiyan arc as if its his origin story, and I can understand if you want a show that skips straight to the action and good parts, I want one to, but these stories are very bildungsroman in how they are about growth and progress over time. its just kind of the nature of the genre for it to be a journey and for the journey to be long. but then again I rarely if ever want to skip any thing of a media I consume. I'm the kind of person who likes going on archive binges, watching episodes back to back so it all flows as a cohesive uninterrupted narrative, but I guess thats just my deep focus introvert brain that is able to read Way of Kings for hours on end without stopping, and other people simply don't have the patience, focus, time or the energy for that.