Dragon Ball Super was going to bring the franchise back in a strong way. It was going to be the big comeback for one of the most popular animated shows ever made. People were hyped and they had every right to be. It had been over 20 years since we had a new Dragon Ball show. Akira Toriyama was back at the helm and hopes were high. They couldn't possibly do worse than Dragon Ball GT. That's what the fans believed. When you're already at the bottom, how can you go further belowꦜ?
Well, Toei Animation found a way to dig themselves further underground. Dragon Ball Super turned out to be a very average show that, in some respects, was worse than Dragon Ball GT. It failed to capture the essence of the original show that made people fall in love. It's sad to say, but Dragon Ball Super was an utter disappointment🐬 for fans and newcomers. Rather than reviving the franchise and ma🧜king it relevant once again, we find ourselves back to the beginning. That's not to say the show has nothing good about it, but those moments are like finding a diamond in a coal mine.
The following list outlines 25 of the major faults associated with Dragon Ball Super. This is by no means every problem with the show, but some of the ones that fans may not readily be willing to accept. You may have noticed these issues while watching the show. If you're yet to watch Dragon Ball Super, then be warned as there will be spoilers.
25 Poor Animation Qual🐷ity
I'm sure everyone has seen this image before. Even people who have no interest in Dragon Ball would no about the infamous episode 5. This particular episode had some of the worst art in Dragon Ball history. You have to feel for t🉐he animators. They weren't given enough time to perfect their 🎐craft.
Outside of episode 5, Dragon Ball Super has poor animation throughout. It does get a little better later on, especially during key moments. Still, the quality is well below par for a series with a reputation like Dragon Ball.
24 𒆙 Zamasu Is A Terrible Vꦡillain
This guy is awful. There is nothing compelling or interesting at all about Zamasu. He is one of the worst villains ever made in Dragon Ball history. Which is sad since he was the fi🅘rst major villain of the show (the first two arcs don't count).
His main gimmick is that he hates humanity and wants to exterminate everyone. Only the gods are worthy of existing. His reason for this hatred is that humans are🙈 imperfect and base creatures. Zamasu's solution is to wipe them all out. His🐟 motive is as bad as his solution. His monologues make everything worse.
23 ꦺ The Tournament Of Pow꧅er
The Tournament of Power had the potential to redeem every mistake made by Dragon Ball Super. To do that, this arc had to be near-perfect in execution. The idea was good enough for a great final saga to end Dragon Ball Super.
Things didn't go quite according to plan.
The Tournamen🦂t dragged on for too long and had too many filler or boring fights. Another issue is the൩ ending. It's revealed that Zeno was going to erase all of the competing universes, if not for Goku's suggestion. This destroyed one of the compelling aspects of the Tournament with Goku having to shoulder the responsibility of the erased universes.
22 ꦑ The First Two Arcs A🔴re Pointless
The first two arcs of Dragon Ball Super re-do the recent movies: Battle of Gods and Resurrection of F. There was absolutely no need t♋o do that and in only served to waste everyone's time.
The movies were great. They did have some problems, but we enjoyed them. No one wanted Dragon Ball Super to tell us the same stories, except done worse. The show should've start🍰ed with the Universe 6 vs Universe 7 🌊arc.
21 🍸 ꦦ Same Old Gohan
Fan expectations were high in regard to Gohan. Perhaps he was finally going to receive the spotlight heꦇ deserves. Sadly, Gohan doesn't truly hit the mark. Akira Toriyama continues to tease fans by making Gohan mostly useless.
He's so out of p🔯ractice that powering up causes him to faint. I don't see why Gohan can't train on the side. People go to the gym despite having busy schedules. And it's evident that a little bit of training for Gohan yields massive rewards. He does have a decent run in the Tournament of Power, especially in the manga where he tied with Kefla.
20 𒉰 𝓰No Character Development
It's true that Dragon Ball Z isn't popular solely due to characters and story. Yet, the show did t🍌ry to make these characters interesting to the audience. There should be more to them than "I like to train and fight".
Sadly, that's what Dragon Ball Super resorts to.
Goku was hit the hardest as he seems to care about very little other than fighting. Now, he has always loved to fight. But there was another side to him that we saw during his time spent with Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber𝔍. Other characters have also stagnated and show no growth throughout the show.
19 ꦏThe "Legendary" Super Saiyan ౠ
Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan isn't a great movie. However, Broly at least felt like he was worthy of the title Legendary Super Saiyan. He was immensely power🐬ful and it took the combined effort of 4 Super Saiyans to beat him.
Kale, on the other hand, is never that impressive. Her version is generally throwing a few tantrums and causing some general chaos with accomplishi♉ng anything. This was a golden opportunity to improve the transformation, but they've wasted the chance. The upcoming Broly movie is our last hope now.
18 👍 Jiren's Ba♏ckstory
What a letdown. Even more so than Kale. We knew nothing about Jiren for a long time except that he was strong. Then, we were finally graced with his 🍌horriജble and cliched backstory.
For some reason, it's as if Toei hired the person who writes character backstories for Naruto to make one 𒀰up for Jiren. It feels forced and tried to elicit an emotional response from the audience even though the show didn't deserve it.
17 💜 Vegito Isn't Good Anymore
The new changes to how Potara earrings mean that only Kais can permanently fuse.🎐 Everyone else? You have a time limit. Vegito had a 15-minute time limit wh♐ich apparently was shorter than usual because of the Super Saiyan Blue transformation.
They couldn't give us t🔴his one thing. Vegito was unable to finish off Majin Buu since he wanted to save his friends and family. Thꦿere was no excuse with Zamasu! The battle between Vegito and Zamasu should've been longer and ended with victory for the heroes.
16 ꦐ 🍸 Super Saiyan Is Too Easy
Dragon Ball Z had alread♎y turned the legendary transformation into child's pl🌠ay by giving Goten and Trunks access to it. Even Gotenks was able to reach Super Saiyan 3 after seeing Goku use the form once.
Dragon Ball Super takes it to the next step by giving more easy transformations to Caulifla. She achieves her Super Saiyan and (and Super Saiyan 2) forms by focusing really hard. No anger, no emotional experi𒐪ences. She just really wanted to be one.