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Dragon Ball GT, Episode 64: Until We Meet Once again
So here nosotros are. The concluding episode of Dragon Ball GT, and, up until the release of theBoxing of Gods picture in 2013, more than a decade later, the final piece of proper serialized Dragon Brawl blitheness later running non-stop since its inception. And thus, the last episode of GT is... is more than of a closure of Goku's story than really trying to resolve much plot holes. Because after all... there'due south actually non that much to go along subsequently Omega Shenron is defeated.
The real Shenron talks to Goku and the others, telling them that humanity's been relying fashion too heavily on the dragon assurance, and that Shenron is taking them away. It'south a theme that I wish was actually properly explored. If GT didn't have such a troubled product, maybe it could've had a running theme of facing the sins of the past and responsibility throughout the Baby, Super 17 and Shadow Dragon arcs. Unfortunately, the message isn't quite as poignant as it is, but information technology is delivered in a pretty somber tone as Shenron makes information technology unambiguously clear that it'due south the end of an era. Goku asks Shenron to repair the Earth after the devastation caused past the Super 17 and Shadow Dragon sagas, and then when Shenron tells Goku to get, Goku replies with a ambiguous "is it time already?"
Goku so rides on Shenron's head as they fly up into the heaven with the dragon assurance going along with them. And while Chichi panics a fleck, they end up just kind of brushing information technology off as Goku going off on another adventure -- perchance like when he flew off with Uub at the end of Z. Only Pan and Vegeta seem to know what's going on, as Pan finds Goku's ripped-up blue gi on the ground, and while information technology's cryptic, it'southward clear that Goku has either died or ascended or... something. Vegeta tells Pan to "treasure it" earlier flight off... and Goku's most likely died, I suppose. It does explicate why Goku isn't affected at all by Omega Shenron's attacks last episode when he'south charging the spirit bomb, anyway.
We become a brief montage of Shenron and Goku flying through the clouds, including a nifty callback to the opening of Dragon Brawl Z, and we briefly see Yamcha and Pu'ar in the desert, as well as Tien and Chiaotsu grooming under a waterfall... merely Goku stops at Kame House to encounter with Roshi, Old Man Krillin (yay!) and Umigame. They have a fleck of a fun reminiscing of the old days, and Krillin notes how neither Goku nor Roshi have changed, while he got old. Goku spars with Krillin for old times' sake, giving Krillin a victory, and and then Goku seems to take disappeared.
Goku also shows up in hell, where obviously Piccolo'south became Hell Batman, beating upwardly escaped demons and everything, and Piccolo'due south reaction to Goku's arrival is "You MORON DID Y'all Become TRAPPED AGAIN". Oh, Piccolo. Goku and Piccolo have a handshake, and so after an apology for giving him so much problem, Goku disappears again. And then every bit anybody else goes home, Goku lies down to sleep equally the dragon balls enter Goku, and Shenron roars... and he and Goku just disappear.
It'southward a weird, weird ending, and we cut to a Tenkaichi Budokai in the far future where Pan is at present the grandmother of a little boy called Goku, fighting while wearing Goku's blue Gi, facing off against a descendant of Vegeta, as well called Vegeta. Information technology's a fleck of a as well on-the-olfactory organ of the 'their legacy continues' as Grandma Pan sees Goku amongst the crowd briefly, but fails to grab up to him. And as Goku leaves the tournament grounds, we get a montage of multiple important moments of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and... well, just the scene of Baby'due south death fromDragon Ball GT. Just it'due south a very nice montage with an instrumental sound, before the narrator notes that this is the finish of the story of Son Goku and the Dragon Balls, as Goku salutes the audience and flies away on the nimbus, before the final THE END.
Except it isn't, of class, every bit I'm writing this review a total 21 years subsequently the final episode of Dragon Ball GT is broadcasted in Nippon, and despite the hiatus, Dragon Ball has returned in full force in the form of a new series of movies, a whole load of video games and an anime sequel. The franchise proved to accept plenty staying power in everyone's hearts, and it's definitely heartwarming that, yep, "until nosotros meet again" actually did happen. But the staff writing this episode of GT didn't know it. Every bit far as they knew, this was the terminal entry in the story of Dragon Ball, and while there'southward a couple of actress Tv specials down the line... this is information technology. As far as the staff writing Dragon Ball was concerned, this was the cease of Dragon Ball.
And the ending episode itself was a melancholic, well-done slice that truly sets the tone of reminiscing of all the adventures that our good buddy Goku has gone through. And that's a very nice ending.
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But I retrieve the biggest trouble that GT has is the fact that neither of the supposed four primary characters end up being actually stale. Goku spends virtually of his scenes either being the hero, or making jokes about wanting to fight or beingness hungry, and while he's never been a character that is actually deep, it is particularly bad here. There are several great moments for Goku, like this melancholic Goku at the end of GT, or the bit where he remembers the family unit fourth dimension when he achieves SS4, but ultimately, Goku'southward a flat protagonist, and that makes the moments when he acts a bit dickish since he's the only 1 allowed to exist a fighter experience really bad. A lot of people snidely joke that "GT" refers to "Goku Time"... and honestly, considering how Goku essentially takes over every fight he'southward in? They're non incorrect.
Pan, unquestionably the grapheme with the most screentime after Goku... ends upwardly really being inconsistently written. See, the writers really can't decide if they want Pan to be a badass, scrappy tomboy warrior, or an inexperienced kid that ends up being a damsel in distress... and as a result, Pan ends up actually waffling between "I can totally beat up bad guys" to "waaaah I'grand thirsty" all the time. The show's staunch refusal to really give Pan whatsoever sort of ability-up or a chance to shine, be information technology achieving Super Saiyan or defeating an enemy, makes it really extra-hurtful to the character too. The only character Pan defeats all by herself was one of General Rilldo's robot minions, I recall, and every other fourth dimension she's allowed to fight, it's Goku that ends up dealing the killing accident. Which makes the decision to focus on Pan so much end up really frustrating if she'southward never immune to abound and be badass.
Giru, the robot sidekick... is okay. His big function is clearly during the Rilldo arc, where he has to fight between helping his newfound friends or execute the commands given to him by his creators, and his relationship with Pan is overnice enough, simply ultimately he's meant to be a sidekick, and ends up getting taken out before each big conflict. Trunks, the other fellow member of the big team... ends up having no character whatsoever to talk about beyond being generically heroic and the straight human being of the group. And therein lies the problem. The fact that none of the characters are particularly well-written or well-divers, which I call up is a very valid criticism of GT. Dragon Ball's other incarnations have never been particularly that deep at exploring characters, merely there tended to exist a couple of characters whose story arc is particularly compelling in any given arc, and in GT there's a definite dearth of that. There's an attempt at giving Piccolo, Uub, Vegeta, Majin Buu and Android 18 big character moments, but other than Buu (who recurs throughout the Baby saga) none of them piece of work particularly well due to lack of buildup or straight-up inconsistent writing in Vegeta'south case.
The best office of GT, though, is definitely the concepts backside all the arcs and the villains. None of them are particularly bad, and with a non-rushed production and a better writer, and perhaps better utilization of character arcs, the concepts that underlie the main GT arcs are definitely well-washed. And at least in the execution of the character of Baby in detail, GT ends up delivering what ended up existence probably one of my favourite Dragon Brawl villains. Ultimately, though, the problems that riddle GT end up outweighing the practiced parts, and while the aforementioned problem riddle Z and Super (admitting to an agruably lesser degree) the fact that GT's start was admittedly rocky and genuinely painful to sit down through gives the series an over-inflated reputation for being nothing only shit. And information technology'due south honestly actually unfair. I've gone through GT from first to finish, and it's... not bad. There are some moments that are genuinely adept, but for the most part, GT's... watchable. Except for the Luud arc. And then yeah. It's definitely been a fun trip, and while we're not going to encounter Dragon Ball for a while as Super goes on hiatus, it's definitely been a fun ride through the Grand Bout.
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