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son Since: Apr, 2010
03/23/2012 17:33:44 •••

The art is what sells it.

Don't get me wrong, the premise Salagir presents of the multiversal tournament is an ingenius one. Taking the various What If stories seen in fan fictions and expanding them into a multiversal tournament is a great idea. However his writing is far from perfect as it does occasionally drift into fan fiction mode. This is particularly noticable in the back story chapters (written by Salagir without Gogeta jr.'s art). Take the back story for universe 17 and universe 6 (Cell and Bojack's world respectively), a slaughter fest of the villains destroying the Z fighters isn't necessary; it's obvious that Cell and Bojack will kill everyone. A more creative story would be showing what happens when their respective sagas end? How does Cell, for example, handle opponents like Bojack and Babidi when the time comes? Did they have to worry about hildegarn? Did they wake up Broly a la Broly: second coming film/chapter 12 of universe 16 and 18? We never find out information like this.

Another issue with the story are the limiters placed on the characters (particularly Goku and Vegeta of the manga-based universe 18) which are based on age. Some commenters believe that neither character needs to be limited. Personally though, I respect the limits as long as they are explained (which they haven't been). How old does one have to be for the limit to be reached? Goku is chronologically 5 years younger than Vegeta. Add to that the year Goku was dead in the Saiyan Saga, the time they spent in the hyperbolic time chamber, and Goku's 7 years of being dead after the Cell saga he (being 11 to 12 years younger) should have reached his limit later than Vegeta did. Dragon Ball is known for it's plot holes and Salagir seems to be exacerbating this issue.

If dragonball-multiverse were a fan fiction or illustrated by a less talented artist the comic wouldn't receive all of the attention that it's getting. Salagir needs to keep this in mind before he gets to the point where he takes his viewers for granted.


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