I don't care if you dislike Todoroki, but there's no need to mischaracterize him as the antagonist just to prop your argument. The Sports Festival no No Antagonist.
edited 10th Feb '18 9:14:40 PM by VeryMelon
I'm not saying he's evil at all, but he is the opposing force to Deku in that tournament. Him and Deku's fight is the one that gets the most hype, he calls out Deku prior to any of the events, he reveals his backstory prior to the third bracket going into action, etc.
It's like, Master Roshi isn't evil either but he's also the opposing force in the 21st. His battle is the one that's getting built towards.
edited 10th Feb '18 9:17:11 PM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"The Original Yugioh manga was half Monster of the Week fest, with the second half having 2 major tournament arcs.
Well, Dragonball has the honour of being one of the few series where the Tournament was just a tournament...up until the 23rd, but that's still two out of how many in the series. The 25th halfway counts since it was also just a tournament once the plot continued on with out it.
One Strip! One Strip!The 23rd Budokai is easily my favorite for me, the matches felt like they had more point to them than in the other tournaments. A natural result of having built up a larger cast by that point, but the 21st Budokai also did decently for having the extra characters be (mostly) interesting. The 22nd Budokai is the worst for me for having no room for meaningful extras and largely being kind of boring.
I mean, the 22nd has some weak links in the shape of Panputto and to a lesser extent, Wolfman (though he is quite funny) but the rest of the fights are really good uses of the characters. Yamcha gets to look badass, Krillin gets a (quite funny) victory and also gets to put Goku through his paces, Master Roshi gets to retire in style, and Tien is a really good central pillar for the story.
I also like how flight serves as a strategic element in the Krillin/Chaotzu and Tien/Goku fights, I thought it made those really interesting mechanically.
edited 10th Feb '18 9:42:50 PM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"Really got to disagree with Yamcha and Kuririn looking good. The reveal that Goku and Ten were holding back just makes those two look bad, and Yamcha is just worfing as per usual even though he wasn't strong enough to make the worf effective.
But man, Goku's fight with Kuririn just makes Kuririn look so terrible. He has a terrible performance, the only time he briefly looks good is when Goku fakes still having his tail weakness. And then it's revealed Goku wasn't taken him seriously at all.
Goku isn't holding back so much as not going for killing power. There's no reason to expect anyone else is going for killing strength either until he fights Tien, who is very desperate by that point. It is a tournament, after all.
Yamcha looks better in his fight with Tien than in any other tournament fight since it's the only one where his fight is serious in the slightest.
edited 10th Feb '18 9:48:07 PM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

No one really worfed to Todoroki, though. Well, except Sero, I guess, and even then I don't think that counts.
Also, Todoroki didn't say "you're the other strongest in the class", he "said, All Might is keeping his eye on you for a reason I don't understand or care about, so I'm going to beat you."
Also, yes a fight was set up, and it happened so I'm not really sure what's the issue there.
edited 10th Feb '18 9:15:04 PM by LSBK