Most of us who are at least familiar with the Sonic the Hedgehog The franchise has understandably always thought of it as an action-thriller story, focusing on the wreckage that inevitably occurs whenever the titular Blue Blur spin moves forward or simply runs through Dr. Badniks. But recent stories prove that the action can actually slow down. the story, and I don't think it's in a good way. In IDW Publishing Sonic the Hedgehogthe latest installments of the more action-packed main title and the more introspective special releases are proving to me that the franchise works more effectively when there…
Author: Steven Blackburn
From the first Dragon Ball Daima trailer dropped, everyone correctly pointed out the similarities with Dragon Ball GTbut Daima #episode 4 proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the new series is being rewritten GT beyond just Goku becoming a child, recreating the first planet that Goku, Trunks and Pan visit. Yet, Daimathe interpretation of is different enough that GTThe first few episodes of still stand up well in their own right, despite the understandable controversy surrounding the series. The correlations between the nameless city seen in Daima to GTPlanet Imecka are unmistakable. Goku’s ship was stolenand he’s trapped…
Warning: Spoilers for Black Clover chapters #374-6! When Black CloverAfter the three most recent chapters were released in November 2024, most fans were understandably focused on Yami’s big transformation, in part because the title’s reduced publishing rate with Jump GIGA made the big events more impactful for fans. The fact that Yami’s transformation was the culmination of some foreshadowing in Yami and his sister’s story also helped drive the significance of the moment. However, one of the scenes in the three chapters was much more movingserving as another perfect execution of using revived fallen characters as Paladins. This scene involves…
Many fans understandably appreciate how Dragon Ball GT is not actually canon for the franchise (despite controversial statements from Shueisha and Toriyama), mainly because of the widely criticized Black Star Dragon Ball Saga. So when Dragon Ball Daima emerged as essentially GTofficial replacement, it was no surprise to me that many of those same fans rejoiced. And now the fact that Dragon Ball Daima clearly presented in terms of superior animation, dialogue, and character interactions has already effectively sealed the deal for many of those fans. However, in terms of the overall story, DaimaThe current arc is clearly a reinterpretation…
Although the great comparison between Dragon Ball Daima and Dragon Ball GT is often framed around how Goku reverted to being a child, the biggest topic of discussion should be about the potential return of Super Saiyan 4. Despite the focus on young Goku’s exploits, recent episodes of Dragon Ball latest animes are proving this Daima is borrowing heavily from GT’s tradition, and the result could very well be the long-awaited canonization of Super Saiyan 4. Regardless of how possible Super Saiyan 4’s appearance in Daima possible, there remains one important caveat that could effectively derail any possibility – the…
Dragon Ball Super has been controversial, in part, because of how the series seemingly reshaped Goku’s character for the worse. While some criticisms have merit, other accusations have been less accurate. An example of the latter is the response to how the anime adaptation had Goku show a desire to undergo Old Kai’s unlocking power because he would supposedly never do such a thing. However, not only does this not contradict Goku’s core principles, but his past actions disprove him as the original. Dragon Ball the manga showed a young Goku involved in a similar ritual. The controversial Dragon Ball…
Although most fans can’t get enough of Dragon Ball Daimaat least some are probably still scratching their heads as to why this series debuted when the Dragon Ball Super the anime is still on hiatus and hasn’t even caught up with the manga. However, there is a promising scene in Dragon ball Superis a manga that has the potential to unite the two series in what would be an effective use of foreshadowing for the franchise, if that happens. In fact, the scene in question also serves as a more convincing theory as to why Frieza Black let Goku and…
Warning: Spoilers for episode 3 of Dragon Ball Daima It very rarely has Dragon ball has already caused an environmental force on an alien planet to affect the way Goku and his friends fight. And even if Dragon Ball Daima episode #3 presents a dynamic of how the dense gas of the Third Demon World’s volcanoes makes your air feel heavy, the series, surprisingly, takes drastic measures to eliminate such effects. Part of DaimaThe initial appeal of is how it makes Goku much weaker, reverting him to a child (like GT he did). In fact, the first few episodes explored…
Warning: Spoilers for The healer who was banned from his party is actually the strongest episode 4Critics and even fans of anime genres where weak healers turn out to be strong or where protagonists are unfairly kicked out of their group are understandably accosted. Crunchy Rollof The healer who was banned from his party is actually the strongest with skepticism. However, the first few episodes of this ostensibly generic anime began to hint at the fact that It was probably much more than just another facsimile of not one, but two subgenresand the fourth episode appears to have cemented its…
Warning: Spoilers ahead I Was Reincarnated As The 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Abilities Episode 12A reincarnation anime that has already proven to be the version of the genre Dragon Ball Called I was reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I can take my time perfecting my magical abilities has now more than doubled the number of pre-existing reasons why it deserves this prestigious title. Rather appropriately, this doubling effect happens in the last half of the final action, which spans the last two episodes of the first season. A second one is also…