{"id":152861,"date":"2020-12-25T17:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/dragon-ball-manga-better-fights\/"},"modified":"2020-12-25T17:30:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:30:47","slug":"dragon-ball-10-fights-that-are-better-in-the-manga-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/25\/dragon-ball-10-fights-that-are-better-in-the-manga-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball: 10 Fights That Are Better In The Manga | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Akira Toriyama is a master of his craft and Dragon Ball<\/a> is a story best told in a manga format. For as much good as Toei did with Dragon Ball<\/a> & Dragon Ball Z<\/a>, Toriyama\u2019s original manga is on another level entirely and a piece of fiction anyone interested in comic books <\/span>must <\/span><\/i>read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dragon Ball\u2019s fights in the manga are a consistently outstanding display of choreography and what can be accomplished in the visual medium. With tight pacing and beautiful art by Toriyama, Dragon Ball<\/a>\u2019s battles are at their best in the manga.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Goku Vs Tao Pai Pai (Rematch)<\/h2>\n
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Goku\u2019s fight against Tao Pai Pai is a major turning point for Dragon Ball<\/a>. Up to this point, no villain has ever threatened Goku\u2019s life so pointedly or killed another named character on-screen. Goku only survived his first encounter with Tao Pai Pai by hiding a Dragon Ball<\/a> in his shirt pocket, which ends up taking the full force of a Dodonpa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Suffering such a major defeat, Goku scales Karin Tower for more training. The manga\u2019s version of their rematch is a fast paced affair that has Goku flipping the script on Tao Pai Pai, whereas the anime adaptation includes a lengthy filler section where Tao Pai Pai stops battling mid-fight to go train with Karin himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Goku Vs Tenshinhan<\/h2>\n
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The 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai\u2019s final fight is great in both mediums, but the anime suffers from splitting up the tournament across multiple days. As a result, the natural pacing from Tenshinhan\u2019s fights with Yamcha, Jackie Chun, and Goku that scores his development is lost. The manga keeps all of Tenshinhan\u2019s battles fresh in mind, lending considerable weight to their final match.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goku\u2019s fight with Tenshinhan is notable where Dragon Ball<\/a> starts to experiment with Ki attacks on a more frequent basis. The back half of the match is mainly Tenshinhan throwing out technique after technique at Goku in the hopes of winning.<\/span><\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Goku Vs Majunior<\/h2>\n
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While still technically Dragon Ball, the Z staff started working on the anime with the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai. As a result, the pacing is much slower than it originally was and most episodes in the anime drag out otherwise well paced action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Goku\u2019s fight with Piccolo is already long in the manga, where every chapter manages to meaningfully expand their battle. From Goku firing a Kamehameha with his feet, rescuing Kami from inside of Piccolo, and flying for the very first time, there\u2019s never a dull moment in the manga\u2019s 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Goku Vs Vegeta<\/h2>\n
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with the anime\u2019s adaptation of Goku vs Vegeta. It is a movie quality battle that\u2019s still one of the directed pieces of animation in all of Dragon Ball. But the manga is likewise the apex of Akira Toriyama\u2019s fight choreography and paneling, a beautifully drawn blitz of carnage that flows from page to page. Anyone who hasn\u2019t read Goku and Vegeta\u2019s seminal fight in the manga has only done themselves a disservice.<\/span><\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Vegeta Vs Recoome<\/h2>\n
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There\u2019s a certain artistry to Akira Toriyama\u2019s fight choreography that makes action easy and quick to read. He doesn\u2019t waste panel space, not does he position panels haphazardly. Dragon Ball is a very easy manga to read and Vegeta vs Recoome shows that in full display. The eyes follow the action seamlessly as Vegeta rushes Recoome around Namek in a desperate bid to subdue the Ginyu Force member. It\u2019s all for naught, though. Recoome turns the table unscratched, enacting immediate revenge on Vegeta in another blast of fluid action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Goku Vs Frieza<\/h2>\n
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Toei unfortunately caught up with the manga by the time Goku started fighting Frieza, forcing them to pad the final battle with copious filler. This is not a problem whatsoever in the manga, where the fight \u2013 while certainly long \u2013 is at least paced appreciatively. Every chapter fleshes out the chemistry between Goku & Frieza while generally pushing the former to fight harder as his tactics start to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t a wasted chapter in the manga, and the first half of their fight sets up important character resolution for when Goku turns Super Saiyan & starts to humiliate Frieza. If nothing else, the quality of storytelling here is so high that Goku vs Frieza is still considered a great fight in the anime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Goku Vs Cell<\/h2>\n
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Even though the Cell Games didn\u2019t run into the same adaptational problems as the tail end of the Frieza arc, an active effort is made to pad out the tournament with Mr. Satan shenanigans. In turn, Goku\u2019s inaugural fight with Cell has its fair share of distractions. Worse, the animation is incredibly spotty. The manga, on the other hand, uses this battle as an opportunity to highlight Goku\u2019s mastery of martial arts and allow him to \u201cexit\u201d the story in a fight that\u2019s ostensibly his swan song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Gohan Vs Cell<\/h2>\n
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Gohan transforming into a Super Saiyan 2 is one of the most beautifully adapted scenes in the anime. Unfortunately, his fight against Cell isn\u2019t as to the point as it was in the manga. Their final battle lasts a bit longer than it should (not as long as Goku vs Frieza, granted,) which wasn\u2019t an issue in the manga.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Worse, Gohan\u2019s beam struggle is accompanied by everyone in the supporting cast attacking Cell, not just Vegeta. Not only does this take away from the surprise of Vegeta sneaking up on Cell, but it diminishes his development. Gohan vs Cell starts strong in the anime, but it lacks the manga\u2019s elegance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Gotenks Vs Evil Buu<\/h2>\n
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Fights in Dragon Ball had gotten considerably shorter during the Majin Buu arc, with Akira Toriyama clearly wanting to be done with the manga. As a result, battles that otherwise would have been given chapters of development are over and done with in pages: save for Gotenks vs Evil Buu in the Room of Spirit and Time. Filled with incredibly creative choreography and some of Dragon Ball\u2019s best gags, Gotenks Vs Buu feels like Toriyama having fun drawing action in a manga yet again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Goku Vs Uub<\/h2>\n
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Goku\u2019s final fight with Uub is short in both mediums, but it loses something in the anime since <\/span>Dragon Ball Z <\/span><\/i>immediately transitions into <\/span>Dragon Ball GT <\/span><\/i>(the former\u2019s final episode even ends with a Next Episode Preview for the latter\u2019s first.) The manga doesn\u2019t have this problem whatsoever. Instead Goku vs Uub is the culmination of Goku\u2019s journey as a martial artist, finally finding someone worthy enough to pass on his teachings to. Goku flies off with Uub as readers are only left to imagine what the main characters in Dragon Ball will get up to next.<\/span><\/p>\n

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