Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Review - The Saiyan Saga

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  @superj1010 · 3 years ago

  Bro was so serious he actually admitted that he totally is Mark

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  @DashtheBard · 3 years ago

  Dude, that bit about Yamcha's sacrifice had me floored. I completely forgot that Yamcha volunteered to go before Krillin because Krillin already died before. It was tactically sound, and he was proven right. Big props to the guy who is meme'd on perhaps too much than he deserves.

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  @ThelronFjord · 3 years ago

  Memes aside, Yamcha&apos;s death was pretty impactful. Imagine being some Japanese kid in 1989, watching Dragon Ball Z for the first time live. You’re a big Yamcha fan, and despite all the bad luck, misfortune, and nut shots, you watch him kick some cabbage monster’s ass. He stands defiantly against the Saiyans, ready to take on more Saibamen, until the previous one lunges out of the hole, and latches onto Yamcha, self-destructing.<br><br>Krillin goes to check his pulse, but there is none. Yamcha has died, the first casualty of the Saiyans. Krillin cries, Puar cries, Bulma cries, and you cry, because your favorite Dragon Ball character just died right before your eyes, and he died not to the Saiyans, but to one of their cabbage monsters in an amazingly pathetic way.<br><br>Then 30 years later, Yamcha’s death becomes a joke so big, that even the animators and writers for the new Dragon Ball series make a cheeky reference to it in one of their filler episodes. What was heart wrenching then, is funny now, and that itself is pretty funny.

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  @MirellaSnape · 3 years ago

  As someone from Latin America, who atually saw Dragon Ball before Dragon Ball Z, the weight of what Piccolo did by saving Gohan was so damn powerful. I remember being a tween crying over him. That moment turned him into my favourite character.

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  @trikan8398 · 3 years ago

  The part with Gohan being unable to attack Nappa after the combo attack made me realize something: During the Cell Games, the reason Piccolo is the one to make Goku realize he made a miscalculation with putting Gohan in his plan is because Piccolo made the EXACT same mistake when making the plan here against the Saiyans. He learned about Gohan&apos;s biggest weakness WAY before Goku ever got to know his son. that&apos;s crazy.

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  @NextGenJay · 2 years ago

  Rewatching this ever since the passing of Toriyama hits differently

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  @DonWeaselYeehawEdition · 3 years ago

  Piccolo’s sacrifice will always bring tears to my eyes, manga, anime or otherwise. The way he says to Gohan “you were the only one who ever really talked to me” strikes an emotional chord I don’t think any over dramatic or explanatory dialogue could. While Goku’s &nbsp;friends saw Piccolo as a monster and even Goku hesitated to trust him, Gohan looked past Piccolos facade and saw what he truly needed, a friend who saw him as someone deserving of love.

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  @antnope3042 · 2 years ago

  Rest in peace Akira Toriyama💔✝️🐐

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  @Jettingson · 2 years ago

  I love how Mark is always standing defiantly against the people who go around saying Dragon Ball is just mindless action.

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  @GooseJuggler2112 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn3DRjdM6W4&amp;t=5085">1:24:45</a> majin vegeta flash

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  @EpicNerdsWithCameras · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn3DRjdM6W4&amp;t=5082">1:24:42</a> That little flash of Majin Vegeta sent chills down my spine. We joke about Toriyama forgetting things, but when it comes to things like this, he never forgets.

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  @VidaAnimada · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s funny how we got so used to hearing that DBZ is simple and that is has &quot;no story&quot; that some of us ended up accepting that &quot;truth&quot; and simply anjoy the series as if it were mindless fun.<br><br>HOWEVER this video is a wake-up call to many of us who fell under this falacy that DBZ is shallow and it is only about fighting.<br><br>Thanks, Mark. This video is not just good, it is NEEDED!

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