Synopsis: As Jackie rushes Goku, the young boy attempts to dodge by jumping into the air. Jackie immediately counters this however by leaping into the air after him, delivering a mighty kick that lands in the small of the young warrior's back, sending him flying away and seemingly out of the ring. Goku's friends and the crowd are shocked, and Roshi himself seems to be surprised that he actually won so easily after all. Seeing no other choice, the announcer prepares to do a post-match interview with Jackie, when suddenly the crowd notices something. Everyone is amazed to see Goku, flying his way back into the ring by spinning his tail fast like a helicopter blade. Jackie curses how lucky Goku is, and Goku says that he'd at first considered flying back into the ring by Kamehameha like Jackie had done before. In the end though, he decided he'd rather save that for later. Jackie calls Goku out, saying there's no way he could perform a Kamehameha half as strong as his own. Goku insists that he can, and Jackie decides to call his bluff. The pair channel their energy and both launch Kamehameha at each other, with the beams colliding in mid-air between them. The shock of the clash is enough to throw both of them down to the ground, but still in the ring. While Yamcha and Kuririn fret over how terrifying what they just witnessed was, Jackie and Goku slowly get back on their feet. Goku laughs at how evenly matched they were, and Roshi can't believe that Goku is as good as he is. As the announcer and the crowd eat it up, it really seems like this match could go either way. Review: Like before with Goku V.S. Namu, this fight is carefully balancing itself between taking itself seriously and just having fun with the kind of crazy things that are possible in the world of Dragon Ball. Overall though, this is another chapter that doesn't really leave me with a lot to say, something that will probably become increasingly frequent as battles start to dominate the series more and more. Goku's use of his tail to fly back into the ring is as amusing as it is improbable – though it's hardly the first or last time the series will ignore the laws of physics – but really, did anyone think Goku was going to lose THAT easily? Toriyama might be having us think long and hard about whether we actually want Goku to emerge victorious or not just yet, but it would definitely have been disappointing if he lost that easily. It would have made it seem like all the training they did was completely worthless after all, no matter how much stronger they've gotten. No, this is a situation where the only way to make either outcome feel acceptable is to have both characters go as far as they can and hit their limits, and Toriyama knows that. This chapter does feature the series' very first beam clash though, and that's pretty neat. While energy attacks get perhaps a little too frequent later on in the series, it's always exciting when we get a good energy clash, so hooray for starting the trend here. And...yeah, that's it really. The chapter's not a bad one by any means, just fairly light on content, as most of it's pages are dedicated to showing the action. Better get used to that, really. Until next time! Favorite Panel:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
About the AuthorAspiring author and big anime/manga fan, just trying to do my best in the world. For more details, go to About Me. Archives
September 2022
Categories
All
|