Dragon Ball Super Super Hero (July 19, 2022)
[Summary & Review with *SPOILERS*]
**SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS **SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS **SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS
"Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero" is the latest Dragon Ball movie released in June 11, 2022 in Japan. The movie took a different approach than the usual Dragon Ball movies. We got to see more of secondary characters. We saw the return of the Red Ribbon Army and how they survived after all this time, Piccolo training Pan, new transformations, Cell, androids, older Goten & Trunks, Broly etc. We saw Dr. Gero grandsons, Dr. Hedro. He wanted to create Heroes but didn't had the funds to fulfill his dream. He was manipulated into helping the Red Ribbon Army destroy the Z Warriors. A genius with the capacity to create powerful Androids. He created 2 strong androids called Gamma #1 & Gamma #2 believed to be as strong as Goku & Vegeta. Also, manage to created a new Cell called Cell Max with the Data of the Red Ribbon Army. But Cell Max was released before he was ready and they weren't able to control him. Piccolo has been training Pan seriously and teaching her new skills. He was later confronted by the Android Gamma #2 but Piccolo was defeated. Piccolo decided to follo Gamma #2 to his hideout and learned everything about their plans by infiltrating the new Red Ribbon Army's base. He tried to contact Goku & Vegeta with the help of Bulma but Whis never noticed the message. Since he felt Gohan wouldn't be much help he used the Dragon Balls to Unlock his potential and Shenron even gave him a new transformation because of the respect he had for him. We also learned that Bulma had been using the Dragon Balls constantly to stay young. Piccolo later learned of the plan the Red Ribbon Army had of kidnapping Gohan's daughter, Pan, in order to get his attention. Piccolo and Pan used that to help Gohan Awakened his will to fight. Which he did and manage to fight Gamma #1. Piccolo too managed to fight Gamma #2 thanks to his new powers.
Meanwhile, Goku Vegeta and Broly kept training on Beerus planet. Vegeta trying to concentrate on the meditation part of his trying, Goku on his physical and Broly trying to control his full power. Broly was told to watch Goku and Vegeta fight to learn how they fought while controlling their strength.
After the Androids and Dr. Hedro realize they were actually helping the bad guys and not acting as real heroes they decided to stop fighting the Z Warriors and helped them instead to stop the Red Ribbon Army. But even then Cell Max was set loose. Cell Max was a giant Cell than was in the second transformation of the original Cell. He was very powerful so everyone join the fight to stop him. Even Goten & Trunks who decided to fused but end up doing the Fusión wrong. Cell Max weakness was on the too of his head but needed a real powerful hit. Gamma#2 decided to used his full power to stop him and sacrifice atvthe end. But Cell Max was still alived. Piccolo used his full power and even new transformation. He combined his new transformation which he called "Orange Piccolo" with his ability to grow huge. He tried to stop Cell Max on his own while Gohan prepared his attack. Since it was taking too long the rest of the Z Warriors join the fight again to help Piccolo. When Gohan noticed Piccolo was about to die, Gohan released his full power and achieved a new Transformation. Believed to be called "Beyond Ultimate". His powerful increased drastically and managed to finished Cell Max with a "Makankosappo" (Piccolo's Classic Attack) on which he managed to control and move it. At the end Dr. Hedro wanted to turn himself to the police. But they decided to forgive him and was given a chance to work for Bulma. The post credit scene showed the conclusion of Goku and Vegeta fight. The movie ended with Vegeta barely but finally defeating Goku.
This was a great movie.
With Great things but also bad stuff. One of the great things about this movie is that it focused on characters that rarely see and that they were starting to forget. While Goku & Vegeta are amazing and is always great when they are the protagonist. There is also times when we wished other Z warriors took the spotlight. This movie did that and Goku and Vegeta were not the protagonist. In fact, we don't see much of Goku or Vegeta. Even do the movie starts like most, that we see other characters and we think at the end of the fight Goku or Vegeta will save the day, well it didn't happened here. The focus of this movie is Piccolo, Gohan and maybe Pan. But mostly Piccolo and Gohan. Picks up on that constant situation when Piccolo keeps training and Gohan has concentrated on his work and studies. Another great thing is how we are connecting more and more to the GT universe. We finally got to see an older Pan, Goten, and Trunks. The past movie, Pan was still a baby so it was great to see her with more important scenes. We saw Piccolo training Pan which is also great. On GT Pan didn't really have someone to guide her and help her train properly. So it will be interesting to see how strong Pan could get. The movie started with great flashbacks from the original Dragon Ball to remember about the Red Ribbon Army. So we got to see the Red Ribbon Army and how they had survived all this time. Now, personally I always wanted the return of Cell, Broly staying as a new a ZWarrior like Goku or Vegeta, a transformation for Nameks, older Trunks & Goten, Gohan reaching SSBlue, among other stuff. We finally got that. We saw Broly training with Goku and Vegeta on Beerus planet. That is an interesting sneak peak of what we could expect. Also, the different style of Vegeta's training to achieve new powers. (Yeah, we know where this is going of you saw the new manga) But all that was kind of a tease. Them we saw for a while Trunks and Goten helping in the fight. We really need to see more of Goten and Trunks. They should be wsy stronger than Gohan. If Gohan could be stronger than Goku for being half human, then Goten & Trunks should achieve greater powers since they haven't stopped training since kids. We finally got Cell back. Well, something at least. Hopefully it is just a tease of what could happened in the future. Cell could return in many ways, and now that they officially shown him he could return as his Perfect Form again. There was a brief explanation that if they killed Cell Max his cells will scattered and explode anything around him. Those cells could go anywhere, we will see. Finally, Piccolo transformation. Thanks to Shenron Piccolo could Awakened his powers plus achieve a new transformation. Great, except it wasn't what I expected. What was that? Same for Gohan, he achieved a new transformation? But at what cost? Gohan and Piccolo transformation looked like something taken out of the fans. Piccolo just turned Berseken but he calls it "Orange Piccolo"? The design is bad, just bad. The face, color, and buff doesn't seem like a final transformation. Hopefully, he can transforms into something better and stronger. And Gohan? He reached Ultra Instinct? No wait Super Saiyan Ultra Instinct? Apparently it is called "Beyond Ultimate" Why? Who knows. Silver hair, in SuperSaiyan2 teen style, and orange eyes. But again, Gohan gets stronger just because, no logical reason.. Is it because he is half human half saiyan? Then why aren't Goten & Trunks even stronger, if they haven't stopped training? Plus almost for certain Pan will get really strong yet she is another Generation and less Saiyan. So Please, at least show Gohan go through some sort of intense training before giving him new powers. One of the lessons of DragonBall is that is you fight and prepared for something you can achieve it. But Gohan, does nothing and Surpasses or reaches Goku's or Vegeta's level like nothing, with no effort whatsoever. Show a brief scene of Gohan training at Beerus planet, Hyperbolic Time Chamber or a special room designed by Bulma. Then I thought Cell would Absorb Gamma #1 & #2 to reach Perfect Cell and then Goku, Vegeta or even Broly defeat him. Or let Piccolo and Gohan Blue beat him. But ok, it was nice to see Piccolo and Gohan in a serious fight.
Now another thing, they said Gamma #1 & #2 had Goku & Vegeta level. That explains why Piccolo couldn't beat Gamma #2 the first time. But later with his new transformation he managed to defeat him. Then Gohan said that neither Goku or Vegeta would have been able to defeat Cell Max on their own. That was ridiculous. Goku & Vegeta kept training and know even with Broly. They should be way stronger now. So, what did Gohan transformation was about. Was it a new transformation? Did he reach a new level Stronger than UltraInstinct? Or did he created a new transformation just for him? Hopefully it is explained later. But it is currently being called "Beyond Ultimate". Hopefully they don't said it is stronger than Goku and Vegeta. Because it didn't looked like Ultra Instinct, it had orange eyes, his hair looked like Super Saiyan 2 as a Teen and didn't even dodge Cell Max attack. Instead he resisted the punch. It would be absurd that Goku Surpassed God levels and achieved Ultra Instinct but Gohan got stronger without any effort. "Beyond Ultimate" transformation should be along Super Saiyan God or Super Saiyan Blue. Kind of Trunks Berseken Blue. While Piccolo's transformation "Orange Piccolo" should be a bit less in power than Gohan's new transformation.
Overall, the movie was great. Still feel there was more intensity and emotions on the final episodes of the Tournament of Power and on the Broly movie. Just feel a few things should have been done differently. Still, it was great so I would give it an 8.0 of Rating. A Great movie and definitely recommended to watch.
RATING: 8.0
