#califla

Their tails could've been explained as missing because they were removed for safety from the locals (like Bulma did with Trunks, although I just wish they'd let Saiyans have tails again). I don't mind Cabba as a character, but he went super saiyan WAY too easily for my taste (and that "tingle in the back" line from Vegeta fills me with more rage than Broly. Speaking of Broly...).

Califla is fine even though her entitled attitude did put me off initially, her sass is very Saiyan so it works. Kale however is infuriating beyond measure, especially how she's just discount Broly without what made him interesting. Her whiny, overly clingy attitude gets really grating. She never even met Goku so her shouting "Goku" was even more dumb than when Broly did it (and OG Broly's reason was pretty dumb already). I will admit she is better written in the manga, her and Califla being heads of a sorta space yakuza was neat, Kale was way less whiny and more sneaky which actually made her interesting.

Plus them being abandoned Saiyans would've been much more interesting thematically. Think of it, abandoned by the Saiyans for being unpromising warriors and yet now, with the Saiyan race destroyed, it's the abandoned babies who are the only ones able to carry on its legacy.

It would also give Cabba and Vegeta a much more interesting dynamic as Vegeta is the only connection Cabba has to his people, Cabba desperate for a connection. Make Cabba troubled over who he is and how there's so little others like him, maybe have him struggle with the fact he was abandoned for being a dissapointment and get THAT to be part of the reason he becomes a super saiyan. He could have the same fight with Vegeta asking about his heritage and pleading for help and Vegeta beats him down calling him a failure and saying that such weakness was the reason he was discarded in the first place.

But Vegeta won't let Cabba give up and threatens to blow up his planet which makes Cabba stop caring about his past and realize he doesn't need to appease the whims of a violent race that abandoned him. It doesn't matter where he comes from, what matters is who he is right now.

Then Vegeta could still do his pep talk, but now it has more weight because he's telling it to an abandoned Saiyan, in essense mending the sins of his forefathers, so it's good for Vegeta's arc too.

IDK, I actually like Super (the slice of life moments are the best), but there was some stuff I was hoping they'd do a lot more with and think it could be made much better with some minor tweaking here and there.

Toriyama tends to "Toriyama" concepts and characters out of existence out of convenience, I was kinda hoping with Toyotaro more at the helm, he'd restore some consistency, he does a good job of that in the manga. I mean Toriyama didn't have to personally draw the tails anymore so they don't present the same problem they did back when he was the sole writer/artist.

I know Cabba is supposed to be different, but making the saiyans of universe 6 so inately peaceful and mild feels like another step in whittling away what makes the saiyans unique initially, they were basically space spartans.

First the tails go (and with them Oozaru), then the reason Goku was sent to earth is more benign, Bardock's apathetic and brutal personality is lessened significantly, Broly's legendary super saiyan malice is rewritten, now there's an entire saiyan race that is less interested in fighting and gentle.

It's not that any of these changes are necessarily bad on their own, but they seem to be making the Saiyans as a race less and less brutal which takes away from one of Dragonball's most interesting conflicts: how can one desire strength and battle without being violent?

Goku's most interesting conflict in Z was admitting he was a Saiyan and letting Vegeta go. He openly stated that despite knowing it was wrong and stupid, he couldn't help but want to fight and recognized that as an inherent flaw. His desire to become stronger and fighting strong opponents was ironically his biggest failing and all because of his Saiyan nature.