#cell arc

that’s the POINT

THE CELL SAGA IS ABOUT ARROGANCE

EVERYONE IS BEING STUPID BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY KNOW WHATS GONNA HAPPEN

THEY THINK THEYRE AHEAD OF THE CURVE

BUT THEY AREN’T

THIS IS LITERALLY SHOWCASED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SAGA

IT STARTS WITH TRUNKS AND BUILDS FROM THERE

GOHAN LITERALLY LETS CELL LIVE BECAUSE OF HIS ARROGANCE

THE ONLY REASON CELL IS DEFEATED IS BECAUSE GOKU, GOHAN, AND VEGETA ALL LET GO OF THEIR ARROGANCE AND PRIDE AND FIGHT TOGETHER

GOKU STEPS IN TO HELP GOHAN, WHICH HE DIDNT DO BEFORE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT GOHAN COULD DO IT HIMSELF

VEGETA HELPS GOHAN AND LANDS THE PENULTIMATE BLOW ON CELL, DESPITE WANTING TO BE THE ONE TO END CELL HIMSELF

GOHAN FINALLY FINISHES HIM LIKE HE REFUSED TO DO BEFORE

THEY ALL LET GO OF THEIR ARROGANCE AND FINISH THE JOB

THATS THE THEMATIC POINT OF THE SAGA

I love this blink-and-you-miss-it shot in the We Gotta Power opening and what it implies.

Bulma didn't like or even trust Piccolo for a loooooong while until around the mid of the Cell arc. Krillin and him were practically buddies by then.

Meaning one of then invited him on a road trip or whatever and our grumpy former personification of evil agreed to it.

Cell

Finally drew a picture of Cell for my Dragon Ball fanart. About time I did this magnificent cicada bastard. 👑

(The spots were a bit of an annoyance, but it looks good. ^^)

Y’know how in Dragon Ball, Cell reveals his entire backstory all in one chapter? That deflates the mystery so bad it sucked. Mizuchi had the opposite problem where she took too long and now it’s not interesting anymore. I’m just sick of her BS.