loudest and proudest member Riku definitely has its fair share the force always felt like a double-edged sword to me what a colorful and diverse group of villains with unique powers wouldn't have been great to see them all throughout this art won't lie they're notably more compelling than czar bond into doriath though we still love freezes right and left hand men respectively it's just too bad they show up out of nowhere as if Toriyama realized he'd written himself into a corner by killing off all of friezes minions can't have the big bad himself step in just yet so why don't we check these color-coded coups out of them of course this does make for a couple spectacular fights we'd be remissed not to mention gold owes fight with Gohan and krillen what was its psychic shenanigans and time stopper II not to mention one of the most brutal endings to a fight in all of Dragon Ball but the real meat of the battle comes when Riku steps up to the plate he's a tower of power and unlike with nappa he's less of a meathead and more of a professional wrestler showing off and having the time of his life as he goes up against our woefully outclassed heroes Vegeta comes out swinging one of the most beautifully animated segments in the entirety of the series up to this point he holds nothing back in his tenacious assault and while raccoon takes damage he doesn't really show any signs of slowing down and his counter-attack shows the power gap between them in brutal contrast well Vegeta manages to put some dirt on him he also finds himself with a foot in the grave before Macomb's even broken a sweat and it's only due to the efforts of trilling and go on that he doesn't find himself on the receiving end of a killing blow it's unfortunate that the back-and-forth ends here though because while curling manages to deal noticeable damage to Riku it's merely cosmetic and after that it's a real curb stop it really goes down in a single shot and Gohan despite drumming up the courage and strength the fight is brutalized and eliminated from the battle without much effort on Rooms heart via a broken neck which is in itself a double-edged sword the systematic takedown of our heroes ratchets up the drama and despair with remarkable effectiveness as rakuen proves just how out of death our heroes are but a curb stomp is not necessarily a good fight mate it's only so much you can get out of battle when one side has no hope of pulling out a victory truly spectacular fights have a give and take a back and forth swaying to each side is they progress the battle and inch themselves closer to a possible victory and ultimately this fight just devolves into them stalling for time until Goku arrives a trophy at this point had already been tired out and would continue to be used in this very arc and while regimes onslaught is impressive and effective it's also hard to feel like it's all that compelling this scenario in particular had been done better before as we said and well we'll talk about that later but as for this fight it's still uniquely memorable for its amazing animation brutality and for
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