But along with those tropes, it doesn't have unique characters or actual mystery like in the other two

And the animation isn't anything special so it doesn't attract me either

I think there were about 3 characters in dragon Ball I've ever cared about, Vegeta, Gohan, and Broly

Lol

The villains are the most interesting part of the series for me, yet few have any stories I haven't seen before with better characters, writing, and animation

@Abel why is Broly interesting

He is literally just a stronger Saiyan

He is the least interesting to me imo

I honestly don't know

Ah

But referring to the villains, dragon Ball isn't the only thing that replicates these tropes

Even things like power rangers do it

What tropes

Villain who absorbs energy

Villain who predicts moves

Villain who is insanely fast that you can't see him

Villain who steals power

Villain who shape shifts

And so on

To be fair though, buu turned out to be really fun as a character

So six or so different tropes

And frieza was interesting

I thought Buu was the most recycled villain

They already had someone who could regenerate

Yes, but he was entertaining

I disagree

I'm taking personal opinion man, you're entirely free to do that

Buu was childish and powerful

That is fine

But he regenerated easier than Cell

And he had forms like Frieza

Even Cell had forms but it was based on who he absorbed

Buu did too but only after his evil form

Anyway I am not in total disagreement but I personally liked Frieza and Cell over Buu

Plus lets get into the cynical side of things

as in why they chose villains for the franchise

Frieza's first form seemed interesting but people thought it was weird he was so short. But that is sorta why he seemed so haunting

then the producers said "maybe Frieza should have a second form"

so he basically turned into King Cold before King Cold was reveiled

a big version of Frieza

but wait it would make more sense if Piccolo was wished back and actually did something against the second form, right