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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 66 Review
Episode 66, "The Time has Come to Become One Again… Piccolo’s Decision for Ultimate Power!", or "What If God Was As Worthless As One Of Us?"
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Synopsis: Kuririn revives his allies with senzu. Frustrated with his defeat, Vegeta flies off. Tenshinhan laments that even with Goku, he doubts they’d have been able to defeat the Artificial Humans. Piccolo flies off next, with Kuririn speculating that he plans to fuse with Kami to become more powerful. Kuririn and Trunks head to Goku’s house to move him to Roshi’s place. Piccolo arrives at Kami’s temple. Kami realizes why he’s come, but requests he be allowed to watch the situation on Earth a little longer before he makes his decision. Kuririn and Trunks arrive at Goku’s place, and along with Yamucha, Chi-Chi, and the still recovering Goku, head off to Kame House.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 65 Review
Episode 65, "A Cute Face, and Super Power?! No. 18 vs Vegeta ", or "The Most Action Kuririn’s Gotten In Years"
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Synopsis: Vegeta engages Artificial Human 18 in combat. Things are fairly even for a while, but before he knows it, Vegeta is lagging behind, even as a Super Saiyan. Done playing around, 18 makes short work of Vegeta. Trunks and the others (minus Kuririn) jump in to help, but are easily taken out by the androids. Kuririn questions why they would follow Gero’s commands after having killed him, but to 17 it’s all a game. More bizarrely, 18 gives Kuririn a kiss goodbye, leaving the bald fighter confused.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 64 Review
Episode 64, "No. 17, No. 18, and…! The Artificial Humans Awaken"
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Synopsis: Kuririn spots Dr. Gero/Artificial Human No. 20 entering his laboratory and lets out ki to warn everyone. Inside, Gero activates Artifical Humans 17 and 18, a young man and young woman. Piccolo and Tenshinhan arrive, but Kuririn informs them Gero is already inside. 17 snatches away the control that could deactivate him and destroys it, not wanting to be deactivated again. Vegeta and Trunks arrive. Vegeta wants to challenge the Artificial Humans, but Trunks wants to retreat. Vegeta instead blasts the door to the lab down. Trunks confirms that the androids before them are the ones that plagued his future. Gero orders the pair to attack, but they disobey. 18 wonders about the No. 16 in the lab, but Gero demands she stay away from it. When Gero threatens to shut them down, No. 17 shoves his hand through him and then kicks his head off. He finishes Gero off with a stomp. Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan and fires a blast that destroys most of the lab, but 17 and 18 come out unscratched, and activate 16. 16 is aloof and doesn’t respond to their questions, but confirms he was created to destroy Goku. The androids all decide to go find Goku, despite having disobeyed their creator. Vegeta is angry for being ignored and flies after them, landing next to them on a mountain side road to challenge them.
Some Thoughts On: Dragon Ball Kai (English Dub) Episodes 27-39
Dragon Ball Kai‘s dub continues on a pretty consistent quality well into the Namek episodes. It’s a good thing, too, since these are probably the episodes I’ll be getting on Blu-Ray, just in case I want to skip some of the filler in this story arc when rewatching my Dragon Boxes. I can just supplement those sets with these. Kai isn’t a meal, it’s an ingredient, I say.
The good work put into the scripts is clear, especially with the dialogue of certain characters. There are far less "jokey" lines, making characters like Freeza or Kuririn less comical. What’s more, there seems to be specific phrases the Japanese script uses that are used in the dub script that really win me over, providing an experience that is very close to watching the Japanese version of the show. I have very few complaints with the lines I’m hearing.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 63 Review
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 62 Review
Episode 62, "Piccolo’s Assault! The Missing No. 20 and the Future Gone Eschew"
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Synopsis: Hoping to get back to his laboratory, Artificial Human 20 attempts to evade Vegeta and the others by hiding among hte rocks. Attempting to flush him out, Vegeta fires a ki beam that 20 absorbs, and then the Artificial Human escapes. Knowing he can sneak up on the fighters and absorb their energy, No. 20 decides to attack Piccolo, reasoning he’s the next most powerful to Vegeta. He attacks, but Piccolo telepathically alerts Gohan, who saves him. After taking a senzu bean, Piccolo prepares to square off with 20. He easily dominates 20 in combat, surprising everyone. Meanwhile, Trunks returns from the future and sees the head of 19, who he doesn’t recognize. He heads over to where the others are and reveals that these androids are not the ones he knows. Frustrated, Artificial Human 20 fires at the craft Bulma arrives in.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 61 Review
Episode 61, "No Chance of Victory Against No. 19! Super Vegeta Arrives Late"
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Synopsis: As Goku has his energy drained from him by No. 19, Vegeta arrives, as smug as ever. After taunting the Artificial Humans, Vegeta transforms into a Super Saiyan, amazing everyone. He explains that during training, he became so enraged at himself for not keeping up with Goku, that his anger transformed him. Vegeta dominates 19, who tries to take advantage of him by grabbing his hands, but ultimately has his hands torn off. 19 tries to escape, but Vegeta fires a "Big Bang Attack" that destroys him. Artificial Human 20 escapes into the high rocks and everyone gives chase.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 60 Review
Episode 60, "Attacked on Both Sides by an Internal Enemy?! Son Goku vs Artificial Human No. 19"
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Synopsis: Yamucha reveals that the Artificial Humans are capable of draining energy. He flies off with Kuririn and Gohan to warn Goku and the others about it and bring senzu beans to them. Goku and the others land in a deserted area. Tenshinhan notices that Goku’s already out of breath for some reason. One of the Artificial Humans, no. 20, reveals that Dr. Gero had a small robot investigate Goku during many of his major battles in order to gauge his power. However, they didn’t think it was necessary to follow them to Namek, which Goku and his group see as a big slip-up, as they have no idea that Goku is a Super Saiyan. Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan and Artificial Human 19 engages him in battle. The two exchange blows. Gohan and the others arrive, and Gohan and Piccolo notice how Goku is rushing the battle and seems weaker than expected. Goku fires a Kamehameha, which the android absorbs. No. 19 gains ground in the fight. Gohan reveals that Goku’s heart virus is acting up, as he never took the medicine, since it never manifested before now. Even a senzu bean doesn’t help Goku, and 19 pins Goku down, absorbing his energy.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 59 Review
Episode 59, "The Pair Who Don’t Leave a Trace! The Artificial Humans Appear"
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Synopsis: Goku and his allies (sans Vegeta) gather near the city where the Artificial Humans are going to attack. There, Bulma introduces her child, Trunks. Yajirobe arrives with senzu beans, but refuses to stay. Yajirobe’s sky car is destroyed in an explosion on its way away from the scene. Seeing two figures fly into the city, Goku and his group investigate the city. Yamucha encounters the Artificial Humans, one of whom plunges his hand through him. Goku and the others fly over, and Yamucha is taken away to be healed while Goku, Tenshinhan, and Piccolo fly off with the Artificial Humans to find somewhere to fight.