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Meow1000 posted...

I was always hoping when the tournament started that a more minor character would be the last one standing (aka not a Saiyan or Frieza). 17 wasn't a bad choice in this regard. Piccolo would've been better (and he got a BS elimination to boot). Also the ending was pretty obvious. The entire thing may as well just have been a test for the mortals.

I'm most pleasantly surprised that they kept Frieza on the right side of the grey area and never had him do anything stupid/universe risking once the tournament started. (Who didn't think Goku losing UI was his fault at first?). He was smart enough to understand the situation throughout, saves a lot of his energy for when it's important, and even helps Goku recover ("to repay a debt"). He later saves Goku, and takes the blow to his pride at the end by both teaming up with and begrudgingly trusting the Saiyan he hates even more than the rest, as far as running a double-kamikaze attack alongside him. He was willing to completely let go being the last one standing in the critical moment.

Frieza didn't get a lot of airtime, but usually he had quality when he did. The way he manipulated Frost was gold. He was so much better this arc than I expected him to be.

Here is the thing. He was SO awful in RoF. So we were right to expect nothing from him this arc. But god he was amazing. I was LEGIT happy at the end that space Hitler became a Universal Emperor again... and if that doesn't say more about how well they did him in ToP I don't know what could.