Let's Overly Analyze: Dragon Ball Z Saiyan Saga part 1

Dragon Ball Z is a ridiculously popular anime that has been finished for over a decade and enjoys success until this day. From re releases to videogames to a movie that will not be named, DBZ has permeated throughout pop culture and I've decided it's time to put this series under the microscope. You might be asking why I would subject a cartoon that's best lines of dialogue include long protracted screams and the answer is simple: I obviously have nothing better to do than scrutinize a beloved childhood show because ruining fond memories makes my soul stronger....I mean because reasons...whatever....let's just do this.

The Saiyan Saga starts from the very first episode of DBZ with the arrival of Raditz ( Goku's older evil brother) and he is just in the worst mood because Goku has killed every single person on Earth. Raditz runs into Piccolo, after using his scouter to find the highest power level, and here is my question: Why didn't Raditz just kill Piccolo right then and there? Remember he was upset that Goku hadn't killed the population of Earth so why would he spare Piccolo? I know that he suddenly sensed Goku's power and took off for  him but he could have easily ganked Piccolo and then left ( it's not like it wouldn't have taken more than a minute. What kind of Saiyan runs from a battle anyways?)

Raditz meets up with Goku and instead of just killing everyone who wasn't a Saiyan on the spot, he makes Goku and offer to join him (which obviously doesn't appeal to Goku) and kidnaps Gohan. Why go through all the theatrics? Why even look for Goku when you could have just started killing the minute you got to Earth? You killed the farmer with the shotgun with no problems but suddenly you're all too busy to kill Piccolo or any other human? What does talking to Goku solve? It's been like 20 years and people are still alive so obviously Goku made a decision to not kill them. Furthermore, why does he even think Goku is still alive? It's not secret that he was sent to Earth because he was weak and they thought he'd have an easier time killing them, but if the humans were still alive wouldn't you think (unless you have some sort of esp that let's you know that Goku hit his head as a child and forgot what he was programmed to do) he was dead since..ya know..everyone is still alive?

Ok so he did ko Krillin but still

After Gohan is taken away, Piccolo arrives to do a team up with Goku ( which is fine ) but only Piccolo teamed up with him. You mean to tell me that the rest of the Z fighters weren't available to help their good friend Goku? Mr Roshi couldn't phone Tien, Yamcha or Chiaotzu to help Goku out? What a bunch a of crappy friends if Goku's mortal enemy is the only support he gets. Team Goolo ( GokuxPiccolo) finds Raditz and the fist start flying. It's all "Whoosh" "Bang" "Pow" " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

See, fast punching

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" and then really fast punches followed by more screaming. This all proves to be ineffective so Goolo decides to divide and conquer, fails, Gohan hits Raditz, it's super effective, Goku holds Raditz and Piccolo drills them both...with his special cannon from his fingers. Both Raditz and Goku die and for some reason Goku's body just disappears and I have no idea what happened to Raditz's body but let's just say Piccolo ate it because he looks like he would do some sh*t like that. Before he died though, Raditz told everyone that 2 Saiyans would be arriving on Earth, because the scouter was also a communicator, and I have to wonder why the hell he would tell them that because obviously they would prepare for them, way to go Raditz.

I can't help but feel like it would have been much better if Raditz had arrived on Earth, started killing humans, he catches the attention of Goku and the gang, they go meet up with him, shit goes down, both he and Goku die and the story still continues. At least this way, everyone gets a taste of how powerful a Saiyan can be, which would spur them to train super hard, and it would show Raditz is a formidable opponent being able to handle the Z fighters + Piccolo. I guess they were saving that leave of destruction for Nappa, which I will be talking about in part 2 of my " Let's Overly Analyze" topic. Feel free to comment, make additions/corrections or just complain because that's what the internet is for.