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I'd like to suggest Majin Buu for the character asks. He's a strange dude who stuck around longer then expected, so I'd imagine you have some mixed feelings on the character. I'd say any version of Buu applies, but thats up to you.

Give me a character and I will answer:

Why I like them: Those who know me, know that I am all about that post-Frieza era of DBZ. That’s why I want Hit to kill him again, because it did wonders for Z, and maybe it could improve Super II or whatever they end up calling it. I’ve already discussed why I love Cell, but for me, the Buu Saga was not much of a step down. I came out of the Cell Games wanting more, really craving an epilogue to show how everyone was getting along after Cell’s defeat. And the Buu Saga gave me exactly that.

The common criticism leveled against Buu is that he isn’t much on personality. He doesn’t have the charisma of a Frieza or Buu, but I think that works in his favor, since it gives the good guys more time to work out all their issues. A big part of the arc was about Goku and Vegeta getting on the same page, and it’s tough to make that happen when the bad guy has his own monologue. I think that’s why you don’t see much of them together on Namek, or during the Androids crisis.

I’ve seen Team Four Star compare Super Buu’s absorption forms to sort of a carbon copy of Perfect Cell. I’m not sure I agree, but 1) I’m not sure that’s a bad thing, even if it’s true, and 2) If you don’t like Buuhan, don’t worry, because he doesn’t stay that way for very long. Majin Buu has lots of variety, is my point. No one’s going to love all of his different forms and appearances, but you’re probably going to find a few that appeal to you. I had trouble picking a header image for this, because it feels like it does a disservice to the character. He’s so many different things. He can be cute and cuddly, or vicious and terrifying, or sassy and rude.

I also like what he represents to the series as a whole. When he was first introduced, Buu was presented as this instant “game over” for the universe. If Babidi reawakens him, that’s it, we all lose. No one can stop him. But then he breaks out anyway, and the good guys still manage to rally. He proves too powerful to defeat, but Goku comes up with a plan, and the Supreme Kai comes up with a plan, and the Old Kai comes up with a plan, and finally Vegeta comes up with a plan, and all of them are premised on the idea that maybe we’re not so doomed after all. Maybe the Z-Fighters are strong enough to pull this off. And they do pull it off, and somehow turn Buu good in the process. There’s a very hopeful message in that.

Why I don’t: Not gonna lie, I find it somewhat uncomfy that Fat Buu survives the conflict and just... stays that way. I’m not talking about his appearance, mind you, I mean he still seems like the same guy who gouged out Dabura’s eyes, who creeped on that one lady, and seemed unable to stop eating.

Let me put it like this: When I first watched the episodes where Mr. Satan befriends Buu, I wasn’t entirely surprised, but what worried me was that he cooked food for Buu, and then he’d immediately demand another meal. The implication, for me anyway, was that maybe Buu couldn’t be reformed, and he would be compelled by an endless hunger to destroy everything in his sight, regardless of how he might have felt about it.

In hindsight, I think the “can’t-stop-eating” bit was just intended to set up the emergence of Evil Buu. Once he got that out of his system, he was fine, but it still bugged me, and even Vegeta was concerned about Buu making another Kid Buu someday. Because no one really understood what Buu was or how he worked, so who’s to say that he could truly shake off the ways of evil? Also, Fat Buu owes his existence to absorbing two of the ancient Supreme Kais, so it bothered me that they got everyone else de-absorbed but not them.

But, I can’t say that bothers me too much, since the final episodes of DBZ show that he lived peacefully with Mr. Satan for at least a decade. Even so, I wasn’t surprised to see Dragon Ball GT merge him with Uub. I think the urge to write him out of the story was pretty strong. Notice how Dragon Ball Super has Majin Buu, but they hardly ever use him. It makes you wonder.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): You know, I think I might go with the one where the Supreme Kai explains Buu’s backstory to the Old Kai. Pretty sure that one ends with Kid Buu blowing up the world, so it’s got a lot going for it.

Favorite season/movie: The Fusion Saga is kind of my go-to answer for the best of Buu, but after I rewatched everything last year, I think the Kid Buu Saga make be the better arc. It’s tough to decide.

Favorite line: When Goku and Vegeta power up on the Supreme Kai Planet to draw Buu’s attention, he senses their ki and grins, saying “Dum-dums!” like he’s so excited that they’re gonna try and fight him again. That’s in the dub, anyway, but I always liked that this was Kid Buu’s pet name for those two idiots.

Favorite outfit: I don’t think I have a preference, but it might have been nice to see more of this version:

OTP: I guess that female Buu he made so he could have children? Honestly, the less I have to think about Buu being romantic the better I like it.

Brotp: Gotta be Mr. Satan.

Head Canon: The Xenoverse games and Dragon Ball Online introduced this whole notion of Buu starting his own race of Majins on Earth. I’ve been trying to figure out how to work with that in my fanfic, and the main thing that sticks out in my mind is that Buu is the progenitor of that entire population, and I’m pretty sure he’d still be alive at any given time, so it intrigues me that a Majin OC I might come up with could just stroll on over to Buu’s house and say hello. But I’m not really sure what they’d talk about.

Unpopular opinion: Killing him off was one of the few smart moves GT made, and providing a means for the absorbed Supreme Kai’s to escape was one of the few smart moves Toyotaro made.

A wish: If they do another Tournament of Power, Buu should actually be in it. He can absorb Frieza and that way they can get around the cap on team members.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: If they do another big fight, for the love of crap, don’t just have him nap through it. I just realized he probably slept through the Broly movie too. Lazy bastard.

5 words to best describe them: That’s the tubby custard machine.

My nickname for them: “You r--” whoa ho-hoooo. Just kidding.

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