Thread:PrinceZarbon/@comment-15919363-20140608021023/@comment-1224793-20140803172233

There's a few reasons why Cell is weaker overall as a character. Frieza is the ultimate villain with a sinister touch and diabolical and somewhat maniacal conquering habits and a vast army under his command; conquering numerous hordes of civilizations and various planets and spreading an iron hand of fear across the galaxy. This makes him the best. Also, committing genocide via instruction of his elites makes it even better for storyline purposes. Even the touch of causing his own fear of the Super Saiyan as a result of defeating Bardock was a double conundrum and a beautiful poetic Greek tragedy in its own right. The rest of the villains that came after him as a main villain sucked, especially Cell.

When it comes to Buu, he was still better than Cell for a few reasons. Although nowhere near as dramatic or enthralling as Frieza, Buu was better than Cell because he had a few sides. First and foremost, he was the infantile behavior chained by his own mistake of engulfing the Grand Supreme Kai. Secondly, he formulates a companionship with Mr. Satan which allows him to have a sentimental edge as well as release the evil within. This, coupled with his urge to have an inner conflict and expunge himself of his vicious half results in a duel between his own positive and negative sides battling on the physical plane. In turn, this same demon aids in the battle to attempt and undo the very damage that he had set forth through his own anger. This is not as complex as Frieza but still much better than Cell. This story alone was better than all of Cell.

Cell was just a stupid concept overall. He was supposed to be a combined being that had everyone's powers, which was already a boring concept as it introduced nothing new to the fray. Copying everyone's moves and absorbing people doesn't make one perfect characteristically. It merely makes them a mary sue. Also, the entire saga sucked because it didn't deal with the seeking of the dragon balls at all. With both Frieza and Buu, the dragon balls are a method; a resource, and a device properly used for propelling the story in motion. With Cell, they weren't even a part of the story. The entire Cell Games was utter filler. It did nothing for the actual story but to progress Gohan. And if someone isn't a humongous fan of Gohan, they would not have enjoyed that saga. Another fault was the plot. Cell was just a "perfect" being who was used as an offshoot creation who is just a revenge concept targeting Goku. This was a lame concept to have an entire saga revolve around it. There's just too many faults with the Cell Saga since Imperfect Cell appears to when Perfect Cell gets overwhelmed by Gohan in a far-too-long kamehameha struggle that we could have avoided. the kamehameha struggle were my least favorite episodes ever.