Season seven shifts gears by not focusing on a major villain and instead focusing on two fighting tournaments (the Other World Tournament and the World Martial Arts Tournament), teen Gohan and his alter ego Saiyaman, and the younger characters (Videl, Goten and Kid Trunks).

The 7^th season of “Dragonball Z” is undoubtedly the worst as there is simply not much to like here. Gone are the massive fights or dark story arcs (such as the Android saga). Instead, fans are forced to watch kiddy characters (like Goku’s 2^nd son Goten) goof around and fight in a dull tournament. Even worse, we have to see a teenage Gohan in a ridiculous costume and cape masquerading as a hero known as Saiyaman. It was like watching “Teen Titans” mixed with “Degrassi” and that is certainly not what DBZ is supposed to be like.

As if the season wasn’t bad enough, viewers also have to watch episodes about a baby dinosaur named Chobi and a lame, non-threatening loud mouth braggart fighter known as Mr. Satan. In seeing these characters, I actually yearned to see the drawn out fights from previous seasons as they were certainly less painful to watch.

Summary: Unless you have to have every “Dragonball Z” season, I would suggest skipping season seven and instead buying a quality DVD set like season four.