Reviews for Dragon Ball Z: The Catalyst
Instinct chapter 102 . 8/2
Why is krillin even there ? I'm sure tien would be more useful. Any one of the androids there could speedblitz and one-shot him. Having extremely weak fighters in a battle with strong enemies is very risky because you have to worry about them getting killed in one-shot when strong enemies are around. Raditz better transform soon. Its painful seeing him this useless with him being a saiyan.
Zagoat chapter 102 . 8/2
Krillin x 18 is one of the worst most disappointing pairing of all time up there with Sasuke and Sakura
Janem-Dragnove chapter 102 . 8/1
I thought Raditz would finally transform to save his Violet, but no, if you haven't done it, I'm sure you have better things for him, I'm counting on you not to disappoint me.
I really liked C23, a good fat ruthless sadist repelled by all that is benevolent like C16 ...
C16! C16! what a man, but what a man this chapter! He was just amazing I really squeezed his ass to survive and for C22 also I love how you made him more human.
Turles meanwhile remains Turles the best character and the best of the two brothers. XD
C24's death was used very well, I thought he was just going to die by Vegeta or Turles with nothing behind, no he dies so that C16 launches into the ring as the terminator he is.
This chapter is just even more incredible than the others which were already excellent no frankly continue like this, you are excellent.

PS Don't listen to that disturbing child Luke, aren't you ashamed? trying to steal C18, the only good thing that values this poor Krillin victim.
Turles would be much better with C21, just imagining their child gives me chills Lol.
The Rocha chapter 102 . 7/28
Man, CH102 is atomic fire. I want to write like that in the future, but with my own dashing good looks.

The suspense in this chapter was incredible. The confusion, the epic fights against the Androids, the impending doom of 22...

Imagine describing this chapter to someone else: "Android General grasps at godhood, and Android 16, Turles and Android 17 are the only things between him and the godhood within Colonel Violet."

I love your rendition of Android 15, btw. He is immensely hilarious. Dude just wants to be friendly and nice while pursuing the massive genocide agenda he was running on.

I like how 17 figures that the Moviedroids are "chipped", retaining a lot of human manneirisms, but still computer-bound. Makes sense that their "chipped" AIs are inferior to the unrestrained AIs of the latter models.

13 is also immensely hilarious. Crass trailer trash indeed. I always read his dialogues in a southern accent. Gotta love ol' Trucker Hat here. Feels like your guys are havings loads of fun with him.

Bardock: "USELESS-ASS PSYCHIC POWERS!"

Turles: "USEFUL-ASS PSYCHIC POWERS!"

Turles, oh Turles. Always planning? But how you plan when everything is complete chaos? He still managed to use his newfound abilities to contribute. In a way, I think he's the 23 of the Dragon Team, except not a psychopathic sadist. He cares for people, in his own way. The main difference is that he is a far better team player.

The way 16 speaks of Dr. Gero is kinda sad, as if he's a senile old man. I can't wait for that reunion. Feels like 16 now has his own agenda, to protect the Doctor but also to stop him from causing further harm. 16 is, as always, the best boy.

I love the wholesome moment of 17 realizing he was doing than playing hero, and 22 was his friend who he could not abandon.

This was clearly Blue/23's chapter. I find it epic how 23 was a big bad in mook's clothing. He was a total maniacal badass, and came this close to victory. His fight was epic.

Poor Raditz wants to be useful, he really does, but he just keeps getting yeeted. He really feels like the Saiyan Krillin.

Also, Blue's powers being enhanced explain a lot why Dr. Gero robbed his grave. A fully obedient and powered Blue would have dunked anybody not called Perfect Cell. Hell, how powerful was Full-Powered 23? He might have been strong enough to give Super 13 and Perfect Cell runs for their zeni.

It really feels like we're seeing dueling doomsdays. Gero's genocide of the world vs 23's conquest vs Future Timeline vs Mad King Piccolo's universal chaos vs Colds-Garlic conquest. Its not a question of "Is the world doomed?" but more like "Choose your doom."

So how much of West City still remains? The way things got exploded and telekinetically manipulated, I would be surprised if there was a city. Geez, place got Miracle Manned.

And next... Who knows? The balance just shifted.
DarkFalconZ chapter 102 . 7/28
wow this chapter really felt like a drawn out boss fight in shonen anime with everyone teaming up and coming at 23
Guest chapter 102 . 7/27
Wow, what a battle. You pretty much took my expectations for these characters after Chapter 100 and inverted them on themselves. Androids 23 making his power play and reverting to his old, human self had to be one of the most interesting transformations out of all of the Androids, and I don't mean physically, but rather, character wise. It showed that even though some of these Androids might be nothing more than the husks of their old selves, like Violet in Android 22, some like 23 and 16 truly reverted to who they were before their transformations.

Vegeta and Turles getting bodied by Android 13 was a great fight, as well. They were both outclassed, but Turles repeatedly egging on 13 made me laugh out loud. He truly does seem to know the planet well if he can mock 13 like that. IT was also great to see him come in with the save with his psychic abilities, something that probably is going to set him on a different path from Goku going forward. I thought Raditz' big moment might have come when 23 was gunning for 22, but alas, it wasn't meant to be yet.

The battlefield is short a few more Androids now, but it looks like the Saiyans are out for the count. IT'll be interesting to see who will be able to stand up to the surviving Androids now. I can't wait to be see what happens next!
TheItchyCocoon chapter 102 . 7/27
Dear Lord this was a long chapter! and so frigging worth it!

gotta love the bestest boy 16, and this chapter highlighted why he's so awesome. though... some of the aftermath to come will be interesting. how will Violet deal with her newfound toys?

and of course I bet all like... 3? 4? I've lost count, all the cells are just standing there likeOk seriously the hell is happening?"
Silas chapter 1 . 7/26
Awesome chapter. It was tense the whole time. Lol.

I was interested to see just how strong 23 would have been with 22’s parts but i’m also glad that didn’t happen.
ardee chapter 102 . 7/25
Oof. That was a hell of a chapter. I just realized it was over 31,000 words and it took you to 32 days between updates: no wonder, you must have been pounding away 1k words a day which is a hell of a pace to keep up. Observations:

-chapter reminded me a LOT of the fight between Brass and Piccolo/Shin/Kibito/Mira/Towa/Gohan/Goten/Videl. Just one after another coming at 23 until he is eventually worn down.

-in general it sort of came out of nowhere that 23 was such a focus. I haven't seen Dragonball (yes, I know, shame on me as a fan), and honestly don't know much about General Blue as a character besides the fact that he was implied to be a gay Nazi haha. But the psychic stuff was cool.

-imagine telling someone that General Blue, Turles and Android 16 would be the climax of the biggest bloodbath in one of the longest and best stories on . Goes to show you utilize the minor characters very well too.

-I think I probably lost sight of what a POS Gero is because until he and 21 departed I was rooting for his side over 17 and 18. This chapter restored sanity: 13 (you made him much more of a sadist than the movie), 14, 15 and especially 23 all make 17 and 18 look like saints. This chapter sort of put the previous ones into context too, 17 and 18 are much more relatable and 17's antics with the bus and rescuing Lade make him seem a lot more harmless.

-Majorly looking forward to seeing Goku back at this point... the good guys really need him with 10 androids still running around (I think? 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 3 Cells).

-I remember when you were at chapter 40 something and we saw Future Gohan... I remember thinking huh, the Android arc is going to be a breeze with 3 extra Saiyans. Little did I know...

Excellent work, never gonna tell you to keep it up because I know you have a standard you always maintain anyway!
Guesst chapter 102 . 7/25
Wow that was a mind blowing chapter. Once again youve done a great job potraying character dynamics. Its really interesting how turles has his hands on some psychic powers. I wonder if that will have a huge impact going forward, especially considering how op android 23s paralyze ability was.
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Trusen chapter 102 . 7/25
God, I love Android Sixteen so much. Best boy. I also really like Seventeen's growing development. And thanks to this temporary truce, I wonder if there'll be any longer-lasting relationships opening up soon.
Guest chapter 102 . 7/25
It's been awhile, but the wait was worth it. This battle's been pretty chaotic so far, and it's not over yet. But onto my thoughts:

1. #23/Blue was real piece of work. Betraying #24 and planning to do the same with everyone else do he would rule the Earth? He's almost like a human Freeza. Or should I say was? He put up a good fight against several opponents, but in the end was killed by #16. It was quite the send off, but in the end, Blue faded to black.

2. Raditz and #22/Violet is once again surreal and somewhat tragic. Raditz's coming to the realization that Gero did some grave robbing while he and the others were on Namek. I wouldn't be surprised if he's the one who kills Gero by the end of this saga. Meanwhile, #22's feeling pity for Raditz and actually trying to help him move on, even though she wants to kill Vegeta. Once again, is it wrong if I'm interested in these two becoming a couple? I mean, we got Krillin and #18 in other timelines...

3. Turles was on fire this chapter, sometimes literally thanks to all the damage he took. Still, actually killing #14 with his Collapse Cut and taking on #23 in a psychic battle were pretty cool. Especially since he's arguably using said psychic powers better than Bardock does. I guess they're not so useless now huh? XD

Still, as I said in the beginning, the fight's not over yet. Three more androids may be dead, but with #23 no longer active, the paralysis on everyone's going to fade. Not only that, but the fallen Android's parts will go to their counterparts: #14's to #13, #23's and #24's to #22/Violet. Hopefully the latter will keep a cool head once she gets her upgrade...

Thanks for the update!
Guest chapter 102 . 7/25
Amazing fights. Great chapter. Android 13's trash talking is epic. Thank you for the visual of Krillin getting his head lubed and shoved up Trunk's ass lmao
ILiekFishes chapter 102 . 7/24
When Turles gets punched in the face (pretty early on in the chapter) you spelled all as al. "Al the same, the damage was severe."
At the start of Android 23's second pov, that reminds me a lot of TLR Gohan after his fight with Trunks. Like... damn.
Violet asking 17 to kill her has a typo where she says that her "objectives won't be completely" instead of complete.
wow, that was epic end.
but 13 should be waking up right about now... and there are still the cells to worry about
two steps forward, one step back
Mouse From Hell chapter 102 . 7/24
Hello, again.

Also, also. What the hell is the Savior Protocol? Dead Hand sounds extremely dreadful, but I'm hoping that it involves 22 taking in 23/24's parts, as 13 did in his movie. That sounds too good to be true, though.
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