Undead Fantasy
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Although I agree that power level escalation in DBZ was often arbitrary, it was always a big focus of the show and hyped by it though. I think people would have much less issue with these recent episodes, if the show actually acted like they were making big leaps, but it just doesn't. Rather than making it look like these character have made huge increases in their power, it just seems like the show is making it look like it's not that big of a deal.
For example, rather than showing that Kuririn was training with standard gym equipment, they should have shown him using a gravity room, or something like ki draining plants like in that filler arc. Something that made his training seem special to make up for all the time he was doing nothing.
Rather than having 17 just mention that he has been training for a while, they should have shown him in some flashback frustrated by his own weakness and attempting to surpass his limits somehow (like deep water pressure, training in magma or something else even crazier). In addition to that, they really should have mentioned on screen the argument said here in favor of his growth (Android created to surpass Saiyans).
We aren't that lucky.
They needed to explain shit this episode. They can still do it next one but I doubt it.