Dragon Ball is well-known for its Tournaments, having several over the years:.Often this will be an ally of the main protagonist but it may also be The Rival or a sympathetic Anti-Villain. Sometimes, other characters will get A Day in the Limelight to focus on their fights in which case they're probably in a Plot Tailored to the Party. His final opponent will probably be The Rival or a Big Bad (Possibly even the tournament sponsor himself after his plan is revealed) or his Dragon (in case the work is in the fantasy genre, it might even be an actual one, perhaps even in both senses of the word). Proper seeding will be entirely ignored, and yet even so the hero will always find himself facing tougher and tougher opponents every round. Tournaments are almost always single-elimination the characters will not face the same opponent more than once. Usually not the case in a manga though, as the reader still enjoys incredibly detailed and attractive fight scenes and character development. Also, when used as filler it tends to get the butt-end of the budget, and tourney episodes will suffer from really obvious camera tricks and costcutting in an attempt at balance along with its time stretching. If other plot-points are put on hold too long or too much in favor of tournaments, it could upset the show's pacing and alienate what attracted people to the story in the first place. However, because they are easy to make filler with, tournament arcs can get stretched dangerously long for quite arbitrary reasons.
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