Be warned, there may be spoilers in my review.

As a whole, Dragon Ball is not a well-written series. The second half of the series is not nearly as enjoyable as the first half. At first, the series had cheeky humor, creative combat, memorable characters, and a unique setting.

That being said, I will admit, I was annoyed by a few things. For one, I would have liked to get to know the characters other than Goku more by actually seeing what their lives were like while Goku was off adventuring without them. I also did not care for the fact that Goku received a random powerup despite being taught by the same person who gave him said powerup that he did not need it as long as he worked hard.

Another thing, I think that it was a bad choice to have several characters be brought back to life. Since Goku was forced to come to terms with the fact that his grandfather was dead, it would have made more sense if he had to do the same with the deaths of his friends.

Anyway, my main grievance with this series is that it becomes unbearable after the infamous second time skip. The series lost everything that made it enjoyable in the first place; the humor was gone, the fan favorite characters were pushed to the sidelines, and the fights became grossly drawn-out. I had almost zero interest in the plot as well. Since the stakes became so high, the outcomes became horribly predictable.

In conclusion, this series should have ended at the sixteenth volume. Toriyama was not properly equipped to handle writing a "serious" work. In other words, he should have stuck with comedy.