Fully agree. I really wish Toriyama and Toei had given Jiren the backstory of being a former boy scout who used to be positive and upbeat about heroism until failing to save someone or even a whole planet of people from destruction. Afterwards he loses his optimism and becomes a more disturbed, pessimistic loner hero...y'know, kind of like Rorschach? Honestly it would've made more sense given the superhero theme and is a far more unique backstory compared to the generic "martial arts master/lone avenger" crap we've seen dozens of times.
I forgot if they mentioned what it really was in the anime, but the manga stated that his wish was to bring his master back so he could earn his approval. That's literally it. He wants to bring him back so he could ask if he's proud of him.
You know we really didnt need a whole backstory. We have characters like Frieza or Hit where we dont know much about their past, and tehy are still entertaining foes.
Personally I wanted to know why he was so strong he wasn’t interesting enough for me to accept him being stronger than goku without some type of explanation I just didn’t expect it to be that cliche and kinda lame, I mean like literally bros more quiet than 3rd grader me so I at least wanted the explanation 🤣 but when I got it, I realized I was better off without it.
"He's strong cause he lost people dear to him and trained" "Sorry are we still talking about Jiren or like the other damn 20 fighters in this tournament that describes, how the fuck did Jiren "train" to be stronger than his own God of destruction?!"
I feel sorry for Jiren. He lost everything when he was just a child. But, that's no excuse of turning into a jerk who doesn't care about anyone, but himself.
I still can't get over how funny this is, they gave him the most cliche and cookie cutter backstory he could've had. Jiren by this point just becomes a character that is driven by his "cool" factor and nothing else
@@ripper_madnessZamasu is the only Villain who depth and reasoning behind his actions - the rest of the previous villain just had a power trip and just wanted to do bad things
@@barnacle3214 yes because the other villains being evil for literally no reason and always having tanturms when they are gonna lose has so much depth. Yall will call Jiren boring when you guys have eaten up the same tropes with the villains in Z for like 30 years 💀
@@kaimuto123 Jiren has reasons for his actions too. Zamasu and Jiren are the only ones who actually have some sort of depth and aren't evil/antagonistic for no reason but people try and act like its "boring" when they eat up the same z villain tropes for 30 years
@@KSHITIJTAMBOLI Honestly, it's all about execution and context. Not the story itself. Naruto would have taken the time to set the scene and mood to immerse you at least a little. Would have introduced Jiren's friends, their personalities, and demonstrated his relationship and bond with them for a while. Then the villain would have had an actual character design and power set that implies the stakes for everyone else if he wins, followed by a legitimate fight with an actual flow of events that makes Jiren's failure feel like it has weight to it even if it's just for him. It would have been a whole episode or two in length if needed. But all we actually get here is a "sweep it under the rug" summary that doesn't feel meaningful to anyone, not even Jiren. Hell, they didn't even let Jiren be the one to tell the damn story or try to compensate by being at least different. 😅 Tl;dr: It's not the story that's weak af, it was the storytelling
They tried giving him a one piece backstory But there wasn’t any weight to it If he kept losing everything down to the planet he lived on being a soul survivor story I would’ve been sold but this story of him losing was a load of backwater 😂
I prefer the manga tbh. He's more so obsessed with the recognition he never received from his master. So much so to the point that he agreed to wipe out other universes just to bring him back life. He obsessed over power so he could show it off to his master and try to regain his appreciation, which is pretty real and sad.
He's not telling the full story is he, was the demon jiren's uncontrollable power? Why else would the demon disappear when jiren finally became "strong"
There's a really dumb theory about that foe but it's really cool. It says that Jiren somehow time travelled and became the monster so that he would become stronger. Like I said, it's dumb but coool.
goofy ahh backstory man cmon man ,i remember thinking "damn they can make his backstory anything! probably gonna be really original and cool!" and its generic bullshit that doesnt fit considering how strong hes shown/said to be. but what am i saying, dbs was an entire shitshow, goofy ahh story every fucking episode.
bro GOKU TURNS UI? BET, THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY FUCK THIS U - OH..., ITS NOW A TRANSFORMATION .... INSTEAD OF THE TECHNIQUE IT IS... OH... okay... sure dude...
Honestly the worst backstory when looking back. They could’ve done better than that
Agreed
They should have just left it a mystery he was so much cooler and interesting till I seen this
El Hermano
Fully agree. I really wish Toriyama and Toei had given Jiren the backstory of being a former boy scout who used to be positive and upbeat about heroism until failing to save someone or even a whole planet of people from destruction. Afterwards he loses his optimism and becomes a more disturbed, pessimistic loner hero...y'know, kind of like Rorschach? Honestly it would've made more sense given the superhero theme and is a far more unique backstory compared to the generic "martial arts master/lone avenger" crap we've seen dozens of times.
Jiren is such a boring npc character that was randomly made strong.
The only DBS vilain that measures to DBZ quality is Moro
Jiren doesn't need pity cause he doesn't look like the type.
He is the HYPE!
I forgot if they mentioned what it really was in the anime, but the manga stated that his wish was to bring his master back so he could earn his approval. That's literally it. He wants to bring him back so he could ask if he's proud of him.
You know we really didnt need a whole backstory. We have characters like Frieza or Hit where we dont know much about their past, and tehy are still entertaining foes.
Exactly. Stop justifying and let them fight already.
Personally I wanted to know why he was so strong he wasn’t interesting enough for me to accept him being stronger than goku without some type of explanation I just didn’t expect it to be that cliche and kinda lame, I mean like literally bros more quiet than 3rd grader me so I at least wanted the explanation 🤣 but when I got it, I realized I was better off without it.
@@Not_obligated2careand still didn’t really…explain the reason why he was that powerful
"He's strong cause he lost people dear to him and trained"
"Sorry are we still talking about Jiren or like the other damn 20 fighters in this tournament that describes, how the fuck did Jiren "train" to be stronger than his own God of destruction?!"
@@nicholaskline7976 lol exactly
And we still don't know that foe to this fucking day.
… not even the foe’s damn name…
I feel sorry for Jiren. He lost everything when he was just a child. But, that's no excuse of turning into a jerk who doesn't care about anyone, but himself.
He’s Batman 2.0, quite literally
@@Tradetek1 Ha!!! As if.
@@jordonwood-13 no he is lol
He does care for other people which is why he is in the pride troopers, it’s just that his determination to become stronger sometimes overshadows that
@@adriansgaminguniverse4951 He didn't care about his teammates.
a cliche story? weird from Dragon Ball that has saiyans and everything else.
Really? so the sayian story is better?
He got a point there
Made jiren more mid then he already was
Just another hater😊
BRO HE WAS JUST A KID I WANTED TO CRY BUT I CANT idk why but if I see something really really sad I won’t cry Idk why
I still can't get over how funny this is, they gave him the most cliche and cookie cutter backstory he could've had. Jiren by this point just becomes a character that is driven by his "cool" factor and nothing else
Still more depth than any of Z's villians
@@ripper_madness Not really
@@ripper_madnessZamasu is the only Villain who depth and reasoning behind his actions - the rest of the previous villain just had a power trip and just wanted to do bad things
@@barnacle3214 yes because the other villains being evil for literally no reason and always having tanturms when they are gonna lose has so much depth. Yall will call Jiren boring when you guys have eaten up the same tropes with the villains in Z for like 30 years 💀
@@kaimuto123 Jiren has reasons for his actions too. Zamasu and Jiren are the only ones who actually have some sort of depth and aren't evil/antagonistic for no reason but people try and act like its "boring" when they eat up the same z villain tropes for 30 years
Plot twist: It was Belmod in disguise
Dannnnng jiren i feel bad
Jiren defeated UI 2 times but he failed to defeat gokus believe
Very complex backstory for dragonball.
is Ice -T (Aka Water-T) the voice of that clown guy?
Weak af backstory
But if they show a similar story slowly in Naruto , then it's a masterpiece
@@KSHITIJTAMBOLI Honestly, it's all about execution and context. Not the story itself.
Naruto would have taken the time to set the scene and mood to immerse you at least a little. Would have introduced Jiren's friends, their personalities, and demonstrated his relationship and bond with them for a while. Then the villain would have had an actual character design and power set that implies the stakes for everyone else if he wins, followed by a legitimate fight with an actual flow of events that makes Jiren's failure feel like it has weight to it even if it's just for him.
It would have been a whole episode or two in length if needed.
But all we actually get here is a "sweep it under the rug" summary that doesn't feel meaningful to anyone, not even Jiren. Hell, they didn't even let Jiren be the one to tell the damn story or try to compensate by being at least different. 😅
Tl;dr: It's not the story that's weak af, it was the storytelling
@@Kurayamiblack my thoughts exactly brother. They just told it in a lame way in a nutshell
Well yeah super sucks
@@Kurayamiblack for real. It would have been cool if they gave a long episode for his backstory like bardock or future gohan one.
They tried giving him a one piece backstory
But there wasn’t any weight to it
If he kept losing everything down to the planet he lived on being a soul survivor story
I would’ve been sold but this story of him losing was a load of backwater 😂
The powerful foe of universe 11 can maybe become one day a Huge antagonist in the manga
That raises the question. If they are more powerful than jiren, why don't recruit them for the tournament?
@@southanime maybe they couldn't find him/couldn't trust him? In manga it was said that the foe was a demon.
So first he killed jiren's oarents, then he killed jiren's master. Why does he keep bithering Jiren?
i wish they would have made that monster known
Mid character with mid design gets mid backstory
Goku’s motivation for training: To protect his family and loved ones
Jiren’s motivation for training: Vengeance
I prefer the manga tbh. He's more so obsessed with the recognition he never received from his master. So much so to the point that he agreed to wipe out other universes just to bring him back life. He obsessed over power so he could show it off to his master and try to regain his appreciation, which is pretty real and sad.
so some destroyer killed his parents
Always hated Jiren for his weak backstory.
If all it took to reach that level of strength is WANTING to be stronger then Goku should've been way stronger than Jiren
😂 all the god damn clowns still shitting on jirens backstory like yall didn't twist toeis arm to rush episodes
Why didn’t they just stick with the manga backstory?
Why does he look like black Goku
Does anyone know who killed jirens family was it black cause it shows the same overshadow on the villain as black had it in the black arc
This horrible backstory is another reason why people hate Dragon Ball Super
Jiren fights were cool and all but a part of me just wants to say "who cares?" Super isn't nearly as good as Z.
He's not telling the full story is he, was the demon jiren's uncontrollable power?
Why else would the demon disappear when jiren finally became "strong"
May be it was belmod
There's a really dumb theory about that foe but it's really cool. It says that Jiren somehow time travelled and became the monster so that he would become stronger. Like I said, it's dumb but coool.
@@legendarygamer496it’s a dumb theory but if done right, it could be awesome.
So broly blew up jiren's planet?
bro i thought the pfp was vegeta kissing jiran mb
Jiren is Stoic.
I guess you can say that his backstory is quite.....
GRAY
Oh nooo, anyway
i don't feel jiren... he's shallow to me
That's fair
Bro stole Sasuke's backstory 🤣
goofy ahh backstory man cmon man ,i remember thinking "damn they can make his backstory anything! probably gonna be really original and cool!" and its generic bullshit that doesnt fit considering how strong hes shown/said to be. but what am i saying, dbs was an entire shitshow, goofy ahh story every fucking episode.
bro GOKU TURNS UI? BET, THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY FUCK THIS U - OH..., ITS NOW A TRANSFORMATION .... INSTEAD OF THE TECHNIQUE IT IS... OH... okay... sure dude...
vergil will destroy jiren
Bro has the same backstory as future trunks
dante and vergil story better
Good one
This is the slightly altered demon slayer story
Too bad he don’t have a Time Machine like trunks 😂