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Rewatching this in 2023 is nothing but a nostalgia trip for me for the most part. I wanted to know why it was never heralded as one of the best anime series to have come out of the 90's. I had to find out the hard way.

This was so tough to sit through. From the slow start with so many unnecesarry comedic moments up to the underwhelming and dissatisfying second half. Not to mention how majority of the fight scenes and climaxes felt more of a slide show rather than dynamic and fluid as anyone would expect given the title of the show and ... what the main opening sequence highlights.

I would've loved to see the story go more in-depth with the fighting styles from every region and to have their power-ups and specials be left to sub-text. Infusing more martial arts scenes as well would've made the experience more exciting. The costume designs were frustrating. It felt all over the place. Very incoherrent on that department.
The story just has so much potential riding on it that was never fully realized.