My problems with the BUU Saga

The only good part from that saga was Majin Vegeta vs Goku otherwise it was very stupid and badly executed arc. Toriyama was probably bored and out of ideas after like 10 years of doing Dragon Ball, no one can blame him.

That's probably why he called it off and left when the studio wanted him to do GT.

I agree. The Buu saga is the weakest saga of the series. The story is all over the place and Buu doesn't maintain a consistent personality throughout his numerous transformations. However, Super Buu (with Gohan absorbed) is the strongest of all the Buus so he was way stronger than Kid Buu.

I think this is universally agreed upon. I've read a few times that it was intended to end at the Cell Saga but fans wanted more. It has it's place though for your second point though SSJ 3 and Super Gohan are two of the coolest things to come from the Saga though. SSJ 3 took long because Goku hadn't mastered it yet. Super Gohan was a great idea but was ultimately wasted.

Ok, I think most here agree that the Buu saga was the worst. Also, the series would have benefited greatly from a short break or even a switch over into a new series. Toriyama had said that he planned for Gohan to take over as the main, but he couldn't get it to work. When you read the manga it's easy to see that struggle.

As for your points, I actually don't fully agree with them. I'll point out my opinions below.

1. Buu wasn't the best villain, but he sure wasn't terrible in my opinion. He was dangerous, menacing and powerful. He destroyed Earth and countless other planets. Sure he wasn't as cool as Freeza or Cell, but I wouldn't say he was terrible. Now villains like Android 19 and Pui Pui, they were bad.

2. All of the listed power ups were quite useful. All except the mystic power up had their downfall; fusion brought such an increase in power the users felt invincible and became cocky and ssj3 was too much of a drain on the body to reliably use unless you were dead. Even so, they allowed the Z Fighters to scrape forward until the end.

3. Yea, I agree with the absorption thing. However, Kid Buu was not the strongest. Super Buu was. The Kai's mention his ki increase as he transforms into Kid Buu, but he is not stronger than Super Buu. Kid Buu is, however, the most dangerous. We see this at the end when he is recklessly destroying planets.

4.That's the DBZ formula. Almost every villain has done it. Cell and Freeza included.

I should say the Buu saga is my least favorite in the series by far. I will always prefer to watch or read something else over it because I just don't enjoy it.

From what I read, Goku was meant to die and Gohan would defeat buu to replace Goku as the main character.

1. agreed.

2. ya it seemed like a showcase of "look how cool these fusions and powers are!". but with no substance like the way Goku reaching SSJ hit.

3. ya it seems they just ran out of ideas.