Do you think DB lacks in story?

[ahill1]

And if so, do you feel that as a valid criticism for the series?

 

[Giga Hertz]

As stand-alone stories (eg Android Saga); not really. As an overarching thing (like One Piece); yes.

Dragon Ball Z from Saiyan Saga to the end of Frieza Saga is a good continuous story, but DBZ as a whole has no cohesion. Super has no real cohesion, again it's just a heap of self-contained stories (that aren't great). Dragon Ball, if you take the whole thing as Goku becoming the strongest man on earth, is an okay story.

The best thing, for all its faults, is letting GT tie everything together with the Black Star Dragon Balls and the consequences of overusing Earth's Dragon Balls, completing Goku's journey with the Dragon Balls.

 

[Yoshi]

I agree with @Giga Hertz. Dragon Ball Z is basically Goku’s life story.