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Dragon Ball transcends cultures, languages, and generations like few creative works I can think of do. In that story he managed to capture the simple, profound

Dragon Ball transcends cultures, languages, and generations like few creative works I can think of do. In that story he managed to capture the simple, profound truths of the human experience. Courage, friendship, resilience, the pursuit of one's dreams. A sense of a deeper purpose and meaning to life. A world full of new things to discover. I am very sad to hear of his passing, but take solice in knowing that his works will outlive him.

hiepph 3y ago
He also captured so true the process and meaning behind training to get stronger. Respect.
jajko 3y ago
DB/DBZ was my introduction to anime. What an introduction. As somebody coming out of russian/soviet oppression anime was absolutely unknown behind iron curtain. The whole concept that cartoons are not for small children only was quite a reveal. I watched it with french voice over, which were then voiced over by a single polish male dubber with maybe 1-2s delay, so you could hear both languages. Needless to say I didn't speak neither of those, but understood a slight bit polish, and had an absolute blast. DBZ has special place in my heart. Not so much stuff afterwards, DB itself a bit less, but DBZ hit a proverbial nail on the head (in my head) I didn't even know existed, and it hit it perfectly.
- lloeki 3y ago
  DB Super has a "pretend that DBGT did not exist" reset trope and goes back to a more DBZ inspiration and even has some DB pre-Z vibes. Give it a shot (if you didn't already), worst case you wasted your time with a few EPs.
  - jajko 3y ago
    thank you for this, will check
alephnan 3y ago
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- echelon 3y ago
  > As much as I am a dude who loves his work, Dragon Ball is male centric So? Are you implying that this makes it less important? Barbie is female centric, and there's nothing wrong with that either. Gender doesn't matter in this context. Gender has blown up as this big divisive, team sports thing recently, and honestly it's starting to become annoying and hurtful. It's okay for something to cater to a predominantly male or female audience. There's nothing wrong with that, and there never has been. There's nothing here to be offended about.
  - alephnan 3y ago
    > So? Are you implying that this makes it less important? OP claimed Dragon Ball is universal and transcendent. I'm merely nitpicking that it is not. Same as I would with barbie. > there's nothing wrong with that either. Didn't say there was. > Gender doesn't matter in this context. Well it is relevant because you just admitted Barbie is female centric. > Gender has blown up as this big divisive, team sports thing recently, and honestly it's starting to become annoying and hurtful Yes, and that's why I asked what is the response to my comment. > It's okay for something to cater to a predominantly male or female audience. Yes, I agree. That's why I pointed out that different manga genres exist. And no one refuted this point. > There's nothing wrong with that, and there never has been. I agree. > There's nothing here to be offended about. Exactly. I wasn't making any criticism nor was I offended about it. I was tunnel visioned on the philosophical point of something being universal and transcendent. It's everyone else who had a knee jerk reaction to my comment being some kind of gender criticism
    - Jensson 3y ago
      > OP claimed Dragon Ball is universal and transcendent No he wrote: > Dragon Ball transcends cultures, languages, and generations like few creative works I can think of do. Nowhere did he say it is universal or that it transcends gender in anyway. You are arguing against nothing here.

hiepph 3y ago

He also captured so true the process and meaning behind training to get stronger. Respect.

jajko 3y ago

DB/DBZ was my introduction to anime. What an introduction. As somebody coming out of russian/soviet oppression anime was absolutely unknown behind iron curtain. The whole concept that cartoons are not for small children only was quite a reveal. I watched it with french voice over, which were then voiced over by a single polish male dubber with maybe 1-2s delay, so you could hear both languages. Needless to say I didn't speak neither of those, but understood a slight bit polish, and had an absolute blast. DBZ has special place in my heart. Not so much stuff afterwards, DB itself a bit less, but DBZ hit a proverbial nail on the head (in my head) I didn't even know existed, and it hit it perfectly.

lloeki 3y ago
DB Super has a "pretend that DBGT did not exist" reset trope and goes back to a more DBZ inspiration and even has some DB pre-Z vibes. Give it a shot (if you didn't already), worst case you wasted your time with a few EPs.
- jajko 3y ago
  thank you for this, will check

alephnan 3y ago

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echelon 3y ago
> As much as I am a dude who loves his work, Dragon Ball is male centric So? Are you implying that this makes it less important? Barbie is female centric, and there's nothing wrong with that either. Gender doesn't matter in this context. Gender has blown up as this big divisive, team sports thing recently, and honestly it's starting to become annoying and hurtful. It's okay for something to cater to a predominantly male or female audience. There's nothing wrong with that, and there never has been. There's nothing here to be offended about.
- alephnan 3y ago
  > So? Are you implying that this makes it less important? OP claimed Dragon Ball is universal and transcendent. I'm merely nitpicking that it is not. Same as I would with barbie. > there's nothing wrong with that either. Didn't say there was. > Gender doesn't matter in this context. Well it is relevant because you just admitted Barbie is female centric. > Gender has blown up as this big divisive, team sports thing recently, and honestly it's starting to become annoying and hurtful Yes, and that's why I asked what is the response to my comment. > It's okay for something to cater to a predominantly male or female audience. Yes, I agree. That's why I pointed out that different manga genres exist. And no one refuted this point. > There's nothing wrong with that, and there never has been. I agree. > There's nothing here to be offended about. Exactly. I wasn't making any criticism nor was I offended about it. I was tunnel visioned on the philosophical point of something being universal and transcendent. It's everyone else who had a knee jerk reaction to my comment being some kind of gender criticism
  - Jensson 3y ago
    > OP claimed Dragon Ball is universal and transcendent No he wrote: > Dragon Ball transcends cultures, languages, and generations like few creative works I can think of do. Nowhere did he say it is universal or that it transcends gender in anyway. You are arguing against nothing here.