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[ZZebra786]

Of DBZ content are just power ups for 20 episodes straight. How did they let toriyama get away with this?

 

[Deleted member 1462]

Shounentards will slurp up anything thrown at their face

 

[hikikomori]

he’s a -scripted character and the reason dragon ball is so successful and influential just like other mainstream media is because they put hypnotization magicks and other witchcraft on it as well as push it through extensive marketing

I always thought dragon ball was overrated goyslop. same shit different arc with uninspired villains.

and goku is a dumbass

 

[gilu997]

Shounentards will slurp up anything thrown at their face

 

[404Errorcel]

Ask the mexicans

 

[sunder222]

 

[rekamaður]

Cuz he’s based and dbz is about becoming an Aryan god to defeat the Jews

 

[Levi]

I'm convinced that dragonball only got so popular because it's about ethnics turning into blonde aryans

 

[wsada]

he’s a -scripted character and the reason dragon ball is so successful and influential just like other mainstream media is because they put hypnotization magicks and other witchcraft on it as well as push it through extensive marketing

I always thought dragon ball was overrated goyslop. same shit different arc with uninspired villains.

and goku is a dumbass

I hope you kill yourself

 

[hikikomori]

I hope you kill yourself

go and collect the 7 dragon balls instead of raging at me nigga

 

[クーロ]

Real answer: padding to hog up TV rentals and have a bigger profit once the series ends. Could also be a cultivation theory

Other answer: the shounen formula that came from DBZ is essentially cultivation (修真, unrelated to the theory above) where the core idea is humans ascending to godhood through meditation and martial arts which improves their life force Qi 氣 (transliterated to Ki in Japanese) towards the path of immortality. This means that everything they learn is a "power up" and everyone they fight is a test towards the overall goal of becoming God. Someone who has ascended to that level is highly respected and sometimes deified. Cultivation games are a thing in China and include the same ideas. "Amazing Cultivation Simulator" (了不起的修仙模拟器) has you creating a religion around yourself after cultivating to immortality level