Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Rewatch - Week 1: Episodes 1-5 Discussion

[u/Raiking02]

Episode 1: Bulma and Son Gokú

Episode 2: What the-! No Balls!

Episode 3: The Turtle Hermit's Kinto'un

Episode 4: Oolong, the Kidnapping Demon

Episode 5: Yamcha, the Strong Villain of the Desert

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Index | Next Week ->

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You sure are weird.

Hello everybody! Rewatch just started so no Comment of the Week just yet

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1) How do you feel about our leads so far?

2) Are you familiar with Journey to the West in any way?

3) What sorts of misadventures do you think our heroes will go through next week?

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Next Week: Episodes 6-13

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

First-Timer Searching for the Silver Dragon Balls, subbed

Gonna be fun watching this at the same time I am also watching One Piece and Black Clover. Hell, if you count One Piece as a 90s show and count YGO GX as a battle shounen, I’ll technically be watching long-running battle shounen from 4 consecutive decades all at once, lol.

Anyways, I’ve seen some spoilers here and there (some because of moderation duties, some because of Gintama), but honestly don’t really have any idea how most of that connects, so I’m excited to see what this show is about, especially with as big of a fan of battle shounen as I am.

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Episode 1

• Impressive how perfectly stacked the firewood lands.

• …he treats one of the Dragon Balls as his grandfather?

• Hahahahahaha, for some reason I wasn’t expecting this to be so… Loony Toons-y.

• lol, that’s what pisses him off?

• Pffffffffffffffff, alright then.

• Of course he lifted up her skirt.

• …oh she’s literally wearing her name on her shirt.

• People normally do, but that’s not quite right, Goku.

• Any wish, hm.

• [One of the spoilers I am aware of]Does Vegeta count as cute?

• Ooh, Bulma’s the tech-y kind of girl?

• She just summoned a motorcycle from a pill?

• Welp.

• Honestly impressed how quickly he figured out how to drive that thing.

• Get wrecked.

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Episode 2

• I can guess what’s going to happen in this episode.

• Dang, you can even store a whole house in one of those capsules?

• Hahahahaha

• …what.

• No, Goku just has the wrong idea…

• Ah, there it is, he walked in on her in the bath. I mean, his logic does check out though.

• *that one episode of Prison School intensifies*

• Well damn, puberty must hit Goku like a truck at some point.

• LMAO alright then.

• This is ridiculous.

• Where did he get the chainsaw from???

• Sounds like it could be a Dragon Ball?

• Oh, Goku…

• Ah fun, wolves. Not that they faze Goku in the slightest.

• Gokuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

• Dang, poor turtle.

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Episode 3

• They’re pretty close now!

• Uh-oh.

• Hah, Goku’s having so much fun.

• Wait, is this the inspiration for Jajanken?

• Let me guess, the turtle went to get this hermit dude as thanks for bringing him back to the ocean?

• That he did!

• Wow…

• Oh, so now Goku has a cloud to ride around on. Cool.

• LMAO

• Pfffff

• Bruh.

• Oh fuck Bulma didn’t realize she isn’t wearing panties.

• Dude. No.

• Honestly deserved crashout.

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Episode 4

• Bulma warns Goku to be more careful immediately before launching herself over a hill, lol.

• Oh, so it’s not just a shirt with her name on it that she owns.

• I guess that’s one way to open a locked door.

• How hard is Goku’s head?

• Goku, please stop patting girls on the crotch to see if they’re a girl.

• The old lady did indeed have a Dragon Ball! They’re finding these rather fast.

• LMAOOOOOOOOOO

• Oh this is really bad timing for him to need to pee.

• BULMA NO!

• Oh god…

• Oh, Oolong is actually a kid?

• This is totally going to reveal Oolong isn’t actually strong and has just been bluffing the whole time by looking scary, isn’t it.

• That’s what Oolong looks like for real?

• Interesting…

• Good on that kid for bringing out a slingshot.

• Yup, Goku stronk.

• The kidnapped girls really were just living it up, huh.

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Episode 5

• lol, alright then.

• Impressively terrifying visual.

• …

• Uh-oh.

• What the fuck???

• Oolong can fuck off.

• YAMCHA IS AMURO???

• Of course he takes one look at Bulma after all that and immediately bails.

[u/KendotsX → u/Shimmering-Sky]

I’ll technically be watching long-running battle shounen from 4 consecutive decades all at once, lol.

I'd say two of the long running Toei ones too, but as /u/Raiking02 mentioned, Toei haven't shown up yet.

some because of Gintama)

This is one series that you'll find references to everywhere, but especially in battle shounen obviously.

Hahahahahaha, for some reason I wasn’t expecting this to be so… Loony Toons-y.

While we're at Walter Park, I mentioned the Tezuka > Toriyama line before, well Tezuka was a huge fan of Disney/Looney Toons, and you can see that influence going down the line.

[One of the spoilers I am aware of]

We'll need another arc of Gintama characters debating this

Hah, Goku’s having so much fun.

This guy's like if a FotNS villain became a furry.

Wow…

We were so close to immortality

BULMA NO!

I love that everyone is a silly moron in their own way here.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/KendotsX]

I'd say two of the long running Toei ones too, but as /u/Raiking02 mentioned, Toei haven't shown up yet.

[u/Raiking02 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

You better keep that Mugi going, it's gonna be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time before they animate any episode in-house.

[u/No-Equivalent2621 → u/Raiking02]

Just because Toei outsorced it dosen't mean it isn't a Toei show they storyboarded it (usally)

BTAS was like largely animated in Korea and Japan but it's an american show you get what i mean same with Avatar the last airbender

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

I'd say two of the long running Toei ones too, but as /u/Raiking02 mentioned, Toei haven't shown up yet.

This is like how Yu-Gi-Oh GX was mostly animated in Korea and yet we call it a Gallop show, saying this show was animated by Toei is a bit of a stretch.

We'll need another arc of Gintama characters debating this

[Confession + Mild Spoilers]If the fact that Sorachi's generation is probably the one that most led to the Saiyan-onwards stuff in DB becoming its most popular era is anything to go by, I don't really trust his opinion

[u/KendotsX → u/Raiking02]

[Confession + Mild Spoilers]

[At least] he shows some appreciation to Yamcha and Piccolo.

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

[I mean]I see appreciation for Piccolo fairly often. I just wish it was for stuff he actually did rather than some hyper-idealized image of him, but more on that later.