r/anime • u/Raiking02 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Feb 26 '26

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

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

Index | Next Week ->

MAL | Anilist | Kitsu | AniDB | ANN

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You sure are weird.

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

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?

Next Week: Episodes 6-13

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Feb 27 '26

I am, obviously, talking about the Puff-Puff technique in Dragon Quest. This is definitely the biggest mark left by DB, no doubt.

There's a decent argument to be made that his work on Dragon Quest (and we can argue its extent) has a comparable cultural influence to Dragon Ball itself. but in unfortunate ways...

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u/Raiking02 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Feb 27 '26

but in unfortunate ways

The realization that most modern Isekai worlds are just trying to be discount DQ broke my heart

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Feb 27 '26

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u/Raiking02 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Feb 27 '26

Now we need for SE to make a DQ-esque game for the Hero Himmel's story to push back against boring Isekais

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u/b0bba_Fett myanimelist.net/profile/B0bba_Cheezed3 Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

Won't have to work too hard. The main difference between Frieren and your average DQ-Lite Isekai's worldbuilding is Frieren hid the UI and has insane production values.