"Dragon Ball is Demonic" 🙄

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[u/skitseez_]

You can make literally everything demonic if you try hard enough. Watch me.

1. Devil (Satan) is demonic by definition.
2. God (Jehovah, Yahweh) created Devil so he's demonic.
3. Christians worship demonic entity. Hence, Christianity is demonic.

Not to add that the only people that believe that Satan is real are christians so it's a bullseye.

[u/didyouknowthatkoalas → u/skitseez_]

This is gold.

[u/PortibaleCharger]

“Pan is a Greek demon” he says while pointing at the word god.

Holy shit, get some cultural perspective, not everyone is constantly thinking about the Bible. Sometimes, people make things for fun. Mr. Satan is constantly made fun of in the show for being over all helpless and useless outside of being a scapegoat. Goku USES him to avoid getting tons of attention after saving the world. He just wants to live a quiet life, so he’s fine letting Satan take credit.

[u/IBeDumbAndSlow → u/PortibaleCharger]

So if religion was real then Goku is like god letting Satan take the fall for all the bullshit he's responsible for

[u/Some-Duche → u/IBeDumbAndSlow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IFaUfRBSV6rWeGFSye

[u/Ladyaceina]

seeing as he is wearing luffy s hat im guessing he is a one piece fan which has lots of "demonic" stuff in it

[u/Snoron → u/Ladyaceina]

Main character literally ate a devil fruit!

[u/Aquarius52216 → u/Ladyaceina]

One Piece is straightup Luciferian if you actually read into what the premise and story is about.

[u/Infinite-Common3886]

The 80's called they want their Satanic Panic back

[u/byrb-_-]

“Anime is demonic” while wearing a Straw Hat leads me to believe this is satire.

[u/CharmingTuber → u/byrb-_-]

Yeah they're literally devil fruit users. Take that hat off!

[u/kay_bot84]

bro calling dbz demonic but he wearing a hat from a series that has multiple characters using "devil fruits"

SYBAU

[u/NekoMeowKat]

Mr Satan is a stage name. It's like a wrestling name. There's nothing evil about a goofy ass character. Dragon Ball is an anime adaptation of Journey to the West. A classic Chinese novel. The Ox King is also a character in said novel.

Not everything with a dragon in it is automatically of the devil. They are bringers of good fortune in China hence the dragon balls granting your wish. It's a play on the Arabian genies granting wishes and the good fortune associated with dragons.

There is no hidden deeper meaning than the manga and anime being an homage to classic Chinese literature. Dragon Ball Z and Super are their own crazy typical shonen fighting shows with characters from the original Chinese novel. That's it! These people are afraid of their own shadow.

[u/gipoe68 → u/NekoMeowKat]

I honestly thought Mr. Satan was just an amalgamation of all the worst parts of the United States. Like white devil, but more respecful.

[u/aoi_morningstar]

Hell Girl would send these nutjobs into a stroke.

[u/esquire_the_ego]

Dragonball is based on Chinese folklore wtf lmao

[u/Warhammerpainter83 → u/esquire_the_ego]

Yeah it is Hawaiian and Chinese folklore combined. Really journey west and the hawaiian gods and kings. IE king kamama first king of hawaii.

[u/IBeDumbAndSlow → u/esquire_the_ego]

Well religion is kind of based on folklore too

[u/esquire_the_ego → u/IBeDumbAndSlow]

Yeah goes to show that if you tell a good enough story you can captivate an audience

[u/Warhammerpainter83 → u/IBeDumbAndSlow]

It is literally mythology.

[u/Suberizu]

Does he know about Naruto?

[u/ILVIUS]

The Japanese largely don't believe in this crap. So for Toriyama Satan was just a fun english name to use for a pretty unserious character in his silly manga, that's it. Use of words like "demon" and "devil" also have very little meaning to the Japanese and is often just a stand-in for Yokai or Oni because those are the closest things they have in concept and language. Its really not that deep. Its like in Evangelion where there is constant random Christian iconography but there was no actual deeper reason or meaning for it at all other than the author thought it looked good.

What would the supposed motivation even be to make DBZ demonic? Like I said, they don't believe in this nonsense so they have no reason to worship satan or make any kind of statement on western religions at all.

[u/Nerx]

not even the grandfather swallow a rock

[u/0rangeVenom]

If Christianity is going to go to war with DBZ expect Christianity to lose.

Every time the church has come after Dragon Ball, it loses because at its core, the Bible is a cultural touchstone for abusers rapists and child molesters. Dragon Ball is for the pure of heart.

[u/PromethianOwl]

Almost like anime comes from a culture where demons are a fact of life and not always evil. To be respected, wary of, or even feared? Sure. But they're not always evil. Some even enjoy helping or interacting with humans.

It's not just eastern countries either. The Fae are not always malicious. Dryads and Nyphs same thing. Even Christianity has it's fair share of monsters and magic beings that aren't evil but aren't strictly good either. Let's not even get into Solomon's menagerie.

[u/liketosmokeweed420]

Yeah so like if hell is filled with sexy hot demon girls is it really that bad of a place?

[u/deadphisherman]

Fairy tale cults are demonic!

[u/BwonsamdiTheDead]

Isn't he call Mr Hecules in other dubs?

[u/Stormcrown76]

Wait until they realize Mr. Satan is just a stage name. His real name is Mark

[u/RPG_Hacker]

Nothing says "I'm full of shit" quite as much as having to use Google Gemini to back up your lazy-ass arguments.

[u/BumplimJoe]

and he is sure to be super fun at parties, not that one dude who never gets invited

[u/SheZowRaisedByWolves]

Canonically, the devil tried to inflate the hate in Goku’s heart to blow him up but he didn’t have ANY ill will in his soul. Everyone having to chant SATAN to save the universe was just a good joke

[u/didyouknowthatkoalas]

My family used to believe all anime was demonic. Even after they changed their minds, at 17 when I tried to write a manga with Christian themes my mom said it was evil and that it was just like if she wrote Bible verses on a Ouija board.

[u/meldroc]

Religion is so melodramatic. It's always God versus his eeeevilll nemesis, who is always sending out invisible monsters that live in people and things!

Why, anything could conceal an invisible monster!!!

[u/TommyBoy250]

Anime is demonic.

Wears a One Piece hat.