Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 118, 119, 120, and 121, , "Prelude to Vengeance," "Battle Cry," "Goku Strikes Back," and "The Biggest Crisis." We continue on with Demon King Piccolo Saga, and discuss the concept of achieving salvation by traveling through hell via the fight between Goku and Piccolo.

In this episode:

• Jelli and Bekinney are reeling from their call with Frieza
• We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
• Comparisons between the moves here and those seen in some Akira Kurosawa movies, Sanshiro Sugata (1 and 2) as well the Ultraman series with Ultraseven
• Power level tropes being utilized
• Goku fulfilling Uranai Baba's prophecy
• Goku taunting Piccolo using a childlike phrase
• Japanese voice actor Aono Takeshi (for Piccolo) setting a precedent for Sean Schemmel and Chris Sabat by almost passing out in the recording booth
• The trials of The Buddha, Jesus Christ, and Dante Alleghiri with regards to achieving salvation
• Discussing saru, Japanese for monkey, and how monkeys are seen as demon repellants
• Discussing May 9th, Goku Day...or Piccolo Day...
• How monkeys play into Buddhism
• Another pivot, slight though it may be, of Dragon Ball's tone and style
• and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual

Join us as we continue to uncover the cultural meanings, publication facts, inspirations and more behind the wildly popular Dragon Ball franchise, and unspool what we all love so much about Goku, the Dragon Ball franchise, the Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball manga, and more.

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