Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by jumping into comparing the Dragon Ball anime to the Dragon Ball manga. We continue discussing Piccolo Jr arc, and talk about Goku's character growth.

In this episode:

• Jelli and Bekinney are almost back to their ship
• We recap the story a little bit
• Goku's character growth from being overly impetuous and rash to a little more measured and intentional with his fights and how this is doled out over thousands of pages, making it subtle
• How Goku becomes the stand-in for Sun Wukong and Xuanzang as the series progresses and that feeding into his character development meant
• Brief discussion of Toriyama's editors as the series progressed
• A callback to Jelli's theory about the gods being like middle management
• Comparing the manga to the anime, as we do when we wrap up an arc
• and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual

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Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 149, 150, 151, 152, and 153: "Dress in Flames," "The Fire-Eater," "Outrageous Octagon," "Mystery of the Dark World," and "The End, The Beginning." We continue discussing the Piccolo Jr. Saga, and talk about the filler that ends the original Dragon Ball series.

In this episode:

• Jelli and Bekinney are trying to get back to their ship and escape
• We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
• Some notes on our assumptions when it comes to breaking down these episodes
• Talking about Azuchi Castle, Oda Nobunaga, the FX series Shogun, and Octagons
• The Basan, Japan's legendary fire bird, similar to a phoenix and how the Pokemon Moltres took inspiration from this as well
• Hakkakke's name, meaning literally chipped-tooth
• The yuki-onna, or Snow Woman, a yokai of Japanese folklore
• A brief tangent into Kwaidan, Tales from the Darkside and Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
• The five elements of Chinese and Japanese culture and how they compare to the four elements of Western thought
• The Bansho Fan and its inspirations from the Banana Leaf Fan of Journey to the West
• A discussion of Daode Tianzun, one of the Three Pure Ones of orthodox Daoism and his connections to Journey to the West, Laozi, and Annin
• and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual

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Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 144, 145, 146, 147, and 148: "Super Kamehameha," "Junior No More," "Goku's Trap," "Goku Hangs On," and "The Victor." We continue discussing the Piccolo Jr. Saga, and talk about the ending of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai. We wrap up our last mystery reveals, and spend some time talking about Piccolo's regeneration ability.

In this episode:

• Jelli and Bekinney are trying to get back to their ship
• We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
• Some notes on weighted clothing
• Goku's abs
• A discussion on the use of nuclear blast imagery
• Piccolo vs Piccolo Jr vs Piccolo Daimao vs Demon King Piccolo - What's the difference?
• The announcer's actions are inspired by kaiju cinema, especially Godzilla movies like King Kong vs Godzilla
• Piccolo's size growth is both a role reversal from the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai when Goku went Oozaru to fight Roshi and a reference to both Ultraman and Super Sentai (aka Power Rangers)
• Goku's trip into Piccolo's mouth and a parallel to Journey to the West
• Goku's surprise reveal that he can fly
• Why Kami can create clothes from nothing
• Discussion on Piccolo's regeneration
• and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual

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