Thats awesome. You definitely took the road of the manly men by starting with Dragon Ball.Jermobooka wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:38 pm About a week ago, I decided that I wanted to get into the Dragon Ball franchise. Mainly because it’s always intrigued me, and because it’s massively popular (AKA FOMO lol).
Today I am on Episode 17 of the original Dragon Ball; and I gotta say, it’s pretty damn good. I’m kindasorta only really watching it because it provides context for the proceeding series’ and not because I actually wanted to, but insofar it still seems worthwhile.
Hopefully, my hype for DBZ/DBS is worth it.
I have a close friend who loves Dragon Ball Z and Super, but just can't bring himself to go back and watch Dragon Ball.
As it progressss...the spectacle and hype gets bigger while the storytelling declines.
Dragon Ball is great storytelling and character....Super is basically all flash and hype.
I think the perfect balance between the two occurs during the first major arc of Dragon Ball Z. The Frieza Arc is where solid adventure storytelling and insane mega fights kind of complemented each other the best. Then it started to become a less engaging narrative and less of a story and more of a setting and set up for battles.