Todd Blankenship on X: Uub's inexperience with the larger world mirrors Goku's at the start of the series. Ubu=inexperienced/innocent in Japanese, by the way / X

Todd Blankenship on X: In the manga Goku loses his tendency to disrobe once he hits puberty, but in the DBZ and GT anime we do get a few instances of adult

Todd Blankenship on X: Meanwhile in other anime stuff: DBZ ep.125 shows Goku and Piccolo attempting to get drivers licenses, in a plot apparently inspired by two manga title pages of them

Todd Blankenship on X: Yes, keep in mind that “Super Saiyan 2” and “Super Saiyan 3” are terms Goku invented for convenience, and not carved in stone. From a writing perspective, this

Todd Blankenship on X: One result of all this re-arranging is that the two bank robbers Gohan and Videl stop in the manga don't appear in the DBZ anime (well, not in

Todd Blankenship on X: Uub's inexperience with the larger world mirrors Goku's at the start of the series. Ubu=inexperienced/innocent in Japanese, by the way / X

Todd Blankenship on X: One result of all this re-arranging is that the two bank robbers Gohan and Videl stop in the manga don't appear in the DBZ anime (well, not in

Todd Blankenship on X: The ability of ordinary bystanders to track Goku and co's movement varies wildly over the years. In Japanese fandom, perceiving a fight as only incoherent blurs is dubbed

Todd Blankenship on X: Overall, I feel like the thrust of the story is that Grandpa Gohan is Goku's strongest opponent yet, but looking at the actual blow-by-blow of the fight he

Todd Blankenship on X: One result of all this re-arranging is that the two bank robbers Gohan and Videl stop in the manga don't appear in the DBZ anime (well, not in

Todd Blankenship on X: As usual, the DBS anime and manga present a wildly different sequence of events for the ToP. The anime's narrator gives an update on the time remaining at

Todd Blankenship on X: Long story short, Goku wins and has a touching reunion with his ghost grandpa. Baba figures out the final ball's location, which turns out to be in the

Todd Blankenship on X: Obviously the timing of Goku's birth is bound up with Goku's age. When he first meets Bulma, Goku gives his age as 14, but this is quickly retconned

Todd Blankenship on X: With Goku's new-and-improved UI, beating Moro is a piece of cake. Even when Moro copies Merus' UI skills, his body quickly breaks down under the strain. His last

Todd Blankenship on X: Dragon Ball GT is clearly set several years after Goku flies off with Uub at the 28th TB. How many exactly? The show itself never specifies, at least