![]() There isn't a single arc in the original manga that doesn't put Toriyama's background as a gag writer to use, with examples so limitless that you could actually argue the man was actively subverting the very same shounen fads he invented while creating them. Everything from the manga's first arcs to Piccolo to Vegeta to Freeza to Cell and especially Boo has been built on Toriyama violating tropes, swerving against common predictions and build-up, and even deriding the audience's own hopes for the plot sometimes for comedic effect, but often because it just benefited whatever he wanted to do with the story. It was, still is, and will continue to be recognizably Dragon Ball.īut the devil is in the details, which is that "area of expertise" I just mentioned. Dragon Ball is, at its core, a fantasy adventure series about martial arts alongside some heavy comedic elements thrown in thanks to its creator's own area of expertise. That's not exactly what I'm talking about. Focusing on combat and conflict was so popular the series just kept leaning into that until it ended. The Journey to the West parody adventure story the manga started as was very unpopular, so they shifted fighting story more influenced by the very popular Fist of the North Star. That's not really true though, is it? Dragon Ball thrived during its original run by doing what the masses wanted. ![]()
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