July 16, 2024

23rd Tenkaichi Budokai Begins (S3E14)

46 minutes

Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 133, 134, and 135: "Changes," "Preliminary Peril," and "Battle of the Eight." We continue discussing the Piccolo Jr. Saga, and talk about consistency of character development

In this episode:

Bekinney is crawling around the duct work while Jelli "encourages" him

We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments

Some notes about the tournament as a whole and our new Budokai Tenkaichi theme: Mysteries

The significance of everyone's outfit changes: Goku exemplifying his connection to nature, Chiaotzu and Tien exemplifying their commitment to their own values instead of Crane Hermit's, Yamcha's new scars, and Krillin's relative lack of change

A note about the shift in tone and style

A discussion of whether the change is a good thing (it is)

A whole bunch of word play with paper, god, kami, and drawing lotteries or fortunes, and Toriyama's subversion of expectations

A probably longer-than-necessary discussion of Piccolo saving two children

A detour into the world of WWE, including the films The Wrestler, and Iron Claw.

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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