Why? Well, that's a two-part why. First, why is it any more ridiculously stupid than Trunks? Or Lunch? Or Oolong? Or Brief? Or Piccolo? Or Drum? Or Tambourine? Or Blue? Nearly every name in Dragon Ball is purposely ridiculous. Why does "Bra" cross a ridiculous level that none of those do?TheGreatness25 wrote:By the way, "Bra" is a ridiculously stupid name to begin with and Funimation wasn't about to put that out on TV in 2003. I mean, come on.
My second why is why is bra so offensive? Seriously. Why can that word not be in a children's cartoon? Is it because it's underwear? Because I see underwear all the time in children's cartoons. Why is women's underwear more offensive than men's underwear? Is this bad or children? Or is it only bad for boys? And what difference does it make? Do you honestly think any child doesn't know what a bra is? Is there anything inherently sexual about it? I don't think so.
Cipher said it best:
Cipher wrote:I hate this in particular, because it's such a weird way of othering women's bodies.
It's perfectly fine to refer to "underwear" in a children's show, but for some reason referencing an undergarment designed specifically for women's breasts is off limits. As if there's something inherently unnatural or naughty about that part of the body.
This is a weird case where the censorship strikes me as being radically more offensive than the censored content.