Do you think Dragon Ball would have a need to took inspiration from others franchises ?

[Bebi Hatchiyack]

Speaking of inspiration I think there is more that Dragon Ball can takes from into DC Comics, also can you explain your Soul Society idea ?

http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Soul_Society

"Soul Society (尸魂界 (ソウル・ソサエティ) is an afterlife (also called the spirit world). This is also where Shinigami (guardians of the souls) live and where most Souls dwell until they are reincarnated into the Human World."

Something similar to a society for gods, because now Goku and Vegeta are on their level. (Maybe King Yamma lives there?)


And what exactly do you have in mind that DB could draw from DC Comics?

So something developing something from this character


This is shroom and he is a shinigami god of death seen in Super Dragon Ball Heroes.

[Dragono]

If it comes to storytelling, then, why not? There have been many Shonen manga and anime since Dragon Ball's time that have told better stories, and there's no harm fro borrowing some narrative concepts that have been used in better Shonen.

There have been better stories but I think there's a risk when borrowing concepts as it can end up as just a cheap copy of the original. What DB should do is follow what others have done in terms of world building and character usage. The foundation is there as DB has great characters and a huge world but for some reason it's yet to fully utilize them in the way other stories utilize theirs.

DB takes plenty of story concepts from other stories. Hell, it started off loosely based on Journey to the West.

Forget about world building. It's an overrated concept that many place too much importance on instead of concentrating on story.

Great writers use other stories as influences. Hell, even Shakespeare's stories were often unoriginal in terms of plot.

One Piece is the best selling manga of all time and its mainly because of its world building.

[ABED]

I truly doubt that and I haven't even read it. People care about stories and characters, not worlds. No series can sustain the audience's interest for that long based on world building.