The “Rumor Guide” has been a consistent favorite of staff and visitors alike here at Kanzenshuu — the entries are a blast to put together, and they each act as an authoritative, one-stop-shop with verified original research and (generally!) definitive answers.

As part of the guide’s latest update, one new entry has been added… which in many ways was more of an excuse for a teaching moment about the art of translation, rather than any of us actually being particularly concerned about the ultimate answer!

Confused? Read on!

RUMOR: Goku Never Kissed

The question of whether or not Goku has kissed — after all, he was married and had kids! — was never actually a question until late-2016 when Dragon Ball Super threw a couple curious lines of dialogue into the mix. What’s significantly more important than what otherwise appears to be the question at hand here, however, is that the Dragon Ball Super anime and manga were both translated correctly in their official English localizations.