Dragon Ball and dating experiences?

[floofychan333]

Has anybody here had Dragon Ball play any kind of role in their romantic relationships? How have people gone about sharing DB with their partners?

[KBABZ]

While Dragon Ball isn't the reason why we got together (I can thank Ratchet & Clank for that), it can be difficult talking about the series with my girlfriend because, while she is an anime fan of things like Akira and Persona, she doesn't like many of the elements that make Dragon Ball Dragon Ball like the story and art style, and is particularly put off by the cruder aspects like the adult humour and casual Kid Goku pee-pee.

[MaskedRider]

I've been able to share Dragon Ball with her by sharing photos of Goku and ChiChi or Vegeta and Bulma and she likes it because of how cute they all are though she hasn't seen any of it but has heard of it.

[Zephyr]

Been with my girlfriend for almost 7 years now.

She initially didn't have a high opinion of the series, thinking that what little bits of the Toonami dub she saw was indicative of the whole series, source material and all.

Showed her some of the Abridged series, which at least gave her a tentative ironic enjoyment of the series. That got my foot in the door, and she agreed to watch from episode 1 of Dragon Ball in Japanese. She fell in love with it pretty quick, especially Goku's shameless, naive smarm.

We've gone through all of that, Z, GT, the new films, she read Jaco, and she's been keeping up with the ToP with me. It was fun going through the whole series with her, because she gave some interesting perspectives on things, provided amusing commentary throughout, and noticed things I hadn't previously. Her favorite characters are Piccolo, Lunch, Videl, Gohan, and Jaco. She has cosplayed as Videl once.

[PsionicWarrior]

Yeah I made my exgf sit through DB and Z, twice lol

[Bryesque]

My wife was obsessed with Sailor Moon in the '90s while I was equally obsessed with Dragon Ball, and we kind of hooked each other on "ours" over our relationship.

I think the first thing we saw together was "Battle of Gods" in the theatrical release, and she really liked it. Abridged was a great entry point after that, and once she caught up to the then-current update (and didn't want to wait for more), she picked up where it left off with Kai to the end of the Cell saga, then finished off the run of Z. She's mostly through original DB now, and we're watching the Super dub every week. (We watched one episode of GT together and kinda... put a pin in that one. Haha.)

It definitely plays a role! We make a lot of Bulma/Vegeta relationship jokes and references, pretty much every day. It's really cool sharing a fandom with your partner. Though now there's double temptation for merchandise and stuff. Much harder to resist.

[TheBigBoy]

When I was back in college in the mid 2000s, I was watching TV with my girlfriend and noticed that DBZ was on Cartoon Network one evening. It was the Ultimate Uncut version. I was thrilled to be watching an uncut version of the Saiyan dub and made my GF watch the show with me. She seemed to enjoy it. Once we got to the Freeza fight, I made her start watching the show in Japanese. She broke up with me a few weeks later

I fell into a pretty bad funk, it was the end of the school year and I bombed one of my finals. I didn't know what to do with all my extra free time so I downloaded the entirety of Yu Yu Hakusho and watched that while hanging out in my dorm room on warm April evenings...ah memories.

I haven't tried introducing my wife to DBZ but it definitely wouldn't be her thing.

[Kamiccolo9]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

[Lord Beerus]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

You win.

[floofychan333]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

You win.

I don't know if I want Kamiccolo9 to be kidding or not.

Been with my girlfriend for almost 7 years now.

She initially didn't have a high opinion of the series, thinking that what little bits of the Toonami dub she saw was indicative of the whole series, source material and all.

Showed her some of the Abridged series, which at least gave her a tentative ironic enjoyment of the series. That got my foot in the door, and she agreed to watch from episode 1 of Dragon Ball in Japanese. She fell in love with it pretty quick, especially Goku's shameless, naive smarm.

We've gone through all of that, Z, GT, the new films, she read Jaco, and she's been keeping up with the ToP with me. It was fun going through the whole series with her, because she gave some interesting perspectives on things, provided amusing commentary throughout, and noticed things I hadn't previously. Her favorite characters are Piccolo, Lunch, Videl, Gohan, and Jaco. She has cosplayed as Videl once.

That sounds really amazing! I'm not sure if my gf would like DB and since we've only been dating for a few weeks I don't know when I should show her DB, if at all. Would anyone happen to have potential suggestions for that?

[MajinMan]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

So that's where all the Dragon Boxes went. We found the man responsible for insane prices on the limited supply of Dragon Boxes.

[Kamiccolo9]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

So that's where all the Dragon Boxes went. We found the man responsible for insane prices on the limited supply of Dragon Boxes.

I admit it. I take full credit.

There's no aphrodisiac like the salty tears of angry fans who can't get their limited-edition DVD releases.

[precita]

I imagine a lot of women wouldn't like Dragonball because it's, "a bunch of dudes fighting each other" which someone in real life actually told me back in the early 2000's when the show was hugely popular in the U.S.

[TheGreatness25]

My girlfriend really tried, I give her a lot of credit. I showed her Dragon Ball and we got up to the Red Ribbon arc. I felt like I was torturing her, though, so I stopped. She's just not into that stuff. She likes cartoons from childhood like Hey Arnold, Rugrats, etc., and other than that, she likes different things. She doesn't put down Dragon Ball; I can have it on in the background and whatnot, but it's not her thing. I understand. I do wonder what would happen if I started her off on Kai, though. But she's busy person and when we relax, we like to watch different types of things. We watched Dexter, Shameless, Aquarius, and that kind of stuff. That's more up our compromised alley.

[shadowmaria]

Something me and my partner almost always bonded over is DB. We watch dub Super together weekly, and she's promised that once I eventually finish Buffy, she'll read the whole manga (including Jaco and Super)

[Angrist Hand]

A make the wife watch it with me haha. As long as I explain everything she's down

[CashmanX]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

I feel like I shouldn't, but I'm totally sigging this.

[Kamiccolo9]

I made love to my girlfriend atop a bed forged from melted-down Dragon Boxes.

I feel like I shouldn't, but I'm totally sigging this.

Mission Accomplished

[8000 Saiyan]

I tried to get my girlfriend to like Dragon Ball, but unfortunately I failed. She's more interested in shitty romance movies like Twilight. How I wish she didn't like that stuff. Dragon Ball is so much better.

[Duo]

I was able to get my ex to watch Kai with me back in 2012. Afterward, she read the Dragon Ball viz manga followed by the volumes of manga covering the Buu arc. She then discovered Abridged and got me to watch it (it had evaded my interest previously). We were together nearly 6 years, but it didn't work out. Our time with Dragon Ball remains as a good memory.

The woman I am involved with now was already a fan of Dragon Ball before we met, so we have always been able to make jokes and references together about it. She hates Goku, and doesn't get why Gohan is one of my favorite characters. Oh well.