Describe Dragonball

Anonymous Friend · Post by **Anonymous Friend** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:25 pm

I was describing the Dragonball series to a friend of mine after he saw all the DVDs I've aqruired in the past year. As I was going through it I could see his attention waning and explained that there are a lot of things happen but at the same time there may be time when nothing at all happens.

This got me thinking: Is there a way to describe Dragonball with as little words as possible?

omegacwa · Post by **omegacwa** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:36 pm

A Chinese themed, martial arts action adventure series that features comedy, super powerful fighters, and awesome energy blasts, which all follows a band of friends and villains all searching for 7 magic dragonballs that can grant the finder any one wish.

Eh, that's probably as few as possible.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:38 pm

A gag manga, transformed into an epic fight fest that migrates from Earth, to space, and finally to the heavens themselves.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:41 pm

Long periods of intense boredom punctuated by short periods of awesomeness.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:42 pm

Lmao, I don't think that would attract much attention towards the series. Honestly though? I agree.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:28 pm

Kid with tail grows up beating the crap out of bad guys.

I think that's about as short a summary as you can get.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:30 pm

Shortest possible description: "Super saiyuuki".

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:47 pm

"There once was a manga,
Starting on a small scale,
A fun adaptation
Of an old fairy tale.

It turned out quite nifty,
And the readers cried, "more!"
So the author continued,
Farther than he'd planned for.

The game escalated,
The fights became great,
Not even whole planets,
Could get out unscathed.

The good guys were valiant
Fighting to defeat wrong,
Their hearts were courageous.
Their hair was quite long.

The series continued
For quite a long time,
But soon became tedious,
Just like this rhyme.

It's true that all good things
Must come to a close.
Wish Toei had known that,
'Cuz GT kinda blows. >_>"

Mmm'kay, that was fun.

Post by **TripleRach** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:58 pm

When I was a wee lass, I used to often describe it as "a great show about a kung fu monkey boy who flies around on a cloud and frequently gets naked." But that only really applies to the pre-Raditz stuff, since Kintoun and nudity both went the way of the Lunch at that point.

Carrie · Post by **Carrie** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:22 pm

Kaboom, I'm putting your poem on my myspace blog. IT MUST BE SEEN BY OTHERS. With full credit to you, of course.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:46 pm

"Kung-fu action-adventure show with some comedy."

ect5150 · Post by **ect5150** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:16 pm

Isn't that like asking "What's Batman about?" ... "What's Superman about?" ... "What's Green Lantern about?"

All of the above (including Dragon Ball) go through different story arcs. Granted, DB didn't persist like the above mentioned. Each arc is a well written & drawn story, like any of the others mentioned. Granted, its not Shakespeare writing and its not Michelangelo drawing... but its good and its fun and that's all that matters.

I like the comment about long periods of waiting for short periods of awesomeness, but the I always felt the mange moved at normal pace (i.e. - that last 5 minutes in the Freeza fight felt like 5 to 7 minutes, not 8 episodes worth of time).

caejones · Post by **caejones** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:34 pm

Fun, awesome, occasionally violent + cute.
If shorter is needed, "awesome" is my pick.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:37 pm

I liked your DB-centric version of thhe Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air's theme song, Kaboom.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 am

jjgp1112 wrote:I liked your DB-centric version of thhe Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air's theme song, Kaboom.

Is that what it looks like?

It's just supposed to be a poem. You've been hanging out on you-know-where too much, I think, if Fresh Prince is the first thing that pops into your head when you read that.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:23 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:
jjgp1112 wrote:I liked your DB-centric version of thhe Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air's theme song, Kaboom.
Is that what it looks like?

It's just supposed to be a poem. You've been hanging out on you-know-where too much, I think, if Fresh Prince is the first thing that pops into your head when you read that.

I'm sorry, but certain parts sounded just like the Fresh Prince song when I was reading it in my head. And are you talking about The Vesti? Come to think about it, I do hang around there too much. I went from taking 3 years to get 3000 posts, and then when I started posting there and gained 7000 more posts in 10 months.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:25 am

No, that's not where I mean. That "other place" that has a bizarre fixation on the Fresh Prince theme. >_>

But let's not get off-topic.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:31 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:No, that's not where I mean. That "other place" that has a bizarre fixation on the Fresh Prince theme. >_>

But let's not get off-topic.

Oh, there. Well you were half right - that's Vesti's mortal enemy, although the anime fanboys on the Vesti are /b/tarded, if you know what I mean. To get back on topic, I'd say that Dragon Ball is a story about a guy with superhuman strength who, with his friends, fights evil villains.

AnzuMazaki · Post by **AnzuMazaki** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:01 am

I think DB and Z were great.

Dragonball was awesome because it starts as a funny story and from the point Kuririn got killed by Tambourine and Piccolo started, it turns slowly into the tragedy drama that everyone loves.

The bit that sucked about Z was the whole humans are useless thing, which was worse in GT, which was why I hate GT.

DBZ and DB had their good points, but GT was a racist show, misanthroppist really, turning all the humans into mind slaves in the Bebi saga and Goku leaving the earth was the worst part of GT, not to mention that it made Gohan and Goten look more like twins than brothers with an age gap for eleven years.

Dragonball was hilarious and DBZ was epic.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:53 pm

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon meets Kung Fu Hustle meets the first Matrix.

Kanzenshuu

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