Turning the girlfriend into a fan?

[the_abberration]

If she has had little to no exposure to the series, I would suggest that you show her this video. Or Part 1 and Part 2 of this video. Although they give away spoilers, they pretty much sum up the show and it may pique her interest to find out more about it.

As a side note, it would really be nice if there were similar AMV's out there for the other two shows.

[Kendamu]

Or here's another one.. how to turn a potential love interest who claims he HATES DragonBall into a fan?
That guy was really interested in me but that comment just REALLY turned me off. I never spoke to him again.

Maybe I should just date a Daizex member... plenty of guys here

Move to New Jersey. That place seems to have a nice cluster of Dragonball fans.

[Hujio]

Maybe it's just my old-married-man-side talking, but having your significant other like what you like really isn't that big of a deal. Maybe in Junior High or High School I could it being that way, but really it doesn't matter at all. Yeah, you should have some common interests, but definitely not every interest. In fact, it's a lot healthier if you both have things you like individually. It will give you some separation and free time to do something on your own. My wife really has no interest in the series, which is fine by me. She will occasionally play the video games with me in battle mode, just so she can rub it in my face whenever she wins (she randomly pushes buttons, and it's annoying). And I have had her watch a couple things just so I could get her non-fan perspective on it. But other than that, she just supports me in my love for it, and it has all seemed to work out just fine for us. I mean, I did marry her.

[Kaboom]

Have you tried indoctrinating her the old-fashioned way?

[Kendamu]

Don't listen to Hujio. He's old and doesn't know anything. Senile creep. Completely smother your significant other with Dragonball!

He's right, though. My girlfriend likes Dragonball, has read all of the manga, and has watched a good amount of DBZ and Kai with me, but she's by no means some sort of mega-ultra-superfan or anything. It's the same with me and Invader Zim or Thundercats. She loves those shows to death and I like to watch them, too, but I'm not as into them as she is.

Despite all our separate interests, we do meet in the middle with Batman. Batman rocks.

So, if you really wanna share your interests, just remember that your dude or chick doesn't need to be as hardcore as you are to enjoy it with you.

[Majin Buu]

All this talk of girlfriends is making me jealous and lonely.

Yeah, for some of us just getting a girlfriend alone is a struggle. Let alone turning that girl into a Dragon Ball fan.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

She's actually pretty cool about getting into the series. And she knows that if she doesn't like it, I'm not going to shove it down her throat. The main reason I'd like her to get into it is because I have no one to talk about DragonBall with. Most people I know have grown out of the series.

She's the person I talk to the most anyway, why not have Dragonball as a potential topic? I don't want to convert her into a total Dragonball freak.

[PatPat]

So unless you need to have a boyfriend/girlfriend which has the same interests or very similar interests to yours, which I would find disturbing, the fact that they like Dragon Ball or not couldn`t matter less.

Well, I don't think someone who hates DragonBall could even put up with me. But there's a difference between not sharing each others interests or hating each others interest.

I agree, I don't think I could deal with a chick who was constantly saying things like eww you actually like that stuff ? Its SOOO stupid, that show is for little kids, etc etc.
Because thats the type of stuff that anime haters say. I'm definatly not gonna sit and listen to that when I'm trying to enjoy a show lol.

[Sprite Satan]

Well, this seems to be veering into a more general topic but some points...

1) Even nerds can get girls. They'll probably be nerds too, but hey, you shouldn't be so self-loathing as to deliberately avoid that. Common interests bring people together, for friendship as well as romance.

2) While not sharing every interest is, as some old git who works on Kanzentai says, not a big deal (and others who are not nearly as decrepit have pointed it out too), I would say that sharing interests, introducing each other to new things and so on, is one of the most rewarding parts of a proper relationship. (Yes, I only joke I'm a dateless wonder, I'm actually a dateless wonder WITH A GIRLFRIEND!) The point is not to force it or be overbearing or obnoxious about it.

3) If anyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend who passive-aggressively snipes at anything you like that they don't, you have a whole different set of problems than "Why doesn't he/she like mah Dragon Ball?!?"

[Craddle]

I've tried this with 2 of my ex's. I had them watch the anime. The first got from Dragon ball to Dragon ball Z, about the Fusion Saga. The 2nd got from Dragon Ball to Dragon Ball GT. About 1/2 way through. I was with both these girls for years too. What does this show you? Dragon Ball lasts longer then relationships. Mine anyway...LOL

[ShiningMoon]

1) Even nerds can get girls. They'll probably be nerds too, but hey, [...]

You say that like nerdy girls are a bad thing.


I agree with peoples' general thoughts; I don't want to somehow "indoctrinate" my boyfriend or anything. But I wouldn't mind being able to occasionally converse about DB with him, or have him suggest ideas for drawings to me. At the very least, I'd like him to get a taste of the series so he doesn't think I'm totally crazy. But I don't want him to be as much of a fan as I am, haha.
I watched his favorite series with him about four years ago, when we first started going out, so I don't think it's too ridiculous of me to suggest that he at least try to read my favorite series. (No way I would go so far as to ask him to watch it all. XD) Well, actually, it is kind of ridiculous, since he's dyslexic. But DB isn't exactly dialogue-heavy, so I think it's fair. Otherwise maybe I'll just ask him if he wants to watch Kai.

Incidentally, when I was younger one of my friends decided to stop being friends with me because I knew more than him about DB, haha. He was a fan before me, but I took to it faster. And for some reason that bothered him.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

All this talk of girlfriends is making me jealous and lonely.

Yeah, for some of us just getting a girlfriend alone is a struggle. Let alone turning that girl into a Dragon Ball fan.

True dat, Majin Buu.

If she has had little to no exposure to the series, I would suggest that you show her this video. Or Part 1 and Part 2 of this video. Although they give away spoilers, they pretty much sum up the show and it may pique her interest to find out more about it.

As a side note, it would really be nice if there were similar AMV's out there for the other two shows.

Aaaahhhhhhh! Get that song out of my head!

[Undercooked Sausage]

My girlfriend is currently watching Dragonball with me via Funi's "season sets" as they come out in Japanese with subtitles. At first she was really unresponsive to the idea of watching it because she wasn't really an anime fan or anything and all her preconceptions of Dragonball revolved around Funimations Cartoon Network dub of DBZ.

Brought over Season One of Dragonball to her apartment one night saying we should watch an episode or two before we went to sleep. Not really anything you could argue with, nor did I make any hint that I wanted to watch the whole series with her, but I knew she'd be hooked in like anyone who really gives it a fair chance. I kept bringing it over and we continued watching it before bedtime. She more or less fell in love with it during the first budokai. We had been watching it dubbed for her sake (it's really the first anime she's ever seen before outside of Pokemon, and was concerned subtitles might be too much to ask for from her) but around the time of the 22nd Budokai starting I made my big gamble of switching it over to the original Japanese version with her to which she surprisingly has taken to it much more than the English version after getting over the reading hurdle. She's nowhere near the fan I am but we are both eagerly awaiting "Season 4" and "Season 5" before i start her on the Dragonboxes.

[Bura]

You almost make it sound like some sort of treatment, Undercooked Sausage

[Craddle]

My girlfriend is currently watching Dragonball with me via Funi's "season sets" as they come out in Japanese with subtitles. At first she was really unresponsive to the idea of watching it because she wasn't really an anime fan or anything and all her preconceptions of Dragonball revolved around Funimations Cartoon Network dub of DBZ.

Brought over Season One of Dragonball to her apartment one night saying we should watch an episode or two before we went to sleep. Not really anything you could argue with, nor did I make any hint that I wanted to watch the whole series with her, but I knew she'd be hooked in like anyone who really gives it a fair chance. I kept bringing it over and we continued watching it before bedtime. She more or less fell in love with it during the first budokai. We had been watching it dubbed for her sake (it's really the first anime she's ever seen before outside of Pokemon, and was concerned subtitles might be too much to ask for from her) but around the time of the 22nd Budokai starting I made my big gamble of switching it over to the original Japanese version with her to which she surprisingly has taken to it much more than the English version after getting over the reading hurdle. She's nowhere near the fan I am but we are both eagerly awaiting "Season 4" and "Season 5" before i start her on the Dragonboxes.

Nice job. You have successfully made your girlfriend a Dragon Ball fan.

Just make 2 more of your girlfriends Dragon Ball fans and you got me beat. JK!!!

[LilLinks Sasha]

My boyfriend didn't have to turn me into a fan but I can tell you that DB for me seems a better place to start than DBZ. I think so because I think she'll enjoy it more in the long run and DB is less in your face than DBZ (as in the hardcore fighting stuff). I'm sure she'll enjoy all the cute things that we find in DB, give it a go .

[Commander_Red]

You'd need some sort of expert in cybernetics. Maybe attach the blades to her nose, and have the rotor in the mouth. The grill is optional, but someone else may be tempted to stick their fingers in it, so it's a good idea just for safety.

[Godo]

You'd need some sort of expert in cybernetics. Maybe attach the blades to her nose, and have the rotor in the mouth. The grill is optional, but someone else may be tempted to stick their fingers in it, so it's a good idea just for safety.

Damn! I was just to write something similar to that! My take:

A fan can be bought for 10 dollars, but if you want a fan that cooks and cleans, and only stays at the kitchen, by all means, make your GF into a fan!
(I kid, my view on women isn't that low! It's a tasteless joke, I know.)

Start with the first volume of Dragonball. Why? Because of that when she gets addicted like us others, she can bring the volumes around, reading them in the bus and whatnot.
And also, I started reading with the first "DBZ" volume (volume 17), and I was confused like hell. Bought the first, and things started to clear up eventually.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

I've decided to answer this question seriously.


I can't speak about turning your girlfriend into a fan, since I've never actually had one. But what I can speak about is turning a friend into fan, because I've actually tried to do this. I know that I'm talking about a male friend not a girlfriend but I assume that what I'm talking about also applies to females. (I assume, since I don't have any female friends ).


A friend was over at my place one night and I had recently purchased Dragon Ball Z season 1 and I wanted to watch some with him. I didn't want to watch Dragon Ball with him because I didn't want to freak him out with Goku's penis and all. He knew I was a Dragon Ball fan but I had never talked to him about Dragon Ball at all. We got through about one and a half episodes when he asked to do something else. (I guess he couldn't take it!)


Not wanting to force him to do something he doesn't want to, I turned the DVD off and popped in some Halo for us to play. I later asked him why he didn't want to watch anymore and he said it was boring. After Halo I offered to watch one of the movies with him, telling him it was more exciting and had more action, but he said he wanted to leave. (Well, it was late.)


I guess why Dragon Ball doesn't "click" with people as it does to us, is because we have that nostalgia with the series and that familiarity with characters and the story. We look at it with such rosey-coloured glasses that we don't see it's faults and shalowness that other people see when they watch the series and that's probably what happened with my friend.


So after that, I've never watch Dragon Ball anyone else. I know it's sad, but it's better that way.

[Scarz]

As woman, I seem to be having the opposite problem. How do I change my boyfriend into a Dragonball fan?