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by Piccolo Daimao » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:09 pm
Why Dragon Ball? Because it's just such an exhilarating and awesome series, one that stood out from the other shows that I had seen before in my childhood. The hyped-up action, the charismatic characters, the unique artwork...everything about it is just brilliant, and, of course, it was the crazy fast-paced battles and explosions that hooked me from the start, because it was like nothing I had ever seen before.
Why did I choose it out of other anime series? Well, I didn't see that many anime shows when I was younger. The first anime show I properly got into must have been Pokemon, and even then I didn't know it was an anime. But I soon dropped out of Pokemon fandom. Dragon Ball was pretty much the first manga/anime that I got into, and I haven't really ever been able to get into other manga series. Maybe it's the artwork, maybe it's the story, I don't know.
Naruto must have been the first anime since Dragon Ball that I had tried to get into. I had borrowed up to Volume 3 from my friend, but didn't read anymore, because I think he only had those 3 volumes (although he did mention something about getting some other volumes). But my first impressions? Couldn't really get it into it. I soon grew tired of the constant flashbacks, the overall angsty nature of it, a main character who I wasn't all too fond of (and, obviously, liking the main character is an important aspect of reading/watching any show if you want to delve any further), plus the fact that I don't find the idea of a ninja manga that interesting. And the philosophical stuff...I just couldn't be bothered with it. I'd seen it all before. Now, you could say that about all the other countless series (not just anime) in the world, with their clished one-dimensional characters and predictable storyline (to the point that any vampire romance story will suffer the fate of being a rip-off of Twilight--not that they shouldn't be), but the fact is that, like B said, it was executed so well that it makes it that much different from other shows. Not perfect, but great nonetheless.
Holden Caulfield in [b][i]The Catcher in the Rye[/i][/b] wrote:I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.
