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Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Unicorn_Bazooka » Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:56 pm

We know that majority of the Dragonball fanbase consists of men.
But women also love the show. Maybe about one seventh of the fans are female.

So, ladies!
Can you tell how you got into the franchise and what did your friends first think of it?

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Fizzer » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:35 pm

Weren't most of the people who saw Battle of Gods in Japan female? I heard there were a lot of groups of girls in their teens and twenties there.

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Unicorn_Bazooka » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:47 pm

Fizzer wrote:Weren't most of the people who saw Battle of Gods in Japan female? I heard there were a lot of groups of girls in their teens and twenties there.
I don't know.

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by TheGmGoken » Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:15 pm

My girlfriend is a bigger DB fan than me. So...there ya go :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Vijay » Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:02 pm

Dragonball's popularity & fanbase is undeniable.

I maybe wrong, but perhaps "Z" has far less female fanbase as opposed to its prequel.

Reason being that original Dragonball's family/crowd-pleaser. Just like Inuyasha.

Likeable characters, genuine sense of humor & action & adventure cleverly infused into 1 show.

Z's dramatic change of scale/pace with sparse humor (Frieza~Cell Arc) is kinda hard to say.

DBZ's sci-fic geared with hardcore action has gradually built its own market/fanbase which sustains over 20 years.

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Gaffer Tape » Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:30 pm

Vijay wrote:I maybe wrong, but perhaps "Z" has far less female fanbase as opposed to its prequel.
I don't think you're wrong in thinking that females generally prefer the earlier parts of the series, but you are incorrect in saying that Dragon Ball is a prequel to Dragon Ball Z.
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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Scarz » Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:03 am

I got into DBZ because one of my cousins showed it to me on a bootleg VHS. I wasn't impressed, in fact I wanted to watch Sailor Moon instead. But, a year later I think, I gave the show another shot and started watching my cousins bootlegs (with extremely poor subs) and I slowly started to like it. Then when it aired on toonami, I became super addicted to the show.

My friends where mostly male and they loved the show as much as I did. I had a couple of female friends who liked the show too, mostly because Vegeta and Trunks, but they weren't as crazy obsessed with it as I was.

Long story short, I draw porn of it now.

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by VyeRo » Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:21 am

Seriously,I think there are quite a few female dbz fans, don't underestimate us!

I have to admit I had trouble getting into the series at first, because it seemed so boring to me (the first episode of DBZ and onward) and it just didn't make any lasting impression on me. I remember King Kai's dub voice made me want to cut my ears off...but because there wasn't anything else of interest on tv and Cartoon Network was basically my background radio I couldn't help but follow the show, and I eventually grew to like and love it!

My best friends and several cousins were also fans, so I knew plenty of girls to discuss the show with at that time.
Alas, that was several years ago, at the height of DBZ's popularity, so nowadays I'm stuck fangirling alone on the internet... :roll:
But I am a bigger Dragon ball fan than my boyfriend (who is only familiar with the dub), so it's fun to correct him on stuff and keep him updated on the latest news. :lol:

People act surprised when they find out I'm still into Dragon ball after all these years because I don't 'fit' their image of 'nerdy anime-loving' girl I guess. Most of the time I get positive reactions but there was this one guy who really looked down on me for it, so that's why I don't flaunt my love for Dragon Ball. :(

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Scarz » Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:37 am

VyeRo wrote:But I am a bigger Dragon ball fan than my boyfriend (who is only familiar with the dub), so it's fun to correct him on stuff and keep him updated on the latest news. :lol:
It's the same with me and bf. He's only familiar with the old Funi dub and sometimes her gets a little confused when he hears about new DB related news.
People act surprised when they find out I'm still into Dragon ball after all these years because I don't 'fit' their image of 'nerdy anime-loving' girl I guess. Most of the time I get positive reactions but there was this one guy who really looked down on me for it, so that's why I don't flaunt my love for Dragon Ball. :(
I tend to get an attitude problem when people look down on me for loving cartoons or anime (unless I tell them I'm an artist). I don't fit the ideal "anime-nerd-girl" persona either. But that has never stopped me from displaying my love of DB or anything else I like. I don't run around with DB shirts or anything or proudly boast about it when no one asks. But I don't tend to keep anything I like a secret, doesn't matter what other people might think. Hey, they don't like it, ain't my problem.
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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by TheGmGoken » Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:40 am

so nowadays I'm stuck fangirling alone on the internet... :roll:
Talk to LostSoulzKGM on youtube. She feels as if she's the only smart female fan. As the others....no offence act dumb cause it's a cartoon/anime

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Post by Travis Touchdown » Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:59 pm

Speaking for my fiance (since she doesn't have an account), she originally thought of Dragon Ball as kind of a joke and wasn't even the least bit interested in it. But we made a deal; I'd watch one of her shows with her and she'd watch one of mine with me. I can't remember now because this was way back in the first few months of our dating, but I think I agreed to watch Teen Wolf and I decided to get her into Dragon Ball with Dragon Ball Z Kai. I figured the abbreviated nature of it would keep her interest longer than all the filler in the original series.

Long story short (too late, I'm sure), she ended up loving Kai. Unfortunately, she has no interest in the original show because she just doesn't want to sit through over 500 episodes. I guess I don't really blame her because that does sound a little overwhelming. She also refuses to watch it in anything not in English, again something I understand. I'm the same way; I prefer to watch my shows & movies, not read them. And the final nail in the coffin for her is how "censored" and "kiddie" the original dub is, which is the only option with her.

With that being said, I know it sounds like she's not that interested but she is. We have long and in depth conversations about the characters. She loves asking questions about motivations, back-stories, and the like. She's also really excited about the Buu Saga coming to Kai.
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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Fizzer » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:41 pm

Travis Touchdown wrote:Speaking for my fiance (since she doesn't have an account), she originally thought of Dragon Ball as kind of a joke and wasn't even the least bit interested in it. But we made a deal; I'd watch one of her shows with her and she'd watch one of mine with me. I can't remember now because this was way back in the first few months of our dating, but I think I agreed to watch Teen Wolf and I decided to get her into Dragon Ball with Dragon Ball Z Kai. I figured the abbreviated nature of it would keep her interest longer than all the filler in the original series.

Long story short (too late, I'm sure), she ended up loving Kai. Unfortunately, she has no interest in the original show because she just doesn't want to sit through over 500 episodes. I guess I don't really blame her because that does sound a little overwhelming. She also refuses to watch it in anything not in English, again something I understand. I'm the same way; I prefer to watch my shows & movies, not read them. And the final nail in the coffin for her is how "censored" and "kiddie" the original dub is, which is the only option with her.

With that being said, I know it sounds like she's not that interested but she is. We have long and in depth conversations about the characters. She loves asking questions about motivations, back-stories, and the like. She's also really excited about the Buu Saga coming to Kai.
How about Dragon Ball (not Z)? That has pretty good pacing and a decent dub

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:16 pm

TheGmGoken wrote:My girlfriend is a bigger DB fan than me. So...there ya go :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
A rare breed indeed... I've met several that like anime but not DB... :(

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:27 pm

My best friend Katie likes Dragon Ball and even enjoys GT.
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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by NitroEX » Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:49 pm

I've never met one in my life. I'm convinced they don't exist.

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:21 pm

NitroEX wrote:I've never met one in my life. I'm convinced they don't exist.
I'm confident they do not exist in South Dakota...

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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by VyeRo » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:11 pm

Scarz wrote:I tend to get an attitude problem when people look down on me for loving cartoons or anime (unless I tell them I'm an artist). I don't fit the ideal "anime-nerd-girl" persona either. But that has never stopped me from displaying my love of DB or anything else I like. I don't run around with DB shirts or anything or proudly boast about it when no one asks. But I don't tend to keep anything I like a secret, doesn't matter what other people might think. Hey, they don't like it, ain't my problem.
It's not like I hide it either, but I don't boast about it like you said. Sometimes I would draw characters from DB in my notebook and people in my class would notice and give nice feedback. I also have a Dragon Ball background on my phone and people just don't seem to expect that on *my* phone. :lol: But I'm not ashamed of my hobbies, it's just that I hate explaining why I like certain things and to have this feeling that I need to 'justify' my likes and dislikes because some person wants to judge me. :roll: but whatever, haters can go <<<<<<<

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Post by MCDaveG » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:29 pm

From what I've encountered, DB fangirls were usually weird and fugly. My girlfriend loved DB for some time, but than she got annoyed by it and doesn't like it that much nowadays, because she is pretty.
Pretty girls usually don't watch Dragon Ball, so I don't know if there are any.... :thumbup:

Fuuuf, I'm such a dickhead! :thumbdown:
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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by Saiga » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:35 pm

The only one of my meatspace friends who is a fan of Dragon Ball is a girl, neither of us know anyone else who likes it so we kind of have to stick together. :lol:

She's not a fan of the pre-Z era, though, and has yet to see the Boo arc.
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Re: Female Dragon Ball fans

Post by VyeRo » Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:32 am

MCDaveG wrote:From what I've encountered, DB fangirls were usually weird and fugly. My girlfriend loved DB for some time, but than she got annoyed by it and doesn't like it that much nowadays, because she is pretty.
Pretty girls usually don't watch Dragon Ball, so I don't know if there are any.... :thumbup:

Fuuuf, I'm such a dickhead! :thumbdown:
Are you being serious right now? Cause I can't tell if you're joking or not. :D
So your girlfriend doesn't like DB anymore because she's pretty? How does that work? Because the two are not mutually exclusive. :lol:

Anyway I know/knew plenty of girls (online as well) who are into DB and are pretty, you're just looking in the wrong places. :D

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