but i enjoy watching dragon ball since i was a child
that doesn't convert me in a satanist
also, who is watching db super?
that doesn't convert me in a satanist
also, who is watching db super?
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but i enjoy watching dragon ball since i was a child
that doesn't convert me in a satanist
also, who is watching db super?
What people forget is that places like China and Japan, Christianity is still such a minority faith that most folks there see it the same way we in the West see Buddhism and other such faiths.
The core of the Dragonball franchise was supposed to be a fanciful retelling of the story "Journey To The West", but it was so popular that author Akira Toriyama was pushed to continue the story.
The above character, Hercule Satan, was a *very* late addition to the story. He was meant to be a faux protagonist with the kind of name a pro wrestler would use, and so his name is meant to represent imagery instead of anything religious.
^This.
While it made me feel uncomfortable, there is a satirical character in the story named Mr. Satan. That's where the car came from.
Like Ironhold said, Christianity is seen in the East as we see or used to see Eastern religions in the West. More as a myth and something to write stories about. As a fan of anime, it sometimes annoys me how often anime and manga authors look to the Judeo/Christian legitimate beliefs, traditions, and myths to come up with this wild and confusing stories.
There were multiple places where the author just wanted to let the series end so that he could move on to another project, but the franchise was so much of a cash cow that the powers-that-be wouldn't let it happen. By the time Mr. Satan showed up as a character, the author was dividing his time between "scrambling for new ideas & characters" and "deliberately trying to tank the franchise so he could move on."
Everything came to a head with the series "Dragonball GT", which wasn't tied to any manga. The author finally realized that the only way to get out of doing anything more was to declare that he was retiring, with the Z anime ending at the end of the manga-original material. But the franchise was still making too much money to let go, hence the push for GT, which was anime-exclusive and to be done under a new creator. It tanked so hard in Japan that it ended up stalling the franchise out anyway, but just when it looked like everything was done the franchise was picked up for international release.
I've heard about similar scenarios with other creators such as Naruto, Bleach, etc.
Did you know a new Dragon Ball show is out now?
IIRC, there have been multiple new Dragon Ball shows out.
I've not bothered with any of them, to be honest.