Plus it’s absolutely not his. “Questionable authenticity” is putting it way too mildly, like granting equal time for climate deniers because showing “both sides” is fair or something. It’s crap. Source: Literally every other thing Da Vinci ever painted.

With Vegeta I point to a scene from the most recent Future Trunks arc on Super. As they were preparing to go to the future to do battle, Vegeta was training and using the image of Goku Black harming Bulma and Trunks to push himself and get angrier. He doesn’t show it, but he definitely cares about his family. I…

I’d say Vegeta is the better husband and father in the show. Even though he doesn’t outwardly show it or say it, in Super you can tell Vegeta loves his family to death. He’s a good father and it even looks like he’s taken on a positive uncle role when it comes to Goten. Goku on the other hand loves his family but he’s…

did you hear that a black was president though and he took all the guns and was from like spain or somewhere foreign

At least he taught him how to DOOOOOOODGE.

He was near by if Gohan got in trouble, not to mention most of his fatherly exploits are from after their initial period. I mean Piccolo has literally died for the kid more then once.

I think you really have a point. And it’s not just DBZ, but all shonen anime I guess - for which DBZ was definitely my gateway. It gave me that “work, don’t complain, and if it doesn’t go right just work twice as hard” kind of mindset. I can see how it can actually end up being toxic (after all Japanese work culture…

Ah, come on dude. Just be happy that the person you intended to happily live out your days with, doesn’t treat you like a punching bag, and hasn’t murdered you.

“We located her dead body concealed under the floor of the residence last night .… We believe that’s probably what started this whole event.”

The reason Japan considers him a good dad is because dads are mostly uninvolved in child rearing in japan to begin with, which is reflected in Goku and Chichi’s relationship; The mom is expected to take care of the husband and kids, and they do their own thing. The father is not required to be actively influencing the…

It’s the same thing with me and my brothers. We would latch on the fact that Saiyins would get a power boost the closer they came to death. If life tried to knock us off our game, we’d come back at it 10x stronger.

It built character.

I’m French and DBZ was huge here, probably even more among inner city kids with Bejita/Vegeta the favorite character of many people of Arab origin I know.

“Goku loves his son so much,” Kirkland said. “And while he’s kind of an idiot when it comes to ChiChi sometimes, he’s a good dad. … When I was super young, I didn’t really think about it too much, but as I got older, seeing how much Goku cared for [his son] Gohan was something you didn’t really see very often.”

It’s funny. You could actually make a similar argument as to why Dragon Ball Z is so beloved among Latino (and, in my experience, particularly Mexican) men of a certain age. Everyone I know has memories of watching this show growing up. It was one of the few cartoons you could watch without cable because it was…

Pretty much hits the nail on the head.

I guess it all comes together. Dragon Ball was inspired by those Shaw Brothers films, as are the Wu Tang Clan. It fascinates me why Black Men love DBZ and Kung Fu movies, but reading this story made a lot of sense.

And you can blame Mia Farrow for her fragility, not Woody Allen. Dylan claimed no abuse during the initial investigation, and why would Moses lie? Facts count, and so does context. Believe it or not I’m not invested in defending pedophilic behavior; I’m invested in defending a man who was wrongfully accused of…

Sigh... he adopted two of Mia’s previously adopted kids, neither of them being Soon-Yi as she already had an established father figure in Andre Previn, and the child she claimed to have with Allen, Ronan, was obviously fathered by her ex-husband Sinatra during her AFFAIR with him, a real piece of shit towards women…

I’ve read the transcripts. Actually referring to someone as their stepchild when that is not the case does make a difference, how can you say it doesn’t? She had a father at the time and Allen had little to no authority in her life. That makes a considerable difference regarding the nature of their relationship before…