Todd Blankenship on X: Uub's inexperience with the larger world mirrors Goku's at the start of the series. Ubu=inexperienced/innocent in Japanese, by the way / X

Todd Blankenship on X: Somewhat on that note…in the manga Goku remains anonymous after defeating Piccolo, with Bulma only vaguely reporting that a champion of justice has prevailed. Three years later on

Todd Blankenship on X: (For some dangblasted reason Viz leaves out the “6 months” bit from the two Goku panels, but does keep it for the narration on Tenshinhan and co right

Todd Blankenship on X: This episode gets stupid Goku right by making his stupid behavior stem from how his obsession with training overrides common sense, rather than just having him randomly not

Todd Blankenship on X: Meanwhile in other anime stuff: DBZ ep.125 shows Goku and Piccolo attempting to get drivers licenses, in a plot apparently inspired by two manga title pages of them

Todd Blankenship on X: The ability of ordinary bystanders to track Goku and co's movement varies wildly over the years. In Japanese fandom, perceiving a fight as only incoherent blurs is dubbed

Todd Blankenship on X: Meanwhile in other anime stuff: DBZ ep.125 shows Goku and Piccolo attempting to get drivers licenses, in a plot apparently inspired by two manga title pages of them

Todd Blankenship on X: Daizenshuu 7 does address this issue, sort of: its bio for Cell states that his 24 years of development run from 762 to 786. In other words, the

Todd Blankenship on X: Oolong's robot form puts in a cameo appearance. / X

Todd Blankenship on X: Yes, keep in mind that “Super Saiyan 2” and “Super Saiyan 3” are terms Goku invented for convenience, and not carved in stone. From a writing perspective, this

Todd Blankenship on X: Goku's trip to Grand Kaio's world is only mentioned in the anime, and the visuals don't quite match his location while talking with Gohan or during his training

Todd Blankenship on X: Goku claims to have never met anyone as tough as Yajirobe before (こたえねえ, literally “unresponsive”, in the sense of not being affected by attacks). But Yajirobe is later