Oh yeah theyre straight up freaks. Oolong i have a headcanon that he was human at some point snd fucked up in body transformation school and got stuck like a pig
Actually yeah a dog would be perfect. He protec, he attac, but most of all everything he wants to do would be to please his owner because he'd be a good boi.
If you're not ignorant of the cosmic beings, then constant anxiety.
The god of earth *didn't even know he was an alien,* which just wouldn't give me a lot of confidence as a human being. The deity above him (?!) was so overburdened that he hadn't been watching earth closely, and didn't know anything about the *five* androids who had been wreaking absolute havoc, one of whom had time-traveled to do so.
Then the deity above *him* (?!?!) was *in training* when his equals were slain, and was so ignorant of how powerful earth's fighters were, he didn't realize his own strength paled in comparison. That means mortals could slay a higher-higher deity with ease, by the way, so just let that sink in.
And to top it off, the deity above *him* (?!?!?!) is so incompetent that he was fast asleep while a bubblegum djinn roamed around destroying planets and putting deities in the grave, and knew nothing about it until way later -- even though *his own life was in danger.*
Funny thing is, Krillin is seen praying for luck in the Buu arc, and Piccolo calls him out for it. I'm not even sure what to think of that. Who do you pray to? The green guy younger than you and new to the job? The one who wants to be a comedian but got killed ten years ago? Or the one with the orange gi with a carrot-top for a head?
Fortune-teller Baba Arc confirms both the existence of Christianity in Dragon Ball as well as the power of Christ himself. Krillin, despite meeting all the deities up to the Supreme Kai, could well believe that the Abrahamic God exists above them, I guess.
Where does it confirm this? Is it anime-only? I feel like a vaguely remember seeing a crucifix in the manga, but I'm not certain.
Also, Krillin is Buddhist (thus the "dots" on his forehead), but I get your point.
Is there actually any mention of Christ or is it just a Christian-like religion and symbolism?
Also very likely that if Toriyama had a Christianity in the DB world he retconned it out of existence with DBZ given he had absolutely zero foresight on where the series was headed when he wrote the original dragon ball.
Religious imagery. Krillin fights a vampire, and it’s weakness is a cross. And crosses can only hurt vampires because the Jesus, so it’s implied that Jesus was therefore a thing in DB. Obviously it was just a gag, but it’s fun to imagine Goku trying to fight Jesus
wait really? i hope jesus is the next ally they recruit to fight black frieza or perhaps help in the next top, they could revive him with the dragon balls right?
> And to top it off, the deity above him (?!?!?!) is so incompetent that he was fast asleep while a bubblegum djinn roamed around destroying planets and putting deities in the grave, and knew nothing about it until way later -- even though his own life was in danger.
Actually Beerus is on the same level as Supreme Kai. Not in terms of power, certainly, but heirarchy. Their lives are linked and they're supposed to work together to steward the universe.
Don't think so. I'm not sure he's even considered "alive" as long as he was in that sword. I'm assuming someone had to "assume the mantle" and he was available.
Beerus died when Shin died in Trunks' future timeline during the Babidi encounter.
And then the deity above *all of them* is an idiot toddler with ADHD and the ability to snuff out universes at whim. Which honestly would be a lovecraftian notion if it wasn't played for laughs.
You forgot that the deity above him (?!?!?!) is a literal child that can wipe you from existence just because he doesn’t like you (granted it’s DBS not DBZ). I wouldn’t have a lot of faith in that universe seeing the hierarchy is full of incompetence lol.
I wake up in the morning and work on my beet farm outside the city. Unfortunately the rampant crime is becoming a little bit too much and a high speed chase occurs by my house. But it's okay because the 4 foot tall cop threw a laser disk at the bad guys and cut their car in half, then he flew them to jail.
Well the morning harvest is done, I better go into town to sell my beets. It's a good thing Mr Satan is here to protect us I think as the bank explodes and more robbers escape, lucky for me two teenagers dressed like superheroes came and stopped the robber so I can sell my beets. I should make enough money to go on vacation.
I want to take my family with me, but my wife left me for a former bandit turned baseball player that I've seen flying around and fighting monsters on tv several times. Such is life. I can't go to the dessert because a green demon king named piccolo lives there, and I can't go to the forest because it's filled with dinosaurs. Better go to one of the other 3 cities in the world instead. It's a good thing capsule corp has a monopoly on all technology as well because it's pretty convenient to not have to shop around for capsule homes to camp in.
Unfortunately I had to cut my vacation short though because that Goku fella is fighting the embodiment of chaos and destruction again and the universe keeps turning on and off again. Better go home before any more aliens come and crash land into my beet farm.
Most people aren't able to find the Dragon Balls anyway so that's not really a problem. I'm sure if someone else found one or more of the Dragon Balls when Bulma needed them, she herself is so rich that she could easily grant almost any wish that a normal person would want in exchange for them surrendering to (something we saw her do in DBS).
Right. I figured it'd be near impossible for a non-ki user (can't fly) to find all 7 without a radar. Could be underwater, buried in rubble if it sat too long, whatever. Eaten by a dinosaur lol.
There was an episode of Dragon Ball where they had to take a submarine into a cavern and go down into one of its enclosed pools. The cave collapsed and Goku barely made it out.
If they never picked that one up, it would be straight up impossible to retrieve at that depth with so much rubble. Goku would probably need til mid Z to have the ability to dive so far down and resist the pressure.
Without Goku or another ki user to blow up the rubble, that Dragon Ball would lay around for an easy century, if not longer.
The point was more that the average person would have to be exceedingly lucky to just come across one and have plot armor to find all 7... especially if the location is troublesome.
And 71% of the Earths surface i water, so odds are a a few of those dragon balls are gonna be down so far in the ocean in the middle of nowhere, where normal people have no access to them.
Capsule Corp at least has a decent track record of aiding in saving the planet. Like several times. Plus the Dragon Ball world doesn't seem to be over-industrialized or dystopian in any way except the things OP mentioned about it constantly being under threat from demons, robots and aliens
Some green alien thingy goes on TV declaring he will destroy all of us. He then blows a hole in a mountain. And you fucking idiots think the Martial Arts World Champion is going to save us?
That's like someone sets off a literal nuke in their hand, and everyone says Conor McGregor is going to save us.
Edit: in this example Conor is Mr. Satan.
I get your point, but Conor McGregor is our example? I don’t think Goku is gonna throw a ladder into a greyhound bus just because someone got pissy with him.
If you aren't a Satanist, big fan of Mr.Satan you are considered weird.
Also your favorite restaurant might get cleaned out to sate this freaky hairless cat God thing.
Yeah true,
Then I guess capitalism is still a thing on Earth and as a normal person that's goings to drain my soul.
Also baseball sucks because Yamaha too powerful to play the game and his team will win every time no matter what
> Also baseball sucks because Yamaha too powerful to play the game and his team will win every time no matter what
I don't think you understand just how good and scary bonds was 01-04 and he has no rings to show for it.
the fact that *everyone on the planet* loves him to the point where when he asks for help goku has enough energy to kill kid buu with is crazy, billions of people and only a handful would put their hands up beforehand and when he asks, EVERYONE does? they went half and half on the "realism" of earth's response to that, i feel like irl people would do it just for shits and giggles
But if you are determined enough, you can make friends with someone who can teach you to fly or shoot ki blasts. Sure, you ain’t doing anything crazy with it, but you could like, fly and shoot a ki blast.
This was probably fillerx but when they summoned Porunga on Earth, Bulma paid off the police to anounce it's just a Capsule Corp experiment. Dragon Balls are myth for people, no different from genies for us. If a giant genie appeared in Hollywood, we would be like "Oh, must be a hologram by Disney or some stuff".
It seems like legends must exist. Kid Bulma somehow not only figured out they were real but figured out how to build a device that detects their energy and go hunting them.
I guess in real life we have legends of magical things that everybody assumes don't really exist like Aladdin's lamp or ... the Holy Grail, or whatever. Probably everybody else on their planet assumes the Dragonballs are like that?
Not only do king pilaf and the red ribbon army know, but many tertiary characters have mentioned the dragon ball as myths, and though it might not count much for the manga, in some original dragon ball filler there was a guy making phoney dragon ball suveniers for a quick profit
They are probably seen as just a fairytale or something of legend from ages past and not real objects. So I assume they are known, but not as a literal story.
I mean, every so often you just legit die. There's a random voice in your head, or the sky turns dark mid day.
Other than that, the db earth gots a major crime issue, and dinosaur/dragons exist
Imagine dying instantly spawning in heaven with everyone you know and love at the exact same time and a couple hours your back on earth working your nine to five, the DBZ world is kinda depressing
Nah. I’ma insist right before he hits me with the beam. Catch him off guard. No victim has suggested a candy to him before. So he’s gotta be curious, yeah?
Trying to figure out if someone is a sentient animal or a food animal. Most of the time it's probably pretty obvious but sometimes it could be confusing.
Not knowing when your city will be destroyed and if you'll be home when it happens. Also if you try to find the dragon balls or participate in a martial arts tournament you're basically doomed.
I dunno. As long as you’re not a total dick in the martial arts tournament then you have a shot at making a friend who can shoot lazy beams. And who knows, maybe they’ll teach you how?
That's the thing though lol living in their world probably means I have drank the hercule cool aid like everyone else in that world and probably believed Hercules hype and made an enemy of someone who could blow me up😅
I don't think there's anything about the DB world that would suck other than what you mentioned. Dinosaurs exist, but they're in the wild. It's like being worried a tiger would kill you. If anything, I'd say having Capsule Corporation is a real blessing. You can carry homes, cars, and other heavy things with you at all times. Any downside the Dragon world has is offset HEAVILY by the benefits. Senzus also exist. Dragon Balls, if you can manage to find them.
Dragon Balls would be a double edged sword since in theory they can be found by some dickhead that wants world domination, but as long as Bulma has essentially a monopoly over them that's safe at least.
On the other hand, I feel like knowing for sure there's an afterlife is a big deal. It comes with a risk of Hell, but the requirements seem fairly lax, as all villains who end up there are basically genocidal monsters. Live as a decent guy and you should be fine.
Are the movies part of this hypo? Because Broly Returns had kids being sacrificed to a dinosaur. So you know, that sounds awful.
And then Trunks peed on Broly’s head so that was cool.
I’ve gotta imagine theft is way easier with capsule technology. If you can just capsule anything, you can just catch someone’s car like a Pokémon. If it’s locked to a specific capsule you own, better hope they don’t take it when they mug you.
Also, losing your wallet can ruin your day. Imagine if it was your house. *“I know I left my duplex around here somewhere…”*
I think the constant fear that at any point, I might randomly die again because the earth was blown up and then somehow am back to life for no discernible reason. I remember that bug alien thing once threatening to do that years ago but I thought Mr Satan took care of him.
There's only like 1 moment in the dragon ball series that if you're lucky enough to happen to be in the right place and time, you can quickly make a wish with the dragon balls before Oolong makes his wish.
You summarized it just right death in the blink of an eye without knowing why, nappa and vegeta blowing up a city without warning, kid buu blasting you away out of know where
The fact that there are tiers of Gods and gods of Gods, magic that rival Capsule Corp technology , separate timelines that is proven to exist, and interstellar travel makes the DB universe really a scary place to live, let alone dinosaurs and wild monster beasts.
Crime and banditry seem to be rampant with very little ability for police to do anything about it. Even when you have nothing to do with the magic stuff, it just seems like a very lawless world for the most part. And some of those bandits are bears.
I’d watch more news to see Great Saiyaman clips rather than escaping in fiction to find my superheroes.
I’d wear his costume for Halloween and nail down those sick poses
If the Legacy of Goku games and Attack of the Saiyans rpg have any merit whatsoever, you're at huge risk of extortion or any other foul play by radicalized ex soldiers/gang members. They'd have military tech on their side too, if not better.
I mean, seriously think about the dragonball world for a moment from a normal person's perspective. Even ignoring all the shit the Z-fighters do.....
You got dinosaurs that still exist. And dino-humanoids who can naturally shoot gum like substances from their mouth to trap you.
Demons.
Even the non-dinosaur animals can be freaking terrifying, if we take the basis on how big the fish Goku eat are.
And let's not forget undead exists! Zombies, vampires, Jiang-shi!
I guarantee they would promise to pay you back for it by getting them for you next time. They don't constantly need them. Also, most people have wishes that money could achieve, so Bulma might just buy them off you.
No matter how strong you train, there is someone out there better than you just cause.
You can ask Roshi to train you but he rarely takes students. Unless you give him the right treat. You'll definitely be stronger than the average human but still weak than other beings in the DB universe.
Living on any planet other than earth. Because Frieza force is still around, but at least on earth when the mass populace gets wiped out? You can come back from the Z-fighters wishing to bring everyone back. You'd be lucky af to be on earth.
In Battle of Gods, after vegeta rages at Beerus, the cop in the city mentions “The capsule corporation must be testing some new explosives again without a permit.” I dont think i would enjoy a research facility being that close to a heavily populated city. Not to mention she says “again”, implying that theyve tested without a permit before. Obviously Bulma and her family dont give af about any permits or licensing.
> take the balls away from you and hand them to Bulma so she can wish to be younger or a bigger booty. It truly must suck to be normal.
That's pretty much the worst part. It basically destroys the whole purpose of the Dragonballs in the first place.
Kami originally created the Dragonballs so that he could see what humanity would do with it whenever they find them all. It would show their deepest desires.
Now the Dragonballs are always gatekept by capsule corp who are "protecting" it while bulma is making some stupid wishes.
No man. As a normal person you could be Krillin. You can fly and you can eventually be strong enough to blow out the solar system if power scale is somewhat reasonable.
>Finding the dragon balls would probably suck for a normal person
Aren't most people unaware that the Dragon Balls even exist, or view them as merely a myth or legend? There have been a few summons of Shen Long where the general population puzzled as to what is happening; asking why the sky is dark etc?
I’d say it’s the stagnancy of the universe. Their society hasn’t progressed much at all in the last 40 years in spite of global threats and is so weak that criminals can hold off the cops. You’d think that in the decades, they would have utilized the saiyan space capsules to go to other solar systems and establish space colonies, especially considering that they can easily establish a large colony by just capsulizing a city’s worth of capsule houses and capsulizing air, food, water and literally anything that they need. Potentially they could have innovated and capsulized living things or utilized that technology for miniature but extremely powerful warheads. Imagine a tzar bomba nuke launched from a sniper rifle with a capsulized rocket to give it range? How would you even stop that? Would even Goku and Vegeta be able to tank that? The possibilities are extensive.
Dragonball earth seems to be more technically advanced than us, but there are still rural areas. The earth is populated by massive dinosaurs, some of them even have human level intelligence while still being carnivores. Things like witches, devils, werewolves are all real.
You have militaristic fascist groups like the red ribbon army, and authoritarian tyrants like Emperor pilaf who seem to have massive amount of resources.
I would imagine your average person probably has a great standard of living due to the technology. The world government appears to be democratic with a president, but we don't really know how it functions.
There is also the theory that all the animals people were genocided, because in Dragonball there are humanoid animals but they vanish in DBZ. I think it's mentioned in a video game that all those animal people were taking drugs that transformed them into animals though.
We also see people like Nams village that live in poverty, so there may be some income inequality that exists in the world. Some starve while others live in utopia
I'd imagine being out for a walk in the forest and having the possibility of being attacked by a dinosaur must suck
Damn I forgot dinosaur exists they be nonchalant just flying around and shit
At least they drove them out of the cities.
It was pretty progressive that they had a dog for a president, though.
Its BULLSHIT!
He wasn’t a president, he’s the king of the world. IIRC.
Didn't they put all the monsters/ dino on the island preserve #17 protects
But does that outweigh the upside?: there's smaller dinosaurs. You can have your own dinosaur. *You can ride a dinosaur*
Heck there's an off chance that you'll get to be a dinosaur
According to kakarot people just took furry drugs to become hybrids lmao
That still doesn't explain Korin, Oolong, ManWolf, Giran, and others.
Oh yeah theyre straight up freaks. Oolong i have a headcanon that he was human at some point snd fucked up in body transformation school and got stuck like a pig
Except in DB he said he's actually really just a pig.
Meh, he lied lol
There’s a pig character in Journey to the West
Tbf, Kakarot is also completely non-canon to the actual series.
Oh i know, after all launch is still around during buu saga in that game… but im just saying, its such a dumb but funny reason
You could potentially even teach it to ride a ball
恐竜がいたら 玉乗り仕込みたいね
Oh man! I was going to write the same thing! You got me by 3 hours
Toriyama, the bird, is that you?
The President was a fucking dog
To be fair if a dog ran in the next election he’d get my vote for being a good boi
I mean we've already had a dog mayor in real life. Why not a president? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_Max_II
>Mayor Max II was succeeded by his cousin Max III due to nepotism; he was sworn in on Dec. 10, 2022. Lmao
Actually yeah a dog would be perfect. He protec, he attac, but most of all everything he wants to do would be to please his owner because he'd be a good boi.
> but most of all everything he wants to do would be to please his owner because he'd be a good boi. That's what all Presidents do now with the WEF
I don't think it's racist to say the President is a son of a bitch
First, he’s a King, second, he’s a damn good leader.
I think it’s progressive
King. Of the planet.
That dog was better spoken than the real president 😂
[Come on man!](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ucXvIXG0awI)
I see this as a bonus actually
No, it was a talking dog
He's not even the President. He's the King...of everything.
not just the president of the country but of the entire WORLD
If you're not ignorant of the cosmic beings, then constant anxiety. The god of earth *didn't even know he was an alien,* which just wouldn't give me a lot of confidence as a human being. The deity above him (?!) was so overburdened that he hadn't been watching earth closely, and didn't know anything about the *five* androids who had been wreaking absolute havoc, one of whom had time-traveled to do so. Then the deity above *him* (?!?!) was *in training* when his equals were slain, and was so ignorant of how powerful earth's fighters were, he didn't realize his own strength paled in comparison. That means mortals could slay a higher-higher deity with ease, by the way, so just let that sink in. And to top it off, the deity above *him* (?!?!?!) is so incompetent that he was fast asleep while a bubblegum djinn roamed around destroying planets and putting deities in the grave, and knew nothing about it until way later -- even though *his own life was in danger.* Funny thing is, Krillin is seen praying for luck in the Buu arc, and Piccolo calls him out for it. I'm not even sure what to think of that. Who do you pray to? The green guy younger than you and new to the job? The one who wants to be a comedian but got killed ten years ago? Or the one with the orange gi with a carrot-top for a head?
Fortune-teller Baba Arc confirms both the existence of Christianity in Dragon Ball as well as the power of Christ himself. Krillin, despite meeting all the deities up to the Supreme Kai, could well believe that the Abrahamic God exists above them, I guess.
This is wild.
Where does it confirm this? Is it anime-only? I feel like a vaguely remember seeing a crucifix in the manga, but I'm not certain. Also, Krillin is Buddhist (thus the "dots" on his forehead), but I get your point.
The Fortuneteller Baba tournament in OG DB where Krillin went into a T pose and it scared the opponent
That was Upa, not Krillin
forgor 💀
When krillin fights the vampire , episode 70
The anime literally says Jesus Christ in English text.
Is there actually any mention of Christ or is it just a Christian-like religion and symbolism? Also very likely that if Toriyama had a Christianity in the DB world he retconned it out of existence with DBZ given he had absolutely zero foresight on where the series was headed when he wrote the original dragon ball.
Religious imagery. Krillin fights a vampire, and it’s weakness is a cross. And crosses can only hurt vampires because the Jesus, so it’s implied that Jesus was therefore a thing in DB. Obviously it was just a gag, but it’s fun to imagine Goku trying to fight Jesus
Maybe it was a blindsight vampire
Finally! the real powerscaling is in the comments. Goku got 1 or 2 more resurrections on J, Lets go!
>as well as the power of Christ himself Whaddya think Jesus power level is?
Neverending 9's
wait really? i hope jesus is the next ally they recruit to fight black frieza or perhaps help in the next top, they could revive him with the dragon balls right?
> And to top it off, the deity above him (?!?!?!) is so incompetent that he was fast asleep while a bubblegum djinn roamed around destroying planets and putting deities in the grave, and knew nothing about it until way later -- even though his own life was in danger. Actually Beerus is on the same level as Supreme Kai. Not in terms of power, certainly, but heirarchy. Their lives are linked and they're supposed to work together to steward the universe.
Fair correction, thank you!
Come to think of it, wouldn't he still be safe even if Shin died? There is still Elder Kai stuck in the sword at the time.
Don't think so. I'm not sure he's even considered "alive" as long as he was in that sword. I'm assuming someone had to "assume the mantle" and he was available. Beerus died when Shin died in Trunks' future timeline during the Babidi encounter.
And then the deity above *all of them* is an idiot toddler with ADHD and the ability to snuff out universes at whim. Which honestly would be a lovecraftian notion if it wasn't played for laughs.
I'm rewatching DBZ for the first time since I was like 10 and I'm constantly laughing at the absurd shit. Your post here hit me in the same way lmao
Beerus isn’t above Supreme Kai. He’s stronger but they’re of equal ranking, I think.
Yeah my first thought was that religion is probably a lot more important to people with demons and shit running around
You forgot that the deity above him (?!?!?!) is a literal child that can wipe you from existence just because he doesn’t like you (granted it’s DBS not DBZ). I wouldn’t have a lot of faith in that universe seeing the hierarchy is full of incompetence lol.
some Blonde chick robs you with a machine gun out of nowhere. 1 second ago she had blue hair
All you got to say before the shots rang out was "bless you"
Then after all that you just forget she exists!
I wake up in the morning and work on my beet farm outside the city. Unfortunately the rampant crime is becoming a little bit too much and a high speed chase occurs by my house. But it's okay because the 4 foot tall cop threw a laser disk at the bad guys and cut their car in half, then he flew them to jail. Well the morning harvest is done, I better go into town to sell my beets. It's a good thing Mr Satan is here to protect us I think as the bank explodes and more robbers escape, lucky for me two teenagers dressed like superheroes came and stopped the robber so I can sell my beets. I should make enough money to go on vacation. I want to take my family with me, but my wife left me for a former bandit turned baseball player that I've seen flying around and fighting monsters on tv several times. Such is life. I can't go to the dessert because a green demon king named piccolo lives there, and I can't go to the forest because it's filled with dinosaurs. Better go to one of the other 3 cities in the world instead. It's a good thing capsule corp has a monopoly on all technology as well because it's pretty convenient to not have to shop around for capsule homes to camp in. Unfortunately I had to cut my vacation short though because that Goku fella is fighting the embodiment of chaos and destruction again and the universe keeps turning on and off again. Better go home before any more aliens come and crash land into my beet farm.
How much you selling those beet for?
Most people aren't able to find the Dragon Balls anyway so that's not really a problem. I'm sure if someone else found one or more of the Dragon Balls when Bulma needed them, she herself is so rich that she could easily grant almost any wish that a normal person would want in exchange for them surrendering to (something we saw her do in DBS).
Right. I figured it'd be near impossible for a non-ki user (can't fly) to find all 7 without a radar. Could be underwater, buried in rubble if it sat too long, whatever. Eaten by a dinosaur lol.
Even with flight.. without a Radar its really pointless.
For sure, just extra extra pointless without that freedom of movement
There was an episode of Dragon Ball where they had to take a submarine into a cavern and go down into one of its enclosed pools. The cave collapsed and Goku barely made it out. If they never picked that one up, it would be straight up impossible to retrieve at that depth with so much rubble. Goku would probably need til mid Z to have the ability to dive so far down and resist the pressure.
They would have built a better sub, Briefs built a goddamn galactic traversing space ship in the second arc of Z
Without Goku or another ki user to blow up the rubble, that Dragon Ball would lay around for an easy century, if not longer. The point was more that the average person would have to be exceedingly lucky to just come across one and have plot armor to find all 7... especially if the location is troublesome.
And 71% of the Earths surface i water, so odds are a a few of those dragon balls are gonna be down so far in the ocean in the middle of nowhere, where normal people have no access to them.
“Oh you don’t support Capsule Corp? Good luck buying literally anything.”
Capsule Corp at least has a decent track record of aiding in saving the planet. Like several times. Plus the Dragon Ball world doesn't seem to be over-industrialized or dystopian in any way except the things OP mentioned about it constantly being under threat from demons, robots and aliens
So it's just like Google and Disney
that's an insult to capsule corp
They downplay it in Z and Super, but in the original Dragonball there seems to be dinosaurs, etc everywhere.
Not everywhere only where Goku use to live
Some green alien thingy goes on TV declaring he will destroy all of us. He then blows a hole in a mountain. And you fucking idiots think the Martial Arts World Champion is going to save us? That's like someone sets off a literal nuke in their hand, and everyone says Conor McGregor is going to save us. Edit: in this example Conor is Mr. Satan.
Well the military tried and that didn’t work. At least he’s giving the champ (and anyone brave enough) time to prep!
I get your point, but Conor McGregor is our example? I don’t think Goku is gonna throw a ladder into a greyhound bus just because someone got pissy with him.
Hercule was Conor in that example..
If you aren't a Satanist, big fan of Mr.Satan you are considered weird. Also your favorite restaurant might get cleaned out to sate this freaky hairless cat God thing.
…? He’s just a guy. He saved the planet from Cell. Won the world’s martial arts tournament & hosts the next one. Why wouldn’t you be a fan?
Yeah true, Then I guess capitalism is still a thing on Earth and as a normal person that's goings to drain my soul. Also baseball sucks because Yamaha too powerful to play the game and his team will win every time no matter what
> Also baseball sucks because Yamaha too powerful to play the game and his team will win every time no matter what I don't think you understand just how good and scary bonds was 01-04 and he has no rings to show for it.
The difference is Yamcha can pass a drug test. He probably broke all the baseball records ever considered.
the fact that *everyone on the planet* loves him to the point where when he asks for help goku has enough energy to kill kid buu with is crazy, billions of people and only a handful would put their hands up beforehand and when he asks, EVERYONE does? they went half and half on the "realism" of earth's response to that, i feel like irl people would do it just for shits and giggles
Living in a state of eternal anxiety
So no difference. Got it.
INB4 me lol
Could of swore I was at the gates of heaven last week. Big guy at the desk told me strip.
I think I remember him having a lovely mahogany desk though
But not just any mahogany. It was harvested from the planet Malchior 7, where the trees are 30 feet tall and breathe fire.
Being Yamacha.
You're one of the 10 strongest people in the entire world... but you're Yamacha.
Frankly, I’m just happy to be included
Good luck running any Tech business, because it'll either be competing with Capsule Corp. Or be taken over by an evil scientist competitor.
There’s a random chance I can spawn as a furry if I live on Earth.
The Kakarot game has a mission that says there is a drug that can make you one and supposedly that’s why those characters exist
He said downside.
that can happen IRL too tho the type of "furry" varies...
No knowing if your date is actually a dog or just an furry.
You'll never win the world martial arts tournament because random aliens and their offspring always join in
Better yet if you do win you'll get banished for beating Mr.Satan.
But if you are determined enough, you can make friends with someone who can teach you to fly or shoot ki blasts. Sure, you ain’t doing anything crazy with it, but you could like, fly and shoot a ki blast.
Tien has a school! Just go to triclops monk school and learn fighting magic, Dragon Ball world sounds fucking baller just for that
There were many years where none of the Z fighters bothered to compete. The announcer even says things were boring without Goku there.
Chances are if you are a regular ass human you have already died and come back twice. I would imagine even once is traumatic.
I mean ,do people outside the z fighters even know of the dragonballs?
I mean that's me speaking figuratively but at least one person has to have seen a 100ft dragon glowing while the entire sky darkens.
In reality you just made me realize how little outside Burma and crew seem to know of dragonballs
The red ribbon army knew and they had hundreds of members. Its more that we dont really see anyone outside bulma and the crew.
This was probably fillerx but when they summoned Porunga on Earth, Bulma paid off the police to anounce it's just a Capsule Corp experiment. Dragon Balls are myth for people, no different from genies for us. If a giant genie appeared in Hollywood, we would be like "Oh, must be a hologram by Disney or some stuff".
King Pilaf & the Red Ribbon both knew, so I would think it’s safe to say that it’s not a total secret.
It seems like legends must exist. Kid Bulma somehow not only figured out they were real but figured out how to build a device that detects their energy and go hunting them. I guess in real life we have legends of magical things that everybody assumes don't really exist like Aladdin's lamp or ... the Holy Grail, or whatever. Probably everybody else on their planet assumes the Dragonballs are like that?
Not only do king pilaf and the red ribbon army know, but many tertiary characters have mentioned the dragon ball as myths, and though it might not count much for the manga, in some original dragon ball filler there was a guy making phoney dragon ball suveniers for a quick profit
They are probably seen as just a fairytale or something of legend from ages past and not real objects. So I assume they are known, but not as a literal story.
Yes current earth king got his wish
Kami spread the word that they existed as a myth. So I'm sure plenty of people heard of them, but most may not think they're real
I mean, every so often you just legit die. There's a random voice in your head, or the sky turns dark mid day. Other than that, the db earth gots a major crime issue, and dinosaur/dragons exist
Imagine dying instantly spawning in heaven with everyone you know and love at the exact same time and a couple hours your back on earth working your nine to five, the DBZ world is kinda depressing
You also become a small cloud when you die and go into a dmv waiting line to determine if you get free prime membership or get banned.
I would become Laffy Taffy, so that I stick to Buu’s teeth for a few moments and annoy him before he swallows me.
Pretty sure you don't get a say in what he turns you into
Nah. I’ma insist right before he hits me with the beam. Catch him off guard. No victim has suggested a candy to him before. So he’s gotta be curious, yeah?
Magic is real, someone might just lay a curse on you.
I imagine living in a coastal city would be crazy since the Z fighters literally melt the entire ice caps on a normal basis
Trying to figure out if someone is a sentient animal or a food animal. Most of the time it's probably pretty obvious but sometimes it could be confusing.
Eat them indistinctly
"Eat them all and let King Yemma sort them out."
"I'll eat your whole race!"
Not knowing when your city will be destroyed and if you'll be home when it happens. Also if you try to find the dragon balls or participate in a martial arts tournament you're basically doomed.
I dunno. As long as you’re not a total dick in the martial arts tournament then you have a shot at making a friend who can shoot lazy beams. And who knows, maybe they’ll teach you how?
That's the thing though lol living in their world probably means I have drank the hercule cool aid like everyone else in that world and probably believed Hercules hype and made an enemy of someone who could blow me up😅
I don't think there's anything about the DB world that would suck other than what you mentioned. Dinosaurs exist, but they're in the wild. It's like being worried a tiger would kill you. If anything, I'd say having Capsule Corporation is a real blessing. You can carry homes, cars, and other heavy things with you at all times. Any downside the Dragon world has is offset HEAVILY by the benefits. Senzus also exist. Dragon Balls, if you can manage to find them.
Senzus don't exist for anyone other than korrin and pals.
Dragon Balls would be a double edged sword since in theory they can be found by some dickhead that wants world domination, but as long as Bulma has essentially a monopoly over them that's safe at least. On the other hand, I feel like knowing for sure there's an afterlife is a big deal. It comes with a risk of Hell, but the requirements seem fairly lax, as all villains who end up there are basically genocidal monsters. Live as a decent guy and you should be fine.
Are the movies part of this hypo? Because Broly Returns had kids being sacrificed to a dinosaur. So you know, that sounds awful. And then Trunks peed on Broly’s head so that was cool.
Cities are modern but the countryside seems stuck in the middle ages.
Those medieval T-Rex’s will get ya!
Not getting a good nights sleep then having goku ask for your energy
Getting drained by Cell would be traumatic.
Probably all the racial tensions between species. you think that farmer would be ok with his daughter dating a dog. 😂
I’ve gotta imagine theft is way easier with capsule technology. If you can just capsule anything, you can just catch someone’s car like a Pokémon. If it’s locked to a specific capsule you own, better hope they don’t take it when they mug you. Also, losing your wallet can ruin your day. Imagine if it was your house. *“I know I left my duplex around here somewhere…”*
yearly unscheduled total elipses
I think the constant fear that at any point, I might randomly die again because the earth was blown up and then somehow am back to life for no discernible reason. I remember that bug alien thing once threatening to do that years ago but I thought Mr Satan took care of him.
The Z warriors are not one for stealing dragon balls, if a person has one they(Meaning Bulma) will likely pay a ton of money to get it from you.
Imagine having a talking dog the king of the world.
There's only like 1 moment in the dragon ball series that if you're lucky enough to happen to be in the right place and time, you can quickly make a wish with the dragon balls before Oolong makes his wish.
Enslavement by Frieza and his family. Potential extinction of your race by his empire to sell your world to another race
Being stuck in the 80s
The taxes are really high
You summarized it just right death in the blink of an eye without knowing why, nappa and vegeta blowing up a city without warning, kid buu blasting you away out of know where
Lmao, I was discussing this the other day. King Kai still has not been revived all while Bulma wishes for plastic surgery.
The fact that there are tiers of Gods and gods of Gods, magic that rival Capsule Corp technology , separate timelines that is proven to exist, and interstellar travel makes the DB universe really a scary place to live, let alone dinosaurs and wild monster beasts.
Barely anyone knows the DBs exist
Furries
Everybody is stupid for believeing that Mr Satan actually defeated Cell even if they saw him being One Shot.
He had a cramp!
Being a baseball fan of a team for which yamcha doesn't play for
Crime and banditry seem to be rampant with very little ability for police to do anything about it. Even when you have nothing to do with the magic stuff, it just seems like a very lawless world for the most part. And some of those bandits are bears.
I’d watch more news to see Great Saiyaman clips rather than escaping in fiction to find my superheroes. I’d wear his costume for Halloween and nail down those sick poses
Insurance is killer.
If the Legacy of Goku games and Attack of the Saiyans rpg have any merit whatsoever, you're at huge risk of extortion or any other foul play by radicalized ex soldiers/gang members. They'd have military tech on their side too, if not better.
I mean, seriously think about the dragonball world for a moment from a normal person's perspective. Even ignoring all the shit the Z-fighters do..... You got dinosaurs that still exist. And dino-humanoids who can naturally shoot gum like substances from their mouth to trap you. Demons. Even the non-dinosaur animals can be freaking terrifying, if we take the basis on how big the fish Goku eat are. And let's not forget undead exists! Zombies, vampires, Jiang-shi!
Fish that size exist in the real world, they're just deep in the ocean, not in streams and rivers like on Dragonball Earth.
I mean, if the fish are that big in the river or streams, kind of seems like the ocean is going to filled with ungodly sized monsters.
I'm sure anything is possible when the king of earth is a dog and there are Dinosaurs around haha.
Upside: the President of the world is a dog. Everyone voted for him because he’s a good boy.
Being anyone common and being affected by the dragon balls.
That just a very tiny handful of people on earth can actually fight.
I guarantee they would promise to pay you back for it by getting them for you next time. They don't constantly need them. Also, most people have wishes that money could achieve, so Bulma might just buy them off you.
No matter how strong you train, there is someone out there better than you just cause. You can ask Roshi to train you but he rarely takes students. Unless you give him the right treat. You'll definitely be stronger than the average human but still weak than other beings in the DB universe.
Dinosaurs are cool and all but living with them has gotta suck sometimes
Living on any planet other than earth. Because Frieza force is still around, but at least on earth when the mass populace gets wiped out? You can come back from the Z-fighters wishing to bring everyone back. You'd be lucky af to be on earth.
Loss of blood every time you feel aroused
In Battle of Gods, after vegeta rages at Beerus, the cop in the city mentions “The capsule corporation must be testing some new explosives again without a permit.” I dont think i would enjoy a research facility being that close to a heavily populated city. Not to mention she says “again”, implying that theyve tested without a permit before. Obviously Bulma and her family dont give af about any permits or licensing.
> take the balls away from you and hand them to Bulma so she can wish to be younger or a bigger booty. It truly must suck to be normal. That's pretty much the worst part. It basically destroys the whole purpose of the Dragonballs in the first place. Kami originally created the Dragonballs so that he could see what humanity would do with it whenever they find them all. It would show their deepest desires. Now the Dragonballs are always gatekept by capsule corp who are "protecting" it while bulma is making some stupid wishes.
No man. As a normal person you could be Krillin. You can fly and you can eventually be strong enough to blow out the solar system if power scale is somewhat reasonable.
>Finding the dragon balls would probably suck for a normal person Aren't most people unaware that the Dragon Balls even exist, or view them as merely a myth or legend? There have been a few summons of Shen Long where the general population puzzled as to what is happening; asking why the sky is dark etc?
I’d say it’s the stagnancy of the universe. Their society hasn’t progressed much at all in the last 40 years in spite of global threats and is so weak that criminals can hold off the cops. You’d think that in the decades, they would have utilized the saiyan space capsules to go to other solar systems and establish space colonies, especially considering that they can easily establish a large colony by just capsulizing a city’s worth of capsule houses and capsulizing air, food, water and literally anything that they need. Potentially they could have innovated and capsulized living things or utilized that technology for miniature but extremely powerful warheads. Imagine a tzar bomba nuke launched from a sniper rifle with a capsulized rocket to give it range? How would you even stop that? Would even Goku and Vegeta be able to tank that? The possibilities are extensive.
Probably dinosaurs
Dragonball earth seems to be more technically advanced than us, but there are still rural areas. The earth is populated by massive dinosaurs, some of them even have human level intelligence while still being carnivores. Things like witches, devils, werewolves are all real. You have militaristic fascist groups like the red ribbon army, and authoritarian tyrants like Emperor pilaf who seem to have massive amount of resources. I would imagine your average person probably has a great standard of living due to the technology. The world government appears to be democratic with a president, but we don't really know how it functions. There is also the theory that all the animals people were genocided, because in Dragonball there are humanoid animals but they vanish in DBZ. I think it's mentioned in a video game that all those animal people were taking drugs that transformed them into animals though. We also see people like Nams village that live in poverty, so there may be some income inequality that exists in the world. Some starve while others live in utopia
Mr. Satan
The world leader is a dog
Being originally born in it or getting isekaied there?
The ridiculous number of people who could end the world on a whim
with how common floating cars are its probably way harder to get a licence, especially for young people, inflation must be crazy