Dragon Ball: Goku, Deku from My Hero Academia, and Tanjiro from Demon Slayer
Quick Links Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In the '90s, every little boy was entranced by the absolute phenomenon that is Dragon Ball--or at least, that's the way it felt to me. Unfortunately for me, I didn't have access to cable, and couldn't watch Dragon Ball, except for catching an occasional episode at a friend's house now and then.
After that, I dove headfirst into Super, and watched it eagerly week-to-week, and came to enjoy it greatly, too. Beerus and Whis are excellent additions to the cast, and the show managed to make new power-ups exciting. I only watched the original Dragon Ball during COVID lockdowns, and while it's quite dated in a lot of ways, I was again surprised to see how well it stood the test of time.
Dragon Ball definitely popularized the enemy-to-ally trope, and it arguably still does it best. From Yamcha in the original on down to Buu, Dragon Ball manages to redeem its villains with shocking ease. Characters like Vegeta and Piccolo in particular have great characters arcs based on them coming around to Goku, and there's no rivalry in any anime series that can match up to Vegeta and Goku's.
Another problem with the anime in particular is, of course, filler. I watched Kai, so filler wasn't a big deal, but even simply looking at what was cut out was rather overwhelming. The idea of entire filler arcs started with Dragon Ball Z, and it would become a plague upon later series like Naruto and Bleach.
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