Well, in a way, it seems that this last week/2 weeks has become the international figure-crushing period of Akira Toriyama everything possible. Because indeed, after coming out of nowhere a highly commented fake that attributed racist remarks to himnow it turns out there is someone directly He accuses him of being macho towards his female characters in “Dragon Ball”. and eyeI understand it, just as I also understand that the accuser does not understand the reality of the characters.
The main accusation that portrays the author of Dragon Ball as macho
Basically, the accusation that had RRSS discussing for the past few days whether Akira Toiryama was a macho or not due to the way he treated his female characters comes from next post:
As you can see, the conversation revolves around how ‘Dragon Ball’ turned its female characters into simple housewives. Roughly speaking, we can see the reason for this attitude towards work, I myself said some time ago that it was time to have a big bad as the main antagonistbut to push it to that extreme seems to me to have no idea of the background of “Dragon Ball” as well as its characters.
The characters that make Toriyama macho
Let’s talk about the main characters you see featured in this conversation of machismo in “Dragon Ball”:
Bulma
- They say Bulma was transformed to just be a housewife. But I give you reasons why not.
- Reason 1 why this is a bug: This is the chief executive of the largest technology company in the terrestrial world of Dragon Ball.
- Reason 2: The origins of Dragon Ball are based on A trip west. Toriyama wanted to create a satire of this story and make it could have completely omitted the presence of a female character, since in the original story there is not a single one with relevance. However, from the very first moment, it featured a prominent couple of both genders with Goku and Bulma herself.
- Reason 3: Bulma is not a warrior and never has been. Why should she be involved in any action?
android 18
- android 18another that says Toriyama turned into a simple housewife.
- Literally fight in the Tournament of Power in Dragon Ball Superthe most recent event we have in the anime.
- Android 18 He was NOT originally a bloodthirsty or fighting person. It was Dr. Gero who kidnapped her and her brother when they were human only to end up turning them into androids which were tools of battle. Android 18’s life wasn’t meant to be what it was, so to assume she wouldn’t have opted for something completely calm and full of peace seems highly speculative to me.
- For all this, Android 17, his brother, has a family (being a father) and saves and protects animals.
He saw
- It can be hard to understand Videl’s step back in terms of acting knowing her as the teenager we know… but it’s just that even if it makes sense.
- When Son Gohan meets her, Videl is confident in her qualities as a martial artist., even believing that he is powerful. But we all know that’s not the case.
- And he saw the mere fact of learning to fly costs him horrorsand also in Dragon Ball Z something happens that can be perfectly traumatic for a simple human: she’s devastated after a one-on-one with someone as weak as Spopovich.
- It was then that Videl surely understood that I had absolutely nothing to do as a fighter. If this Satanwho in theory is the great martial artist of the Earth, shits in fear every two by three, the the only way not to make Videl the same ridiculous was to redirect his life after the shock he couldn’t fight as he surely would have wanted.
Who who
- Chi-Chi is a controversial figure because, due to her character, has always irritated many fans of the purest Dragon Ball action. But it’s more than someone annoying.
- Ever since she first appeared in Dragon Ball, although she was more of a warrior back then considering her family ancestry, which The most important promise she makes is to marry Goku.. In other words, being a child/adolescent and what mattered most to her was having a family life.
- Also, keep in mind that, as boring as it is, the only thing she wants is for her children to have a normal life apart from all that blood she saw her husband shed. I can’t even imagine being with someone who would make me suffer 24/7 because who knows when they die fighting like crazy.
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- The accusations about Mai also seem pretty funny to me, and that’s that we already assume that she is going to be a housewife without having really developed his character to this point.
- On the other hand, since when has Mai been a warrior? At best, she was a terrorist and reborn. Not only that, this May has nothing to do with the May of the Future. In this second case, it is about someone who lives within a resistance force and who had no choice but to go to war with firearms. A much better life than not being at peace, clearly.
The reality of Dragon Ball that dismantles machismo
Listen, we may not agree with the recoil of certain characters, but it’s not a question of machismo, it’s a question of the world of “Dragon Ball” works like this. In fact, I show you perfectly how these accusations can apply to many characters:
Gohan
- Son Gohan, the warrior with the most potential in all of Dragon Ball, trusted to be a mere student of insects. What a desappointment.
- Do I really mean pejorative? Well no. It’s true that he now has his new Beast transformation, but for many years he’s been a character many of us miss regarding Gohan from his battle against Cell.
- But you have to understand that this character chose for his way of being that he preferred to study. He had all the potential in the world with his hybrid Saiyan blood, but he didn’t like to fight.
Goten and Trunks
- These two characters Being mere children, they transform into Super Saiyan, merge and reach the degree of Super Saiyan 3..
- I said Son Gohan was the warrior with the most potential, but by achievements, that’s something that could perfectly fall on those two.
- However, in the Tournament of Power, they are sent to an island where they do nothing and in the Super Hero prequel arc they are seen weaker than in their time of Zalthough he is older.
- Why is this so? Because NO ONE is as sick of combat as Goku and Vegeta. It just wouldn’t make any sense.
Kale and Choufla
- These two Saiyans featured in the Tournament of Power are, well, that, true warriors. Caulifla mostly has more of a Saiyan character than most Saiyans or descendants we see in anime today.
- for these characters It makes sense for them to fight; that they seek how to become Super Saiyan, that they learn to master their powers… they live in a reality in which the struggle has meaning, and not simply to please people.
It’s that, I think something that’s hard for many to understand is the fact that “Dragon Ball Super” took combat away from Earth, and only now with Super Hero has it returned.. Since there was no conflict on Earth, it became increasingly common for many characters to abandon their pursuit of a life of action.. Just look at Krillin as well, who started one-on-one training with Goku and is now an “ordinary” policeman. Not everyone is destined to be a warrior in “Dragon Ball,” and certainly not everyone should be unhappy with a life of peace, hard as that is to understand.