The memes are just as bad. Forget fusions, having Omniman exhort his son to think about what he'd have in several centuries and pointing out how much effort others need to replicate even a smidgen of your power... plus Cecil's teleportation power costing the GDP of a small nation a pop.
There's levels, and white people just ain't on that level. Average white person is like a 5 out of 10 on how much they love it, average Mexican is going to be a 10-15
Hell. Not a huge AS fan But that is awesome! I do love dbz though. Can aleays appreciate when new cultural art weaves its way into distant places in a positive way. Its like how I discovered anime ehen I was 8 years old. My Neighbour Totoro was amazing! There is so much amwmazing media worldwide.
doesn't Dragon Ball take direct inspiration from Superman though? like, alien boy crashes into earth, is taken in by humans, grows up to defend the earth alongside his team of heroes?
Dragon Ball takes direct inspiration from Journey to the West. Similarities to Superman are more incidental, and the American dub accentuates them further than was ever done in the original story.
DragonBall is white peoples DragonBall and as evidence I point DragonBall Z Abridged, a wildly successful fan created series that was made by a bunch of white guys.
I mean dragon ball isn't really that unique to begin with. Aside for a few hax. The main powers are, super strength, durability, speed flight. And hand lasers.
If anything. Invincible is on the lower power end of comics, BECAUSE it's so close to dragon ball
This is your first cringe post. There are big parts of the fandom that are white, go to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay and you will find a shit ton of white guys who love dragon ball. Also, "white people" is arbitrary, 60 years ago Italian and Jewish people werent white.
Im aware of the framing but its not a COLOR thing its a species thing. Thats what you got wrong. Your statement was more it was because they are white (Viltrumites are not all one "race") but its not true. They believe their SPECIES is superior but not the skin color thing. humans believe we are too
Animation or comicbook (and they explicitly explain it in the new season), the Viltrumite empire is dying because they prefer to reproduce with species very similar to Viltrumite.
Species similar which would mean not Viltrumites, so not PURE. I mean it seems like Marky is the only quasi pure Viltrumite around and he is still a quarter human.
It's not just hyper militaristic, but the idea that a race of alien is born extremely strong, stronger than the rest of the galaxy. It's very much the Sayans.
Its more than this, and forgive me because ive not watched much dragon ball so this is from memory, but dont the saiyans conquer planets they get sent to normally exactly like viltrumites. Then vegeta/omni man realize the error of their ways.
Then these conquerers become protectors of earth. You could also point to the part where viltrumites are shown to lose power if their inner ear is hurt, and then saiyans lose that ape form when their tail gets hurt temporarily.
Mark/goku are coming of age and learn to love their home earth and its people as well as learn to fight and use their powers. They also teach vegeta omni man the error of their ways and turn them to their side.
I mean, it's an alien race that naturally grow up to be very good at punching and are very bad parents. The parallels have been here for a long time, I even remember the question appearing in the fans letter at the end of Invincible issues.
I think some people are misunderstanding the post. OP isn't saying that the show is similar plot-wise, nor are they saying the show is all white people. The post is just implying that a lot of the white fans have elevated Invincible to a point of cultural significance. But also, it's just a joke.
I get it’s a joke, but it’s just one I don’t really get.
I mean what I REALLY don’t get is the idea that white people in particular pushed it up. Like, do white people really make up THAT big of a chunk of its fanbase
That and I doubt it’s cultural significance will be anywhere near DB’s
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It could be anyone's "dragon ball".
Why would you hate it when it involves "white"?
Je dirais qu'en France DBZ est nettement plus populaire et impactant que Invincible.
This is insane to me.
Just enjoy your anime characters!
In latam DBZ is practically a religion, thats make DBZ a latino show? ewe
white people's dragon ball is both.
If anything. Invincible is on the lower power end of comics, BECAUSE it's so close to dragon ball
From this 2014 comic by David Malri:
Do you want some sources or episode references ?
How is Invincible like Dragon Ball? Aliens from a hyper militaristic civilization where one breaks the mold?
That’s been done plenty of times before DB did it.
Plus why exactly is Invincible a series “for white people”?
Superpowered Aliens are just kind of a general comics trope so I don’t get that specific comparison.
Maybe I should just drop this since it’s bringing out my inner nerd emoji
I mean what I REALLY don’t get is the idea that white people in particular pushed it up. Like, do white people really make up THAT big of a chunk of its fanbase
That and I doubt it’s cultural significance will be anywhere near DB’s