The themes of Every Arc in Dragon Ball

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  • @PiperAtDawn-r7i
    @PiperAtDawn-r7i 11 днів тому +51

    The baba tournament arc's theme is that being selfless and can lead to rewards in unexpected ways. Goku is rewarded for being willing to sacrifice his own wants for someone elses need. Goku wants the 4 star ball because its his grandpas totem but in giving that up he is deemed good and survives a fight with the devil man and is rewarded with being able to challenge and reunite with his grandpa. This last bit of closure far outweighed having the 4 star ball.

    • @TheMasterQuests
      @TheMasterQuests 11 днів тому +7

      Plus I feel like a theme of fathers was in there too as both got to see there fathers again

    • @chrisblanc663
      @chrisblanc663 6 днів тому +2

      That’s the absolute top as far as emotional resonance for the whole series. The next closest is Goku reliving his fight with Grandpa Gohan as he is waiting for Baba to pick up Frieza right before the tournament of power.

  • @AhmedHussain-ju6xd
    @AhmedHussain-ju6xd 12 днів тому +58

    I love the fact that the dragon ball tournaments were never just tournaments. The story of tenshinhan, jacki chuns lesson, and goku overcoming all of his rivals. Absolutely peak

  • @Japple_Junior
    @Japple_Junior 12 днів тому +19

    I love how Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, Vegeta, 16, 17, 18, Buu, and even characters outside of the original run all changed themselves for the better, which are some of the best character arcs that I have ever seen.

  • @MereMere
    @MereMere 12 днів тому +27

    I consider the Red Riddon Army arc and the Baba arc to be one cohesive Saga.
    It started off with Goku looking for the just the Four-Star Ball but then changing his goal to finding all of the dragon balls to make a wish to revive Bora. After all that is said and done, he catches the stone of the Four Star Ball.

    • @The_Funniman
      @The_Funniman 11 днів тому +5

      I call it the baba saga instead of the baba arc. it sounds better

    • @Japple_Junior
      @Japple_Junior 11 днів тому +1

      @@MereMere
      I feel like they work as individual sagas personally, because the Red Ribbon saga was about Goku defeating the army, and the Fortune Teller Baba saga followed that up with Goku doing everything to bring back Upa’s father.

  • @DylanYoshi
    @DylanYoshi 10 днів тому +11

    The Tenshinhan Saga isn't just about Tien's development, it's also about Roshi's. He enters the tournament as Jackie Chun, with the same intention as last time- To block his students from winning and teach them to keep training as there's always someone stronger.
    But then he sees Yamcha do a Kamehameha, after having secretly practiced it for a short time. Then Krillin pulls off the Kamehameha too, after briefly practicing it in the middle of a fight. And then Tien uses it after seeing it used against him once, with no practice whatsoever.
    Up until this tournament, Roshi believed that Goku was a prodigy who learned his technique in a single try, despite it taking him decades to master. The tournament showed him that Goku was just the first of a new generation of fighters, and that he needed to step down in order to allow them to flourish.

  • @stretch3744
    @stretch3744 11 днів тому +4

    Awesome video. I like to think the Cell sagas theme is sacrificing your own desires for the greater good. The z fighters wanting to fight the androids instead of stopping gero beforehand. Vegeta neglecting his family. Vegeta allowing cell to become perfect. Krillin w the remote. Android 18 not listening to anyone telling her to run, Goku not understanding gohan(maybe a stretch), Gohan not listening to Goku to kill cell, and even Cell himself not listening to Gohan which caused his own demise

    • @usuario15965
      @usuario15965 2 дні тому

      And also how the future is inevitable,most of the things that happened in the future happened in the past,and also in goku passing the torch to gohan,and him realizing that he got old and that he will not be able to defend the earth forever,thats why he almost doesnt do anything since hes already past hes date,they show this with goku not being able to deal with the threaths he himself inderectly created

  • @Zach_Moment
    @Zach_Moment 12 днів тому +4

    This channel has become the channel I eat my dinner while watching, that’s how peak these vids are

  • @axl256gamesx7
    @axl256gamesx7 12 днів тому +4

    14:29
    "MY BABY BOOOOOYYYYYYYY"

  • @RoninCatholic
    @RoninCatholic 11 днів тому +2

    I love this series so much. Dragon Ball sprinted so my other favorite action comedies could walk in its footsteps.

  • @Mrwolf059
    @Mrwolf059 12 днів тому +4

    Love these videos, keep it up triceratops

  • @zackarysporcic756
    @zackarysporcic756 11 днів тому +4

    DragonBALL content in 2025 is amazing. This channel is going to go off very soon. I want to see you hit 1,000,000 to match Frieza's 2nd form.

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  11 днів тому +2

      thk u, I'd die of happiness

  • @Senpai-f5o
    @Senpai-f5o 12 днів тому +7

    My depressions gone when I see your vids thanks for your amazing content

  • @pronouncecung8785
    @pronouncecung8785 11 днів тому

    At bro, you deserve to have 1 Million subscribers your videos are entertaining. Keep it up.

  • @joelwashere5382
    @joelwashere5382 12 днів тому +1

    This was great to watch!
    Thank you for your efforts 🙏

  • @mapura8932
    @mapura8932 11 днів тому +2

    Oh yes, the triceratops dragon ball with another banger

  • @FieryAnubis
    @FieryAnubis 10 днів тому +1

    The theme is just "have fun and enjoy an adventure" and it's really not deeper than that. Doesn't have to be. That's what makes the original pre-Z Dragonball so great in the end.

  • @stale_cheeto
    @stale_cheeto 11 днів тому +1

    Thank you for making this video, I find it incredibly disingenuous when people swear that Dragon Ball doesn't have well written themes and character growth and only boil things down to buff guys screaming and fighting. Each lesson to take away from the tournament arcs really stuck with me.

  • @PabloNeves26
    @PabloNeves26 11 днів тому

    9:16 completely agree

  • @TherealXotwo
    @TherealXotwo 7 днів тому

    only 7.82k you are so underrated channel

  • @Egoliftdaily
    @Egoliftdaily 7 днів тому

    I love it. Dragon Ball had great themes. Great vid.

  • @mladen5140
    @mladen5140 8 днів тому

    I feel like this video really undersells the themes of the Buu Saga & how what happened in it reflects them, this is a comment I made under the video "The Buu Saga: Dragonball's Best Worst Arc" which sums up my thoughts abt it although its not a perfect analysis
    "I disagree with the thematic inconsistency thing: we can argue about Toriyama's intentions but once the series is done I believe a different interpretation is much more reasonable than "He wanted to do the younger generation but then changed his mind and let Goku be the hero", and it's about our heroes mistakes & *how* they beat Buu at the end
    Before we talk abt the old generation I'd like to point to Vegeta's self sacrifice, which did not work in defeating Buu, and this is because the deepest core idea of Dragonball is about self improvement, and sacrificing yourself in order to defeat the enemy is antithetical to that and the show is basically always consistent in this, just think of all the sacrifices characters have made; Chiatzou, Piccolo, Goku in the Cell Saga & Vegeta here as well, they never work & they are thematically not allowed to work either
    Now, as you yourself have pointed out, the new generation in Gohan, Goten & Trunks have immense potential, however they're all flawed & too immature, Gotenks (I'll just refer to em as that from now on cuz both sides apply either way) could become one of the strongest beings in the universe, however, they are still naive children, yet, despite of this, Goku attempts to make them shoulder the burden of Buu in order to prepare them for even worse to come, however this is way too rushed & irresponsible of Goku, yes the new generation will need to save the day, but it'll have to do it under proper guidance by the old generation (like Goku received from Roshi, Karin & Kami in order to face the challenges he faced when he was a child), Gotenks cruically lacks this, and so, in order to compensate they try to fuse together, and despite their immense power they can't win, and this is thematically crucial, because the kids, having been rushed into this through the mistakes of the older generation (Vegeta & Goku), are essentially forced to take a shortcut to strength in the form of the fusion dance, and so, thematically fitting, the kids lose because this win would not be deserved as it was not gained through self improvement but essential through a cheat code
    Then we get Gohan, who hasn't trained properly in a long time (which is also against the series' message), and as far as defeating Buu goes he only gets to try after his potential is unlocked by sheer luck to meet the Old Kai, and he then received an ultimately still rushed (& as you have pointed out, painfully ironic) training, but unlike the kids he doesn't have the excuse of, well, being a kid, he was an adult & ideally should have known to keep on training but he didn't and him not being able to beat Buu is him facing the consequences of that
    After Gohan we get Vegitto, and here, Goku & Vegeta, still in their mistaken ways, also pragmatically decide to fuse and so temporarily, but thematically undeservedly, gain immense power, but again, because this was essential a shortcut they are not allowed to win either, but what's exactly the thematic purpose in showing us the same outcome (fusion leading to defeat) twice? Well, it's to show that this idea applies equally to both the new & old generation, neither of them can protect the planet if they attempt to use these shortcuts
    And also, mind you, this applies in equal fashion to Buu as well; he keeps becoming stronger by quite literally absorbing/fusing with people, yet he ultimately doesn't win, because, very naturally, the antagonist of the story goes against the message the story is trying to convey
    So the new generation, in having been misguided & grown complacent, wasn't fit to defeat the enemy and the old generation, operating under thematically false lessons, also were not suited for the job, and when both sides get stripped of these false power ups by each other the story leaves us with 3 specific characters on the side of our heroes & Kid Buu as our antagonist
    Goku, throughout the Arc, realizes that his ways in it were mistaken and that he was rushing to pass the torch, he even says he could've beaten Fat Buu had he really, properly tried, and Im inclined to believe him, because if Goku was operating under correct lessons there is no thematic reasoning why Goku, usually the embodiment of self improvement, couldn't win
    Vegeta's Nr 1 speech essentially spills out why it has to be Goku to to be the catalyst of Buu's defeat in the end, because out of the entire cast, he is the only one who, quite literally even in death, pushes his own limits to the fullest and achieves new, unseen heights before, and that's what Super Saiyan 3 represents
    However, if it was as simple as Goku thematically being allowed to *defeat* Buu because of his usual self improvement then the Arc could've ended much sooner, but not only did Goku have to realize his flawed ways of thinking about the new generation, but he, despite his own achievments, is also still a product of the guidance & strength the people in his life have given him, and this is why I said catalyst and not outright winner, because without Mr Satan, generally seen as a fraud, but actually legitimately a guy who won a Tenkaichi Budokai through his own sheer hard work, Goku could not have won, because fittingly it has to be Mr Satan to call out to the Earthlings to give Goku the energy he requires to defeat Kid Buu, and Goku could ONLY defeat Buu with the Genkidama because his previous mistakes wouldn't allow him to do it all by himself, but now having learned from his false ways he wishes Buu to be reborn as a good guy so that next time he doesn't repeat his false attitude towards the younger generation, he'll properly guide Uub and make him a deserving protector of the Earth, the same way Goku was properly guided as a kid
    And also Kid Buu is the perfect antagonist to be defeated by Goku, Vegeta & Mr Satan, because all 3 of these characters mishandle the new generation (Videl is also a character worth dissecting here but the comment is long enough), and in their mishandling they have quite literally met with the manifestation of an unguided child-like monster with immense power: Kid Buu, he is everything gone wrong with a kid that could go wrong, and that's because, again, Buu never ever received proper guidance, and the series REALLY wants to make it clear how important it actually is to do so
    So yeah, Im sorry if I've repeated myself here and there and also this isn't a perfect analysis by any means, there are a lot of aspects Im omitting for time's sake, but yeah these are the general ideas & why I don't believe the Buu Arc is thematically inconsistent at all, it is VERY consistent, the themes are just not as straight foward as one might think at first glance regarding the new generation
    Good video overall tho!"
    Very on point on the rest of the Arcs tho

  • @AbdullahIbnAbdullah-pk1kf
    @AbdullahIbnAbdullah-pk1kf 10 днів тому

    This is good. However I noticed one mistake. Going into the cell games Goku already had full understanding of the difference between him and Gohan. This realizing what made him regret his choice. If you go back and watch it wasn’t that that made him have a change of heart: it was when piccolo pointed out that I Gohan may not even know his plan or be thinking of it and instead is just out their scared and thinking his father abandoned him. It was at this realization that he asked for a sense.

  • @-hamontukey
    @-hamontukey 12 днів тому +15

    I like the thumbnail a lot for some reason

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  12 днів тому +3

      oh thank you, I got really artsy with this one, Im still not sure if its good clickbait though...

    • @esaahmed-u3z
      @esaahmed-u3z 12 днів тому

      @@yurazahcan you do a what if video I would love to see a what if with your power levels it would be super cool to see

    • @ArchetypalReaper
      @ArchetypalReaper 12 днів тому +3

      @@yurazahNah its not clickbait, I'd argue that Roshi passing the torch to goku is a great way to depict goku's path to Mastery of Martial arts
      Great thumbnail, kudos to you!

    • @mapura8932
      @mapura8932 11 днів тому +1

      Is very cool and well made, that's why

  • @SSK1k
    @SSK1k 11 днів тому +1

    You should definitely make a discor or open art submissions man 🙏 i really need to put sum to good use

  • @Donatas-rp5yf
    @Donatas-rp5yf 9 днів тому +1

    Oh wow😮😮

  • @matheusrocha1184
    @matheusrocha1184 11 днів тому

    I'm not one to leave a comment in videos, generally, but I couldn't ignore such a great video. I wish I could show this to some friends of mine who believe Dragon Ball is just thoughtless action, but they won't have the patience to watch the entire video, since they don't even speak English...

    • @justinarzola4584
      @justinarzola4584 11 днів тому

      The original Dragon Ball should be mandatory viewing to understand the full scope of the world and characters, if you only watch Z, Super etc you just see a bunch of buff dudes fighting and screaming because they are aliens who only like to fight and nothing else but the Original makes you understand what the Martial artist philosophy really is which is more interesting, at least to me.

    • @matheusrocha1184
      @matheusrocha1184 11 днів тому

      Even Z is not thoughtless action, as you can see in the video. Super indeed sucks though

  • @BrendorTheEndor
    @BrendorTheEndor 12 днів тому +1

    Ive been meaning to ask, do you draw your own thumbnails? Because that was definitely the main reason I clicked on your first video!

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  12 днів тому +1

      Yes!

    • @Srb2thegoat
      @Srb2thegoat 12 днів тому

      ​@@yurazahhow long does it usually take

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  11 днів тому

      @Srb2thegoat 3-5 hours

  • @GabrielSamantha-z3w
    @GabrielSamantha-z3w 10 днів тому +1

    Nice
    Now do the themes of GT and Super
    And see if there are any themes in the fillers, movies etc. 😎 I'd love to see it

    • @thegamerfe8751
      @thegamerfe8751 10 днів тому

      The only movie with a theme would probably be Wrath Of The Dragon because of kid Trunks and even then it's a bit of a stretch, other than that it's mostly random action for the sake of random action.

    • @GabrielSamantha-z3w
      @GabrielSamantha-z3w 9 днів тому

      @thegamerfe8751 I'm sure you could argue they have themes if you look deep enough
      Wrath of the dragon like you said is one
      Broly the legendary super Saiyan is a tragic story and I know there's a theme in there since it's one of the most story based ones though I can't pinpoint it
      Tree of might could be the theme that
      Greed will destroy you as his greed for cheap power ups wound up getting him killed as the spirit bomb that killed him used the same source he would get stronger from
      Slug similar to king piccolo could have some theme about eternal youth as both wound up dying for making that wish instead of immorality
      Garlic jr is the opposite
      Immortality isn't what it's cracked up to be now he's immortal and he's stuck forever
      Can't really think of one for the cooler movies
      Android 13 I can't think of one
      The bardock special could maybe be a theme that caring for others gives you strength as it allowed him to go super Saiyan and beat his opponent
      Fusion reborn I can't think of one
      But there's surely one there involving Goku and Vegeta relationship especially the end where Goku says bye to him again
      Also for the kid who became janemba could be a theme about being too carefree
      If there's one for battle of God's movie it would be the same as the anime and similarly with resurrection f
      A heros legacy definitely has a theme I don't know what it is but there is definitely one there as Goku meets his little descendant

  • @AhmedHussain-ju6xd
    @AhmedHussain-ju6xd 12 днів тому +1

    what if the z fighters were super extra prepared is a meme I've seen circulating a lot. Would be cool if you do a video on it. Maybe even use your amazing art skills to draw some of it out

  • @leannestewart7215
    @leannestewart7215 11 днів тому +1

    10:14 Vegetas plural

  • @melonsmash6541
    @melonsmash6541 12 днів тому +1

    OOB has been done so dirty by toei and the fans

  • @jktech2117
    @jktech2117 11 днів тому +1

    ya a fan of tracker/midi music too?

  • @zerovalon6243
    @zerovalon6243 11 днів тому +1

    Goku is the hero that saves the world, but Mr Satan is the face and voice the world needed.
    Doofus or not.

  • @chupa3219
    @chupa3219 12 днів тому +1

    fire video but drop the sdbh power level vid

  • @noonespecialtbh
    @noonespecialtbh 8 днів тому

    tldr: get rich or die trying 50 cent or something idk

  • @catgirljune7837
    @catgirljune7837 11 днів тому +1

    yurazah banger

  • @Symonch_
    @Symonch_ 12 днів тому +5

    I meeeeeean Toriyama DID say he didn't want to send any real message and just have fun........

    • @Ash-Winchester
      @Ash-Winchester 11 днів тому

      That's what I like about toriyama, he just wants to write for the sake of writing.

  • @Kuledud3_Fan
    @Kuledud3_Fan 11 днів тому +1

    If you think about it, Yu-Gi-Oh! kind of has similar themes to Dragon Ball.

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  11 днів тому +1

      if you think about it, yugioh is just a shonnen fighting anime, but instead of fists we have cards

  • @esaahmed-u3z
    @esaahmed-u3z 12 днів тому

    Can you make a what if video it would be amazing

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  12 днів тому +1

      you know my first video was gonna be a what-if video, I'll probably actually make it eventually..

    • @esaahmed-u3z
      @esaahmed-u3z 12 днів тому

      @@yurazahthanks I it would be cool

    • @Symonch_
      @Symonch_ 12 днів тому

      What if Bulma killed goku with the gun in the beginning

    • @esaahmed-u3z
      @esaahmed-u3z 11 днів тому

      @@Symonch_😂😂😂😂😂

  • @PabloNeves26
    @PabloNeves26 11 днів тому

    Powering up over 8k

  • @nngnnadas
    @nngnnadas 11 днів тому

    Ah I thougt this gonna be about music

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  11 днів тому

      maybe someday, you've probably seen it, but I think totally not mark has a good video on the music from the series

  • @TheStickCollector
    @TheStickCollector 12 днів тому +3

    There is a lot of nuisance if you construe it out of it.

  • @esaahmed-u3z
    @esaahmed-u3z 12 днів тому

    Yurazah what is your real name just curious

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  12 днів тому +1

      Caleb, "this is a lie" or is it?

  • @grahhhh615
    @grahhhh615 11 днів тому

    Don't tell him about Super.

  • @Just-A-Bit
    @Just-A-Bit 12 днів тому +1

    Hey

  • @bananaguy238
    @bananaguy238 10 днів тому

    Unfortunately not all dragon ball fans take these lessons to heart because I played against too many rage quitters for my liking when sparking zero came out and I was whooping a fusion or DBS character with videl or something

  • @tripple-a6031
    @tripple-a6031 11 днів тому

    You really need to stop using these shitty dub clips, borderline unwatchable because of them.

    • @yurazah
      @yurazah  11 днів тому

      if it makes you feel better, I used kai clips and eventually switched to the sub cause the dub kept mistranslating scenes, I really like dub roshis delivery in dragon ball though