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@xenj17 Read Dragon Ball Culture Volume 2 to learn about the full cultural origins of Bulma, Goku, Oolong, Yamcha, Roshi, Pilaf, Mai, Shu, Shenron, and more. You'll gain a thorough understanding of the culture in every panel and page of Toriyama's masterpiece. https://t.co/4dbXYVjDBe

@SeanSchemmel Does that answer your question, Sean? That's all I have time for now. But let me know if you have other questions. To everyone reading this, follow me to get more Dragon Ball Culture Daily!! And check out my books to learn more about Dragon Ball's culture: https://t.co/lwrCmMbIOC

@SeanSchemmel Guānyīn's multiple arms are an inspiration for Tenshinhan's shiyō-ken (四妖拳, “four supernatural fists”) technique, where he sprouts an extra pair of arms. Same for his third eye, which represents enlightenment and clairvoyance. He also uses Buddhist mudras in his martial arts.

@SeanSchemmel Both staffs are controlled by the mind of a pure-hearted practitioner and change in accordance with the power of their mind-will. The entire reason Son Goku has this staff is because Sūn Wùkōng has this staff. And it's connected back to the iconography of Guānyīn.

@SeanSchemmel Toriyama takes the original scene from Journey to the West, removes Guānyīn as a visible character, but maintains the essence of what she does for the pilgrims by modernizing it. This makes it easier to understand. I explain these scenes in my book Dragon Ball Culture Volume 2.

@SeanSchemmel There are many similar events like this throughout the early portions of Dragon Ball when Bulma meets each new member of the cast, starting with Oolong, than Yamcha, Roshi, and so on. ...

@SeanSchemmel A similar exchange occurs when Bulma meets Goku, recognizes his supernormal strength, and convinces him to follow her along the journey west for the dragon balls because then he'll get to fight a lot of guys. It's Toriyama's way of adapting the story for his young audience.

@SeanSchemmel Goku does this by traveling through time and space inside Kami's Palace, climbing Thunder Mountain, and wearing the Holy Crown. But when he puts on the crown it binds to his head, summons lightning from the sky, and strikes him--just as the original name refers to lightning.

@SeanSchemmel Broly has the same diadem as Sūn Wùkōng's and it serves the same purpose of controlling his unstoppable power. Here it's activated by his father, Paragus, via an external technological device, instead of by a Buddhist monk via an internal spiritual prayer.

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