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Dragon Ball Scholar. Author of Dragon Ball Culture at amzn.to/1BQWZFo, and #DBZ It's Over 9,000! at amzn.to/TCTHiL
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Goku was abandoned by his birth parents, his adoptive hermetic grandpa vanished overnight (after Goku unknowingly murdered him), he lived as a feral child for years, and was then raised by a hermetic pervert. All things considered, he could have ended up as a much worse dad.

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I've got a HUGE article coming your way this Thursday evening in honor of the upcoming Father's Day. It features Akira Toriyama's official comments on whether or not Gokū is a good father! A long-lost article by Toriyama translated for the first time, by me!

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I've written about this in my books. DBZ "It's Over 9,000!" discusses the psychology of Goku and Vegeta, their father figures, and social expectations of masculinity. Dragon Soul features 108 stories of DBZ fans and professionals, many of whom were inspired to be more "manly."

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I wrote a book about the culture that inspired the Red Ribbon Army. It's Dragon Ball Culture Volume 4: Westward. They're a mix of James Bond and Jackie Chan films, WWII armies (including the Nazis), Hollywood monsters, a ninja, and a Chinese assassin: https://t.co/6wLSGUrPXT

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Can you read Brazilian Portuguese? I need proofreaders for a sample Portuguese translation of my upcoming Dragon Ball Z book. You'll get a 20% off coupon for helping me out! DM me your name and email address here, or contact me on my site: https://t.co/n2G7IHVR4i

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At the doctor's getting tested for Covid. My doctor has me a bit concerned.

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That might be a low-quality scan of Chapter 228's title page in the Full Color Edition. Here's a digital version of it. Looks the same to me, but one is lower res and with muted colors.

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Read my full explanation of Akira Toriyama's F1 manga, with a panel-by-panel analysis of the culture and history Toriyama put into his work:

https://t.co/zzIa9Bz6t7

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Formula 1 racer Ayrton Senna died on May 1, 1994, driving in a race in Italy. Akira Toriyama met Senna in 1990 and then immortalized him in an F-1 manga. Read my article about Senna, Toriyama, and this exciting and long-lost manga by Toriyama:

https://t.co/c9mV2eLI0R

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