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@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 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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@Salt__Lord The Son Gokū Densetsu interview. Toriyama says, “With Gokū, I had the image of the Shōrin-ji, like the ones that appear in kanfu movies, so I decided on yamabuki-iro." There's more to the quote than this, and you can read it all in my book, Dragon Ball Culture Volume 3.

Boris Karloff’s appearance in Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1932) inspired Akira Toriyama to create Android 8 and Mirā-kun in Dragon Ball. In 2019 I asked his daughter Sara Karloff about this and she said, “My dad would be very honored by this.” #DragonBallCultureDaily

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