bakarrot

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iva: anyone worth your time will appreciate a good poem. just whip out some of the ones i taught you and you'll be sweeping the entire bar off their feet

dragon: 👍

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#one piece #op #opfanart #sir crocodile #dragodile #monkey d dragon #im so normal <— someone insane #btw this is pre-whitebeard n warlords hence no scars #i did mention wanting to post non dbz stuff... last year dear lord #the brain rot is real!!!! #click for better resolution sowwy

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yuri warriors rise up 😤

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#dbz #dragon ball #dbs #dragon ball z #caulikale #caulifla #db kale #kame arts

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seeing so many people talk about how toriyama inspired them creatively, or how his art was the beginning of their own art or story-telling journeys really just struck me with this profound sense of loss, and also gratitude for the creative minds his work birthed. dragon quest set itself apart from other jrpgs at the time (and even now honestly) by never forgetting the whimsical aspect of fantasy stories with his silly and adorable character designs.

never forget that the slime went from a mostly formless blob to the iconic little waterdrop-shaped friend that dominates the isekai genre today. that time I got reincarnated into a slime, campfire cooking in another world, the amount of stories that all revolve around the core concept of the slime being this weak and adorable starting enemy is endless at this point, and it all came from toriyama decided to add a little silliness to what was essentially a monster players would encounter upon starting up dragon quest with no experience or strength.

even dr slump, as niche as it is outside of japan, inspired a generation of mangaka and brought us the powerhouses we love today. oda started out drawing arale. the creator of one piece started out with fan art of a gag series, and drew the main character so much that even all these years later he can draw her from memory. dr. stone, a manga about humanity rebuilding after thousands of years, featured dragon ball as one of the series that persisted through humanity’s collapse and a symbol of hope.

outside of japan, one of the most important concepts in steven universe, the fusion of two or more characters through a silly dance, is directly inspired by fusion in dbz. even shows not directly inspired by dbz, when the subject of anime was involved, always used it and goku’s super saiyan transformation as a template for what anime was. toriyama’s influence really changed the creative landscape forever, and me waxing poetic or listing examples really can’t cover even a sliver of what he did.

i became a fan around the time super broly released, utterly wowed by the movie’s animation and the lovable character design of the titular character broly. and as i watched and played more of his works from dragon ball to chrono trigger, i found myself falling in love over and over again with the fun and wild character designs. he clearly loved what he did and the work he put out, and you can really feel it in how alive his covers feel. characters on overcomplicated mechas or vehicles, characters riding dinosaurs, even characters in lush and overgrown landscapes. he just loved drawing, and that love really touched me and pushed me to try drawing again after years of disinterest. I don’t know what else to say other than thank you, for the making the world you wanted to make, and giving the push everyone around you needed to make their own worlds and stories. i truly hope you rest in peace.

#mafuba screams #long post #just wanted to get out my thoughts one last time

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rest in peace akira toriyama, you made one of my favorite series of all time with some of the most lovable characters in fiction

#mafuba screams #68 too... i hope his family finds peace #it still hasnt fully sunk it. i cant believe it

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@emmacornell @privatemumbles

damn... i could've sworn there was an alternative but i might've been thinking of the dragon quest wiki that migrated off of fandom a while back... thank you for the info 🥲

#mafuba screams #i have ublock on pc but navigating mobile is a hellscape #constant pop ups the mobile layout being literally unreadable.....

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calling all the dragon ball girlies

does anyone know an alternative to the dragon ball fandom page for like. character facts/trivia and written recaps for events

#kame arts #dbz #the ads are. Killing me #and im writing a fic and i need to keep crossreferencing the #absolutely atrocious timeline and i had to really dig to find the specific date

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don't think this can be called a feminism win but its funny how the two wlw couples are shown to be relatively healthy and functioning relationships and in the case of caulikale is literally the best hope universe 6 has for survival after hit's defeat.

meanwhile whatever the fuck goku and vegeta have going on has caused earth to explode at least once

#mafuba screams #this is not at all serious btw

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saw db xenoverse 2 on huge sale like a year ago and like a fool i told myself i'd just wait until 3 comes out because it's such an old game and 'the sequel is probably coming soon.'

i could practically hear the bells on my little jester hat jingling

#mafuba screams #idk what it is abt spinoff dragon ball game characters but theyre so #[insert fire emoji here] #like. fu is a delight i love shallot/giblet even android 21 is waow. wamen #even bonyu's design is so good and it is still so fucked up how #they promoted her and it turned out she basically had 0 presence in kakarot. wtf #i would also like to know more abt chronoa. whatever the fuck shes got going on with demigra is. intriguing

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things bulma and gas have in common

tried to kill goku on sight

little siblings

have been confirmed to piss themselves at least 1 time

blue

things they DONT have in common

one of them fucked vegeta

#mafuba screams #is this anything. #that entire chapter was so good. give me more looney toons ass antics #thinking abt the granolah arc again bc super is on break atm #[thinking emoji]

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yamcha deserves a loving family with kids he can dote on. Look at him. he's one of the few characters in dbz who would absolutely crush it as a dad and deserves it <3

he even says in canon he'd like to start a family one day and the fact that hes still single and stuck in the hell that is perpetual yearning for what his friends have is just cruel :(

#mafuba screams #give him a spouse and kids to toriyama he's been through ENOUGH!!!

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*no bugs were harmed in the making of this comic 🐝

(there is no wasp emoji, sorry </3 based off that one post about someone on a date with an entomologist and the guy just. grabbing a bug out of the air)

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#dbz #dragon ball #dragon ball z #son gohan #gohan #videl #hanvi #kame arts #this has been rotating in my brain for at least two yrs

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iiii fucked up and forgot to post this. so its been sitting in my drafts since christmas even though i already changed my icon and need to change it to something else now. oops 🥲

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#dragon quest #dq #dragon quest iv #dqiv #dragon quest 4 #dq4 #sofia #kame arts

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first comic of 2024 🎊 (click for better quality)

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#dbz #dragon ball #dragon ball z #goku #gohan #chi chi #gochi #son goku #son gohan #kame arts #my goku isn’t a shitty dad/husband propaganda #this looks way better on desktop I promise 🥲

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i like how people portray 18 as this mysterious femme fatale who is apparently too good for krillin in spite of the fact that everything in canon shows otherwise.

when she has 0 interest in krillin she gives him a kiss and flirts with him. when she’s actually interested?

literally tells him to fuck off and that 17 is actually her twin brother you fucking idiot. dumbass. call me later tho <3 (this happens right after he saves her life and removes a bomb from her chest for no charge btw)

#mafuba screams #18 has 0 game i’m sorry to tell you

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still so pissed off over how they fucked over gas. like, they set up parallels between him and goku - even outright said it in the text that elec is a lot like canon raditz in that he only wanted his younger sibling around to act as a meat shield to protect himself, and that he’d only get tossed aside once he outlived his usefulness - yet they still fucking disintegrated his ass anyway!! he’s has almost the exact same set up as tien, but instead of getting a chance to break away from someone who used him his entire life, he dies in despair after getting abandoned by the one person he trusted. ok.

#mafuba screams #hes also the only villain who absolutely does not deserve the shit he gets #frieza is literally given a chance by goku and refuses thus getting diced up #cell torments gohan tortures everyone for a laugh and gets eviscerated as a result #buu is just. there #everyone else reaped what they sowed #theres also the fact that the other 2 siblings have 0 story presence #it would be great if thats set up for them to revive gas n elec #but somehow i dont think thats the case #sighsss honestly the heeters and moro were such a breath of fresh air #since super is in recap mode atm im just revisiting old arcs lmao

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if they skip animating the granolah arc im gonna blow up toei's ceo with my mind powers

#mafuba screams #i already want to blow him up for various other reasons #<----- (ex one piece fan experience) #i prefer the granolah arc bc it actually did try to flesh out goku+vegeta a little more #like it was so good w the parallels between granolah n vegeta #and a more sneaky villain #but that all fucked off in the end like it always does in super💀 #but moro arc honestly was better overall bc it was just Fun times all around #reminded me a lot of classic dbz in that it gave everyone something to do

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lesbian moment 💝 (they're transparent!)

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#caulikale #dbz #dragon ball #caulifla #dbs #dragon ball super #kale #kame arts #practicing my full body anatomy #w my fave lesbians