@@merphynapierreviewsI felt the same way when I explored this series in college. I dropped it for a few months because of the perverted humor, but I'm glad I kept going eventually.
Dragonball really is the grandfather of shonen manga and anime and it’s so evident in its early stuff especially. Tournament arcs, the mixed humor and action, and best of all Toriyama’s amazing character design and fight choreography. I’m so glad you’re enjoying it Merphy!
"The audacity of this woman!" I felt that. I was also very shocked as I was reading The Wall of Storms but the more I read, the more I understood what she was striving for. You really can't see her whole story until you finished the series and I'm still reeling by how much she has done, thought and sacrificed for her goals. Can you call her selfish or selfless? No one knows. That's why I'm still so !!!! over The Dandelion Dynasty, months after finishing it, because the characters are written with so much vivacity and they truly stay in your mind after you finish it.
Jia's arc made so much sense. One of the more justifiably Machiavellian characters in Fantasy. She's basically a successful version of what Red Rising *SPOILERS* > > > > is trying to do with Lysander and failing.
Ken Liu just chilling writing a book that doesn't focus on the characters that much, and then proceeds to also be like...one of the best character writer I have ever read. He is simply built different. Have a non spoiler passage from a future book to build hype The gods of Dara, confounded by the plots and counterplots of mortals, were assembled not in council, but to bear silent witness. If that isn't how you set the stage, IDK what is
Hence people love watching the anime...really happy Merphy is enjoying dragon ball. Was kinda expecting her to ease up on reading it coz of the toilet humor but I was wrong.
I think the action seems better in Dragon Ball than in One Piece is because how Toriyama panels his stories, they are super clean, makes your eyes follow the action, the movement, the flow is all top notch, while One Piece's seems cluttered sometimes (I mean Oda has to put a heck ton of story in less than 20 pages sometimes so it's understandable) and while I think Oda overall is a better mangaka, one thing in which Toriyama far surpasses Oda is Paneling. Mark (Totally Not Mark) recently made a really cool video about it, that you should check out if it interests you. (He used panels from DBZ too so spoiler alert)
Idk how far into the series he started doing it but at some point he would just take a page and start drawing without any script or storyboard which is very impressive with such clean paneling. It's this one thing that solidified him as a genius in the eyes of other mangaka. In bakuman (a manga about mangaka) the main characters rival is heavily inspired by him by the way.
I'm not the biggest fan of dandelion dynasty fan in the world, but one thing I have appreciated about it is the way it tackles the theme of women coming to power for the first time in a historically patriarchal society. Most other authors would just show a bunch of strong, smart , and selfless women taking charge despite their opposition, but Ken Liu really shows that women have just as much capacity for evil and selfishness as they do for good and altruism. Like you clearly have women like thera, zomi, and gin mazoti, who are strong smart and altruistic, and are clearly trying to do what is best for everyone, but on the other hand, you also have jia who has become a manipulative and murdering tyrant due to her own sense of paranoia and self preservation, and then there's also princess vadyu from the ukyu-taasa who has literally raped and gaslit timu in order to manipulate him into doing what she wants him to do.
LOLZ😂 The RR army leader has it all hell he can conquer the planet but needs the dragon ball to get THE ONE THING he does not have...oh such complex works so well!!!
Hey Merphy, so one other random fact in DB is that Toriyama is notorious for just winging it. He didn't have a meticulous plan like Oda for Dragon Ball but he was able to keep things flowing one after the other just by sticking true to what the characters would do in given situations.
I’m so happy you love the baba arc. She’s a cool character. Also I love that your enjoying the goofiness of OG dragon ball. I remember watch the gohan scene and it almost made me cry it was so wholesome in the anime. Can’t wait for you to start regular dbz. Also will you be reading dragon ball super as well
I think it's just really cool that you're reading Dragonball. DBZ was such a big part of my childhood and then in my teens watching the og DB anime was also so much fun. I think I also have 1 or 2 manga volumes somewhere...
I can’t tell if I’d love or hate The Dandelion Dynasty. My interest is piqued for sure! I started reading The Shadow Casket and 30 pages in I realized I could barely remember anything from The Ember Blade so now I’m rereading that. I totally forgot how good that book was.
I've had Grace of Kings on my shelf for years and I haven't read it😅 I should get to it. I finished The First Named by Jonathan Wylie and it was terrible! Terrible but comfy. Will read the next. Currently reading a book I've had my eye on since I was a young teenager, Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds. I'm so glad I'm now old enough to understand this book 😂
Grace of Kings struck me like one of those second age books they put together from Tolkien’s notes fifty years later. Everything that happened was interesting, but I didn’t get attached to anyone or anything because of the constant jump cuts. However, now that the prologue is done, I’ll give Wall of Storms a try. Everyone says Wall of Storms is good.
yes the author himself calls Grace of Kings like a prologue of the series. I highly recommend Wall of Storms, I think you'll find it solves that problem
A lot of people, myself included, consider the Red Ribbon Army arc to be the pinnacle of Dragon Ball. And that includes the "Z" section (keep in mind that there was no Dragon Ball Z manga in Japan - it was all Dragon Ball; that section had its name adjusted in the west to match the popularity of the anime).
Pleasantly surprised you're enjoying this portion of Dragonball more than expected. Personally enjoy it more than the sections that come later myself. Curious what you'll think of that when the time comes. Also you look awesome in a ponytail
well Mrs. Influencer, thanks to you, I did decide to reread Equal Rites, and it was indeed a much better reading experience the second time around. I don't know why I didn't like it the first time. Maybe because it focused on a new character? almost, similarly to you, I started Discworld with The Color of Magic. Or, maybe it was because it wasn't as whimsical as the first two. Regardless, thank you for inspiring me to give ER another shot
I have already mentioned you should hop on FABLES next (Vertigo Comics). And I insist. For mangas next in your classic list I recommend GUNNM (or Alita in the US maybe?) and Apple Seed.
In the manga? I haven't read it myself but I'm confident that the pacing of fights in the manga is quicker than those in the anime (which dragged for reasons specific to the show)
My favourite part of the week because I love this amazing video and brilliant channel please can I ask where you and your family are in the forest part of the video please stay safe and healthy and prayers and thoughts to you and your husband and your beautiful kids love your Aussie family friend John 💚💛💚💛
Imagine if Merphy went straight from finishing Dragon Ball into DBS:Super Hero. edit; I love love love love the reveal at the end of the tournament, still a top 3 manganime moment for me
Pervy Roshi and that type of humor usually doesn't work for me but one gag I liked was when kid Goku finds Roshi's nudy mags and innocent Goku goes " oh no. These girls are so poor they can't afford clothes"
Wait, you will split up a book between audio book and reading it? That is cool! Does it change the narration in your mind while doing it? The way I interpret the books in my head as apposed to audio books always gives me a different perspective as to how I originally read it. Again, that is super neat and I will try it.
Yeah, the invisible man fight..... "gag" is ATROCIOUS. Since I can't access Viz in my country, I had to read the scanlations, and... it's not censored. And I am a big fan of Dragon Ball Z, and you starting to read DB was the occasion for me to start as well and discover all of pre-Z. This scene... yeah it made me pause for the rest of the day. This one is REAL bad.
@@merphynapierreviews honestly, that scene made me really go "ooooh that's why people are so prone to forgiving Oda for the Thriller Bark debacle"... Because in the context of that existing, sure, Sanji talking about peeping ✨ respectfully ✨ is indeed an improvement 😐 I'm just glad the industry has at least gotten slightly better about that, but... Ugh. Yeah.
nah I totally disagree that shit is very tamed and is actually hilarious. At least the pervy aspect lead to something useful, it's all about taste you didn't find it funny. But I did and some new reactors to dragon ball, found it super funny.
Yes, if you check her community tab on her her other channel she always posts a schedule for the month (for both channels). Bonehunters review is due on the 25th
So glad Merphy is enjoying Dragon Ball despite its jokes that aged like milk.
It really is a great series, it just comes with a few rants 😂
@@merphynapierreviews Please read the manga Ajin :demi human. You will love it
@@merphynapierreviewsI felt the same way when I explored this series in college. I dropped it for a few months because of the perverted humor, but I'm glad I kept going eventually.
@@merphynapierreviewsspoken like a true DB fan
12:23 "He has these really intense bursts of action that never feel like they drag on too long."
and the anime watchers all laughed
I'm gonna need someone to remember that quote when she gets to the fight that only lasts another "5 minutes." lol
Goku meeting Gohan again was so heartwarming
Dragonball really is the grandfather of shonen manga and anime and it’s so evident in its early stuff especially.
Tournament arcs, the mixed humor and action, and best of all Toriyama’s amazing character design and fight choreography.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it Merphy!
"The audacity of this woman!" I felt that. I was also very shocked as I was reading The Wall of Storms but the more I read, the more I understood what she was striving for. You really can't see her whole story until you finished the series and I'm still reeling by how much she has done, thought and sacrificed for her goals. Can you call her selfish or selfless? No one knows. That's why I'm still so !!!! over The Dandelion Dynasty, months after finishing it, because the characters are written with so much vivacity and they truly stay in your mind after you finish it.
Man, seeing you go through the Dandelion Dynasty is so great.
You have me excited to get to Dandelion Dynasty! That was fascinating that Liu explores engineering and ingenuity in war!😊
I finished book 3 recently and taking a small break before book 4. The engineering and creativity is pretty incredible in the series!
It's so good Johanna, like unreasonably good.
Jia's arc made so much sense. One of the more justifiably Machiavellian characters in Fantasy. She's basically a successful version of what Red Rising *SPOILERS*
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is trying to do with Lysander and failing.
I'm getting super excited for the Dandelion dynasty now! It's maybe nr. 3 on my tbr list.
I hope you love it!
Ken Liu just chilling writing a book that doesn't focus on the characters that much, and then proceeds to also be like...one of the best character writer I have ever read.
He is simply built different.
Have a non spoiler passage from a future book to build hype
The gods of Dara, confounded by the plots and counterplots of mortals, were assembled not in council, but to bear silent witness.
If that isn't how you set the stage, IDK what is
12:20 The action is Dragonball is very blink and you miss it sometimes. I think it's combat is the strongest aspect.
Hence people love watching the anime...really happy Merphy is enjoying dragon ball. Was kinda expecting her to ease up on reading it coz of the toilet humor but I was wrong.
😆 You're saying these manga fights do not "Drag-on" too much! I see what you did there! 😆
Dragon Ball + DBZ manga is my all time favorite story.
You're right at the point where things start getting a little more serious.
Haven’t read Dandelion Dynasty, but based on your description I highly recommend the Empire of the Wolf.
Glad another wonderful author has made it within my radar.
I think the action seems better in Dragon Ball than in One Piece is because how Toriyama panels his stories, they are super clean, makes your eyes follow the action, the movement, the flow is all top notch, while One Piece's seems cluttered sometimes (I mean Oda has to put a heck ton of story in less than 20 pages sometimes so it's understandable) and while I think Oda overall is a better mangaka, one thing in which Toriyama far surpasses Oda is Paneling. Mark (Totally Not Mark) recently made a really cool video about it, that you should check out if it interests you. (He used panels from DBZ too so spoiler alert)
Idk how far into the series he started doing it but at some point he would just take a page and start drawing without any script or storyboard which is very impressive with such clean paneling. It's this one thing that solidified him as a genius in the eyes of other mangaka. In bakuman (a manga about mangaka) the main characters rival is heavily inspired by him by the way.
@@amuro9624 That was interesting to know. Also, Bakuman is goated af. Super underrated.
I'm not the biggest fan of dandelion dynasty fan in the world, but one thing I have appreciated about it is the way it tackles the theme of women coming to power for the first time in a historically patriarchal society. Most other authors would just show a bunch of strong, smart , and selfless women taking charge despite their opposition, but Ken Liu really shows that women have just as much capacity for evil and selfishness as they do for good and altruism.
Like you clearly have women like thera, zomi, and gin mazoti, who are strong smart and altruistic, and are clearly trying to do what is best for everyone, but on the other hand, you also have jia who has become a manipulative and murdering tyrant due to her own sense of paranoia and self preservation, and then there's also princess vadyu from the ukyu-taasa who has literally raped and gaslit timu in order to manipulate him into doing what she wants him to do.
LOLZ😂 The RR army leader has it all hell he can conquer the planet but needs the dragon ball to get THE ONE THING he does not have...oh such complex works so well!!!
Hey Merphy, so one other random fact in DB is that Toriyama is notorious for just winging it. He didn't have a meticulous plan like Oda for Dragon Ball but he was able to keep things flowing one after the other just by sticking true to what the characters would do in given situations.
“It went over my head” haha I get it Merphy. Cuz the give away on top of his head haha… I’ll go now
Man that is a thick book...so this vlog is all about the wall of storms!!! But Merphy ONE PIECE Day is upon us...WE ARE!!!
So happy to be back! Can't wait for this week's chapter!
I'm starting Lies of Locke Lamora after I finish the Foundation Universe thanks to your recommendations :D
I’m so happy you love the baba arc. She’s a cool character. Also I love that your enjoying the goofiness of OG dragon ball. I remember watch the gohan scene and it almost made me cry it was so wholesome in the anime. Can’t wait for you to start regular dbz. Also will you be reading dragon ball super as well
I think it's just really cool that you're reading Dragonball. DBZ was such a big part of my childhood and then in my teens watching the og DB anime was also so much fun. I think I also have 1 or 2 manga volumes somewhere...
I can’t tell if I’d love or hate The Dandelion Dynasty. My interest is piqued for sure!
I started reading The Shadow Casket and 30 pages in I realized I could barely remember anything from The Ember Blade so now I’m rereading that. I totally forgot how good that book was.
I'm having a productive reading routine and your videos are a great motivation. Keep up the great work, Merphy! 😊
I've had Grace of Kings on my shelf for years and I haven't read it😅 I should get to it.
I finished The First Named by Jonathan Wylie and it was terrible! Terrible but comfy. Will read the next.
Currently reading a book I've had my eye on since I was a young teenager, Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds. I'm so glad I'm now old enough to understand this book 😂
Grace of Kings struck me like one of those second age books they put together from Tolkien’s notes fifty years later. Everything that happened was interesting, but I didn’t get attached to anyone or anything because of the constant jump cuts. However, now that the prologue is done, I’ll give Wall of Storms a try. Everyone says Wall of Storms is good.
yes the author himself calls Grace of Kings like a prologue of the series. I highly recommend Wall of Storms, I think you'll find it solves that problem
Glad to see you enjoyed yourself.
A lot of people, myself included, consider the Red Ribbon Army arc to be the pinnacle of Dragon Ball. And that includes the "Z" section (keep in mind that there was no Dragon Ball Z manga in Japan - it was all Dragon Ball; that section had its name adjusted in the west to match the popularity of the anime).
Pleasantly surprised you're enjoying this portion of Dragonball more than expected. Personally enjoy it more than the sections that come later myself. Curious what you'll think of that when the time comes.
Also you look awesome in a ponytail
I was surprised she took up dragon ball because it was a classic. I would’ve recommended fist of the north star or slam dunk instead.
well Mrs. Influencer, thanks to you, I did decide to reread Equal Rites, and it was indeed a much better reading experience the second time around. I don't know why I didn't like it the first time. Maybe because it focused on a new character? almost, similarly to you, I started Discworld with The Color of Magic. Or, maybe it was because it wasn't as whimsical as the first two. Regardless, thank you for inspiring me to give ER another shot
I have already mentioned you should hop on FABLES next (Vertigo Comics). And I insist. For mangas next in your classic list I recommend GUNNM (or Alita in the US maybe?) and Apple Seed.
Don’t worry, Dragon Ball’s fights WILL drag, a lot!
In the manga? I haven't read it myself but I'm confident that the pacing of fights in the manga is quicker than those in the anime (which dragged for reasons specific to the show)
My favourite part of the week because I love this amazing video and brilliant channel please can I ask where you and your family are in the forest part of the video please stay safe and healthy and prayers and thoughts to you and your husband and your beautiful kids love your Aussie family friend John 💚💛💚💛
Imagine if Merphy went straight from finishing Dragon Ball into DBS:Super Hero.
edit; I love love love love the reveal at the end of the tournament, still a top 3 manganime moment for me
Glad that you are enjoying Dragon Ball despite the very dated stuff. The Red Ribbon army is my favorite manga arc ever.
lol nah man that stuff is still hilarious to this day it's all a matter of taste
Merphy are you doing a big dragon ball review on the main channel when you finish?
Can you make video on guide to Terry Pratchett
Wall of Storms is that good, huh. Love this show. Thanks, jerk face.
Pervy Roshi and that type of humor usually doesn't work for me but one gag I liked was when kid Goku finds Roshi's nudy mags and innocent Goku goes " oh no. These girls are so poor they can't afford clothes"
Wait, you will split up a book between audio book and reading it? That is cool! Does it change the narration in your mind while doing it? The way I interpret the books in my head as apposed to audio books always gives me a different perspective as to how I originally read it. Again, that is super neat and I will try it.
sorry but I dont know what to take about the review of The wall of storms. I just dont get what kind of book may I expect.
Yeah, the invisible man fight..... "gag" is ATROCIOUS. Since I can't access Viz in my country, I had to read the scanlations, and... it's not censored. And I am a big fan of Dragon Ball Z, and you starting to read DB was the occasion for me to start as well and discover all of pre-Z. This scene... yeah it made me pause for the rest of the day. This one is REAL bad.
I did the same. It was really upsetting. Doesn't help that she's 16 and this is geared toward children
@@merphynapierreviews honestly, that scene made me really go "ooooh that's why people are so prone to forgiving Oda for the Thriller Bark debacle"... Because in the context of that existing, sure, Sanji talking about peeping ✨ respectfully ✨ is indeed an improvement 😐
I'm just glad the industry has at least gotten slightly better about that, but... Ugh. Yeah.
Super is the best one in the franchise
nah I totally disagree that shit is very tamed and is actually hilarious.
At least the pervy aspect lead to something useful, it's all about taste you didn't find it funny. But
I did and some new reactors to dragon ball, found it super funny.
@@darkice3267I disagree imo super is the worst
Dragon ball z fights are even bigger than op😂
Dragon ball and concise fighting is not really something I thought I'd hear in the same sentence
Will we get a Bonehunters review, I'm interested to see your thoughts.
Yes, if you check her community tab on her her other channel she always posts a schedule for the month (for both channels). Bonehunters review is due on the 25th
yes! As Lynn said, it's on the 25th, and I've already filmed it! Just needs edited
Awesome! Looking forward to it!
The audicty of not reading tatsuki Fujimoto's work is sad....try it and enjoy
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Try to read baritone and Nauru to shippuden is good too
fighting scenes that drag... hmm
::stares at DBZ:::
oh no lol
Dbz the whole series is just dragged fights.😂😂
This is mostly an anime only issue. The manga flows MUCH better in this aspect
That's mostly the anime. No fight in the Dragon Ball manga is close to as long.
Please read the manga Ajin :demi human