Todd Blankenship on X: Uub's inexperience with the larger world mirrors Goku's at the start of the series. Ubu=inexperienced/innocent in Japanese, by the way / X

Todd Blankenship on X: While Goku's off wishing, Baba makes a startling prediction: one day that goofy kid will save the world! Clearly Baba foresees Goku's key role in halting Moro's attempt

Todd Blankenship on X: 2,300 years ago: more heroes from the northern end of U7 begin training in the afterlife around this time. One of them dresses like Majin Buu, which means

Todd Blankenship on X: Daizenshuu 7 does address this issue, sort of: its bio for Cell states that his 24 years of development run from 762 to 786. In other words, the

Todd Blankenship on X: (For some dangblasted reason Viz leaves out the “6 months” bit from the two Goku panels, but does keep it for the narration on Tenshinhan and co right

Todd Blankenship on X: Goku's trip to Grand Kaio's world is only mentioned in the anime, and the visuals don't quite match his location while talking with Gohan or during his training

Todd Blankenship on X: Inter-chapter bonus images for DBS vol.17. Oil: “I'm…I'm OK”. The table of contents this time: the Grand Priest and Zeno Twins (since all the other gods have been

Todd Blankenship on X: As usual, the DBS anime and manga present a wildly different sequence of events for the ToP. The anime's narrator gives an update on the time remaining at

Todd Blankenship on X: One result of all this re-arranging is that the two bank robbers Gohan and Videl stop in the manga don't appear in the DBZ anime (well, not in

Todd Blankenship on X: The manga of course just skips straight from the end of the tournament to Raditz's arrival five years later, and we don't see Goku and Chi Chi's wedding

Todd Blankenship on X: On an unrelated note, around March of 763 is when Goku would've been finally ready to leave the hospital following his battle with Vegeta, if Yajirobe hadn't come

Todd Blankenship on X: When discussing Goku's loss to Toppo, the implication's a bit different in Viz than in Japanese. Originally Vegeta asks if Goku underestimated his opponent and got caught off-guard

Todd Blankenship on X: As usual, the DBS anime and manga present a wildly different sequence of events for the ToP. The anime's narrator gives an update on the time remaining at