NARUTO might be a better show than DBZ

WHICH ANIME YOU fukk WITH?

  • NARUTO

    Votes: 47 38.5%
  • DBZ

    Votes: 74 60.7%
  • I'm a lame and dont watch anime

    Votes: 1 0.8%

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dragon ball > both

dragon ball was great... talking anthropomorphic animals, beautiful scenery and architecture, futuristic technology existing parallel with primitive (:mjpls:) communities and lifestyles, GOAT level character designs. the world of the original dragon ball was beautiful, charming, and was great at not taking itself too seriously. and we got to see the GOAT six man band travel that fantastical world, going on all sorts of adventures. sharing happiness and sorrow and laughter and alladat.
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i used to watch og dragon ball all the time back when i was jobless and depressed and it never failed to lift my spirits:mjcry:

i understand toriyama had to take dragon ball to space in order to keep things fresh, but still. the feeling of the og series was :ohlawd:
 

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It really just depends on what you're looking for.

DBZ has a simple story and is more about action, whereas Naruto is more plot-based and has tons of angst and tragic backstories. Naruto is probably better on paper, but DBZ started the Shonen shyt. There probably wouldn't be a Naruto without Dragonball.

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dragon ball > both

dragon ball was great... talking anthropomorphic animals, beautiful scenery and architecture, futuristic technology existing parallel with primitive (:mjpls:) communities and lifestyles, GOAT level character designs. the world of the original dragon ball was beautiful, charming, and was great at not taking itself too seriously. and we got to see the GOAT six man band travel that fantastical world, going on all sorts of adventures. sharing happiness and sorrow and laughter and alladat.
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i used to watch og dragon ball all the time back when i was jobless and depressed and it never failed to lift my spirits:mjcry:

i understand toriyama had to take dragon ball to space in order to keep things fresh, but still. the feeling of the og series was :ohlawd:
:wow:

I've rewatches Dragonball 3 times already.

I haven't fukked with DBZ since like 2003.
 

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dragon ball > both

dragon ball was great... talking anthropomorphic animals, beautiful scenery and architecture, futuristic technology existing parallel with primitive (:mjpls:) communities and lifestyles, GOAT level character designs. the world of the original dragon ball was beautiful, charming, and was great at not taking itself too seriously. and we got to see the GOAT six man band travel that fantastical world, going on all sorts of adventures. sharing happiness and sorrow and laughter and alladat.
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(+ krillin/kuririn)
i used to watch og dragon ball all the time back when i was jobless and depressed and it never failed to lift my spirits:mjcry:

i understand toriyama had to take dragon ball to space in order to keep things fresh, but still. the feeling of the og series was :ohlawd:

This tho :wow:

Best moment was Kid Goku squashing the Red Ribbon Army after we thought they were a bunch of badasses :lolbron:

And all his friends were like :ohhh:
 

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Dragonball is Star Wars it's an epic. Naruto doesn't come close. Goku going Ultra Instinct,... websites were crashing, trending on twitter, outdoor events, Naruto doesn't come close.
Krillin bodies the whole Narutoverse :heh: Krilin > Madara.

Only Dragonball can do this...



This had me like a lil kid again



Toriyama the GOAT :blessed:
 

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This. Revealing Naruto as a "child of destiny" who was prophesied to be great ruined the "anyone can be great if they work hard and believe in themselves" message that the first part had. Seeing Naruto beat Neji was dope because we were rooting for Naruto as an underdog. When other characters told Naruto he was destined to be a failure, he pushed forward and decided to make his own destiny.

The problem is when you come out and say that Naruto actually was destined for greatness from the jump. Now those victories weren't because of hard work and deterimnation, it was just because of a prophecy. Fast forward to the end of the series and the only characters who still matter are all tied to some prophecy or have special bloodlines.
...and Neji dies just like his destiny said he would, just to add insult to injury :snoop:

Naruto was great in the first part, but after the timeskip... :francis:

Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece, Jojo's, Yu Yu Hakusho, DBZ > Naruto IMO

EDIT: I'm :to: at how badly One Piece is slept on in the west. The first couple of arcs were :beli: but once they get to Arlong Park, the series picks up and gets really good. It might have the GOAT world-building and foreshadowing of any series.
I've been trying to get into it, but the characters along with their designs, are just too goofy
 

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Early Naruto? Yeah its dope.

Late Naruto/Part 2/Shippuden? Hell nah mediocre that is legit trash at its worst.

Talk shyt about DBZ all you want, it never attempted to be anything deeper than it was, big dumb fun action. Naruto has the most wasted potential I've EVER seen in a series.

Idk how people can watch One Piece. Luffy been searching for 20 years and still hasn't found that damn treasure...

You don't watch One Piece, you read it. One Piece might go down as my GOAT when its over...but the anime is TRASH...god I fukking hate Toei.

I've been trying to get into it, but the characters along with their designs, are just too goofy

Funny enough despite its goofiness One Piece is one of the most mature shonen ever (HunterxHunter is there too).

It took me a while but now I feel like its character designs are one of the its best attributes. It's always over the top tho (sometimes to its detriment IMO). Its something you learn to love or keep hating. Don't blame people for not getting too into it because of its art but there are amazing looking moments, to me anyway:

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Man one piece might be the Goat...:wow:


I know a lot of people don’t like the length but the world building is
:blessed:

The amount of fukkery that goes on is:bryan:



If your problem is the art style just watch Episode east blue on crunchyroll and it should put you right at the end of the Arlong Park arc while basically hitting all of the highlights of what you need to know about One Piece.

:whoo:
 
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