Hello and welcome back all my dragon ball theorist, today I wanted to have a discussion
topic and simply ask you fans, what does Dragon Ball mean to you?
This is for any Dragon Ball whether is was the
original, Z, Super and GT.
Do you love everything that is Dragon Ball and the Manga?
Do you play the video games?
When was it that Dragon Ball captured you as a fan and you said to yourself
"this is it" this is my show!
Ok that was a lot of questions and I will answer them myself since that is only fair
and then maybe you will know what Dragon Ball means to me as a fan.
This is really going to date me and be telling of my age.
Oh well, I started watching Dragon Ball Z in 1996 when it first aired in the US.
I just graduated high school and I didn't manage to catch the first episodes but I heard
good things and one day I was home to see my first episode
which was when Vegeta and Nappa arrived on earth.
I was hooked.
I loved how powerful the fighters were and their techniques.
So I made sure to always be home when it was time for DBZ.
I got to see the epic fight of Goku against Vegeta for the first time and the famous line
"it's over 9000" which is why I love Vegeta since for me Dragon Ball started
with Vegeta fighting Goku and I always loved a good villain.
Since this is when I started watching the show this is also why in some of my early
DB videos I slip up on pronunciations due to the original English Ocean Dub.
As we see here from Goku fighting Nappa and discussing how he doesn't want to use
his Kayoken attack.
( insert voice over ) As we know it was named after King Kai and was pretty odd during the
recording Goku says King Kai then Kayoken instead
of Kaioken.
So for the longest time that is what that attack was for me and how it was pronounced
until they got it write years latter when they started production again in 1998 due
to the success of the reruns being aired.
So there is a few videos where I have slipped up and say Kayoken on this channel, forgive
me, that is where it stems from but I am pretty sure I have broken the habit.
I remember fondly in the Summer of 1998 as the Namek arc was taking place for the first
time.
Every week was a brand new episode for me and it aired in the afternoon so I had to
hurry home from work in order to catch it.
I was a foreman of a horticulture company and I would literally tell my employees if
you made me late for Dragon Ball Z you wouldn't like it.
The day DBZ was on TV my work schedule had to accommodate it.
Simple as that.
The 90's were good times.
I didn't think the show could get better but I loved the Android saga and the good ole
bait and switch with you thinking they are the main villains and something even more
menacing was coming.
The Cell saga was just an amazing addition to
DBZ.
Depending on the day now I switch which one was my favorite back and forth.
Rushing home to see the show in the 90's was awesome though.
So there is always that nostalgia.
A lot has happened since then of course the Buu saga didn't really air till much latter
and at first I wasn't a huge fan of the Arc.
Don't get me wrong we got Majin Vegeta vs Goku which was epic but
the entire Buu as a villain just didn't hit home for me.
Especially when compared to how Epic Frieza and Cell was as a villain.
Then Goku turning Super Saiyan for the first time and Gohan one upping
him with the first ever Super Saiyan 2.
Then with internet sites at that time eventually I was able to watch everything that was Dragon
ball.
There was only so much available at stores for me to buy back then.
Latter on I appreciated parts of the Buu saga a little more then the first
airing on TV.
Pretty much anything Dragon Ball if it had the name I would watch it at least once, although
nothing has the nostalgia for me rushing home from
work in the 90's to see a new episode.
That is where it all began.
Fast forward many years and I had a few youtube channels.
I decided to make this channel What if Theories and Dragon Ball Super was just starting so
honestly I didn't know if I would be covering the
show.
I just knew I wanted to discuss some stories and theories on anything.
I covered Bleach a few science vids and eventually Dragon Ball Super.
The show got off to a little rough start though as
we know, however it still hit home with me getting that Dragon Ball fix and looking back
at it all.
I couldn't be more grateful than having the show be a huge success, a new Super episode
each week as a fan to talk about and make theories on.
Now my channel which is almost entirely Dragon Ball has made Super a better show for me.
I got to discuss it with all you fans each and every week and think of crazy theories.
For me I didn't care if the theories came true.
The fun was in making the videos and entertaining the thought of them and having you watch and
enjoy them.
So now today Dragon Ball has a new meaning and I get to explore
it with all of you.
So for that, I thank you for watching and making my Dragon Ball experience even more
enjoyable.
If you want let me know in the comments below what does Dragon Ball mean to you?
How did you get hooked on the show?
What about Dragon Ball do you love the most?
I always love to hear your thoughts and theories in the comments below.
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