"Dragonball" Seasons 1 and 2: No Z Is a Welcome Blessing Toon Zone

19.11.09

For those of you who missed the series on Cartoon Network and are only about with Dragonball Z , I'll just let you know right now, this ain't Z . It'll eventually get there once Piccolo Jr.'s introduced, but right now, this is about as far from Z as you can get. Instead of exorbitant-stakes action and drama with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, we get goofy adventures where Leader Roshi keeps trying to feel up Bulma, and Goku kind-of-sort-of attempts to learn some modesty. And I love it all the same. These archaic early adventures of Goku and the gang are just pure fun to watch and an excellent contrast to some of the uber-serious genocide-of-Earth tales we get pounded with over and over with Dragonball Z . Goku's charming innocence provides plenty of fun even when the theme tends to stall early on due to filler (yes, even this early we still have filler, though not nearly to the extent we'll see later on) and his thoughtful attitude drives the show far

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