Is DBZ For Babies?
The question that has long plagued many of our
doubting minds is the one that should be most obvious, and it is this: 'Is
Dragon Ball Z For Babies?'
Many people from around the globe tune in every weekday to watch it, and many
people talk about it in school. They try and re-act the scenes, fighting
amongst themselves, trying to be like Goku. You see little kids playing
around, doing pretend energy blasts from their hands. You see teenagers
jumping up and down, playing very roughly while they take each other down, and
copying the stupid poses that their favorite Dragon Ball Z characters do. You
see many happy kids, enjoying the popular Akira Toriyama phenomena, which is
set to be hotter than pokemon. Why then, do people ask this question? The
reasons are many, but the main one is because we get the edited versions of
the show.
In the edited version, there is no swearing,
and toned down violence. I will go into all that in a later article, but for
now, I shall focus squarely on the question posed to us. The people that claim
that Dragon Ball Z is for babies are people who don't usually watch it, or
people who have never watched it. They say that it is rubbish and for babies
because they don't know what's going on, or they refuse to watch it properly.
These people tend to be the lazy sods that decide their opinion before they
have given the judged thing a chance to prove how good or bad it is. These are
the people that are useless, and tend to be the ones who wander the playground
alone, with no friends.
The argument against Dragon Ball Z, which would
make one side slightly bias towards the fact that it is for younger children
is the lack of action. Although it is a fantastic program, there can be large
breaks in the action, which can make it slightly slow at times, and without
the fighting, it just isn't up to the intense suspense that it would usually
have. This happens rarely though.
People start talking about 'The Muscular White
Guy' who kicked 'The Guy in Reds' ass. When they are corrected, they say about
how they knew that anyway. But what they don't realize is how they have been
hooked. Although it isn't something that they would usually talk about, they
can't help but talk about the fight. This changes their opinion about it
greatly.
Personally, I am a huge fan of Dragon Ball Z, and I am 14, so I don't think
that it is for babies. There is a special slot in my schedule, where I take a
break from homework to watch the only TV of my day, on cartoon network, as I
try to anticipate what will happen next, in the action packed episodes.
In closing, I would like to say that Dragon
Ball Z may be aimed at people who start at a younger age in England and
America, it doesn't mean that the older people can't watch it too. If
anything, it is for the older people, because of the way that the fighting,
and anger, and blood would never be aimed at 'babies'.
Next time anyone tells you that Dragon Ball Z
is for babies, give them a good outline of the plot, and tell them to watch
it. If they do, then I guarantee that they will be hooked. So, in case I
haven't made my point valid enough, Dragon Ball Z is for any age, but
teenagers will get the most from the show, meaning that it is not for babies.
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