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piccolo only competitive until halfway thru the cell saga (like all non-saiyan good guys). his transformed states following fusions w nail & kami are dispensed with quick, it’s true. and the gender dynamics, or lack thereof, of namekians is a whole other potential area of study

As you alluded to, Ralph, they have developed extrinsic "balls" (testes?) that grant them temporary omnipotence, but they have little interest in using them

damn. what a rich text

Toriyama missed nothing. Even his throwaway humor is fraught with meaning. What is the horndog nosebleed of Roshi, which recurs throughout the series, but a commentary on the way that toxic masculinity bleeds us all dry?

Sure, it's a manga trope, but never mind that. And why is Roshi only jacked when "hulking up?" Why is he pitiful and withered at all other times?

because he is otherwise horny. his mentee, who quickly surpasses him, goku, is “pure of heart,” able to ride the nimbus cloud, or in other words... not horny (a state @voidhowler aspires to)

dragonball is a complicated treatise on sexual repression and its ensuing confusion

but not sex. there is no sex in there. there is not even a hint of sex. other than roshi, i don't remember anyone being "attracted" to anyone else except maybe in the filler. only "confused"