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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"

there are similarly horny characters on the margins but none of the z fighters worth their salt, yes. the less horny, the more powerful. what takes its place in the form of intimacy is battle, the exchange of ejaculatory energy blasts and trembly close combat

goku comes closest to loving the creatures that almost vanquish him. some of his close-ups with frieza are like fetish shots