#and women! but so far they are in short supply in this series 😔 not to mention the Toriyama Choices.

[garlic-gun]

shit dust says

(do people still use that format)

after four months (EXTREMELY on and off), i've officially watched half of dbz. to commemorate this milestone, i invite you into my mind... i've been taking notes for each episode, and honestly sometimes i just kinda be saying shit. without further ado, notes without context

(also it got kinda long so it's under the cut but there are also image descriptions for each image)

[ID: Text that says "Mole", followed by a smiley face. Below the text is a screenshot of Dragon Ball Z of a small brown creature peeking out of a burrow in a field. End ID]

[ID: The first image is three screenshots of Dragon Ball Z. Goku, holding Raditz's tail, asks "You really mean it?". Raditz, incapacitated on the ground, pleads "I really do! I'm begging you, Kakarot! Believe me!" End ID]

[ID: The second image is a screenshot in which Raditz, after being freed, elbows Goku, sending him flying back. The image below is a dramatic, black and white edit of a dog in high winds with the words "He was lying" along the top in all caps. End ID]

[ID: Text that says "creatura", followed by a pleading emoji. The "creatura" in question is a small orange mammal with a face vaguely reminiscent of both a rabbit and a small dog. It has whiskers, longer hair on its head, and arms tucked near its chest that end in claws. It is in a somewhat alien jungle, with vegetation in a blue-green hue and trees bearing fluffy blue fruit. End ID]

[ID: A screenshot of Gohan, at about 4 years old. He's visibly trying not to cry, with tears in the corners of his large, round eyes. Text below says "boy said (pleading emoji)". End ID]

[ID: The first image has "E023" on the first line, acting as a label for episode 23 in my notes. The next line is "it hurts." Below is a screenshot of the title card of the episode, titled "Saibamen Attack!", with the captions reading "Yamucha dies! The terror of the Saibaimen." End ID]

[ID: The second image is a screenshot of Yamcha with a smirk on his face, saying "Let me handle this. I'm going to take care of the other five all at the same time." I salute him in the form of text. End ID]

[ID: This first image is exclusively text, in which I reflect on the artstyle shift from late Dragon Ball and early Dragon Ball Z to what Dragon Ball Z will look like later on. It reads "Okay, looking back, it's a thing that varies but I think there really is some precedent to the idea that 'the way it looks during fights' ends up becoming just 'the way it looks', with the straighter stress of the tensed eyes. But again, from what I've seen, it doesn't really take full effect until... probably post-Frieza." The focus quickly shifts completely, in all caps with typos as I frantically type, "It's unhinged Salmon Run for the next hour and a half I gotta finish this fucking episode right now". End ID]

[ID: The second image is also only text. It's dated May 30th of 2022. The notes read "Thirteen hours later I am fucking... It started with deciding to play Splatoon and it ended with... 4AM. Anyways". End ID]

[ID: Text that reads "Goku, meanwhile, is itching to leave, having recovered significantly, and Chichi is knitting the world's smallest sweater. I don't think it would fit Gohan so I can only assume someone has a chihuahua." End ID]

[ID: Text that reads "Oh, also Goku turned himself into a piñata". End ID]

[ID: This image is a mixture of text and screenshots of Vegeta in which, frankly, his ass is fat. It's labeled episode 106, with two lines following which say "I am being killed", with emphasis placed on the words "being" and "killed", and "I saw this and started fucking breaking down", though "started" is misspelled. Directly below is Vegeta turning toward the camera with a strange smile. The next lines are attributed to Vegeta. Facing away from the camera, he starts, "What is it, Kakarot? Could it be..." He turns with a smirk. "You're craving my McNuggies?" End ID]

[ID: A note for episode 109. It says "I want to leave", followed by a smiley face. End ID]

[ID: Notes taken while watching an episode. I wrote "You know, I think purling is basically just knitting but coming around the other side of the needle so hypothetically I can just—", I interrupt myself, incredulous, "His hair is prehensile??", before returning to my train of thought "Hypothetically I can just go on and do whatever." End ID]

[ID: The first image is Future Trunks looking downward with a smile, though his forehead is a little large. Text below reads "I think this is an omen". End ID] [ID: The second image has text reading "Boy's forehead got me flabbergasted", emphasis on the final word, followed by two screenshots of Future Trunks, one in his base form and one as a Super Saiyan where his forehead has so much real estate on his face that he looks like Jimmy Neutron. End ID]

[ID: A screenshot of Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Krillin with the caption "All right, let's go! We have to find it before Vegeta does!". Text above says "Bald podcast". End ID]

[ID: Android 17 smirks with a forehead somehow larger than usual, while Android 18 stands in the background. They're in Gero's lab. Text above reads "No future?" End ID]

[ID: Notes for episode 141. The text says "Stop making me look at Mr. Popo". End ID]

[ID: Text that reads "The Kamehameha is a Son Goku Original (Trademarked). He invented it when he got really annoyed at a car because it wasn't a firetruck". End ID]