Todd Blankenship on X: Uub's inexperience with the larger world mirrors Goku's at the start of the series. Ubu=inexperienced/innocent in Japanese, by the way / X

Todd Blankenship on X: Daizenshuu 7 does address this issue, sort of: its bio for Cell states that his 24 years of development run from 762 to 786. In other words, the

Todd Blankenship on X: Obviously the timing of Goku's birth is bound up with Goku's age. When he first meets Bulma, Goku gives his age as 14, but this is quickly retconned

Todd Blankenship on X: Goku claims to have never met anyone as tough as Yajirobe before (こたえねえ, literally “unresponsive”, in the sense of not being affected by attacks). But Yajirobe is later

Todd Blankenship on X: Yes, keep in mind that “Super Saiyan 2” and “Super Saiyan 3” are terms Goku invented for convenience, and not carved in stone. From a writing perspective, this

Todd Blankenship on X: But in the revised ending Toriyama created for the Kanzenban, Goku gives Uub his very own pet cloud (because I guess Goten's done using it). He tells Uub

Todd Blankenship på X: That's Fuji TV HQ, last seen in DBGT ep.53 (and probably other places) / X

Todd Blankenship on X: Goku claims to have never met anyone as tough as Yajirobe before (こたえねえ, literally “unresponsive”, in the sense of not being affected by attacks). But Yajirobe is later

Todd Blankenship on X: In the manga Goku loses his tendency to disrobe once he hits puberty, but in the DBZ and GT anime we do get a few instances of adult

Todd Blankenship on X: Inter-chapter bonus images for DBS vol.17. Oil: “I'm…I'm OK”. The table of contents this time: the Grand Priest and Zeno Twins (since all the other gods have been

Todd Blankenship on X: On an unrelated note, around March of 763 is when Goku would've been finally ready to leave the hospital following his battle with Vegeta, if Yajirobe hadn't come