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roshi saved the planet a couple times let him have his pafu pafu

>>36565
Old people are expected to be respectable, so it's funny when they're not. Same joke with King Kai, which is enhanced by how serious his Japanese voice is.

To show the reality of m*les

If Japan were a person, it would definitely be a dirty old man, even though most people see it as a catgirl waifu. I was shocked when I found out that Bulma was underage, this anime has always been very popular in the shithole where I live, and as a kid I always thought Bulma was at least 23.

Back when people went outside there was always an old pervert around.

Dragon Ball is modeled after Journey to the West. Daoist texts often have hermits and various eccentrics Some excentrics were perverts but not Patriarch Subhuti (sun wukong's first master) was a more "aloof immortal" type. Roshi is played as this at the start before we see him, but he is subverted by being show to look more like an eccentric hermit than a mortal a and then it's subverted again when he's shown to be pervert (surprising even his turtle, since he lost the ability to ride kintoun)
Then expectations are subverted again when it turns out he is actually a serious martial artist. Once DBZ start he is basically sidelines and flanderized, especially in the anime.

But yes, outside journey to the west, the trope of (morally, sexually, emotionally) perverted (hermits, eccentrics, immortals) is common in ancient Chinese literature. This one was probably chosen cause it creates the most fan service opportunities.

Also why called out harmless old Roshi when Goku was groping bulma while she slept? And don't get me started on Oolong who was actively terrorizing a village, (subtext raping prepubscent village girls) and tried to rape Bulma. That's all canon.

I think there was a filer ep with Roshi attempting to SA a sleeping girl but I don't recall all the details. I denounce him though, he's a piece of shit. At least he isn't portrayed as a good guy.

>>36969
>Goku was groping bulma while she slept
Goku didn't know what sex is

>>37032
He was 12. Maybe he didn't know the words/parts but he definitely knew something. I think the subtext is that he was doing the same with Gohan, take what you will from that.

>>37033
Please do not make me think about the questionable nature of Grandpa Gohan raising a strange alien child in the middle of nowhere. Thanks.

>>36969
>Goku was groping bulma while she slept
Goku is a brain damaged kid and obviously not very interested in sex.
>Oolong who was actively terrorizing a village, (subtext raping prepubscent village girls) and tried to rape Bulma
The joke is that Oolong is pathetic and the village girls were basically in charge. None of them were in any danger.

>>37033
Goku's actually the same age as Bulma, around 16 I think.
He grew up in the countryside so he probably learned about those things from watching animals do it.

>>37034
Maybe that's why Goku's tail is his weak point, lol.

>>37038
No, he was not. Bulma was distinclty an older teenager (16-18, though she explicitly states she is 16 near the start), and Goku is a preteen when they meet.

>>37040
Imo counting the years is not healthy. Numbers are kind of meaningless on their own.

But Goku grew up away from society which is why he acts a bit like a retard. Bulma is surprised to learn they're the same age in the early episodes of the anime, and I think that's why they don't sleep in the same bed.

Bulma is the real main character of Dragon Ball (Z)

>>37045
Outside of the first arc no. She barley even appears in the training arc or the RRA arc.

You can draw a direct line from Goku crash-landing on earth to Oprah saying "Over 9000 Penises" on broadcast television to 4th wave feminism.

>>36969
Oolong who was actively terrorizing a village, (subtext raping prepubscent village girls)
did you watch that episode? the village girls pretty much using him as a credit card. After they get to his hideout and his transform timer runs out made it obvious that Oolong wasn't strong enough to even over power a little girl
he would have been pitiable if he wasn't the type to abuse power if he had any.

>>36565
Japanese males are sex pests. This is a pretty well known thing. Child porn is easily accessible. Parents pimp out their kids to idol agencies, they allow for soft core porn shoots of kids. Male sexual offenders get off super easy. Men take upskirt shots and film every available female around them, adults, teens, toddlers, grannies, ect. Media reflect the culture that produces it. That's why perverted pedo males are so common in anime

The dirty old person is just a trope from stories. Exists in a lot of cultures but anime has its extreme take on it.

They’re used to be dirty old women as well but they stopped showing up in anime/manga some time in the 70’s/80s

>>37188
Instead all the dirty women came to CC and /trash/

>>36565
>SAed
This isn’t TikTok you can say rape here