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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

it’s really good. I recommend playing the Saturn translation with an English Patch

sample of the comedy, adventure and action we can expect from this series’ coming chapters. I really liked it and rereading it for this review gave me a newfound appreciation for this chapter. It’s left me looking forward to review the following chapters of Bulma and Son Goku’s adventure. 12/12

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Toriyama’s round and soft character designs, gives the chapter a very lighthearted and fun vibe. Overall, this first chapter does a good job of setting up our protagonists(and endearing them to us), the dynamic between them, the setting and the main goal of the arc while giving us a good 11/12

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 explaining that Bulma found an old document explaining the existence of seven mystical Dragon Balls, identified by the amount of stars inside them.

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Toriyama’s impressive skill for drawing vehicles is also worth mentioning, making them feel just as round and soft as the characters. It makes the characters and vehicles fit really well together. The chapter also does a good job of mixing in the comedic elements which, combined with 10/12

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Bulma driving her car at a very fast speed.

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Bulma ready to hop on her capsule motorcycle she just made appear from her small Hoi-Poi capsule, which has left Son Goku believing that this was witchcraft and that Bulma is a witch.

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and their dynamic with one another. Akira Toriyama really has a way to make the simple but fun story of this chapter feel really dynamic and kinetic with his draftsmanship. There’s just something about how he draws his panels that feels like I’m peering into a world with depth and movement. 9/12

Two panels from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Son Goku lifting Bulma’s car with a scared Bulma still inside and throwing it forward.

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Son Goku hitting a pterodactyl in the head with the Nyoi Bo, causing it to drop Bulma from a great height.

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obstacles that she might encounter in her quest to obtain the seven magic Dragon Balls. This rest of the story after our main duo is introduced serves to set up the main goal of the series gathering the seven Dragon Balls to make a wish and to further flesh out our protagonists personalities 8/12

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing the wish granting Dragon God, Shen Long, as Bulma explains the Dragon Balls and Shen Long to Son Goku.

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a talking dinosaur. This is highlighted by Goku’s bewilderment and unfamiliarity with anything modern or remotely technological. This anachronism of these elements serve to contrast Bulma from Goku’s world and shows us that Bulma needs Goku’s help to deal with the fantastical and dangerous 7/12

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 which shows Goku, Bulma and the villainous pterodactyl falling. Bulma is screaming in fear while flapping her limbs around, Goku is doing a peace sign to the readers and the pterodactyl is doing dead sounds.

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the chapter I find quite interesting. The introduction of a modern city girl who’s an inventor, her sci-fi Hoi-Poi capsules and futuristic looking vehicles seem quite anachronistic to the first chapter’s setting of a mystical countryside with magic balls, a martial artist monkey kid and 6/12

A panel from a page of Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Bulma in her capsule motorcycle hurrying Son Goku, who’s poking the motorcycle in suspicion, to get in with her.

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 depicting Bulma showing Son Goku how the Dragon Balls appear in the Dragon Radar she invented.

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is scheming and a bit dishonest. Goku’s weapon is a magical staff, Bulma’s weapon is a handgun. They both play off each other super well in this chapter, with their interactions being mostly charming and occasionally funny. Bulma’s introduction to the chapter also introduces an element of 5/12

A panel from a page in Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Bulma riding her capsule motorcycle with a surprised Son Goku along for the ride.

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From the first few pages, you already get a good sense of what this weird, little monkey kid is all about. Next, we are introduced to Bulma, who quite intentionally contrasts Goku in many ways. Goku is brave, Bulma is cowardly. Goku is short, Bulma is tall. Goku is naive and honest, Bulma 4/12

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 where Bulma can be seen outside her car holding the Dragon Radar.

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wood into pieces and best animals bigger in size to him. Son Goku is quite a simple, but effective character design. His short, soft body and stubby limbs combined with his spiky hair perfectly communicates Goku as a fun kid with an edge of power. 3/12

A panel from a page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Son Goku in a martial arts stance.

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The chapter starts by introducing us to one of our protagonists, a monkey-tailed kid we later learn is named Son Goku. It makes sure to show us both Goku early on as a funny, little kid rolling and swinging through the countryside, and his immense strength, capable of kicking large blocks 2/12

A page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Son Goku rolling on a log of wood through the countryside as he greets two monkeys hanging off a tree branch.

A page from Dragon Ball Chapter 1 showing Son Goku kicking fish he baited out with his tail and later dragging it by it’s tail through the forest while remarking on its large size.

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Whimsical Beginnings of a Mystical Adventure Review of Dragon Ball Chapter 1: Bulma and Son Goku #DragonBall #DB #DBreview #manga #review 1/12

The Title page of Chapter 1 of Dragon Ball. The illustration shows Son Goku and Bulma riding a capsule motorcycle through the mountainous countryside.

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Wow! Absolutely love your take on Metal Sonic!

Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Your take on Wonder Woman is so goood! I love it whenever I see it.

Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

lovely! it turned out very nice

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

excited to see the finished piece!

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I love Leavanny! a Leavanny/Lurantis comic from you sounds peak

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I just don’t think that makes him evil since he isn’t acting with any evil or malicious intent towards the humans. He’s just severely flawed and his lack of understanding of that is what causes him to make wrong and bad decisions that he thinks are for the best for the other characters.

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Yeah, I agree. He has caused the human inhabitants of the circus to suffer. It being unintentional doesn’t make it any less wrong. His denial or inability to even think about the possibility that he’s flawed at what he does prevents him from making any significant change to make up for his actions.

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Thanks for pointing that mistake out. Admittedly, it’s been a while since I have revisited episode 3. I’ll probably do that soon tho since I love this series and episode 7 has caused me to gain a deeper appreciation of Caine’s character.

than returning to their former, human lives. I don’t think Caine is evil, although his character flaws have led him to do some pretty shady and/or bad stuff. He is a tragic figure, wishing to be loved by the humans he unintentionally slowly drives insane. 11/11

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This seems to be his way of coping with the human’s disliking him. He even refused to consider that they would want to press the button that would let them escape their prison. The good ending in his mind is when all the humans love him so much that they would rather spend eternity with him, 10/11

“You picked the good ending, where you realize
you'd rather stay with me than go back
to that pesky old macroverse, or whatever we decide to call it!”

Caine explaining how the good ending for him is one where the humans love him enough to abandon a chance to go back to their old lives.

Caine, then demostrates another big flaw of his. His refusal to even think about criticism or to consider that the humans don’t like him. He builds an entire adventure that is supposed to end with the humans declaring that they like him more than the outside world. 9/11

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So he tries to solve it the only way he knows how: making an adventure. An adventure in which Jax is manipulated into being nice and friendly to Caine, something that Caine desperately wanted. 8/11

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Realizing that no one voted for him causes such a severe reaction in Caine that he glitches. Of course, he doesn’t know how to deal or cope with this. He is unable to understand the problems the human characters have with him, yet he yearns so much for the appreciation those problems prevent. 7/11

Caine glitching after learning no one voted for him as their favorite character.

The bit in episode 6 is about characters assuming something. Caine assumes that he won the award for favorite character genuinely, only to then be corrected by the NPC he made for the bit. At the end of the episode as well, Caine finds out that no one, including the humans, voted for him. 6/11

Caine, so committed to his own bit, that he assumes something that he really wants.

The votes for the award for favorite character, where Caine has zero votes.

At the end, a joke from earlier in the episode returns, making Caine realize he was not the winner of the favorite character award. I believe his emotions here are completely genuine. Abel explains that Caine commits to a bit, no matter what. 5/11

“I have a working theory that Caine will commit to a bit, no matter what.” Abel explaining that he believes that Caine is so committed to bits, he commits to them no matter what.

Episode 6 continues this thread of Caine’s mounting frustration with his inability to please everybody directly. He ends up giving up on making an adventure and lets the humans go wild while he plans an awards show. 4/11

We first see Caine’s NPC for episode 7’s adventure at the end of episode 5. In episode 5, Caine is so frustrated at not being able to make a pleasing adventure that he ends up doing a lot of short adventures from the human’s suggestions in another unsuccessful attempt to please them. 3/11

Abel, Caine’s NPC. The first hint at episode 7’s adventure.

Caine deciding to do a lightning round of adventures, based on the human’s suggestion. This fails at pleasing the whole group of humans.

We know that recently in the internal timeline of the show, Caine’s frustration over his inability to please the human inhabitants of the Circus is quite large. It’s something that bothers him, and possibly hurts him emotionally, quite a bit. This frustration is reflected in the episode titles. 2/11

Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

TADC SPOILERS I think it’s interesting how this episode builds off Caine’s story at the end of the last episode, in some ways I haven’t seen discussed. 1/11 #TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCSPOILERS #TADCEP7

Caine, possibly completely genuinely, realizing he didn’t win the award for Favorite character

Jax and Caine in a situation Caine purposefully set up so Jax would be friendly to him, ask him about secret hobbies, etc.

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Interesante como el original creador de uno de los videojuegos que más permite expresión creativa humana de sus jugadores con una comunidad de jugadores diversa en género y raza está apoyando públicamente sexismo mediante IA generativa.

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It’s fascinating to me how the FNAF movies put so much effort into recreating the iconography of the games they share a name with while, at the same time, having a completely different vibe than them.

A shot of Freddy staring from the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

A shot of Freddy staring from the Five Nights at Freddy’s game

A shot of Toy Freddy from the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 movie

An image of Toy Freddy from Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 game

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

That’s awesome. Hope to potentially see more of her in the future!

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I had never heard of this character before. Really like your take on her. Lovely art.

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

this fanart looks so cool. love it

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Everything combined with masterful direction and a poetic script that tells a dark yet hopeful story about parenthood and coming to terms with the pain you carry within yourself. All this comes together to make one of my favorites movies I’ve seen this year. 4/4

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The people who worked on the costumes, makeup, and everything that adorns the actors in their roles did an absolute fantastic job. Whether it be Jacob Elordi in full Creature makeup or Mia Goth in a costume that almost looks fantastical. 3/4

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Everyone who worked on the sets, backgrounds and how they look did a wonderful job. It often feels like staring at talented actors performing their roles on dreamlike paintings. 2/4

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Saw Frankenstein today. Still processing it but it’s definitely a gothic masterpiece crafted by many talented people. It often feels like staring into a painting. The actors, particularly Mia Goth, Oscar Issac and Jacob Elordi, bring a delicate intensity to the characters. 1/4

Official Frankenstein(2025) poster by @jamesjeanart.bsky.social

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love this Jax redesign! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the TADC redesigns

Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I should make that fanfiction I’ve been procrastinating on making when I have time

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Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Two things I love: vampires and Lightcannon. Excellent thing I found some lovely art combining both.

Diha @dihasona.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I love your Diana! Simply wonderful. Keep up the great art