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Why Gokus most ROMANTIC moment is a LIE! Deconstructing Goku’s proposal in the English dub of Dragon Ball (VIDEO)


Posted on  September 20, 2025

Goku proposing to Chi-Chi is an incredibly sweet moment… or is it? In this video I breakdown this famous Dragon Ball scene and show how the English dub completely changed it. I also take a look at how the Spanish Latin American dub adapted this iconic moment. What do you think about how Funimation handled this scene? Let me know …

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The Bardock TV Special has a MASSIVE mistranslation?! The Z WARRIOR problem EXPLAINED (VIDEO)


Posted on  August 11, 2025

Everyone loves the Bardock TV special, right? It’s great but it has a problem: the full Japanese title of the Bardock TV special is one of the most frustratingly ambiguous titles in the entire Dragon Ball franchise. In fact, it’s so ambiguous that Japanese Dragon Ball fans and fans in the English speaking world don’t even agree on what it …

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