Recaps and Lore Dumps: Dragon Ball Daima Episode 1

It's a new Dragon Ball series with all kinds of new characters. Let's talk about Gomah and Degesu and Arinsu. And we kinda have to because the Dragon Team is barely in this!

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[croceenrico]

As a Japanese speaker living in Japan and a fan of Dragon Ball, I'd like to share some insights into the new character name puns:

Neba - This comes from "neba-neba, " meaning "sticky" or "viscous, " which ties into the Namekians' naming theme based on snails. It also reflects the character's trait of not washing, resulting in a sticky body.

Goma - This simply refers to sesame seeds, a common word in Japanese. (Goma dressings are quite popular here.)

Tamagami - As you mentioned, it means "Gods of the Balls."

[danielquinlan]

I'm pretty surprised at how okay I am with the "Namekians originated from the Demon Realm" concept. Maybe it's because I always thought it was a little odd how Namekians can gain these demonic traits when they go evil when characters from other villain characters like the Saiyans or Freeza don't. Namekians having that potential because they originate from the Demon Realm makes as much sense as anything else.

Regarding the Potara, one of my Twitter moots suggested that Toriyama might not've really been involved with Vegetto's inclusion into the Goku Black arc, and so might not have even known about how it retcons the Potara to have a time limit. So he's just blissfully unaware that he's backing over Toei lore again, like baby Pan being able to fly.

[LordEmpyreal]

It's kind of funny that they are trying to squeeze another series in-between Z and Super lol

[spyroG]

I remember watching the episode and looking at my watch thinking, "They're almost halfway through the episode watching a recap of the Boo arc."

[SpiderEmblem]

Excited for DBD to cover… DBD 😅

(I know this isn’t Dissection proper, just wanted to make that joke.)

[schizoidahole]

Retconning a retcon and then never having to explain it, he was the Toriyama we all know and love to the very end.

What’s funny is that a time limit on Potara should in theory make more sense than Boo’s “bad air”. But from what we see happen in The Boo arc, the “bad air” makes way more sense to me than the almost supernatural coincidence that they just happened to reach their time limit the very second they come into contact with Boo’s insides. (That sounds weird but Dragon Ball fans know what I mean.) BUT, to circle back to it after the fan base accepts the time limit explanation is actually so hilarious to me.

[BagOfMagicFood]

Feels like someone decided the second episode just has to open with everyone dealing with the wish, and by gum, they'd do whatever it took to make sure the first episode didn't get there early.

I can't believe it took all day for me to realize that the Tamigamis don't exist just as an excuse for the demons to go after some other world's Dragon Balls, but to eventually give our heroes a tough fight when they inevitably need to take the Demon Realm's Dragon Balls to fix whatever.

[LukeMidnight]

I'm loving all the "Wow! Dragon Ball Daima is amazing! Just look at how exciting the scenes depicting events from the previous show are!"

[Ironclad]

They don't want a well paced show. They want to stretch what little original ideas they have as far as possible, just like Super.

[rominevideos]

Everybody seems to be talking about this episode like it's a masterpiece. It's kind of crazy because I couldn't agree more that this episode is nothing but potential that HOPEFULLY we'll see pay off later.

[marloelefant]

So, according to this episode, everyone with pointy ears originates from the Demon Realm. So, Mr. Popo, Supreme Khai, King Khai, basically everyone from the Otherworld/Heavenly Realm is a demon? And Pool, too?

[lesterwilliamsjr]

I hate that Vegeta is in his Cell saga armor.

Him being stuck in that armor reminds me that he was gone from a well developed character who constantly evolves to an icon who can't break away what is known for.

It's a problem with a lot of Dragon Ball characters, there not allowed to have new costumes because there old clothes are to iconic for the people behind the show to want to get rid of.

[SaiyanHeretic]

Honestly, the thing I enjoyed most about this episode is how Daima goes out of its way to retcon things that Super retconned.

[swaggyfunan]

Super's continuity isn't even consistent between the anime and manga.

[GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

Mostly lore you say: So people are loving it.

[Mr.Scriblzz]

The whole thing with SAIYANS having a growth spurt at 15 is odd because Gohan had a growth spurt in the ROSAT while Goku was with him and Trunks in the special TORIYAMA wrote is about 14 and noticeably taller, it’s just weird

[Blasckk]

Do the Dragon Ball characters do anything other than have barbecues or celebrate birthdays?
Seriously, how many of these reunions have we seen in the last few years?

[kmgyening]

I gotta say that Super's explanation around the Potara does feel convoluted and arbitrary. Why would the Kais ever have a fusion method that is permanent for them but not for mortals? Why wouldn't it be the other way around, especially given that kais supposedly don't interact with mortals very often? Wouldn't it be more in the Kais' interest to have the 1 hr time limit apply to them and not mortals, since it supposedly wasn't made for mortals to use? And why is the time limit 1 hour specifically? Why would there be a 1 hr time limit allocated to this magical merging device for mortals? Like, that whole thing feels arbitrary and logically disconnected.

[spritvio]

Hey man, i'm all here for retconing the Goku Black arc. Please don't stop here Daima and just erase the entire thing, it didn't happen. That would be amazing.

[carlox]

Are we gonna talk about when Krillin (I think he said it) said to Goku "Wow, thank kami that you used Shenron's wish to make Buu a good guy".

I think they are refering to the fat one, seeing how the conversation went up until that moment, but I thought that the team used Shenron only to make people forget about the image of Buu when he was terrorizing the planet (talking about wishes regarding Buu towards the end of the arc), or am I forgetting something?

Some people also say:
"They are not talking about Fat Buu but Kid Buu"
If that is the case, if think it's still wrong because Goku asked Enma to reincarnate him in a good hearted human, unless I'm wrong and forgetting something