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Episode 56 (S3E1) - Evil Containment
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Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 102, 103 and 104, "Enter King Piccolo," "Tambourine Attacks!" and "Mark of the Demon." We leave the 22nd Budokai Tenkaichi behind, and delve into the Demon King Piccolo Saga, starting out with the idea of the Evil Containment Wave, or the Mafuba.
In this episode:
- Jelli and Bekinney collect themselves after a harsh battle
- We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
- Some notes on the episodes about translations with Master Mutaito and Master Roshi, timeline items with Master Shen (Crane Hermit) and Chiaotzu, canon issues regarding Piccolo's Namekian heritage, and some censorship notes
- We talk about Master Mutaito and the origin of his name
- Looking at Mutaito's gi
- Mafuba, and breaking down the word and its translation as Evil Containment Wave
- How Daoists, Buddhists, and Shintoists inspired the Mafuba
- The origins of sealing demons or foes in general for centuries, with a few examples from Journey to the West (Laozi sealing Sun Wukong within the heavenly crucible and Buddha trapping him under a mountain)
- The Japanese art of onmyodo
- How runes become jewelry in Japan
- Toriyama's playful nature in having Piccolo sealed within the denshi-ja (electric rice cooker)
- A look ahead at the arc and our initial impressions
- and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual
Join us as we continue to uncover the cultural meanings, publication facts, inspirations and more behind the wildly popular Dragon Ball franchise, and unspool what we all love so much about Goku, the Dragon Ball franchise, the Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball manga, and more.
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