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Wait, is Dragonball not a parody?
It absolutely started as one. Toriyama started it was a sorta sex comedy. Not so much about sex happening, but it's full of perverts and shallow people trying to get it on or not understanding sex and gender.
Goku doesn't know what a woman is, wonders why Bulma has a butt on her chest, and is shocked to find her balls "fell off".
Bulma wants to use the all mighty wish granting Dragon Balls to find a boyfriend. She's already rich. She also tries to flirt with a handsome red ribbon army general only for him to reject her because he's gay.
Master Roshi is just a (Powerful) old pervert, who happened to gain unaging type immortality but did so while already old.
Killing doesn't have a nose. This won him a fight in a tournament because the enemy used stench from never bathing and putting his hands down his underwear then using said hand as a disgusting smelly weapon. Krillin can't smell.
Goku is based off of Son Wukong, has both the nimbus cloud and the Ruyi Jingu Bang. Additionally, has later wife is the daughter of the Ox King, also from Journey to the West.
There's a tie in to Dr Slump, another of Toriyama's comedy mangas.
Dragon Ball starts off extremely unserious, then got a bit more serious towards the end and lost much of its comedy in DBZ.
I didn't know Master Roshi was unaging (anymore) or that Killin really doesn't have a nose. Thought the lack of nose was just a drawing style thing.
The early stuff sounds a lot more entertaining!
I think that's actually what it was, then got made into a joke. I also forgot about the reverse werewolf, wolfman or whatever. He wanted to kill Jackie Chun(Master Roshi in disguise)because he blew up the moon(yes, same moon Picollo later blew up again. Kami put it back together after getting rid of Goku's tail). His real reason?
He's a wolfman who turns human during the full moon, and now he cant get a girlfriend. So they use Krillin's bald head to fake being the moon and he transforms... Into a human uglier than his wolf form. He's happy but Krillin comments he probably had a better chance as a wolfman.