<p>I apologize for the late notice, but thanks to all of you who have been my supporters, my academic paper on Dragon Ball Z was published on Sep. 26th, 2023. This is the Amazon version, which may not give you enough info, but in its original publisher&#8217;s official website, Vernon Press (which deals with strictly [&hellip;]</p>

<p>[Spoiler Alert: Although this is just an analysis of one episode from the anime and it does not go beyond EP4, those who has not seen and wanting to see this anime should be aware that I explain in detail what happens in EP4.] I: Kirschblüte &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Republic of San Magnolia has been at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>(please read this part before reading the concluding paragraph – in the original draft, this came in between Chapter IV and Chapter VI so as to demonstrate with primary source data how my thesis is supported in so many episodes, referencing back to my earlier arguments advanced in the previous chapters, Chapters I-IV) A Quest [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Dragon Ball series, broadly speaking, illustrates the interrelations among individuals whose actions are dictated by their lust for power. This desire for power manifests itself in the quest for the dragon balls, which are said to grant wishes of anyone who has collected all seven of them. The Dragon Ball series, then, is a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>(NOTE: although this paper focuses on and only talks about the first 3 episodes of Sword Art Online Season 1, there are some spoilers for those episodes. Reader discretion is advised) I: Aincrad &nbsp; Sword Art Online (SAO)is a virtual reality massively multiplayer online role-playing game (VRMMORPG) in which, with the use of a device [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; While it is obvious to the native Japanese speakers and some non-Native Japanese speakers, the names of the characters in Dragon Ball series can be both entertaining and, more importantly, informative about some of the dynamics of the interplays among the characters in the series. I have laid out some of the most important [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Dragon Ball series, broadly speaking, illustrates the interrelations among the individuals whose actions are dictated by the lust for power. And this desire for power manifests itself in the quest for the Dragon Balls, which are said to grant wishes of anyone who has collected all seven of them. The Dragon Ball series, then, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>*Work in progress (feedbacks welcome) Introduction Dragon Ball Z has attracted so many people around the world, and it could rightly be described as one of the anime that represents the Japanese popular culture in the 90’s when anime began to be an iconic feature of Japan as promoting its unique national identity. In this [&hellip;]</p>

<p>          Sora no Woto (ソラノヲト) is an animation released in 2010 in Japan. The story is set in an indefinite future, revolving around the five girls’ experiences in a military station located in the small town of Seize. During the course of living as military force at Time-Telling Fortress, each of them [&hellip;]</p>