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Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
The series begins with a young
monkey-tailed boy named Goku
befriending a teenage girl
named Bulma. Together they go on a quest
to find the seven Dragon Balls, which
summons the dragon Shen-Long to grant
the user one wish. The journey leads to a
confrontation with the shape-shifting pig
Oolong, as well as a desert bandit named
Yamucha and his companion Pu’ar, with all
later becoming allies; Chi-Chi, whom Goku
unknowingly agrees to marry; and Pilaf,
an impish man who seeks the Dragon Balls
to fulfill his desire to rule the world.
After Oolong stops Pilaf from using the
Dragon Balls by wishing for a pair
of panties, Goku undergoes rigorous
training regimes under the martial artist
Kame-Sennin in order to fight in the
Tenkaichi Budōkai (“Strongest Under the
Heavens Martial Arts Tournament”)
that attracts the most powerful fighters in
the world. A monk named Kuririn becomes
his training partner and rival, but they soon
become best friends. After the tournament,
Goku sets out on his own to recover the
Dragon Ball his grandfather left him and
encounters the Red Ribbon Army, whose
leader wants to collect the Dragon Balls for
himself. He almost single-handedly defeats
the army, including their hired
assassin Taopaipai, whom he originally lost
to, but after training under the
hermit Karin, now easily beats.
Goku reunites with his friends to defeat
the fortuneteller Baba Uranai’s fighters and
have her locate the last Dragon Ball in
order to revive a friend killed by Taopaipai.
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Attack on Titan By
Hajime Isayama
The story of Attack on Titan revolves around
the adventures of Eren Yeager who lives in
the town of Shinganshina. When Wall
Maria is breached by the Colossal Titan,
with the Armored Titan further
compromising the town, chaos ensues as
the Titans enters Shinganshina causing a
mass evacuation. Eren vows to kill all the
Titans after watching in horror as a smiling
Titan eats his mother, Carla, his father
having mysteriously disappeared after
giving him a key to their basement.
He then enlists in the military with his friends
following suit.