Have you ever wondered why Goku can sometimes punch someone and it blows up a mountain nearby and other times blast someone with a full power Kamehameha and it barely ruffles anyone's hair?

Join Jelli and Bekinney as they continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball Z by looking at episodes 96 through 101: "Explosion of Anger," "Namek's Destruction?" "A Final Attack," "Approaching Destruction," Gohan Returns," and "The Last Wish." As we continue on into the Frieza Saga, we focus on Goku and Frieza's battle and talk about their ability to control their ki.

In this episode:

• Jelli and Bekinney are face-to-face with....something new
• A slight step back up for the episodes, because despite the pacing still being slow, the plot has things happening
• Toriyama's Dragon World as spiritual, rather than religious
• Ki as a metaphysical energy
• Metaphysics. What is it? Why is it important? What is the difference between a spacetime relativist and a spacetime absolutist?
• The difference between energy, ki, and power
• Ki as a Daoist idea and the concept of the infinite, both outside ourselves and within
• The connotations of Ki
• How ki refinement can change one's aura
• How the ideas of ki control are built from Dragon Ball's foundations, and how this is important to understand for everything moving forward
• Goku's ability to control his ki vs Frieza's inability and how their external struggle is a manifestation of their own internal battles
• 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.

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