I read and enjoyed the first 3 volumes of Dragonball. Although it was a bit on the longer side, it didn’t feel like it because it was very engaging. As a shounen manga, I expected nudity and sexual jokes, however, it went far beyond my expectations. I was a bit uncomfortable reading many of the jokes involving Bulma, a young girl, and the Turtle Hermit, an old man, as most of them centered around Bulma doing low level sexual acts such as flashing him. It almost seemed to normalize pedophiles, although I know that was not the intent. I enjoyed the book, but I don’t think I can truly recommend it to its target audience of young teenage men, who are very impressionable. Additionally, Bulma, who came to be my favorite character, had an increasingly less representation in the book. This is also likely due to Dragonball being a shounen manga, meaning I am just not a part of the target audience that the book is meant to appeal to. Overall, I still think it is a quality and enjoyable book, but I would primarily recommend it to slightly older teenage boys because of the mature content.