>>279915566 (OP)
Terrible comparison, PF makes violence banal and sublime (original meaning of sublime that incorporates awe and fear). DBZ uses violence for a thrilling effect and the standout moments of cruelty highlight the toll of violence and the distinction between noble fighters and evil tyrants. DBZ is directly comparable to mainstream American comics except that the animated forms were rarely funded by people interested in chasing older audiences so violent content was obscured. This is where you something like Samurai Jack with an infinite supply of robots to cut down. There's no escaping it because ultimately that violence is the echo of our history, the reality of our present, and our inevitable future. Trying to isolate children from it is a foolish and devious program specifically meant to keep children from realizing how much violence is necessary to sustain the society in which they live, and how much violence it would take to create a better world. PF points out that Naked Lunch of reality, sociopathic violence and bloodstained Americana. Glowing briefcase, lose your name and become a shooter trying to catch the prize, or do it like a pro and stick around as long as you can follow criminal orders. DBZ shows reality in a different but fundamentally similar light, the direct struggle of violence against violence that underlies all attempts at exploitation. Goku's reframed character in Z is as a sort of dropout of the military industrial complex, born to be a marine but becoming a kung fu beatnik instead, until a solder of empire brings his naivety crashing down. PF can be said to glorify violence to the same degree that American culture permits and mythologizes violence; DBZ just shows the ground level brawling of that reality while saying that violence is both terrible and necessary for resistance.
Also I swear I've seen Wile E Coyote vaporized...he just got better
