Thread 24813294

Should I read Journey to the West or Dragon Ball?

you should read the fengshen yanyi

yes

only one stays fully committed to the magic monkey man act

You should play Black Myth Wukong

>>24813294 (OP)
Dragon ball is great. Best panelling for an action manga I have ever seen. Check it out for sure

>>24813294 (OP)
how can you understand one without the other?

Journey to the West is a spiritual allegory but in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Big Trouble in Little China with a similar sense of humor. It is to Buddhism as the Divine Comedy is to Christianity

>>24813294 (OP)
Read Journey, watch Dragon Ball. The anime has fun things above and beyond the manga.

>>24815006
Read Journey, Watch Monkey Magic!

>>24813294 (OP)
anime adaptations are always 10x better than the novels. i spent months reading 1k pages of arabian nights just to get to sinbad's adventures and it was so retarded i just rewatched the entirety of magi and read sinbad's spinoff manga.

>>24813294 (OP)
both, first journey, then DB, if just for a relatively uncommon experience in the western world

>>24813294 (OP)
Dragon Ball. It is less ridiculous.

>>24813294 (OP)
Dragon Ball, the manga, will become a classic from our time.

>>24815106
>magi
Chud anime.

>>24813294 (OP)
Read Journey to the west by Wu Chengen
Then read Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Then read The interpretations of dreams (Or, "On dreams", which is a summary) of Sigmund Freud
Then read Man and his symbols by C G Jung

Then watch Paprika!

I started Journey to the West because of this thread and I have to say it's pretty comfy so far. Sun Wukong is a great character. I could see myself getting bored of it before I finish (I downloaded vol 1 of 4, holy shit it's long), but until then I'm going to enjoy the ride.

>>24813294 (OP)
Kill yourself

>>24815958
I'd recommend treating these epic books as sitcom shows, one episode or chapter a week.

>>24813806
>action manga
Somewhat true but it doesn't get to be a full-fledged action manga until the Piccolo Jr. saga. Until then, Dragon Ball is classified as more of an adventure manga.

Paneling-wise, Hunter X Hunter, Getbackers, Claymore, Gantz, and Gintama during its heavy arcs are among the best in the medium.

>>24815613
made by a woman btw

>>24813294 (OP)

They are completely different. But you don't need to read Journey to the west, you can just watch the Japanese TV adaptation called Monkey Magic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SUoHmpRdM&list=RDJ-SUoHmpRdM&start_radio=1

>>24813294 (OP)

Monkey Magic also have superior song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlaikCaa4&list=RDG1dlaikCaa4&start_radio=1

>>24813294 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHwHd9eZm_c&list=RDmHwHd9eZm_c&start_radio=1

>>24817628
Even the adventure has action, which is excellent.

>>24815958
>>24817608
The first 15 or so chapters actually follow one single storyline (The origin of the monkey and the monk), so I'd recommend to read them at your own pace. After that, every set of 3 chapters or so is a mini-story or an "arc" where they get to a city, find a problem, solve it with the help of gods, and learn a (buddhist) lesson.

>>24817628
No they are not

>>24813294 (OP)
You are already in the West. Read Journey to the East instead (by Herman Hesse).

you should READ journey to the west because it's literature, you should LOOK AT dragon ball because it's a comic, i.e. a visual medium

>>24813294 (OP)
Call me Somali the way I drag my balls in the West.
Europe has fallen and incels can't sex.
Epstein screws lollies, and diddy the rest.
Boy see you in valhalla, my jeetbro Rajesh.

Call me a dispensory, the way i write pottery.
Wrote this eventually, on the potty you see.
Bringing in a rap while taking a crap.
Bro I've wrote more /lit/ while taking a shit.

asian niggas love monkey man ong

The android saga is the sexiest.