mdmrn, 2 months ago to dragonball

I didn't grow up with Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z. I stopped having cable at home in the early 90s. So, my first real experience with Dragon Ball Z was in college. I had a roommate who would watch subtitled episodes late at night really loud, which annoyed me. I avoided the franchise for that reason for a long while.

In 2019, I picked up a copy of Dragon Ball FighterZ because of how highly it was rated. I fell in love with it immediately. Such an amazing fighting game. In December, Viz's Shonen Jump service dropped and allowed you access to their full archive of manga for certain series. Dragon Ball was among them. I decided to read the manga to get the backstory of these characters. I became enthralled and within three months had read all of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super.

Since then, I have plowed through so much manga from Akira Toriyama. From Cowa to Sandland to a ton of stuff in between. His influence on the anime and manga industry will be felt for generations to come.

Here's a picture of a few of the Bandai model kits I have of Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan forms.

Rest in Peace, Toriyama. Thank you for all you have given us over the years. May your family and fans be comforted following your passing.

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mdmrn, 2 months ago to pokemon

I finally got around to building my Rowlet model kit!

This little guy is just too cute. I took a few pics in front of my Pokémon Sun / Moon manga before bringing the little guy into the office to hang out with my Eevee model kit.

I love these little kits and can't wait to find more of them!

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Photograph of a two plastic model kits sitting on top of a pink surface. The right most model kit is the Pokémon called Rowlet, which is a round, ball shaped light brown owl with a white face, green leaf-like shape on the center that looks like a bowtie. The left-most model kit is of Eevee who is a dog-like figure that is brown with a light brown tuft of fur under its head. The Eevee is sitting and smiling broadly with its eyes closed.
Photograph of a box for a plastic model kit. The box has a green background with an image of a model kit of the Pokémon Rowlet in the center. The text surrounding the model kit names the creature and is mostly written in Japanese. Rowlet is a round, ball shaped light brown owl with a white face, green leaf-like shape on the center that looks like a bowtie.
Photograph of a plastic model kit in front of books. The model kit is the Pokémon called Rowlet, which is a round, ball shaped light brown owl with a white face, green leaf-like shape on the center that looks like a bowtie. Behind the Rowlet figure are all of the volumes of the Pokémon Sun and Moon manga in order beginning with Volume 1 on the left. The Rowlet is looking at an angle toward the right.