Who has not heard or seen something of Dragon Ball, must live completely isolated. Since eThis wonderful work of Akira Toriyama became known, became a social phenomenonEven parents like mine accidentally change the name of things to something Dragon Ball-related, like instead of saying baguette bread, they call it Vegeta bread.
Without a doubt Dragon Ball has broken many molds. And now, thanks to Vicente Ramírez Jurado and his doctoral thesis, we can say that Goku makes us better people. And this is because the story of The Sayayines promotes the three main values: friendship, sense of humor and justice.
Goku and the values
Spaniard Vicente Ramírez Jurado conducted his study on Dragon Ball for the Social and Legal Sciences program at the University of Cádiz. His goal is to demonstrate how Dragon Ball is relevant to pedagogy and social sciences in general.
“Dragon Ball is a manga read with great enthusiasm by more than 240 million people around the world. Any reading capable of generating this level of interest and social interaction has sufficient credibility to justify its consideration in the field of social sciences and education. "Ignoring such a phenomenon in the field of research would be inconsistent with the principles of academic value," Ramírez Jurado explained to Código Espagueti.
For his research, Ramires Jurado had the collaboration of 200 people distributed across facilities at the University of Cadiz, Colorado State University and Kyoto Seika University. They began reading the Dragon Ball manga to find out if it could be used as a teaching tool.
The Dolmen publishing house from Spain, took the best of Vicente Ramírez Jurado's thesis and has published a book under the name of Dragon Ball — Social PhenomenonWith this publication Vicente tries to show how Dragon Ball can be used to teach values.
Anti-values
On the other hand, Vicente also showed that Goku is not perfect. Regarding this he explains that “As Every parent has their fascinating aspects and their weak points.He is a true lover of nature, adventure, and martial arts, and sometimes puts those passions before other responsibilities.”
However, Ramírez Jurado also states that, Goku has a good heart, he is honest and kind, In addition, it demonstrates andThe love for his family, his friends and the planet itself.
Another point of criticism has been the role of women in Dragon Ball. In the story, women are shown in a secondary role.secondary and with traditional stereotypes. But despite the machismo, the female characters are presented as being ahead of their time. Since “They appear to be much more intelligent than men, daring, defiant, and nonconformist.” Ramírez Jurado assures
With this study It is proven that watching and reading Dragon Ball is not a waste of time., but a fun way to learn how to be good people. Tell us in the comments. What have you learned from the Super Saiyans?
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