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Jenny, the Latino community is hurting right now,
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I've been in pain since this news broke Akira Toriyama,
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Japanese manga artist and creator of the beloved Dragon Ball franchise died
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last week at the age of 68.
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And this has been on the side of my best since the
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news broke, told me you got him a little lalita because
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damn, I grew up with this man and his shows.
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So sad, Dragon Ball is hugely popular worldwide,
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especially in Latin America.
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But why? Interestingly the Spanish dub of Dragon Ball Z became
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super popular in Latin America in 1996.
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However, English dubs of the show didn't become mainstream in the
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US until a few years later.
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And I could vouch for that because I grew up going to
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dr in the nineties and we were completely ahead of all the
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series that were coming out here.
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So like when I would come back here,
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nobody knew you know what part of the show I was
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on because they were so ahead and they were so behind and
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we were so behind here because it took so long for them
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to dub the episodes over.
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So I was out here ruining,
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you know, lunch time for all my friends,
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all day plus a 2018 Google trends search showed that nine out
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of the top 10 countries where Dragon Ball is most popular are
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in Latin America. This includes Bolivia Peru,
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Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador,
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Paraguay, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama.
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And ever since the news drop fans online have been paying tribute
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to him and his characters.
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And you know, I'm sure we'll be seeing that all year
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if you've been thinking about getting that dragon ball Z tattoo now
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is the time to do it.
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I'm sure the prices are gonna go up.
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But you know, Rap two,
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a real one. Honestly,
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he let that man left,
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like left a big legacy.
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I'm gonna try and find them dragon balls and bring you back
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