I mean, you have a point on the shrinking part, but he only asked Bulma to show him her panties, not made. And she did it with very little hesitation, with no concrete reward in mind for either of them. Once she noticed the Dragon Ball around his neck she flashed him many more times, of her own volition, until he was flashed into submission.
I think it's more Goku and Krillin's fault that the two dumb-dumbs misinterpreted "find me a woman" as "kidnap me a woman".
You're right, it's only sexual harassment of a minor, not sexual assault. That makes it totally better. And, like, she was asking for it, man.
Also, what makes you think Roshi cared how they got a woman to his island? The only correction he made after they kidnapped the first woman was to say she wasn't attractive enough.
She didn't have to do it. No-one forced her, and she barely had any incentive to. 16 clearly does not count as underage on Dragon Ball, and it's way older than the official age of consent for Japan. Also, Bulma resorting to her feminine wiles to try to get what she wants is a constant Running Gag in Dragon Ball, from her offering a panty shot to Goku in exchange for help, to trying to seduce Zamasu.
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Give it a rest. Even if there could potentially be rational explanations for Roshi's behavior, they're clearly not what Toriyama nor Toei intended.
I know it's considered bad form here to say the Abridged version is better, but I definitely like Abridged Roshi better than real Roshi.
edited 16th May '17 9:20:26 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!They haven't played up his perverted-ness at all.
Just a few quick lines to remind you it's there.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Yes, it's still there, they just don't flaunt it outside quick gags here or there.
- Oolong: Turns out Master Roshi's banned from over 500 Victoria's Secret locations. I don't get it. How are you not on some kind of a list?
- Roshi: You think Master Roshi is my real name?!
If I recall correctly, some stuff with Roshi in the latest episodes of Super made Lani (and I think Kirran and Hbi2k? It was in the latest Kingdom Hearts stream) pretty uncomfortable. So yeah, I doubt they're huge fans of that aspect of his character. In any case, they're rarely so...overt with the "Master Roshi's a perv" jokes.
edited 16th May '17 10:33:09 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!Toriyama wrote Kame-sennin as a dangerous sex offender. Toei found this hilarious and turned it Up To Eleven. Team Four Star, meanwhile, gave him chlamydia.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Being able to flee faster than squad cars helps.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Comparing TFS Roshi to entire-manga Roshi isn't entirely fair because TFS are covering a period where Roshi is much less overt to begin with. I'm sure that if they covered DB they'd still tone him waaaay down, though.
I used to find that kind of stuff funny when I was younger. Well, not all of it - it wasn't funny by itself, but could be part of a funny joke because I didn't think about how bad it was.
A lot of the time the pervert humour is the entire joke and punchline and it's just not funny even when you don't think about the implications.
But some of the early DB stuff I used to find funny in a Black Comedy kind of way, but I can't look past the bigger picture or how the narrative treats it now.
It doesn't ever seem like the viewer is suppose to find them funny...
More that them getting beat up for being a creep is the humorous part...
Or maybe both, who knows?
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I wasn't aware that Turtle hermit even had flaws...
He may not even be an actual character...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.

That wasn't just an episode. Those were all examples from the manga. I actually left a few things out too like assaulting an unconscious Ranfan.
edited 16th May '17 2:41:55 PM by Arha