Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) | How Woke Is It?

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods2013

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What We Think

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is about as non-woke as it gets these days. It sticks with traditional anime storytelling, avoiding any obvious ideological intrusions or modern reimaginings. A breath of fresh air for those wanting substance over slogans.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods remains mostly focused on classic themes, strength, rivalry, and redemption. Characters are chosen for their roles in the established universe, not shoehorned in for demographic boxes. There’s no sense that story integrity was sacrificed for ideology; personality and merit drive character development.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film upholds traditional virtues like courage, honor, and the importance of family/friendship without demeaning masculinity, faith, or cultural heritage. If anything, it lovingly embraces old-school values and makes no effort to subvert gender roles or rewrite the story’s cultural roots.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s no attempt to push a modern ideological monoculture here, worldviews are built around classic shonen tropes, and the few moments of comic relief or alternative points of view are just that: lighthearted, not ideological.

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