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roshi saved the planet a couple times let him have his pafu pafu

>>36565
Old people are expected to be respectable, so it's funny when they're not. Same joke with King Kai, which is enhanced by how serious his Japanese voice is.

To show the reality of m*les

If Japan were a person, it would definitely be a dirty old man, even though most people see it as a catgirl waifu. I was shocked when I found out that Bulma was underage, this anime has always been very popular in the shithole where I live, and as a kid I always thought Bulma was at least 23.

Back when people went outside there was always an old pervert around.

Dragon Ball is modeled after Journey to the West. Daoist texts often have hermits and various eccentrics Some excentrics were perverts but not Patriarch Subhuti (sun wukong's first master) was a more "aloof immortal" type. Roshi is played as this at the start before we see him, but he is subverted by being show to look more like an eccentric hermit than a mortal a and then it's subverted again when he's shown to be pervert (surprising even his turtle, since he lost the ability to ride kintoun)
Then expectations are subverted again when it turns out he is actually a serious martial artist. Once DBZ start he is basically sidelines and flanderized, especially in the anime.

But yes, outside journey to the west, the trope of (morally, sexually, emotionally) perverted (hermits, eccentrics, immortals) is common in ancient Chinese literature. This one was probably chosen cause it creates the most fan service opportunities.

Also why called out harmless old Roshi when Goku was groping bulma while she slept? And don't get me started on Oolong who was actively terrorizing a village, (subtext raping prepubscent village girls) and tried to rape Bulma. That's all canon.

I think there was a filer ep with Roshi attempting to SA a sleeping girl but I don't recall all the details. I denounce him though, he's a piece of shit. At least he isn't portrayed as a good guy.