genkidama

It's nearly 2am, but I just couldn't restrain myself. I have to share this now. As we were awing Flo's "art stuff" album via skype, my younger brother, Justin, felt incumbent on himself to share his relative artistic depravity with me through a facebook post. The series of posts went like this:

**Justin: [bleep] Eric Kunimoto. I am not SSJ 4 yet as I promised you. (Note: SSJ = Super Saiyajin, as in the saintly beings from Dragon Ball Z. He's telling me he's not yet worthy; he hasn't met his full potential.)

**Eric: you better use the training pod thing, or something. I'm doing it naturally, like Goku. But alas, I am battling the Gohan disease, stuck at SSJ2

**Justin: right. [bleeping] gohan.. he could have been the shit. I think I'm goten. pre-fusion. right before buu. not good.... rather.. oblivious.

Then, Tommy Tomiyama, all the way from Africa, decided to interrupt the conversation by reminding us how stupid we were:

**Tommy: majide omaera honma ni ahodana...

We brought him into the loop and he played along. In fact, he decided he would be Kururin. Here's a photo to remind you all of who this kururin is.

It was funny enough that Kuruin doesn't have the ability to become a Super Saiyajin because, well, he's not a Saiyajin in the first place. But it was what Tommy said after that changed my life forever. Here it is, unadulterated and in its true and most genuine form:

**Tommy: ehehehe kuririn saiko- a, demo genkidama wa tukai taikara yappari saiyajin ga ii. At Soka Gakuen in Tokyo, the prime point of the whole Soka Education school systems, there was once this tournament of fine capable men, entitled "Kamehameha Tournament." the competition basically entails your kamehameha demonstration. first you have to claim your favorite kamehameha scene, against which enemy, thus setting the parameters of your battle, then gather your strength, or Ki, throughout your whole being, while narrating the scene, both yourself and your opponent toward the climax. once you are charged with your Ki, you finally release your weapon. your demonstration is evaluated on the bases of 1) accuracy of the narration, 2) the intensity and coolness of the battle scene itself, and 3) your facial expression at the moment of kamehameha. in 2001, when i was a senior there, the champion took everyone at shock, as he raised his both arms high into the sky, shouting, "minna!!!!!!!! orani!! orani genki wo kure!!!!!!!" right, it was not Kamehameha. everyone said to himself, "EE? Genkidama??" it was against the tournament regulation, but the audience raised their arms, sending their Genki to this contestant. soon after, they were united at the depth of their lives together with Goku. We could all see this imposing, yet beautiful Genkidama above him. time was ripe; he released the genkidama onto Freezer the Bastard. a moment of silence arrived, a moment of peace. everyone knew, that year's championship was his. maybe you guys should join the competition....."



I'll just leave it at that without any further commentary. I apologize if you're not familiar with Dragon Ball techniques and phrases. I suggest you watch the series. All the episodies. Now.