Dragon Ball Faces Off With One Piece Thanks to Viral Kamehameha Debate

By Megan Peters - July 10, 2022 06:15 pm EDT

Dragon Ball is one of the biggest franchises in anime, but it is far from the only icon on air these days. One Piece remains one of the industry's strongest titles as Eiichiro Oda brought Luffy to television decades ago. For the most part, the shows live their best lives away from each other, but fandom spats have put Luffy and Goku on crash courses before. And now, a controversial Kamehameha callout has pitted the pair against one another once more.

And what could that be? Well, the issue comes down to their signature moves. One fan went viral after suggest Luffy's new Red Roc is now more iconic than Goku and his Kamehameha... and that claim got netizens heated.

You can find just a slew of reactions to the argument below if you're curious. While Luffy's Red Roc certainly impressed Kaido and Big Mom on Wano, the technique doesn't have the history of Goku's Kamehameha. In the years since its debut, Goku has become synonymous with the move, and even the most novice anime fans know what the attack does. The same cannot be said for Red Roc as One Piece remains a smaller series globally than Dragon Ball. But when it comes to the fans, well – some Luffy stans are not ready to reason out the debate.

What do you make of this wild debate? Do you fall with either Dragon Ball or One Piece? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB.

Remember When?

one piece never had huge crowds of people (not just anime fans, different kinds of everyday people) streaming a one piece episode in public https://t.co/dGU1hwKUYR pic.twitter.com/iV7xuYbz49
— giselle enjoyer (@loonathepinoy) July 10, 2022

Hahahaha... What?

Oh they were serious. I thought this was a bit. https://t.co/gYhe6ejRqr
— rhyme (@Rhymestyle) July 10, 2022

Just a Part, Not the Whole

Tweets like this is why people make fun of one piece fans. https://t.co/MJICv7dGXe
— Mightykeef (@MightyKeef) July 10, 2022

Maybe It's the Name?

im a one piece fan but even i know kids were in the playground shouting kamehameha and rasengan, ive never in my 21 years of living heard a dude say "gum gum red roc" https://t.co/aAwfnfl8dD
— Aree (@TheDeadpool12) July 10, 2022

Write It Down

Lol I know this is obvious Bait but I gotta say while One Piece is still Great comparatively it has nowhere near reached THE GLOBAL Recognition that DragonBall has. Real Talk at this point its so Iconic/Influential Most mainstream conventional folks know of Goku & the Kamehameha https://t.co/HGzwxAZwd0 pic.twitter.com/9DcDLKCrnT
— Jax (@JaxBladeFitness) July 10, 2022

The Big Leagues

lmao Kamehameha is so iconic that was even referenced in Pokemon meanwhile Today is the first time that I am Hearing about Luffys red rock thingy https://t.co/PlfbpRgFvR pic.twitter.com/1y1UfpZVZs
— Oresti 2️⃣🖤👑 (@OrestiTheSimp) July 10, 2022

Stranger Things, You Know?

No way you actually believe this 😭
— ALK (@TAlxhemist) July 9, 2022

Uh-Oh

everyone, even outside of dragon fans, have heard of kamehameha before.

no one other than one piece fans know what luffy's red coc- I mean, roc is. https://t.co/9O9bwEncKU
— Deion | SeeReax (@SeeReax) July 10, 2022