If you think Dragon Ball is about winning, you haven’t really been watching it. Goku loses.A lot. He loses early.He loses badly.Sometimes, he literally dies. And yet, Dragon Ball is one of the most enduring and influential stories ever created in Japan. Not despite those losses — but because of them. This isn’t a power fantasy.It ’s a story about endurance. Goku Has Lost More Fights Than He’s Won — And That’s Why Dragon Ball Works Goku’s Losses Are Not Accidents Let’s be ho