>>10945672Actually answer, it’s social shorthand. With the amount of work they have to put in to be a pro athlete, they don’t have time to binge something even slightly complicated. But DBZ or something with an extremely simple storyline and memes means you can have in jokes and talk about something fun with your coworkers without needing to read the books and wiki and binge the whatever the fuck.
Also, it’s combat so they steal references for it and get nerds to pop and buy their shit.