The Other Side - Episode 64: We’re Gonna Be The Strongest

On their next stop down the road of anime genres, the trio at The
Other Side take a look at that classic, cliche-ridden,
pre-programmed genre that is shonen. A genre unique to anime,
shonen is a genre built on specific tropes and cliches. While not
all titles classified as shonen use the building blocks given to it
by Dragon Ball, the color-by-numbers shonen formula is one of the
most ever-present in all of anime, and is something the boys at the
Other Side just can’t ignore. So join Cody and Max (and maybe
Andrew when he feels like chiming in) as they look through the
formula Dragon Ball created, what works, what doesn’t, and how one
shonen manga managed to out-do the infamous “The Heart” page from
Bleach!