I was very captivated by it a long time ago (read all 42 books as they were being released where I live). I vividly remember how hard it was to wait for the next one, even though I had seen the anime already :) I never got hooked to other manga like to this one
Same here, for some reason. When I was a young boy, my newly retired grandma gave me the first three books, she used to work in a bookshop and I think she had read they were popular worldwide or something.
After acquiring and reading all 42 books relatively quickly, I tried other manga but also couldn't get into it like Dragon Ball. I still try from time to time to watch anime and read new mangas, but still nothing seems to captivate me the same as Dragon Ball. I still don't exactly know why, I might just be sentimental.
I guess this comment is a bit of a call to action for recommendations of manga/anime that might captivate me after all :)
