Yup I couldn't agree with you more. Out of the 3, none of them could top Dragon Ball (in my opinion of course). Dragon Ball Z was really cool because for one, the series wasn't over and two, Goku grew up and got more amazing.
Dragon Ball GT was just terrible. Seemed to be aimed towards 4 year olds. They changed everything in the anime and nothing really made sense.
Dragon Ball Kai was made; not sure if you heard of it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.