The general pussification of Gohan in DBS is facepalm-worthy, tbh. The kid goes from getting increasingly greater levels of hyper-wank in every single arc of DBZ... Then DBS rolls around and he's mostly treated as fodder with almost no redeeming qualities(although the manga at least gave him a HUGE showing against Kefla in the ToP.)
Icing on the cake is the fact that Gohan wasn't even referenced in the Broly film, nor has he popped up in the Moro arc yet. Toriyama/Toei hates him now.
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Sorry to say I told you so again, but ****ing called it as far back as the DBS RoF arc, that the writing was on the wall for Gohan and that he became the Yamaha of the Saiyan race. Then you had the Gohan prophets like Carver saying he would win the ToP and such, and granted they went back and forth with him at times, giving people hope like when he sparred with Goku prior to the ToP and Piccolo helping him surpass limits again, but in the end...
Part of the problem is there's no universally agreed way on how Gohan should be handled. Some are fine with pacifist/pussified Gohan, saying that this is what he was always meant to be, that he hates fighting, etc, and the other half being us who are continually disappointed with his portrayal. There just may not be enough support to bring him back into the spotlight, especially amongst Goku and Vegeta fans. IDK
And yeah, the lack of appearances during Broly and Moro is quite telling. Even Future Trunks is still getting exposure over him if you count Super Dragon Ball Heroes. Gohan's dead in the water.
Gohan is not his father, and that's fine. The only problem is that Toriyama simply isn't a good enough writer to write anything compelling featuring pacifist scholar Gohan (what the phuck is his actual job btw? He went to school and earned some degree but is it ever actually specified what he does? If not God Toriyama is such a retard who lucked onto a good premise at the right time lol) and would rather continue writing the same boring tournament arcs and high-powered meathead universe-saving superhero shit every single time. Gohan being the most gifted fighter but being the only one who doesn't actually have any particular desire to be the best fighter is by far Gohan's best quality as a character, and it is unfortunate that Toriyama has neither the desire nor the ability to explore that concept more than just having him vaguely being around and doing nothing except getting shit on by B tier villains.
Basically I'm saying that I don't like most shonen series these days.
If they're going to have Gohan be a pacifist stay-at-home dad/scholar, that's fine... But don't drop easter eggs just before the ToP which imply that he's going to start hardcore training again in order to unlock a new super-secret ultimate form...
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...And then not even acknowledge his existence again for a full two arcs, lol.
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I wish Gohan started going full out into training. Using the RoSaT and all that. And I hope he becomes Z Era Movie Vegeta level from all his hard training.
Gohan doesn't have to be his father but when he has saiyan blood, one would think they'd still do a bit more with him than they have. Honestly though, this all only further solidifies the notion for me that current Gohan would be better fit for a different kind of series/anime (slice of life or something perhaps) than shonen or Dragon Ball particularly which is mostly about fighting. As for Toriyama not being the kind capable of writing him properly, no shit? I don't think they really specified his degree/major, no.
Yeah, if they say they're gonna do something with him/have him say he's gonna do something like unlock an ultimate form that no one has seen before, then you better follow through with it, not stop halfway.
It's the inconsistency that kills him/makes him halfassed for people on both sides of the argument.
Hey, they had Lunch. She'd tear apart a feminazi, their critical theory, signs, and title ix protection (Which doesn't exist in Japan) are no match for her guns.
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This manga was made in 1991. TV's were 4:3 back then. The bigger sets were projections, weren't they? They looked nothing like that.
How did the writer imagine the kinds of sets we have today all the way back in 1991?
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Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Makes sense if his "ultimate form" is a family man with a stable job.
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A villian and terrible human being, with admirable and noble qualities. This sort of nuance is one of the reasons I like manga over western comics, with their heavy social restrictions against "glorifying violence" and such imposed on writers. You can even have a noble Nazi in Japan, which simply could not happen here.
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You know, you'd think Saitama's super dexterity would lend itself to video games.
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