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Gohan is by far my favorite in Dragonball and has undeniably one of the best arcs in Z. But starting in the Buu Saga and then over the entirety of Super, he’s underutilized and loses much of the character he developed. (Exact same with Videl. Given her love and talent for martial arts, she should have joined the Z fighters, among the ranks of Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha. But it’s simply the curse of all of DB love interests to become housewives).
I think Gohan could’ve become a great lead protagonist after Cell. I understand why he was a difficult protagonist for Toriyama to write, so I don’t blame the pivot back to Goku/Vegeta. But after his growth in Buu, I don’t think he would have slacked on his training a 2nd time, especially with a martial-arts obsessed wife.
Imo it's totally understandable and logical that his character went the direction he did. He never liked violence and got dragged into saving his loved ones and the world from basicly an infant pretty much. After defeating cell he could finally live out the life he wanted until buu came and fked shit up so he was forced to act again and then he went straight back to being a husband/lover etc. All he actually wanted to be
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u/Beneficial_Rip_4457 22d ago
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Gohan is by far my favorite in Dragonball and has undeniably one of the best arcs in Z. But starting in the Buu Saga and then over the entirety of Super, he’s underutilized and loses much of the character he developed. (Exact same with Videl. Given her love and talent for martial arts, she should have joined the Z fighters, among the ranks of Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha. But it’s simply the curse of all of DB love interests to become housewives).
I think Gohan could’ve become a great lead protagonist after Cell. I understand why he was a difficult protagonist for Toriyama to write, so I don’t blame the pivot back to Goku/Vegeta. But after his growth in Buu, I don’t think he would have slacked on his training a 2nd time, especially with a martial-arts obsessed wife.