The Character Assassination of Son Gohan | Dragon Ball Z 

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Gohan as a pacifist would've been a perfectly fine concept imo if his motivation to get stronger was for the sole purpose of not having to fight ever again and being the absolute strongest being in existence that any threat is trivial. As outlandish as that idea sounds, it's a much better idea than whatever random power-ups he got in Super.

I thought Goku's shock at some realization in the Cell Games was that his son wasn't a fighter like him. But it might just have been him thinking wtf Toriyama did to his son in a week

My problem with him is not learning lessons he should've already learned. He obviously doesn't like fighting but he has already learned that he has to to protect his family.

I'll say this again: Yes, I know Gohan doesn't like fighting. You know what else he doesn't like? His friends, loved ones, and even complete innocent strangers getting hurt or killed, especially when it's to protect him. That's what prompted him to attack Raditz. To attack Nappa a couple times. To save Dende from Dodoria. To stand up to Recoome. To fight Frieza. Etc. etc. And to eventually unlock Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2. A Gohan going off of the Cell Games wouldn't just want to drop fighting altogether. Because he should know that he's the last line of defense for Earth if a villain shows up, and if he's not able to do that, everyone he knows and loves will be killed. "Wanting to be a scholar" is not an excuse for how Gohan's character has been since the Buu Saga.

Unpopular opinion but I would have watched a buu saga that lingered on Gohan's school life and saiyaman persona with him actually being a light-hearted protagonist who kicks it up when angry.

Gohan telling his OWN mother to "Shut the hell up." is literally insane.

How does toriyama ruin the father and the son??😂😂

I do agree that Gohan stepping up to the mantle of main character was kinda sloppily handled. The whole pacifist thing is a little forced and he isn’t even part of the story for the majority of the cell/android saga. You can even see this reflected in the movies.

To this day, I still say Adult Gohan should have become a teacher like Master Roshi. Sure, he doesn't like fighting, but imagine how hard it would be to threaten the Earth with hundreds or thousands of trained humans to defend their planet. That way, Gohan could have been a leading researcher in ki while letting other people take up the fight.

Its True, Gohan was Never a Fighting maniac Like his father but he wasn't a Push Over either, he was willing to Fight When the ocassion called for it And was even Shown constantly training to not Get Behind, he was One of those "Superhero" type of characters Who doesn't nessesarily relish in Fighting but was Ready to do It When the situation called for it.

Gohan is a good example of how to waste a good character

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I've always had something against Gohan, it was like a watching friend throw away every chance he had to be something great. It was as if the entire community was okay with just giving excuses and excuses for why Gohan isn't such an unfortunate letdown of a character, and that Gohan was truly him.

One of the sad parts of Gohan's downfall is that being downgraded to a side character in the middle of the Buu arc didn't have to be as bad as it turned out to be. They could have still used Gohan to stall Buu with Vegeta during the Kid Buu fight since dead people who keep their bodies can still fight on the World of the Kai's. In fact, they could have made use of Piccolo, Gohan and Gotenks during or out of the fight weather they were dead or not. Goku and Shen can teleport people here and there whenever and or wherever the story needed them to be, those who could stall Buu like Gotenks and Gohan (If we go with the argument that Kid Buu is stronger than Super Buu, the manga has some weird statements about that which I'm gonna avoid going into) could stay while people like Piccolo and Supreme Kai could go to Earth to gather support for the Spirit Bomb. What I'm trying to say is that there were options available to make good use with the supporting cast without relegating them to essentially being cheerleaders. Maybe Piccolo would have been stuck since he's the weakest of the group (counting Goten and Trunks as Gotenks) Gohan did give energy to the spirit bomb, but I feel keeping him to help with Buu could really have been more help stalling Buu while giving Gohan some action after being embarrassed during the Ultimate Gohan fiasco. As a bonus we could avoid having Goku leaving his sons and Piccolo to die on earth while Vegeta returns without grabbing anyone. That was ultimately needless drama (for reasons I explained earlier) which in the anime (assuming the Manga covered it, and this drama wasn't filler) featured Goku agenizing over the mistake while Vegeta yelled at him only for the very next episode to treat it as if that scene never happened, it had some serious tonal whiplash.

It's a tragedy of the manga/anime industry that it's so destructive toward its artists. Some of the greatest manga and anime can wind up sabotaged by their own creators when they experience burnout or mental health strain. And it's disturbing how often this happens.

This is why future Gohan will forever be THE GOAT!!!!

I’ll say this again, Akira Toriyama never liked DBZ. He ALWAYS resorted to a more chilled out OG Dragon ball storyline because he loves writing comedy.

I think they sloppily handled Gohan's role in a different aspect. Gohan should have been promoted to take the mantle but not solely because of his plot-power scaling. They should have developed him as a characterization differently. Its what Future Gohan got right, and what ROF and Super Gohan just don't do.

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