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>Krillen just became a new character after growing up
Did he? He was always my favorite and Saiyans/Namek was a huge highlight for him. Still the scared-but-plucky guy, realistic but able to punch above his weight when push came to shove. Also wanted a girlfriend.

>I'll give you this much: most of the character issues did really only become bad during Cell.
Mostly in Cell honestly. Depends on the character too.
The premise of Cell has issues with everyone letting Gero live. But Goku acts like a great master and father to Gohan in this arc and these are pretty good and fitting developments for him at this point of his life I think.
Buu is generally doing better character wise, partly because it's a more comedic arc but it has some solid scenes. And of course the Satan ones, but I'll post one that I feel is understated