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Anonymous No.211487520 >>211487568 >>211487579 >>211487743 >>211487757 >>211488122 >>211488147 >>211489331 >>211489352 >>211489370 >>211489746 >>211491269 >>211491431 >>211491471 >>211492914 >>211493064 >>211497070 >>211498115 >>211498295 >>211498573 >>211498621 >>211498913 >>211499001 >>211502637 >>211504035 >>211507135
>becomes worlds strongest warrior at 12
>immediately becomes a pussy emasculated sรณyboy after that

For what reason
Anonymous No.211487564 >>211487607 >>211502246
Publishers were probably afraid moving on from Goku as the MC would hurt sales. That, or Toriyama was just a retard.
Anonymous No.211487568
>>211487520 (OP)
Simply put, Toriyama was a hack. Rehashing Goku over and over was just easier and as a result Gohan's growth as a character was stunted.
Anonymous No.211487579 >>211487707
>>211487520 (OP)
Gohanโ€™s power ups were completely underserved asspulls so Iโ€™m glad he got kicked to the curb
Anonymous No.211487607 >>211487746 >>211492925
>>211487564
Editors told him to go back fighting during the saiyaman saga which is Toriyamaโ€™s preferred type of story. Gohan was too much of a pacifist to work as the MC of a series centered around fighting so made Goku the the main protagonist again
Anonymous No.211487707
>>211487579
Gohan's potential was teased since he was introduced but it was one note and once you do it theres not much more you can go. Like others said his personality doesnt really lead to conflict and a super serious gohan would sort of just be a generic protagonist. Plus its clear that Toriyama didnt know what to do with even by the time he had Great Kaioshin dance around him
Anonymous No.211487743
>>211487520 (OP)
sounds like he became US
what's preventing you from becoming the strongest warrior in the universe OP?
Anonymous No.211487746 >>211487793
>>211487607
what do they mean by go back. The manga was nonstop fights from Fortuneteller Baba
to Piccolo Jr
Anonymous No.211487757
>>211487520 (OP)
Go back to /a/
Anonymous No.211487793
>>211487746
oh i read that as saiyan saga, i'm retarded
Anonymous No.211488090
tranime slop
Anonymous No.211488122 >>211491402 >>211498509
>>211487520 (OP)
Sorry, I don't understand ebonics.
Anonymous No.211488147 >>211503485
>>211487520 (OP)
So he can surpass himself.
Anonymous No.211489331 >>211489364
>>211487520 (OP)
someone becomes the world's strongest warrior every other week in that show. it means basically nothing.
Anonymous No.211489352
>>211487520 (OP)
>get nerfed with gay saiyaman routine
>get nerfed with boring schoolboy routine
did my boy dirty
Anonymous No.211489364 >>211499305
>>211489331
nah its almost always goku at the end of the day, thats why gohan was such a big deal
Anonymous No.211489370 >>211499340
>>211487520 (OP)
He peaked at 12 and then one last time against Buu but that's it
Anonymous No.211489746 >>211498208
>>211487520 (OP)
>For what reason
Raised by a single mother during critical years of development.
Anonymous No.211491269
>>211487520 (OP)
>Constantly lost as a child in woods
>Stolen by uncle
>Trained in woods with 3 year old piccolo
>Survived 6 months alone at 4
>Goes to another planet to fight grown men
>Trains in void for 1 year
>Fights a bio engineered weapon from an alternate future timeline
>Goes to highschool and impress all the hoes
>Trains little brother while being a masked hero for the city
>Gets potential unlocked by a literal God and becomes the strongest mortal ever

Thats just the Z storyline and you calling him onions.
Anonymous No.211491402
>>211488122
Gohan was the coolest when he was like this. From a crybaby bitch to angry child protecting his friends was kino.
Anonymous No.211491431 >>211491554 >>211492797 >>211493076
>>211487520 (OP)
>For what reason
Chi-Chi ruined him by forcing her nature on him.
Anonymous No.211491471 >>211496508
>>211487520 (OP)
This is why Roshi beat Goku at the first world tournament, to prevent that.
Anonymous No.211491554 >>211491568 >>211492736 >>211493076
>>211491431
>Chi-Chi ruined him
Anonymous No.211491568
>>211491554
Yes. You confirmed it.
Anonymous No.211492736
>>211491554
>proves his point
Anonymous No.211492797 >>211493029
>>211491431
This. Single-mother household pussified him. Many such cases.
Anonymous No.211492914 >>211499340
>>211487520 (OP)
Why does Gohan have more potential than Trunks and Goten?
Anonymous No.211492925
>>211487607
>Editors told him to go back fighting during the saiyaman saga which is Toriyamaโ€™s preferred type of story.
retard
Anonymous No.211492970
Yamcha was the smartest character in the show. Got to crack open prime Bulma, trained enough to become one of the strongest beings on Earth, then ignored all that BS and just became a mega sports star earning millions and having bitches hurling themselves at him.
Anonymous No.211493029 >>211494298
>>211492797
They force their nature on their sons and ruin them, making them overly emotional messes. That's the way it works.
Anonymous No.211493064 >>211493076
>>211487520 (OP)
>always hated fighting and wanted to be a scholar
>forced to train in the wilderness for a year at the age of 4
>forced into fighting aliens against your will
>forced to fight the most powerful being in the universe against your will
>when you get older you want to stop fighting a be what you always wanted to be
>people call you a pussy
Anonymous No.211493076
>>211493064
see
>>211491431
>>211491554
Anonymous No.211494298
>>211493029
Yep. And men can't function correctly when they've been pussified into emotional messes like women can by manipulating people with their tits and pussies.
Anonymous No.211496508 >>211496927
>>211491471
UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMP
Anonymous No.211496927
>>211496508
Tien literally beat him then goku
Anonymous No.211497070 >>211498214
>>211487520 (OP)
>For what reason
Because he DINT WANNIT. Gohan is the Jon Cuck of Dragon Ball.
Anonymous No.211497219
for me, it's 18
Anonymous No.211498115 >>211506533
>>211487520 (OP)
I blame Vegeta.
1. Swearing to never fight again
2. Spending years training to fight again
3. Never growing up i.e. Prince of all Sayains but never trains one of two Sayains left.
4. Never testing his own power against the new strongest limit breaker he's ever seen
5. Being a little brat and assuming Gohan is out there laughing at him for being weaker.
I also blame whoever made Toriyama go against what he really wanted to do which was just write fun stories again.
Anonymous No.211498208
>>211489746
Chichi was a warrior, and she could've trained him without sacrificing his studies
Anonymous No.211498214
>>211497070
Gohan saved the world single handedly twice before he was 10, more if you count the assists. He spent 6 years chilling the fuck out and he earned it.
Anonymous No.211498295
>>211487520 (OP)
He's 9 or 10 by the end of Cell Saga btw
Anonymous No.211498509
>>211488122
Which part of OP's post sounds like ebonics?
Anonymous No.211498573
>>211487520 (OP)
it's a kid's show and they knew Gohan was going to be everybody's self insert avatar. from a time when you had to pass down positive influence to children.
Anonymous No.211498621
>>211487520 (OP)
zoomers don't know what this is
Anonymous No.211498731 >>211499340
If /a/ was around in 90s there would be so much seethe from gohan fags about him jobbing to Buu. Would cause even more meltdowns than Gojoโ€™s death
Anonymous No.211498913
>>211487520 (OP)
Not film.
Anonymous No.211499001 >>211499280 >>211499340
>>211487520 (OP)
Gohan would be a much more boring protagonist than Goku. Gohan doesn't even like fighting that much, he'd just be a reactive protagonist. It's a hard pill to swallow for Gohanfags but Gohan is best as a side character like he is now.
Anonymous No.211499280
>>211499001
>like he is now.
He ends Super canonically the strongest in the Universe.
Anonymous No.211499305
>>211489364
the villain of the arc does it just as often as goku, sometimes multiple times per arc. it's meaningless.
Anonymous No.211499340
>>211489370
This is why I love the Bojack movie. Gohan was about a year older from the Cell Games in that continuity and he was still training. Even Future Trunks (who one-shotted his version of the Androids and Imperfect Cell) couldn't match him.

>>211499001
Future Gohan is what Cell Games Gohan should've become.

I admit I did like the Clark Kent aspect of Gohan at high school because it harkened back to DB's comedic elements.

>>211492914
I suspect because he was put in more dangerous situations at a young age which made his Saiyan heritage react strongly. Remember the original Japanese episode of DBZ 1 showed Gohan about to fall off a waterfall and die. Then he got kidnapped by Raditz, saw his dad get brutalized and his rage manifested.

Then Piccolo's training and his experiences with Vegeta and on Namek really boosted his Zenkai and inner potential. Trunks and Goten had nowhere near the kind of combat exposure.

>>211498731
What was interesting about Gohan after his training with the Supreme Kai was that he didn't use a ki attack against Super Buu. Everybody did but Gohan was on pure strength.

Anyhow if Gohan had defeated Super Buu by somehow purging out Fat Buu and getting drained enough to barely fight against Kid Buu, that would've been far more acceptable. And then Goku can kill Kid Buu with the Earth Genki Dama as he originally did.
Anonymous No.211499370 >>211499473
KWAB
Anonymous No.211499473
>>211499370
Anonymous No.211502246
>>211487564
>Publishers were probably afraid moving on from Goku as the MC would hurt sales.
No. Toriyama just wasn't vibing with Gohan as the MC. Bro wasn't goofy enough for his tastes so he made him into Saiyaman, but it still wouldn't click so he brought Goku back.
Anonymous No.211502637
>>211487520 (OP)
media literacy
Anonymous No.211503485
>>211488147
I'm glad that BEASThan finally redeemed the character and completed his arc.
Anonymous No.211503803
>>>>>>>>>>>/a/
Anonymous No.211503892
Dragon Ball ended with the Cell Games arc anyway.
Anonymous No.211504035
>>211487520 (OP)
Unlike Goku and Vegeta he didn't inherit the "monke get stronger" autism gene, he always said that he doesn't like fighting and wanted to be a boring nerd. It's his life and he can do whatever he wants.
Anonymous No.211506533
>>211498115

>I also blame whoever made Toriyama go against what he really wanted to do which was just write fun stories again.

He did, but nobody cared about them, like the space police manga, or whatever that other car trip manga was in the desert
Anonymous No.211507135
>>211487520 (OP)
when he transforms and cell turns around and looks at him, hesitant for the first time since becoming perfect, I was on the edge of my seat. I couldn't wait for the next episode. man that was wild.
Anonymous No.211507839
GOAT, nothing since or after in DB comes even close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMeAo9kgsY