Dragon Ball Thread - RIP Akira Toriyama

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Smack Patrick said:
Piccolo was long overdue for a power up.
I remember everyone speculating the U6 Namekians were gonna fuse with him and that be his return to relevancy.
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I remember when people were speculating that Super was going to be good.
 
Professor Donger said:
This is fair, but even then, the sadism is a bit out of character for Gohan since every rage moment he has before this is him just outright trying to kill the person that pissed him off. But I guess you could make the argument that being in a Super Saiyan form makes it worse. Since Goku does become pretty sadistic on Namek after he turns Super Saiyan.
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I wonder if him almost losing his dad on Namek is what got him to not desire to let his rage get the better of him. He already saw his mentor die protecting him, but Goku going Super Saiyan was scaring him and Goku had to scream at him to get off the planet. While he didn't know that his dad tried to show Frieza mercy (if just because Goku wanted to have a chance for a rematch like with Vegeta), him wanting to be merciful to Cell doesn't come off as uncharacteristic even though he had to eventually be pushed into killing him due to him being an unrepentant monster.
 
It's also probably important to note that Cell is the only character that Gohan could actually kill when going off in his rage fit. Most everyone Gohan went after was fine afterwards.
 
Ravana said:
It's also probably important to note that Cell is the only character that Gohan could actually kill when going off in his rage fit. Most everyone Gohan went after was fine afterwards.
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This is fair, I just think him going from willing to kill some people to "nah this is cringe" is a bit out of character for him, especially since we know he was willing to at least fight evil people after the Saiyan Saga.

Also, like I said, my main issue is the whole "this fight is pointless" comment he makes; the world is at stake, and Cell hasn't shown any sign of remorse or willingness to change his ways. If this had happened against 17 and 18? Who were a lot more mellow than the ones Trunks had to deal with? I would be fine with it, like if Gohan had observed them and realized they aren't that bad? especially with 16 being around? Yeah, I could see him saying that.

But against Cell? It doesn't make any sense and goes against every fight we've seen Gohan involved in since the Saiyan Saga where he very willingly jumped in to try and stop people from doing evil things.
 
I know its a little bit of a stretch, but Gohan was like 5 or 6 years old on Namek and 9 to 11 during the Cell Games so maybe he changed mentally between then. Granted most people don't really change until they're in their teens or early 20's, but Gohan was kinda forced to grow up extremely fast what with the threat of the Saiyans and all.
 
Sammy Swamp Ass said:
I know its a little bit of a stretch, but Gohan was like 5 or 6 years old on Namek and 9 to 11 during the Cell Games so maybe he changed mentally between then. Granted most people don't really change until they're in their teens or early 20's, but Gohan was kinda forced to grow up extremely fast what with the threat of the Saiyans and all.
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This is another fair point. But it just kind of feels like Gohan's development in the time chamber should have been something we saw more of.

Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part though.
 
Having Gohan be a scholar almost feels like he's just doing what his mom decided for him when he was a toddler. In my vastly improved Dragonball Z rewrite ya'll can fund on Patreon, because I know better, he will grow up to be a youtuber and massive disappointment to both parents. Just like how Toriyama truly envisioned.
 
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