B wrote:If Goku's wife just let him do whatever he wanted without complaining, she wouldn't be much of a character, I'd think.
However, I am not against Sno, or Android 8, staying in the series a little longer. When is Dragon Ball Heroes gonna give me an "Adult Sno" card?!
I find Chi Chi to be the backbone of their entire family. It would feel to simple and detaching if Bulma was with Goku, too expected and she wouldn't provide any comedy. Goku's slice of life stems from the fact that hes lazy and socially incometent. Hes like Peter, and she is Louis. (I personally hate FG, but the example fits them closer to me than Homer and Marge)
Chi chi's out of the blue strange temper tantrums could have been better suited if they were gradual instead of the instant she got married, but it ended up being the whole basis of Gohan's development roots and Goku's humanity.
MediaFanGirl93 wrote:
Bah, both Goku and Chi-Chi both get criticized heavily for both of those incidents. I understand people criticizing Goku and Chi-Chi, but I hate how fans use it to define their characters.
Goku's parenting is endlessly explainable though. He isnt a human father and has nothing but instinct in his sense of how to raise a Saiyan. He raises Gohan soely based on how he raises himself. Thats his character flaw and the core of his development. Though it never changes him enough to be complete characterization but it shows his mindset unaccustomed to ours or chi chi's expectations.
Chi-Chi however didnt seem to have any reason why she did anything she does, especially the apathetic accounts. Nothing but just pure selfishness is all I can see regarding her. Or maybe shes a parody of a traditional Asian mother but even still, nothing really connects the personality U-turns she seems to have a lot. Not until Goku died for 7 years was when she slightly changed for potential development but even that was skimmed over. I think a lot of character development could have came if they shown Chi Chi progressing through the maturity and understanding that her fantasies and intense crush on Goku isnt realistic to the lifestyle he lives and wont ever get to make him what she wants, but realize why she loves him as his own person. Accept Goku is unconventional and thats why hes so attractive.
Though my question is, was chi chi ever actually informed that Goku is a Saiyan? Or that her son became and Oozaru? I dont think shes ever been told, or ever seen Gohan transform... ever.