DBZAOTA482 wrote:Yes and no. I guess that fans do seem ignorant of the facts and are quick to place the "Goku is a bad father" accusation, but I think it had more to do with the fact that Piccolo showed greater concern for Gohan while Goku's dumbass was too bounded by his stupid 'warrior's pride' even for his only son. And no, Gohan wasn't a last resort generally speaking. Suck up his pride, eat a senzu, and have everyone jump Cell as Trunks said. It's that simple.
That sounds just as ignorant as what the other side of the fanbase says, you're judging Goku by our standards of what a father does. Goku isnt a human and Sayians aren't raised to prioritize family values and childhood psychological development.Goku himself never had a conventional parent and Grandpa Gohan died when he was a toddler. It shouldnt be expected that Goku should just automatically conform to what we assert true fatherhood if he doesn't know or share that as a moral belief. Goku is a primitive, instinctual, simple man that only understands, food and happiness as his ideals. If Gohan has at least that, hes considered raised right to him. Vegeta is no different, who grew up with a father but yet was taught not to be attached to anyone but himself and his own being. As far as we know the women on Vegeta could be the caregivers as he asserts it all Bulma's job. He only passed on his strong genes into Trunks. Vegeta only started to care after it was accepted that it was right to do so, much much later into the series as Goku.
DBZAOTA482 wrote:Suck up his pride, eat a senzu, and have everyone jump Cell as Trunks said. It's that simple.
And all get killed for no reason, get in Gohans way, be direct targets for Cell or provoke Cell into just blowing up the planet breaching their deal. Yeah, its
that simple. Its the same on going reason why they
never do that.
MediaFanGirl93 wrote:Super Sonic wrote:Have to say it was a nice change-up that he was with Chi-Chi rather than Bulma. Usually the male and female leads of a manga/anime series if they're not siblings tend to end up together at the end. That Toriyama didn't go that route is a nice change-up.
This makes sense, but I remember A fan mentioning that Toriyama regrets putting Goku and Chi-Chi together.
I think people hold way too much prejudice in Chi Chi. They just hate her because she apparently got in the way of our "badass" and "ruined our character" who cares about her being
his mother.