Thoughts on Great Saiyaman

[precita]

^ Because there's still crime and normal humans can be killed by guns in this show? They made plenty of regular criminals/thieves/robbers in the anime for Saiyaman to take care of.

Even Krillin became a cop to take care of criminals in the Freeza movie.

[TJVY]

I strongly dislike anything in relation to Great Saiyaman, I pray that we have seen the last of him.

[Cipher]

I hated the idea immensely. It was a total genre shift, and there was no supervillain so what was the point?

To see Gohan's inept and wacky attempts at being a traditional superhero.

How great is that sequence where he's so excited to show everyone his outfit, and everyone thinks it looks horrible? How great is it?

[Lord Beerus]

I hated the idea immensely. It was a total genre shift, and there was no supervillain so what was the point?

To see Gohan's inept and wacky attempts at being a traditional superhero.

How great is that sequence where he's so excited to show everyone his outfit, and everyone thinks it looks horrible? How great is it?

It's fantastic. The charm of the Great Saiyaman schtick is everyone but Gohan finding it stupid. That is what makes it so damn entertaining.

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

Great Saiyaman is stupid, goofy, cheesy and at times cringe worthy... I fucking love it. I especially love Gohan's ridiculous dance moves, such as this one from Battle of Gods:

[dbzfan7]

Great Saiyaman is stupid, goofy, cheesy and at times cringe worthy... I fucking love it. I especially love Gohan's ridiculous dance moves, such as this one from Battle of Gods:

Spoiler:

That's what makes it awesome. He thinks it's cool, while everyone else thinks it's really dumb. I love the Great Saiyaman. I've said time and time again that if I had super powers like him, I'd probably show off and do super hero stuff too. If criminals think I look dumb, I can intimidate the crap out of them like Gohan did. Who wouldn't want to play or dick around with super powers? I know I would.

[TheatreStyleKai]

I like the Great Saiyaman for what he is, a corny gag parody of the super-sentai genre. I would have liked him even better if Toriyama had actually played it straight and wrote the Great Saiyaman as a serious character. Then we could have had awkward high-school Gohan who is nerdy and doesn't get girls, and we could have had a serious matured version of end-of-Cell-arc Gohan at the same time. The whole thing feels like a missed opportunity, especially since so many people feel like Gohan's character actually regressed after the Cell arc.

[precita]

I wonder if people forget Saiyaman is also a throwback to the wacky humor of Dragonball, when everything wasn't all "serious" and "badass" and "played straight."

Seriously, its comedy. Its a sense of humor before the main plot of the Buu saga begins. People make a big deal out of nothing.

[Sinestro]

To me, his Great Saiyaman persona makes sense.

After the horrors he's witnessed, and faced, and after inadvertently causing his father's death....

If he wasn't laughing or goofing off, he'd just snap.

Actually, that's probably all just in my head.

[fadeddreams5]

I like the great saiyaman concept and execution, but I preferred the scenes from the arc where Gohan was just Gohan in high school.

[DBZAOTA482]

His little arc is a lot better than the actual Majin Boo meat especially after Vegeta's sacrifice.

[MozillaVulpix]

I love it. Not only is it hilarious, but it actually gives Gohan a personality, with flaws! You could argue he wasn't a particularly interesting character in the early parts of Z. He was just "the kid". The Great Saiyaman taught us that, despite everything he's gone through, Gohan is a massive dork. It made me look back at his character beforehand and realise "yeah, that makes sense. That's the kind of person he is, and I guess he was always like that."

[Metalwario64]

Spoiler:

Love that pelvic thrust!

I enjoyed Saiyaman as well, and I also thought the outfit looked nice when Gohan was fighting Dabura without the cape or headgear on.

[Kuririn Fan]

I liked him a lot...

[Captain Strawberry]

He should have taken inspiration from Batman.

[Michsi]

To be honest, I didn't really like the idea at first, because it looked kinda embarrassing. I had (and still have ) a fairly low tolerance for secondhand embarrassment. One of the reasons why I didn't want to watch BoG, even if Vegeta wasn't one of my favorites characters I don't mind seeing characters in silly situations ( I like to imagine them myself ), but only a certain kind.
But I appreciate what the concept did for Gohan's character and how this reflects his outlook on fighting.

[Man-Child]

I actually might've facepalmed when I first saw Gohan's Saiyaman antics in the Buu saga. Maybe the dub is to blame in that department, but I still cringe at Gohan being that nerdy and oblivious as a teenager. It's entirely in character though, so I give it points for that. It even makes sense in context, seeing as how Gohan just wants to fit in, in the everyday world, but still wants to help out every now and then.

[Polyphase Avatron]

I generally like Kamen Rider/tokusatsu parodies, so it was a good idea if you ask me.

[UltimateSSJG]

It was really refreshing seeing Gohan in this new light as the great saiyaman. Personally, I really wish there were more saiyaman antics with high school gohan trying to fit into society being a saiyan and rivalling with Mr Satan being Earths "protector".

[Vijay]

His little arc is a lot better than the actual Majin Boo meat especially after Vegeta's sacrifice.

As much as it pains me to admit, this is true

After Veggie's sacrifice, the arc sorta loses all steam. It definetly hit its peak with Veggie & Goku coming back to fight Buu though.

On topic, Great Saiyaman Gohan was the only bearable form of Gohan. As much as I hate Gohan (iconic potential & anger abuser), I felt AT really balanced his character well as Great Saiyaman.

He was this...weird kid who is kinda like Goku. Wants to help people. But not Goku

His trade-mark purely innocent & blur, not really understanding intrinsic surroundings was played exceptionally well by Masako Nozawa.