Toriyama's Best Decisions
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Toriyama's Best Decisions
It's only fair that since we have a thread about Toriyama's mistakes we also have one for his best decisions.
-Aging up the cast.
-Sparing Vegeta.
-Aging up the cast.
-Sparing Vegeta.
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I like both suggestions, Toriyama was especially right to age up Goku as that's something he was advised against doing.
I would also add making Gohan live a more conventional adult life, because I like how he's not a mere Goku clone, and now with Super Hero there's so much potential for the future where he needs to get the balance right between being a family man and being able to protect Pan and Videl when needed.
Also Piccolo having a change of heart through a gradually growing bond with Gohan was pretty neat and cute.
I would also add making Gohan live a more conventional adult life, because I like how he's not a mere Goku clone, and now with Super Hero there's so much potential for the future where he needs to get the balance right between being a family man and being able to protect Pan and Videl when needed.
Also Piccolo having a change of heart through a gradually growing bond with Gohan was pretty neat and cute.
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- Goku coming back as a main hero in the Buu Arc, Gohan isn't suited to be a MC and he isn't and never was that interesting.
- Piccolo becoming good.
- Creating Future Trunks and his tragic story, even if it's copied straight from the Terminator franchise.
- Vegeta finally admitting he is the second fiddle and deciding to stop with his "Kakarot obsession" during End of Z era.
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- Piccolo becoming good.
- Creating Future Trunks and his tragic story, even if it's copied straight from the Terminator franchise.
- Vegeta finally admitting he is the second fiddle and deciding to stop with his "Kakarot obsession" during End of Z era.
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Having Goku spare pretty much every villain/antagonist, and them redeeming themselves and becoming great additions to the cast, and/or becoming useful fighters.
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Actually. I think it would be better if Vegeta died permanently after Freeza. After that he intelligence dropped considerably and he basically followed a pattern of being overconfident, letting a villain power up and getting his ass kicked.Cure Dragon 255 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:42 pm It's only fair that since we have a thread about Toriyama's mistakes we also have one for his best decisions.
-Aging up the cast.
-Sparing Vegeta.
Re: Toriyama's Best Decisions
I totally agree. Look at how awesome and wholesome Dragon Ball Z could have been without Vegeta shoved into the Z-Fighters' dynamics with "The Tree of Might".Jord wrote: ↑Mon Sep 26, 2022 12:51 pmActually. I think it would be better if Vegeta died permanently after Freeza. After that he intelligence dropped considerably and he basically followed a pattern of being overconfident, letting a villain power up and getting his ass kicked.Cure Dragon 255 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:42 pm It's only fair that since we have a thread about Toriyama's mistakes we also have one for his best decisions.
-Aging up the cast.
-Sparing Vegeta.
Not to mention Yamcha could have been married to Bulma, like their Japanese voice actors told Akira Toriyama as they voiced their objection to his wrongdoing.
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