Please correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't he always been like that though? In the beginning of Dragon Ball Goku actively sought out Muten Roshi for training, then left on his own to get stronger, then trained with Kami, then married Chichi but still mainly just trained without a job, then died and trained with Kaio, then trained on his way to Namek, then trained on Yardrat willingly ditching his family, then trained with Gohan and Piccolo, then trained in the Room of Spirit and Time, then trained in the after life, then trained back at home while not visiting his friends for 5 years after the 10 year time skip at the end of Z.Michsi wrote:As he is written now? Not really. It's a little frustrating with how we barely ever see him show interest in anything other than fighting. As I said, I'm not against the idea in general, as long as the execution is okay, as long as the character is interesting and entertaining and brings something new to the story it could be Goku's long lost daughter for all I care.dae428 wrote: Do you see Goku really going through the trouble though? I'm not gonna say that Goku's a shallow character that only cares about getting stronger, but he definitely isn't the type of character to dwell on things like these. It's definitely doable for Toriyama or Toei to put in a Goku sister character, but I think the bigger question we have to ask ourselves is would we even want that?
But as I said, we have no shortage of saiyans
I've always seen Goku as kind of a hermit character who mainly just focuses on getting stronger and fighting strong guys. Sure he cares about his friends but he generally ignores them unless they actively seek him out and has never been shown actively pursuing relationships with other people other than sparring partners and masters.
I'm totally with you that it's fine as long as the execution is good, but the problem is that I just can't see it being executed properly without compromising the story and character. I'm not even against female Saiyans or even female characters in general making their way into Dragon Ball as main characters, my only real concerns are based solely on proper execution as it should benefit the story and not have to feel forced or unnatural. Like say, forcing in specific female characters in just because there's a need to have a specific quota of female characters. It would be like putting in a boy member in the Power Puff Girls just because there's no boy's in the group. There's the Rowdy Ruff Boys sure but that actually properly worked into the story with them pretty much being the exact opposite of the Power Puff Girls.
@Kendamu: I've never seen Pan act scholarly in sense of the word. I mean I kind of see where you are coming from with Gohan being her father, but personally I kind of hope she doesn't ever become a Gohan 2.0 character. It would be kind of lame in my opinion. I want her to be her own unique character that isn't Gohan or Goku. Kind of like Goten. While a lot of people bash Goten for looking like Goku, I actually feel that Goten actually does have his own unique personality. He's naive and playful from his time living in a wildlife environment, but he's also very impressionable following Trunks as a subordinate while also looking up to his older brother. He's the product of a peaceful era with powerful role models. This is a kid who likes training to a degree, but only because he sees it as fun and games unlike Goku who looked at it in a slightly more serious and obsessive light. Hopefully she gets to shine a bit more in the future though unlike Goten... ^^;
