Goku's journey has always been one of growth and rising power level, and of finding new worlds to visit and new enemies to fight. His journey has resulted in his power level going beyond most writer's expectations, including Toriyama, putting him on power with the strongest beings of any universe set: Superman, Darkseid, the Hulk, the One-Punch Man Saitama, Gilgamesh, and so many others.
So at this point, is there a way to give Goku a step down in power that can benefit him as a character, or alternately keep him loyal to who he is?
Maybe there is some method that keeps Goku from breaking ceilings, but I don’t know what it could be that may not be contrived. Anyway, the method is not as important as the impact on Goku.
Adulthood is realizing that limits exist, breaking them has consequences, and that it’s better to stay within a few of them. Goku has never really understood that; in DBS he traveled to other universes caused him to encounter Zamasu, and later on at the World Tournament he put his universe at risk of erasure. Of course, in DBS he also made friends with Beerus and Zeno-sama, in a way that could be called sacrilegious and humorous too, so his counter-social ways works in both good and bad ways.
Is classic Goku him not getting social borders? Yes. He was raised in the wilderness. And most of comedy involves contrary action to normal behaviour. But if Goku began to seriously respecting those borders, can he still be Goku? Does anyone have a clear idea on this?
Can a step down in power benefit Goku?
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Can a step down in power benefit Goku?
"Don't take pleasure in destruction!" / "I will not let you destroy my world!"
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
Re: Can a step down in power benefit Goku?
It did in GT
Re: Can a step down in power benefit Goku?
No, I think DBS's main problem is that they are expanding the characters growth and power far faster than producing a new story or expanding upon the universe that they have, I think one of the reasons why the original dragon ball series or even the DBZ series worked so well is because they have used a lot of time using storytelling for adventure as well, and because of that we got to see a lot of things along the way by the side of Goku and his friends.
Toriyama just never really elaborates on anything, and I think that may be partly due to him being a discovery writer and the fact he hardly looks at his own work. Because of that, we don't know the full extent of things like godki, we don't see the lives these characters live always, characters like Launch is forgotten. We have an entire roster of characters, and tons of them don't get used in the story. There are many underutilized elements of the story.
In short, I think Toriyama needs to elaborate on the universe that he has set his characters inside of, making the universe feel so small will only result in the story having to rely on other timelines and universes, which will cheapen overtime.
Toriyama just never really elaborates on anything, and I think that may be partly due to him being a discovery writer and the fact he hardly looks at his own work. Because of that, we don't know the full extent of things like godki, we don't see the lives these characters live always, characters like Launch is forgotten. We have an entire roster of characters, and tons of them don't get used in the story. There are many underutilized elements of the story.
In short, I think Toriyama needs to elaborate on the universe that he has set his characters inside of, making the universe feel so small will only result in the story having to rely on other timelines and universes, which will cheapen overtime.