Vegito has no logic.

[GogetaSSJ2]

I was re-watching the Buu arc the other day and something hit me: It's Vegito's fault that Buu was allowed to destroy Earth.

See Vegito's arrogance and overconfidence backfired on him in the end because he dragged that fight out on purpose with Buuhan in order to intentionally get absorbed by Buu so he could rescue Gohan, Piccolo, Goten and Trunks that were still prisoners inside of Buu.

But here's the thing: that plan of his is illogical.

Everyone can just be wished back with the dragon balls once the quarrel with Buu was over. Why fret over saving anyone at this point? There's literally no one else to save up to this point other than a namekian, a dog and a man. Vegito should've just killed Buuhan then and there instead of stroking his dick in front of him which is what he was practically doing the whole fight.

I just wanted to point out the flaw in Vegito's thinking. He should not of held back just because his friends were trapped inside of Buu. The dragon balls could just repair everything Buu damaged when he was on Earth.

Was that just bad writing on AT's part? Because I love Vegito, but I feel he's more of a plot device if anything just to keep the story going...

[Darkprince410]

It's not THAT illogical of a plan for Vegetto to try and rescue Gohan and the others. Sure, things would have been a lot simpler if he opened up with a powerful blast as soon as he went Super Saiya-jin and completely obliterated Buu, but Gohan and the others would be killed, and if they used Earth's dragonballs to wish them back, that'd use up their one time resurrection, so chances are Vegetto felt that rescuing them by intentionally getting absorbed would be better than using up their one chance of revival when it wasn't totally necessary. If they used it up now, and then something came along down the line where they had unavoidable deaths, then they're out of luck. Likewise, given their reactions later, Goku and Vegeta seemed to have forgotten about Namek's dragonballs, so they weren't even considering those at the time.

From an out of universe reason though, there's likely two reasons. One, having Vegetto go inside Buu gave Toriyama a means of countering the "permanent" nature of the Potaras. If he just had Vegetto annihilate Buu instantly, then that'd essentially mean Goku and Vegeta would cease to exist. Secondly, and this is probably one of the bigger deciding factors, that'd just be really boring for Vegetto to form and then instantly destroy Buu. Sure, it'd be a testament to his power, but I'd personally find it far less entertaining for Vegetto to just blow him away instantly rather than what we see in the manga.

[Hellspawn28]

Vegito was a plot device in order to free Gohan, Gotenks and Piccolo out of Buu's body. That's why he was in only in one chapter and he was never brought up or seen ever again. I would imagine Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Piccolo would be brought back if Vegito did kill Buuhan. #17 was brought back despite being in Cell's body after Cell blew up himself.

[Kamiccolo9]

How is it not logical for a guy to go out of his way to solve a problem without killing his sons?

[B]

It would be really great if everyone who ever cried "plot hole!" would stop and think about the human factor. Maybe Vegetto doesn't want to kill his friends and family? Maybe being killed hurts a lot? Maybe don't watch the anime where concepts such as everyone keeping their bodies in Heaven and just hanging out with God all day exist, removing a vast majority of the sacrifice that goes into death in this series?

[Marco Polo]

Why rely on some magic stones when you can do it yourself? That Vegito was overconfident is NOT illogical. You take two of the biggest confident people in the biggest confident race in the universe, of course the fusion is going to be overconfident.

Besides, even if Vegito was the epitome of wiseness, he would still not have relied on the Dragon Balls since the Old Kai said it's bad to overuse them.

[dan2026]

The only illogical thing about Vegito was caused by the anime where he waited an entire episode to go Super Saiyan.
Now that IS mucking around.

I hope Kai fixes it and cuts straight to him going Super Saiyan.

[mAcChaos]

Are we sure that they would count as separate beings from Buu? I figured as long as they were in Buu, they wouldn't be able to saved since they're part of Buu now.

[Hellspawn28]

If Vegito did kill Buuhan then I'm pretty sure Gohan and the others can be wish back. I mean if #17 can be wish back after dieing in Cell's body then Gohan, Piccolo, Goten and Trunks would be no different.