So Kame Sennin and Yamcha are throw aways cause they retired and don't normally take part in action....good to know.Marlowe89 wrote:No, it absolutely makes him a throw-away character. Gohan never had the intention of retiring from protecting the planet, even though he openly acknowledges that he dedicates all of his time to his responsibilities as a scholarly father as opposed to training. That's EXACTLY what makes him a multifaceted character - he doesn't condone fighting and his own lifestyle has made him comparably weaker than before, but he's still entirely willing to step up to the plate when his loved ones are in danger. He's also aware of his own power to the point that he chooses to engage in situations where he can actually make himself useful (fighting off Freeza's army) rather than fight an uphill battle against an opponent he can't beat.dbzfan7 wrote:What's the point of a consequence if nothing is learned from it? Him retiring is not making him a throw away character. Did that make Kame Sennin a throw away character when he retired? It just means his time is up and he's done fighting. Let him stop fighting if he's retired. Let him be a non fighter character.
Him being a non-fighter character would, in fact, go against his development as much as him training non-stop for the fun of it. Honestly, I get the impression that you want Gohan to be someone he never really was at heart. A lot of people seem to be more in love with some idealization of Gohan instead of Gohan himself.
I want Gohan to actually grow or stop stealing screen time from new characters who could use it. What does showing up, jobbing, and cheering do for his character at all in a fighting anime? It does nothing.
So are Goten and Trunks bad for basically sensing all this action going on, and not showing up? Is it wrong for him to hang back by his family and let Goku and Vegeta handle things? We have Raditz, Vegeta, Freeza, Freeza again, the Cyborgs, Cell, Boo, Beerus, Freeza again again, notice the pattern? Trouble keeps coming and it's not going to go away forever. Instead of understanding this he acts like this is the last time it'll happen. Not only that but he has a GOD POWER UP that would take no time at all to absorb. He learned Super Saiyan and pretty much every thing he was ever taught faster than Goku.fexus wrote:Where in my sentence that says that Gohan would be a horrible person? Where? All I'm saying is that you don't want Gohan to help people because he would job. You want him to ignore the threat. You said he should do that eventhough it isn't in his character to do that. Again how would he know that there would be a villain from the past that got a powerup to beat him who are one of the strongest people in the universe. Not on the planet, not in the galaxy but in the universe. There's also Buu, the Kai's, Beerus and Whis somewhat on his side.
Apparently not cause instead of letting his days be over, they still have the need to keep bringing him back. I'd be fine if they let his days be over, but apparently they can't just let the guy retire.Tsufuru wrote:gohan lives like a normal human with a family.
why is it so hard to understand?
gohans days are over.
deal with it.
He doesn't do what he can. That's a load of shit. If that were the case he'd abuse the easiest and most powerful power up in existence which doesn't even require much training. Wouldn't even have to disappear from his family, it'd take 5 minutes.NavonWise wrote:Because there are other characters that are more powerful than him and are better suited for the job. Like I said, he does what he can and that's that.dbzfan7 wrote: What does that have to do with anything? You don't need that to fight. He cares about people, but not enough to get strong enough to protect them. He has access to the most broken power up ever where he doesn't even have to train. He learns everything faster than Goku, so absorbing SSJ God would be no problem. There's one giant power up, barely takes any time out of his day, and he'd have enough power to protect those he cares for.
Why do you have to like fighting to fight? Why can't you do it because it's the right thing to do? Soldiers fight not because they want to, but to protect their country. They train, they learn combat, they improve all to protect. Most don't want to fight at all. Others join the military so they have other people to fight for em, but they want to protect their families and homelands.
