I don't think soTen na nGael wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:30 pm Did Toriyama ever explain in an interview or essay why he altered the final chapter for the Kanzenban like that?
I've seen some try to surmise that (along with being a last-minute "haha grumpy Vegeta gag") he wanted to clarify Vegeta's character post-Boo since the Z anime's adaptation of the "Kakarot, you are Number One" chapter (episode ending on the speech itself, rather than like in the manga where it's immediately followed up with the gag that SS3 Goku was actually screwed/crushed the Potara to look cool, ruining Vegeta's earlier gassing him up/forcing him to help bail him out) made people think his character arc had fully concluded/he'd fully given up on surpassing Goku there (which GT followed up on to a degree)
That apparently was the wrong impression based on DB Online (where in the future, Goku and Vegeta leave Earth together for one last fight which leaves behind a supernova), Kanzenban EOZ, 2008 OVA, RoF & Super re-establishing that Goku & Vegeta are rivals/Vegeta still wants to surpass Goku even though he acknowledged he was better than him, sort of like how Vegeta at the end of Cell said he would never fight again but fast forward to the Boo arc and he's kept himself in fighting shape
But ofc, that's just an assumption, since again Toriyama never explained himself lmao