>>56625516>At the same time, nerds do not like change and Japanese nerds REALLY don't. Look at Goku, he was clearly meant to pass the torch to Gohan after the Cell Games and Japan was not havin' it.Goku fucking grew, had kids, had grandchildren, became the world strongest, the universe strongest, the multiverse strongest, surpassed the gods, got successors, trained lots of people, etc.
And when you take non-canon trash like GT you have Goku fucking ascending a higher realm and passing the torch to humanity.
Even for shounen Goku is a fucking crazy character. Look at how in every modern shounen a timeskip is always presented as this amazing crazy big deal thing because two years passed and the MC went from 12 years to 14 and they got a new design.
Meanwhile in Dragon Ball we had years long timeskips like nothing where fucking everyone grew up, got jobs, made families, etc.
Comparing Goku to trAsh is a complete and absolute disservice to Goku.
Besides, that's a myth. We know from Toriyama's mouth that he went back to Goku because Gohan didn't work out as a main character, and he was RIGHT because Gohan has NEVER been a active and leading character, he's always been a reactive one. Meanwhile someone like Goku always moves the story and always moves things forward because of how he is a person. Popularity had nothing to do with it and anyone saying otherwise is just a Gohan self-inserter being butthurt.
> But there'd have been hell. Lose-lose situation.No there wouldn't have been because if they'd made Ash fuck off early then there would be no expectations for Ash staying. The MC getting changed with each Gen would have become the norm. This is all a self-made problem. All because Yuyama was a fucking autist. And at the end of the day they made Ash fuck-off either way except no one ended up satisfied and it all reeked of damage control and trying to salvage the mess they themselves caused.
