So basically, this question stemmed from One Piece and FMA. In FMA, the prtagonists are, at their primes, not as strong as their dad (Hohenheim). In OP, if Dragon really is Uranus as some ppl claim he is, then there is no way Luffy could be stronger thn him since Uranus is a weapon of mass destruction. However tht goes against the Pirate King title tht Lufy has to aspire to as PK are the strongest of the strongest.
Would this go against the main logic. How do the audience feel about this? Is it essential tht a protagonist has to be stronger thn their dads/mentors in a shounen manga? I mean consider the sannin and Hiruzen. It is quite heavily hinted tht at the time of hIRUZEN v Orochimaru and Jiraiya v Pain tht the mentors could hv defeated their pupils had they been in their prime or known fully bout their ability. Naruto is stronger thn Minato and Jiraiya and tht follows he traditional shounen logic.
However, gohan from DBZ, despite being Goku son and his disciple, has not surpassed Goku but instead has gotten weaker.
My question, in the end, is that is it vital for a shounen protagonist to surpass their parents if they are overhyped asf (like Luffy and Dragon)
Would this go against the main logic. How do the audience feel about this? Is it essential tht a protagonist has to be stronger thn their dads/mentors in a shounen manga? I mean consider the sannin and Hiruzen. It is quite heavily hinted tht at the time of hIRUZEN v Orochimaru and Jiraiya v Pain tht the mentors could hv defeated their pupils had they been in their prime or known fully bout their ability. Naruto is stronger thn Minato and Jiraiya and tht follows he traditional shounen logic.
However, gohan from DBZ, despite being Goku son and his disciple, has not surpassed Goku but instead has gotten weaker.
My question, in the end, is that is it vital for a shounen protagonist to surpass their parents if they are overhyped asf (like Luffy and Dragon)
