[Discussion] Was Gohan a Failure as a Character?

[Itachi Edo]

The change was drastic. Him letting Mr. Satan take credit for beating Cell was a complete kill for me.

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Even with this, I still say he's a failure.

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In all seriousness, I think he was a failure as a character. He had huge potential and was given numerous power ups. He threw them all away. Mr. Satan taking credit for his win really did rub me the wrong way, but watching him allow himself to be absorbed by Buu was the last straw for me.

 

[Trúth]

At least we had Trunks. Lol

 

[Ōkami]

Gohan doesn't care about fame hell he's a pacifist by nature.

But he's still the strongest un-fused character in the series.

 

[SayWhat21]

lol man that pic

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[-Punk-]

He died after he defeated Cell .

 

[DeadManWonderLand]

.....Failing to see how that correlates to him being a failure as a character

 

[DeadManWonderLand]

I bet a majority of you never watched Dragonball or seen it first before watching DBZ the Saiyaman arc was an return to his grass root sin terms of comedy and character.

 

[Fex]

I never look at it that way, but actually I don't even remember the Buu Saga that much it was years ago

 

[HiddenSound]

Captain Saiyan or whatever the f*ck that bullshit was was the stupidest thing :|

 

[Lord Naruto San]

Yeah he was IMO He Failed as a writer

He Should have stuck with his plan to make Goten nd Trunks the stars
Made Vegeta and Goku a Tad more balanced Goku just gets all those opportunity to get stronger

Mystic Gohan was a fail to introduce one of the strongest Characters he did not work for it

 

[Trúth]

I bet a majority of you never watched Dragonball or seen it first before watching DBZ the Saiyaman arc was an return to his grass root sin terms of comedy and character.

I did. It still sucked.

 

[Itachi Edo]

I bet a majority of you never watched Dragonball or seen it first before watching DBZ the Saiyaman arc was an return to his grass root sin terms of comedy and character.

I watched Dragonball and read it. However, like I put in the post, I think Gohan as a character was a waste. I understood the comedy aspect, most of DBZ was super serious, but Gohan was wasted in that aspect. Why couldn't he have been the strongest and a naive goofball like Goku was? Don't get me started on him staying quiet on the Cell victory or sitting out the world tournament at the end.

 

[Kαmi]

Nah, Gohan was a pacifist since day 1. The saiyaman thing was pretty weird, Akira's humor took a weird turn for me there. But other than that, Gohan's character fit to me, he was just a little too stale at times for me.

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

He's a little bland to me, but I still like him though.

 

[Laraib]

Cell:He killed me,Even Goku couldn't

 

[patrickscott]

He vowed never to go super saiyan , because he scared some boy or girl if i remember correctly. Teen Gohan was his best time imo though.

 

[RoguePatriot]

Gohan is badass. The list of best DBZ characters goes like this: Trunks

 

[Gintõki1]

Why a failure? lol
Not every damn character has to be a famous *****.

 

[EMack114]

Gohan was a failure because he required insane conditions for him to unleash his "true power". The Cell Saga is a prime example. Getting beaten down and almost killed wasn't enough; he had to depend on Cell to torture and beat his friends and family for him to unleash all that power. Imagine what would've happened if Cell had heeded Goku and Gohan's warnings about pushing him too far?

I can imagine.....Cell would've killed him outright and the series would've ended. THAT is why he's a shoddy character. What's the point of having all that power if I need a narcissistic enemy to bully me AND my friends AND my family to unlock it? It has no purpose against people who go against you with the sole intention to see you dead.

 

[Traffy Law]

Gohan was the best character, what ya saying yo.