Dragonball Fanfiction

I'm pretty sure she actually breaks down crying the second time, though. One thing I liked about Shin Budoukai was when an alternate Gohan said that Chi-chi would spend basically every night crying after Goku died.

And that death was permanent. By Goku's own choice.

That's got to hurt.

If Goku was female she probably wouldn't be surprised by Bulma's genitalia.

...And using Grandpa Gohan's crotch as a pillow would be sorta creepy.

I mean, it's sorta creepy already, but.

edited 8th Jun '15 6:57:02 AM by unnoun

So I think I've figured out what was bothering me about Goku's Nakama being an unintentional harem of guys that can't work up the nerve to tell her how much they love her/she's oblivious.

As a guy, Goku's group of friends is built up through loyalty, adventure, determination, respect, and, of course, violence.

As a girl, Goku's friends would be a gaggle of guys who just desperately want to give her the D.

Which doesn't mean she can't form her True Companions group the exact same way and for the exact same reasons. But that's what happens when you get a bunch of presumably straight guys and one Innocent Fanservice Girl.

Anyway, switching gears...

What would reactions be if Vegetto's plan had worked flawlessly and he hadn't defused within Buu?

I think I can already predict what Goten and Trunks would act like.

Trunks: "So you're my dad and Goten's dad?"

Vegetto: "Pretty much, yeah."

Goten: "Does that mean we're brothers?"

Vegetto: "Sure, let's go with that."

Goten and Trunks: "Awesome!"

edited 8th Jun '15 10:15:26 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

I'm not sure Tien, Chiaotzu, or Yamcha would be interested. I mean, I question whether the former two are straight, and they're all older than her and remember when she was a kid.

I don't think Piccolo would care, for obvious reasons.

I could see Krillin having a big crush on Goku, because she'd be one of the first girls he's met after leaving the temple, and Krillin explicitly started martial arts to meet girls.

Because Goku is constantly helping build Krillin's confidence and giving him advice during fights, like reminding him that he doesn't have a nose.

Because, if 18 and Zangya are anything to go by, Krillin does seem to have a thing for strong, confident women.

...Yes I'm deliberately ignoring Maron from the anime, shh.

But above all, yeah, Goku is a great friend. I do think it's right that Krillin himself would be too scared of messing that up to make the first move.

...I do think it's probably true that characters would treat Goku differently. And, one of the things with Goku is that a lot of Goku's arc in Dragon Ball is about meeting people and learning things and growing up in some ways. While still remaining, at heart, the same innocent and pure monkey boy.

In addition, there are aspects of the writing that would probably change, to an extent, because of Toriyama and Japanese culture, but.

...In some ways, the closest female equivalent to Goku in Toriyama's writing is probably Arale. Because Arale's lack of social programming makes it so that she is prone to making some of the same types of mistakes as Goku, leading to some of the same types of jokes. Like, this isn't 100%, and Goku and Arale are different characters and have different personalities, but. They do often play the same or similar roles. Broadly speaking. It's why having the two characters meet is as much fun as it is.

...Goku is twelve at the start of the series, so. I could sorta see Bulma or Launch helping her with her first menstrual cycle.

I'm pretty certain that blonde Launch wouldn't attack Goku.

...I think it's an open question exactly how ignorant Goku is, especially after training with Roshi and Kami. Goku's knowledge of things has a tendency to be very specialized.

I mean, that link from earlier also has Goku's question about how androids could have babies, which is actually a decent question for someone who knows how reproduction actually works because they probably can't. And if they could, they probably couldn't with Krillin. But when Krillin explains that 18 used to be a normal human, Goku accepts the explanation readily.

So we have the situation where Goku both seemingly knows about sex and where babies come from, but his first question about marriage, and what he thinks that means, is living together in the same house.

That's the other thing with Goku's non-fighting knowledge, is that connections don't always seem to work exactly the same as is "obvious" to most people.

...I think things that would probably definitely change are things like Roshi buying Goku a dress instead of a suit. Little things like that.

...I can't remember whether Goku says he's a boy when he meets Chichi though, and I do think it could be funny with a female Goku story if, at the last tournament, when Chichi shows up, she didn't actually know Goku's sex, and just assumed.

Toriyama is great at the anticlimax.

edited 8th Jun '15 10:53:52 AM by unnoun

You're aware that by the time Goku has that conversation, Goku has already had not one but two children of his own and spent at least half a decade living with his wife, right? It'd be impossible for him not to know how babies are made by then.

See, I read a story where, because Goku wasn't there in the hospital room when Gohan was born, and because he came back from the dead when he met Goten, he thought that people just sorta find babies like Grandpa Gohan found him.

I mean, there's some assumptions about what Gohan's birth was like, which is one of those nebulous gaps in Dragon Ball where basically anything could have happened.

But I thought it was an interesting interpretation.

Not that I agree with it, mind, but.

edited 8th Jun '15 11:22:01 AM by unnoun

What If? Gohan Wasn't A Clumsy Fuck

edited 9th Jun '15 8:36:43 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

Neither Chi-chi nor Videl would like that.

He probably wouldn't actually look that different, and Goku's been dead for seven years. He could probably pass himself off as Gohan if he really wanted to.

It'd be kinda hard to hide the voice. Someone also might sense both Gohan's and Goku's ki coming from him but I'm not sure. I don't think anyone was around to witness the glory of Vegeto (other than the Supreme Kais) and I don't recall anyone remarking about Gotenk's ki.

He could blame it on the Supreme Kai's power up thing.

That's... wouldn't make any sense. "Elder Supreme Kai's power up also lets you sense Goku's ki coming form me!"

Except Piccolo actually did mistake Gohan for Goku after the ceremony.

Chichi wouldn't like that.

Videl would learn to cope, eventually. I guess.

If there's one thing that's bigger than Freeza's gigantic freaking penis head in his third form, it's his ego. It's almost 100% likely Freeza thought he could defeat Goku as he was when he went for his revenge the first time. After all... the last time Goku pretty much explained why he lost - he was bleeding power like crazy. Sure, he never really was a match for Goku, not with a 30,000,000 BP difference between them, but Freeza thought he was, and he was stronger with the cybernetic implants on his body.

The hilarious thing is, what Trunks did is something that Goku most likely could have done if he'd wanted to, back on Namek.

But then again, it doesn't mean the fic above doesn't work. Solely because hindsight is 20/20.

edited 11th Jun '15 10:41:08 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

God, I thought writing for Gohan was hard, but writing for Goku is even harder. I'm trying to have a discussion between Gohan and Goku, with Gohan pressing whether it's selfish for Goku to remain alive after the Buu Saga, considering the reasons why he stayed dead in the first place.

And...geez. It's really difficult trying to come up with earnest reactions for Goku that are still in-character. Like, if you make him too caring, it's OOC. If you make him too detached, it's also OOC.

Basically, it's really hard to imagine how Goku would react to more...personal issues. He'd normally shy away from those kinds of thoughts. Because, normally, he wouldn't need to think about them.

edited 18th Jun '15 1:14:51 AM by LOLypop1224

Isn't Goku's reason for staying dead being that a lot of strong people target him and put the Earth in danger?

Yep. But after the Buu Saga...well, he comes back to life, and it looks like he's going to be alive for the foreseeable future. Even if that is almost selfish of him to do and potentially risk the Earth.

The only problem is that his reasoning is pretty bullshit. The only danger he's brought were the Androids/Cell and maybe Freeza (at that wasn't even really his fault). Meanwhile, his presence has been the only thing to save the Earth a dozen times over.

Well, his presence is also the reason Majin Buu managed to escape. But his reasoning is still bullshit.

Not really.

Piccolo Jr. and technically Piccolo Sr. were both his fault, in a sense. Pilaf released Sr. because he couldn't deal with Goku on his own.

Raditz came for Goku, and that brought along Vegeta and Nappa.

Freeza came to Earth looking for Goku and Dr. Gero made five doomsday machines to kill him.

Goku is right in saying that the most dangerous threats Earth has ever faced in the last ~20 years are related to him in some way.

If Goku hadn't been there, Pilaf would have ended up ruling the world.

Raditz and co. would have come to Earth eventually regardless of Goku's presence.

Freeza wasn't his fault since Goku did his best to kill him with the Angry Kamehameha.

Gero would have been evil and made Androids for the Red Ribbon Army even without Goku being there.

edited 18th Jun '15 10:11:02 AM by Zelenal