See, that's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy though; you say they don't matter, but then they're never put into a position where they could matter.
I feel like Goten and Trunks were primarily introduced to focus on the concept of Fusion with Gotenks, but since we've pretty much moved on from that, they're just like every other character thrown into the background. Except in their case, it's really fucking egregious because now they're implying the likes of Roshi, Tien, and Krilllin are stronger than them lol.
I like Dragon Ball Super, but it just kind of shits on consistency and continuity. Like Toriyama was just like "Fuck it".
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Goten and Trunks are too young and immature, and the last time they were put into such an important position, they utterly botched it.
Are they stronger? Yeah. Are they trustworthy for this kind of fight?
Hells no. Other will disagree, and perhaps rightfully so, but I say keep them away from this fight.
At least Krillin, Tenshihan and Roshi won't make things worse.
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You remove Goten and Trunks, Buu shows up to the Lookout and murders everyone before Gohan comes back, Gohan shows up, gets pissed off, gets absorbed because he gets cocky, and then Buu becomes too powerful for Goku and Vegeta to fight. Goku can still potentially come back to life but all of this hinges on Buu blowing up the Earth for the hell of it, people arriving and departing at the necessity of the plot.
You have a far less satisfying series of battles without Gotenks holding the line against Buu until Gohan shows up.
edited 26th Mar '17 10:41:32 AM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!*Grumbles about it's been more than five years since that fight and they should be more mature by now*
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Few problems there. 1. You're assuming Goku wouldn't have wasted Fat Buu as a Super Saiyan 3 now that he doesn't need to teach the Fusion Dance to anyone. 2. You're assuming Gohan would fall for Super Buu's absorbing technique due to a flaw you have no way to prove he'd have. 3. You're assuming Vegito vs. Super Buu with Gohan, and by extension the rest of the Buu Saga, doesn't play out exactly the same way.
On that same coin:
1. You're assuming Goku would have wasted Fat Buu as a Super Saiyan 3. Why didn't he? He said he could have taken out Kid Buu and... yet he didn't. And Kid Buu was weaker. And in the manga he didn't waste time with Super Saiyan 2, and yet he still couldn't do it.
2. You're assuming Gohan wouldn't fall for Super Buu's absorption... even though he totally did, even after seeing it happen. And this was Gohan in his prime. Vegito, meanwhile, raised a barrier in the nick of time. It's not impossible to negate the absorption. And I think it can be proven that Gohan is cocky at this point because he walks up to Buu and threatens him at the beginning of the fight, and taunts him after the first few hits.
3. I'm always open to chaos theory, but if you're arguing "these characters don't matter, this is fact" then saying all of these factors would fall into place to support that argument is something I can't agree with. We can't say "Goten and Trunks are pointless" based solely on speculation. We can't prove that Goku would kill Fat Buu or that Gohan would kill Fat Buu, or that Buu would take any action that would lead to his immediate defeat.
edited 26th Mar '17 10:59:47 AM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!No, the target demographic is still young boys. It's still a shonen action series, much as you might want to insist that it's targetted at Older Fans - because not everyone who has watched Dragon Ball is one of the older fans, since, you know, Kai was a thing that happened not too long ago, and the franchise itself has seen a large revival in recent years.
@the Goten and Trunks are pointless thing:
Without Goten and Trunks, and with Gohan presumably dead, Goku would've likely killed Babidi and Majin Buu as SSJ 3. He flat out said he could have done it but chose not to. He has no reason to choose not to in this situation. End result is an incredibly short Buu saga.
Though if Gohan isn't presumed dead at this point, it would be funny if Goku decides to instead stall so that Gohan can go into the time chamber on the gamble that he might emerge strong enough to off Buu in SSJ 2.
edited 26th Mar '17 11:18:22 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariBecause he wanted to train Goten and Kid Trunks to do it instead. And the rest of that is due to Goku never using Super Saiyan 3 while alive until he face Kid Buu and experienced the intense power bleeding. He couldn't do it at that point.
Gohan was only distracted by Super Buu randomly losing Gotenks' fusion power, which of course only happens due to Goten and Kid Trunks existing in the first place. You take them out, Super Buu has no way to get to Gohan mentally or catch him off guard.
And Vegito was trying to get absorbed. Buu's abilities don't bind him, the World Most Powerful Jawbreaker scene proves that.
Since your third question is just calling this argument pointless, I won't answer it.
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Wait! That's questionable! If there was no Gotenks for Super Buu to absorb, there's no guarantee that Gohan would give Buu the chance to do that. He might end up destroying Buu before he gets a chance for such a thin.
Now alternatively, whether Goku could have beaten Fat Buu is up in the air. Goku believes he could have, and I believe that based on what he knew at the time, that's accurate, but the later addition of the Energy burn on 3 means that he would have been unknowingly burning up his time on Earth. So the question is could Goku have defeated Buu at level three before he used up all his time?
Narrative convention would have demanded he not make it.
Anyway, I admit, as bad an idea as it was to put everything in Goten and Trunks' hands, I wouldn't want to leave them out. I do hope we get a chance to see them strut their stuff at some point. The series does seem to be ignoring them truthfully.
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That is true. Hell, we've pointed out how by the time of the Jr. arc, the latter was so strong that, even after getting his ass kicked by Goku, he was still so powerful that Tenshihan, Yamcha, and Krillin working together would have stood no chance against him. He then went on to prove just that when they did try to interfere.
Toriyama just stayed consistent to how much the powers were increasing.
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