Gohand turned out okay because of the levity between the terrible times...
When in all truths, the bad times never lasted too long, Radish was just one day, outside of Piccoro's year of training the Saiya-jin stuff was one day, the Namek stuff was 6-7 whole days, the Androids and Cell were just over a week, and Boo was just one day (probably two at most).
Honestly not much really happens when you think about it...
edited 6th Jan '18 5:14:35 PM by randomness4
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oh wow giving him the bare minimum as a parent
i was wrong, chichi is a saint
She pushed him too hard to have an education and really fucked up his priorities. Honestly, he wouldn't even need to have an education if he just wanted to milk the Tenkaichi Budokai.
edited 6th Jan '18 5:15:38 PM by Saiga
His priorities?
edited 6th Jan '18 5:25:17 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I mean, if we say " [X] character prioritises [Y] above the safety of the world"... that's basically 2/3rds of the cast at least. For Chi-Chi, Y is the safety of her son, as opposed to pride or wanting a good fight... more to the point, you could argue it's stupid but I don't think you can argue that not wanting your child to be the one who fights nightmarish abominations means you're a bad parent.
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"That would ultimately be training for the sake of training...
Which everyone just agreed with Kakarrot's mentality at the end of the Cell Saga...
Gohand saw no reason to keep training...
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No, her priority is not the safety of her son. Because her son would be safer if he was capable of defending himself against world ending threats. Also, world ending threats.
Her priority is the success of her son, safety of the world be damned. At least Goku's fucked up priorities still allow him to understand that people can't just be allowed to destroy Earth.
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this. Chi-chi decided he'd be a scholar at age four. It's very fortunate he still wanted to be that as an adult.
edited 6th Jan '18 5:31:32 PM by Saiga
Like, I said, it isn't logical but it is the reaction the vast majority of good parents would have.
Also, Goku values someone else having a fair fight above the safety of the world... at least Chi-Chi is being emotional and stupid over something that actually matters.
edited 6th Jan '18 5:32:21 PM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"No, it isn't. A good parent would ideally have a functional brain and see there is literally only one answer that makes sense: if the earth is destroyed your son dies anyway.
Remember, Chi-Chi specifically SAID it's about Gohan's studies, not the safety of the Earth. Yes, she has expressed her concerns about his safety, but she's also made it clear his study is more important than THAT.
edited 6th Jan '18 5:33:10 PM by Saiga
Yeah that's the thing, people look at Chi-chi not wanting Gohan to fight and project reasoning onto her that is not actually her own.
Chi-chi is not written as caring about Gohan's safety above all else. She is written as caring about his studies and career prospects above all else, which happens to include him still being alive.
And, yeah, caring about Gohan's future obviously isn't bad, but it can wait when it's waited against the world existing and studies and career actually having a place to matter. Plus, a lot of it's not even about Gohan himself, just her views on what a family should be and what a child of hers should do.
edited 6th Jan '18 5:42:56 PM by LSBK
No, she isn't. She's being emotional and stupid over academic prospects, which Gohan wouldn't even need if it really came down to it.
And Goku may value a fair fight above the safety of the world, but he still values the safety of the world highly enough to work toward maintaining it and even prioritizing it if shit really hits the fan. Chi-Chi doesn't give any fucks about world safety.
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Once Tournaments started happening again...he could abuse those, but probably not for long.
The only way I can rationalize Chi Chi's behavior is that she expects Goku to do the saving the world thing. From her perspective, it would be the capable martial artists trying to push their responsibilities on Gohan, who should be studying. It's no different from expecting Goku to get a job despite having Mr.Satan's money, it's what's proper in her view.
She never stops him from training, unless it involved the son...
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And you know, the kidnapping and being a child soldier and all.
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