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#30251: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:03:37 AM

A lot of Broken Bases to be had.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#30252: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:05:13 AM

We can't agree on anything?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#30253: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:05:38 AM

And opinionated jerks named Handsome Rob who think the series should be what they want it to be.

Not that I know anyone like that.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#30254: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:34:22 AM

Gohan ended up becoming a scholar, but I don't recall him once being interested in study prior to the Cell games/Saiyaman timeskip. It felt like every time he was hitting the books it was because his mom made him.Yet in Super Trunks says that becoming a scholar had always been his dream. That was Chi chi's dream. When did Gohan ever want that? And no, when Bulma first met Gohan asks him what he wants to be when he grows up doesn't count, because Gohan was clearly just repeating what his mom told him.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#30255: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:51:23 AM

Children are an extension of the parent, obviously.

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#30256: Mar 19th 2018 at 9:54:38 AM

I'd say Gohan wasn't written very well as a kid, but yeah, he was clearly supposed to actually prefer studying over training. Far as I can remember, him telling Bulma that was the only time that was ever mentioned. He only actually got mad at his mom once, and that was when he insisted on going to Namek.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#30257: Mar 19th 2018 at 12:08:29 PM

In fairness, if you told me that by age 11 Gohan had had enough of saving the world and wanted to become a scholar I would believe it.

Not everyone has their life planned out at age 11.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#30258: Mar 19th 2018 at 12:11:10 PM

Oh, I like that. Maybe as a kid, Gohan only studied because his mom told him to, but after the fight with Cell he doesn't want to fight anymore and wants to live a relatively normal life, deciding that academics are better than fighting a giant bug man and watching your dad die.

edited 19th Mar '18 12:15:29 PM by WillKeaton

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#30259: Mar 19th 2018 at 12:13:15 PM

I mean, Gohan showed more interest in fighting and training when he was a kid, but that was usually because there was some threat looming over the horizon or even closer that he wanted to help with.

It was less about whether he liked or disliked studying and more: "this is not the time for that."

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#30260: Mar 19th 2018 at 12:14:44 PM

I feel bad for Goten though.

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#30261: Mar 19th 2018 at 12:31:36 PM

Why? If anything he seems to have gotten off easy.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#30262: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:06:41 PM

Also, at that point, Gohan was the most powerful mortal in the universe, and there was seemingly no threat that would require the level of power he dished out when he fought Cell, so it made sense for him to think there was no reason to keep up the training.

He couldn't have seen Buu coming (because no one did).

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#30263: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:15:53 PM

Gohand didn't help out much during androids, despite training...he wasn't in the action.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#30264: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:19:09 PM

[up][up]Except the Supreme Kai, who most certainly knew Buu was coming, and he tried to warn everyone, but they were more interested in having rad fight scenes than saving the planet.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#30265: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:30:33 PM

[up][up][up][up] Chi-Chi constantly forces him to study now even though he wants to do some martial arts.

She won't even let the poor kid help his dad harvest the cabbage.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#30266: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:40:07 PM

In Z, Chi-Chi didn't force Goten to study and even taught him some martial arts. In Super, Chi-Chi insists that Goten study just as fiercely as she insisted Gohan study.

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#30267: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:42:36 PM

I feel like that's less "don't do the thing, Goten" and more "do your job, Goku!"

Which, considering Super's version of Goku, is very reasonable.

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#30268: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:44:54 PM

Because Goten grew older and school just becomes more necessary as that happens. Also, the two most major moments of that are when she tells him to study because he has a test tomorrow (understandable) and when she tells him that he can't leave with his father for months on end on a whim to go training (also understandable, especially if it doesn't even overlap with any school breaks).

doineedaname from Eastern US Since: Nov, 2010
#30269: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:48:57 PM

[up][up] Isn't Supers version of Chi Chi lying about their financial situation to force Goku to work a normal job rather than train?

edited 19th Mar '18 1:49:13 PM by doineedaname

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#30270: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:49:02 PM

[up][up][up] He was already doing his job, Goten just wanted to help him.

She is such a ball-buster.

She doesn't even consider farming a real job.

[up] Yes she is. She's a pretty unlikable person.

edited 19th Mar '18 1:51:00 PM by slimcoder

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#30272: Mar 19th 2018 at 1:53:20 PM

[up][up]That's a pretty likeable thing to do.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#30273: Mar 19th 2018 at 2:39:34 PM

As far as I can tell, Gohan never wanted to practice martial arts either. He only felt that he had to in order to protect his friends.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#30274: Mar 19th 2018 at 2:51:18 PM

The problem with people's stance on that, is that they don't acknowledge the fact that Gohand is completely fine with fighting...

Like no scared, no more...

edited 19th Mar '18 2:52:33 PM by randomness4

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#30275: Mar 19th 2018 at 5:14:51 PM

Huh? Doesn't consider farming a real job? Isn't she on him all the time in Super to actually do that job instead of shooting beams at the farmland?

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