You Don't Understand Goku...

Allow me to relay here again that these of course are my opinions. If you dont like him, thats fine, but try and give him a chance! The purpose of this video is to help some people see Super Goku from a new perspective and is not meant to single out anyone <3

It's worth mentioning Super has A LOT more Slice of Life. With more downtime, you get to see him be goofy more often.

I feel bad for Z Goku, honestly He was always the laidback child like you said in the video In Z, he was under constant stress that earth is under threat and that his whole family is going to die, Him finding out that he is an alien, his brother is evil, there are other people like him that want to destroy earth, his best friend dying, and more In Super he finally got some ''peaceful'' arcs for once (Beerus seeming like not a bad guy, and even then we saw Goku RAGED ''I will not let you destroy my WORLD'' because of the threat) Let my guy chill for once

Honestly on the topic of Gokus IQ, he's obviously never been a Bulma in that regard, but still, Goku in Super just FEELS Like He's Acting Like almost a Novice a fair bit of the time

After rewatching Dragon Ball, I have to agree. This is who Goku has always been. Not a righteous hearted hero who fights to save people. But a kind and honest martial artist who fights in order to push himself and others to always improve. Which is why I'll always admire him for being a different kind of "hero" (in the west, at least).

These character analysis tickle my autism on an unparalleled level. Thank you for the effort you put into these. Heres to hoping this channel grows to the heights you want.

19:07 another thing id like to add which is something I never see anyone talk about, Freiza from the beginning never trusted the saiyans because of the super saiyan legend, so he destroyed their planet to attempt to wipe out their race. In the tournament of power, him working with goku and the other people in the universe who he would kill any other day of the week taught him (as well as jiren) the value of trust. IN THE VERY NEXT ARC, he puts his nearly FULL trust in Broly to do his dirty work, a SAIYAN. not only that, but he was actually disappointed that Broly WASNT able to turn into a super saiyan, a complete 180 from his attitude in Z. That’s honestly one of my favorite arcs of db and no one seems to notice 😢

8:02 to be fair on that bit, trunks did tell goku to only take the heart medicine once the symptoms appeared, not before they did. Now why he didn’t keep the medicine with him at all times is a far stupider thing on goku’s end

Should mention the "Not knowing what a kiss is" scene was a misunderstood joke. As the joke is that Trunks was giving a kiss but mouth to mouth to feed a senzu bean to Mai. Which isn't exactly a kiss. The joke is that its a misunderstanding.

You are starting to become my favorite Dragon Ball Youtuber for real. These character analysis videos on the Difference between Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Kai for me, and Dragon Ball Super are a breath of fresh air. I've always known that Goku fundamentally has always been the same character. Getting started with Kai and not Z helped me to see the real Goku, because in Kai Goku's pretty much the same as in Super. Most people who think Goku's a ruined character have only watched the Funimation english dub of DBZ. To truly understand Goku, watch him from the beginning of the series non dubbed and then watch Z subbed or Kai's english dub. Then when you get to Super, you'll see how Goku's fundamentally the same. I've definitely noticed that he's more goofy in Super, but everyone has been more goofy. We all saw Vegeta couldn't crack an egg in those filler episodes between B.o.G retelling and the R.o.F retelling 🤣🤣 oh funny stuff. Point of my comment is Dragon Ball Super did not ruin Goku, most of the fandom has a distorted image of Goku through the Funimation english dub of Z.

Not a single person understands Goku on a personal level because not a single human being alive can relate to him. Vegeta, on the other hand. We can ALL relate to. He's as real as real gets.

DB fans using a joke moment where Goku didn’t know what kissing was while Vegeta also stating how ridiculous it is to prove he’s a canonical dumbass in ONLY super will always be hilarious to me

Its important to note that how you watch the series is going to affect your perspective on the characters. In the english OG Funimation dub for example goku is characterized more as a superhero in his dialouge which skews his actual character portrayal from the japanese sub.

Damn, AWESOME analysis of Goku! It teaches a lot and kinda feels like you understand the character better than 90% of the "Dragon Ball Z Fans" on the internet XD

Im not going to lie, i was always a detractor when it came to how goku was characterised in super. It was always my biggest problem with the show, not the ludicrous power scaling at times, not the questionable writing at some times, not even the terrible production it had early on resulting in terrible animation (even if those issues still bugged me), it was always the way goku acted. That being said, this video actually made me reconsider a bit and appreciate gokus character in super and his progression a lot more than i used to. Even if i still don't particularly like how goku acts at times, (like him not knowing what medication is in super hero)i think that may just be my own personal preferences and biases at that point. Thank you for making this video, it genuinely saved super a little bit for me

Great video. I appreciate how often you work to challenge popular narratives amongst the fandom. I do think that Toriyama isn't the greatest at executing a momentary regression for meaningful progression. I do believe more solid writing would make this process much more seamless and less jarring.

Great video. I was a bit of a Super hater for the last couple years. But I just reread and I gotta say that my opinions were warped by the monthly waits. Goku feels like Goku in Super. I think it’s just easy for social media to form negative opinions that are not really present in the source material.

People always assume a stronger character will one-shot the villain. That's not how characters work. They have egos and drives that go beyond the normal blank slate. It's more interesting to watch and easier to empathize with.

I absolutely love these character analysis videos. It really takes my understanding of them to another level, making me empathize more and even makes me emotional some times. Keep up the awesome work, and much success to you my friend!

I have to say, I went into this video very skeptical, but I sat through the entirety because I wanted to hear a different opinion…and boy am I glad I did. Your arguments made a lot of sense and resonated in a way many other arguments haven’t been able to. I can only hope more people are open enough to try to understand a different side of the argument and watch your video through the entirety like I did. In short, thank you for helping me see our favorite Hero in a different light!