| We know that Dragon Ball has never been known for brilliant writing, but for you, who is the most notable character in terms of writing? Personally Future Trunks. |
| Probably Piccolo |
| Piccolo and Vegeta |
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| Top3 of the best written characters in DBZ in my opinion consists of (random order): Piccolo, Vegeta, Future Trunks. |
| Vegeta has the best character arcs and overall development, but I’m just in love with the idea of Beerus becoming that overpowered gag character. So probably both, Vegeta and Lord Beerus. |
| Master roshi is my favorite for being a cool funny pervert. |
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| glad the most popular answers are Future Trunks and Piccolo, those are my picks too |
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| Vegeta and Piccolo, both are the most developed characters, they always met new challenges and their personalities changed somehow with them. |
| King piccolo or piccolo. |
neon_1Nov 25, 2024 3:24 AM
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| I'd say Piccolo. He's the evil side of a nameless namekian who starts to reflect on himself when "raising" (more like observing Gohan rasing himself). He creates a bond with Gohan and through that bond he completely changes as a character. Vegeta is the same as in him having a redemption story arc, but is isn't as well written as Piccolo. His redemption story kickstarts after he for absolutely no reason gets into a relationship with Bulma. Vegeta gets better story arcs later on (Moro arc) but initially his catharsis is what I'd call lazy writing. So in that sense I'd say Piccolo is the best written db character. Another shout would be Gohan. The plot essentially builds him up from episode one of dragon ball untill it culminates with the end of Cell saga. Gohan starting off as Pacificst who doesn't like fighting and simply wants to lead a normal life, is forced to understand that he will have to fight in order to protect what he holds dear. His strength being foreshadowed in every arc prior (his bursts of strength throughout Saiyan and Namekian saga finally bursting out when Gohan is enraged. Gohan was definitely being built to become the best dragon ball character, however buu saga happened. Toriyama changing his mind on Goku passing the baton to Gohan as the MC did kinda ruin his character because it literally made him go back on what he learned from the cell saga. (many ppl think Toriyama gave up on the idea on making Gohan the MC because of the fans, but they're wrong. Toriyama states in an interview that as much as he tried, he simply couldn't think of Gohan as the main character so he scratched that up and brought Goku back). Buu arc had so many inconsistencies in characters that made Cell saga kinda pointless in the end. At least he tried to fix Gohan with the super hero movie, by having him realize what the point of Cell saga was all along, so there's some hope at the end of the tunnel for Gohan after all. |
 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦. |
on | i think gohan is the well written character in Dragon ball z. In the childhood time, he has to struggle with some powerful characters. even brutality beaten by enemies. But his character development is so smooth. |
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| Taking only Dragon Ball Z into account, it'd be between Vegeta and Son Gohan, and I'd personally give a slight edge to the latter, though I'd understand someone opting for the opposite. However, if we're looking at Toriyama's original work, which means Dragon Ball, the manga, Son Goku is definitely the most/better developed character from the first to the last chapter and anyone who can't see it haven't actually read the entirety of Dragon Ball and/or equals character development to a simple "good to bad" progression or vice versa. Son Goku would then be followed by Piccolo, and then the two Dragon Ball Z contestants, who could maybe challenge the Namekian for the second spot depending on some aspects. Also, Karkov05 said: Dragon Ball has never been known for brilliant writing No Shounen manga/anime has done better to this day. Respectfully. |
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Reply to Zarutaku
Probably Piccolo
| @Zarutaku Why not Vegeta? |
| “𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋.” – 𝖤𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝖱𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗍 |
Reply to aurora_yuuki
@Zarutaku Why not Vegeta?
| @aurora_yuuki Because of how he developed from foe to friend and became a responsible father figure while taking care of Gohan. |
| Kakarot , Vegeta and Piccolo . |
| What you see is what you get , Sorry my English is not the best . I won't be in the forums for a while , My life is busy right now. |
| There are many good written characters in Dragon Ball series. Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Vegeta and Raditz, Future Trunks, Frieza, Bardock, Red Ribbon Army's Dr Gero, Majin Buu, Zamasu and many others! Tbh DB's story writting was fine. |
very well rounded and excellent character. Toriyama put a lot of thought and development into him and it really shows. 👍 |
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