Akira Toriyama’s worst mistake with Goku in Dragon Ball: but he managed to make amends

Dragon Ball hits television screens in the mid-eighties. At that same time, Akira Toriyama’s manga was being developed, on which they based themselves to make this anime that today enjoys being one of the best in all of history.

It tells the story of how Goku and Bulma embark on an adventure to search for the dragon balls; seven talismans that when put together a dragon capable of fulfilling wishes came out.

In development, the battles began to take precedence over the rest of the elements present, to the point that martial arts skills became the main focus.

This is how the series survived until the current year, 2023. There was a break of almost 15 years, but the series returned to continue developing stories that are shown in manga, anime, movies, and video games.

Goku is the main character. We all empathize with the Saiyan warrior, due to his constant quest to improve his abilities, his sense of belonging to the Earth, and the love he feels for his friends, wife, and children.

But, what would you think if those elements that we describe are not the ones that Akira Toriyama wanted to express in the character? In fact, the same Japanese mangaka, according to a review by Alpha Beta Playonce said that the anime made a mistake with Goku and he had to make amends later.

What was wrong with Goku?

As Akira Toriyama explains, although Goku was never destined to be a villain, it was not in the plans for him to dedicate importance to saving the planet or establishing friendships, like the ones he does in the series.

The idea was that Goku, as we see him with Vegeta, would simply focus on training for improvement at any cost and regardless of whether he had to fulfill any duty as a husband, father, friend or citizen.

You see that a bit in the anime. But Akira Toriyama says that it must have been a bit more exaggerated. That is why in Dragon Ball Z he gives him that decision to stay in the afterlife, after the death against Cell, and in Super he makes this situation an opportunity to make jokes, because he is more on Beerus’s planet than anywhere else. other part.