Originally Posted by
Cyke
Yeah, Goku Black had some of the highest stakes of the franchise (def), but I also love how the U6 tournament was actually pretty low stakes. No one was in danger of dying (aside by Champa), planets weren't going to get blown up (if the Earth switched places, life would've been the same), and almost all their friends were there -- seriously, seeing Ox-King, Dr. Briefs, and Turtle on an unnamed planet between universes in a stadium built by an angel? NO WAY would that have happened in any other Dragon Ball series.
I used to dislike Vegeta the way I disliked Wolverine. Overhyped (I AM THE HYPE) anti-hero who seems badass but has moments of cowering. And then, yet, we saw him grow as a parent and husband. Hell, his first fight in the series was because his wife got slapped. And then he even became a mentor.
Also, props to Gohan for prioritizing family so much. Yeah, I want to see him crazy powerful again, and I'm glad he's training once more, but Pan needs him too, and the show does a good job of emphasizing that.
I feel like that's the thing, though. As much of a prodigy and genius he is, as much as he impresses the gods (and even THE God), he never had much in the way of foresight otherwise to consider different consequences, and for much of Super, that's bitten him in the ass. A lot. It explains why, despite all his power, his win ratio after Cell has been pretty dismal, and why others end up saving the day.