Why Goten & Trunks’ Dragon Ball Super Designs Don’t Make Sense
Goten and Kid Trunks’ designs in Dragon Ball Super don’t make any sense and will be difficult to fix at this point. Here’s why they’re so problematic.
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Goten and Kid Trunks’ designs in Dragon Ball Super don’t make any sense and need to be fixed in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Though they had older, teenage appearances in Dragon Ball GT, how they look now are the only designs they’ve had in Dragon Ball canon, with the sole exception of Baby Trunks in the Cell Saga. It creates a disparity between the visuals and characterization that will only continue to be more distracting.
After the time skip that followed the conclusion of the Cell Saga, 7-year-old Goten and 8-year-old Trunks were introduced as main characters. When it was revealed that both already have access to the Super Saiyan transformation, it became clear that the anime had plans for them to be key allies in the stories ahead. And while their Dragon Ball fusion form, Gotenks, did end up playing a big role in the battle with Majin Buu, Goten and Trunks have since been relegated to comic relief and filler material in Dragon Ball Super. However, the anime made no changes to either character, nor has it made any noticeable adjustments to their power levels.
Dragon Ball Super reusing Goten and Trunks’ Dragon Ball Z designs is an issue for the anime and the characters. It’s important to note that four years passed between the ending of the Buu Saga and the beginning of Dragon Ball Super. In other words, the two half-Saiyans would be 11 and 12 respectively. By the time the anime ended, they would have been 13 and 14. The problem is that the teenage Goten and Trunks still act and look the way they did when they were 7 and 8 years old in Dragon Ball Z.
Obviously, both characters should have experienced some physical growth and perhaps some degree of maturity. They’re still kids of course, but they should carry some characteristics that reflect their current age. It’s certainly odd that they seem much younger than the 11-year-old Gohan who saved the world from Perfect Cell in Dragon Ball Z. He was a good bit taller and more mature than Goten and Trunks are as a 13- and 14-year-old.
When Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero rolls around, updating them will become a must for the anime. Concept art for Pan is indicative of a three or four-year Dragon Ball Super time jump, which should put Goten and Trunks near the end of their high school years. With that in mind, it’s hard to imagine Super Hero not introducing new looks for these characters. The problem, though, is that because Dragon Ball Super didn’t make any updates during its run, whatever changes Super Hero makes will have to be quite drastic. That may have to be the case, considering that they’re about to go from ages 7 and 8 to their late teens. When Goten and Trunks return, they could very well be remarkably different from the way audiences remember them from Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. It remains to be seen if their new designs will come complete with new power upgrades. If they’ve been keeping up with their training, they may have attained enough strength to finally reach Super Saiyan 2.
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