Feb 1, 2020 · When Goku is alive, he is a very present and active father. He spends basically all his free time with Gohan in the Cell arc, and Dragon Ball Super has often showed Goku enjoying family time. He goes off on training trips, but the implication is that he’s home quite often in between story arcs.

Sep 5, 2024 · Gohan and Piccolo are arguably Dragon Ball's best teacher and student duo, and because of the large role that Piccolo continues to have in Gohan's life, many fans believe that he's been a better father than Goku ever was.

Mar 16, 2021 · In all seriousness, Goku seems decent enough in Dragonball and the anime, but Toriyama says Goku is canonically a bad father and husband who doesn't care about his marriage or his kids.

Dec 3, 2024 · Goku may have told Panzy in Dragon Ball Daima that he wasn't an involved father, but he was honestly selling himself short based what happens in DBZ.

Apr 11, 2023 · Goku is either the most Amazing dad or he is the worst ever. I personally don't think he is either. He is a good dad. Plenty of amazing fatherly things with a few not-so-great. I think he gets the short end of the stick when compared to the other two father (or father figures) in Vegeta and Piccolo.

Feb 4, 2023 · The joke that Goku is a bad father or abandons his family is a popular one for Dragon Ball fans, yet how true is this belief to reality?

Mar 15, 2022 · Goku cares for Gohan, and shows that in the series, but that doesn’t make him good father material. He constantly puts his own interests over his son’s, namely fighting.

Oct 9, 2022 · While Goku has a reputation of being the worst dad in Dragon Ball, the Cell Saga proves that he is actually a really good dad to Gohan for one reason.

Nov 5, 2023 · Many Dragon Ball fans associate Goku as a bad father. However, this couldn't be further from the truth. The narrative has shown us time and time again what kind of a person Goku is. He is a great father figure, and yet he is still labeled by the majority of the fanbase as a …

In this video, I go through the entirety of DBZ where I question some things, while examining others, talking about if Goku is really a bad dad in a comedic sense.