I must not be the only one who after watching a few episode of Dragon Ball Super wondered: What happened to Goku? Why does he act in such a ridiculous way? Goku in the original Dragon Ball Z was not shown to be entirely stupid, he was innocent and somewhat naïve, but he was capable of telling between good and evil, besides he was the type of person who genuinely cared about the wellbeing of his friends and the universe, but in Dragon Ball Super, Goku seems like a completely different person, an unintelligent man, capable of risking the universe only for the sake of a whim, like fighting someone stronger than him.

I remember moments in Dragon Ball Z in which Goku acted in a serious manner, his power overwhelming, an example of this is when he tells Freezer to give up, that it didn’t make sense to keep fighting someone who was afraid of him, scenes like these no longer happen in Dragon Ball Super, sometimes to the point that it doesn’t seem like he is the same character anymore.

I remember that, in Dragon Ball GT, Goku had literally two completely different personalities, one of them was the one he showed 95% of the time as a child, something that didn’t make much sense either, since Pilaf wish was to make his body smaller, not to give him the mentality of a 12 years old… Then we had his other personality, the one he only showed when he was in Super Saiyan 4 mode, when he acted like an adult again.

Now in Dragon Ball Super, the Goku we are shown is entirely childish and selfish (something Goku never was, he could be rather careless but not selfish), this is a Goku that doesn’t seem to care about protecting or saving anyone, only following absurd whims, he is so badly written that now Vegeta seems like a better character and even a better person. What happened to you, Goku? You used to be cool, now you only stand out because you change hair colors like a rainbow and for having an endless number of transformations.

To be honest, is not just Goku what has become worse, the series itself has a softer tone; Goku is just one of the many things that have lost its quality… Of course, there are people who think Goku is still the same, even though deep inside these people know that’s not true, this Goku from DBS seems like a dude who has lost all intellectual capacities except for combat.

Do you think this is because of bad writing or maybe done deliberately? Is Goku acting like this intentionally?

Anyway, that’s all, but you guys know this is just my opinion, from what I’ve seen on the internet there a lot of people who think the same way, especially those who started watching DBZ in the 90s, like I did.