Why Dragon Ball GT Feels Off

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In comparison to the enduring popularity of Dragon Ball Z and more recently Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball GT is in a weird place. While it was once received moderately well in the West, and was arguably more popular there than the original Dragon Ball, it has aged poorly. A quarter-century after its conclusion in Japan, GT, once Z's only sequel, is largely ignored and debatably not even canon, being supplanted by Dragon Ball Super, despite the later fitting in between Z and GT.

Small changes in Super, like the Pilaf gang turining into children, Kibito Kai splitting back into Supreme Kai and Kibito, Frieza's revival, and the rehabilitation of Android 17 directly conflict with GT's events, as do Goku and Vegeta's new Super Saiyan God forms. While GT has never been explicitly disavowed, the message from Akira Toriyama and his team is pretty clear: GT should be treated at most as an alternate timeline, separate from the events of Super, and at worst should be forgotten entirely. Why has this whitewashing occurred, and is GT still worth watching?

How Dragon Ball Super Saved The Franchise

Aside from designing a few characters, Akira Toriyama was largely uninvolved in Dragon Ball GT's development, and it shows. It takes place 15 years after the end of the Majin Buu Saga, and 5 years after the end of Dragon Ball Z. In the first episode, Emperor Pilaf, Dragon Ball's very first villain, wishes for Goku to become a kid again using the mysterious Black Star Dragon Balls, and it works. But here's the kicker: Goku still has nearly as much power as he did at the end of Z, making the change in his body almost purely cosmetic.

Goku and his granddaughter Pan, along with a grown-up Kid Trunks, end up in space searching for the Black Star