movies/tv Are big three shonen heroes, Goku reskins?

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

I am watching Naruto through a more adult perspective now and I think Naruto and Goku have more in common. Even though I love Goku much more, Naruto shows more will and tenacity. I also feel bad for all characters since in shonen it's always the weakest character that becomes the strongest. I also hate the villains for it. Villains in anime have never been intelligent, they're always underestimating the heroes and it always results in their end.

[Literally Snails 2,307]

>Implying Goku was an original character to begin with.

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

>Implying Goku was an original character to begin with.

Original to the shonen era. No other characters I know of are like Goku during DBZ's time.

[Darker 1,352]

Goku was a pretty unique main character at his time. He's more like a warrior than an actual superhero to me, and he's the inspiration for many heroes nowadays, than includes of course Naruto.

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

In the anime I felt bad for Naruto. Naruto was always a great person and you have bad people like Sasuke( he will always be a villain, he was always evil) . Vegeta was always evil but was redeemed in the end. Goku and Naruto are workers and trained for their accomplishments. Vegeta learned that being pampered and entitled would land him nowhere. Sasuke is a baby who thinks the whole world revolves around him.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Well, with anime and manga that is largely aimed at young men and boys you are going to have repeat characters and tropes.

[Megas 28,139]

Considering the Big 3 got most of their inspiration from Goku/Dragonball...

[HopeFul 122]

Naruto and Luffy both seem like Goku to me. The creators of Naruto and One Piece said themselves though that their inspiration came from Akira Toriyama. A lot of main characters, I imagine, got heavily inspired by Goku even from the original Dragon Ball series (before DBZ).