I know you said “became more less clichè” (wtf?!), but if you don’t count anime what about the the treasure was the friends you made along the way? Nah, I don’t even know. It’s not like you know when they would have thought of that and then intentionally tried to subvert it, so my post just...
I think it’s possibly as easy a reason as AT forgot. Remember he himself called himself forgetful (even-though I don’t think he was) and in Weekly-Jump even one chapter usually is a week away, so 10 chapters is about 10 weeks away (2+ months), so maybe it’s not that surprising. Even-though it...
I'm thinking of going-back to re-watch too (after I finish watching Den-noh Coil), but not sure yet. It's dialogue-heavy IIRC and at times difficult to understand everything (& I try to understand EVERYTHING). I also watch the original version which might make that even harder if I don't care...
Den-noch Coil is going good.
I also forgot to mention I watched some of YAIBA last year for some other reasons. The YAIBA from the early 90s & it is a really bad rip-off IIRC. I’m surprised they didn’t get sued (exaggerated but still).
What does this remind you off (first vol. cover)...
This is all anime, but I don’t know why or where, but I heard that the space-pod might brain-wash the babies. Maybe it has something to do with Gohan being more aggressive after seeing it in filler and turning Oozaru (during the training) IIRC.