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If looking at the DB franchise as a whole, you're correct. If comparing the DB and OP manga, however, I'd say DB has far better character development as most of the characters who do develop have permanent changes and growth as time goes on such as Kuririn or Piccolo. Only OP character I can say that about outside of flashback changes would be Zoro, with most of the main cast either remaining extremely static or returning to the status-quo whenever it seems like they'll gain any development.Fantastische Hure said:One-Piece is objectively better in all aspects than DragonBall though. I can't think of a single thing,
I'd say their work ethic is pretty comparable, at least when looking at prime Toriyama. He didn't miss a single week when it came to bringing chapters out for WSJ and whilst Oda has done so for far longer now, he has had numerous hiatuses in this time.One-Piece has really surpassed DragonBall in every way possible. I think AT felt a bit jealous because he couldn't match-up to the work-ethic and the sort of amazing word Eiichiro Oda built compared to the relatively dull DragonBall world.
You could definitely say OP inspired this aspect of Super, though it wouldn't be substantial to do so without direct confirmation from Toriyama. Having hierarchies of characters and classes to overcome has been common place long before One Piece, the first Shonen to implement such arguably being Kinnikuman with the villain hierarchy of Gods > Perfect Chojin > Akuma Knights > Akuma Chojin and the first Shonen to do so solidly being Saint Seiya with the Bronze, Silver and Gold Saints.That's why you see the hierarchies in DragonBall now. Angels, Gods, gods above gods. Because of One-Piece and its way of showing status.
Goku's goal hasn't really changed. It's always been to just become stronger and fight stronger opponents. The only difference now is that now we have one being treat as a wall whilst we didn't in the past other than Roshi at the 21st TB (who's role as a driving force for Goku was done far better than with Beerus) and it's not as though Beerus' role as that wall is even made that apparent for Goku's character after Resurrection F, especially with Beerus being surpassed via Ultra Instinct and reduced to a babysitter in the Broly movie.Goku has an actual goal now (like One-Piece) unlike in the original series where just random bad-gai #21 appeared and Goku had to stop them. He wants to surpass Bills. The power isn't everything thing.
Fearless In Quarantine said:Maybe or Toriyama just wants to get relevant again hence he brought back the series. Also even if it's true but it's just a professional jealousy and it's normal when it comes on any industries.
OP doesn't even have these changes in priority though. The main motivations and goals of the characters as well as their relationships to others remain the same from the start outside of minor bumps in the road in the form of rescue arcs such as Arlong Park and Water 7, a major red flag in that area being Usopp and Luffy remaining the same as always despite the intensity of the drama in Water 7. Your relationships to another will always change as life goes on. OP only really has this amongst the secondary characters such as Smoker or Crocodile, and even they are few and far between.Fantastische Hure said:From what I've seen and I'm still trying to catch-up-to-date One-Piece does have great character-development but done in a more realistic way. Your character no matter how much it grows its root will always stay the same. Maybe your priorities or so change but who you are doesn't really.
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But I wasn't joking l0l.
Only Zoro really is. The rest have basically remained the exact same as ever, with this being heavily damaging for Luffy's character due to all that he'd experienced having built up to the idea of him taking a new approach only to go back to the same carefree attitude he had by the next arc.Fantastische Hure said:They seem more serious now, not like their carefree days.
Fantastische Hure said:And having Adult Goku way out of character cry for Master Roshi, especially in a world where death doesn't even mean anything.