The creator first presents a montage of anime fans at a convention unanimously naming Goku from Dragon Ball as the worst anime parent. Reacting to this consensus, the creator then launches into a detailed defense of Goku's fatherhood. Using a split-screen format with anime clips as evidence, he chronologically breaks down key moments from the Dragon Ball Z series, arguing that Goku's absences and actions were heroic sacrifices necessary to save his son, Gohan, and the entire world from escalating threats.
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The worst anime parent ever. I'm not... I'd say my boy, Goku. Hate to say this dude, but Goku. The worst anime parent. Okay. I wanna say, like, Goku. This is where I'm talking about Goku again. The worst anime parent. Parent? I I wanna go with a different answer than generic. So we're gonna say Goku, man. We're gonna say Goku, bro. Goku for president, but you also don't want him to be your dad. Absolutely. Yes. Let's do the air as to why Goku was anything but a bad father. At the beginning of Dragon Ball z, Goku as a son gets gets kidnapped by his evil uncle at the age of four, and Goku is forced to sacrifice his life in order to save him. Just before he dies, he finds out his son's life is in danger yet again. So he trains in heaven to build the strength that he needs to defeat the brand new threat. One year later, he reunites with his son to feast the threat and saves all of mankind in the process, but not without first breaking nearly every single bone in his body. While laid up in the hospital bed, Goku finds out his son's life is in danger yet again, so he grabs a spaceship and rushes off to the galaxy to save. He lands on the planet where worse son is, saves his life, defeats the galaxy's strongest fighting force, squares up against an invincible tyrant, watches his best friend get blown to piece