As much as Dragon Ball Z's Gohan may mean to the kids who grew up watching him, this version of the character was not true to Akira Toriyama's vision.

There’s a universe out there, somewhere in the multiverse of anime dreams and “what ifs” where Dragon Ball Z never existed.

Sidelining Gohan was Toriyama’s way of abandoning the tediousness of drawing crowded scenes with too many background characters in favor of a more dynamic narrative. Toriyama has always been ...