Uhh, there are female Saiyans lol. How do you think the concept of a pure-blooded saiyan even exists if only males were saiyans. One of Bardock's main nakama is in fact a woman.Aprilgold said:Forgot to say this, isn't Dragon Ball based around Samuri traditions *why there aren't any Female saiyans* because the whole thing is equated to it. Seriously, the only thing I don't approve of is him dying to go train when there were other options, like, I don't know, GUNS FOR GODS SAKE!Dreiko said:A lot of people here don't seem to get what dragonball is going for, what it means to be a Saiyan, how it fits within Japanese culture and a bunch of other things of that sort.
In that fictional anime story which is not about things existing in reality and should not be judged as though it were, fighting is fun, challenging strong opponents is exciting and pain or "abuse" is just something to shrug like a man and move onwards despite of. Goku is a perfect father for that fictional reality, to judge him on a reality without planet-destroying-aliens attacking at every second is beyond unfair.
@entire thread of ignorant people:
It is a common saiyan practice to sent their BABIES to low-power level planets (like earth) so that they'll exterminate all the population and then the planets will be sold. You really can't be holding Goku to the standards of human parents in reality and to pretend that you should is ignorant. Saiyan children and concepts of parenthood are not human ones.
Also, Goku grew up in a mountain with and old martial arts guy and monsters as his entire company, he never went to school, it is part of his character him being obstinately ignorant of manners and traditions in normal human society. This was done because for kids back in the mid 80s in Japan, it seemed a nice fantasy to not be bound down by all the oppressing societal rules and filial piety that were forced upon them.