கோகூ: திருத்தங்களுக்கு இடையிலான வேறுபாடு

[[புல்மா]] மற்றும் கோகூ முதன்மை நாயகர்களாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டார்கள், தொரியாமா கூறினார், பிறகு இன்னும் பிற நாயகர்கள் இணைந்து வருவார்கள் என்று, "அந்த வழியில், நான் அண்டை நாடுகளில் மனிதர்களை பரிசோதித்து அவர்களுடன் அவர்களது உறவுகளை விளக்க முடியும். எனக்கு நான் அதிகமான விளக்கங்களை சுட்டிக்காட்ட விரும்பவில்லை." அவர் மேலும் கூறினார், "குழந்தையாக, கோகூ உலகின் எதையும் அறிவதில்லை, ஆகையால் புல்மா இல்லாமல் அவன் பேசாத ஒரு நாயகனாக இருந்திருப்பான்."<ref>{{cite journal|date=21 May 2013|title=Akira Toriyama Special Interview|journal=[[V Jump]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]}}</ref> தொரியாமா கூறினார், தொரிஷிமா கோகூவையும் புல்மாவையும் இணைக்கும் உறவை உருவாக்க விரும்பினாலும் அது தொடரின் கீழ் இல்லாதது.<ref name="romance2">தோரியாமா, அக்கிரா (1986). ''[[Dr. Slump]]'', Volume 16. [[Viz Media]]. p. 130. {{ISBN|978-1-4215-1060-6}}.</ref> [[செல் (டிராகன் பால்)|செல்]] வாயிலாக கதையின் முடிவிற்கு [[கோஹான்]] தந்தையை பதிலாக கதையின் முக்கிய நாயகனாக ஆக வேண்டும் என்று தொடங்கப்பட்டது, ஆனால் தொரியாமா பின்னர் கோஹானை அது செய்யமுடியாதது என்று முடிவு செய்தார்.<ref name="Story Guide2">{{cite book |last1=தொரியாமா |first1=அக்கிரா |author-link1=Akira Toriyama |date=ஆகஸ்ட் 9, 1995 |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |isbn=4-08-782752-6 |series=[[Dragon Ball]] |pages=164–169 |language=ja |script-title=ja:DRAGON BALL 大全集 2: STORY GUIDE}}</ref> தொரியாமா கூறினார், கோகூ மிகவும் சுயநலன் குணமுடையவர், அதனால் அவன் பாமர மக்களை பாதுகாப்பதற்கு அல்ல, பலமான எதிரிகளுடன் போராடுவதுதான் முக்கியம் என்று. இது காரணமாக, தொரியாமா இப்போது அனிமே உரைமைகளில் ''டிராகன் பால்'' கோகூவை அதிகரிக்கப்பட்ட கதாபாத்திரமாக காட்டுவது தன்னை கோபப்படுத்தியது.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 1997 |title=Thus Spake Dr. Slump |magazine=Wired |volume=3 |issue=1}}</ref> டொயேி கோகூவை ஒரு கதாபாத்திரமாக காட்டிக் கொண்டது, குறிப்பாக "டிராகன் பால் GT" அனிமே தொடரில் அவன் எப்போதும் தன் பேரன் பான் காப்பாற்றும் போது, தயாரிப்பாளர் கோஸோ மொரிஷிடா 1997 இல் வெளியான ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' திரைப்படத்தின் மூலம் இவ்வாறு செயல்பட்டார்.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Dragon Book|year=2005|publisher=Toei|format=DVD|url=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/dragon-ball-gt-dragon-book-gt-back-then-kozo-morishita-interview/}}</ref>

 

கோகூ வேறொரு பெயருடன் உள்ள [[சன் வுகாங்]] (ஜப்பானில் சொன் கோகூ), {{refn|{{Nihongo2|孫悟空}}, ஜப்பானில் "சோன் கோகு" என வாசிக்கப்படுகிறது, இதனால் கோகுவின் பெயர் தோன்றுகிறது.|group=nb}} [[பரிதியிலான மங்களூட்டயின்]] மைய நாயகன்.<ref>{{cite book |last=West |first=Mark I. |title=The Japanification of children's popular culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0810851214 |location=Lanham |page=203 |quote=In fact, Goku is based on a character from a classic Chinese novel, The Journey to the West (Hsi Yu Chi). This character is a monkey who protects a Buddhist monk from evil monsters in the pilgrimage to India. Monkey, or Sun Wukong, is a favorite character [...]}}</ref> சன் வுகாங் கதையின் கருத்தினைக் கற்பனை செய்து தொரியாமா, கோகூவை ஒரு மனித குழந்தையாக வடிவமைத்தார் மற்றும் அவனுக்கு ஒரு குரங்கு உதலை அளித்தார், அதுவே அவனுக்கு தனிப்பட்ட குணம் வழங்கும்.<ref name="Story Guide2" /> அவர் பின்னர் கூறினார், அந்த உதலை வரைவது மிகுந்த சிரமமாக இருந்ததால் அவன் அதை விரைவில் நின்றுவிட்டான்.<ref>{{cite book |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-4-08-870716-7 |pages=240–245 |language=ja |script-title=ja:DRAGON BALL フルカラー フリーザ編 5}}</ref> தொரியாமா ஆரம்பத்தில் கோகூவை ஒரு [[ப外ரிக உயிரியல்|புறக்கணிக்கப்பட்ட]] மனிதனாக வடிவமைக்கவில்லை, பிறகு பிற வட்டாரங்களைச் சேர்ந்த போராளிகளின் அறிமுகம் மூலம் அவனை சையன் ஆக உருவாக்கினார்.{{refn|{{nihongo||サイヤ人|Saiya-jin|lit. "Saiya Person"}}|group=nb}}{{refn|"Saiya", an anagram for {{nihongo||野菜|Yasai|lit. vegetable}}.|group=nb}}.<ref name="TenkaDen2">{{cite book |last=தோரியாமா |first=அக்கிரா |author-link1=Akira Toriyama |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |year=2004 |isbn=4-08-873705-9 |pages=80–91 |language=ja |script-title=ja:DRAGON BALL 天下一伝説}}</ref> கோகூவுக்கு எதை வேண்டுமானாலும் அந்த கிரகத்திற்கும் சில விஷயங்களை கடந்து செல்லும் திறனை கொடுக்கப்பட்டு, கதையின் வேகம் அதிகரிப்பதற்காக அவரது கர்மங்களை அதிகரித்தார்.<ref name="world2">{{cite book |last=தோரியாமா |first=அக்கிரா |author-link1=Akira Toriyama |title=DRAGON BALL 大全集 4: WORLD GUIDE |date=அக்டோபர் 9, 1995 |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |isbn=4-08-782754-2 |pages=164–168 |script-chapter=ja:鳥山明的超会見 第４回}}</ref>

 

''[[One Piece]]'' creator [[Eiichiro Oda]] and ''[[Naruto]]'' creator [[Masashi Kishimoto]] said that Goku inspired their protagonists as well as series structure,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kishimoto |first=Masashi |author-link=Masashi Kishimoto |title=Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto |publisher=[[Viz Media]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4215-1407-9 |pages=138–139}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Oda |first=Eiichiro |author-link=Eiichiro Oda |title=One Piece Color Walk |date=July 2001 |publisher=集英社 |isbn=978-4-08-859217-6 |volume=1 |language=ja |chapter=Interview with Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama}}</ref> with ''[[Tekken]]''{{'s}} [[Lars Alexandersson]] showing traits of a hero through his design inspired by Goku alongside Marvel Comic's Thor.<ref>{{cite book |author=Hurwitch, Nick |title=The Art of Tekken: A Complete Visual History |publisher=[[Dynamite Entertainment]] |year=2019 |isbn=978-1524107734 |pages=100–101}}</ref> Commenting on Goku's popularity, Kishimoto stated that when people hear the name "Son Goku", no longer do they think of the ''Journey to the West'' character, but instead ''Dragon Ball'''s protagonist comes to mind.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dragon Ball Landmark |date=December 19, 2003 |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |isbn=4-08-873478-5 |editor-last=Suzuki |editor-first=Haruhiko |page=164 |language=ja |chapter=5: Dragon Ball Children}}</ref> Additionally, for the second half of the series, Kishimoto created an ape named Son Goku in reference to Toriyama's character to the point the ape has four tails just like the four-star Dragon Ball Goku earned from his grandfather.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kishimoto |first=Masashi |title=NARUTO |publisher=Shueisha |year=2009 |isbn=978-4-08-874823-8 |page=98}}</ref> In his book about Akira Toriyama published in 2004, Julius Weideman said Goku's journey and ever-growing strength resulted in the character winning "the admiration of young boys everywhere."<ref>Wiedemann, Julius (September 25, 2004). "Akira Toriyama", in Amano Masanao (ed.): Manga Design. Taschen, p. 372. {{ISBN|3-8228-2591-3}}</ref> [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] stated that unlike the "[[Masculinity|manly]]" heroes of other popular [[shōnen manga]] of the late 1980s and early 1990s, such as ''[[City Hunter]]'' and ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', Toriyama made his protagonist (Goku) cartoonish and small, thus starting a trend that Thompson says continues to this day.<ref name="ANNJT">{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Jason|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2011-03-10|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga – Dragon Ball|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 10, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916075738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2011-03-10|archive-date=September 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the Japan Anniversary Association officially declared May 9 as "Goku Day".{{refn|{{nihongo4||悟空の日|Gokū no hi|lit. "Goku's Day"}}|group=nb}}{{refn|In Japanese the numbers 5 and 9 can be pronounced as "Go" and "Ku" respectively.|group=nb}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-09/may-9-officially-recognized-as-goku-day/.87998|title=May 9 'Officially' Recognized as Goku Day|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 9, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113063311/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-09/may-9-officially-recognized-as-goku-day/.87998|archive-date=November 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Goku is the first manga character to have a balloon at the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], with his first appearance at the 2018 parade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/11/01/dragon-ball-first-look-goku-thanksgiving-day-parade/|title='Dragon Ball Super': First Look at Goku Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101191142/https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/11/01/dragon-ball-first-look-goku-thanksgiving-day-parade/|archive-date=November 1, 2018|access-date=November 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-11-01/goku-takes-manhattan-in-macy-thanksgiving-day-parade/.138927|title=Goku Takes Manhattan in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102004217/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-11-01/goku-takes-manhattan-in-macy-thanksgiving-day-parade/.138927|archive-date=November 2, 2018|access-date=November 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

 

கோகூவை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட பல வணிகப் பொருட்கள் வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளன, அவற்றில் ஆக்‌ஷன் ஃபிகர்கள்,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actionfiguremall.com/goku-action-figure/|title=Best Goku Action Figure toys and Collectibles|website=Action Figure Mall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103200413/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GTLP04/|archive-date=November 3, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CSCSI6/|title=Super Saiyan goku dragon ball z 4"" ultimate collection f|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103200420/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CSCSI6/|archive-date=November 3, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> ப்ளஷ்கள்,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017DR2YG/|title=Dragon Ball Z DBZ GOKU 13" Plush Toy|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103200421/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017DR2YG/|archive-date=November 3, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> மற்றும் சாவிக்கொத்துக்கள் அடங்கும்.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YP7H52/|title=Goku & Tenkaichi Budokai - Dragonball Twin Figure Keychain (Japanese Imported)|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103200423/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YP7H52/|archive-date=November 3, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

 

Goku has appeared in several "top" character lists. He was ranked number one in [[IGN]]'s 2009 list of Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/103/1036651p5.html|title=Goku wins a place with the best|last=Mackenzie|first=Chris|date=October 20, 2009|website=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023064649/http://movies.ign.com/articles/103/1036651p5.html|archive-date=October 23, 2009|access-date=October 21, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and reappeared on the same list in 2014, however, on this occasion they ranked him third, with ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''{{'}}s [[Spike Spiegel]] and ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''{{'}}s [[Shinji Ikari]] placed above him, saying that "He was, in many ways, a character that bucked the trends of his time and defined the direction of shonen manga/anime for decades."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/04/top-25-greatest-anime-characters?page=5|title=Top 25 Greatest Anime Characters|last=Isler|first=Ramsey|date=February 4, 2014|website=IGN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140313033531/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/04/top-25-greatest-anime-characters?page=5|archive-date=March 13, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In Mania Entertainment's 10 Most Iconic Anime Heroes, Thomas Zoth commented that "Goku and ''Dragon Ball'' completely revolutionized shōnen manga."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/10-iconic-anime-heroes_article_119883.html|title=10 Most Iconic Anime Heroes|last=Zoth|first=Thomas|date=January 12, 2010|publisher=Mania Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017063118/http://www.mania.com/10-iconic-anime-heroes_article_119883.html|archive-date=October 17, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a ''[[Newtype]]'' poll from March 2010, Goku was voted the fifth most popular male character from the 1980s.<ref>{{cite journal|date=March 2010|title=NT Research|journal=[[Newtype]]|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|issue=4}}</ref> Goku ranked consistently high in the [[Anime Grand Prix]] poll in the category of "best male character" in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing seventeenth in the 1987 poll,<ref name="animage87">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第9回アニメグランプリ［1987年6月号］ |trans-title=The 9th Anime Grand Prix (June issue 1987) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1987.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019174520/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1987.html |archive-date=October 19, 2010 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> fifteenth in the 1988 poll,<ref name="animage88">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第10回アニメグランプリ［1988年6月号］ |trans-title=10th Anime Grand Prix (1988 June issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1988.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014221205/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1988.html |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> second in the 1989 poll,<ref name="animage89">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第11回アニメグランプリ［1989年5月号］ |trans-title=11th Anime Grand Prix since (1989 May issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1989.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173325/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1989.html |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |access-date=December 7, 2009}}</ref> fourth in the 1990 poll,<ref name="animage90">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第12回アニメグランプリ［1990年5月号］ |trans-title=12th Anime Grand Prix since (1990 May issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1990.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019175311/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1990.html |archive-date=October 19, 2010 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> third in the 1991 poll,<ref name="animage91">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第13回アニメグランプリ［1991年5月号］ |trans-title=13th Anime Grand Prix since (1991 May issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1991.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523154147/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1991.html |archive-date=May 23, 2010 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> fourth in the 1992 poll,<ref name="animage92">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第14回アニメグランプリ［1992年5月号］ |trans-title=14th Anime Grand Prix since (1992 May issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1992.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180936/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1992.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> thirteenth in 1993 poll,<ref name="animage93">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第15回アニメグランプリ［1993年5月号］ |trans-title=15th Anime Grand Prix (1993 May issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1993.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913102306/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1993.html |archive-date=September 13, 2009 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> and twelfth in 1994 poll.<ref name="animage94">{{cite magazine |script-title=ja:第16回アニメグランプリ［1994年5月号］ |trans-title=16th Anime Grand Prix (1994 May issue) |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1994.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Animage |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914195200/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1994.html |archive-date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> In a 1993 character popularity poll for the series, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' readers voted Goku second, after his son Gohan.<ref name="WSJ polls">{{cite book |title=Dragon Ball The Complete Illustrations |url=https://archive.org/details/dragonballcomple0000akir |date=October 2008 |publisher=[[Viz Media]] |isbn=978-1-4215-2566-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dragonballcomple0000akir/page/n137 215], 217}}</ref> He came in first in the magazine's 1995 poll,<ref name="WSJ polls" /> as well as in a 2004 poll amongst fans of the series for the book ''Dragon Ball Forever''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dragon Ball Forever |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |year=2004 |isbn=4-08-873702-4 |language=ja}}</ref> In a 2005 ''The Daily Reader'' article entitled "The Greatest Geek Movie Heroes of All Time", Goku is the only animated character listed, and is ranked tenth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-02-25/goku-wins-a-place-with-the-best|title=Goku wins a place with the best|date=February 25, 2001|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425205234/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-02-25/goku-wins-a-place-with-the-best|archive-date=April 25, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In a survey of 1,000 people, conducted by [[Oricon]] in 2007, Goku ranked first place as the "Strongest Manga character of all time."<ref name="oricon">{{cite web|url=http://rn-cdn.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/45750/#rk|title=1000 People Chose! The Strongest Character Ranking In Cartoon History!|date=June 22, 2007|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211092718/http://rn-cdn.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/45750/#rk|archive-date=February 11, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com, in which people chose which anime character they would like as a friend, Goku ranked fifth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=February 28, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722042758/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|archive-date=July 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, Goku placed third in an [[Animax]] poll of favorite anime characters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-09-11/gundam-tops-anime-poll|title=Gundam Tops Anime Poll|date=September 12, 2000|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220020326/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-09-11/gundam-tops-anime-poll|archive-date=February 20, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, readers of ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition]]'' voted Goku as the 41st-top video game character of all time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/02/16/guinness-names-top-50-video-game-characters-of-all-time.aspx|title=Guinness Names Top 50 Video Game Characters Of All Time|newspaper=[[Game Informer]]|first=Jeff|last=Marchiafava|date=February 16, 2011|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201201521/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/02/16/guinness-names-top-50-video-game-characters-of-all-time.aspx|archive-date=February 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone|NTT]] customers voted him as their third favorite black haired male anime character in a 2014 poll.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-05-05/japanese-fans-rank-their-favorite-black-haired-anime-characters|title=Japanese Fans Rank Their Favorite Black-Haired Anime Characters|date=May 5, 2014|last=Dong|first=Bamboo|work=Anime News Network|access-date=May 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506213212/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-05-05/japanese-fans-rank-their-favorite-black-haired-anime-characters|archive-date=May 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Game designer [[Hiroshi Matsuyama]] from [[CyberConnect2]] said that while Goku is an appealing character readers could root for during the manga, he was hard to relate and, thus, instead preferred other characters like Krillin or Bulma. However, during the manga's final [[story arc]], Matsuyama recalls being overjoyed when Goku says that Mr. Satan, a comic relief character with no superextraordinary skills, was the real hero of mankind as the Earthlings found him as the saviour of mankind when Buu was about win the final fight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_uslx6AJ6s&feature=youtu.be|title=Ep. 31 Favorite Dragon Ball Z moment?|date=February 3, 2021|work=CyberConnect2 OFFICIAL CHANNEL|via=Youtube|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/U_uslx6AJ6s|archive-date=2021-10-30|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Goku's characterization has been well received by publications for manga, anime and other media. [[Anime News Network]] noted Goku as a good source of comedy and remarked that after everything he experiences, he still remains a naïve character.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-gn-5|title=Dragon Ball (manga) Graphic Novel vol 5|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 18, 2001|last=Divers|first=Allen|access-date=September 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506190050/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-gn-5|archive-date=May 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Tim Jones from THEM Anime Reviews noted that Goku is not an omnipotent character in the first anime series, unlike ''Dragon Ball Z'', and does not disappear for long periods of time between sagas. Jones also liked the way the series' depict his entire adventures, making him a good main character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=565|title=Dragon Ball anime review|last=Jones|first=Tim|publisher=themanime.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713023707/http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=565|archive-date=July 13, 2010|access-date=October 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Voice actor [[Mamoru Miyano]] said that Goku's first Super Saiyan transformation in the manga was his favorite part from the series as Goku not only changed visually but his personality changes into a "classic, prototypical hero".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_1106.html|title=Interview with the Voice of Gamma 2 from Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO, Mamoru Miyano!|website=Dragon Ball Official|accessdate=June 5, 2022}}</ref> Rationalmagic.com praised Goku's innocence as one of the funniest parts of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rationalmagic.com/Comics/DragonBall1.html|title=Dragon Ball Volume 1 review|publisher=Rationalmagic.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127052226/http://rationalmagic.com/Comics/DragonBall1.html|archive-date=November 27, 2010|access-date=October 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2017, [[Masako Nozawa|Nozawa]] won two [[Guinness World Records]] for her longevity as Goku; she has been the sole voice actor for the role for over 23 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-01-31/goku-voice-actress-masako-nozawa-earns-2-guinness-world-records/.111698|title=Goku Voice Actress Masako Nozawa Earns 2 Guinness World Records|date=February 1, 2017|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201034526/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-01-31/goku-voice-actress-masako-nozawa-earns-2-guinness-world-records/.111698|archive-date=February 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[Screen Rant]]'', Goku's origin story has some similarities to that of [[Superman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-super-broly-goku-origin-change-superman/|title=Dragon Ball Super: Broly Changed Goku's Origin (Making It More Like Superman)|date=July 15, 2019|website=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716140957/https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-super-broly-goku-origin-change-superman/|archive-date=July 16, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On the other hand, Collider was more critical to Goku's actions in the series most notably when Gohan becomes an active character who goes through several [[Character arc|character's arc]]s yet he is constantly overshadowed by his father to the point Akira Toriyama refrained from turning Gohan into his successor following the Cell Games and Goku once again took over Gohan's role in the final arc of ''Dragon Ball Z''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/dragon-ball-super-super-hero-gohan-what-happened-before/|title=What Happened to Gohan Before 'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero?'|date=January 25, 2022|website=Collider|accessdate=June 5, 2022}}</ref> Despite his predominantly positive reception, Goku has received some negative feedback, in particular for his characterization in ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' due to how his constant desires for fighting stronger enemies resulted in setting up a story where all universes could be destroyed. While Anime Now's Richard Eisenbeis believes Goku is determined to protect his universe, the fact that he does not seemingly care about other loser universes being destroyed has been criticized.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.anime-now.com/entry/2017/02/15/000042|title=Why Goku Is Worse Than the Villains in Dragon Ball Super|date=February 15, 2017|last=Eisenbeis|first=Richard|work=Anime News Network|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216134033/http://www.anime-now.com/entry/2017/02/15/000042|archive-date=February 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Monique Jones from [[Syfy]] panned the character's relationship dynamic with his wife, as well as his perceived incompetency and irresponsibility as a father, drawing attention to the "tons of memes and fan chatter about Piccolo actually being the best dad Gohan's ever had".<ref name="Syfy">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dragon-ball-zs-chi-chi-deserved-better|title=Dragon Ball Z's Chi-Chi deserved better|last1=Jones|first1=Monique|date=8 April 2019|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002739/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dragon-ball-zs-chi-chi-deserved-better|archive-date=November 8, 2020|access-date=14 August 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sam Leach from Anime News Network agreed that fans of the series tend to joke about Piccolo being a better paternal figure to Gohan than his actual father, Goku, and felt that ''Dragon Ball Super'' emphasized this more when Piccolo started training him again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-super/episode-90/.116070|title=Dragon Ball Super Episode 90|date=May 14, 2017|publisher=Anime News Network|first=Sam|last=Leach|access-date=May 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517080317/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-super/episode-90/.116070|archive-date=May 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> அதே தளம், கோகூ அடிக்கடி கதையில் மும்முரமாக இருப்பதையும், குறிப்பாக ஃப்ரீசாவின் உயிர்த்தெழுதலில், துணை கதாபாத்திரங்களுக்கு சில கூடுதல் காட்சிகள் இருப்பதால், கோகூ மற்றும் வெஜிடா அவர்களின் கவனத்தைத் திருடிவிடுகிறார்கள் என்பதையும் விமர்சித்தது. ஃப்ரீசாவுடனான அவரது மறுபோட்டி, கதாபாத்திரம் எவ்வளவு அதிகாரம் மிக்கதாக மாறியுள்ளது, போரில் அவரது கூட்டாளிகள் எவ்வளவு ஆதரவை வழங்க முடியும், படம் உருவாக்க வேண்டிய பதற்றத்தை அழித்துவிட்டது என்பதற்காக விமர்சிக்கப்பட்டது.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-z/resurrection-f/.91226|title=Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'|date=August 3, 2015|access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref> ஃப்ரீஸாவுடனான மறுபோட்டியை ரசித்த போதிலும், DVD Talk இந்தக் கதாபாத்திரங்களைக் கையாள்வதில் இதேபோன்ற பதில்களை வெளிப்படுத்தியது.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/69691/dragon-ball-z-resurrection-f-collectors-edition/|title=Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' - Collector's Edition|date=November 13, 2015|access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref> வெஜிடா, பிக்கோலோ, செல் மற்றும் மோரோ உள்ளிட்ட எதிரிகளுக்கு கோகூ கருணை காட்டும் போக்கைக் கொண்டுள்ளார் என்று ஐஜிஎன் குறிப்பிட்டது. குறிப்பாக தனது கூட்டாளிகளுக்குத் தெரிவிக்காமல் செல்லுக்கு ஒரு சென்சு பீன் சாப்பிட அனுமதித்த அவரது முடிவு பிரபலமற்றதாகக் கருதப்பட்டது, இது கோஹனின் தன்னம்பிக்கையைப் பாதித்து அவரது தோல்விக்கு வழிவகுத்தது.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latam.ign.com/dragon-ball-super/66110/news/dragon-ball-super-las-semillas-del-ermitano-perderian-su-importancia|title=Dragon Ball Super: las Semillas del Ermitaño perderían su importancia|date=December 27, 2019|website=IGN|access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://latam.ign.com/dragon-ball-1/73374/news/dragon-ball-estos-son-todos-los-villanos-a-los-que-goku-les-ha-dado-la-semilla-del-ermitano|title=Dragon Ball: estos son todos los villanos a los que Goku les ha dado la Semilla del Ermitaño|date=October 30, 2020|website=IGN|access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref> இந்த கருணை காட்டுதல் மற்றும் அதன் விளைவுகளின் விளைவாக, மோரோவுக்கு உதவியதற்காக கோகூவை பொறுப்பற்றவர் மற்றும் கதாபாத்திரத்திற்கு முதிர்ச்சியற்றவர் என்று லா டெர்செரா விமர்சித்தார்.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/mouse/goku-demuestra-que-no-ha-aprendido-nada-en-el-manga-de-dragon-ball-super/|title=Gokú demuestra que no ha aprendido nada en el manga de Dragon Ball Super|date=October 20, 2020|website=La Tercera|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}</ref> கோகூ மற்றும் வெஜிடா இருவரும் சூப்பர் படத்தில் மிகவும் அதிகாரம் செலுத்தியதற்காக விமர்சிக்கப்பட்டனர், அவர்கள் தொடரின் கவனத்தை துணை நடிகர்களிடம் திருடும் அளவுக்குத் திருடினார்கள், அதே நேரத்தில் அவர்களின் உத்திகள் சிக்கலான தன்மையைக் கொண்டிருக்கவில்லை அல்லது வெஜிடோ இணைவுக்கான கால வரம்பு போன்ற ஒரு சதித்திட்டத்தை உருவாக்குகின்றன.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://comicsverse.com/admit-dragon-ball-super-is-terrible/|first=Jay|last=Gibbs|title=It's Time to Admit that DRAGON BALL SUPER is Terrible|date=September 3, 2017|website=ComicsVerse|access-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref>