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ZMythos posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Even Dragon Ball allows side characters to do more, and actually fail.

I strongly disagree here.

Naruto had a pretty great cast of supporting characters with their own development and stories. Shikamaru had a stellar arc against Hidan and Kakazu
Hinata went from incredibly timid to willing to stand beside and in front of her love (and even almost died)

Yeah, and Dragon Ball does that better too.

Let's compare Piccolo throughout OG, Z and Super to say Gaara throughout the original, Shuppuden, and Boruto

Piccolo trains Gohan and sacrifices himself while fighting Nappa, showing his development.
He goes and fights Frieza, preforming well and fighting for his people, even absorbing the memories and strength of someone there.
Trains side by side with Goku who he previously saw as an enemy, after keeping secrets for him and filling in everyone on what's happening with Trunks
Becomes the leader of the Z-Warriors in Goku's absence showing himself as one of the strongest there and defeating Android 20 in Goku's failure
Finds out about Cell, the true main villain, has a cool sequence where he stalls for time.
He then briefly becomes the Strongest Z-Warrior (surpassing the three Super Sayians) and is the first person to actually be shown with a chance at defeating one of the Androids.
Then turns and gets the Androids to work with him against the new threat in Cell.
Lectures Goku about his own son's personality, after providing him with his clothes

Shikimaru was cool, but again those characters really stop mattering.

I'm going to stop now, but any comparison results in the Dragon Ball characters doing more over the course of the series.
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