Goku (Jr) JUS

Goku was revealed a month before the Dragon Ball manga started, in postcards sent to members of the Akira Toriyama Preservation Society.Goku’s first appearance was on the last page of “Grand Finale”, the last chapter of the Dr. Slump manga, advertising Dragon Ball’s upcoming debut.Goku’s Saiyan birth name, Kakarot, is a pun on “carrot”. Goku’s family, like most Saiyans, are all named after root vegetables (burdock, leek, radish, and carrot) or even the word “vegetable” itself.While Goku is an overall good person, Akira Toriyama designed him as one who fights mostly for personal joy of challenging strong opponents. To which, Toriyama notes that the anime tends to go overboard in making Goku look heroic, and that his original depiction of Goku in the manga has certain “poisonous” traits.