Their battle is short with Broly unable to do anything against the fusion, but its a fun way of showing off Gotenks.

AF was never meant to be more than a joke for the fan base, one that pushes Dragon Ball to bizarre extremes by completely disregarding the mangas canon and introducing outlandish concepts like Super Saiyan 5.

Many fan artists would try their hand at turning Dragon Ball AF into a reality, with none ever reaching their conclusion.

Most notably, Dragon Ball AF has even had an impact on Dragon Ball Super s manga on account of sharing a key staff member.

Although its never been directly confirmed outright, there are enough similarities between Toyble and Dragon Ball Super s Toyotaro (like their identical art styles) to link the two authors together.

From there, Toyotaro would eventually transition into writing the Dragon Ball Super manga.

The narrative itself focuses on the consequences of Goku leaving with Shenlong, while also commenting on the legacy Goku leaves behind, but hes far from DBAFs actual lead character.

In Dragon Ball AF, shes recontextualized into the villain responsible for virtually everything in the franchise up to that point.

The West Kaioshin is Friezas mother, and losing her son the strongest natural being alive makes her target Goku.

By using the Saiyans DNA, she creates Xicor, Dragon Ball AFs main villain.

During the first battle with Xicor, Gohan reveals that he can also turn Super Saiyan 4.

Alongside Vegeta, the two put up as strong a fight as they can.

Gohan even gets to fire a fully charged Kamehameha, one of his few in Dragon Ball.

Ultimately, however, Xicor is just too powerful for the Saiyans as is.

Hes very much ancillary to the plot, locked away in the Ryuoshin Realm the resting grounds of the Eternal Dragons.

Just like Shenlong, Goku can only leave by being summoned by the Dragon Balls.

Goku notably spends his time sparring with Paikuhan from the Afterlife Tournament arc.

Due to mistranslations and constant miscommunication, many have been led to believe that Xicor is Gokus biological child and that he the West Kaioshin slept together somehow.

Even Goku Jr. gets to become a Super Saiyan in his own brief appearance at the end of the anime.

Pan may not be as present in AF as she is in GT, but she does get to turn Super Saiyan alongside Bra to remedy this.

Unfortunately, the ritual needs seven Saiyan and there are only six in the main cast.

They offer to fuse multiple times, only to be shot down by Goku.

Who needs Gotenks when theres a Super Saiyan 4 around Continuing its trend of acting on GTs missed opportunities, AF reintroduces Gotenks to fight Broly.

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