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  Dragon Ball Super: Groundbreaking AU by AraCypherElphieZA

  Fandoms: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball GT, Real Person Fiction, Dragon Ball Daima  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  01 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Videl Satan/Son Gohan
  • Piccolo & Son Gohan
  • Son Gohan & Son Pan
  • Son Gohan & Son Goku
  • Bra | Bulla Briefs/Son Pan
  • Son Gohan & Vegeta
  • Videl Satan & Son Gohan & Original Character
  • Videl Satan
  • Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
  • Son Gohan
  • Son Goku
  • Vegeta (Dragon Ball)
  • Bra | Bulla Briefs (Dragon Ball)
  • Bulma Briefs
  • Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
  • Original Characters
  • Annin (Dragon Ball)
  • Zangya (Dragon Ball)
  • Son Pan
  • Obni (Dragon Ball)
  • Pigero (Dragon Ball)
  • Zamasu (Dragon Ball)
  • Good Parent Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
  • Movie: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Son Gohan-centric
  • Gohan has self-esteem issues
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Self-Reflection
  • Post-Tournament of Power Saga
  • Consequences of Heroism
  • Trauma
  • Psychological Trauma
  • Post-Universe Survival Saga
  • Philosophy
  • Z Fighters and Dragon Team as Found Family
  • End of the World
  • Multiversal War
  • Post-Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • No Incest
  • Pan and Bulla are advanced speakers at their age due to growing up with scholars and scientists
  • Self-Acceptance
  • parenting struggles
  • Gohan's Beast Form is from his mother's side of the family and amplified by his Saiyan lineage
  • Moro and Granolah arcs didn't happen but Vegeta and Goku mastered Ultra Ego and Ultra Instinct
  • Goku got braincells hakai'd and a midlife crisis in Super but the braincells are returning
  • Chi-Chi becomes a fighter again while accepting her family's divergence from normality
  • DBS Mai is DB Mai's daughter and she renamed herself to Meilin in the time gap between ToP and DBSSH
  • Anime/Manga Fusion
  • Complicated Relationships
  • Slow Burn
  • Cults
  • Religious Fanaticism
  • institutionalization
  • Troubled Teens Industry Parallels
  • Generational Trauma
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Dragon Ball Abridged References
  • Zangya Survives AU
  • the earth had another Pangea moment in the late 3000s and it created the DB world we know currently
  • db franchise as public domain au
  • Morally Ambiguous Character
  • Self-Indulgent
  • Projection Fantasy
  • not ai
  • Neurodivergent Lens

  Summary

  In a universe still reeling from battles that shaped destiny, Gohan faces a turning point. Wrestling with the legacies of his father, Goku, and the turbulent past of his world, Gohan’s journey is marked by inner struggles, complicated loyalties, and a search for purpose amid lingering scars. As mysterious new threats ripple across realities, Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta—alongside a new presence, Solon—are forced to confront not just enemies, but the shadows within their own bonds. Old rivalries and friendships are tested, while unexpected alliances emerge in the face of challenges that defy simple notions of good and evil. In this landscape, softness becomes a source of power, and the struggle for self-acceptance is as urgent as any cosmic battle. Dragon Ball Super Groundbreaking is an epic of resilience, identity, and the unbreakable threads that tie warriors together—even when family itself becomes a battlefield. In a multiverse held together by trust and sacrifice, every choice matters, and Gohan’s quiet strength may hold the key to survival.

  Or... What if DB took its JTTW roots seriously—but with a Superman twist, accidental philosophy majors, and cosmic crises solved by plushies and parental issues?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  16,148,203

  Chapters:

  1,332/?

  Comments:

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  370

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  Bookmarked by brainstorm_later

  16 Apr 2026

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  • DRAGON BALL

  Bookmarker's Notes

  chap 2 "videl squeezed his hand...."