#ladies man? no. he is a helpless romantic searching for a girl that wont dump him

[sweetescapeartist]

IS GOTEN REALLY A CASANOVA/WOMANIZER?

DB FANDOM: Goten is a ladies man in GT!

REALITY: He's a hopeless romantic who gets dumped quickly all the time.

First, where did this idea that Goten is a ladies man begin? It began when we see the cast after a 10 year time skip. Goten says he had a date planned, but Goku is making him attend the Tenkaichi Budokai instead. That's it. No indication or implication that Goten is a ladies man. Just that he had a date.

However, GT takes this scene, reduces Goten's character, and makes dating girls his only notable quality. And even then, GT Goten isn't good with the ladies.

In DBGT EP 2, Pan says that Goten's new girlfriend will dump him soon.

This implies a pattern. There's initial attraction, but no prolongued interest, then Goten gets dumped quickly. Rinse & repeat. Goten can get 'em easily, but he can't keep 'em.

Many fans have taken certain scenes out of context or may have simply forgot. Or maybe they just watched the DUB that changed a bunch of lines. I don't know. It didn't watch that episode of the DUB because the English DUB was terrible. Anyway...

Goten is a hopeless romantic, not a ladies man/womanizer since he can't maintain a relationship for a long time.

(Full context of the scene)

The girls see him "Sure, I'll date you."

Soon after "We're breaking up."

Valese is the only one we've seen that seems like she might actually stick with him. Although, even in the show, they haven't even dated long. Knowing Goten's track record, the relationship might not last for much longer before she breaks up with him. But, Valese is a sheltered rich airhead, so a girl like her will probably stay with him because she understands so little about the world & Goten can connect better with someone like her. She reminds me of Krillin's ex girlfriend from DBZ filler that he dumped; Malon. (I know most say "Maron." I just spell it differently.) That's the kind of woman who behaves like a ditzy airhead because there's been no reason for her to behave maturely. But for Valese, its the result of being extremely sheltered. She's better than Malon imo.

Why do all of Goten's girlfriends soon dump him? Who knows? Maybe he still behaves like a child and doesn't take the relationship seriously enough? Maybe he goes after the wrong women and has bad dating practices? Maybe it's for other reasons. We don't see enough of Goten in GT to know why he always gets dumped. We just know he gets dumped often & we can only wonder why.

Also, Pan... You ARE a child. Enjoy being a kid, because being grown and paying bills is no fun.

*Looks at Grandma Pan.*