no no you got this wrong. im not saying this is new information, nor am i trying to downgrade goku. i just think the writers of dragon ball super are really really ******* stupid. if a character can normally tank universe level explosions, but they later on get nearly killed by some stupid laser just for plot purposes, and then the writers lazily justify it by saying some shit like "he was off guard so his durability plummets from universe level to human level", that's just INCREDIBLY lazy and poor writing. it makes zero sense. they could have used ANY other excuse or reason as to why goku was nearly killed by a fodder, but they're too lazy to do that. it's because dragon ball super is a ******* lazy cash crab repetitive piece of trash series that's leeching off of the original dragon ball mangas fame.
and im going to pretend i didnt read that last sentence because i dont want to get mad. lmao did you really just use an obvious GAG scene to try and make one punch man look just as bad as dragon ball super? the DBS laser gun scene was a serious scene and had an actual purpose regarding the progression of the plot, whereas the cat scene from OPM was a joke scene. using that logic, i guess we can say that goku getting constantly beaten up by bulma is lazy writing too?
im a bit heated because dragon ball super is absolute trash and i dont like when people defend lazy half assed writing