It’s a chapter that turns Goku’s backstory from being superficially similar to Superman’s to a direct parallel, undermining the Saiyan Saga’s key twist that Earth’s hero very narrowly avoided being its destructor. “Minus” frames this as a noble act, despite Bardock still being a murderous mercenary in the service of an intergalactic real estate speculator, who only cares about his boss’s misdeeds when it inconveniences him. Unfortunately, “Dragon Ball Minus” is ancillary fluff that only further softens Bardock, turning him into a loving husband and father who sends Goku to Earth in order to protect him.
