Since then, the world of Dragon Ball has expanded dramatically. Many different universes were drawn from the mind of Akira Toriyama, who had limited imagination of the events of the manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump. One of them is Dragon Ball greatMain manga of the moment and that will continue the story.
the other is Super Dragonball Heroes, a spin-off anime but non-canonical, with irregular releases on Youtube. The latter series, however maintained by Toei Animation, reinstated some transformations of characters that could not appear in the regular timeline due to its non-canonicity. There are also versions of the characters from Dragon Ball Super that were almost entirely fantasies.
An example is Gohan Super Saiyan 4 with Goku's son who was able to transform with Oozaru's style. This shape is very popular, and a fan recently asked a very specific question on Twitter: better Gohan Super Saiyan 4 or Gohan Beast? The latter is the transformation introduced by the Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie and is therefore canonical.
How will the public react? There is a lot of division on Twitter, in the tweet below. There are those who prefer Gohan Super Saiyan 4 to remember Dragon Ball GT, others who love the version of Gohan reminiscent of Goku's Ultra Instinct. However, there are those who wanted to go for a half version, combining the two and creating a Gohan Super Saiyan 4 Beast version, ergo with all white down and hair. Sure, Gohan SSJ4 has its own charm as this is one of the all-time favorite transformations by Dragon Ball fans, but Gohan Beast could have more surprises in store in the future.
And what do you think is the better version of Gohan between the two featured?
Super Saiyan 4 Gohan or Beast Gohan? pic.twitter.com/Sl5qlawMSU
— Renaldo (@Renaldo_Saiyan) January 13, 2023
