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I watched Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z growing up. I read the mangas. I am
familiar with the stories. I've read in wikis and articles that the GT story
doesn't originate from or follow the original Dragon Ball story.

I didn't watch GT but recently I watched the final episode. There, Goku, at
the end, makes the rounds and visits many characters from his childhood,
before disappearing into the dragon.

Just from that episode, everything seemed like it was a continuation of the
previous series and based off the original stories.

So how does it not follow the original Dragon Ball series? What is different?
Are there aspects that contradict the original work?


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Which parts of Dragon Ball GT do not follow the original Dragon Ball story?


Dragon Ball GT actually is a direct sequel to Dragon Ball Z; it takes place
several years after Dragon Ball Z ends. It was not based on a manga by Akira
Toriyama. It was an original story created by the anime studio. As far as I
know (I never finished watching it), it was completely compatible with the
story of Dragon Ball Z.

Recently, Toriyama worked with Toei on the movies Battle of the Gods and
Resurrection F, which as far as I know take place between the end of Dragon
Ball Z's final battle with Kid Buu and its ending where Goku goes off to train
Uub. These movies, like all the movies, are considered non-canon by fans, but
Toriyama later adapted these movie stories into a new manga, Dragon Ball
Super.

Since (a) GT was awful, and (b) Dragon Ball Super takes place after Dragon
Ball Z but before GT and somewhat contradicts GT (e.g. Mai, Shu, and Emperor
Pilaf are elderly in the first episode of Dragon Ball GT, while they're
children in Dragon Ball Super after a bad wish on the Dragon Balls; also,
there are characters like Beerus and Whis that I believe are nowhere to be
found in GT, and new powers that are never seen or mentioned in GT, like the
Super Saiyan God Form), most fans treat GT as non-canon. GT does actually
follow the original Dragon Ball Z storyline, but it isn't compatible with
Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball Super is considered more authoritative
since it was written by Toriyama himself.


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The previous answer is completely wrong. Dragon Ball GT is NOT a "direct
sequel" to Dragon Ball Z. While it does take place several years after the
ending of DBZ, Toriyama himself stated that it was nothing more than a side-
story. It's basically a "what if". It is not compatible with DBZ. In fact, it
constantly contradicts both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. DBGT nullified
itself. It's not considered canon because A). Toriyama had little involvement
beyond some character concepts. It was Toei's baby. And B). Toriyama is making
Super, which is his official continuation of Dragon Ball, and it's already
introduced so much content that contradicts GT. Toriyama wrote the story for
both Battle of the Gods _and_ Resurrection F. He didn't just adapt it into a
new manga, it was his baby. Unlike GT, which Toriyama flat out stated that it
was nothing more than a side-story, and that DB Super is his sequel to DBZ.

As far as the deviations to DB and DBZ, there are simply too many to name. As
was previously mentioned, it even went so far as to negate itself. Watch
Dragon Ball, then watch GT and you'll figure it out. It's not that hard to
pick out.


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In my opinion, GT is Non-Canon, but is a direct continuation of DB and DBZ. It
has all the characters from the two shows, all its transformations and all the
previous dragon ball's wishes had been made (the shadow dragons list them
off). One of the previous answers said that GT contradicts the original Dragon
Ball, but I've watched GT twice now and can say that it does not. GT Krillin
even reminds Goku of their race to find Muten Roshi's rock (and its outcome),
an event that was so specific, even the slightest change in the story would
erase this from ever happening.

Also, Super was not written by Toriyama, the manga is written by Toytarou and
the anime writers only get some notes from Toriyama about basic plot points,
they are allowed to make up most of the story. In other words, the manga is
like his kid that's actually the mailman's and the anime is like the child
that comes from his donated sperm that he's never met.

Both shows are separate timelines, one where Beerus woke up and one where he
didn't, it also has the difference of the shadow dragon concept. So that's my
opinion, an educated one though.


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