Alright. As this is my first story, let's get down to brass tacks and discuss the differences fom canon.

Actually, first let's denote my reasons from differing from canon.

I love the Dragonball universe. I love its characters, I love its plot lines, I love its bizarreness in general. My issue with it, is that sometimes I believe Akira Toriyama had trouble letting certain things go, or overcoming certain things. Like Goku as the main character; that's the big one, honestly. But there are other examples, including his rather glaring sexist characterizations in places. Full disclosure, I don't believe he WAS sexist. Just that he could occasionally write women in a sexist manner. I aim to try and give a different, more story based approach, as this story is not aided by any visuals.

Gohan and most of the Z Fighters have received a large power up. They are (relatively) far closer to Goku's ultimate power level, than they were in the anime/manga. Vegeta is probably the only one this really effects, excluding Gohan. Or, should I say, the one that will be the most notable. Chi Chi will also be rather stronger in this; definitely not up to their level, but still stronger than Videl or one of the regular fighters for sure. She mainly wants her sons to study, but since her husbands death she has done her best to honor his own wishes that his children be trained. I feel like Chi Chi received a bit of a character assassination, and I aim to mend that.

In that vein, Gohan has continued his training, and takes this great burden of being the ultimate defender of the plaet under his wing with exceptional seriousness. He is not a different character, however. Despite his greater amounts of effort and some of the trials I put him through, he is still Gohan. These trials have forged him, but he's sort of a simple guy despite his great intelligence. I feel that is so much more typical for most of the Son men. They may have been throught different circumstances, but they are still good men at heart, not divulging from their morals, really...

. . . .except for our Iron Man, Goku. He's going to be dealing with the loss of his family for 7 years due to his actions at the Cell Games- not to mention the decisions of the Kai's. It wasn't a choice to him; it was a burden placed upon his shoulders. He has grown weary of fighting the battles of the gods in these last years, and is itching to get to know his now older family.

So, on top of that, let's see what other differences there are!

The 'Dead Zone' movie is canon, with some changes.

The 'Tree of Might' movie is canon, but took place AFTER the return from Namek, and BEFORE Goku returned. Turles was defeated by Vegeta and Gohan (mostly Vegeta, though).

'The Return of BoJack was mainly fought by the secondary Z Warriors (Yamcha, Tien, and Krillin), as well as Piccolo and Vegeta fighting BoJack. Gohan came in and cleaned house with incredible ease and brutality. It sticks with him, and everyone who knows him is still a little weary of his power after the way he finished BoJack and crew. Except for Vegeta, who is still an adorable cretin.

Broly's first coming came to the planet Yardrat, while Gohan was learning the Instant Transition technique. Gohan tried to stop the enslavement of the Yardrat people, and mastered both the Instant Transmission and Super Saiyan 3 forms on planet while (having a massive amount of after-world help) defeating Broly.

The barriers separating the after-world from the material plane is incredibly weak, and a few of our main men do not respect the implications of that as deeply as they should.

This is going to be much different from the Saiyaman saga of old! I look forward to the challenge of introducing a new, more deeply character driven story into the series while attempting to keep said characters as true to their original selves as possible.

Now, get ready...for DRAGON BALL Z!