A characteristic and quite curious feature that is present in several of the characters of the Dragon Ball franchise is nothing more and nothing less than the monkey tail that all Saiyans belonging to Universe 7 have had since they are born, known as the tail. Saiyan.
This tail is not a simple useless appendage, but thanks to it, when exposed to the full moon, Saiyans can become Ozaru, a Giant Ape that allows them to increase their fighting power about ten times more than the power they have. habitually.
Although this characteristic has become something distinctive among Saiyans and was even inherited by Gohan even though he was half-human, Goten and Trunks do not have the Saiyan tail at any point in history, which became a great mystery and enigma for fans, and that is why, below, we will explain the reason for this situation.
Why don't Goten and Trunks have the Saiyan tail in Dragon Ball?
As mentioned above, the Saiyans of Universe 7 have the Saiyan tail since they are born, as is the case with Goku and Vegeta, who had it for a long time in history, until they were able to reach a certain point of power, and their body no longer needed Ozaru's transformation.
Likewise, another quite particular example is Gohan, who, despite being half-human, also has a tail and is capable of transforming into the giant ape Ozaru. However, Gohan became the last Saiyan/human half-breed who could inherit the Saiyan tail, since, after him, characters like Goten, Trunks, or Bra, who are also half-bloods, do not have it.
It is known that once a Saiyan exceeds the power level of Ozaru's transformation, he loses his tail, therefore, his body no longer needs it and neither does the Giant Ape, becoming an unnecessary appendage; This was the case with Goku, Vegeta and Gohan, who eventually lost their tails and their transformations.
However, in the case of Goten and Trunks, who have never had a Saiyan tail, as explained by Akira Toriyama, the absence of this appendage is due to nothing more and nothing less than genetic reasons.
In an interview with Toriyama in Shonen Jump magazine in 2003, the mangaka stated: “It seems that tails are a recessive genetic trait,” referring to the fact that, in the case of Goten and Trunks, the gene The human being of not having a tail was dominant over the Saiyan gene that would give them the tail, while the opposite happened in Gohan, and the Saiyan gene for the tail was dominant.
Something quite interesting regarding the Saiyans who are born without tails is the fact that, as explained in Dragon Ball Compendium 1, thanks to their earthling genes they have extraordinary combat strength and great potential, which even allows them to be able to become Super Saiyans much easier and faster.
On the other hand, a not-so-good aspect of not having a tail and being half-breeds is that, also thanks to their terrestrial genes, tailless half-breeds tend to be much less brutal and violent than pure-bred Saiyans.
It should also be noted that, in addition to the half-breeds, there are also other Saiyans who do not have a tail: the Saiyans of Universe 6 of Dragon Ball Super, this is because they evolved differently, becoming less wild and losing their tail over the course.
Ultimately, it goes without saying that it is likely that Toriyama actually decided to eliminate the tails from the work due to how tedious it must have been to draw and animate the tails of the characters, so it was decided that both characters and Goten, Trunks, Bra, who never had a tail, and also Gohan, Vegeta and Goku, who did have one, simply no longer had it, and the Saiyan tails were no longer an element in the story, simply deciding to eliminate them from each of them. the characters of his work.
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