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Both wrong, Dragon Ball is about finding ways to get stronger and it's great precisely because of this, your entire life as a human being is also about becoming a better version of yourself to overcome the challenges life throws at you, but since the characters are fighters, they solve problems by fighting.

When Gohan becomes SS2 is because he needed to let go of his personal trauma about fighting to protect the people he loved, fighting was never his thing, since he was a toddler, he was pushed in these situations and always got hurt, which made him not enjoy fighting like the other warriors, but he needed to go beyond that, his ego and personal issues are not as important as the safety of his loved ones.

It's not a perfect series, we could do with less villain transformations and inconsistent power scalling, but this doesn't ruin the series at all.

Also, yeah, the anime has shit pacing, read the manga or watch Kai.