>becomes worlds strongest warrior at 12
>immediately becomes a pussy emasculated sóyboy after that

For what reason

Publishers were probably afraid moving on from Goku as the MC would hurt sales. That, or Toriyama was just a retard.

>>211487520 (OP)
Simply put, Toriyama was a hack. Rehashing Goku over and over was just easier and as a result Gohan's growth as a character was stunted.

>>211487520 (OP)
Gohan’s power ups were completely underserved asspulls so I’m glad he got kicked to the curb

>>211487564
Editors told him to go back fighting during the saiyaman saga which is Toriyama’s preferred type of story. Gohan was too much of a pacifist to work as the MC of a series centered around fighting so made Goku the the main protagonist again

>>211487579
Gohan's potential was teased since he was introduced but it was one note and once you do it theres not much more you can go. Like others said his personality doesnt really lead to conflict and a super serious gohan would sort of just be a generic protagonist. Plus its clear that Toriyama didnt know what to do with even by the time he had Great Kaioshin dance around him

>>211487520 (OP)
sounds like he became US
what's preventing you from becoming the strongest warrior in the universe OP?

>>211487607
what do they mean by go back. The manga was nonstop fights from Fortuneteller Baba
to Piccolo Jr

>>211487520 (OP)
Go back to /a/

>>211487746
oh i read that as saiyan saga, i'm retarded

tranime slop

>>211487520 (OP)
Sorry, I don't understand ebonics.

>>211487520 (OP)
So he can surpass himself.

>>211487520 (OP)
someone becomes the world's strongest warrior every other week in that show. it means basically nothing.

>>211487520 (OP)
>get nerfed with gay saiyaman routine
>get nerfed with boring schoolboy routine
did my boy dirty

>>211489331
nah its almost always goku at the end of the day, thats why gohan was such a big deal

>>211487520 (OP)
He peaked at 12 and then one last time against Buu but that's it

>>211487520 (OP)
>For what reason
Raised by a single mother during critical years of development.

>>211487520 (OP)
>Constantly lost as a child in woods
>Stolen by uncle
>Trained in woods with 3 year old piccolo
>Survived 6 months alone at 4
>Goes to another planet to fight grown men
>Trains in void for 1 year
>Fights a bio engineered weapon from an alternate future timeline
>Goes to highschool and impress all the hoes
>Trains little brother while being a masked hero for the city
>Gets potential unlocked by a literal God and becomes the strongest mortal ever

Thats just the Z storyline and you calling him onions.

>>211488122
Gohan was the coolest when he was like this. From a crybaby bitch to angry child protecting his friends was kino.

>>211487520 (OP)
>For what reason
Chi-Chi ruined him by forcing her nature on him.

>>211487520 (OP)
This is why Roshi beat Goku at the first world tournament, to prevent that.

>>211491431
>Chi-Chi ruined him

>>211491554
Yes. You confirmed it.

>>211491554
>proves his point

>>211491431
This. Single-mother household pussified him. Many such cases.

>>211487520 (OP)
Why does Gohan have more potential than Trunks and Goten?

>>211487607
>Editors told him to go back fighting during the saiyaman saga which is Toriyama’s preferred type of story.
retard

Yamcha was the smartest character in the show. Got to crack open prime Bulma, trained enough to become one of the strongest beings on Earth, then ignored all that BS and just became a mega sports star earning millions and having bitches hurling themselves at him.

>>211492797
They force their nature on their sons and ruin them, making them overly emotional messes. That's the way it works.

>>211487520 (OP)
>always hated fighting and wanted to be a scholar
>forced to train in the wilderness for a year at the age of 4
>forced into fighting aliens against your will
>forced to fight the most powerful being in the universe against your will
>when you get older you want to stop fighting a be what you always wanted to be
>people call you a pussy

>>211493064
see
>>211491431
>>211491554

>>211493029
Yep. And men can't function correctly when they've been pussified into emotional messes like women can by manipulating people with their tits and pussies.

>>211491471
UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMP

>>211496508
Tien literally beat him then goku

>>211487520 (OP)
>For what reason
Because he DINT WANNIT. Gohan is the Jon Cuck of Dragon Ball.

for me, it's 18

>>211487520 (OP)
I blame Vegeta.
1. Swearing to never fight again
2. Spending years training to fight again
3. Never growing up i.e. Prince of all Sayains but never trains one of two Sayains left.
4. Never testing his own power against the new strongest limit breaker he's ever seen
5. Being a little brat and assuming Gohan is out there laughing at him for being weaker.
I also blame whoever made Toriyama go against what he really wanted to do which was just write fun stories again.

>>211489746
Chichi was a warrior, and she could've trained him without sacrificing his studies

>>211497070
Gohan saved the world single handedly twice before he was 10, more if you count the assists. He spent 6 years chilling the fuck out and he earned it.

>>211487520 (OP)
He's 9 or 10 by the end of Cell Saga btw

>>211488122
Which part of OP's post sounds like ebonics?

>>211487520 (OP)
it's a kid's show and they knew Gohan was going to be everybody's self insert avatar. from a time when you had to pass down positive influence to children.

>>211487520 (OP)
zoomers don't know what this is

If /a/ was around in 90s there would be so much seethe from gohan fags about him jobbing to Buu. Would cause even more meltdowns than Gojo’s death

>>211487520 (OP)
Not film.

>>211487520 (OP)
Gohan would be a much more boring protagonist than Goku. Gohan doesn't even like fighting that much, he'd just be a reactive protagonist. It's a hard pill to swallow for Gohanfags but Gohan is best as a side character like he is now.

>>211499001
>like he is now.
He ends Super canonically the strongest in the Universe.

>>211489364
the villain of the arc does it just as often as goku, sometimes multiple times per arc. it's meaningless.

>>211489370
This is why I love the Bojack movie. Gohan was about a year older from the Cell Games in that continuity and he was still training. Even Future Trunks (who one-shotted his version of the Androids and Imperfect Cell) couldn't match him.

>>211499001
Future Gohan is what Cell Games Gohan should've become.

I admit I did like the Clark Kent aspect of Gohan at high school because it harkened back to DB's comedic elements.

>>211492914
I suspect because he was put in more dangerous situations at a young age which made his Saiyan heritage react strongly. Remember the original Japanese episode of DBZ 1 showed Gohan about to fall off a waterfall and die. Then he got kidnapped by Raditz, saw his dad get brutalized and his rage manifested.

Then Piccolo's training and his experiences with Vegeta and on Namek really boosted his Zenkai and inner potential. Trunks and Goten had nowhere near the kind of combat exposure.

>>211498731
What was interesting about Gohan after his training with the Supreme Kai was that he didn't use a ki attack against Super Buu. Everybody did but Gohan was on pure strength.

Anyhow if Gohan had defeated Super Buu by somehow purging out Fat Buu and getting drained enough to barely fight against Kid Buu, that would've been far more acceptable. And then Goku can kill Kid Buu with the Earth Genki Dama as he originally did.

KWAB

>>211499370

>>211487564
>Publishers were probably afraid moving on from Goku as the MC would hurt sales.
No. Toriyama just wasn't vibing with Gohan as the MC. Bro wasn't goofy enough for his tastes so he made him into Saiyaman, but it still wouldn't click so he brought Goku back.

>>211487520 (OP)
media literacy

>>211488147
I'm glad that BEASThan finally redeemed the character and completed his arc.

>>>>>>>>>>>/a/

Dragon Ball ended with the Cell Games arc anyway.

>>211487520 (OP)
Unlike Goku and Vegeta he didn't inherit the "monke get stronger" autism gene, he always said that he doesn't like fighting and wanted to be a boring nerd. It's his life and he can do whatever he wants.

>>211498115

>I also blame whoever made Toriyama go against what he really wanted to do which was just write fun stories again.

He did, but nobody cared about them, like the space police manga, or whatever that other car trip manga was in the desert

>>211487520 (OP)
when he transforms and cell turns around and looks at him, hesitant for the first time since becoming perfect, I was on the edge of my seat. I couldn't wait for the next episode. man that was wild.

GOAT, nothing since or after in DB comes even close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMeAo9kgsY