didnt he say this is my current full power? with that being said i find it really shocking some of you guys have a hard time seeing saiyans get stronger a battle rages on. This is knowledge we should all know. Gohan clearly got stronger as the fight went on. As you can tell by his right fist having enhanced aura during the blue fight.LowRyder2005 wrote:It's not like I'm against it aprioristically, but there are plenty of counter-arguments to be considered. Gohan stated also that he was fully powered right before he faced SS2 Goku: are we supposed to believe he showed his full power and then started fighting at 1/1000 of his true strength? Also, why would Goku go SS2 after seeing Gohan's full might already? If Gohan wanted to fight Goku "seriously" couldn't he have cornered him immediately by raising his ki?Kagari wrote:Yep. Magazine previews also noted "Gohan displays enough power to hold his own against Goku, showing that he's grown stronger than ever before". He's definitely getting there, regardless if you like the hand wavy-ness of the plot or not. After what they did with Future Trunks I'm not surprised in the least.PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote:
Given the narration, the previous episode's dialogue and storyboard, and the previous episode's footage of Gohan taking on SSB/KK Goku being overlayed with said narration, it's a reasonable assumption to make that Gohan is at the very least approaching SSB Goku's level.
Maybe place him a bit lower, but definitely approaching that realm.
As far as I'm concerned the episode did make much more of a point in showing Goku "holding his own" against SS2 Goku, unlike the (barely?) ten seconds in which he managed to punch Goku two times - without us even seeing if the blow sorted some effect or real damage on Goku.
But even admitting that those punches would've made Goku lose ground for one second, people give if anything way too much credit to Toei's coreography: they've given us stuff like base Goku and Vegeta punching Janemba, Tien somehow giving Cell Games Trunks a fight and Super of all things has been the most consistent "offender" of the sacred "characters is over two times stronger = won't bulge even if he's showered with fists". If something looks cool or dramatic enough and they need to put the spotlight on a character they'll do it even without acknowledging or establishing a tremendous (or, technically, proportional) increase in power. The moment we've seen Krillin being able to repel even for one split-second a Kamehameha of SSB Goku should've probably already sealed the deal.
even so the magazine and preview already stated this so this should be old new now