Not really. Goku was either gritting his teeth or screaming from the top of his lungs during the beam struggle. He clearly was putting effort into it even though Gohan and #18 acknowledged Kuririnhad no chance against Goku.PFM18 wrote:Goku was very clearly holding back. It was a matter of intimidating Kururin because there would be intimidating opponents in the ToP.
That scene of Goku vs Gohan is not something that should really be considered. First of all, it was a gag scene and wasn't meant to be taken seriously, and second it is a casual sparring session with his son there's no reason why he would be going all out. Even if you insist upon considering this scene despite it not being meant to be taken seriously, Goku literally admitted to holding back. Gohan accused Goku of holding back, and Goku admitted to it. They fight evenly in Base form as Goku admits to holding back, then each go SSJ and they continue to fight evenly. Obviously Goku was holding back in both iterations of the fight if he fought in Base, fought evenly, admitted to holding back, and then continued to fight evenly.
Light hearted =/= Gag. By this logic we could dismiss lots of fights from Part I and every feat Gotenks has just because they were intended to be funny.
And holding back because he didn't transform. Right after admiting to be holding back, he shouted "Let's do this!" and transformed, implying he wouldn't be holding back anymore.
The discussion is about how Toei handles scaling overall. On my first coment i mentioned how Toei handles power scaling, not Super specifically.This was a discussion about the DBS anime power scaling so this is kind of irrelevant.