TheSaiyanGod wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 2:53 pm
GodVegetto91 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:25 am
I think what the OP is referring to here, is a certain interpretation he had of the event (that I had aswell.) ....And that is,
aren’t they the same thing?!
That is, isn’t what the Dragon did to Granolah with the actual wish, the same thing as awakening his utmost potential? The description of the last panel the OP posted seems like a true potential unlock, as it’s, you know, “his own power”.. That HE, (himself), was able to accumulate within his entire lifetime. And nothing beyond that! (hence “Latent Potential”).
Isn’t that right, OP???!
Gohan's latent potential in the Freeza Saga was not as big as his latent potential in Cell saga, which in turn was less than in the Boo saga. The limits of the potential that a person can reach can be increased through training and apparently the age factor is also related to this.
The hidden power of Gohan released in Namek was nowhere near the power he demonstrated in later arcs. Granolah's wish seems to take 150 years of training into account for him to reach his peak. His potential at the time he summoned the dragon was not enough for him to become the strongest, but after 150 years of his life condensed that seems to be the cas
Then it simply wasn’t Gohan’s “full potential”
unlocked. Reason and logic > Word of an author that doesn’t think things through, hence comes to the conclusion that 2 + 2 = 5. You can accept it like a brave obedient little consumer, or you can call it out for what it is,
a logical impossibility.
Here’s the
simplest possible version of the event.
• You have 1 character throughout his/her entire lifetime.
• That character neccesarily has a max potential from birth. (Backyard pool of ki, from which to take water/energy from, and draw it out for use in your front yard)
• This means that from the moment the character is born (yes even as a helpless little baby!) he/she has the same amount of total energy available in his/her system as a
seasoned warrior.
• Through training and various other methods, said character can take the energy from his own stored backyard pool of ki
for use in his newly created front yard pool.
This corresponds to finally “actualizing” SOME of ones latent potential!
The total amount of energy in the body’s/character’s/system always remains the same, and is decided from birth and represents the characters full potential!
Only when all of the water (energy) of the backyard pool has been relocated to the front yard pool, has a character “fully” actualized his/her potential. Hence cannot possibly get any more powerful after that point.
