And, like I've already said in this topic, I'm not saying that Gohan couldn't have developed in that way. He could, but the development comes out of nowhere with nothing leading up to it. This is not real life, its a story, it should have a structure to it, consistency, coherency and organic development of the characters. Gohan goes from doing something to doing almost the opposite in a very similar situation. Some development to it in the between was required to make it not appear inconsistent.Flame Dragon wrote:
A character, much like a real person, isn't (or shouldn't be) a robot programmed to do the same thing everytime.
There is a difference to different reactions and being out of character.
Even i, as a real human being, don't act to a situation now in the same way as i did 10 years ago.
Also, from an in-universe standpoint, Gohan rageboosts never accomplished anything.
Sometimes they worsened the situation.
1) Failed to kill Raditz, only made him angry.
2) Little scratch on Nappa's hand, woooho.
3) Pretty much zero damage on 2ndform Freeza.
4) Made 3rd form Freeza angry and made him go to Final Form.
It would make sense for Gohan to try controlling this power without losing control, since it's really powerful but accomplished jackshit.
And, once again, his family and friends were about to die. It makes no sense to stand there without actually acting to save them just because he might fail given that he never before cared about the possibility of failing when it came down to save his friends and family from certain death (like agaisnt third from Freeza). Like I said, it took the death of someone to make him snap out of it. If #16 wasn't there, some of his friends and family would have died before he snapped out of it.
