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I bet on my soul. I bet you, on my soul, that Gohan will be the first Z-Fighter to surpass Whis.
Hear me out. Look at this one picture.
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I know i'm late with this, and i'm sorry for the thread if it's already been guessed. I meam, Champa Saga, really?...but I NEVER found anything about this. I thought about this two days ago and thought deeply, so hear me out. Again.
When you look at the picture, who do you see? Videl's there, as is Pan. Gohan? Oh no, he's not even watching the Tournament. He said he had to do something on the day of the tournament, some conference or something idk. So that means that throughout all of the Champa Saga, Gohan is the ONLY Z-Fighter to have stayed on Earth throughout the whole saga. He never left the planet. He doesn't know what Champa looks like, he doesn't know any of the Universe 6's fighters.
After the tournament, we all know that Beerus makes a wish to Super Shenlon. Copy U7 Earth, and replace U6 Earth with Copied U7 Earth. It surely must have copied ALL people that was on the planet at the time of the wish. Think...
That's right. Gohan likely got copied, along with his power, and brought to U6. Meaning that there are 2 different Gohans now. Yup.
The events on U7 Earth is clear. We all know what happens here. "Monaka" fights Goku, Trunks creates yet another timeline (GG Trunks), Kaiōshins of U7 and U10 go to HoT timeline. And then we have the 12 Universe Tournament. No need to cover this.
The events on U6 Earth however, this is my guess.
Gohan is waiting for Videl and the others to arrive. He waits and waits, but apparently, after days of waiting, no one arrived. He gets a little worried and all, so who knows what happens. Maybe (probably) he thinks everyone got killed; so maybe THIS Gohan will start training. Later on, Gohan meets Champa & Vados. Champa, not knowing who Gohan is, does sense that Gohan is quite strong for an Earthling, and Champa asks Gohan questions. Gohan says he is the son of Goku, and a half-Saiyan. Champa then had the idea to have Vados train Gohan, for the future tournament or something. Gohan might be confused, but he and Vados agrees to Champa's ideas, especially as Gohan realizes that ...y'know. The "I need to protect my family" part. Gohan also realizes that this is a VERY good chance to train. So he accepts.
This is how Gohan turns SSJB, after a lot of training. Gohan would surpass Vegeta & Goku, especially if Vados is stronger than Whis (you better make her stronger, @Akira Toriyama). Gohan trains and trains...and then the 12 universe tournaments things (I'll just say Omniversal Tournament) begins.
On U7's team, we obviously have Goku and Vegeta.
On U6's team, we have Hit and U6 Gohan. U6Gohan is finally able to see his family again, and explains the rest how Vados trained Gohan. This is where Beerus realized his wish also copied Gohan and all, so...yeah. So the Tournaments start.
After a long day, I think that Universe SIX would win. A trained Hit... A trained Gohan...yeah... Gohan however has not surpassed Whis nor Vados. No one has.
Then we have the next Saga, in which we know absolutely nothing about. This new villain would be powerful. Too powerful. No one can beat him, Beerus' OP Destruction has no effect. He's a lot more powerful than Whis and Vados. No Z-Fighter however has surpassed Whis or Vados, let alone combined. Maybe beerus...but definitely not the others.
So, who's gonna defeat him? Vegeto? Nah. Vegeta is an obvious exception to surpassing Whis and Vados. But at this point, I believe it would be something else. At this point, U7Gohan might have trained again, and reached a decent level. He's reaching his Buu Saga counterpart's power. Finally. (Ultimate, of course, not...SSJ2) So this means that U7Gohan is powerful once again. So...what would happen?
You've probably guessed it but I'd bet that Gohan would fuse...with Gohan. U6Gohan would be a very powerful fighter, stronger than Goku, for sure, and is a lot more experienced. He's trained. He's not his dull Buu-saga-counterpart. U7Gohan would not be as experienced nor as powerful, but these two boys are the exact same. So...use the Potara rings. U6Gohan+U7Gohan=Gohan.
This new fused Gohan would look the same, and have the same voice, but act slightly sifferent. Their powers...well, it should have increased by a TON. However, he's technically still one person. U6Gohan likely could have felt lonely and all, so him fusing with U7Gohan would be a pretty good thing for U6Gohan.
As it would technically be the exact same person, just a lot more powerful, Gohan, with fight experience, has now surpassed Whis. And this is how he surpasses Whis, and Vados.
Toriyama surely has thought something special for Gohan. By being a damn nerd he becomes more powerful than Whis. And it doesn't seem like a fanthingwhatsitcalled; it's a completely valid reason IMO.
What i wrote right here above is exactly what I think.will happen. U6 team being Hit and U6Gohan, U6G and U7G fusing into Gohan in a future arc. Gohan actually becoming a major character, Gohan defeating a villain. I hope this will happen, since it's in some way already hinted that Gohan will be strong again. But...Anytging can happen right now. This is probably something for in a year, maybe even two tbh. We'll see.
What are your thoughts on this?
Anyway, the chart claims that the timelines are reorganized back into two lines of time for those particular events. Think a bit fluidly and see time as a location. In Location A, the circumstances of Goku Black were able to happen. In Location B, Future Trunks was bothered by Goku Black's shenanigans. Future Trunks decides to visit Location A, Goku Black's era, which is also Goku's era as indirectly acknowledged in 