Ussj Future Trunks wrote:I think Vegeta said he did train but "not nearly enough", and did he not regain most of his lost strength by training with Goten and later the Z Sword anyway?
In the manga, Vegeta never mentioned that he didn't train. He just said that he was out of shape, and you should never slack off at times of peace. I guess that means Gohan outright didn't train. And even after training with Goten, Goku says he's been slacking off and Vegeta says he was stronger when he was a kid. As for after the Z-Sword training, it is plausible that he recovered back that lost strength.
I do agree with you that Gohan shouldn't be expected to be obsessed with training and battle 24/7 like the Saiyans. He's never been a fighter at heart, and has only ever fought because he had to. Piccolo forced him to train for the Saiyans, he trained with Kuririn in case Vegeta came back to Earth and he trained with Goku and Piccolo for the Androids (and later, in the ROSAT, for Cell). And besides, why do I never see people complaining about Yamcha and Kuririn not training? It's strongly implied that Kuririn, who should get more stick for slacking off and has been a martial artist for years, had stopped training because he'd shaved his head, a strict martial arts discipline he had upheld up until then. And suddenly, because Gohan has this random hidden power, he should be forced to do something he doesn't want to and not lead a normal life, just because all his life he's been surrounded by battle-hungry socially-inept martial artists? Give me a break. I'm actually glad there was someone in the series who was strong but also had ambitions in life other than "Grr, get stronger, push my limits, grr!"
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