Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

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Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Hades » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:15 pm

When Gohan came back to Earth to fight Buu, why didn't he learn from Cell and destroy Buu when he clearly had the upper hand?
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:40 pm

As Piccolo said, he'd somewhat changed after his power-up; not just in appearance, but in character. And it'd be boring if he killed him from the off.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by vegetaslegacy15 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:45 pm

Well he just got very cocky due to the power-up. He knew he completely outclassed Buu so Gohan just took his time. Plus he figured why not let the boys play around with Buu.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Nazi Cola » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:42 pm

Gohan's always stupid whenever he gets a big, sudden power-up.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by 012yArthur0 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:09 pm

Nazi Cola wrote:Gohan's always stupid whenever he gets a big, sudden power-up.
He wasn't when he get's his potential unlocked by Guru's power.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Zephyr » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:43 pm

Hades wrote:When Gohan came back to Earth to fight Buu, why didn't he learn from Cell and destroy Buu when he clearly had the upper hand?
Because Saiyan DNA.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by sonikku956 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:53 pm

012yArthur0 wrote:
Nazi Cola wrote:Gohan's always stupid whenever he gets a big, sudden power-up.
He wasn't when he get's his potential unlocked by Guru's power.
That was only because Gohan was still weaker than Freeza.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Rostir » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:14 pm

Because no one goes right to the point in Dragon Ball Z besides SSJ Gogeta.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:34 pm

It's because he wasn't Goku.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by penguintruth » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:28 pm

He tends to get cocky when he gets powerful.

Saiyan blood at work.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by dprez » Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:13 am

Gohan had no idea that Boo could use absorption. There was really no reason not to make Boo feel as much pain as possible before his death. Like others have said, his character changed along with his power. His saiyan blood boiled for a fight.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Nazi Cola » Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:33 am

012yArthur0 wrote:
Nazi Cola wrote:Gohan's always stupid whenever he gets a big, sudden power-up.
He wasn't when he get's his potential unlocked by Guru's power.
That's why I said "sudden" in my post, because I knew someone would bring that up.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Darkprince410 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:03 am

sonikku956 wrote:
012yArthur0 wrote:
Nazi Cola wrote:Gohan's always stupid whenever he gets a big, sudden power-up.
He wasn't when he get's his potential unlocked by Guru's power.
That was only because Gohan was still weaker than Freeza.
Not only weaker than Freeza, but still weaker than Vegeta. The only times that Gohan's actually grown arrogant after a power-up is when he's outmatched everyone in doing so.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Hades » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:13 am

Rostir wrote:Because no one goes right to the point in Dragon Ball Z besides SSJ Gogeta.
Or Future Trunks for that matter.

Toriyama could have done a Watchmen-style deconstruction with the Buu Saga when you think about it.
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Rostir » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:01 am

Hades wrote:
Rostir wrote:Because no one goes right to the point in Dragon Ball Z besides SSJ Gogeta.
Or Future Trunks for that matter.

Toriyama could have done a Watchmen-style deconstruction with the Buu Saga when you think about it.
I've never watched Watchmen so you might have to explain this one to me. :o
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Re: Why did Gohan delay with Buu?

Post by Hades » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:09 am

Don't bother with the movie, read the comic instead. Anyway, Watchmen asks "what if superheroes existed in the real world". For instance, Captain America's expy, the Comedian, isn't a pure beyond pure type, but is rather a cynical Black Ops operative that is basically scum. The Superman expy has ascended to a higher level of consciousness and considers the Cold War, one of the definitive eras of the 20th century, to be bickering between red and blue ants. It's a brilliant read, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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