Ultra Instinct should have been for Gohan

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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by Kanious » Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:37 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote: Luckily, the greatest asspull in the series was attained by Trunks
but at least Trunks deserved that asspull. He fought his ENTIRE life. He lived almost in hell. He fought for years against the androids, then fought Cell in the present, then defeated him in the future, received assistance from Shin, defeated Dabura and Babidi, fought Black for a year, then fought Black and Zamasu... that asspull was deserved, but it is not the biggest asspull in the franchise. All the biggest asspulls were from Gohan, and the biggest one was becoming stronger in a ritual involving farting, dancing, porn and comedic magazines.

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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by majinwarman » Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:20 pm

Kanious wrote:
fadeddreams5 wrote: Luckily, the greatest asspull in the series was attained by Trunks
but at least Trunks deserved that asspull. He fought his ENTIRE life. He lived almost in hell. He fought for years against the androids, then fought Cell in the present, then defeated him in the future, received assistance from Shin, defeated Dabura and Babidi, fought Black for a year, then fought Black and Zamasu... that asspull was deserved, but it is not the biggest asspull in the franchise. All the biggest asspulls were from Gohan, and the biggest one was becoming stronger in a ritual involving farting, dancing, porn and comedic magazines.
But, Trunks's power up was not built up correctly. He may have deserve it, but it wasn't correctly written to make sense to why he got it or where it came from.
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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by Arg » Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:41 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote: Luckily, the greatest asspull in the series was attained by Trunks
Too bad that asspull wasn't him going ssj3.

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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by KingKaash » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:48 pm

I'm a Gohan fan and I thought would be great for him. But you guys make some great points on this thread. UI should be for those fighters who dedicate their lives to martial arts. Gohan is sadly not one of those people. So no he shouldn't be getting UI any time soon
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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by AnimeNation101 » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:13 pm

Gohan doesn’t deserve jack!! He does little to no training so its only natural that that reflects onto his skills and power as a fighter
I called it that Gogeta, Bardock, and something Broly related would be in the movie before it was even announced that it was a Broly movie. 8)

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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by fadeddreams5 » Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:29 pm

Kanious wrote:
fadeddreams5 wrote: Luckily, the greatest asspull in the series was attained by Trunks
but at least Trunks deserved that asspull. He fought his ENTIRE life. He lived almost in hell. He fought for years against the androids, then fought Cell in the present, then defeated him in the future, received assistance from Shin, defeated Dabura and Babidi, fought Black for a year, then fought Black and Zamasu... that asspull was deserved, but it is not the biggest asspull in the franchise. All the biggest asspulls were from Gohan, and the biggest one was becoming stronger in a ritual involving farting, dancing, porn and comedic magazines.
It's not a matter of deserving it. We've seen Trunks' potential before, and this transformation did not only come out of nowhere, but it was never even given an explanation or name outside of external sources. The power boost associated with it is also nonsensical within the context of the series. The only asspull that comes close to this is Goku's sudden power level increase before he fights Frieza, but even that had an explanation.

What asspulls has Gohan had? I can't think of anything, unless you're referring to his hidden powers, which were present at the time of his introduction. The Old Kai doing that ritual isn't an asspull. Gohan was already training prior to this with the Z-sword. With or without the Old Kai's methods, he was going to be written as a stronger fighter. At the very least, we know exactly where this form came from and what it's supposed to do.
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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by supersaiyanZero » Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:22 am

Gohan has been so thoroughly ruined as a character in Super that I could care less if he got UI or not. Just another toy to sell tbh.

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Re: Ultra instinct should have been for gohan

Post by DeadPoolSpace » Sat Mar 05, 2022 10:29 pm

Kanious wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:37 pm
fadeddreams5 wrote: Luckily, the greatest asspull in the series was attained by Trunks
but at least Trunks deserved that asspull. He fought his ENTIRE life. He lived almost in hell. He fought for years against the androids, then fought Cell in the present, then defeated him in the future, received assistance from Shin, defeated Dabura and Babidi, fought Black for a year, then fought Black and Zamasu... that asspull was deserved, but it is not the biggest asspull in the franchise. All the biggest asspulls were from Gohan, and the biggest one was becoming stronger in a ritual involving farting, dancing, porn and comedic magazines.
KANIOUS Trunks never earned anything besides getting his ass beat by his father how is that in your words earning his power. None of Trunks asspulls were explained or deserved at least Gohan got his through explaination. Quit being a childish Trunks fanboy.

Trunks got the worst asspulls next to Frieza he never earned Ss rage a form he didn’t train for and came out of nowhere he went God without training at least Gohan got actual teachers. Spirit Bomb sword do I need to explain that move shouldn’t exist because Trunks had no training for it and it just came in thin air just those two things are the worst asspulls in all of DRAGONBALL and Trunks never earned those compared to Gohan who much more deserved those moves at least Gohans powers were explained and built up unlike Trunks.

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Re: Ultra Instinct should have been for Gohan

Post by PurestEvil » Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:35 am

Piccolo is a more likely candidate for attaining UI than Gohan purely based on his total dedication to martial arts (babysitting aside), unlike Gohan’s passive attitude.

UI Gohan would be pretty badass, tho.
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Re: Ultra Instinct should have been for Gohan

Post by Skar » Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:03 am

I thought this was a new thread then saw Deadpoolspace replying to a five year old comment. Time flies if it's been that long since UI debuted :shock:.

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Re: Ultra Instinct should have been for Gohan

Post by PurestEvil » Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:54 am

Skar wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:03 am I thought this was a new thread then saw Deadpoolspace replying to a five year old comment. Time flies if it's been that long since UI debuted :shock:.
shiiiiiit I did not notice that either
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