Why was Gohan only ever badass when he was five years old? (not counting Future Gohan)

Why was Gohan only ever badass when he was five years old? (not counting Future Gohan)

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Im a fan of Mystic Gohan myself

11 year old Gohan was prime

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>gets Goku and Trunks killed because he was an arrogant dumbass that didn't finish Cell off when he should've

Let me guess, you think Vegeta in the Cell arc is badass too?

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>Dad let's son get wailed on bc he thinks he likes it
>Gives monster recovery item
>Surprised when mentally and physically abused child wants to draw out the suffering.

Still doesn't make Gohan a "badass" for being dumb.

Like father like son I'd say.

No wonder Toriyama thought he was ill suited for the hero role.

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Because the Buu arc is a huge joke. Toriyama does stuff to betray reader's expectations so he turned Gohan into a joke and it's stayed that way ever since.

>the one time goku wants to play catch with his son instead of train

>Goten wants to get serious
>Goku teaches him fusion
>Turns into an idiot because of Kid Trunks' personality
>Never does anything more

now this is the bigger problem

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He is the son of an alien warrior race that is known for having incredible strength and agility.

But the Cell arc was the one that made Gohan a dumbass retard first. See

the sequel series should of mostly just been gohan and piccolos training journey that ended with them fighting nappa and vegeta

He was fucking 11

So how strong, wise and smart we’re you at 11 user?

Because Toriyama realized he was turning Gohan into Goku and preferred just making Goku the main character again.

Also this.

>vegeta lets cell absorb 18
>krillin doesn't destroy 18 when he had the chance
>goku gives perfect cell a senzu bean
Everyone was a dumbass. Gohan gets a pass because he was overcome by his saiyan nature wanting a drawn out fight, a constant thing Goku does. And he was 11.

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Toriyama is a giant douchbag.

Toriyama went to shit after Freeza saga

Nah that Gohan is pure cringe and ruined the character.
Only faggot toonamiburgers ever liked him.

Yet he was wiser when he was 5.
Edgelord Gohan was trash and only amerifats liked him.

>Because the Buu arc is a huge joke.
Not as much of a joke as Android/Cell which ruined the series.

I remember in one interview he was saying
"I would get fanmail begging me not to kill Vegeta, in the end I did it anyways" or something along those lines.
Fucking madman.

>Gohan gets a pass
Nah he was fucking cringe and didn't deserve/earn his transformations.
Fucking boring ass Mary Sue character.

toriyama's manager probably told him that he needs to nerf characters once they stop being kids while buffing the actual kid characters otherwise kids buying his manga won't like it

Mystic Gohan is even worse since he made the exact same mistake as his 11 year old self. After calling Buu pic related he gets fucking outsmarted by him.

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Because he was a cute muscle shota, i'm sorry but this is the reality of the situation.

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Gohan was fucking 5 on Namek and never did anything this stupid.

He also didn't have evil super saiyan malice or whatever the fuck coursing through his veins.

Which is why Namek Gohan was more badass - he was just a kid that always wanted to help out and fight against the odds instead of being a dumbass edgelord.