I don't think he was really including Tao when he made that statement. Tao wasn't fighting remotely seriously against Blue and effortlessly killed him with his tongue so Black wouldn't have anyway of knowing how strong Tao was.
Tbf the reason for the horizontal lines is probably so us the viewer/reader can keep track of the fights. It's obvious that they are moving incredibly fast due to how long Namek's 5 minute destruction time was dragged out. Although there are inconsistencies with travel speed and destructive...
He still considered Dende before Satan. Dende isn't a fighter compared to Goku and the Z warriors but he definitely is more skilled and has more ki than Satan and in DB's world having more ki makes you stronger.
I am always thinking Kuririn judging by how he was able to stay the strongest human after his potential was unlocked but I just remembered Tenshinhan was a damn prodigy back in the original DB. He learned the Kamehameha just by seeing it twice within a few days. He created one of the most busted...
Idk Goku dying in that way makes it a bit too dark of an ending. There is also the question of what becomes of Vegeta, who was still pretty evil.
Atleast the end of the Cell arc gave finality to Goku's death with him willingly deciding to stay dead and passing the torch to Gohan.
Yeah it sounds like Goku is hesitant due to Dende being a very different species from a Saiyan or potentially losing the Dragonballs, there is also the fact that Satan is alot closer to Goku's size.
Dende as a kid after getting his potential unlocked flew from Guru's palace to the fight with...
Yeah but Gohan is several years out of practice at that point. By RoF he got so rusty he could barely go Super Saiyan and that's only a few months after BoG.
He definitely got a zenkai after muscle tower from Kuririn's statement. He immediately went after his grandfather's dragonball after the tournament so their was no time to train. He likely got zenakis after Tao and Daimao as well. Likely after Tambourine as well but a fresh Goku would have...
Goku vs Jackie Chun. A fight beemtween true equals but Chun won (and would have won on two separate occasions if the announcer wasn't biased) through his experience and variety of techniques.