They really should've explained that King Furry tried to spread propaganda of Ki users just being a myth or something like that. It's like all the superhumans lost their balls and went into hiding after the 23rd
So kind of like if Shoulder Master Tenshithands trained after Cell and became strong enough to fight on par with Ultimate Gohan due to how good the protein shakes were. Nice.
Needless to say I dropped this endeavor since Part 2's latest arc seems to be devolving into a carcinogen and I couldn't maintain interest in Sabaody and Amazon Lily when I've read them before already
I think he was overshadowed by Satan's fame so much that people generally don't recognize him. Videl has participated in the junior division of the Tenkaichi Budokai before and didn't seem to know what Goku looked like even though he was the winner of the 23rd, the previous Budokai to the one...
Karin and Popo even openly said Goku gets tired out more easily in the places they trained him in because of his wasted movememnts. Yamcha was pointed out the same by Kami. This makes sense considering Gohan barely trained for the past 7 years
Unfortunately we don't really get any statements indicating Dabura was putting in more effort when later ambushing Boo or that he raised his power (manga-wise).
Maybe it's referring to Broly achieving a controlled form like Kale? Tenshinhan said her Ki rose considerably when she achieved that form. In Cell Max's case though, I think he wouldn't gain a new form from having a sound mind, since he was already physically complete.
I think it was pretty neat when Piccolo pointed out Gohan got cocky and let down his guard like in the CG when he overwhelmed Boo here (in the Super anime). Showed they were finally addressing old character flaws rather than building new ones like with Goku
SSJ2 Gohan was pretty nonchalant about the blow he used to literally knock #18 out of Cell, I think that's just how SSJ2 Gohan usually looks due to his newly unlocked rage transformation. Ultimate Gohan had no reason to draw things out with Boo either, he was just caught off guard by Boo's...
SSJ2 Gohan was openly trying to prolong his suffering though, if he wanted to he'd have killed Cell in their first Kamehameha clash. I'd argue the gap between SSJ2 Gohan and Cell is bigger.
- Star Finger and Polnareff's "no armor makes me faster" techniques are used in later fights in the SC anime, also there is no scene showing how the Evil Bud of Dio's was destroyed or expelled from Joseph's head in the manga while the anime adds a short scene in which he vaporizes it with Hamon...