You kinda proved my point with DB shifting gears due to Fist Of The North Stars popularity and genre.
I’d argue YuYuHakusho and JoJo were inspired a lot by Fist Of The North Star as well with their grittier panels.
Younger Toguro being a great example of this.
One of the biggest asspull plots imo.
Like I said, they should’ve ended with Toguro,
or finished up the series with 1-2 shorter arcs like they started off with in the beginning.
We see Gohan periodically sparring with a stronger Piccolo so that simply cannot be the case.
Also, Ultimate is a “form”, there’s no such thing as Base/SSJ with ultimate power.
Maybe the bomb has special thing going on
that bypasses Cells durability or regen who knows.
There should be a reason why Cell would show fear even for a split moment.
I wish it was covered more in the guides tbh.