First of all, when Super Buu appeared, while a bunch of people noticed the change in his ki (Piccolo, Gohan, Goku etc.), none of them said anything about a power increase. Which is strange. If AT wanted to notify us about a power increase, why did he wait several pages to do so?
Anyway, when...
At the end of the Original Dragon Ball, Roshi says (about Goku), "I only taught him the basics. It was Korin and Kami who took him this far."
If his solo training in the wild for 3 years also gave him a multi-fold power boost like the ones he got after training with Korin and Kami, why didn't...
Personally, I think SSJ Gotenks post is a good middle-ground solution, since he's the first Gotenks that actually seemed to stand a chance against Buu.
When the kids fused in the ROSAT (I think we all agree that Base Gotenks post > SSJ Gotenks pre), after the first attacks, Super Buu seemed bored and said, "You're weak. I'll kill you."
We know that Super Buu expected someone stronger than SSJ3 Goku to show up, since that was what Goku had told...
I'm not necessarily trying to prove that it's the case. I'm just saying that, since the Buu Saga will always have contradictions no matter how you view the power scaling, it's better from a writing point of view to see it this way.
1. From Goku's statements about the fusion between Goten and...
Is it within Shenron's or Porunga's capabilities to perform such a task? Since they couldn't even turn the Androids back into humans, I don't think they can.
But some people say it is possible.
(On Roshi's island.)
GOKU: Hey, guys, what'd I miss?
KRILLIN: Dunno. Nobody watches pre-Z Dragon Ball.
RADITZ: I'm a Saiyan, you're a Saiyan. Gimme your son.
GOKU: No.
(Raditz punches Goku, takes Gohan, and flies away.)
GOKU: No, my son!
PICCOLO: I'm here to help you take back your son. (Fires...
This is what I think.
Pro-life
Goku
Chi-chi
Goten
Kami
Blue Lunch
Mr Popo
Sixteen
Pro-choice
Krillin
Bulma
Bulma's parents
Gohan
Videl
Future Trunks
Eighteen
Blonde Lunch
Pan
Bra
Neutral
Roshi
Piccolo
Vegeta
Mr Satan
Present Trunks
Yadjirobe
Tenshinhan
Chaozu
Oolong
Seventeen
Yamcha
Puar
After the end of Buu Saga, having discovered all those things about superpowered creatures, on top of her defeat against Spoppovitch, Videl feels humiliated. She undergoes a Vegeta-pride crisis and wants to surpass them all. She asks Gohan and his group to let her use the Dragon Balls to turn...
I remember their fight being roughly even. Then Garlic gets the Makyo boost, which is stated to multiply his power manyfold, but Piccolo still has an advantage because Garlic's boost makes him slow.
The first volume HERE.
Note: Now that SSJ gets into the picture, each SSJ has two bases: his normal base and one that gives him access to 25% of SSJ's power.
MOVIE 5: COOLER'S REVENGE
The movie takes place during the 3-year period between Freeza and Androids Sagas. It must be in the future...
How does Ash make money during his journey? I don't think trainers give him money as in the game -- and even if they did, Ash defeats random trainers once in a blue moon.
Is it possible the girls that follow him (Misty, May, Dawn etc.) are the source of his income?