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According to the Daizenshuu 2, due to neglecting his training Gohan's power hasn't changed from when he was a boy.
Yet, in the very same section, they say that in his SSJ2 form, due to not training and not gaining power from anger, he's weaker than his CG self.
So, they've gone for quite an interesting interpretation of Gohan's strength...and they might have been onto something.
After all, Gohan did manage to fair...not too badly, against the Cell-level oppobent that was Dabura. CG Gohan had a somewhat similar performance, with the main difference that his performance back then had to do with the fact he didn't want to fight, while Boo arc Gohan had lost his instincts as a fighter.
Also, when Goku asks if Gohan has been training properly, even though Vegeta says that their strengths were now superior to his because he enjoyed peace too much, he does point out that there is no telling what would happen if he went in a frenzy.
In fact, Goku made it a point to tell him to get angry in order to draw out all the power he had.
Now, why would why Gohan have the same power as from back then, if he hasn't trained for years? Well, if Saiyans' biology like ours do (well, sort of), Gohan's increase in strength as he was going through his puberty could have mitigated his power decrease from being out of practice.
The main problems this would have are:
1)Vegeta complaining about Gohan being "pathetic. So much that he was stronger as a brat"...when he was fighting a SSJ (for those who believe he was. It's still quite a debate these days), though one could argue that it was a call-back to his previous statement. After all, not even Gohan from back then could beat Perfect Cell, even when he was holding back.
2)Shin saying that Kibito was dead, so he couldn't how amazing the 3 Saiyans were, including Gohan. But we're talking about the guys who respectively doubted the Saiyans' ability to take Pui-Pui and Yakon by themselves and pull out the Z-Sword despite having seen his SSJ2 power, you can easily dismiss it as a plot alzheimer on both their parts.
What do you think about this?
Yet, in the very same section, they say that in his SSJ2 form, due to not training and not gaining power from anger, he's weaker than his CG self.
So, they've gone for quite an interesting interpretation of Gohan's strength...and they might have been onto something.
After all, Gohan did manage to fair...not too badly, against the Cell-level oppobent that was Dabura. CG Gohan had a somewhat similar performance, with the main difference that his performance back then had to do with the fact he didn't want to fight, while Boo arc Gohan had lost his instincts as a fighter.
Also, when Goku asks if Gohan has been training properly, even though Vegeta says that their strengths were now superior to his because he enjoyed peace too much, he does point out that there is no telling what would happen if he went in a frenzy.
In fact, Goku made it a point to tell him to get angry in order to draw out all the power he had.
Now, why would why Gohan have the same power as from back then, if he hasn't trained for years? Well, if Saiyans' biology like ours do (well, sort of), Gohan's increase in strength as he was going through his puberty could have mitigated his power decrease from being out of practice.
The main problems this would have are:
1)Vegeta complaining about Gohan being "pathetic. So much that he was stronger as a brat"...when he was fighting a SSJ (for those who believe he was. It's still quite a debate these days), though one could argue that it was a call-back to his previous statement. After all, not even Gohan from back then could beat Perfect Cell, even when he was holding back.
2)Shin saying that Kibito was dead, so he couldn't how amazing the 3 Saiyans were, including Gohan. But we're talking about the guys who respectively doubted the Saiyans' ability to take Pui-Pui and Yakon by themselves and pull out the Z-Sword despite having seen his SSJ2 power, you can easily dismiss it as a plot alzheimer on both their parts.
What do you think about this?
