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Captain Cadaver said:The gap between Base and SSJ doesn't seem to be so great of a game changer, given how it's been utilised in many of the battles featuring both. Goku's performance in base and SSJ against Hit seemed to be far from the 10-50x gap it was suggested to be in Z for the most part, as does Base Gohan being on par with Piccolo during the ToP despite not being suggested to be tiers above the other two Saiyans in base.
I always feel that fight is generally misinterpreted, which isn't meant to demonstrate Goku's power but rather his cognitive skills in battle. It's even implied in the anime that Hit wasn't serious against him initially.
The same can be said of 3 sources infodumping the laws of time travel in the manga's FT Arc (The teacher, Whis and the narrator) in the same scene, yet they still went with that when one would suffice. Toyotaro simply seems to like pointing out the obvious.
I'm not aware of that scene, sorry. That example isn't that relevant to the current discussion imo.
Fact is, Beerus knew only a Super Saiyan Blue would be able to tangle with Hit based on his reaction to SSG Goku beating up Hit and asked Whis to explain what went wrong. I don't think that scene can be worked around beyond the author's original intention.
So we have 2 scenarios. Either Toyotaro failed miserably at writing a consistent story or Hit was holding back more than he did against Blue Vegeta (Likely both)
Vegeta can still be superior and keep things consistent. The gap between he and Initial Hit just needs to be smaller than that between SSG and SSB.
Hit's reaction likely has more to do with Goku's general character interesting him, something made obvious by the end of their fight. Taunting his opponent in general, regardless of the power difference, seems out of character for Hit after all.
Whis said only opponents that are equal to or weaker than Hit can the time-skip work against them. You could argue that Vegeta was stronger but not by a considerable amount (I'd disagree that that's what is meant to be conveyed in that fight), but that interpretation only exists when trying to argue for SSJ being superior to Initial Hit.
Furthermore, Whis explicitly stated when Goku went God that ''he closed the gap that existed between the two'', which gives us a hint that Goku never really had a chance at SSJ1.