My theory about Gohan's powers

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Here, i'll explain why i think Gohan has no rage boosts after Raditz Saga...
1. At first, he was an untrained 4 year old kid with amazing reserves of power. Because he was untrained,
his power changed with emotions and he needed strong emotions to bring out his true power.
2. Piccolo trained him for exactly that purpose; to be able to use his power all the time. At Saiyans Saga, he
told Gohan to put his mind into it. In other words, what he lacked was yuuki. With focus, he'd be able to use
his power at will.
3. At Namek Saga, the effect of Guru's boost bringing out Gohan's potential took full effect when he attacked
Freeza's 2nd Form (perhaps the rage accelerated it).
4. After that, it's highly implied Gohan is no longer affected by the supposed rage boosts. Think of it. After
being healed by Dende, he's calm, yet Vegeta says he's stronger than before (obviously referring to the
highest power he'd previously felt from the boy). Also, he feels optimistic without mentioning anything about
expecting Gohan to get mad again for them to have a chance. The above implies Gohan kept permanently the
power he showed when he attacked 2nd Form Freeza.
Also, if Gohan could still get insane boosts by getting mad, why didn't he do it in Trunkses timeline and kick
the butts of Future Androids? Weren't their atrocities enough of a motivation?
5. The thing with his rage boosts is mentioned again much later, during the Cell Games. It seems at that
point AT's intention was for all that story with Gohan's rages to be built up into him transforming into
something unique. Later, though, he regretted it and retconned that unique rage transformation into a
simple power up anyone could do.
6. And we reach Buu Saga, where Gohan is almost another generic, useless Z fighter. He can go SSJ2, but
that's all. He has nothing more ''hidden'' to show before Old Kai unlocks his potential. Goku and Vegeta
were still awed by his past achievements and vaguely believed that something impressive could happen
again if Gohan got mad. But, they were false.
 

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There are obvious plot points that Toriyama forgets, he's not the best writer. For example, Elder Kaioshin could have used the RoSaT and got Gohan powered up in a few minutes. Therefore, Future Gohan not receiving benefits from his dormant power is just another plot point that Toriyama didn't think of logically.

Piccolo's intention of training Gohan to use his Yuuki was the original purpose, but clearly, the training failed. However, Gohan still benefited from becoming mad against Nappa when Piccolo died.

Guru put his hand on Gohan and sensed deep potential within him. However, after he unlocked his hidden power he was still only as powerful as Kuririn, or close to it. Clearly, he didn't unlock the full dormant power Gohan had inside himself, but he at least caught a glimpse of what he was capable of.

During the battle with Frieza, Gohan benefits from his enraged power and this causes a power-up.

During the battle with Cell, Gohan became mad one last time and defeated him. Goku tells Gohan to get mad like he was against Cell and nobody will be able to defeat him.

After undergoing Elder Kais ritual, he speaks in the sense that something is still inside of Gohan. This is a reference to Goku telling Gohan to get mad. Because he still has power to be tapped into, but he can't because he's not mad enough.

At the end of the day, it seems that Gohan had massive potential that surpasses Goku and Vegeta but he also has the benefits of powering up by becoming mad. There is a common trend being made apparent here.
 

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I think that, in the beam struggle against Cell, he just cast away his self doubt which hindered him, as Goku implied. At Buu Saga, the power
he'd lost by slacking off had fallen dormant again and could resurface if he got mad. So, by ''full power'', Gohan meant the power he had at
Cell Games.
 

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You are really adamant about giving Gohan an enraged boost aren't you? Gohan already showed the ability to willingly transform into a Super Saiyan 2, but this isn't his full power. If his full power is what he had at the Cell Games, than he's only capable at reaching it by going mad since so much emphasis is put on that.

So we're back at the same spot lol
 

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4. After that, it's highly implied Gohan is no longer affected by the supposed rage boosts. Think of it. After
being healed by Dende, he's calm, yet Vegeta says he's stronger than before (obviously referring to the
highest power he'd previously felt from the boy). Also, he feels optimistic without mentioning anything about
expecting Gohan to get mad again for them to have a chance. The above implies Gohan kept permanently the
power he showed when he attacked 2nd Form Freeza.

The reason he got stronger after Dende healed him is because he got a Zenkai.
 

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Tosh said:
You are really adamant about giving Gohan an enraged boost aren't you? Gohan already showed the ability to willingly transform into a Super Saiyan 2, but this isn't his full power. If his full power is what he had at the Cell Games, than he's only capable at reaching it by going mad since so much emphasis is put on that.

So we're back at the same spot lol

I also developped the SSJ1.5 theory a long time ago: Gohan's slacking did not decrease his Base/SSJ powers, but only his SSJ2. The sparky form
he showed at Budokai was something like an SSJ1.5; the true SSJ2 he had against Cell required rage, because he had never trained to fully
access SSJ2 at will. This theory is also useful because it places SSJ1 Teen Gohan closer to SSJ1 Pre Majin Vegeta and, as a consequence, SSJ1
Kids closer to SSJ1 Pre Majin Vegeta, which explains why Trunks could hit Vegeta during their sparring.
 

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