Suddenly, something doesn't sit right with me about Cell Games

[withheldforprivacy]

If Cell further powered up against Gohan, it makes no sense to ask Goku afterward, 'Eat a senzu and fight me again'. If Cell had already shown a power 20%+ greater than Goku's, what made him believe that Goku would still be willing to fight him?

 

[VampireWicked]

Zenkai

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Goku had never once shown the desire to give up in any battle prior and Cell was completely under the impression that Goku was the only one that the Earth could stake its hopes on. Moreover, Goku has proven himself not to back down from threats far beyond his level such as when fighting 50% Freeza and Cell was mainly putting on the Cell Game to flaunt his power and prove his perfection, never expecting anyone to be a real threat to him anyway.

Don't know how you find issue in Cell acting completely in-character and making an assessment accurate to Goku's characterisation up to this point, unless you somehow missed obvious core elements of both of their characterisation.

 

[GSM123]

First off, Cell is never implied in any sense to power up.

And I don't see what's wrong about it. Goku nor Cell are people to step down from having a good fight specially Cell, who was eager to test his power at the Cell Games.

 

[Keedounan]

I'm not sure why, of all existing issues you could find with this arc, Cell expecting Goku to not give up a losing battle (something he's never done before btw) was what stuck out as one of them to you.

 

[ahill1]

I can understand withheld a little. I think he could have worded it a little better tho, taking off the "why was Cell expecting Goku to still fight" and focus on Cell's still apparent interest in battling Goku when he believed he killed someone whose power Cell admitted very little ago to be above Goku's. He says Goku wasn't entirely bluffing, recognising he has been surpassed, but then upon thinking he killed this fighter with a blow he shifts his attention to Goku again as if this latter was all the source of entertainment he could reach at the tournament? From a power perspective standpoint, it seems a little weird.

I also find a little weird that Cell expected to kill Gohan instantly when the kid flashed his full power all while admiting (kinda indirectly tho) that Gohan is > Goku, as Cell couldn't easily walk over Goku with his suppressed state.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I can understand withheld a little. I think he could have worded it a little better tho, taking off the "why was Cell expecting Goku to still fight" and focus on Cell's still apparent interest in battling Goku when he believed he killed someone whose power Cell admitted very little ago to be above Goku's. He says Goku wasn't entirely bluffing, recognising he has been surpassed, but then upon thinking he killed this fighter with a blow he shifts his attention to Goku again as if this latter was all the source of entertainment he could reach at the tournament? From a power perspective standpoint, it seems a little weird.

Not really. Gohan wasn't fighting back at this point, so Goku would obviously prove a far more entertaining distraction at this point than someone who was acting willingly as a punching bag and was far less skilled.

I also find a little weird that Cell expected to kill Gohan instantly when the kid flashed his full power all while admiting (kinda indirectly tho) that Gohan is > Goku, as Cell couldn't easily walk over Goku with his suppressed state.

It wouldn't be surprising, considering characters have been shown to be able to deal fatal damage to others even if weaker if the stronger character is off-guard (Cui believing Vegeta couldn't survive his sneak attack if off-guard, SPC causing massive damage to Gohan), nevermind situations where the characters were on near equal terms and still dealt incredible damage to each other in little time (Goku VS Piccolo Daimao, 23rd TB Goku VS Piccolo, etc.).

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Because Goku is a very very special person.