What would it take for Boo arc Gohan to get angry?

[SSJ2]

He claimed he was angry, but not enough to be like he was in the Cell Games. Would he have needed to see Kaioshin die?

 

[Papasmurf]

Maybe if Vegeta KO'd Goku before then and his Ki disappeared

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

I’d have to be something pretty messed up. Kuririn and Piccolo were turned into stone and he wasn’t that mad.

Probably if something happened to Goten or Chi-Chi. Goku’s Ki vanishing (and thus making Gohan think he’s gone for good) would also count. Not sure about Kaioshin though since they just met. Kibito’s death would sure make him sad though.

 

[Warrior_of_Mite]

Videl gets smashed by Spopovich seemed like it was doing a good job of pissing him off.

 

[Zippy]

Getting bad grades on exam

 

[Spiral-Force]

A strong sense of hopelessness and brutality ought to get him going, like we saw with his reaction to Videl's beatdown until he was interrupted. If Dabura was strong enough to violently ragdoll Goku and Vegeta in front of him, then it's hard to imagine that won't do it.

 

[The_Authority]

I feel like even if everything felt hopeless, Gohan would get sad rather than mad. I think that his anger would be brought out by seeing someone close to him--Goku, Goten, Chichi, Videl, the other Z Warriors--getting seriously hurt would have done the trick. I don't think he formed quite enough of a bond with Kaioshin for him to get that angry seeing Kaioshin getting pummeled.

 

[ahill1]

I think that if Dabura broke Piccolo's and Kuririn's statue to smithereens and he was informed they then could never come back, he'd cut loose.

I don't know tho. Was he mad at the Budokai? Was that what allowed him to go SSJ2? That SSJ2 was deemed as weak by Vegeta, who later stated he wouldn't be sure of his superiority over Gohan if Gohan became enraged. I think I'd argue that anger Gohan felt wasn't maximised as Spopovitch took Videl out of bounds and she was healed later on... So perhaps Gohan got access to SSJ2 but he couldn't tap into more power, increasing his overall level, as his anger was somewhat softened by then and it merely gave him momentary access to SSJ2. Idk.

 

[SSJ2]

I think that if Dabura broke Piccolo's and Kuririn's statue to smithereens and he was informed they then could never come back, he'd cut loose.

I don't know tho. Was he mad at the Budokai? Was that what allowed him to go SSJ2? That SSJ2 was deemed as weak by Vegeta, who later stated he wouldn't be sure of his superiority over Gohan if Gohan became enraged. I think I'd argue that anger Gohan felt wasn't maximised as Spopovitch took Videl out of bounds and she was healed later on... So perhaps Gohan got access to SSJ2 but he couldn't tap into more power, increasing his overall level, as his anger was somewhat softened by then and it merely gave him momentary access to SSJ2. Idk.

He was definitely on the verge of being enraged imo. He was hardly able to control himself and Goku even had to tell him to calm down. And yeah, I'd agree with this assessment. Toriyama later makes a point of having Gohan say that he can't get angry like "back then" and then proceeds to draw Gohan as a Super Saiyan. And he clearly wasn't angered while fighting Dabura initially. I think after his rage subsided he lacked the anger to turn SSJ2 at will due to his lack of training.

I still find it hard to believe that he could surpass Goku/Vegeta if he became enraged enough. Cell Games Gohan was already peak rage and we saw how powerful he was. A much weaker Gohan surpassing that level doesn't make much sense.

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Gohan had already cooled down when he transformed for Kibito though.

That sequence is so weird. He should’ve been a SSJ2 when he got mad at Base Suppressed Spopovich too.

 

[SSJ2]

But still, it was what, 10-15 pages before his fight with Kibito that Gohan was enraged? There's no way that would entirely subside internally within a couple minutes.

 

[Spiral-Force]

Gohan's rage is generally treated as a wild card. Outside of that, the perception of his power, in a long-term sense, is only ever analysed idealistically. E.g. "if he kept up his training then he'd be 'X' strong" is essentially what it comes down to since he can't be relied on to do it. I don't think anyone in the early Buu Arc saw Gohan as someone that was on his way to surpassing Goku and Vegeta.

 

[ahill1]

He was definitely on the verge of being enraged imo. He was hardly able to control himself and Goku even had to tell him to calm down. And yeah, I'd agree with this assessment. Toriyama later makes a point of having Gohan say that he can't get angry like "back then" and then proceeds to draw Gohan as a Super Saiyan. And he clearly wasn't angered while fighting Dabura initially. I think after his rage subsided he lacked the anger to turn SSJ2 at will due to his lack of training.

I still find it hard to believe that he could surpass Goku/Vegeta if he became enraged enough. Cell Games Gohan was already peak rage and we saw how powerful he was. A much weaker Gohan surpassing that level doesn't make much sense.

When Goku alludes Gohan to being angry and cutting loose, he remembers him of the time he battled Cell, not even mentioning what he did minutes earlier at the Budokai. Even Gohan thinks of that Cell's moment. So I think he at the Budokai was midway there, but not quite there, and his anger just sharpened his instinct to become SSj2 but didn't serve as a real catalyst for recovering his power, like totally cutting loose would, which was also a prospect more respected by Vegeta in the ship. I think Gohan would recover his power loss and be the same as the CGs were him to be enraged. Goku saying he'd be stronger than anyone could be seen more as a motivator but Vegeta questioning how things and his superiority would be with a Gohan like that indicates it could possibly be above pre Majin Vegeta's powers.

 

[Jerk Store]

Someone to steal his cupcakes

 

[Yoshi]

Goku dying during the Babidi's Ship Mini Arc, because he wouldn't exist anymore.