Why was Gohan only slightly above Kuririn after Saichoro's release of dormant power?

[ahill1]

The build up on Gohan's hidden powers being unlocked was big. Kuririn said he could be as strong as Vegeta (even tho he didn't really believe that, that shows he held Gohan post unlock in very high regard). Saichoro was impressed with his dormant power. Vegeta was impressed with the sudden increase, thought it was Goku and then was seen sweatting when he saw Gohan increased his power so suddenly... whereas he just noticed Kuririn increased his power, but scoffed him right away. Kuririn's power unlock was just not given the same importance.

Yet they have almost the same power, 13k vs 14k. That doesn't seem right.





Okay that their powers were still rising, but the initial power they had was the most relevant thing for their initial reactions. Kuririn even celebrated when he saw Gohan's power increasing and didn't mention it was far from his expectations. That doesn't seem right with Gohan being just slightly above himself. He should be way ahead of Kuririn, even if it was just their initial power.

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

I always thought Gohan's lead was small because his power was unlocked days later, so Kuririn's power had more time to grow. Kuririn had his power unlocked before Vegeta killed Zarbon, while Gohan didn't visit Saichorou until right before the Ginyus arrived on Namek.

 

[Papasmurf]

Lesser unlock methods like the Choshinsui and Saichoro molestation only seem to be able to unlock a small portion of your innate potential so I think that's why they were similar in power both before and after the unlock. Both of them got additional boosts as they kept fighting, it appears that's the basis for Ultimate Gohan getting asspull power ups in the ToP as well.

 

[Hector]

For what it's worth, in the anime filler, Gohan's power rose to 20k+ units against Recoome. Perhaps that enraged power was what Krillin was referring to.

 

[Warmmedown]

Idk, but Saichoro sounds like a young man's name.

 

[ahill1]

Sounds like Light's dad.

 

[SSJ2]

Kuririn even celebrated when he saw Gohan's power increasing and didn't mention it was far from his expectations

I think it was more about the fact that their odds went from 0% to 5%. It's somewhat similar to Vegeta "celebrating" Gohan's zenkai against 2nd Form Freeza despite the group collectively standing no chance.