seven dragon pearls gave fans many explanations as to why gohan overcome goku about raw power at the end of the series, but the simplest answer can be found in the first chapter of Dragon Ball. Akira Toriyama himself said he always wanted to make Gohan the new hero of the Dragon Balls, but Goku’s origins prove why his son is so much stronger than him so quickly and at such a young age. So.
At the very beginning of Dragon Ball, in chapter #1, Goku tells Bulma that he has been living alone in the forest for many years since Grandpa Gohan passed away. Even before Gohan’s death, Goku lived only in peace with his grandfather during that time, he had no other contact with the outside world. Although Goku mistakenly tells Bulma that he is 14 years old, readers later learn that Goku was 11 years old at the time he met Bulma, meaning he lived alone or with only his grandfather for the first 11 years of his life. . This is in stark contrast to everything Gohan did when he was 11 years old.
Gohan achieved a lot of success by the time Goku just met Bulma
First, Gohan was 4 years old at the start of Dragon Ball Z, and in just a few chapters he got his first taste of battle, successfully attacking Raditz in a pure rage. For seven years after Raditz, Gohan endured Piccolo’s harsh training, then fought Nappa, Vegeta, Dodoria, Frieza’s army, Guldo, Recoome, Captain Ginyu, Frieza twice, Cell’s juniors, and then Cell himself three times, the last of which he transforms into Super Saiyan 2. This doesn’t even take into account the year Gohan spent training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Gohan was able to surpass Goku so quickly. By the time Goku met Bulma in Dragon Ball, Gohan had reached Super Saiyan 2. Excluding Beast Gohan from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Gohan had experienced the most maturity of the part of his life that Goku had spent alone in forest. Therefore, it is possible that Goku may have missed out on his most important years as a fighter from a maturity point of view. Of course, it is worth noting that although Gohan reached the top in the Cell saga at such a young age, he has since neglected his training, but just seeing Gohan has achieved it. how many achievements during this time it is impossible not to see how much Goku has missed ON. The thing Goku was able to do the most when he was 11 years old, aside from turning into a great ape without his knowledge, chopping firewood, catching fish with his bare hands and apparently beating bears and maybe even tiger.
Goku’s origin also disproves controversial S-cells
Of course, Akira Toriyama tried to explain why Gohan, as well as Trunks and Goten, have a much faster growth rate than Goku, using the controversial S-Cells theory. However, even without this controversial explanation, gokuthe early years of living peacefully in the forest explains why gohanwho has gone through harsh combat experience at an even younger age, has experienced much faster strength growth over time seven dragon pearls.
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