Gohan Is The Biggest Failure We've Seen, Let Me Cook

[@marlinmurrell620]

Yeah, lemme get some more OG DragonBall reactions

[@Jerry-cu1om]

Facts, need that frfr

[@salaga6574]

Please more OG ball

[@rockwellwebb8586]

We need og dragon ball Stat

[@SSSuperMugiwara]

Fax, we need that fr

[@castform7]

I loved that tournament reaction video a couple weeks ago. Would love to see more myself.

[@suru7064]

DBZ fans treat DBZ characters like Baki characters. Like they'll square up whoever wants to fight.

[@datmarshy]

I think there’s a big difference between Gohan being a pacifist, and Gohan not INTENTIONALLY wanting to lose himself and give in to his rage. (It’s not like he’s ever INTENTIONALLY lost his shit before and gone rage mode. It always just happened. And the dude was afraid he’d go to far.)

[@devinknox7558]

It doesn't matter if gohan doesn't like to fight he as a character was always portrayed as somebody who would do what needed to be done, but when goku takes off the training wheels off and really expects him to fight gohan was like nah dad you do it.

[@LagerLager05]

That’s true but against cell it was the first time that he actually was the only one that was able to defeat cell Before there were only other people to back him up or just straight up be the ones that are stronger Being in this situation is pretty stressful I imagine Knowing that if you are not able to do it that’s it Against Nappa or frieza for example it was important to fight but he always knew that his father just needs time to be there and change everything but against cell his father was already there and said that this time gohan is the one to do that and not himself Pretty much just like in school Doing some math stuff at home fells way different than when your actually in a test situation You should be able to do that stuff but you are just stressed and just doesn’t wanna do it Even though it’s really important I saw people just break and say no I’m out Even though they did the same stuff for 13 years and never said anything like that

[@devinknox7558]

@@LagerLager05 like I said the first time somebody took the training wheels off

[@zacbrown3797]

@@LagerLager05 okay sure but its honestly a disapointment to setup gohan as the next hero of earth, then the next saga comes around and he's giving all that up. at the very least gohan could have just been in shape and not as strong as goku. also the fact that super just gives characters powers ups.....

[@Tournament_Host]

@@zacbrown3797Gt gives goku the biggest power bs power ups out of no where, especially since movies are canon to gt timeline and movie powers scaling and strength is utterly insane

[@zacbrown3797]

@@Tournament_Host I don't think there is anything as bs as master roshi going to jiren level in gt

[@KyUuBixN4rut0]

I still blame piccolo and gotenks for Gohan losing to buu because Gohan was handling him but somehow piccolo didn’t hear a piece of buu sneaking behind them and the kids thought he needed help when he was just fine

[@LagerLager05]

Yeah Gohan could have killed buu faster But you really can’t blame him that much Piccolo being absorb might just be because he is not fast or strong enough to dodge (fucking dodge) but the kids did so much dumb stuff but they are still just kids that never had to worry about anything so yeah None of them can be blamed that much The whole buu saga is just people doing stupid stuff

[@kaienglish271]

I think a lot of the time people seem to forget Gohan vs Cell was Gohans first time being put in a position where he can decide the outcome. Him saying he doesn’t like to fight against Freiza wouldn’t mean anything because he couldn’t beat Frieza .

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

Gohan couldn’t win until SSJ2. Not sure why some think SSJ1 would’ve done it. As Gohan awakens half way, Cell even says “don’t think think you can win by powering up a bit. That won’t be enough” Perfect Cell blatantly had the ability to bully SSJ1. If he were strong enough, Gohan would’ve at least blocked and parried everything. Why take punches he can avoid? He couldn’t, until SSJ2.

[@numberhunter62]

@@ViltrumiteIsRite99 SSJ2 Gohan with a destroyed arm was at half power against Super Perfect Cell, a much more powerful form of Cell. Gohan didn't need the actual powerup, what he needed was a mental switch. Gohan was controlling the pace of the fight as SSJ1, that meant he was the one in charge of the battle.

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

@@numberhunter62 ehh, I get what you’re going for, but it kinda just seems like plot fluff. Like…. 1-arm Gohan should’ve immediately been overpowered and lost, but look! Nice lil pep talk from Papa Son, and he can push back, and basically rekindle his full powers! That, vs 50% Gohan ACTUALLY just bucked up, and ate the horse. And it’s hard to accept that SSJ1 Gohan could’ve done it, when we watch the weaker Son Goku give a much closer fight. Cell fought to exhaustion, vs bullied a child who didn’t wanna fight.

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

@@numberhunter62 On another topic, I’m not sure why Gohan starts this “I don’t wanna fight” speech when he steps up to Cell. Sure, Gohan never CHOSE to test himself for fun or anything, but… this kid just trained for 9/10 months or something, and surpassed full on adult Saiyans. The multiplier Gohan got to do that was cracked. But at the end of the day… Gohan knows that Cell is a bug monster that has eaten human lives, and intends on booming-earth. Squash the bug, so you can get back to normal life. “I don’t wanna fight” ain’t gonna make Bugman disappear. This feels like something Gohan should’ve said to GOKU at some point. But then the story doesn’t happen in the most climactic way..

[@numberhunter62]

@@ViltrumiteIsRite99 Gohan thought his father was stronger than him and believed his father would have been doing the heavy lifting, so to say. When Goku picked him to fight Gohan was in no way mentally prepared for such a burden. I also think Gohan might have been afraid of his anger, not knowing what he might do if he snapped.

[@aashray536]

Gohan "hating fighting'" and "not enjoying training" is out of character. I agree with those points. What he didnt like, or hell he didnt "want" to do was burden the responsibility of being the savior. He never thought of himself to be the strongest, he couldnt fathom the amount of responsibility that would entail. When he was pit against cell, knowing that everyone who "should" be stronger than him was just watching him, he didnt know what to do. After all, he is just a child, his father is the legendary super sayian, gohan was just there to be a support character. His reason for crying, his reason for feeling weak, it was not because he hated fighting or that he didnt want to kill cell. It was because he didnt think he could. It was because his father put in him all this trust while gohan didnt for a second believe he could actually do it. Gohan was not prepared. Goku screwed up because he didnt realize that Gohan's adventure was being a support character and watching Goku be the hero, not being the hero himself.

[@fernandooctavio4105]

honestly super hero is a movie grounded in references. I can't even get mad with the transformation sequence

[@Grey_OSN]

Just conveniently this guy forgot to mention 1. Gohans first chapter, he said he wanted to be a scholar 2. I think people misunderstand but Chichi never stopped Gohan from training she just didn’t want him to die 3. Every battle Gohan has been in, is out of necessity, he fought Raditz out of necessity and anger, he fought Dodoria to protect Dende, he fought Nappa to aid Piccolo and Krillin, he fought Friezas first form enraged after Krillin got stabbed, fought 3rd form Frieza when Frieza was playing paint ball with Piccolo and fought final form Frieza because he killed Dende. He fought Dr. Gero to help Piccolo and if you wanna make the argument that Gohan was rushing to fight the androids the counter argument is that he just wanted to get rid of them and move on. 4. Gohan training with Krillin w image training is a new form of training he’s never done before, he is what? 6? He was obviously excited and the Frieza goons attacked first 5. Gohan has never actively sought a fight, only fought to survive or help his friends. He is a pacifist through and through. 6. Gohan even brought books with him on the way to Namek 7. Future Gohan does the same thing, kill or be killed. There is no one but him, he has to protect what little he has left.

[@standley_steamers]

Bro, we already seen what Gohan as a main character would look like it would’ve been Future gohan. I wanted that gohan

[@AdderMoray]

That Gohan who couldn't reach a power level in seven years that Goku reached before even getting back from Yardrat.

[@n.m.7274]

I love Gohan. Favorite anime character from my favorite show. Keep reppin DMV Sage ❤👌🏾

[@Karlos1234ify]

After the Cell Games it was all downhill from there for Gohan

[@hipten]

How? Gohan was finally able to do what HE wanted to do. His character only went up after the cell games.

[@nickalas666]

nah when he was born

[@datbo1jay1]

In terms of y’all wanting him to be a goku 2.0 yea but he’s a regular character and I think they should have pushed that more, he didn’t wanna fight but wanted to protect him family so he should have stayed strong enough to do that but not stronger than ppl that are constantly training like goku and vegeta

[@youssafemonster]

nah

[@naitsabes6222]

Bro ,how , it’s super and super heo where his character is actually downhill

[@CTRen]

folks can act like Ultimate Gohan losing to Buutenks was a lesson that “no matter how strong you are, training is the way”, but that doesn’t get paid of fully almost 30 years later through a completely unrelated transformation

[@amarionhines5007]

i fw how u broke it down n it makes sense

[@austingraham862]

OG dragon ball needs to be discussed bro tbh i sometimes think i prefer it over z. I think a dbz vs. og db would be a cool video idea and smt id fs watch

[@alexsmith3598]

I think my problem with Gohan isn't that he's a like scientist or whatever job he has. It's that he knows the seriousness of him slacking off. He has seen Frieza invade and kill him in seconds if not for Goku coming back in an instant. He's seen the tournament of power threaten their existence. It's the same story constantly. "Oh, boy! I've really slacked on my training! **jabs once** I'm back! Where we going??" Like just telling that story once may be fine. But telling it 5 times through super and superhero is a murderous watch.

[@espurrseyes42]

TLDR Piccolo: WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?! WHEN WILL YOU LEARN... THATYOURACTIONSHAVECONSEQUENCES?!!!!

[@amari648]

That and Piccolo shouldn’t be either sacrificing himself all the time for him or him AND Vegeta reminding him he’s slacked off on training. I know their both equally tired of telling him that 😂

[@alexsmith3598]

@amari648 Piccolo sees how good Goku has it being dead all the time and keeps trying to throw his life away.

[@amari648]

@@alexsmith3598 his death in Ressurection F had to be one of the most pointless deaths ever and frieza should have killed Gohan so he could learn his lesson.😂Glad they been treating piccolo better since then.

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

Well put, brother. Remember, the writers are choosing to write this way. Lmao

[@BeastsAlive323]

WE NEED MORE OG DB REACTIONS FR

[@yimwee2401]

Wow thats a really compelling argument. There were points that seemed to read WAY too deep but 90% of it was solid.

[@thebluewind5733]

OG Dragonball reaction yes!!

[@espurrseyes42]

Yes, Gohan has done fighting in serious circumstances, but that's only ever been when he's felt morally and personally obligated to do so, and when he knew he had his dad to fall back on. Helping fight Vegeta because of guilt over his weakness causing the Z Fighters to die. Going to Namek for the same reasons and performing well, knowing his dad would be there in a week. Then you have Goku giving up against Cell and putting the fate of the world on his shoulders, something he has no experience with and a responsibility he doesn't want. Gohan has never been the hero, and he doesn't want to, so he doesn't have his heart in it let alone the drive to unleash his latent potential.

[@castform7]

I watched this same video and made a comment about how I think this was just a misunderstanding of Gohan in the Cell games. Honestly, it draws heavy parallels to Goku misunderstanding his son (not perpetuating the "bad dad" narrative by the way). I talked about how Gohan fighting because he feels like he has a duty or necessity to and him actually liking it are very different ideas that I feel like are being jumbled together here, with albeit very good arguments. I also think bringing in Future Gohan in feels like it disregards how these Gohan's situations differ for the sake of strengthening the argument. I feel like the story does a good enough job at telling you that Gohan fights because his friends fight and because he has to to survive these deathly situations he finds himself in but when put onto the forefront for the very first time with no one to back him up but himself along with the realization of the misunderstanding, he simply folds.

[@KaptanDest]

Even if you are the most kind person on earth that never ever even hurt a bug , if somone attacked your family or very very close friends you wouldnt cry and say please stop . You'll say you are gonna pay and focus .

[@legendarybushidobrown560]

I don't know why I just now thought of this but if bulma can make a time machine, why couldn't she make Gohan another arm..?

[@dxd8386]

As someone who watched og db… I stand by that its the best story out of the dragon ball franchise might not have some of the best fights but the story and adventure goku goes through is what makes it so good plus ngl him meeting grandpa gohan again apways makes me tear up. I would love to see a faithful remaster of og db tbh so to answer this yes would love to see more og db stuff. Respect where you fav series started.

[@lileuphrates3715]

i NEED that OGDB

[@Br3ezy215]

As someone who’s watching OG dragonball fir the first time i would LOVE a dragonball reaction your the main person that made me feel like i was missing out not watching and as im watching i totally understand OG dragonball is AMAZING

[@YuhaYurm144]

Lol Gohan really is the most realistic character in dragon ball based on how humans are we all slacked off in our lives some of us are family men and have a wife and children even in life most of have gotten cocky and feed into our own hype And underestimated certain circumstances in life and then we fail but it about getting back uo but Gohan does has his faults but he is more realistic then Goku vegeta and piccolo and broly at least gohan chose to get back up after he failed.

[@parkermiller593]

Definitely wanna see og dragon ball

[@lsj8917]

On Gohan Day is wild💀

[@_SSCJ]

The guy realizes Future Gohan literally has to fight for his life everyday right? Also saying he’s happy and likes fighting just because he smiles once?! That’s such a reach that I don’t think I can even instant transmission to it.

[@_WiZ420]

5:14 true as this may be for his training with Piccolo, those rage boosts just become a reality that he truly is built like that. Tell me. What do you think Namek Kid Gohan's doing if he sees those Cell Jrs throw even one punch? It ain't gon be some pacifistic bullshit, KRILLIN was the one stopping him from approaching Freeza and his two lackies. Gohan's the one who stepped up against Third Form Freeza where warriors like Vegeta were pussying out. I hate that there's a group that refuses to acknowledge that this Pacifistic nature isn't really there most of the time. He's a Pacifist in normal situations, but he steps up in every damn fight he's in. He even overcame his fears in the Saiyan saga when getting the rage boost vs Nappa. Nappa shut it down, and of course, anyone at that point is going to be scared, but let's not try and misinterpret that part either. There's a lot more evidence towards Gohan willingly being a savage vs him wanting to be a Pacifist in the HEAT of battle. To be honest, why wouldn't he get angry at how badly Cell beat him down to begin with? The only argument I like is that Goku was Gohan's teacher up to this. Goku consistently spared people that his teachers were training him to kill. It's a true self fulfilling prophecy, and I like that take, but these weird takes that revolve right around to being disproven don't sit right.

[@standley_steamers]

I do love the Gohan adventures. I always loved the sayaman stuff.

[@dr.uchihaplays]

Unrelated to the vid but. Sage I gotta know. How do you keep ypiur teeth so white

[@Isi3h]

Fr

[@ericjohnson9136]

I know you didn’t ask me. I know I know. But deadass make flossing after brushing your teeth a habit. Also, drink water and swap coffee for apples. Trust me gang

[@PieMan8522]

Acid

[@indrainspace2601]

By brushing them??? 😂

[@Yid310]

Sage, love your videos. If you wanna see a good, insightful critique on dragonball and a funny ass video, react to power levels are stupid by plague of gripes.

[@sonicthomasgamer]

Imagine if it became the inverse of Gohan vs Cell Kid buu attains a new base form because Gohan held so much resentment for himself after letting his dad die and held so much hatred for having to fight and failing and he fails again Gohan then had the power and held himself back Gohan now doesn’t have the power and is crumbling due to not being what everyone wanted him to be and is trying his best and his friends give him the boost and assurance that he was just a kid and shouldn’t have had to make those decisions so young. Goku gives him a one on one and says to his son, “I’m so sorry Gohan I always saw so much power within you and wanted you to take my place in case something happened to me, I assumed you were like me, I wanted you to grow, but I just sent you into a spiral trying to be like me and try to please me. I never wanted that for you, I was the one who failed you, you never failed me son. I put too much responsibility onto you at a young age even if you had the power I assumed everything would be okay, I never had this sort of talk with you before. I’m sorry I never realized how much pressure you felt risking your life for the sake of everyone, how much you felt you needed to prove to me. Don’t ever feel that way Gohan, you’ll never disappoint me. As long as you keep being yourself, I’ll always be proud of you my son, I’ll always love you” he finishes teen buu gohan conquers his teen self in that sense

[@mangaaddict3056]

Poetic

[@GOLOY685]

Yes og DB let's go make it right

[@draco8970]

og dragonball is so amazing

[@landalin2102]

Love CAGE and you both, nice little crossover.

[@swagtachiuchiha1501]

From the Saiyan up to the Cell Saga, Gohan's eagerness to train is pretty much because aliens with planet killer strength threaten everything he knows, with Goku pushing him as much as he can once Gohan's potential is clear. He still has his saiyan genes but once there's peace bro takes the time to do what he wants to as a human. Ya'll gotta remember that Gohan was like 11 during the Cell Games and Goku being dead the next 7 years basically means he lost the only motivator capable to train with him on somewhat equal footing

[@FantazmoGoricohh]

We definitely need more og db vids tso

[@rileyrose5166]

11:40 Thank you, I’ve been thinking something to this effect since watching the og video. Besides him being a pacifist, the situation is also just so damn unfair. His dad tapped out early, gave cell a SENZU BEAN, and all the people who could be helping by jumping cell (something done regularly in saiyan saga and freeza saga) just standing back doing nothing. That’s enough bullshit to contend with that I don’t blame Gohan for not putting his pacifism behind him like he did previously. He fought when it was desperate, when there was no other choice. But going up to the ring, he was aware of several ways that the situation could’ve been avoided in the past few minutes alone. It’s gotta be frustrating.

[@daredarrow6704]

I'm pretty sure they weren't jumping Cell because it was still a tournament. Goku jumped in when Cell was literally about to blow up the planet. And they tried jumping him when Cell returned just for none of their attacks to really work on him. Jumping would've not only lead to more bodies... Gohan, who still would've been the only one capable of beating him would simply lose if it wasn't set up in a 1v1 scenario from the start. Imo.

[@rileyrose5166]

@@daredarrow6704 oh yeah you’re absolutely correct, but even if it logically makes sense, I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to get beaten up and you see your dad, your father figure, adults you respect or at least know are strong just watching. Especially since Gohan is still very much a kid; he’s younger than Goku was in the first chapter. If I was him, I’d be annoyed beyond belief at having to 1v1

[@abhinandannandan3863]

Yea

[@AlveinFencer]

@@daredarrow6704 As soon as 18 was vomitted out, literally every Saiyan present could've killed Cell.

[@daredarrow6704]

@@AlveinFencer true. But it was kinda too late at that point. They thought Gohan was gonna just end Cell. But he started playing games and Cell took that opportunity to do a move that would destroy the Earth if you even touch him hard. I'm not saying you're wrong, but they really weren't given a chance.

[@IIIISai]

Great video and reaction

[@killua99944]

I love OG dragon ball and would def watch

[@brandong42091]

as a gohan fanatic all the way through the cell saga yea they got gohan fd up no cap

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

Og Dragon Ball is a great watch. If you like Z, you’ll like the OG. Plenty of fighting, bunch of cool villians, training arcs, & the start of power creep. I get that folks wanna get to the Super Saiyans, but the OG truly is worth one watch.

[@heycxpid]

Run up the OG dragonball man, we fw it

[@thespectresociety]

Bro, get the og dragon ball videos in. That's my favourite dragon ball series to this day. Eightet was a goat, launch was pure chaos and I loved that, gokus adventures, upa and his dad near korins tower, heck even mercenary tao getting his circuits rearranged. Peak anime

[@taviuswilson9408]

gohan as a character makes sense vs any other character just fighting LMAOOO the dude has a human mom and a saiyan dad bro he doesn't want to be a damn warrior 24/7 ! let's be honest lol chi chi was holding gohan back 24/7 bc he ACTUALLY did want to full time fight once he was trained and stuff and realized the importance of being able to defend himself . bro LOVED training with piccolo but was always getting jailed by CHI CHI !! now when you talk the buu saga and super it was deadass bc of videl and the fact he had a family so NATURALLY he slacked off for YEARS so why ppl are shocked he got weak is HILARIOUS !! his power was felt all the way from beerus' planet dawg i'll leave it there .. GOHAN is back

[@Morjiro]

Imma need those Dragonball reactions

[@UriahandDad]

I’d love the old school dragonball videos

[@treywill1688]

Thumbs up if he should react to a heroes legacy, the dragon ball gt movie

[@twill4084]

Please do OG dragon ball videos ppl don’t know how good & legendary it was

[@TheVegetaover9000]

I think his point with Gohan is it’s odd to see him go from willing to fight to protect others, to on his knees crying while everyone around him is getting killed because he all of a sudden doesn’t want to fight to protect others. It could have worked if it was set up, but like he said, he wasn’t set up for it. Your point regarding this is really hypothetical since we don’t see Gohan contemplating if fighting is really the right choice. At most, he was just scared, but got over it. If a villain was doing something evil, he immediately jumped in to stop them. Krillin literally tried to stop Gohan from attacking Frieza’s men, but Gohan ignored him and kicked one through a building. It’s one thing to hate death matches, but it’s something else to hate fighting all together, which is what pacifism is. I’m sure Superman hates fights to the death, but you don’t see him choosing not to fight psychopathic murderers.

[@quannyboy]

Gohan in concept is cool but what i hate is every saga kinda proved he was never gonna cut it he didnt train during the 7 year time skip, he didnt train between battle of gods and rof , he barely trained for the top and said he trained secretly before the super hero movie say what you want about goku and vegeta but atleast we can acknowledge they train and humble themselves constantly while waiting for the smoke to come they dont rely on others to take care of shit and i like gohan but yall toriyama should have walked back the buu saga to fully invest in gohan because he didnt thats why after all these years we look back on gohan and also tbh i like them but T4S made everyone take what they said word for word bar for bar as cannon when it wasnt

[@227060]

Long post incoming! I skimmed the relevant chapters to double check this and frankly, the guy critiquing Gohan is leaving out A LOT of context. I will talk about Gohan’s berserker rages later, but for now let’s talk about this idea that he is a pacifist. Frankly, I think the key problem here is that the term is being applied erroneously in the first place. Gohan is not and has never been a pacifist. If he was, he’d have never attended the Cell Games in the first place, let alone in his fighting clothes. Simply put Gohan is someone who doesn’t LIKE to fight, but who is willing to do so if necessary. And this was the case in the Cell Games. Before he went SS2, he DID initially fight Cell, he DID try to stop him hurting his friends, he DID try to get mad and unlock his power. He didn’t WANT to do it though. He didn’t LIKE it. I think this is a big area of nuance a lot of fans trip over when it comes to this discussion. They acknowledge Gohan is not a fight-achollic like Goku or Vegeta, but then they do not recognise that there is a middle ground between that and being a full on pacifist. In Gohan’s case, he is in truth a middle ground between a pacifist and guys like Tien, Krillin and Piccolo. Those guys are not Saiyans in regards to their attitude to combat, competition and their drive to improve their skills, however, they absolutely DO value those things and define their identity by them to a HUGE extent. Gohan doesn’t and never did. This is why he says in the manga that he doesn’t like to fight ‘…like Dad does’. He trained and he engaged in combat because the situations demanded that of him, or because it was a bonding experience with his father. He loves his father and wants to spend time with him and during most of the Cell Saga before the Cell Games Goku was either unconscious or training to fight Gero’s creations; therefore Gohan was inevitably going to train if he wanted to hang out with his Dad whom he hadn’t seen much of for the past 2+ years (due to the Saiyan invasion, journey to Namek and Goku’s absence after beating Frieza). At the same time, Gohan recognised MAYBE if he got stronger he could help avoid this apocalyptic future Trunks told them all about. It doesn’t mean he WANTED to do it though. In other words, Gohan did NOT like fighting or training but he TOLERATED it. A lot of people don’t LIKE going to the gym or cleaning their house, but they tolerate it because it is a necessity. When it came to Cell, he was frankly just plain different to the villains Gohan had met before. Whilst Cell was just as ruthless, arguably even sadistic, as the Saiyans or the Frieza Force, when Gohan was face to face with him he was mostly just an evil version of the very same martial artists Gohan had grown up around. Cell could have destroyed the planet days earlier, but he deliberately held off on it and offered the Z-Fighters a fighting chance to save everyone by holding the Cell Games in the first place. Cell WANTED the competition. So, whilst misguided, it wasn’t unreasonable for Gohan to try persuading Cell to just stop and citing the fact that he doesn’t like fighting or killing. Cell had deliberately constructed a scenario to push himself to his limits for the thrill of battle, and threatened to kill everyone if they didn’t play along. Whilst the end result might be different, this is a very different motivation to Freeza or Vegeta, and those are characters that Gohan knows his father showed mercy to and offered an out to. He also knows, though he never experienced it, that Piccolo was once a terrible person too and his father’s mercy worked with him. I’m not saying Gohan was out to redeem Cell, but when put in a situation he didn’t want to be in (for entirely consistent character reasons), when confronted with a guy who is VERY different in mentality to Vegeta, Frieza or even Piccolo when they were the main villains (Vegeta didn’t come to Earth for competition) and when he is of an age where he is older and more in control of his emotions, it is not unreasonable for Gohan to try and persuade Cell to just stop. It isn’t that he is a pacifist, it is that the variables in the Cell Games are just VERY different to those in Gohan’s previous battles. He sees, he hopes, that Cell might be open to persuasion (he isn’t, #16 drills that into him) and therefore he can just avoid fighting or killing, stuff that he is not unwilling to do, but really doesn’t like doing. And in this case, he is doing it in a context of pseudo-competition and when he is being put on the spot. This is in truth, his first true 1v1 fight, and it isn’t against someone he’s personally witnessed brutally murdering people. To make matters worse, the deciding factor on his victory is him getting angry and losing control of himself. Not only is this likely an unpleasant sensation, but there are several reasons why Gohan in this moment would be finding that very difficult. As Sage pointed out, we are dealing with a Gohan is a bit older and a bit more mindful of himself and his actions; more in control of his emotions. He is no teenager, but he is also closer to a teen in his mentality than he was circa the Namek saga when he was younger. Not much younger, but in these formative years of youth, even 1 year is not insignificant. When you are 9 your parents still chastise you for being childish, not because you can actually help it but because you can help it more than you could when you were like 5. In other words, Gohan had matured to the point where his outbursts of rage (accompanied by massive boosts in power) were inevitably going to be harder to come by. This is evident by the fact that, unless I am forgetting something, Gohan NEVER got a rage boost in the entire Cell Saga before the climactic SSj2 transformation. Yes, in the anime he arguably did to go Super Saiyan, but we never see this in the manga. Whilst, logically, he probably had a bout of rage in the Time Chamber in the manga as well, I think the fact that Toriyama doesn’t show it might not have been an incidental detail. Let’s also consider that Goku’s entire game plan for surpassing Super Saiyan relied not upon digging deeper into what unlocked SS power in the first place (rage) but going the opposite direction, in MASTERING the SS form so that it became as natural as their base forms, with no energy wasted upon transforming, maintaining the form or upon the natural aggression that the form is packaged with. So, whilst mastering SS was essential to unlocking SS2 (and thereby beating Cell), ironically, the act of doing that is counterintuitive as you need to first MASTER your aggression in the SS form. You then have the fact that Gohan was put on the spot as Sage pointed out. Sage is correct in observing that Gohan had never been in a true blue 1v1 before, all his other fights were group struggles in do or die death matches. Whilst Cell was promising to kill everyone, the situation was different as he was only going to do that AFTER the sportsmanship activity of the tournament was over with. It wasn’t a heightened situation of Cell posing a direct and immediate danger to Gohan or the others the way Vegeta or Frieza did. Even when he fought Gohan 1v1, Gohan knew Cell was in it for the thrill of battle, he wasn’t after blood first and foremost. And again, this is an older and more trained Gohan than the ones in arcs past. This Gohan is much more capable in his abilities to defend himself and survive in a fight, and he knows it too. And knowing himself is key here, because it is REALLY hard to lose your cool and go berserker when you are actively trying to make it happen. In the anime, Gohan similarly struggled to consciously get angry enough to become a Super Saiyan. He had to be put into a legitimate life or death situation, where he NEEDED to survive in the heat of the moment.

[@MrGalath]

Gohan bad Goku good smiles all around

[@Lokoclutch98]

Even if during the cell games that gohan was hinted to be stronger then goku at the start of the cell games, he didnt want to fight. He had no desire to fight because even during the fight, he thought goku was holding back. Because he believes his dad to be stronger then him and cell. Theres no reason for gohan tobthink hes stronger then goku, even after the time chamber. That was poor writing fo gohans character to be forced into fighting a deathmatch for the world. And before people say "WELL ACTUALLY HE HAD A CHOICE". A ultimatum is not a choice. And all of gohans fights were with brutal, sadistic space pirates, galactic emperor or a green bio terminator with ego to match vegetas. Goku was either fun or some revenge fight

[@robo-raven2157]

Goku making a mistake is poor writing?

[@Lokoclutch98]

@@robo-raven2157 it was poor judgment on goku to think that gohan was ready to be earth's protector when at the point gohan said he was a pacifist, not poor writing. Yes, I will believe that gohan is a lil stronger then goku in terms of just raw power #. But all that pales in comparison when gohan himself, either A, doesn't like fighting or B, has no confidence in himself to beat this guy. And obviously gohan couldn't beat cell at ssj1. He was getting basically tortured. At least goku gave cell just as much of a beating that he received if not more.

[@ghostlegend9723]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Lokoclutch98When did Gohan say he was a pacifist?

[@Lokoclutch98]

​​@@ghostlegend9723 in the video. 13:06. Now the actual chapter? Shit I don't know, early 90s?

[@plantcrone9662]

Gohan was the only one who could beat cell

[@xigabrelless1980]

I'm down for more og dragon ball

[@NotZachhhPlayz]

I feel like Gohan should’ve gotten at least one dub in the buu saga. We all know he screwed up over the 7 year time skip but at one point he was the strongest during the cell saga. I hate the fact that we sorta forget about Gohan and his potential in the buu saga. But maybe since I’m a Gohan fan idk fr 😂 But 🔥vid by the way keep up the good work my boi 💪🏽

[@espritdecorpsdenouement5988]

OG DB sets up the entirety of DBZ, without understanding DB you'll never fully grasp DBZ. Hell yea do some reaction videos!!!

[@arkkon2740]

Hot take kinda? Og Dragon Ball set up the series only because so much stuff was left to be filled in rather than expanded on. Where did Kami come from? We don't know, we just assume they're demons. Later on they're aliens. Where did Goku come from? No one even makes assumptions, we just have no idea. He's told us that he's an alien later. Toriyama does this a lot where he leaves stuff open ended, and if he ever needed to connect something he can just fill in the blanks with a character. He did it with Goku and Raditz, he did it with the Namekians, he did it was Gero arguably since we didn't even know he existed until then. Its not like they're plot points going to be told later, its years apart where we have no indication of this connection until the audience is told to. And what gets me about this is that the characters dont talk to each other, they talk to the audience. I noticed this recently but the character is basically looking at you saying "Wanna know why Goku has a tail? He's an alien, and I'm one of them, and you had no idea all this time!" Its like Toriyama was aware that we would be confused so he's indirectly expositing every single drop of information he left out until that very moment.

[@shardinhand1243]

people who want gohan to be the main character, or even just a more central charcter, please try to understand that the spirit of the series is about tireless self improvment, and goku reflects that... gohan doesint, he's shown that he is fine with being weaker, his priority has always been his studies, thats fine you can consider that a form of self improvment, but goku piciloo, tien and vegeta, these people perfectly reflect the shows core message, through tireless self decipline and work you can achive great things, you can achive almost anythign... charcters like yamcha, krillain and gohan are happy putting in a respectable 9 to 5 job and basic excorsize and living quit peaceful lives... and thats just not the core of the show, and please try not to feel picked on for wanting gohan to get more attention... that feeling is for the tien fans. who having been allowed to see a tien win since he nearly killed him self in the cell games just to holding cell in one place for a few minutes... ill be frank, im not a big fan of tien he was always just... there for me... but he deserves better as one of the shows main continuing martial artists... he trains hard as anyone else but gets less gains then krillain... its just sad. ^^;

[@fallenknight4383]

So with toriyama gone, RIP 🙏, does the arc of gohan's character change? 🤔

[@abhinandannandan3863]

OG Dragon ball is goated

[@ScapeVEVO]

More OG DragonBall bro, spread the good word Btw check out his toriyama doesn’t like Gohan vid or whatever it covers DBS

[@michaelmodernsonicfan5341]

new take incoming: Goku was a fully realized character in og dragon ball. He wouldn't have spared raditz or anyone else, he never had a problem killing people, he got worse in Z. Z is gohans story mentored by Goku, you can't deny that thats how it was gunna be. I'm not sure how I would have rewritten the buu arc or anything in the future, but I still think a series could have worked, you would have just had to rethink the entirety of it.

[@Therealbeastgohan]

Trash take not only did you forget one of the biggest parts of gokus charater which is when he gets his morals from Android 8 roshi not only said have mercy goku spared piccolo as well and he charater wasn't Done and it still isn't

[@Popo_Plays]

Bro gohan defeated kefla who was stronger then goku ssj blue in manga

[@l33tcorps80]

You could react to og DB reviews of totally not mark

[@KungisComing]

Please more OG db content

[@marquistraylor1255]

Gohan couldn’t agree with what Cell felt like he needed to do to get stronger and Cell’s ideology of power in general. I think Gohan recognized Cell’s similarities to the Z fighters and he hoped Cell could pull a Vegeta, knowing that was Cell’s true path to power. Gohan knows he is stronger than Cell, he doesn’t have to prove it for himself or others and I think that’s what he meant when he said he doesn’t like to fight like his dad does. Also while it is childish and illogical in a sense, avoiding the responsibilities unfairly thrust onto him going into the Buu saga is good character writing to me.

[@shardinhand1243]

lots of fans sleep on it and its not even cannon... anymore!... inspite of having the single greatest supersaiyan transformation yeah if you think god blue or ultra instict is better then you just got a color fetish, (transformation) should mean more changes than the tint setting and it was a return to classic dragon ball adventures... this show deserved fan support... dragon ball GT derserved and still deserves at least a place in the series history and cannon... all that story writing character progression and great moments... erazed becuase the mojority decided it doesint even deserve to exist as a memory... and im not joking sadly people are so hateful of this show the saying we dont talk about GT and it didint happen exist... effecly throwing the series fans under the buss for the simple reason, you didint personaly like the new direction... which really was a return to the original drabon balls series style of episodic comedic episodes... but by the time of GT the fanbase was established and set it stone, i have my own problems with toriamas paths over the years... but this wasint it... the fans were wrong... and the gt series deserved better than the fans it got....

[@Jates]

I don't understand the hypocrisy in your argument about Gohan being a pacifist making sense but then him being a pacifist not taking effect when there's seven years of peace, no villain in sight, no reason to fight, and under chi chi's care who makes him study like a maniac. Like its obvious he might prioritze training for like a year or two afterwards but almost a decade and no big bad???? he's not training like Vegeta is for all that time especially when his father, the main reason of training, is not around/ piccolo isnt near either. Plus you said , Gohan being the MC doesnt make sense and then in the same breathe saying you like OG dragonball which is where Toriyama was taking the story back to but couldnt because of editors???? big contradictions man

[@espurrseyes42]

Gohan had his big epiphany in the Cell Games and has no excuse to regress the way he did in the Buu arc, where he LOST power because he wasn't training. Because I guess his father's sacrifice and final wishes meant nothing to him I guess. Prioritizing a normal life is one thing, which he kind of admits when he says it'd be different if Gohan simply didn't get stronger in the Buu arc. Prioritizing it THIS much after everything that happened last arc, to the point where he got weaker, is where the problem is. School Boy Gohan and his day to day life with occasional Superhero action isn't nearly as interesting as some martial arts monkey boy and some smart tech chick journey different parts of the world hunting for some wish-granting orbs and fighting bad guys who are also after them. Or monkey boy finding a master and training to enter a martial arts tournament. Or fighting an evil military group or demon king. That's the difference between the original intent of the Buu arc and OG DB. Gohan isn't MC material.

[@Jates]

@@espurrseyes42Gohan is completely MC material. Ever single thing you stated was done in order to REDUCE his MC status. You just said Gohan regressing that much after literally seeing his dad die protecting the earth for him doesn’t make sense. And it makes even less sense that Gohan get overconfident again when the world is on the line facing BUU. Lastly the Saiyaman Arc would’ve been cool and set up a lot of pivotal character development for Gohan, Vidal, and eventually his child and got fans more interested in that family later on unlike Now in super where you don’t gaf about any of it that much. Here’s a better version of the buu arc: We explore a world where Gohan does the martial arts tourney , goes on adventures as the great saiyaman throughout the major cities with video sometimes when needed for small mini boss villains like Dragonball days , this would work short term and then after like a season of that you could add a mystery element to the story where the supreme Kai touches down and tries to help stop babidi before buu is revived Builds up the suspension for a while before the huge deal goes down at another martial arts tourney and then you can go from where the real buu saga happens.

[@espurrseyes42]

@@Jates Gohan's not the kinda go to go on big journeys like his dad without some bs obligating him to. Gohan's not the kind of guy to pursue power for power's sake like his dad. Gohan isn't the guy kind of guy with a history of beef with people that could want revenge on him. Gohan isn't the guy whose mere existence leads to lots of conflicts to keep the story going as the MC. He's not MC material outside of the occasional arc centered around him. Or unless you wanna turn him into Goku 2, which again, ain't his character. And ain't no one tryna watch some bootleg Sentai show in DRAGONBALL outside of, again, the occasional arc or few episodes. It's good material to built up into a more serious conflict people expect from Dragonball, but certainly not the direction the show should start going.

[@EmperorLight64]

OG DRAGON BALL VEDIO MAKE YOU SHULD

[@Graymanlegend]

Honestly to all those Gohanbros out there, Gohan becoming the MC wouldn’t even make for a good story. A story about Goku training to be the number one strongest in the world only to suddenly pass it on to his unlimited potential son would always be looked down on. Gohan isn’t MC material, even if he wasn’t a pacifist and kept training he will always be who he really is. Mini Goku 1.0, the little cute side kick to the real MC Goku. Gohan in reality was replaced by Goten mini Goku 2.0

[@sanctityninja9345]

Damn I just finished the season 2 finale video 😂

[@BlackDTeach-tg8mj]

I forgot gohan defeated vegeta😂😂😂

[@ChrisJones-xs6hg]

GIVE US OG DRAGONBALL REACTIONS

[@HotspotNews_]

My favorite light skin streamer

[@purityisastateofmind7439]

Yeah dude in the vid did not cook

[@ArizonaTeaMan]

The problem is and always will be that gohan is supposed to be the smartest yet his character arc repeating is the dumbest one to repeat with how smart he is he should've learned immediately that he shouldn't play with his enemy and destroyed buu

[@theblacknaruto]

Im so glad im not the only that hates that Beast just remastered the SSJ2 transformation. I even hated how piccolo had a fakeout death too.

[@wwalton]

I really cannot agree with that video at all

[@sheriefwoodard8686]

Gohan would’ve 100% beaten Buutenks had Goku decided not to intervene

[@Kanyes-alt]

So basically he hates gohan got it

[@Kanyes-alt]

Let me respond to this I watched the full video I think he just thinks gohan’s a disappointment and disagree now goodbye

[@naitsabes6222]

Nah bro he likes gohan he’s just disappointed that they misunderstood his character over years

[@taviuswilson9408]

beast gohan doesn't exist ?? he was handled pretty well all the way up until dragon ball super actually started 😭 he was great in every arc but the super movies smh ... the cell games even namek gohan was PEAK so i won't say he is a failure ! he was really good in the new super movie when he got BEAST lol , that was the resurrection of GOHAN !!! they had even said he is up there in power with goku AND vegeta now with said transformation lol

[@kingkyro]

Yea watch OG dragonball!!

[@taunttitan1714]

You know I've said this once I'll say it again and whoever gets mad because of this it's completely on you but it's genuinely how I feel If you call yourself a fan of the dragon ball franchise but you either Don't like Original Dragon Ball Haven't watched it Or Think it sucks You're not a real dragon ball fan in my book Because how are you gonna sit there and say you don't like the thing THAT STARTED THE FRANCHISE You can say it's not your favorite that's completely fine and understandable but to sit there and say "It Sucks" now you know you're either lying or genuinely not a real fan of the franchise

[@cavon_gaming420]

og db

[@osiris-tech]

DRAGONBALL DRAGONBALL DRAGONBALL

[@WillofD18]

How how everyone seems to get most anime characters right when they do breakdowns but I'm convinced db fans are stupid when it comes to Gohan's character. It always points back to the cell games and specifically SS2 24:09 ppl just want him edgey. Only Geekdom101 gets it 100% ps. bringing up future Gohan in any arguement to breakdown the present one is gonna be a trash take

[@LagerLager05]

against cell it was the first time that he actually was the only one that was able to defeat cell Before there were only other people to back him up or just straight up be the ones that are stronger Being in this situation is pretty stressful I imagine Knowing that if you are not able to do it that’s it Against Nappa or frieza for example it was important to fight but he always knew that his father just needs time to be there and change everything but against cell his father was already there and said that this time gohan is the one to do that and not himself Pretty much just like in school Doing some math stuff at home fells way different than when your actually in a test situation You should be able to do that stuff but you are just stressed and just doesn’t wanna do it Even though it’s really important I saw people just break and say no I’m out Even though they did the same stuff for 13 years and never said anything like that That’s obviously not the same but people need to understand what it feels like to be in such a situation and that’s just to help

[@Phospholazuli]

im sorry i call bullsh** on the goku vs cell fight in the manga being inferior to anything in the namek saga. Cell using his superior speed to go behind goku with his fingers in his forehead just to mock goku's instant transmission was one of the most peak sh** ive ever seen in dragon ball.

[@carlosvids7473]

Respectfully, I’m 10:40 into your video, and I really and truly appreciate both you and the gentleman’s points of view on Gohan and his character development, but I think yall are going through too many hoops. It’s too much mental gymnastics. Gohan is just a terrible character after the Cell saga.

[@baileywilton6756]

i was the 1000th comment. pretty happy

[@harvestcheddar0]

Gohan is fighting and the strongest again in the current manga. And tbh, he has a great life and wants to do something different with his time, which is fair. There was a lot of back and forth because narratively it feels like he should have taken the mantle but the series hasn’t given it to him. He keeps learning the same lesson about protecting his loved ones. It feels like they’ve finally made a decision. In the latest manga chapter Goku straight up says to Gohan he will pass the earth’s protection onto him when he’s gone now that he sees Gohan’s power is back and stronger than ever.

[@Silver_Sage663]

The reason I don't like Gohan, like at all (except Future Gohan), is because he stands opposite to what dragon ball is about. Dragon ball in its core essence is about putting in hardwork and becoming better than the "you" of yesterday (hella abridged). Tell me one time Gohan gets a power boost that he worked hard for, that he wanted to acquire.

[@patrickewulum3394]

Watch og db

[@biology9810]

176 views in 8 minutes bro fell off😤

[@kaizachii9655]

Bro...I actually whish I could subscribe to you 5k more time...¬_¬ Its so annoying man. I be binge watching your dbz content, and almost running out so I started on your Naruto ones aswell.

[@Ogderin]

Jesus loves you AMEN🙏

[@I_love_DBZ]

Annoying People: Gohan should be the main character Me: yeah and Hercules should've beat cell instead of Gohan Disclaimer: I mean no disrespect, I love Gohan. :)